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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
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 a potato pro,
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.
Tents. 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 abominaA
ton to the cultured palate and terror
to delicate stomachs), and think they
know what potatoes are! Next to
potato baked, 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 shave described, but must have it
sliced, fried, stewed, or mashed, with ad-
dition of parsley OF other savory things,
should suspect the condition of his
palate and stomach, and consult physi-
clan for some remedy for morbid ap.
petite. The Lord made the potato with
jacket on, that was not intended to be
taken off, 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.-[Oin-
cinnati Commercial.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
For the Feet.

Among the first things that strike the
traveller in Japan are the wooden sandals
worn by these S6,0OO,o 900 people. They
have a separate compartment for the
great toe, and make creaking noise on
the street. Straw slippers are also worn,
and traveller setting out on a 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 farthings 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 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. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
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.
Hslf-bred Jerseys or Attorneys 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 fol-
COWS.
Pork can be made cheaper in sum-
mer than in winter.
Whether you keep one cow or ten, dc
not forget to have few turnips to help
the winter feeding.
The Maine beet sugar company have
contracted largely for the raising oil
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 OF
some good fertilizer over your grass
lands as soon as cut. It will pay largely.
The shipment OF horses to England is
becoming an important export. Some
of the steamers have one hundred stalls,
The Prairie Farmer says: "Tradi.
ton in agriculture is one of the greatest
hindrances in the way of rural progress, .
and, we say, nowhere does this apply
more forcibly than within circuit o1
thirty miles of Philadelphia.
Live cattle to England are being ship.
ped instead ct dressed beef. The ho1
weather is said to be the cause. W.
rather think that the cooling too rapidly
with water and not yet having the means
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
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 remunerative yield
is obtained on what would be to other
animals "starvation fare" In the depth
of the winter season | have not only
known the animals 10 live jumping from
rock to rock and from cliff to cliff, pick
ing 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 ATTITUDES.
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 a 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 so 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 Maidstone of bran, two pounds of oil
cake, two of cetton cake. and seven or
eight pounds of hay is, in addition to
water, the usua. daily allowance. The
bran and cake are converted into mu-
cilage 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. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
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 IL
physician. "a physician, ma am ?'' said
the woman 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 physician The
latter class of practitioners 10 Eng
land are only employed in spe-
cial cases of illness, while the " medical
man." in every sense as good doctor, is
general practitioner, supplying his
own medicines, and charging in fees only
about one-fourth az much as the "physi-
cian." It is more 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 $1,25)
is the ordinary charge of an English
medical man, while the physicians fee
ranges from FL to s1O. And, by the
way, it is customary, when attended by
a physician, to place his fee Casually a
sovereignty in his hand just as he is
leaving the room after each visit. With
the medical man, however, it is the rule
to pay his account altogether, "after all
10 over"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

over the guard to see 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 cssk 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:
600 on with the race. I guess I'll
walk ~
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

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 1857 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. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
Dried Fruit for Marke'

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, well 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
nei ghths, and invariably of bright
oior. 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 b particularly
well dried, or they are liable to sweat or
sour, and pack only in new barrels.
kansas Farmer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
FARM AND.HOM
IA New Method fer Preserving Fruits.

wow MoN'oS tSi I NeSeNlfS EfuitS
A foreign chemist has published new
method for preserving fruit which
deserves trial on q small scale, as it is
80 simple, yet it is deemed to be perfect
in the preservation of the peculiar and
original favor: "Wash the specimens
clean after gathering. and place in vessels
o fluid composed of two to three hundred
grains of sugar to one litre of pure water
and two and a 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 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
whole year, each fruit retaining its
original and peculiar flavor as fine as
when gathered. ~ Michigan Farmer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
Farmer

IMPORTANT NOTHCE.-Farmers, Fami-
DR.. TOBIAS VENETIAN LINN EN- for the cure
of Cholera, Diarrhei, Dysen,ery. Group. Collie and
Sea sickness taken internally Qt perfectly harm
less; see oath accompanying each bottle and ex-
ACHE Sore Throat, Cuts. Burns, SweliDgs, Bruises,
Mosquito Bites Old Sores, Pains ia Limbs, Back
aud Chest. The VENETIAN EMINENT was in
troduced in 1S47 and no one who has used 1t but
continues to do 20, many stating, if it was Ten
Dollars Bottle they would not be without it. Thou
sands OF Certificates be a. the Depot SPEAK
log of its wonderful curative properties: Sold BY
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

