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The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

Ing made a night of it in the neiehbor-
ing back yards! l have, and | have
been at loss to determine whether he
was ashamed or in agony. / never
saw parrots shed tears, but they have
the kindred power of sobbing. l once
heard Soidene sing the sob song in
'Olivette,' and the popularity of the
tone and expression were so striking
that | always thought she caught them
from a parrot. A camel will shed
tears when he is thirsty. A mule will
smile when he is playing with a colt
Mules are passionatcly fond of colts,
you know. and when turned into a
pasture with one act as though they
would hug and kiss it if they only
knew how. When was with Bailey's
circus and menagerie years ago one Of
the wagon mules killed the colt of
ring mare. He was violently attached
to the little thing and while clumsly
gamboling with it one day accidentally
struck it on the head with a sharp shoe
and Knocked it dead. The attention
of the hostlers was attracted by the
sorrowful braying of the mule. He
paved the dead colt with his forefeet
anu llhtu W ItSuSCildlc ll Ills tNSo
were dilated with sorrow and dread. he
shifted the air as if realizing the wrong
he had done, and was altogether pitt
able object of sadness and despair. 1t
was with the greatest difficulty that he
was taken from the scene. That mule
was dangerous ever afterward. He
seemed haunted. He would buck and
Nick On tho slightest provocation, apd
finally became intractable, although
previously he had never raised hoof
at anybody or shown the least distem-
per. What is it that makes a dog bay
at the moonP Why, it is loneliness,
and if you could see him just then yon
would find tears in his eyes. Without
citing any other instances. it is Just as
inform you. Study the matter as close
ly as have, and you will satisfy your
self that the majority of animals and
birds possess both the physical require
ments essential to the production of
the physical phenomena of smiles and
tears, and are susceptible TO the emo
tons which cause weeping and laughter
in man."-Chicago NeWS.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
HAPPINESS.
Not Always just Here. But Awaiting Us
in the Future.

Not Always just Here, But Awaiting Us
In the Future.
Those of us who are not already
happy, or who have not given up the
pursuit of happiness, possess a charm
ing confidence that in the vague and
golden land of tomorrow all will come
right, that happiness is waiting for us.
We live over great many rough places
in life with tolerable composure in view
of this promised land; we swallow our
disappointments and veNations quietly,
and try to believe that we shall be the
happier for them in the ''sweet by-and-
by;' we pocket our Sights and afi'ronts,
overlook the unkindneSs and neglect of
friends, bind up our bruised spirits, as
those who feel that the day of deliver
ance is at hand, that the present trouble
is but for n season. II is little strange,
considering the minimum of happiness
there seems to be in the world, what
capacity for it we all develop. what
craving that only ceases with our
health, what diligent struggle we are
all making to wrest it from fate, to
make it our own, and, after all, the
poet tells us that it is but 'the grass of
the meadow, the bind-weed of the field,
the wild rose of the hedge, a word a
song" that is, it is made up of The
triiling pleasant events of everyday
life. 1t is at hand when we seek it ahr,
o. ransack the three kingdoms Tor
it; it is to be extracted from the
things which are so familiar to us that
we overlook them, and fail to recognize
., II
is such a different thing to different
people. Patrick, perhaps, finds it in
his pipe and the prospect OF a genPel
funeral; better gown than her neigh
boris will secure it for Mrs. Small;
while only the lions share of attention
in society, and the opportunity to dis
play her scalps will secure it for Dull
cinea. This one would be happy could
he find publishe', that one IF he had
but "A thousand year" while third
believes that it 70 certain element of
the best society, or that it is assuredby
a fine house, fine clothes, fine living
and position in the world. by beauty
and intellect and appreciation. But
there are people in whom all these CON-
dtons meet. but who, with a clear
conscience added, have not achieVed
happiness, something having been left
out the omission of which has wrought
a chemical effect in the crystalizatiOn;
or all the ingredients of hap ainess
were there, perhaps, but not rightly !
apportioned. In fact, happiness with
many is largely an affair of tempera-
ment. They do not look for it with
microscope, nor lie in wait for it; they
take the good the gods provide. and
if it is not exactly to their mind, they
straightway idealize it with the light
that never was on sea or land. "-Hv-
psr'S Bazar.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
FENCES.
As Generally Constructed They Are Value
less Against Spoliation.

