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National Republican., 1878-11-23
H. H.T.HElMBOlD'S T.
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT
BUCHU-

AsPECtFfC REMEDY for all Diseases OF the
Urinary Organs Non. retention or lncOn'tnence Of
Urine Irritation, Inflammation, or UcerntiOn Of the
Bladder and Kidneys; stone In the Bladder, Gravel
charges, and all Diseases OF the bladder Kidneys or
Prostate Gland, whether affecting Maze. Female, OF
child.
FOR WEAKNESS arising from excesse, or dissl.
patton, attended with some Of the following symp
toms; Nervous Debility. Loss OF Memory, lnllsposk
lion IN Exertiou or business, ShuriLess OF llreah
Trembling Troubled with Thoughts or Disease,
Dimnsss OF Vision, Pains In the Back Chest, and
Head. Rush OF Blood TO the Head skin Eruptions
Pale Countennrce aud Dry skin.
IfTHESE NMPTOMS are allowed to go on very
frequently Epllcpic Fits aud Consumption follow.
When the constitution becomes affected with organic
weakness II requires the aid OF nvgoraiIng med.
cLnc to strengthen and tone up the system, which
HELMBULDs BUCHu does In every case
National Republican., 1878-11-23
Extensive Sale of Real Estate
AT
PUBLIC AUCTION,
by THE
Commissioners of tho F:eedman's Savings
and Trust Company.

and trust Company.
The Commissioner Of the Frcedmen's Savings ard
Trust Company will offer at pubG auction, At their
sylvnna avenue, opposite the United States Treasury
On WEDNESDAY, December Is. lS1s, at II O'Clock u.
M, large amount OF real estate, both improved and
unlnproyed.
Catalogues Of the properties 10 he sold, showing To-
cation, character &C., &c, be had by applying
the Office OF the comms ssiOners. nOll-MWSStds
National Republican., 1878-11-23
HELMBOLD'S BUCHU

HAS NO EQUAL In diseases peculiar to female.
Chronic Infant ation OF the Uterus, and Nil com
pIAlnts Incident to the sex.
National Republican., 1878-11-23
Hotels
FREMONT HOUSE.

Parties who desire good hotel board, with cool apo
airy rooms locale at this MvoTite hotel for the
summer months at the following reduced rates. Gen
ieman aud wife. 40 70 go per month single rooms
SIS to so month"; and " 10 t0 per week Table beard
ta per month and y per week. jelu
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
Killing Canada ThistIes.

In relation to Canada thistles the
Prairie Farmer advises summer fallow
az the surest and easiest means of sub.
DUNG them when the field is clear of
stumps. late meeting of the Elmira
IN. ~ farmers club, where they have
to battle yearly with this pest, after dis.
cussing moving and the various other
reriedies in vogue, it was decided that
this was the most successful plan. Presi-
tdent Hoffman said: "The method recon-
mended By the secretary is the only safe
one. Thorough summer fallowiig will
kill Canada thistles." Colonel Crooker
remarked: "I agree with him in the
estimate the secretary puts upon it as
means of cleaning our fields. | have
tried it for Canada thistles with full sue
nsss. A certain field got so badly over
run with thistles that | was nearly dis
ccoursged about subduing them, but
tried summer fallow and it cleaned
them 50 they have never troubled me
since, and that was years ago."
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
MiIesfones ON the Road TO Health.

The recovery of digestion and the resump,
ten of activity by the liver, bowels and kid-
neys are milestones which mark our progress
on the road to health. They speedily be.
rome perceptible when Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is used by the invalid. Nothing SO
surely and expeditious]y consumes the dis
tance to the desired goal. AS no bodily
function can suffer interruption without i'm.
pairing the general health of the system, so
the system can never acquire perfect vigor,
health's synonym, until that function be
actively resumed. Take, for instance, diges.
ton, suspension of which is invariably
rectifed by the Btters. If the organs upon
which it devolves grow weak, biliousness,
constipation, headache, poverty of toe
blood, and hundred other symptoms su.
pervene, which indicate Enthusiastically the
bansful general influence of dyspepsia. The
disappearance of all these sym ptoms through b
the use Of the Bitters shows with what thor.
oughness it removes their cause.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
Pruning Tomatoes