WE have list of thousand country
weeklies, in which we can insert one-inch
advertisement one year for two dollars
and a quarter paper, or forthe same p'ice
we can insert fifty. 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. Y.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

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, Sc. Is cents
a box. By mail IS cents.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
Transplanting in lrh Weather.

tiahsP'dhting in ny weather.
On this point the Germantown Tele-
graph remarks: 1t used to be rule to
wait for shower before setting out
things. AS coon as rain came the women
and children Of the household were on
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 d thing or two, tell
us they would sooner take the dry
weather for the work than wet.
But they have their own way Of doing
things. One of these ID to 60 over the
ground where the plants are to be set,
and make asaot of holes with dibbie,
deep down in the earth, where the plants
are TO grow, and FIJI these holes with
water. twill soon soak away, leaving
the ground In half dry, half wet condi.
tion. Theplants to be set out are taken
from the seed bed and put into a bucket
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

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's
CARBoLIC SALvG, the finest embodiment in
existence of that supreme purifier, carbolic
acid. Its emollient 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. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

FOR upwards OF thirty years Mrs. W1nslow's
Soothing syrop has been used for children
with never,failing success. 1t corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind colo, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and well. tried remedy. Csc. bottle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
Broad Chested Horses.

"Wind," says an old horseman, lis the
grand secret of 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.
Ii 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 buik, to receive and
bear up against the pressure of the collar;
while at the same time sufficient room ia
secured for that expansion of the lungs
caused by slow and regular work. But
IL 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 draft.horse. q cir
cufar 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 its
roundness, until, for the highest rate of
speed, you must have chest as deep as
q 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 ne may be sure that shallow-chested
parents never beget deep-chested colts.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
Economical Tea Cake.

Two quarts Of -four, slit through it four
teaspoonfuls Uooley's Yeast Powder, two
tablespoonfuls of butter or lard, one pound
and quarter Of sugar, dissolved in two and
half cups of sweet milk. Spice to taste,
and bake in small moulds.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
Kentucky Military Institute

Established ES45. Six miles ont of Frank
fort, lay. Most bea aaiful and bealtfafnl
location and superior methods ofgovern-
rmenf and instruction. Circula rs of infur-
nation sent by Mai. IL. HI. sWKLDBEsGEk.
DO I'm vrs "a ', ii mt. r ;srmdala u, o.. NV.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
xtRAcT FROM REV York "TIMEs," July IA. 1873

.xrRAcr FROM REV York Times" July "A, 1875.
e. Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell q CO; e.
tablished their advertising agency in New 1r a.k
CITY Five years ago they absorbed the business
conducted by Mr. John Hooper, who was the trst
to into this nd Of enterprse NOW teey nave
and complete advertising competition which has
been secured and one whch would be aeras
succeeded in working down com pick business into
SO thoroughly systematic method IL at DO change
in the newsrn per stem of America an escape no.
tice while the widest information upon all topics
interesting TO adve tsers is placed readily at the
disp Jsal of the public.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
uNIvERSITYOF LOUISVILLE
Medical Department.
FoRTY.sECOND ANNUAL SESSION.
Only $4,000 each
Pat. Mar. 10, 1878.

PRELIMINARY course free to all students) be-
4 gins Sept. 9, and enos with the beginning of the
regular eorr Oct: !; The 'eguIar course begins
FICUiTY-J, M Bod ne, NJ D.; L. P. Yendall, M.
D.: il. 4. Palmer, ~ D., 7. Bell, n. p; John 2.
Crowe, N D., J, ". Holland n T.; D. W Ysndell,
EES-Professors' tickets, in full. IS, Matrit ula
ton fee s.; Demonstrators ticket. $40; Gradu
alton S3D; Hospital ticket Required by the city, s.
Fer circulars. address, Prof. J. W. HOLLAND,
NJ. D. secre tary, j. NJ. BUDINE, M. D., Dean.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

