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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20
All Used Up

Strength all gone. Tired out. Overworked. Feel.
Ing mean and miserable.-You must not neglec,
yourself longer. Delays are dangerous. The down.
ward tendency Of your system must be stopped.
You need the toning, strengthening. but,1ing up
properties of Hoods Sarsapasilla to restore you to
health, give you an appetite, and make you active,
cheerful and willing to work.
Il felt good results from the nrst dose Of Hoods
earssparilla. 1t seemed TO go from my hesd to my
toes. know Hoods sarsaparilla is . good thing,
and on the strength Of my own experience have
sold great deal Of IL" G. II. SrRArroN, druggist.
Westneld, Mass.
have taken Hoods sarsaparilla for dyspepsia
and as tonic Alternative. with the most beneficial
results. have also used 1t for rheumatism with
the good effect Irsgsrd II ~ one Of the yery best
family medicines, and would not willingly be With.
out it." A. B. CURRY. Providence, b. /.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20

Hoors are in fashion-on flour barrels
Men Age.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20
fro BE CONTINUED

The worlds ninety-four geograph-
cial societies contain $4,000 members
~ Z, Mutt
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20

AN old chestnut" newly roasted: How
can one invest his money to make it go
farthesta Why, buy postage stamps
Prairie Farmer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20

PEOPLE who are fond of shad have al
ways been in favor of the expulsion of the
bony parts.-Ihe Rambler.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20

WHAT word is always pronounced wrong
by the best scholars! (The right answer to
the above is prong.)
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20

An exchange says that ssbutter is stron g
in the market" It's strong in the board
ing-houses too.-P Philadelphia Call.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20
CHAPTER K.

CdAfIEH 4.
The home of Judge Bower lay back
along the ridge; a large, plain, home
like brick house, fanked on the one
hand by an immense Hower-garden,
and on the other by lawn and long
grape-arbor. In front was velvet
sweep of smooth, close-shaven sward
sprinkled with native oaks, and ke-
tween two of these a large swing.
John Earling felt it very cool aud
pleasant as he walked up among the
trees and into the tasty parlor, and the
feeling came across him, rather than
the thought, of what distance lay be-
tween himself, youth without pros
poets and worse than penniless, and
such possessions. Mrs. Bower came
forward and greeted him with a
pleasant smile, and with her was
little maiden of perhaps fourteen sum
mers, who bowed demurely to him.
She had long curls of an exquisite light
brown shade, a pair of wonderfully
large and sober blue eyes, and wore a
loose gown of white lawn, drawn to-
gether with q blue ribbon at the
waist. She was slender and limped
little, but John Earling thought he
had never seen any thing SO faiiy-lfke
and lovely, and his eyos followed the
little maid about for moment with q
akind Of wonder. Mrs. Bower, a
pleasant gentlewoman, who might
have seemed John Earnings mother
could he have remembered her, said
with fond look at the pink and white
fairy: Celeste is my widowed sisters
daughter who lives in the East. Hell
mother is a newspaper correspondent
and lives in Washington. Twas there
visiting with her, and when returned
last week Celeste came with me to see
the West
fro BE Continued
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-20

| II!
''Fiddlesticks!'' said Joel, getting
white about the nostrils. "Boy, you're
crazy; you don't understand the first
rrdiments of business
Il don't wish to acquire even the
rudiments as you understand them.
Honesty is enough for me; it should be
enough for every man. When your
word business more than covers the
Fword honesty what laps over is rob-
berry. You dare not deny it? When
you sell goods to one person at cost
in order to hold him and double your
profits on another to make it good you
wrong some one, You can't help but see
it! When you''-
"Look here!' roared Joel, angriIy,
you're not running this store. You
are taking more on your shoulders
than you can carry. You better tend
to your knittin' and let me run this
thing"
mo, sir, am not running it, and
what is more if | were free of my
agreement / would quit it 1t hurts
me! 1t hurts me!'
You can quit now if you want to"
said Joel. getting up and turning a
ledger over nervously.
VERY well, said John Earling, 81
will get something else to do and pay
you the balance"
"You needn't mind IT. said Joel,
without looking up.
81 will pay the balance, sirH' and
John Earring went out. After he had
gone Joel pushed the papers about his
desk in a disturbed way, aud gfapcing
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23
,E AT MEALS,