Many persons find much profit in
pinching back the branches of the toma.
toes; and it ia good prac ctice when ju.
diciously done. 1t may be overdone,
however, and injury result. In the fret
place, it is no use to attempt it after the
flowers have fallen. The idea is to force
the nourishment into the fruit at the
earliest start; for it is at that time that
the future fate of the fruit is cast. A
few leaves beyond the fruit is an ad-
vantage. It is only the growth that is to
be checked. And then much damage is
done by taking off the leaves as we'll az
the fruit. The tomato plant needs all
the leaves it can get. 1t is only the
branches that are to be checked in their
growth. No one who has not tried it
can have any idea of how valuable the
leaves are to the tomato plant. One
may for experiment take off most of the
leaves OF a plant, and he will find the
favor insipid, and every way poor. Of
course, it is the peculiar acidity of the
tomato that gives it 80 much value to all
of us; but the acid from tomato that
hos rlpened on an insufficient amount of
foliage is disagreeable to most tastes.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
FARM AND HOME.
How to Tell a Ripe Watermelon

When the melon begins to change
color inside, and its seeds to turn black,
a small black speck, scale, or blister,
begins to appear on the outer cuticle, or
rlnd. These are multiplied and enlarged
as the fruit natures. A ripe melon will
show them thicklY sown over the surface.
A partial development only indicates
half.ripened fruit. A full crop of blisters
reveals its perfect ripeness. When hun
dreds of melons are strewn along the
sidewalk, you will have to look pretty
sharply to find one that exhibits salts
factory "escutcheon," to borrow term
from M. Guenon. But it is unfailing when
found, and BY following this guide you
may walk away with your melon with
the most entire confidence. The blister
Is cfl ly to be seen upon close inspection,
"1tfs plainly visible when that is given
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
Acreage Required for a Cow

How much land is required for the
support of a COW? This question de-
pends for an answer 80 much on the cir.
cumstances of the soil as not to admit of
a very definite answer. In dairy COM
petition in Jefferson county, N. Y, in
1857, the first prize dairy, of sixteen
COWS, was kept on thirty acres of land
the second premium dairy, of eighteen
COWS, on sixty acres; the third dairy, of
thirteen COWS, on thirty acres; the
fourth, of twenty-nine cows, on fifty. five
acres; the fifth, of twenty-ejght COWS.
on ninety acres. Mr.. ssSchull, of Little
Falls, New York, estimates that the land
in pasturage and hay requisite for the
support of cow is three acres, and this
ls the estimate of Mr.. Darlington for
moderately good dairy farms in England.
In Belgium ten acres of land support
two COWS, one heifer, and one yearling
or calf; but when the calves are
sold off young, and cows in full milk are
only kept, the proportion is two COWS to
seven and one>half acres. Colman esti-
mates three acres of pasture as requisite
for a COW in Berkshire county, Mass,
while in some towns two acres of pastur-
age are sufficient. Mr.. Harrington, in
the report of the American dairymen's
association, thinks that on the average
four acres are required per COW for sum~
mer and winter keep, while Mr.. x. A.
Willard thinks that in Herkimer county,
N. Y, one and one>half to two acres of
pasture per cow will answer, and in some
exceptional cases one acre.-[Scientifc
Farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
Wild Horses in Kansas.

1t is well known fact that from time
immemoriai herds of wild horses have
roamed over the plains of southwestern
Kansas. Their origin no man knoweth.
1t may be dated back 10 the early Span
ish conquest of the country. It has
been exceedingly difficult to capture
them, the method pursued having been
to run down and lasso them with feet
horses. Latterly, however, it is found
that they can be captured in herds. The
method is to get up an outfit of fast
walking team on wagon carrying pro-
visions and camp supplies, and three or
four riding ponies, and as many men.
When herd is found they are kept
moving, no effort being made to drive
them in any direction. The teams and
ponies are not driven faster than a walk
and every opportunity is embraced of
cutting across to save distance. The
wild horses are kept in motion till dark,
being given no opportunity to Craze
during the day. At night they are too
tired to Craze and will lie down. The
pursuers camp, feed their horses from
grain which they carry with them and
are up by daylight, have breakfast and
start again. This is kept up every day.
Every day takes some of the scare and
wild out of them; they become accus-
toned to the sight of the men on horse
back and the team find they are not
going to be hurt by them, and, tired and
leg weary with constant travel and little
feed, and in from eight to ten days will
allow the men to ride in among them and
drive them in any direction. They are
then headed for the ranch and are quite
tame and docile by the time they get
in. They are of the pony order, such as
used in the cattle business, make good
riding ponies, and when thoroughly
broken, good teams for light driving in
that country. They sell, when broken
to ride, at SIS to $25 per head, and when
broken to drive at from $50 to $75 per
span.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
A Story for Some Singers.

