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St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
He Preferred to Walk.

"She's pretty hot, amt she?'' said a
backwoods passenger, addressing the en-
gineer of Mississippi steamer that was
racing with another boat.
$50 so," responded the engineer, as he
hung an additional wrench on the safety
valve cord to stop the steam from escap-
ing.
'I reckon we'll overtake that craft
soen," pursued the passenger.
That's about it, returned the engi-
neer, giving the cords another twitch,
and hallooing through the trumpet to
the fireman to "shove her up"
zone hundred and ninety-fve," hum
med the passenger, looking first at the
gauge and then at the boilers.
"That's about where she's rusticating," ,"
put in the engineer.
Then the passenger ran his fingers
through his hair nervously, and walked
about the decks for few minutes, when
he came back to the engineer and OBJ
served:
"Hadn't you better leave that boat
go2"
Cant do it. Must pass her"
But s'posin we should blow up?'
"Well," said the engineer. ,.as he peeped
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Troublesome Cigars.

Editorial Correspondence Cleveland Leader.
The passengers were all detained for
the purpose of having their baggage
luggage, as the English call it-exam-
imed for contraband tobacco, spirits,
perfume water. ETC.. The trouble with
me was to get my box and halt of
cigars through without paying duty.
The officers inquired of me if had any
cigars, etc. Imeekly replied that L had
a few for my own use." He requested
me to unlock my trunk, which did,
and he waded through my effects and
captured my two boxes of union club
cigars and politely informed me that
he would have to infict duty of five
shillings pound for the benefit of her
gracious majesty. And I followed him
to the farther end of the room, where he
weighed the cigars and I disbursed for
the benefit of the aforesaid most gracious
majesty the sum of 1926. / stated that
/ was going direct to Paris, and that I
ought not to pay duty twice. He then
informed me that by his sealing the box
and giving me an order on the collector
at Dover the amount l paid would be
refunded. Accordingly he sealed up the
boxes, gave me an order, required me to
afix my signature to couple of docu-
ments, and after going through all this
fuss, which took fifteen minutes, the
official coolly informed me that when l
arrived at Dover the following morning
I would have to lie over there in order
TO collect my 1926 and take the night
boat. Then informed the official that
her majesty might keep the money as a
present from me. I went back to my
trunk, where several passengers of the
Baltic were showing their ivcries at my
having been captured.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
The AutOcrat of the Sanctum.

There is nothing like being bloated
autocrat of the sanctum, while one next
door hears the poor laboring man
toiling at nine-pins in bowling-alley.
The editor tolls not, and neither does he
spin, and yet Mrs. jerks in all her glory
is not arrayed like one of these. While
all humanity is sweltering and swearing
and wondering where they can hang
up the bar-keeper for glass of beer
the editor has nothing to do. Two Or
three columns of editorial to write and
no pitch hot; two or three hundred of
exchanges to read through; as many
bores to bounce, letters to answer, manu-
scripts to read, till one cannot tell
English from Sansciit-this is mere bag,
atelle, when the thermometer is ON the
ragged edge of the nineties. AS we said
before, the editor heartily despises man
who works for living, and listens with
sardonic satisfaction to the sound from
the bowling-alley' next door, where the
poor man slaves and sweats. 1t makes
such contrast to his luxurious idleness.
-- Rochester Express.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
For the Feet.

Among the first things that strike the
traveller in Japan are the wooden sandals
worn by these S6,OOO,OOO people. They
have separate compartment for the
great toe, and make creaking noise ON
the street. Straw slippers are also worn,
and traveller setting out on journey
will strap supply of them on his back,
that he may put on new pair when the
old ones are worn out. They cost but
three farthiugs pair, and, leaving the
foot free to the air, we never see those
deformities Of the foot in Japan which
are so frequent in this country. They
are never worn in the house, being left
outside the door. Passing down a street
you see long rows of them at the doors,
old and new, large and small. It is sur
prising to see how readily the Japs step
out of them and pick them up again with
their feet, without stopping, when leav-
ing the house. Constant habit makes
them dexterous.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

