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St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
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Should an eruption occur in this volcano,
and cause the destruction OF one half Of the
inhabitants who live in the vicinity, the
remainder. who barely escape with their
lives, Immediately move back upon the half
cooled lava, and there live in constant fear
of another eruption, foolisbly fancying that
the only tenantable portion Of the earth rests
within the shadow OF the great volcano
This fairly illustrates the force of habit, and
the persistency with which people cling to
opinions when once formed. For example,
Dr, Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures
lncipient consumption, coughs, colds: and all
affections of the liver and blood, yet some
still depend upon physicians and remed es
that have nauyht but repeated failures to
which they can refer. And although DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is sold under
a positive guarantee to cure those weak:
Dessgs peculiar to women, and notWlthstand-
ing that thousands of women bear testimony
to its efficacy, and the truth OF all statements
made concerning it, many yet submit to the
use of caustic and the knife. Again, Drr.
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, no larger
than mustard seeds, will positively cure con-
stipation, where it is dependent upon dys.
pepsia or torpid liver; yet some still depend
| for relief upon the "blue pill or huge
doses of drastic cathartic medicine. In the
face of such facts, can we wonder at the
blindness of the poor Italians ?'ee
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
FARM AND HOME.
FeedingCa att|e.

One Of our exchanges, in alluding to
the fsttening or feeding of cattle, where
Tho come farmer rears the calf and fattens
the heef SAYS: at is evident, from what
Is going on in the lives stock markets, that
it cannot pay to feed an animal that re-
ouires from three TO five years to mature,
nor one that will not be extra in quality
and of heavy weight. No beef animal
can now be raised or fed with profit that
will not reach weight OF 1,4Oo pounds
at least, at thirty months old. A grade
sbort.horn Hereford steer of | 300 pounds,
at two and a half years old, will sell for
$40 to $50, if not more; and it is certain
as anything of the kind can be, that for
many years to come the value OF beet
will not be less than now. Such animals
as these, fed skillfully in yards or pens,
with a moderate allowance Of pur-
chased foods, that are always available
such as bran, millstutf, linseed or cotton
seed cake, with roots or straw grown
upon the farm, will produce an immense
supply of the very best manure; and il
turned off on the market at cost only
these animals will leave, as profit, sutfi
cient manure TO produce grain and
root crop. This ought to satisfy good
farmer; but there is more profit in the
business than that Though many
farmers may not be able to realize more. ,
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
Thorouohb,ed vs. Common Sheep.

Tbs Live Stock Journal says: A
farmer in this country, who is supposed
to own as good common sheep as any body
in this locality, sheared his flock recently,
and after weighing the heeces, found that
each sheep averaged two and half
hounds. Take the whole number of sheep
in this state and they will probably not
average more than the above. Say that
wool ii worth twenty cents per pound
the profits from each sheep will be fifty
cents. Take now an estimate of feeces
of the thoroug ghbred Merino and Cots
void, which will not average less than
eight pounds per head-the net profits
on each sheep, S1.60 Or $l.l0 in favor OF
the thoroughbred will command higher
marketable value. Now, it costs the
same to raise the thoroug ghbred as the
common sheep the mutton Of one IS as
good as the other; the profits OF the wool
of the thoroughbred is three times greater
than from the common. Every farmer
owning flock of sheep should make it
convenient to purchase thoroughbred
ram to improve the quality and yield OF
his wool; such an investment will pay.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
A Mighty Bad Business.

Coleman's Rural World says: " What
farmers want in the west, in the way OF
raising corn, is the largest yield and the
least amount of labor necessary to pro-
duce that yield. Land is cheap, pro-
ductive, plentiful. We do not want as
nice farming as is carried on in England,
but we do want thorough work done,
good plowing, good narrowing, careful
laying off and planting, and then letting
the harrow and cultivator Or plow do the
balance of the work. A large yield can
be obtained in this way, and cheap beef
and pork can be produced from it.
Every farmer ought to turn all the corn
he raises for sale into tour-footed ami
mails, that can carry themselves into
market, without beng hauled in wagons.
The farm is kept rich in this way. A
great deal of labor is saved, If the proper
headwork is used. This hauling few
bushels of corn to market, day after day
and getting the small price given for it
is mighty poor business.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23

