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St. Landry democrat., 1884-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE Pacific Mail steamship City of Toxic
arrivtI in San Francisco on the Doth,
bringi1. f1fty~six cases of Chinese ex-
hibits fA the New Orleans Exposition
AT M Washington, n. Y, the ther-
mometert tSlicated temperature of four
teen degr9 tbelow zero on the 25th.
IN his anE i report the Comptroller Of
the CurrencS COWS that during the year
ended NoyenA LIST, 1884, l91 banks have
been organigedS Sitk an aggregate capital
o69$I6, ,042,29o, and TO which circulating
notes amounting II sS3s s866, $50 have been is
sued. 6
banking systeiSYy Feb vary %, 1853, 8,261
National bangs have b gn organized; total
mumber in existence November LIST, 1884,
246n. {
The vessels comprissssg the North Atlantic
Rear Adm5 al Jouett command
ing win rendezvouAatbGew Orleans and
participate in the cerS qoRies attending the
opening of the ExposiE pn. Ts.,sv viii re-
man there until abe2t tarch 1st. D
THE total exports of btleie during the
first four months of the current fiscal year
were $11 1858, ,115; total imports S13, ,2448, $50;
excess Of imports over exports, 81 $3.50, ,285.
DURING the cholera epidemic ii is esti-
mated that 100, 600 persons left Paris. They
are now returning III great numbers.
The Chinese have in their service a Ger
nan Admiral and other European officers
n the Northern feet.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-12-06

SERGEANT BRA1NERD of the Greedy party,
it is ntiInated, will shortly be promoted to
q Second Lieutenancy in the Signal Ser
vice.
ON the 2Ssh Congressman Pembroke
Jones of the Cape Fear District of North
Carolina was married to Miss Sarah Whar-
ton Green, at FaYettaYille, n. G.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-12-06
A FEARFUL ExPERlENcE.

The Sufferfngs of Pilot Bertrand an Ills
Companions Adrift in a Fraii Eoat For
Three Days in Storm-Huneer, Frost,
Frenzy, Death and Cannibalisna-A Timely
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
Household Hints.

MINCED olives are relished by many,
and are considered delectable addition
to salads of any kind.
RICE dissolved in water and flushed
as white soup is excellent for kind of
astringent diet. Custard, seasoned with
little butter and salt. Savory herbs
are often acceptable.
BREAD, biscuit, rolls, and the crust of
pies are all greatly improved in flavor
and color if they are lightly brushed over
with milk just before they are put into
the oven. A little sugar dissolved in the
milk is an addition also.
To provide endless subject of study for
your children, take a one quart glass
fruit can, get it nearly full of pond water;
then let them observe the forms of life.
both of plants and of insects, which
flourish there. Small magnifying glasses
are luxuries that will be appreciated.
TEA CUPS are now made to represent
roses, petals and all, very natural, and
the accompanying saucers imita.e the
leaves. Teapot, sugar-bowl and pitchers
are carried out in the same style.
AN ordinary pail may be lined with
silk or satin and painted upon the out.
side with pretty selections of vines and
flowers, and used as paper receptacle or
scrap receiver. The handle should be
replaced by snowy card.
EXCELLENT soft gingerbread is made
OF one cup or sugar, one cup of butter,
one cup of sour cream, one cup of New
Orleans molasses, four GUS of sifted
flour, one tablespoonful of soda dissolved
in little hot water, one tablespoonful
of ginger, three well-beaten eggs, the
rind grated of one lemon. Raisins may
be added, if you please.
Upon cracked looking glass it is
permitted to paint a bamboo stock, or
crooked pear or apple branch, covered
with blossoms, SO as to hide the IN
slightly crack and retain the glass for
use. Upon perfect glass flower paint
ing is considered artistic, but the bios
SONS and birds are to be kept within
the frame.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
The Chinese Farmer.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.1
The homestead of the farmer is usu-
ally sheltered with groves of feathery
bamboo and thick spreading banyans.
The walls are of clay or wood and the
interior of the house consists of one
main room extending from the floor to
the tiled roof, with closet-looking apart.
ments ia the corners for sleeping rooms.
There is sliding window on the roof
made OF cut oyster shells arranged in
rows, while the side windows are mere
wooden shutters. The floor is the bare
earth, where at night there often gath
ers together a miscellaneous family of
dirty children. fowls, ducks, pigeons
and litter of pigs, all living together
in happy harmony. In some districts
infested by marauding bands houses
are strongly fortified with high walls,
containing apertures for firearms and
protected by moat crossed b. rude
drawbridge. With grain, swine and
and well under his roof, the farmer
and his men might hold out against
years seige. Early in the morning the
laborer may be seen issuing forth with
his pillow on his shoulders and preceded
by one or two buffaloes. The pillow is
rude implement, consisting of small
iron share, wooden stem and handle.
1t speaks volumes for Chinese conser-
vatism that their implements of hus-
bandry to-day are precisely the same
kind as were used four thousand wears
ago.
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S2O.0OO Gone!