Everyone can do something to add
to the social life at the table. IF one
cannot talk, he can listen or ask
questions and draw out others who
can talk. Good listeners are as nee
essary as good takers. Never argue
at the table, but tell pleasant stories,
relate or read anecdotes, and look
out for the good of all. Sometimes
a single anecdote from a paper starts
a conversation that lasts during the
meal-time. ..a sr-J
The family table ought to be bright
and cheerful, a sort of domestic altar,
where everyone casts down his or
her offering, great or small, of pleas
antness and peace; where, for at
least a brief space in the day, all an
noyances are laid aside, all stormy
tempers hushed, all quarrels healed !;
everyone being glad and content to
sit down at the same board and eat
the same bread and salt, making it,
whether it were a rich repast or a
dinner of herbs, equally a joyful al
most sacramcntal meal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23
With Cotton at Eigh. a::d a Half Cent, ',u
.a., Crops and Bad Prices
WHAT SHALL BE DONEy
RA1,E1GH. n. G. Feb I 1909

RALEIGH, n. c., Feb. 1, 1885,.
The situation Of our Farmers. and
more especially of those in the Eastern
Counties, is a serious one. With cotton
at 81 cents and everything else in tho
same proportion, it is doubtful whether
our people can make cotton at all
with the old method. Thousands Of
thoughtful men all through the
South are considering earnestly this
question: WHAT SHALL BE DONE9
With prices of their products way down
and the prices of all they buy not re.
duced in the same proportion, what
shall be done to feed the family. buy
clothes and send the children to school
during This New Year? All this time
sensible men are cutting down every ex.
pense and resolving that they will make
more at home. Milk, meat, vegetables
must be made in larger quantities and
groceries saved; corn, oats and grass
must be provided for the horses, COWS
and ] o IS. High-priced fertilizers and eve.
nv extra thing are entirely out of the
question. The wise man will buy the
cheapest and best ingredients only and
make fertilizers at home this year.
At this time, THE NORTH CARROLL
MA PHOSPHATE COMPANY, an ex.
clusively North Carolina Company, work.
ing nothing but North Carolina material,
wants to inform the prudent men just
described how they can help themselves
and help a home enterprise by buying
LIME PHOSPHATE, the cheapest Phos.
| phate ever sold in North Carolina. Its
to the interest of every farmer in North
Carolina t o write to the NORTH CARO-.
LIMA PHOSPHATE COMPANY at
Raleigh, n. c., and learn how to save
money and make a good fertilizer that
will make a good crop at a very low
price.
1-3ms.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23
gpstry.
WORDS.

All met these terrible tongues of ours
Are we half aware of their mighty powers?
Do We ever trouble our heads at all
Where the jest may strike Or the hint
> may fall? ans
The latest chirp of that " little Bird"
That spicy story "you must have heard"-
We jerk them away in our gossip rash,
And somebody's glass, of course, goes
smash.
What flames have been blasted and
broken,
What pestilent sinks been stirred,
5-r By a word in lightness spoken,
l By only an idle word! -
A sneer-a shrug-a whisper low
They are poisoned shafts from an am
pushed bow! a-s
Shot by the coward, the fool, the knave,
They pierce the mail of the great and
brave.
Vain is the buckler of wisdom or pride
To turn the pitiless point aside;
The lip may curl with a careless smile,
But the heart drips blood-drips blood
the while.
All me! what hearts have been broken
What rivers of blood been stirred,
By a word in malice spoken,
By only a bitter word.
A kindly word and a tender tone
To only God is their virtue known!
They can lift from the dust the abject
head,
They can turn a foe to a friend instead !;
The heart close-barred with passion and
pride
Will fling at their knock the portals wide;
And the hate that blights and the scorn
that sears
Will melt in the fountain of childlike
What ice-bound griefs have been broken,
What rivers of love been stirred,
By a word in kindness spoken,
By only a gentle word!
Sunday Magazine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23