they were taken. In this condition they
are easily and quickly taken up by the
secretive organs and appropriated to
,vrnn,v the wastes and wants of the sys-
tem Burned or calcined bones are
freed from all organic matter, and there
ron,o;ns only the ashes of the bones,
which are chiefly lime phosphate and
carbonate), and consequently inferior to
fresh bone. The only objection to fresh
homes ia the difficulty Of keeping them
fresh The best and most satisfactory
substitute is burnt bones. The water is
removed by the heat Leaving the lime in
drv and crisp state easily crushed.
WE find lining the she'll thin skin,
which. when kept in healthy condition
hv the albumen of the egg, is impervious
to air: but, if the eggs remain too long
in one position, the yelk, being heavier
than the albumen, gradually. sinks
through it, and comes in contact with
the skin. AS it has none OF the qualities
reouisite for keeping the skin fabricated
and healthy. the skin soon becomes dry
and pervious to air, which penetrates it
to the yelk, causing the mass to rot.
Therefore the true plan is to keep the
velk in its central position. BY doing
this, the egg can be preserved for long
time. Ny plan for accomplishing this is
| to take the keg or barrel, and pack the
COOS on their sides, and to end, laying a
tier first around next to the slaves, SO
continuing until a layer is made, and SO
on till the barrel is full. Use oats for
packing; jar them down as much as is
reo,,ired to keep them firmly in their
nlaces and head up the barrel ready iol
market. By rolling the barrel about
quarter around every few days, the yelk'
Of the eggs will be kept as required.-
rcor American Stock Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
What the RiiLOus REQUIRE.

Since torpidity OF the liver is the chief
cause of its disorder, 1t is evident that what
the bilious require is an Alternative stimuiant
which will arouse it to activity, an effect that
is followed by the disappearance of the varl'
Gus symptoms indicative Of its derangeme,nt:
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters invariably
achieve the primary result mentioned, pc
sides removing the constipation, t]atulence,
heartburn, yelIowness OF the skin and WHITES
of the eyes, pain in the right side and unaef
the right shoulder, nausea, vertigo and sex
headache, to which bilious inyallds are pecu
liarly subject. As a remedy for chronic
indigestion, mental dependency, and nerv
business, the Bitters are equally eflcacious
and az a renovant Of lost vigo~, Il means o
arresting premature decay, and source o
relief from the inhrmiLes to which the gen
tier sex is peculiarly subject, they may b'
thoroughly relied upon.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
A Billiard Expert,

A private exhibition of skill in the
manipulation of billiard balls was given
bv Mr. Frank B. Adams, yesterday after"
noon in the Union Square billiard rooms.
This expert used no cue, and claims that
he can easily defeat the best players OF
the ordinary games of billiards. He Of
fers to play with any one of them a
pame in which he shall count 1000
noints or none at all in one inning,
and saws that he never saw the balls SO
placed upon a table that he could not
count upon them. His performance
Yesterday afternoon certainly supported
his assertions. He played some mar
velous shots. In one he made the ball
from his hand strike cushion tour
times within Ethe space of a foot after
leaving the first object ball and before
hitting the second. Another remarkable
shot was made by placing three balls il
a line, with one touching the bank
Then, playing from the rail, Adam
caromed on the first and third balls, ant
! drew the call from his hand back t.
strike the middle object ball. In th
matter of drawing" the balls Adams
wonderfully proficient. In one instanc
he made his ball bound from the frs
!, object ball, placed in one of the uppe
corners of the table, to the upper cusl
, ion. and then describe an ellipse, caron
, ing finally upon q second object ball
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23

AN English veterinary surgeon now IN
this county says that " Sheridan's Cavalry
Condition Powders are superior to any he
knows of in England, as they are absolutely
pure" He denounces the large package
fraud and warns people not to buy them
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
Around the Farm