As Generally Constructed They Are Value
less Against Spoliation.
In those good old days when the
hand of every man was against his
neighbor there were no governme nts
strong enough to protect the people
and their property. So walls and other
barriers were built to keep invaders
out. As time went on man learned
something about the advantages of CO.
operation, became able to protect him
self by bargaining with his fcllow-men,
and his rights to life, liberty, and
property were respected to a constantly
increasing extent. But while he could
give up the joy of raiding his fellows,
and lost in great measure his fear OF
being raided, he has never got rid Of
the habit OF building barriers against
the world. They are not needed, for
there are laws sufficient to protect, and
the barriers are practically useless; but
they are kept up nevertheless. a cor
respondent of the Spirit Of the FdInI
says of these reminders of long gone
ages and of the enormous outlay re-
CURED for maintaining them:
The farm fences of Tennessee cost
the people over million of dollars an
nually. one-half of which is an abso-
lutely total loss. A half million a year
ten millions of dollars since the war
have been worse than wasted in I'M
necessary fencing. This is not evil
dence of higher civilization.
1T is neither for the public nor for
private welfare that such an immense
sum of money is frittered away year
after year. Lawful fences are required
by statute, not for the general good,
but only in the interest of the careless
and thriftless few. The farmer must
pay every year a tax, in labor, material
and money, a sum closely approximate
ing the aggregate of his State and
county tax, to protect himself from de-
probation by his neighbor. This is
neither right nor decent. 1t is barbar-
ism, not civilization.
"The usage of more than a century
has given the fence some sort of sane
tion--an intense responsibility at least.
Fences are visible metc and boundary,
standing-or, more often, tumble
down-witness that within its enclosure
there dwells sovereign citizen of the
Republic. This is all there is of it.
His neighbor's breachy cattle can tear
it down at will. His neighbours dogs
go under it, through it, over it, and
work their mischief upon all he has en-
dcayored to protect with his lawful
fence, Poachers and thieves climb
oyer or pun down the sacred barriers
and rob and plumber his fields, his
orchard and his garden. His fence is
not worth ten cents a mile rs a genuine
protection against spoliation. - Chica-
90 Tribune
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Dry rot in trees is transmissble
BILE of injecting a whole nursery
Exchange.
In no matter what branch of agri-
culture he may be engaged, the think
ing, close-readug and observing farmer
is the one who is prosperous.--Sd san
Francisco Chronicle.
A Kansas farmer says, according
to the New York Tribune, that he put
stop to the heating of wheat by mix
ing with each fiftv bushels bushel of
salt, and also kept wecvils away.
In newly-imported china, some of
the meat and game platters have legs,
like old-fashioned New England vege-
table dishes. The good carver will not
like this innovation.-N y. Mail.
Every tidy housewife desires to
have some kind of a scraper just out
side the door to aid in removing the
mud from the boots of incomcrs.
One is made by fastening an old hoe to
the door steps by nails or screws. 1t
should not project more than half an
iuch above the step.-Iroy Times.
A well-known writer on stock
topics who uses the nom de plume of
Phil Thrifton says springs pigs, as a
rule, are worth more than any others.
1t is of much Importance, therefore, to
save as many of them as possible. If
lost the main profits in the business for
the year are gone Chicago Tribune.
The Decorator and FurniSher saws
that rust may be removed from steel
by covering the rusted part with oil
or fat, letting it remain several hours,
and then wipiHg of with soft cloth.
Then rub with a mixture of two
drachms caustic soda and four ounces
opodeldoc. Leave this on ten minutes
and rub off dry.
1t is unsafe applying salt in con-
tact with cut seed of potatoes, but
after the plants are up. Il little sprinkled
over the hills will repel worms, and on
some land will make bright clean
tubers, which would otherwise have
been affected with scab, The salt also
helps to keep the soil moist in a dry
tme.-N T. Times,
Saratoga Chips: Select good,
sound potatoes and peel and slice
them into thin, wafer-like chips. Drop
these into cold water, wash them well,
then drain them thoroughly. and with
your fat in proper condition, and
plenty of it, drop the slices in it, few
at time, and fry until they are of
light brown color and crisp, Then
drain them on cloth, sprinkle them
with salt. and serve on hot DISH
Boston Globe,
AS general rule grass seeds do
best when sown early in the spring in
a mellow soil. If this is done while
the frost is leaving the ground no har-
rowing will be necessary, as the spring
rains wash the seeds into the porous
ground and secure to it an early GER .
mnation. They are also successfully
sown in August and September, when
the fall rains will generally give them
sufficient growth to stand the winter
if the land be free from standing water.
ALBANY Journal.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
SMILES AND TEARS.
The Laughing and Crying Emo
tions of Animals and Birds.
How an Elephant wept for shame at His
own acknowledgements Dogs,
snickcring Monkeys, Laughing
Jackasses and Sobbing
Parrots.