The French will honor the pc
tato by celebrating the centenary of
Parmentier, who not only introduced
the plant into France, but inveigled
his countrymen into eating it. He
planted a large field with potatoes
at Sabbens, and when they were fit
for digging he caused them to be
protected all day long by gendarmes.
At nightthe officers were withdrawn,
and as Parmentier calculated his po-
tato field was plundered. The tast ,
thus acquired spread with rapidity.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23

fifteen minutes. A little salt or SUI
gar, a small piece of wax or a tea
spoonful of coal OIL added will make
the starch iron smooth. The starch
should be strained and slightly hued
before using. Flour starch is fire.
quently used for coarse or colored
clothes, and potato starch may also
be used. Isinglass is a very delicate
starch for very fine muslins, and rice
water is equally so. Muslins and
laces should be dipped in thin starch
and dried in the sun; linens should
have the starch rubbed in until they
will absorb no more. Individual taste
and fashion in starching clothes
must be the guide of the housekeeper
in giving directions for her laun-
dress. fa. .lIr Sal
. ansfu'o2 LEMON PICKLE.
Choose a dozen fine, middle-sized
lemons, fresh and perfectly sound,
scrape the outside of them with a
piece of broken quart bottle, and
then cut them lengthwise down into
four quarters, but not quite asunder;
they must be left SO as to hang to-
gether. Rub these over with salt on
the rough outside, and fill the cuts
with salt in the same manner; put
them into a china or earthenware
bowl that will just hold them, sprin-
kle some more salt over them, and
turn them once a day; let them lie
thus for four days. Parboil twelve
cloves of garlic, or small onions cut
into thin slices; add to these an ounce
of white sugar, a handful Of white
mustard seed and as much cayenne
pepper as will lie upon a dime.
Sprinkle some salt among these, and
let them stand all the time the lem
ons are in the bowl. Then have a
clean stone jar ready, take out the
lemons n by one, squeeze them
very little, and lay them carefully
in a jar; lay in the spices all about
them, and tie them close down; let
them stand a month and they will
be fit to eat. Sugar can be added to
ia. t, when served.
MARMALADE PUDDING.
One quart Of milk, four eggs, one
cup of sugar, slices of stale bread
buttered; fruit marmalade, peach is
best if you have it, but apple, ounce
or raspberry will do if you have not.
Scald the milk and pour it on the
eggs, which should have been beaten
light with the sugar. Return to the
f: r.na KEITH, and cook five minutes,
but not until it thickens. Cut the
bread an inch thick, pare off the
crust, butteron both sides, and cover
the bottom of a pudding dish with
slices fitted in neatly. Spread the
marmalade thick on this layer and
wet with the boiling cuStard, wait
ing to see it absorbed before putting
another layer above it. Proceed in
this order until all the materials are
used up. Fit a plate or other lid on
the bake dish and let the whole
stand half an hour to absorb the
custard before it goes into the oven.
Bake, covered, until the pudding is
heated through, then brown nicely.
Eat with cold cream. This excellent
pudding may be made o elegant
by whipping the whites Of three
eggs to a meringue with a table
spoonful of powdered sugar and
spreading it over the top after it be-
gins to brown. Shut the oven door
until the meringue is family covered.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23

During - visit to California
Of the Congregation who accompan-
led the remains of Senator Miller, a
tree was cut down purposely for
them which measured 800 feet in
height, twenty-seyen in eircumfer-
enc and nine in diameter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23

An eclipse Of the moon was for
merly considered ominous. The
Romans supposed it was owing to
magical charms, to c~ounteract which
they had recourse to the sound of
brazen instruments of all kinds,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23

Eggs Of Dorkings weigh five
pounds and Twelve ounces per score,
Lcghorn eggs II little over three
Ip' unds, and sp .liish eggs two pounds
and fOuTtccIl ounces
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23

Remember that a little farm
well titled is better than a large farm
poorly m;tilagcd, or worked with in
sufficient capital and labor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23
THE FORAGE PLANT.