OF keeping properly have more to do
with it The American Cultivator says:
"The milk of Jersey COWS, on account OF
the peculiarly of the globules, is unified
for the retailer of milk. The cream
rising to the surface during the interval
between the milking and the delivery
does not readily mix again with the
milk"
Of top-dressing grass land, writer in
the Country Gentleman says: "When
the land is thin and the grass intended
for hay or grazing, ] know of nothing
equal to liberal dressing with well rot
ted manure, applied during the early
winter mon his. If a sufficient quantity
of manure can not be obtained to give a
liberal dressing to the entire tract of
land go over portion of it, and finish
the next winter. For red clover top.
dress with lime and salt, mixing one part
to two parts Of good slaked lime, and
sowing broadcast early in the spring FIVE
or six bushels of the mixture to be an
excellent fertilizer for all kinds of grasses
and wheat"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Clear the Way

For the escape from the system Of its waste
and debris, which, if retained, would vitiate
the bodily fluids and overthrow health That
important channel of exit, the bowels, may
be kept permanently free from obstructions
by using the non-griping gently acting and
agreeable cathartic, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, which not only liberates impurities, but
invigorates the lining of the intestinal
canal when weakened by constipation or
the unwise use Of violent purgatives. The
stomach. liver and urinary organs are like
wise reinforced and aroused to heaIthful &C.
ton by this beneicent tonic and corrective,
and every organ, fiber, muscle and nerve
experiences a share of its invigorating intu-
ence. Unobjectionable in flavor, a most
genial and wholesome medicinal stimulant,
and owing its efficacy to botanic sources ex-
clusively, it is the remedy best adapted to
household use on account of its safety, wide
scope and speedy action.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Dried Fruit for MarkeI

All dried fruits sell principally by
color, which should be bright, and to
obtain the same in apples and peaches
they should be prepared for drying be-
fore fully ripe. Sliced apples, if not
bright, do not pay for the trouble Of
slicing, and the finest qualities should
be packed in new barrels, top and bottom
lined with paper Bright quartered ap-
pies, we'll colored, uniform in cut, are
always more or less in fair demand, and
more attention should be given to them.
Peeled peaches should be sliced or cut
NET ghths, and invariably of a bright
olor. Dark qualities rule low, and slow
of sale. Unpeeled peaches should be
selected for halves, size being consid-
GRAFTON in them, while the smaller fruit
is full desirable to be cut for quarters.
They should be kept entirely separate,
as when mixed they will not generally
sell at over the price of quarters.
Blackberries should be particularly
well dried, or they are liable to sweat or
sour, and pack only in new barrels
Kansas Farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Preparing Wool for Market.

The season of strengthening is at hand,
and to know how best to prepare wool
for market is what many sheep raisers
have to learn. Each may think his way
the best, and whether it is or not, if the
buyer can not be made to think 80, it is
of little avail. A fleece of wool should
be i'm such a condition that it may be
unrolled or spread out like a piece of
cloth for examination. It should 20 to
market clean and white and we'll tied up,
showing no tears or ragged edges. A
dirty, carelessly handled lot of wool can
never be made to bring what it would sell
for if care and skill were exercised in its
preparation for market. There has been
a tendency in the past to find some ex-
euse for sending wool to market in an
nncleaned.state, but we think the mis-
take has been discovered, and the wool
crop beginning to receive the attention
it did thirty years ago. Give your wool
the greatest attention; if you expect
the best offers. see that it is cleaned from
all dirt by washing, either on the sleeps
back or after shearipg, and every fleece
put up in good style. When this is done,
the full value of the article will be paid
you by the purchaser, and no discount.
ESQ., Rural World.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Agricultural Notes

Much grain is lost by over-ripening.
Green rye is not suitable for milch
COWS.
Set fence posts inverted from the way
they grow.
Sheep can be proitably kept on al
most every farm.
Halt-bred Jerseys or Alderneys are
among the best of dairy cows,
Weeds cost more than labor, and, like
evil habits, feed upon their ow n growth.
Glover is as good for pigs as it is for
COWS.
Pork can be made cheaper in sums
mer than in winter.
Whether you keep one COW or ten, do
not forget to have few turnips TO help
the winter feeding.
The Maine beet sugar company have
contracted largely for the raising of
sugar beets all over the state.
Potatoes Cut week or ten days before
planting will grow better than those cut
and planted the same day.
Sow hundred pounds OF plaster or
some good fertilizer over your grass
lands as soon as cut. 1t will pay largely.
The shipment OF horses to England is
becoming an important export. Some
of the stesmers have one hundred stalls.
The Prairie Farmer says: "Trad;.
tion in agriculture is one of the greatest
hindrances in the way of rural progress y
aud, we say, nowhere does this apply
more iorcibly than within a circuit OF
thirty miles of Philsdelphia.
Live cattle to England are being ship
ped instead OF dressed beef. The hot
| weather is said to be the cause. We
| rather think that the cooling too rapidly
with water and not yet having the means
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
The Art of Cooking Potatoes.