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.-The Chroni-
Gle publishes in substance the following
marvel: Captain W.. +. Swasey, the
Oldest pioneer of the coast, makes a
statement of the intense suffering of his
friend Colonel d. j. Williamson, an Ar
my officer of distinction, and an Ex-U.
s. Consul, who was attacked in the win
ter of 1862 with violent rheumatism.
50 great was his agony in after years,
he became helpless cripple, and after
trying numberless remedies, the baths
of other countries and spending for
tune of 500, 900, the disease seemed to
assume more virulent type. Finally,
he was persuaded to try st. Jacobs Oil,
the great conqueror of pain. 1t worked
miracle of cure. In letter to the
Chronicle he confirms Capt. Swasey' s
statement and adds: 81 cheerfully give
my unqualified attestation to the truth
fulness of the statement, because l feel
perfectly certain that knowledge of
my cure by st, Jacobs Oil, will prove
the means of relieving hundreds of suf-
ferers "
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
No Guess-Work

About every ''ready reckoner, ="
"guide, calculator" or memorandum
book offered to farmers contains one or
more rules for Judging the weight of an
lmals by measurement. These rules
are reproduced by the general newspa.
pers, and sometimes even Ivy the agri-
cultural journals. This is we'll enough,
perhaps, as the measurements, if care
fully made, may give the real weight,
approximately, quite as near as the
guess of the so-called expert cattle trad
ers; but good farm scales, accurate to
the fraction of an ounce, are now SO cheap
that all guess-work should be generally
abandoned. Such scale is one of the
necessities in intelligent and profitable
farming. A large interest on the cost
will be saved in buying and selling prod
uce. The farmer of to day shoul know
exactly the weight Of the grain and hay
he feeds, as well as of what he sells; and
be able to tell how much it is costing
him to make pound of beef, pork, or
mutton. He works for profit, and wants
to know when improbable feeding be-
gins, that he may stop it, either by
different method, or by sending his ami
mails to the butcher. The scale will tell
him this. One of the most successful
cattle-feeders in Northern Illinois weighs
every ton of hay and bushel of gram
used, and he also weighs at frequent
and regular intervals every animal he is
feeding for market. An expert him
self, he purchases his cattle by "eye es-
innate" because growers of young
stock allow him to do so. but he knows
the exact weight of each one of them
within twenty-four hours after it reaches
his premises, no matter at what time of
year the purchase is made. The lesson
Is evident. There are plenty of good
scales; get one and take good care of it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
A Senator's Daily Bread.

From the Boston Courier.l
When Senator Palmer goes to New
York and stops at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel he always carries loaf of gra-
ham bread in his satchel. Before 60
ing to his meals he cuts couple of
slices from the loaf and puts them in
his pocket. At the table he pulls the
bread out and has always something
before him that he can eat. In his
house in Detroit he has mill construct
ed on purpose to grind the -four for this
bread and at home he will never eat
bread made from -four ground at any
other mill. When he first came to
Washington he was invited to go many
dinner parties and was obliged to eat so
much that he was sick most of the time.
At a dinner party later in the season,
however, he happened to notice that
Senator Malone skipped every other
course and barely tasted of the dishes
he took. He profted by this sugges-
ton, and since then when invited to
dine he keeps his jaws in motion, but
only nibbles at his food.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
Health Alphabet.