DERSONS DESIRING THE BEST FORAGE
PLANT IN use, to my. knowledge, can Sc
cure seed Of me by mail, in bags, at4O cents
per pound, postage paid. The RAT TAIL
EARL, or Egyptian Millet. I have grown it
30 years. 1t is unrivalled for cows, and totally
for green forage purposes on account of the
numerous ten-day cuttings afforded. A small
plat will keep u cow. .'.3.T1I- - As~T
believe this a typical silo plant.
Address all COMMUNICATIONS and orders to o
~ 1919 E2 JOSEPH A. WORTH.
LIFT. Fayetteville, N. C.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23

Feel h pineapple, taking care to
remove all the eyes; cut in slices
and remove the core, dip in batter
and fry a delicate brown. They may
be eaten with a sauce made of SUI
gar boiled to a syrup and favored
to taste.
JELLY ROLL. .
Three eggs, one cup of prepared
flour and one of powdered sugar,
one tablespoonful Of butter, jelly or
jam; rub the butter into the sugar,
add the beaten eggs, to the flour, and
pour into a broad baking pan, well
creased. Bake rapidly, and while
still warm spread with jelly, jam or
marmalade. Roll it up, pin a band
of soft cloth about it to keep it in
shape, and do not move this until
the cake is cold and firm.
Empty a can of corn and one of
string beans several hours before
you wish to use them, draining off
the liquor from both. Put together
into a saucepan half an hour before
dinner, and barely cover with milk
and water in equal parts, boiling hot
and slightly sailed. Cook gently
twenty minutes, and stir in a table
spoonful of butter rolled in one of
-four. Season with pepper and salt,
stew ten minutes more and dish.
You may substitute Lima for string
beans if you like.
a,feaa WHITE FRUIT CAKE.
One cup of butter, two cups of
sugar, one cup of sweet milk, % cups
Of -four, the whites of seven eggs,
two even spoonfuls of baking pow
der, one pound each Of seeded rails
ms, figs, dates and blanched almonds,
and one quarter of a pound of cit
ron, all chopped fine. Mix all thor
oughly before adding the fruit. Put
baking powder in the -four and mix
we'll before adding it to the other in
gradients. Sift a little -four over the
fruit before stirring it in. Bake
slowly and try with a splint to see
when it is done. ~
STARCH.
To make good starch quite a num-
Der of rules have been given. Some
advocate long boiling, while others
say it is not necessary. Very good
starch may be made by putting in a
bright tin pail a quarter of a pound
OF starch, over which pour three
pints OF boiling water and then add
a pint OF cold water. Let it boil
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23
9onsehold.
FRITTERS.

Peel the pineapple, taking care to
remove all the eyes; cut in slices
and remove the core, dip in batter
and fry a delicate brown. They may
be eaten with a sauce made of SUI
gar boiled to a syrup and favored
to taste.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-24
lirnen MINIMIZING.
American Agriculturist