The best way to protect the bark of |
trees from mice, rabbits or farm stock, is
to tie a small bundle of dead branches
around the part to be protected.
/ HAVE used oils and fats for the pre-
servation Of eggs with considerable sue
cess, and find that oils or thin fats are
immensely inferior to solid fats or wakes,
fact, I believe, which is very often
overlooked Mark Lane Express.
In three pens, three hogs, each nearly
full grown, and about equal in weight
and thrittiness, were fed four months as
follows: One pen, soaked corn; one pen,
cooked corn meal; one pen, dry corn.
At the close of the experiment, those fed
on dry corn had made the most weight
Producer.
EXPERIENCE has proved that blowing
in tie fall is one of the most effective as
we'll as one of the quickest and easiest
methods of fning the soil, and that land
which was plowed in the fall can be
worked earlier in the spring, and more
easily during the season than will be
possible if the plowing is neglected.
We have tried this plan and found it to
work so well as to merit acceptance as
one of the principles" of agricultural
practice.-[N. E. Homestead. @
TALKING abeut cutting potato seed, {
member of the Elmira Farmers clut
says: GAS a rule, it is economy to Gu
the seed, and cut it small. / took TIVE
bushels and twelve pounds and cut t.
single eyes. They planted half an acr
in rows, three feet apart, eighteen inche
between the hills. I marked the groun
with plow, dropped the seed in tn
. furrow, and plowed furrow over fo
covering, SO that there should be fai
comparison with large seed put in by tb
same method. I wanted no coaxing nc
playing with fancy seed. In the fall
plowed out and sold one hundred an
three bushels from the half acr
and what were not plowed out,
course / did not get. plante
fourteen rods of early rose, the seed CT
to single eyes and one piece in the hi
From the piece I dug thirty bushels
goed.sized potatoes.
BONES are fed to fowls in two forms
in either a fresh or calcined state. T.
former method is much the better as t
bones are rich in both organic and in,
ganic matter, just as they were in
framework of the animal from viii
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23

the opposite lower corner. His tayorlte
shot, however, was to place a ball oppo.
site the lowest button on the lett side OF
the table, and then to draw ball from
the upper cushion, to the right, lower,
and left hand banks. While this ball
was moving he drew second in
straight line from the upper cushion, and
caused it to strike the still ball, so that
the latter kissed the first ball. Mr..
Adams continued his exhibitions with
some shots from the top of a bottle to
balls placed at the top a>d base Of
triangle, around hats, and describing
various figures. He has never before
appeared in this city, but is we'll known
in the west and Canada, where he is
called " Yank" Adams, because he is q
native of Norwich, Conn ny. Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
Caution to the Public.

To avoid imposition, purchasers of "altham
Watches will observe that every genuine "atcn'
whether gold or silver, bears our own trace lharA
on both case and movements.
tee certifcates accom- pany them. Silver cases are
STAN ped Am. Watch Co.. Waltham. Mass Mass So1p
ling Silver" according to quality, and are accom- @
panied by guarantee certificate signed r. ho
engraved upon all movements. irrespective OF otner
distinguishing marks. .ou, J., rooson of
.ha fact that our cases are frequently separated
from our and put upon tbn eeppe
in;nrionsly the performance of the watches, and
Viii whot Is made GnS bv
Exc Evarv buyer should make close INSPECTION al
tsy fas;eat Sss3 "a wy AMERICAN WATCH Co.
iho'e"'0u By X. Z. ROBBINS. Treas
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
Marty of Indians were pIayi]

A party of Indians were playing
poker on Court street recently, and one
OF the players, who was on bluff; having
all his money in the pot, pulled of his
blanket and raised his opponent one
blanket. The other Indian saw the raise
and raised it squaw better, and then
the buffer hesitated. He offered to put
UP his mother, but the other player said
she was too old, and that he had put up
his wife and wanted the bet called with a
wife or he would take down the pot and
the indian with two deuces laid down his
hand, and will sleep tonight with a
barley sack for bcdspread.-[ Austin
aReyeille.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23

different directions, he to Missouri and /
to Louisiana.
From what l subsequently, learned of
his history, the affair wrought the most
singular change in the character of DIR.
T. Prior to the fight I had found
him amiable, inofensiye, and averse to
bloodshed, though truly brave; but af'
terward | heard that he was frequently
engaged in desperate encounters, in one
of which I believe, he was killed. This
duel created considerable excitement at
the time, and the Louisville Journal
having published an account derogatory
to Or. f, Mr.. George D. Prentiss,
the editor, was called on to correct it.
which he did B. in n. Y. Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
harrister described his poverty a.