A New York paper suggests that the
young ladies of Vassar College, having
successfully wrestled with Greek roots,
now turn their attention to che art Of
boiling potatoes. To boil 8 potato pros
perly is thought very simple affair, and
yet there is not one table in fifty where
they appear in that perfection which
makes potato 'boiled with its Jacket
on' one OF the most delicious of escu.
lents. People who do not know what a
boiled potato is, in that high state when
it appears smoking from the pot, and
bursting like cotton pod, into mealy
whiteness, neither too wet nor too dry,
but always piping hot as it is stripped of
its skin and prepared for its garnish of
salt and butter, with pepper according
to taste people who do not know the
boiled potato in that state of perfection
content themselves with the esculeut
sliced and fried IN grease Gan abomina-
tion to the cultured palate and terror
to delicate stomachs), and think they
know what potatoes are! Next to a
potato baked, a potato boiled properly
touches the gastronomic economy in its
tenderest region, and does not pail upon
the taste though it be served at table
365 times year. Whoever does not
relish the potato boiled in the manner
we Fhave described, but must have it
sliced, fried, stewed, or mashed, with ad-
dition of parsley or other savory things,
should suspect the condition of hn
palate and stomach, and consult a physi-
clan for some remedy for morbid ap..
petite. The Lord made TIE potato with
a Jacket on, that was not intended to be
taken of, until the process of cooking is
completed, and all that is delicate and
sweet in its flesh is preserved to tickle
the palate of the eater thereof Gin
cinnati Commercial.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
FARM AND HOME.
"a New Method for Prese~inp Fruit

"a New Method for Preseving Fruits
A foreign chemist has published a new
method .tor preserving fruit which
deserves trial on small scale, as it is
80 simple, yet it is deemed to be perfect
I'm the preservation of the peculiar and
original favor: "Wash the specimens
clean after gathering, and place in vessels
q fluid composed of two to three hundred
grains of sugar to one litre of pure water
and two and half to three grains of
salicylic acid. The pots or bottles, with
their contents, are then closely covered
with common writing-paper, and so kept
IN a moderate temperature, as any excess
of warmth would cause too great an
evaporation of the water. In this way
the professor has found by experience
that plums, cherries, apricots, peaches,
grapes, strawberries, etc., can be pre-
served in good, sound condition for a
whole year, each fruit retaining it's
original and peculiar favor as fine as
when gathered" ."-TMichigan Farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Kerry Cattle.

In regard to this very reputable breed
of Irish dairy cattle, the London Live
Stock Journal says:
1t is hardy constitution OF the Kerry
that most enhances its value; for dairy
purposes especially q remanerative yield
is obtained on what would be to other
animals starvation fare" In the depth
of the winter season l have not only
known the animals to live jumping from
rock to rock and from cliff to cliff, pick
ing a coarse, scanty bite from amidst the
snow clad mountains, but with very
small additional keep at the farmstead-
ing, where they come to be MIXED
morning and evening, to actually thrive
under the circumstances. Few per-
sons think of housing the Kerry either
night or day at any period of the year.
When not giving any milk they remain
for months away concealed in the ravines
of the mountain passes seeking the best
shelter they can from the excessive rain
and snowstorms with which their abodes
are periodically visited. The hair is
thick, but fine and long-provision of
nature typical Of cold latitudes.
What, however, is far more singular in
the constitution of the breed is the readi-
ness with which it successfully adapts
itself to circumstances of wholly re-
verse character. In acclimatizing breeds
of cattle, sheep or pigs, the transition
must be gradual, but with the Kerry, we
have had it suddenly and indiscrimina-
tely transferred from its home in the
mountains to the richest grazing valleys
which our island can boast of, without
experiencing the slightest change as re-
CARDS health. Not alone this, but
we have seen the beasts ushered
at once into the dairy sheds and
there confined for years in tho closest
bondage without any apparent
effect on the constitution. They further
en- the full benefit of the changes as
if the new abode was their native habi-
tation. In be suburbs of large Irish
towns an occasional Kerry is to be met
With, tethered on the grass-plot attached
to the dwelling. The animal is soon
rendered 50 docile as to be fondled by
the children of the house, and the grass
is supplemented with waste of the
kitchen. We have seen the most extra
ordinary results from beasts treated in
this manner. Where no pasture is avail
able, the Kerry is fed in the stall, or, in
its absence, a stable or hand feeding
exclusively. In this latter case the
expenses is not more than 10d per day.
A half-stone of bran, two pounds of oil
sake, two of cotton cake and seven or
eight pounds of hay is, in addition to
water, the usua! daily allowance. The
bran and cake are converted into a mu-
cilsge by being subjected to the action
of boiling water, with which portion of
the hay, chopped, is incorporated. The
animals receive exercise for about half
an hour daily, and their cleanliness is
carefully attended to.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