Recently, at social gathering, Bishop
Harris was invited to sing. He declined
but told the following incident as illus
trative of his talent in that line:- Dur
ing his journey through Palestine, one
evening after he and Mr.. Spencer, who
occupied the tent with him, had gone to
bed, the bishop began humming tune
of the olden time, called "New Dur
ham," Mr.. Spencer Joined in, and the
two began singing verse Of one of our
familiar hymns. Before the verse was
finished, q donkey just outside of the
tent brayed as only a donkey in the
East can bray. While the hills of Judea
were sending lack the echoes of this
most extraordinary and untimely per.
sormance OF the donkey, the Arab drag
oman put his head inside the tent and,
apologizing for his donkey, said: "Ha
you sing one tune he think he know"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
Drinking Brandy in England

took the train to Birmingham at
about O'Clock in the afternoon. My
carriage companion was beautiful
woman, and her beauty impressed me
the more because of it's delicate char.
acter, and because she was the first really
pretty woman of her class that had yet
seen in England. She was just tall
enough to be noticeab]y SO, and the noble
elegance of her figure could not be con-
cealed by her travelling dress. This was
long garment OF soft texture and light
color, buttoned from the throat to the
lower hem with buttons of the same tint
as that of the dress. Her hat, or her
bonnet, was also of the same material,
and was without ornament of any kind.
In her dainty ears were small, dull gold
earrings, set with turquoises, which were
matched by the brooch which confined
the lace frill around her lovely throat.
Her eyes were blue; her brow fair; her
mouth had the childlike sweetness which
Murillo gave to the lips of his virgins;
in expression her face was cherubic
She apparently had no other luggage
than small leather bag which she put
into the rack above our heads We sat
in silence, for there WAS no occasion of
my speaking to her, and she looked
mostly out of the window.
After we had passed one or two more
stations she took down the little hand
bag, opened it, took out bottle and
small silver cup, and turning herself
somewhat more to the window, poured
something into cup and drank it of
at draught. did not see what she
drank, but in an instant knew. The
perfume filled the whole carriage. 1t
was brandy; and the overpowing odor
with which was surrounded told me of
the strength of her draught as we'll as if
I had mixed her grog myself, or had
joined her in social cup. At this I was
not so much astonished as I should have
been two OR three days before, for at the
Birmingham festival I had seen, during
the internal between the two parts of a
morning performance, potations of. the
same kind by ladies of whose respecta-
bility there could be no question: At
lantic Monthly.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

vegetable substances, is dissipated by
sunshine, while at night it accumulates
in all low places, its specific gravity be.
ing about is, while that of air is 10.
For the same reason therefore, that
people in what may be called miasmatic
districts should confne themselves to the
house from two hours or more before
sunset until two hours or more after sum
rise, they should close their cellars dur
ing the same time. And the cellars
should be opened and ventilated, no
matter how damp they may become in
consequence, during those hours when
the sun shines brightest.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
When 10 ventiIate Cellars.

The Rural New Yorker says: Some
of our. contemporaries advocate airing
cellars during the night and closing
them during the day to prevent damp
ness. The theory is that the hot air
during sunshine holds moisture that is
condensed in the cool cellar, while at
night, the temperature outside and m
the cellar being more nearly alike,
there is less dampness. This strikes
us as bad advice, though true enough,
30 far as we know, as fact. A damp
cellar il not necessarily unhealthy if
1t 10 kept clean and pure. When
cellar windows are opened the
colder air passes out producing
partial vacuum. This induces
the air which has been warmed by the
SUMS rays to enter, when, by cooling, it
is deprived of part OF its moisture and
as before passes out and thus constant
change OF air Id maintained. But the
warm, moisturesladen air is free from
the poison Of those malarial diseases with
which night air in valleys or low tracts
is infected Carhonic acid also, the re-
suit in part of slow decomposition Of
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