"A barrister described his poverty as
follows: When | began to practice |
was in perfect rags the smallest hole in
nv shirt was the one I stuck my head
through, and Ihad to have that, my only
shirt washed by the dozen, for it was in
twelve pieces"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23

DR.. S. JOHNSON & Co., of Bangor,
Maine, proprietors of Johnson's Anyodyne
Liniment, viii send free to all who will Wflte
for it, reliable information how to prevent
diphtheria-the most to. be dreaded or an
dreadful diseases. Write your name, post
office address, county and State plai1ly.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
Patentees and inventors should read ao-
vartisamento of Edison Bros.in another column
The Greatest Discovery or the AZ AZ

The Greatest Discovery or tnG ;at AgG
Years pai % before the public, and warranted to cure
Diarrhea, Dysentery, Coc, and spasms taken IN N,
ternay and Group, Chronic Pans n othe the
fimbs' Back and Chest, externally. 1t has never
tailed No family will ever be without 1t after 1nee @
giving it fair trirl Price Ao Sts; D. d. Ips,h p,Ies
" 0no no1lar- in warranted superior to any ether
or No PAY, for the cure Of Collie, Cuts, bruises, e.
Old Sores, ETC. Sold by all Druggists. IDepot-"AO
PARK Place New York.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
SfOD Shaking.

a.. s,n eh;nes Dr. Turr2s Pills will
cure Fever and Ague, if taken by oo'"
,,,t =. +rua one, In anv case where direc-
40 +ho, +hav fail. Agents will refund
the money.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23

THE constant strain in this iron age
on human energy necessitates a means to
renew vitality, and it is with pleasure we
point out that desideratum in HOME ST0M>
ACH B1TTERs. Prepared by the HOME BIT
TIERS Co., st. Louis, Mo.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
Dime Savings.

Housekeepers who study economy IN small
things should use DOOLEY's YEAST. POW
DER, the best, because perfectly, pure; the
chearest, as every package is full weight.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
ANY MAN SENSE

Who visli., to save cellars vii send for free
Price List. We sell on trial. We pay fIe12ht r pc
your own Agent and save C0mmissinns- on
Hay Scales co m rlete IN ne be- ter) s5's SEND l0'
free Price all size Seal ana juder for yourse1l'
JON as Of BIN lHAMFTUh. Bin hampton n. 4
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
the
GOOD Old
STANDBY
MEXICAN MUSTANG lENlAEh1
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Es,ab,fshed 40 years. Always cures. Always
raadv. ALWAYS handy. Has never yet foied Thirty
n,ito.s bnre tested t. The whole world approves
the glorious old Mustang-the Best and oheepest
Lniment in existence, Is cents bottle. Ino
Muatang Liniment cures when nothing else will.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
PASTORS:

,y,;,r u,ortbv nersons who desire useful and re-
munerative employment will help such by directing
r
them 70 send for Special Agents Circular OF
FRANK LESLIE'S SUNDAY MAGAZINE
Household Periodical, unsectional and unsectar'ah'
edited by Rev. DIR. Deems "oou tefn-S n'o' W
sncb as send racomme ndation from clergyman
and ten cents for ,stage for specimen copy. Ad-
dress. FRANK LEsLIE's PUBLISHING HOUSE.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23
SANDAL-WOO1

~nEN WRITING TO ADEs..tt,ss,,,s.g ADEEn t.
w FIense sag you saw ane a"s = r. q.
4EaHR
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-23

| ana avoid arrest. In the meantime
received a request from reverend gen.
tlemen, whose death I saw noticed last
wear. to withdraw the challenge 1or an
accommodation which he hoped to
bring about. I gladly agreed to comply
provided the opposite party consented 10
the arrangement without prejudice to
NV friend but the overture was plumpiy
rejected bv them. The meeting took
Mace next morning at wild, romantic
snot On Dick river. The law officers were
{ on ~ the hill above us, but an old boatman
and his sons, whom we were compelled te
, +ate into our confidence, and who hae
tho Kenruckian's instructive love OF
q fair fight" kept them at bay Ih'
weanons were the old,fashioned duellins
9 n;stols. those used by the opposite part!
q be;ug a pair belonging to Henry Clay
. Counselor EFT. fell, mortally wounded, a
r the first fire, and, as there was but on
Z boat to cross the river, the constable
1 waiting for us on the side, we occupies
e and only Kept back by wholesome fea
of our friends, the boatmen, we wei
d com oelled to wait until the wounde
! man had been transported across.
- newer saw O man suffer more mental agon
: +han the doctor did during the tim
= having been informed Of the result. 1
- had not wished to kill his opponent, on
+ 70 ;nAict wound such as might end Il
affair. We both left the state, going
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MURPHY'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE,