MEDICAL STUDENTS will be pleased to
learn that the Faculty of the Louisville
Medical College louisville, Ky.,) now give
three complete courses OF lectures in seven
teen months, and SO arrange their prices
that student saves S267 in his medical edu-
cation, and gains his third course OF lee
lures; all other colleges give in this time
only two curses. Beneficiary privileges are
limited, we see, to five per cent. of the class.
Next session begins October /, 1878. Students
should at once apply, as above, for cata~
logues,
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

over the guard to zee how fast he was
gaining, ''ifit's the will of Providence
for this boat to blow up, we'll have to
stand it," Then he halleoed to the fire.
men to roll up another cask of bacon,
and to mix plenty Of rosin with the coal
and give her little turpentine and oil.
The next moment there was a splash
in the river, but before the yawl could
be lowered the man had succeeded in
reaching the shore, and hallooed out:
''Go on with the race. I guess I'll
walk ~
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Transp|anting in 0r, Weather.


On this point the Germantown Tele-
graph remarks: 1t used to be rule to
wait for shower before setting out
things. As soon as rain came the women
and children of the househould we're GU.
in the shower as happy as young ducks.
The cabbage or what not were then
planted, and congratulations were freely
exchanged on having taken advantage Of
the opportunity. But as we have learned
TO disregard the moons signs in sowing
seed, SO we care no more for the weather
in setting plants. Indeed those who
think they know a thing or two, tell
us they would sooner take the dry
weather for the work than wet.
But they have their ewn way of doing
things. One Of these la to 60 over the
ground where the plants are to be set,
and make lot of holes with q dibbie,
deep down in the earth, where the plants
are to grow, and fill these holes with
water. twill soon soak away, leaving
the ground in q half dry, half wet condi-
tion. The plants to be set out are taken
from the seed bed and put into bucket
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

WILHOFT's FEVER AND GUETONIC.-
For all diseases caused by malarial poisoning
of the blood, warranted cure. No poison, no
arsenic, no mercury, no quinine; no bloated
face or glaring eyes, no bursting head or
breaking back, no weak knees or paralysis
ogitans from its use! It is safe, inyigorating
and leaves the patient renewed in mind and
body, and sound as dollar 1t wipes out all
sallowness and gives blooming complexion
in the place OF that sick]y, officiating color
peculiar to Chils and Spleno-Hepatic de-
rangements. WHEELOCK, FINLAY & Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all
druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Broad -Chested Horses.

"Wind," says an old horseman, lis the
grand secret of a fast horse. Good lungs
will cover multitude of faults; whilst,
on the other hand, perfection of shape
and form are useless when the wind is
cut" The chest, therefore, in all cases
should be large and capacious. In shape
it may vary somewhat, according to the
service to which the horse is to be put.
If he is kept for slow work and heavy
drawing, the chest may be nearly cir.
cular in form, because this shape is the
one for strength and bulk, to receive and
bear up against the pressure of the collar;
while at the same time sufficient room is
secured for that expansion of the lungs
caused by slow and regular work. But
If the chest is circular, let it be at the
same time deep, or else the lungs may be
cramped. A horse with shallow chest
is worthless for any purpose. The rule,
then, is this: For q draft.horse, cir
cular but deep chest; but as you pass
through the different degrees of speed,
up to the racer and trotter, the chest
must increase in depth, compared to it's
roundness, until, for the highest rate of
speed, you must have chest as deep as
greyhound, and at the same time not
lacking in breadth. Every breeder
should keep this rule in mind when
selecting his brood. mares and stallion,
for he may be sure that shallow-chested
parents never beget deep-chested colts.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Cards and CrOquet.