As soon as you are up shake blanket and sheet;
Better be without shoes than sit with wet feet;
Children, If healthy, are active not STILL
Damp beds and damp clothes will both make
you i'll;
Eat slowly and always chew your food well:
F-reshen the air in the house where you dwell;
Garments must never be made too tight;
Homes should be healthy, airy and light;
If you wish to be well, you do I've doubt;
Just open the windows before you go out;
Keep the rooms always tidy and clean
Let dust the furniture never be seen;
Much illness is caused by the want of pure air;
Now to open the windows De ever your care
Old rags and old rubbish should never be kept:
People should see that their floors well swept;
Quick movements in children healthy and
right;
Remember the young cannot thrive without
light;
See that the cistern is clean to the brim;
Take care that your dress is all tidy and clean;
Use your nose to find If there be bad drain;
very sad the fevers that come in its train;
Walk as much as you without feeling IA
ngue;
X-erIes could walk full many league;
Your health is your wealth, which your wisdom
must keep;
Zeal will keep good cause, and the good you
will reap.
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more beautiful than its predecessor and
the spring beside, our single sister Mary
found herself seated one day at the end
of long table at dinner with several
friends, who had requested her to ac-
company them to Hall, fashiona-
BILE resort for strangers of leisure, and
where, at the opposite end, sat group
ofdark-complexioned gentlemen, merrily
engaged in discussing some point of
great interest.
''And what kept you single go long?"
said one, with his untasted glass up
raised, as he addressed his vis-a-vis, the
face of whom Mary did not see.
one ?" was the reply, in a voice that
went to the ear of Mary, through that
long hall, with cadence never forgot
ten, now melting into her heart, "Me :?
why rosebud made me bachelor"
"Then let US drink to the rosebud, 4"
said his questioner, and reaching for
ward to fill his glass, the eyes of Arthur
V. rested on those of Mary, who had
sat almost paralyzed by that voice she
had hever thought to hear again.
1t is needless to describe the meeting,
which was soon followed by marriage.
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Scotch Opinion.

Travelling in Scotland, near Balmoral,
Mr.. Irving, the actor. once met an old
Scotch woman with whom he spoke of
the Queen. "The Queens a good
woman" he said. II suppose she's guide
enough, but there are thinga I Gamma
bear" What do you mean?" asked
Mr.. Irving. "WeD, think there are
things which even the Queen has ma
recht to do. For one thing, she goes
rowing on the lax on Soonday-and it's
not Chreestian thing to dol" "But
you know the Bible tells US" II knaw,"
she interrupted, angrily. GIVE read the
Bible since was SO high, an knaw
ev'ry word int. 1 knaw ABBOTT the Sun
day fishing and a the other things the
good Lord did, but want ye to knaw,
too, that / don't think any the more,
cen of Him, for adoin' it."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
Providing for Green Corn.

Corn to be used green should be plant
ed at intervals of about week in order
to have it fit for eating during the sea-
son. There is but little gain by getting
it In very early; but in ordinary seasons
the ground, if fit for garden use, should
be so that the first lot may be planted
early in May. Marblehead Early has a
reputation for being the earliest good
corn and the best early corn. There are
several other varieties of good reputation
for productiveness or for extra quality
at the table, but it is better for the
farmer to coniue himself to one or two
sorts, unless he wishes to test new
varieties. AS there Is tendency for the
garden corn to mix with the field corn,
even when planted quarter of mile
away, it will be better to buy new seed
whenever there is any reason to suspect
mixture to have taken place, as cross
with the field corn spoils the garden
corn for eating purposes
CultiU0tOr.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
The HOusekeeper's Silo.