BY the term green manuring Is meant
the practice of growing and blowing on
der crops in the green state to enrich the
soil. A soil is said to be productive in
proportion to the amount of humus It
contains. Humus is formed by the
decomposition of animal and vegetable
matter. If a heavy growth of Vegetation.
grain clover or weeds is plowed under a
certain amount of plant food is returned
to the soil It would be very natural to
suppose that the decayed stem of one plant
would contain good, acceptable food for
another. If blowing under has been done
on a clay soil six months afterward by
digging down through the furrow dark
stratum will be found where the weeds
fell and rotted Repeated blowing under
of green crops will fill the ground with
humus and restore the worst worn land to
fertility.
The objection TO this method of fertil-
ling is the length of time required, as
several years must elapse before many
crops could be added TO the soil II Is
very important then. to the rotation that
will admit TO the greatest number of crops
i'm the shortest time. Some plants add
more fertility to the soil than Others, but
these are not the ones that are always
easiest grown. especially on poor ground,
and it is very important TO get a good
growth to pillow under. Rye will grow
where no other grain will and yield agood
crop Another advantage Is its growth
in winter. In the latitude Of southern
illinois rye may be sown in November
and plowed under when fully headed out
in MAY and the ground sowed immediate
ly with southern COW peas and provided
under in July or August. Another sowing
of peas viii make a partial crop by the
first frost, when it can be turned under
and the ground again seeded to rye.
This makes three crops plowed under in
one wear.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-24

In company with the owner of a large
farm in one of the Western States, we
were riding horseback through a heavily
timbered tract of land, where there were
great numbers of nut-bearing trees, and
innumerable hogs in store condition could
be seen roofing amoung the leaves for
nuts under every clump of trees. While
passing near q creek where the ground
was low and level, we came among large
numbers OK immense sycamore or cotton
wood trees; our companion halted before
the shattered remains of am old monarch.
The stump was about 30 feet high. and
from six to ten feet in diameter at the
base. This stump was followed, with an
opening five or six feet high at one side.
which was now stopped up with logs and
large stones. Here said the farmer.
lis the scene of a tragedy that occurred
last fall. cold storm of sleet and rain
came on. that forced the hogs to seek
shelter wherever they could find it, and
would be afraid TO tell you how many
got into thot old stump; they climbed
on top of one another, until they crushed
the life out of the bottom ones and when
we found them, there were no less than "a
dozen, big and little lying dead in that
old stump That experience taught me
a lesson, which Is, always to have a low
roof to a pig shelter" The sides of a
tree had prevented the pigs from escap-
ing when the weight became too heavy.
That this farmer had profted 10y his sad
experience. was evident from the num-
bers of rude shelters we passed in the ride,
made for solid comfort" by laying rails
across two logs, and throwing brwsh
over them. This was weighted with
heavy logs and stones, to keep the pigs
from lifting it when they tried to climb
over one another Pigs are very grea-
rious by nature, and their houses should
always be limited in capacity, so that too
many of them viii not get together at
one time or they are certain to injure
one another, and usually the weakest 10y
crowding.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-24

all of which are soluble, Superphosp hate,
which contains free phosphoric acid, Is
soluble, but this solubility is partially ar
rested by the reversion of the free phos-
Ihoric acid after it reaches the soil, but
pure ground bone only gives of its parti-
Giles as il is decomposed.
To prevent loss of fertilizing material
the application should be made in a
manner SO as to present them for dissolu-
tion in accordance with the texture OF
the soil and the requirements of the
plants. Ground bone on clay soils, may
be applied in full quantity at one opera
ton but on light, sandy soil the result
should be reduced and the bone applied
more Frequently. On light sandy soils
all kinds of soluble fertilizers do best
when they are applied at intervals. If
the desire is to apply mixed fertilizer
of 800 pounds per acre, better results
will be obtained if 40 pounds are APP
piee early in the spring and $50 pounds
Just before the seed Is formed, and If the
soil is very sandy the 300 pounds may be
divided into three parts, and applied at
three different times, and the consequence
will be larger crop and more benefit
from the fertilizer than when the whole
amount is applied at one operation.
Labor is but small item in the appli-
cation of artificial fertilizers, as the
amounts used are small and they are APP
piled broadcast, while the frequent use
keeps the plant food always near the sur
face and always ready for the coming
rain, which dissolves it and gives The
crop an abundant supply of food.