|
! in his life, and more loyal man neve
lived. have the greatest respect TO
| McDowell's mplishments and charac
ter, and l was glad to make him majo
general. The country owed him that
if only as an atonement for its injustic
towards him. But Mcdowell never wa
what you would call popular man. H
was never SO in the army nor at Yves
Point. Yet | could never understand it
for no one could know Mcdowell withou
liking him. His career ia one of the SUI
prising things in the war. So is Buell's
Buell. does not like me, am afraid, bu
| have always borne my testimony to hi
perfect loyalty and his ability, Buell. ii
a man who would have carried out 10y
ally every order he received, and l think
he had genius enough for the highest
commands; but, somehow, he fell under
cloud"
| LOGAN, WARREN AND BUTLER.
There were in the army no two men
more loyal than John A. Logan and
Frank Blair. I knew that Sherman did
not mean to dispsrage either of them,
and that he wrote hastily. Logan did a
great work for the union in bringing
Egypt out of the confederacy, which he
did, and he was an admirable soldier,
and is, as he always has been, an honor
able, true man-a perfectly just and fair
man, whose record in the army was brill
liant. Blair also did work in the army
emitting him to the gratitude of every
northern man and to the respect of every
soldier. Warren is a good soldier and a
good man, trained in the art of war.
But, IS a general, if you give him an
order he would not act until he knew
what the other corps would do. Instead
of obeying-and knowing that the power
which was guiding him would guide the
others--he would hesitate and inquire
and want to debate. 1t was this quality
which led to our disaster at the mine
explosion before Petersburg. If Warren
had obeyed orders we would have broken
Lees army in two and taken Petersburg.
[ have always regretted the censure
that unwittingly came upon Butler in
the james river campaign, and my re-
port was the cause. I said that the
general was bottled up, and used the
phrase without meaning to annoy the
general or give his enemies a weapon.
[ like Butler, and have always found
him not only, as all the world knows,
man of great ability but patriotic man
and man of courage, honor and sincere
convictions. Butler lacked the technical
experience of military education, and
it is very possible to be man of high
parts and not be q great general. Butler
as general was full of enterprise and
resources, and O brave man. If I had
given him two corps commanders like
Adelbert Ames Or Schofeld, or Macken-
Eie, or dozen l could mention, he would
have made fine campaign On the James
and helped materially in my plans. I
have always been sorry / did not do so.
Butler is man it is fashion to abuse,
but he is man who has done the coun
try great service, and who is.werthy of
its gratitude.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
Agricultural Notes

For twenty-four hours after farrowine
a SOW should be fed on soft food or slops,
| which should be given in warm, though
not hot, state. A mash of bran or meal
answers very we'll.
An Oskaloosa farmer says: "Clover
b!oat, so fatal to cattle, may be cured by
fastening a stick in their mouths and
compelling them to hold their heads in an
elevated position, the poisonous gases
escaping. He says it never has failed.
The roots of clover have a natural
tendency to decompose after having pro-
duced the plant in perfection, and it is
the effect of this decomposition that rem
ders crop of clover so good a prepara-
ton for the growth Of wheat. Decay
ever furnishes regenerative food, while
the roots pierce and divide the soil, loos-
ening the ground.
Cheese, as met with in the market,
varies greatly in composition. Good
kinds contain from 30 to IS, and inferior
kinds 80 to IS per cent of water ; .ich
sorts Include from 25 to 80 per cent. of
fists and about the same proportion of
aIbuminates. Poor cheese often contains
only per cent water. The amount OF
ash varies from to 10 per cent.
Every year milk and its products are
becoming more and more appreciated.
1t is demonstrated by scientific investi-
CATION that milk and flesh contain nearly
the same elements-or really milk con-
tains all the elements of meat, and as a
COW can and does produce more valuable
food by her secretions of milk than a
steer by his flesh, the COW is rising as an
economical food producer.
Mr.. T. Bains. who has given much ex-
perimental attention to the matter, tells
the London Garden that "seeds un-
doubtedly keep better in the capsules in
which they are grown than shelled or
threshed out" and he adds that call
extremes of heat or cold should be
avoided; neither should the place where
they are stored be damp, nor the oppo-
site, too drv.'
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

CRAMPS and pains in the stomach and
bowels, dysentery and diarrheea are very
common just now and should be checked at
once. Johnson's Anodyne Liniment will
positively cure all such cases and should be
kept in every family.
The most distressing case of scrofula
cured by Parsons Purgative Pills. These
pills make new rich blood, and taken one a
night for three months will change the blood
in the entire system.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
Dooley's Yeast Powder.