A correspondent of the London Stand
ard says it may be interesting to know
that in the Netherlands the farmers wife
has her silo. This is an earthenware
jar about two feet high. Into one such
in summer time she shreds kidney beans;
into another she puts shelled green peas;
into another broad beans; and having
then formed six-inch layer, she
sprinkles on the top little salt, and
presses the whole firmly down. Then
comes another layer, with another
sprinkling, and so on, until she has come
to the end of her vegetables. Leaving a
light weight on top, which serves to
keep all firmly pressed and to exclude
the air, she repeats the process when
more vegetables are ripe until the jar is
filed. A good, substantial weight is
then placed on the top, and the opening
is covered with brown paper, and her
object is attained, viz: ensilage for her
family. e.: vegetables preserved
green for winter use, more or less good,
according to taste, when brought to
table.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
CATERING FOR WOMEN.
New wrinkles Adopted by Shrewd Land.
lords of Swell Hotels.

New wrinkles Adopted by Shrewd Land.
lords Of Swell Hotels.
From the Cincinnati Enauirer.l
The hotel keeper of TO-DAY is artful.
he caters to women for his popularity.
and wherein twenty years ago her COM
tort was secondary consideration. to-
day 1t ls studiously consulted and placed
foremost. Why? Because women travel
both alone and with their husbands
much more than they did formerly, and.
quick to perceive any Difference to their
own tastes and convenience, they insist
upon going to the same hotel until they
become familiar habitues. 1t is anus
ing to note the different lodges employ
ed hy the managers of the great CITY
caravansaries.
At the most exclusive hotels in Boston
1t takes the shape of beautiful flowers in
vaees and jars scattered about the room.
and IN the latest number of Harper's.
the Century, and Atlantic MONTHLY
ready at hand. At a New York Hotel
facing ON Madison Square, at lunch.
when dessert is brought on plate of
choice confectionery is put before You.
and while making use Of finger bowl
the defthanded waiter whips out a sheet
OF fresh white paper, twists it with
turn OF his hand into a cornucopia.
emptles the bonbons into it, and pre-,
sents it with an Oriental obeisance for
up stairs consumption. There is really
cleverness in this, for it has put a stop
without vulgar remonstrance to the
practice of women carting off to their
rooms plates loaded with fruit, cakes.
and candies to nibble at between meals.
At another hotel on Madison Square.
when lady is seated in the dining-room.
the waiter has ready for her feet a
dainty tapestry covered hassock. No
one but short woman, who has spent
portion of her life in sitting on the edges
OF chairs dangling her feet in the air,
can fully appreciate this comfort. At
this hotel a rose or a few violets are
always found floating in the water of the
finger bowl and lend it pleasant fra
GRANGE.
The proprietor of hotel on Union
Square has availed himself of the sug-
gestions of his lady guests in improving
the table appurtenances. For example,
instead of the cruets full of black or
white pepper, generally SO adulterated
that deluge is required to flavor the
food, is substituted a tiny and pretty sill
yer mill filled with the whole pepper
corns. Two or three turns of the
handle, and you realize the delightful
ness of pepper in purity.
In place of the customary "salts," as
they are called. small bisque Cupid
has spring in his back, which, if you
press, causes fine sprays of salt to fling
from the poirt of his cunning arrow.
The fruit at dessert is put on in the
French fashion, dressed with flowers
and leaves, few sufficing, and the
effect is most pleasing, as at this season
there is a monumental Stiffness about
stack of oranges. apples and bananas
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24