At the Church of the Disciples, in New
York, a few days ago, Francis Murphy, the
successful temperance advocate, was called
upon to relate to very large audience the
manner of his conquest of the appetite for
strong drink. He did so in mild, conSs~-
sational tone, which was very impressive.
Every idea, every story seemed to find an
appropriate gesture, and in an anecdote,
which he told Of two tipsy Irishmen lost in
swamp and beleaguered by mosquitoes,
he convulsed his hearers by his mmicry of
the drunken mems fight with their insect
tormentors. AS he told in voice husky
and broken with emotion, of the suffer-
ings Of his family when he lay in Jail for
debt, sobs could be heard in all parts of the
house, and as he spoke of his resolve never
to touch another drop of strong drink-a
resolve he has kept to this day,-one excited
man shouted out "hallelujah ~
There is an old saying, Mr.. Murphy be-
gan, that "enough is as good as feast"
What more can be said after the addresses
to which you have just listened? Let me
add, merely, that there should be no dvi-
sion between religion and temperance men
here. No one studies subject without
taking his own Interpretation of it. This
is seen in law, where both sides always
have good cases and each comes up with
the assurance of success. SO far as the
law is concerned know little of it. All l
know is the law of loving kindness. l see
in this audience a man who gave thou
sands Of dollars to help on the work in
Pittsburg They have hearts there as big
the credit of the work there, but to the
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BUBBLES.

New marriage head-Bridal bits.
"A Quaker is born thee ologian.
To get along in the worid-Walk.
-Besetting sin-Sitting in idleness.
Last, not least-A mules hind legs.
The miners of Nevada are lying on
their ores.
When man talks OF moving, he ex-
poets to hire a haul
There isn't vegetable that can ketch
up with the tomato.
The Shah of Persia has a son-that
makes him pa-shah.
Women tempted men to eat; but he
took to drink himself.
Whoever sins against light, kisses the
lips of blazing cannon.
-" Father" said little Teddy, chow
can the sea run when it is all tide ~
The Jersey fisherman, when he gets to
be sentimental, sings of the "shad sea
waves"
When a rider is thrown over a horses
head, the horse becomes the power behind
the thrown.
Our colored friends have hardly got
their full rights yet; meanwhile they lay
low and keep dark.
During a discussion on the locality of
hell, a boy put in with, sit is anywhere
outside of heaven
No man who doesn't take his rations
regularly when he can get them can be
called a rational being.
1t is singular how early in life a child
gains the reputation of resembling the rich
est and best looking relations.
When Virginia gentleman asks
another to drink, he blsndly says, " shall
we give the public debt lift ," And they
lift.
-" What is the outward and visible sign
in baptism? % said a parson to his Sunday
school class. The baby sir ~ was the
prompt reply.
An old Grecian philosopher advises all
men to know themselves. That's suggest
ing to good many to form disreputable
acquaintauces.
A young man in Minnesota shot girl
who had given him the mitten, and the jury
brought him in guilty" with mitigating
circumstances"
The Cincinnatians deny that the foun-
ders of their city where the descendants OF
Ham. The very idea makes them bristle
with Indignation.
Ladies are like watches, pretty enough
to look at, sweet faces and delicate hands,
but somewhat difficult to CIRCULATE " after
they are set going.
The numerous possessors of Thomas
Jefferson's snuff-box will be shocked to
learn from his niece that Thomas never
carried snuff-box in his life.
"A butter convention was held in In
away. The local papers remarked that the
members all "spread themselves"
-" Do you sing tenor?" asked lady
of her musical friend "Well," replied
the facetious man, 81 I've been known to
sing ten or eleven times altogether"
-" There are people who live behind the
hill," is an old German proverb, which
means that there are other folks in the
world besides yourself, although you may
not see them.