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St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
GOATS FOR FARMERS.
A Number of Points In Favor of D Much
Abused Milk Producer.

A Number of Points In Favor of D Muchs
Abused Milk Producer.
The prejudice that exists in this
country against thegoat Is very strong.
Perhaps it is caused by our being above
goats. We are such a great people and
all our farm operations are on so large
scale that we have not time to fool
with goats. In the suburbs of large
cities the goat is still an animal Of
great value to the babies and poor peo-
pie generally, though this is often at
tributed to the fact that they are able
to steal living from the front doors
of the unguarded corner grocers.
Many people have a notion that goats,
milk is strong and has a goaty taste.
There never was greater mistake.
The writer has used goats, milk with
children and on the table for years
and there never was a more delicious
milk. It has much richer or creamy
taste than cows milk and there is
nothing better for coffee. Perhaps
it would not pay to raise goats to sup
there would be too much labor at
! tendant upon milking them, but we
are quite certain that they produce
milk at a great profit, SO far as the
food consumed is concerned, even
! when all of it has to be purchased.
, This fact seems to be established in
! Southern Europe where goats quite take
the place of cows, but where labor for
milking is cheaply and abundantly OBJ
tanned. There are two other points in
! favor of the goat that should not be
.. overlooked. One of these applies to
! cheese-making and the other to the
flesh of the kid. There is great
! variety of cheese made from goats
milk in Europe, and many of them of
the very finest quality, and as for the
! flesh of the goat there is nothing bet
ter when we once get over our prejuA
dice against it. We have often tried
It and know whereof we speak
| american D0iTuYs0n.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
Cheap FIower.Stand.

The tin-man, for a trifing charge
will make shallow pan of say nine
inches in diameter, also another of the
same aepth, but measuring not more
than four or five inches across. A
socket should be fixed On each pan
the lower one having it on the upper
side, like a candlestick, and the upper
one on the under side-for the recep-
ton of glass tube, procurable at the
druggists, to connect the two pans.
Twelve or thirteen inches will be a
good length for the tube, and in ar
ranging the flowers it can be twined
about with some delicate vine. When
flowers are scarce, the lower recep-
tacle may be filed entirely with leaves,
and the few blossoms effectively ar
ranged at the top; when there are
enough for both pans, the larger ones
should be placed at the bottom, and
the more dainty ones at the top. This
will be found very pretty and oaear
fower-holder, and it may be ilted
either with water, moss or.wet sand
Golden Days.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
Separating Oil and Water.

A manufacturer Of some patent COM
pound or other came into the labora-
tory of an analytical chemist one day
with a bottle containing an unwhole-
some-looking mixture. Il would give
$780," he said, Ito know what would
make the water and oil in this emul-
sion separate The chemist looked
at ates s'Very WELL" he said, ''write
youE check" s.Checkr' the other
Bed. 'Yes, your check for 500.
Y u say you are willing to give that,
a,M for that price am willing to tell
You what will make the water and Oil
separate The visitor hesitated a
moment, and then wrote his check for
the sum named. The chemist care
fully deposited it in his pocketbook,
and then quietly dropped into the
LIQUID a pinch of common salt. In
stantly the water and oil separated,
and whether the client was satisfied
or not, he had got what he wanted
and he had paid his own price for it,
NJ 7. Graphic.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
BUILDINGS ON FARMS.
A Few Thoughts Based on Measurements
of Barns in Various States.