death. But the more insidious foe is in
our homes. Lack of suitable ventla-
ton; damp cellars; confined and fetid
atmosphere; the absence of sunshine or
light; bad cooking; food irregularly and
unwisely served, and other causes lead
to disease. Among the more noticeable
OF these are the lack of ventilation. the
absence of light, and indigestible food.
Few houses are built with a view to
proper ventilation. Windows are as a
rule the only resource; and these are
unskiilfully managed. Draughts of air,
or more generally too little fresh air, oc-
casion either colds or the oppression
from breathing fetid atmosphere.
Many adults will when heated place
themselves in the way of cold air
current. Others do not ventiiate rooms
at all but occupy them year after year
with only the accidental ventilation that
may happen to be given.
Perhaps the greatest evil of our mod
ern home life is the propensity for dark
ened rooms. The light of day is as
much as possible excluded. Dark pa
per on the walls and the windows OBJ
scured make it like night in the bright
est daylight. Many reasons are given
for this, all centering IN the idea of
cleanliness. But sunlight is not only
clearly, but invigorating. 1t dispeIs
noxious odors, and is health giving
influence. Sun baths are recommended
as contributive to health, and were more
of sunlight admitted into our homes,
there would be fewer bleached children
and weak and feeble women. There is
need of reform In this articular.
Fashion to large extent, controls the
preparation of food; but in many cases
the subject has not been intelligently
considered at all. Much food in this
country is fried in grease, or bread and
cake are heavy and sodden, or the MKT
ure of homogeneous food impairs di-
gestion. The true principle as regards
food is to have it beautifully prepared
so that its nutriment shall be impaired
in its most digestible form, and the
several articles made use of graded with
view to healthfal combination. Prop
erly prepared, it should be cheerfully
and deliberately eaten. At least one
meal in the day should be regarded as
the family assembling time for agreeable
conversation and the quiet enjoyment OF
what has been partaken. Work, and
even violent amusement, should not fol-
low the principle meal of the day, Food
Is carelessly prepared and thoughtlestly
selected, hurriedly eaten and followed,
often, either by prolonged labor or vio-
lent amusement. 1t is all wrong.-Phil-
adelphda CaU.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
Burdette on the Farm and Garden,

lFrom the Burlington Hawkeye.l
This month ls good time to pay the
interest on your mortgage and renew the
notes you gave a year ago. 1t is also a
pretty good time to take up the notes
you unwittingly gave to the cloth ped
dler last Christmas under the impression
that you were only signing a contract.
Oats thrive best IN an elevator. A
farmer who has 80, coo bushels of oats in
an elevator need not worry about the
weather. Always raise oats in a good
elevator and keep out of deal with the
Chicago man.
Look after the bean poles you had left
over from last yesr. You will look q
long time before you find any. They
have gone, partially into the insatiate
NAV of the all-devouring fire. place, and
the neighbors have stolen the rest.
Raise chickens. If you have a nice lit
tie garden by all means raise chickens.
Your neighbours hens are the best ones
to raise. You will fine them from $50
A. M, until $40 P. M. on your lettuce,
onion, radish and flower beds. You can
raise them higher with a shotgun than
anything else. N. B.-Always eat the
hen you raise. P. S.--Cook the hen be-
lore eating. P. SS.-Before eating.
2. SS.-Before eating the hen, that is.
Crush egg shells and feed them to
your own chickens, if you are foolish
enough to keep any. Ii the whites and
yelks are removed from the shells first,
they will crush more easily.
If good horse shows symptoms of
going blind and is developing a few first
class spavins, it is time to sell him. Sell
him out of the county, if possible. Be-
ware of the deacon who has little blaze
faced "pacin' mare" that he wants to
trade for 'just such boss"
Eternal vigilance is the price'of the po-
tato crop. About ten hours day, devoted
to crushing potato bugs with hard
sticks, will probably save the upper part
Of the patch for you. By the time you
dig the potatoes you will beso disguised
with everything pertaining to potato Gull
ture that you couldn't look a potato in
the eye without feeling of nausea, and
as for eating one. But this enables
you to sell the whole bushel without a
pang.
Young hens lay more eggs than old
ones. This is because the giddy young
things have not yet learned their value.
In few years they will know just how
to stand around on a strike when eggs
are $1.75 a dozen, and then rush out
and work double time when eggs are SO
common tramps won't eat them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-24
A Machinist in a Oueer Predicament

From the Belair Times.l
William Reynolds, a machinist at
Cecil Paper Mills, recently got into an
ugly predicament. He went into what
is known as the stuff chest-a large iron
tank, in which set of arms revolve and
keep the pulp agitated-to repair some
part of it. While there the pulp was
turned on and the machinery started by
some one not knowing that any one was
inside. To keep out of the way of the
revolving arms, MI. Reynolds was
obliged to walk round and round, the pulp
meanwhile pouring down on him. He
walked and cried out at the top of his
voice for long time and until he was
nearly exhausted, but at last bis cries
we're heard and the machinery stopped.
At this time the pulp was waist deep
and Mr.. Reynolds was covered with it
from head to foot.