"After years of experience and close
observation I am convinced that GER
tain animals and birds have the physi-
cal requirements for smiles and tears,
and are at times subject to the emotions
which produce those effects in the
human family. The fundamental origin
OF savagery makes the expression of
anger dominant, and when an animal
is excited in any way we are inclined
to regard the demonstration as one of
madness. We never credit animals
with being susceptible to a feeling
deeper than the serVitude expressed in
their sullen liberation, which is mis-
take. And it is from my study to the
contrary that / have derived an in
tensified interest in Darwin's theories"
The veteran superintendent of the
museum menagerie had just withdrawn
his whipping pole from the den of that
misnamed congregation, 1.-THE happy
family" after having restored peace
and quietude in lieu of terror and
tumult. The scrawny feline, which
felt as sadly out of place as an elephant
would in a drawing-room, shrunk into
one corner of the cage, while the for
lorn-looking Skye TERROR, which mainly
served the purpose of a plaything for
the ring-tait monkeys, took possession
of the other and grinned gratefully at
the speaker. The half-dozen chatter
ing monkeys which had caused the
rumpus took on an air of innocent
solemnity, and budding together
they. dissembled their guilt and
fears by nonchalantly chasing the
fer@ nature which seemed to
abound in their immediate vicinity. A
brace of jackdaws nodded their heads
sleepily, the parrots blinked and were
silent, the pithecus frowned disapprov-
ingly on the smaller and less dlgnifed
followers of his apeish majesty, and
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
GOOD STOCK.
Stock Raising Fiourishes Best When DUAL
ity is the Aim.

ity is the Aim.
When breeding up to n point of eX-
cellence is practiced stock is pro-
duced for which there is always a ready
and profitable sale. The farmer who
raises the best stock of all
kinds acquires a reputation that
enables him to obtain the
highest prices for all that he may
market. And the stock raiser who at
all times carries out this aim not only
is sure of an immediate and profitable
sale for his stock when ready for
market, but also establishes name
that is sound guaranty for all future
markets being equally as certain and
equally As favorable.
To carry ont this aim successfully, to
attain superiority in stock, there are
two things of prime necessity to OBJ
serve. The first essential is that YOU
have good animals, both in point of
breed and in point of condition, TO
work with. Nothing very remarkable
for superiority was ever made from
worthless or inferior stuff. 1t is using
superior material that is the prime fac
tor to the attainment of superior re-
suits. Contrast the farmer who buys
an imperfectly maturcd male to put
with young sows, with the hog raiser
who breeds only from well-bred,
thoroughly matured hogs. The result
in the former instance is few weakly
pigs, with weakly systems, more orless
unhealthy and liable to disease, and
which never make, even with the best
care and attention, more than medium
sized hogs.
The result in the latter case is large,
fat sows, with eight or ten fine, fat,
healthy pigs each, which at ten months
old will be ready for the top of the
market at three hundred pounds each
Take again the condition of the stock
yards at Chicago last season. They
were packed full of stock of all grades.
kinds and conditions, That stock
which was OF an inferior grade was
wholly neglected, or sold for prices
that scarcely paid the cost Of raising,
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
GRASS ROOTS.
How Moving Fields and Pastures Should
he Conserved