a rev 1nOuEnCS fSd9eu OH
of Barns in Various States.
How much poor management is seen
in the construction of buildings on the
farm. The wagon-house is made Sc
the wagon must be backed in by hand
or with the team; the consequence ls
the wagon stands out in the sun anC
rain good portion of the time. If il
had been made open at each side il
would be just as handy to drive into
the shed as to unhitch outside. Corn.
cribs are so built that the rats anc
mice can eat all they want OF the very
best, and spoil ten times as much
more. Cribs are usually located quite
a distance from the barn. Cribs set or
posts p feet high and timed, will be
proof against rats and mice, and
located each side of the fill of the
driveway into a bank barn, they would
be handy to the stables and easy te
fill. A portion of one building can be
used for storing wheat, ETC., away
from rats, and save valuable room il
the barn where granaries are usually
put Fifteen or $40 is put into tank,
| to hold water for stock, which viii
! last only few years, and freeze up il
winter. A few more dollars would
! build a cistern, in the fill of the drive
way to bank barn, which would not
freeze, and would last life time, anG
being elevated, the water would be
conducted by a pipe to the barn-yard.
or any place desired. This arrange
ment would give water in the feeding
room for mixing feed, etc. We often
hear men who have bank barns 5Ox7e
feet, complain of not having room.
enough for their stock in cold weather.
Room in the lower story is valuable
every foot should be economical, but
in almost all stables the ceiling over
the cattle is as high as that over the
horses. This is waste of valuable room
By putting cattle-stables under the
barn floor you can lower the floor Il
feet The NOW floors being II feet
higher than the barn floor will afford
ample space to feed hay, ETC., into the
racks of the stables below from the
two sides of the barn floor, saving all
of the leaves and seed, which are the
most valuable, and also saves two
landings of all OF the rough feed the
farmer gives to his stock. By ths
plan the pitching of hay out of NOW is
all the labor in feeding worth speak.
ing of, as a boy six years old can
shove hay off the barn floor into the
racks.
The entries between the stables need
only be feet wide-ample room for
feeding grain-thus economizing much
room, making a stable under barn
4Ox56 feet hold all the stock usually
got into barns 5Ox70 feet. Having
entries 4 feet wide, the racks for hay
being extended out to the middle, will
form tight floor over entries, leaving
sufficient space for man 81 feet tall
to walk through.-W D. Wheatley, an
Farm and Fsreside.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
The most profitable hog is the o

The most profitable hog is the one
farrowed in the spring, so fed through
the summer as to keep it growing and
then pushed for the market in the fall
or early winter.
Corn may be late in planting, late
in starting, and yet give very salts
factory returns, provided that it be
cultivated very frequently during all
the season of growth.
Young shade trees should be
trimmed into shape the first few years
after having been set out. The beauty
of shade tree depends upon the shape
given it when young.
There is nothing better for hogs,
says an exchange, than large red
clover. If the hogs are ranged so
they will not root out the clover, the
pasture will last for two years, and
may then be turned under for corn.
1T is the duty of every farmer to
make few experiments each season.
If all run along in the same old ruts,
no progress would be made. No mat
ter how small it may be, make break,
and try something out of the usual
line in cultivating and harvesting, or
your farm operations.
A hoed crop should be a part OF
the regular rotation on all farms. for
the reason that such a crop requires
close cultivation, and when removed
leaves the ground clean. Unless this
be done, the weeds will at some time
take possession of the fields, though
much benefit will result from the use
of the cultivator, if a corn crop be
grown.
"A country, to be truly prosperous,
must of necessity raise variety OF
crops. A variety Of crops is necessary
to carry on an intelligent and success
full rotation so as to guard against soil
exhaustion. Stock and poultry need a
variety of food to maintain health and
promote proper development of body
and energy. Man himself needs va
riety of food.
If hogs are given variety of
green food, with but little grain, in
summer, they will keep in excellent
| health, and be in proper condition for
fattening in the fall. Less food is re-
quired now, and it is not beneficial to
have the hogs fat at this season except
to be in good condition, as many dis
eases are due to the system of heavy
grain feeding during warm weather.
"A very large part of the crops
grown upon the farm in the shape OF
grain should be turned into meats and
butter and cheese before it is sold. In
this way the land is kept in fertility
and the product is very much more
valuable and concentrated. The farm
er who raises crops through the sum-
mer and feeds them through the win.
ter has double profits. Farm
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
The Banana as Food.

According to one authority, one
pound of bananas contains more nutri-
ment than three pounds of meal Or as
many pounds of potatoes, while as food
it is in every sense superior to the
wheaton bread. Although it grows
spontaneously throughout the tropics,
when cultivated it's yield is prodigious,
for an acre OF ground splanted with
bananas will return as much food
material as thirty-three acres of wheat
or over one hundred acres of potatoes.
It Is not generally understood that
bananas-fried, baked or roasted-are
very appetizing, and that sliced and
placed in q dish with alternate slices
of orange they make a most delicious
dessert. t.-Erchanqe
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
THE SPIDERS WEB.