One day this summer we rode fifty
miles in railway car, seated behind four
men, who were playing with those awful
playthings of the devil--cards. They
played euchre until they were tired Off
They played a little seven-up, pedro, and
occasionally trife of poker. We never
heard dispute. Their bursts of merri~
ment occasionally at some unexpected
play, repeatedly drew our eyes from our
book. They never quarreled, and never
called names once. When we got out at
our station we sat at our window and
watched a party of young men and
maidens play croquet. In fifteen min
utes we saw two persons cheat success
fully. We heard the one player who
did not cheat accused of cheating five
times. We heard four distinct, bitter
quarrels. We heard a beautiful young
girl tell two lies, and a meek looking
young man three, and finally we saw the
young girl throw her mallet against the
fence SO hard it frightened a horse, the
other young girl pounded her maIlet SO
hard on the ground that it knocked the
buds off an apple tree; they both banged
into the house at different doors, and the
young men looked sheepish and went off
after drink. Now why is this? Isn't
croquet good, moral game?
Medical Customs in England.
A question of English expenditure
totally misunderstood by Americans is
the custom of paying or engaging "med-
ical men, and physicians. A lady
friend afflicted with the common result
of an English winter. bronchitis asked
her landlady if she could recommend 3
physician. IA physician, ma am ?'' said
the weman certainly, but wouldn't
a medical man do as we'll ?" Advice
being all my friend required, she investi-
gated this, to her, meaningless distinction,
and found that she saved much needless
expenditure by sending fora medical
man" instead of a physician The
latter class of practitioners in Eng
land are only employed in spe-
cial cases of illness, while the medical
man." in every sense as good doctor, is
q general practitioner, supplying his
own medicines, and charging in fees only
about one-fourth az much as the "physi,
cian." II is more a social than an edu-
cutional distinction, and yet one of those
peculiar questions which nothing but a
residence among the English people can
elucidate. Five shillings (about 81 25)
is the ordinary charge of an English
medical man, while the physicians fee
ranges from Ell to s1O. And, by the
way, it is customary, when attended by
physician, to place his fee Casually a
sovereignty in his hand just as be is
leaving the room after each visit. With
the medical man, however, it is the rule
to pay his account altogether, "after all
IN avar0
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

EVERYBODY KNOWS that so long as
there is proud flesh in a sore or wound, it
will not heal. The obstacle is speedily re-
moved and the flesh reunited by HENRY g
CARBoIIC SALvG, the finest embodiment in
existence of that supreme purifier, carbolic
acid. It's emollent ingredients modify its
pungent acid basis, so that it never cauter-
ICES, stings or scarifes the diseased part
Sores and eruptions of all kinds are cured
by 1t. All Druggists sell it.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

The relaxing power of Johnson's An
odyne Liniment is almost miraculous. A
gentleman whose leg was bent at the knee
and stiff Tor twenty years, had it limbered
by its use, and the leg is now as good as the
other.
The evil consequences resulting from i'm.
pure blood are beyond human calculation,
so are the vast sums expended in worthless
remedies. Parsons Purgative Pills make
new rich blood, and taken one night for
three months will change the blood in the
entire system.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

GRACE's SALvE, manufactured by
Seth W. Fowle & Sons, Boston, is becoming
more and more popular every day, and its
sales are rapidly increasing. 1t cures Cuts,
Burns, scalds, Felons, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head Ulcers, Flesh Wounds, &c. 25 cents
A box, By mail 35 cents.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

VIZ have list OF 81 thousand country
yeeklies, in which we can insert one-inch
advertisement one year for two dollars
and quarter paper, o. for the same price
we can insert hIty. two reading notices "a new
one every week., averaging seven lines each.
For list Of papers and other particulars. ad-
dress BEALs & FOSTER, 10 Spruce ST., N. \.