How Moving Fields and Pastures Should
he Conserved
Intelligent farmers who have given
the subject attention, are fully aware
that many moving fields and pastures
are greatly injured by having the grass
roots exposed to the extreme heat of
summer and the excessive cold of win
ter. Nature if left to herself, gives the
roots full protection, both winter and
summer, by covering them in the sum-
mer with the growing tops, and in the
winter by the tops that are dead. Man
removes this protection, and he
usually does it in the hottest portion of
the year, often cutting the grass so
near the roots that there is but little
left to protect them from scorching
July sun; but if rain follows in few
days after cutting the grass, new
crop will start up, and is soon high
enough to fully protect the roots, but
if no rain comes the roots are dried up
to an extent that greatly Injuries if it
does not kill them. Should a second
crop grow, it is cut as close to the
ground as possible and the roots are
once more exposed to the hot dry
weather. Should the weather be wet
and third crop grow, this is often fed
off so close just before winter sets in
that there is nothing left to protect the
grass roots from the sudden changes of
winter.
The pastures are often fed so close in
the early part of the season that when
a drouth comes the grass roots. many
of them, are killed for the want of pro-
lection. In the autumn the cattle are
kept at pasture until every spear of
grass is gnawed of close to the roots,
thus leaving them exposed during the
entire winter. With such treatment it
must be expected that pastures will rap
idly run out, and that the moving
fields will show in the spring many
spots where the grass roots have been
winter-killed.
If moving fields are to be kept in
good condition care must be taken not
to cut either the first or second crop too
close: the mower should be run high
enough to leave a sufficient length of
stubble to protect the roots from the
hot sun and drying winds; and when
autumn comes the land should not be
fed SO Close, that when cold weather
sets in there is nothing left to shelter
the grass roots during the winter. A
little care in this respect will keep tho
moving field up in good condition
with the application of but moderate
amount of manure.
The pasture should receive equal care
with the moving field; it should not
be oyerfed during the dry season. or
just before winter sets in. Many pas
lures are thus greatly injured. The
exposure of the roots of the grass kills
them out, and in their places spring up
undesirable weeds, or perhaps a growth
of worse.
There are yet many farmers who
need to pay more attention to the pro-
lection of the roots of the grass, in
both their moving fields and pastures.
--RaSsachusettS RiOughmdn.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
Some Remarks Evolved From a woman's
consciousness About Women.

some Remarks Evolved From WOman's
Consciousness About Women.
Squash is responsible for a good deal
of alleged pumpkin pie.
Woman and her servants, acting in
accord, would outwit a thousand devils.
Do not enter any ones private sit
ting-room or chamber-even your own
daughters boudoir or your husband $
study-without knocking at the door,
Little is to be gained in this world
unless il is paid for. Gold demands a
fair equivalent, and the woman who
would be well treated must show her.
self worthy of such treatment.
Women of the world never use harsh
words in condemning their rivals. Like
the savage they hurl elegant arrows
ornamented with purple and azure, but
with poisoned points.
Young ladies who contemplate be-
coming wives, remember that hus-
bands can't live on love alone-they
must have something more substan-
tial, and, as a rule, they want it well
cooked.
If you want to tighten your wife's
labor see that the inside of the house is
frequently painted. A fresh coat of
paint in a room will do more towards
making it clean and tidy than all the
scrubbing and cleaning that a woman
hands can give. Home journal
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

For large portion of the past win
ter, says the Greenfield Gazette, wood
choppers have been exercising their
calling on Deerfield Common. Five of
the noble elms killed or wounded by
the burning of the Everett House have
become their victims. And another
sad blow has fallen upon us. In the
gale Of January II one-half of The
Great Elm the pride of the town, the
queen of New England Films, was laid
PROSTATE,
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

An Indiana man has invented a
game known as ''parlor base ball. Ii
is played with one hundred and twenty,
i've cards representing all the variona
features of the game.-IndsZrdrola
Journal,
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-16

Nearly one-half of the American
sailing ships bear the names of wcmes
, 1885-05-01
U CITY PARK.
Improvements Being Made at Present,
a Number of Contracts Let.