WILHOFT's FEVER AND AGUETONIC.-
For all diseases caused by malarial poisoning
of the blood, warranted cure. No poison, mo
arsenic, no mercury, no quinine; no bloated
face or glazing eyes, no bursting head or
breaking back, no weak knees or paralysis
agita1s from its use! 1t is safe, invigoratlng
and leaves the patient renewed in mind and
body, and sound as dollar. 1t wipes out all
salIowness and gives blooming complexion
in the place OF that sickly, officiating color
peculiar to Chills and SplenoHepatic de-
rangements. WHEELOCK, FINLAY & Co.,
Proprietors New Orleans. For sale by all
druggists.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

DoCToRs and Medical Students should
read the advertisement in this paper OF the
University of Louisville.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR PATRONS
A NATTER OF PRIME gM-

1t is matter OF p,ius Importance TO us, for the
pur pose of maintaining influence with pu biish-
ers, that it to be understood among them
that statements about The advel Using to be
done. not to be done. to be relied upon, and
to this end dealing with our advertising pat ons
must be upon a basis of mutual confidence and good
faith
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

The relaxing power of Johnson's An
odyne Liniment is almost miraculous. A
gentleman whose leg was bent at the knee
and stiff for 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 Purgatve Pills make
new rich blood, and taken one night for
three months will change the blood in the
entire system.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
DUB CUSTOMERS ENTITLED TO on
REST SERVICES.

Whenever we are doing the advertising for any
individual or firm. consider th EN- entitled to our
best services. If they suggest using paper which
we know to be not the best for the purpose, say
SO and give the reasons. We often expend a good
deal of time for very small advertisers: much more
than the profits on their patronage would warrant;
but we are content, they entrust to Us what they
have to dsburse and influence 10 our direction the
patronage of their friends and acquaintance
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
Our Promise.

We promise those ad yer tisers who entrust their
advertising patronage to our management that we
will not allow them to be charged in any instance.
any more than the publishers schedule rates that
will procure for them the acceptance of any ad
vantsgeous offer definitely made to them by any
newspaper publisher. adveTtisns agent or can
work without pro fit. and offer to do so, yet
in conformity with the promise made above, we
some II mes find it advisable
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
Geo.P.Rowell SEQ
10 Spruce st.,
New York.

TIE ORJEtr OF OUR ESTABLISH.
MENT.
Our New York Advertising Bureau, No. 10 spruce
st New York is an establishment In ended to
ia cilitae the convenient and stematic placing OF
advertisements in newspapers IT ID conducted upon
he prime plos which We conceive to be the right
ones for the best results to the advertiser
We undertake to represent American newspapers.
not only the newspapers of the city OF New VOTE,
and OF all other American CITIES, Relig ious; Asr1-
cultural and other class newspapers, but also the
small country journals. We receive regularly and
keep on file the daily and weekly newspapers OF
every description til roughour the land
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

published 1t il ndard medical work, the pest in
the English language written by ply Of great
ex perience to whom was awarded gold and Jeweled
medal by the National Medical AZ oclation 1t con.
tans beautiful and very expensive steel plate en-.
cravings Three hundred pages, more than bttY
Valuable prescri ptions for all forms OF prevailing
Diseases the result OF many years CT extensive and
snccessful practice. Bound in French cloth price
opiy a. sent by mail. The London aancet say1 :;
.ko person should be without this valuable book.
The anthor ia a noble beuefactor," An illustrated
sample sent to all receipt of6 cents for postage
address Dr. W H. PARKER, No. A Bnlfinch Street,
BOSTON The author may be consulted on all dlsesser
requiring skin and ex perlence
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07

to seethat the advertisement. wneE. and nthe
manner that it ought to checking each subsequent
issue of the advertisement in each paper, In book
kept for that purpose at all times to the In
specton of the advertiser. and marking plain. -
each paper the advertisement as it appears, that
whenthe ADVERT comest sends for the purpose OF
having the files examined the may light prompt
ly upon his announcement. without the labor of
search ng the whole paper or page.
If errors omissions occur, 1t 10 our duty to
notify publishers. ut own OK pense for labor.
postage messenger and to see to it that the pub
Usher of the actually does render the service
for which the advertiser contracted.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-07
SIMPLE. EASY, PROFITABLE.
EVERYBODY HIS OWN PRINTED !!

Awarded highest prize at Centennial Exposition for
fire caeaoin9 qualities and excellence and tttbg char
aaer Of s'oeeee"tog and Jarorig The best Tobacco
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every plug Sold by al! deeeT>. hsnI for sampins