This truly unrivaled baking powder
stands on its merits alone; and because of
its perfect purity and excellence, and from
the fact that every package is strictly full
households, and have the utmost confidence
in it. 1t always does the work efectualIy,
GOES much further in use, and makes better
and more wholesome and nutritious biscuits,
bread. rolls, mullins, cakes and pastry than
any other powder in the country.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

FoRupwards of thirty years Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup has been used for children
with never-failing success. 1t corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea,
An old and wellstried remedy. 25c. a bottle.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
GRANT ON MILITARY MEN

His Opinion Of Mcpherson, Meade, Buell., Logan
and Other Generals.
From the N Y. Herald's Hamburg letter.
M'PHERsON, MEADE, HANCOCK AND IN
CALLS.
I was very fond of Mcpherson if he
had lived he would have come out of the
war with the highest rank. His was a
noble character; all the chivalry was
not or the southern side. Meade was a
good soldier and loyal, good man. He
has been criticised for not having de-
stroyed Lee after Gettysburg, and the
country seemed to share that disappoint.
ment after the battle. I have never
thought it fair criticism. Meade was
new to his army and did not feel it in his
hand. If he could have fought Lee six
months later, when he had the army in
his hand, or if Sherman or Sheridan had
commanded at Gettysburg, think Lee
would have been destroyed. His mem>
ory deserves to be honored among the
heroes of the war. Hancock is a fine
soldier. At the time he was named
major general, we were not very good
friends, and I had personal prefer
ences for Schofeld, but I felt
Hancock had earned the promotion
and gave his name to Stanton. He
wrote me beautiful letter on the subject,
and our relations have always remained
On the most cordial footing. I have
great respect for Hancock as man and
soldier. We had good many men in
the war who were buried in the staff and
did not rise. There is Ingalls,, for in
stance. Ingalls, remained euartermas-
ter of the army of the Potomac during
all commands, and did great work.
Yet you never heard his name mentioned
as general. And yet Ingalls,, in COM
mand Of troops, would, in my opinion,
have become great and famous general.
If the command of the army of the
Potomac had ever become vacant I
would have given it to Ingalls,. Horace
Porter was lost in the staff. Like In
gals, he was too useful to be spared.
But as a commander of troops Porter
would have risen, in my opinion, to q
very high command. Young Mackenzie
at the close of the war was q most prom
Using soldier. He is an officer, l think,
fitted for the highest commands.
RosEcRANs, M'DoWELL, STONE AND
BUELL..
There were few men," said the
general "when the war broke Iout, to
whom we, who had been in the army,
looked for success and high rank-among
them Rosecrans, Buckner, Mcclellan
Stone, Mcdowell, Buell.. Ifelt sure that
each Of these men would gain the high.
est command. Rosecrans was great
disappointment to us all, to me especially.
Stones case was always mystery, and /
think great wrong was committed. I
have always regarded him as very good,
a very able and perfectly loyal man,
but man who has had three or four
severe and surprising reve1ses of fortune.
After the arrest of Stone and his treat
ment, his military career In our war was
destroyed. ! believe if Stone had had q
chance he would have made his mark in
our war. Mcdowell was also the victim
of what suppose We should call lll>Iuck.
You viii remember people called him
"a drunkard and traitor. Well,
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

WE have list of Thousand country
weeklies, in which we can insert one.inch
advertisement one year for two dollars and a
quarters paper,or for the same price we can
insert ffty-two reading notices "a new one
every weekly averaging seven lines each. For
list of papers and other particulars, address
BEALs & FOSTER, 10 Spruce ST., New York.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24
TRAVELLERS hv ra

TRAVELLERS by railroad or steamer
should always have box of Grace's Salve
with them ready for immediate use in case
of an accident. There is nothing like it for
the relief of Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Wounds,
Bruises and sprains, while for the cure of
Felons, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Corns, old Sores,
&C., it lisa specific.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

The Greatest Estscovery Of the age
is DR.. Tobias celebrated Venetian Liniment! |!
80 years before the public and warranted to cure
Diarrhea, Dysentery, Cole, and spasms, taken in
ternally; and Group, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore
Threats, Cuts Bruises, Old Sores ahd Pains in the
Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. 1t has never
tailed. No family will ever be without it after once
giyingit fair trial. Price, 40 cts. Dr.. TOBIAS
VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint Bottles
at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any other
or NO PAY, for the cure of Collie, Cuts. Bruises
Old Sores etc. Sold by alI Druggtsts.z Depot--lts
Park Place New Ynrk