Why It Is More Noticeable on Some
Mornings Than ON Others.
read statement not long ago,
about the spiders webs that cover the
fields and meadows on certain morn
ings in the summer, which was not en-
tirely exact It is not quite true, in
the sense in which it was uttered, that
these spiders webs are more abundant
on some mornings than on others, and
that they presage fair weather. Now,
the truth is that during the latter half
of summer these webs are about as
abundant at one time as at another;
but they are much more noticeable on
some mornings than on others-a
heavy dew brings them to view. They
are especially conspicuous after a
morning of fog, such as often fills cur
deeper valleys for few hours when
fall approaches. They then look like
little napkins spread all over the
meadows; saw fields last sum-
mer In August when one could
step from one of these dew-napkins to
another, for long distances. They are
little nets that catch the fog. Every
thread is strung with innumerable,
fine drops, like tiny beads. After an
hour Of sunshine, lehe webs, apparent
1y, are gone. te
Most country people, / find, think
they are due to nothing but the moist
ure; others seem to think that the
spiders take them in as morning adj
! vances. But they arsss .iEatill theHu
stretched above the grass an on and
at sunset, as abundant as they RSre at
sunrise; and are the more servic
to the spiders, because less visNl
The flies and insects would avoid them
in the morning, but at midday they do
not detect them SO readily.
If these webs have any significance
rs signs of the weather, this may be
the explanation:
A heavy dew occurs under a clear,
cool sky, and the night preceding a
day of rain is usually dewless night.
Much dew. then, means fair weather.
and q copious dew discloses the spi-
ders' webs 1t is the dew that is sig
y nificant and not the webs.-JoAa Bar
gostJts, IN st. Nicholas.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
A Few Erratic Briefs.
An attractive paper-Fly paper.

An attractive paper-Fly paper.
Misplaced affection-A lost love-
letter.
Heavy reading-As ships log-book.
The sea cow probably eats from the
trough of the sea.
The difference between ripe water
melon and tailor-made suit-One is
fit to cut, and the other is cut to fit.
1t is quite a paradox for an English
lady to request her page to turn over a
new leaf.
Off culler-A tipsy news editor,
Nautical defnitions-A boat on shore
is boat; when on the water, and tied
up, it is a-foat; cut it loose and it is
a-drift.
Motto for the monument man-"It's
never tool ate tomb end"
The French are excellent judges OF
orse-fesh-When it's cooked!-De-
troit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
What Is Rose-Wood 2

1t has been a great mystery to many
persons why the dark, rich-colored
wood so much used for furniture
should be called rosewood. Its deep
tinted, ,ruddy-streaked surface certainly
does not resemble the rose, so we
must seek some other reason for, the
name. Here it is: When the trse is
first cut, the fresh wood exhales vc4S
strong, rose-like fragrance, which
soon passes away, leaving no trace
the peculiar odor. There are severa
varieties of rosewood trees; the best
however, are those found in Soutl
America and the East Indies, an
usighboring islands. -St. Nicholas.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
USE or NiGhT-SOiL.
One Of the Most Valuable Additions 10
the Available Supply of Manure.

One Of the Most Valuable Additions 10
the Available Supply of Manure.
When, some years ago, | had an OPP
portunity of gathering the offal OF
considerable country town to when
my farm was adjacent, | made about
three hundred tons Of the best kind OF
manure at cost of not more than
dollar per ton, including all expenses
and charges for use of teams. The
streets were scraped and large
quantity Of all sorts of waste matter
leaves, manure, gutter-mud, garbage,
etc.-was gathered and mixed with the
night-soil SO that it was handled in an
inoffensive and easy way. The odor
was neutralized by means of gypsum
(plaster) literally scattered over the
heaps as they were made, and the
large quantity of earth from the streets
also helped to the same end. esti-
mated the value of the crops raised by
means of this compost as quite equal
to So, 900 year. The cess-pools were
emptied by means of large buckets
raised by rope and pulley. The
buckets were filed by man using
| long-handled scoop, and quite often
| the house over the cess-pool was moved
over a new one, and the old one was
then emptied and filled in with the
clean earth, from the one newly dug.
| But this is a semi-civilized way only
of dealing with this valuable waste.
The best way Is to make the dry earth
closet imperative. The agricultural
press has made several most valuable
reforms, and it can inforoe this If 1t
will make the attempt, if It will only
keep pegging away at it. 1t would
pay an enterprising farmer to supply
these closets, simply made, and the dry
earth required at weekly intervals, and
to remove the contents of the boxes
for the value of the manure l have
found that family Of three persons
will accumulate about one ton of earth
closet refuse in one year, and esti-
mate this to be worth $40 for use 1
don't care about the estimated value
from analysis; l think a farmer who
has paid s. for ton of city manure
in which he gets large percentage of
rubbish, can make $40 out of a ton OF
the soil from an earth-closet, with less
labor by far than by handling three
tons of city stable manure.
The crops for which this domestic
fertilizer is most useful are those Of a
very succulent kind, such as cabbages,
beets, musk-melons (this crop is es-
pecially improved by it), onions, pota~
toes and grass. 1t is the best of all for
a lawn, because of its fneness and
solubility, as well as for its fertilizing
effect. 1t is easily applied as top
dressing, or narrowed in after the land
is plowed. / have used 20 large
wagon-loads per acre on wheat, and /
have taken off 81 bushels per acre.
The best effects yet were upon 10
acre field of clover and timothy, which
gave 25 tons of hay the first cutting,
and yielded for the second crop more
than half as much more of the finest
kind of clover hay and pasture after
ward. Farmers who live near villages
or towns, in thickly-populated 10
calities, should by no means neglect
this valuable addition to their avail
able supply of manure.-Rura! aeU
Yorker.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
The famous Henry Ward Beecher