The city park will be greatly improved
the present summer. Already the city
has let a contract to w. r. Swan & Co.,
to extend pipes from the city water works,
in order that the park may be watered
and kept IN proper shape.
A contract has also been closed with
fohn Mallin to plow, harrow roll and
seed it with blue grass and clover, and
this viii be done at once.
a contract was also let to Dwight Fisk
to plant trees and ~shrubbery in the park.
In these particulars it is the intention of
the committee to beautify and improve
the city park. A man will then be Sc
cured and placed in charge, and it will
be taken care of in the best possible man
ner. In a short time, with this sort of
management, the park is destined to be-
come a place of resort, and to carry out
fully the end for which it was estab-
lished.
The park is located near the school
building in the western portion of the
city. and covers an area of four blocks.
1t is enclosed with a strong and durable
fence, and is in an excellent location.
Cheyenne certainly needs a public park
and is admirably located for drives to and
from it, for walks and a place of general
rest. The land was donated to the city
by the railroad company some years ago
for this purpose, and it will be put IN a
condition not only to reflect credit upon
the donors, but upon the present commit
tee in charge of it. The money expended
in improvements will be used ~judiciously
and economically, and it will be but a
matter of a few years until the public
park will equal any to be found in the
west. Trees and shrubs will thrive with
irrigation, which has now been provided
for, and flowers of the different kinds
will be planted around Let the work
be continued as commenced, and no one
in the city will be ashamed of the park.
, 1885-05-01

Chin Chi Yeung, secretary of the Chi
nese legation, at Washington, passed
through the city last evening on his way
to his home in Hong Kong. He is a very
pleasant and agreeable gentleman, and
has been representing his government at
Washington for a number ofyears. Being
an excellent English scholar and gentle
man, he granted a few minutes converse
ton with a LEADER reporter, and took
occasion to remark that he liked the
Americans, their institutions and country,
and had been royalty treated by our gov
eminent at Washington. He further
stated that our people were very earnest
and hearty, and that he admired the
American race greatly. He has received
a leave of absence for one year and at the
expiration of hat time he will return to
his official duties at Washington. He
goes direct to San Francisco, and from
there will sail at once to his home in
China.
, 1885-05-01
THAT LAND
Considerable Feeling Manifested In Re-
gard 10 the Decision.

There has been considerable talk and
speculation on the streets, and among the
cattlemen and attorneys, and every one
interested in obtaining Il title to govern
ment land, since the decision of the CON
tested case of George w. Houck against
Bettelyoun has been decided in the land
office at this city. The land in question
is located near Fort Laramie, and was
heretofore supposed to be desert land and
liable to entry under the desert act. The
decision of the land office holds, however,
that it is not desert, but agricultural land.
The case will be appealed to the commits
sioner of the general land office by Mr..
Bettelyoun.
A number of stockmen and those that
have located land under this act are very
indignant at this decision, claiming that
there is no agricultural land in this vicin-
ity, and that the decision will open up
innumerable contests, and will offer special
inducements for parties to blackmail or
attempt to blackmail parties out of money
in order that they will not enter contest
against them. 1t is claimed by a large
number of old residents that the land in
question is practically valuelcss unless it is
put under water by means of irrigation,
and that thus it falls within the meaning
Of the desert act, as stated in an opinion
by ex-Secretary Teller.
A prominent cattleman remarked last
night hat it was the most severe blow
that has happened to the cattle interests
in this section Of the West, and that if the
decision should be affirmed, that no ono
would be safe. He also stated that as to
there being agricultural lands in the vi
cinity or in the county where the land in
controversy is located, that it might be
treated as a hoax, for there was nothing
but desert land there.
A number OF attorneys were seen by a
representative ofTHE LEADER and they
expressed the idea that the decision would
be reversed by the commissioner of the
land Office without a doubt. They we're
unable to see how such a decision could
possibly stand, as the law governing such
cases as these.
One party very foreibly expressed the
idea that as 0 as President Cleveland
reached this place, he should start the
procession moving, and that it showed
%conclusively that a lawyer, capable of I'M
l..tl- IL