The famous Henry Ward Beecher
preacher and fancy farmer-claimed
to have solved the problem OF getting
rid of the Canada thistle. He said:
.sThe only way to exterminate the
weed is to plant it for crop and pro-
pose to make money out of it. The
worms will gnaw it, bugs will bite it,.
beetles will bore it, spiders will web
it, birds will peck it, heat will scorch
il and cold will freeze it, rains viii.
drown it, and mildew and blight will
cover it.''-Western PIoaCnaGn.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
a CHICAGO ROMANCE.
A Story of BIghted Love. Reconciliatson
and Urban Rapid Transit.

A Story of BIighted Love. Reconciliation
and Urban Rapid Transit.
"Hasn't he come yetp" shrieked the
hapless bride-elect.
The richly-dressed attendants mourn
fully shook their heads and the still
ness of desolation settled again upon
the princely North Side mansion. In
the darkened banqueting hall the mag
nifcent wedding feast lay upon the
table untouched. The guests had
silently departed. 1t was long past
midnight. Nothing was heard save
the mud1ed swish of the sand-fies
against the windows ON the outside
and the subdued whispers of the sad
dened members of the family as they
tiptoed restlessly from room to room
in consultation concerning the un-
toward event that had shrouded
happy home in gloom and blighted the
life of it's fairest flower.
Veronica Washabaugh, attired in
her bridal robes, sat in fearless woe
in her own chamber, dazed by the
calamity that had fallen upon her.
Could it be that only few hours had
elapsed since she was the happiest OF
the happyP Had an angel come down
from the abode of the blest
when the sun went down that
evening to assure her that Cyrus
Barker would play her false she
would have laughed him to scorn.
Cyrus Barker was truth itself! She
could not realize-would not realize
his perfdy. Yet why had he failed to
appear as the bridegroom at his own
weddingp
Years passed. Time had mellowed
the grief of Veronica Washabaugh.
and the silvery threads that now be.
sprinkled in profusion the once auburn
glory of her hair shone above brow
that bore the impress Of a chastened
sorrow and the light of calm and
peaceful resignation. Yet there was
that in her eyes that testified to a
deathless expectation. In her inmost
heart she trusted that the mystery OF
Cyrus Barker's apparent treachery
would yet be cleared away and the act
that made his name a forbidden one in
the home he had desolated would yet
be atoned for. amply and honorably.
d
Toward the close of beautiful
q autumn day middle-aged man, attired
in faded suit of black, slowly mounted
the steps of the Washabaugh mansion
and rang the bell. He inquired for
Miss Veronica and was shown into the
reception-room.
She came down.
He stood up, weary, haggard. and
shabby, and looked imploringly in her
face.
Veronica" he said, at length, 81
can explain" )"
''Cyrus, is it indeed you!" she gasped.
sinking into a chair. ''At last! At
last! O, thank Heaven! I knew you
would Gomez"
He fell at her feet and in broken
sobs assured her of his innocence and
his undying devotion, and with a
heavenly smile she beamed forgivingly
upon the lover of her youthful days,
and waited for him to clear up the
mystery that had darkened both their
lives.
Veronica" said Cyrus, s'there is
but remnant of life now left for us to
enjoy. but let US be thankful for even
that remnant On the afternoon OF
that eventful day SO long ago"-and
he shuddered-ssI took a North Side
cable car, two hours before the time
for the ceremony, and
>"Wellr' exclaimed Veronica, breath.
lessly.
'sThat cable car got here just five
minutes ago" Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01

-Patron-"Wai how's thisp'
s.How's what?" 81 found this cigar
holder in the soup" .'Well, well!
I'm glad of that. I've been hunting
for the hanged thing an hour. .''-Lin-
coin Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01

GRAND Rapids, Mich, is the great
furniture-making center of the United
States. It has forty-two furniture
factories. which employ $4,000 men.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01

One rule for mixing paris green
with plaster for the potato bug is one
pound of paris green to 800 CT plaster.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01

Ham, like tobacco, is smoked aud
sheWed by 2 great many persons
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-09
TEMPERANCE TALK.
Meeting Of the B1ne Klhhon Cluh
Last KvenIpg.

There was an enthusiastic meeting ixsl
night Of the Hue Ribbon Club ct ths
wasucs's Christian Temperate Union hall.
Rev. CLARK DaTis, the president OF the
Club, announced. after some inspisifins
songs hse been sung. that the frst busI
ness In osfes would be 20 elect os5irers for
the ensuing Esx mouths. Rev Davis was
reelected president. and Chaplain Reese
ytce-president The choice TOT secretary
Was len ora fsr action Al . subsequent
session M. Davis then delivered . stir
ring address. pr,siaeet BIZ = cali for sn ex-
preston frpsn tbs audience IS TO the value
OF saloons In community Oae nan
raised 81. hand in testimony that be con
sisterctt this xalossn 10 b. gosd thing Nr
Davis then offered g. In so,si. which offer
VAS increased 10 SO. II the gentleman
wolsd give the audience some god reasons
for his belief There being M response,
he offered 30 pay the party so, spot cash ia
guild. II he would then and there prove the
vaiue Of saloons In Communities The bid
was not taken Mr.. Davis said the ctlrren.
opinion was sdverre 10 saloons as elements
OF real prosperity. a. Iisstanecd In the fart
that the city OF seattle last year ex-
setsd from them a tax of xc.eJs, thus saw
lug that they nirs. bear q portion OF The ex-
penscs Of police, iaiis. etc.
Mr.. u. X. Ward being called for. related
an inciten; OF an Iowa LAWYER who had
Just come Ia tails clty because the pro
hisstion Law there had bren 80 effective
tina; there had bs-.a only oae criminal case
In his town in twelve monihs. and the
lawyers there hal no business. Chaplain
Reese told Of the good effscts oil signing
the pledge. W. ". Thsyer also made some
remarks. after which, on Invitation By the
chairman. twelve signatures % the pledge
were obtained. The club i In shape for
good work. aud Interesting features are
promised For future meetings.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-09
MASONIC MEETINGS.



The seeoni annual eouesays Of the Grand
cornnsndesy Of knights TeTnpiars opcn
ed In Pyssiaa hall yesterday afternoon
Rev. H. VI. Eagan, OF waiia wails. the
grand commander preeiiinv The grxud
commander made his annual address. aus.
the reports If the various committees
were received, The remainder Of the
afternoon session was given up 10 lac
trnhsa 81 special business A. tbs
evening session the order Of the temple
was conferred upon a member Of the local
c.ommsndery. An adjournment was taken
to The Palace restaurant. where an IN.
wiling supper hal been prepared Gov.
ers had been laid for sixty yersons but oniy
twenty eight were present, A. follows:
Rev. III. w. Ra9sn. r. ". Grand cnsn-
aandsr and Messrs J. ". Aesrsu, v. 4
ineraham. J. y. Da,aon, W II Hsusiin. ".
iostepeck. g. Tsriseoii. Geo, a. white, ",
II. Ellis, " W. Parker, Garsni Dlbtle, VI Y.
Rineharf. H. v Phillips. A. e camps,eii,
q. y. Alexander. r. NJ Reed. D. d. Nc
Phersou. 6 y. baniels. J. J.. Coy. :. G.
Dayieson. c. 4. Johnson, II: Aarrick.
x ". haFto, G. y. Knight p, NeSinnofl.
W. ", Poole, A. l. Palmer. Robert Glen
non.
TIE annual election 81 officers viii &c
held to-day. The present oaseers ara. Em-
insns grand comrasndcs. Rev. ". W. Fan.
81 Warrington rcmlssnstery No. !. wsiia
wsila; deputy grand co,nmander, A. l..
Palmer. Of Seattle eon1nandrry No :.
grand geBsralsssinin. M. Heaskie. of Ivan
hoe eosairaHdery. Tacoma; grand captain.
general. II q. stimelf. OF Cataract cora
maBissrf No. :, spokane Fails, grand s'n-
Tor warden, Edward Hare Of Tacoma The
session will close this afternoon with a
banquet The grand chapter Of the Roy
nj Arch Nasons will meet al Port Town.
sent next Monday 81 10 a m. I: IL expert
cd that ten chapters VIII he represented
priest aad viii preside.
The grand lodge win NEE, a. Olympia Al
10 q. IN. next "Wednesday and will b. pre-.
sided over by Grand Master smith, OF Ka
lama