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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
COPPERAS AS MANURE.
Results of Experiments Made by Noted
French Chemist.

Results Of Experiments Made by a Note
French Chemist.
The results of some experiments tina
have been made under the direction Q
Prof. Muntz, at the farm school of Vim
cennes, France, are as follows: A solu
ton OF / per cent. of iron was used
the quantity correspondent to fifty-eigh
pounds per acre.
/ On equal lengths of rows the increas
was 10 per cent. of dwarf beans, ant
within fraction of 10 per cent. of car
rots.
From some other trials there was
/ reason to think that second watering
would have been still more beneficial
and this opinion is confirmed by an ex
pertinent made by NJ Fisher, presiden,
of the section of horticulture, at Chail
levois, in which an increase of Sc pei
cent. of crop is noted by use of &c
pounds per acre.
On both of these trials the spaces oc-
cupied by the crops and their weight
were accurately determined.
Other instances are given. One is a
dose equivalent to 1900 pounds an acre
On plat of peas and other vegetables.
The peas pushed with extraordinary
vigor and grew to a gigantic size, and
the crop was very abundant; the other
vegetable presented an equally remark.
able development.
Another, some coperas upon the let
tuce, was used at the rate of eight hun
dred pounds per acre, the plants were
very beautiful and the leaves very
erect.
Another case is the successful use OF
it on a plat of Strawberries.
Several instances are given of its use
on vines with the most beneficial ef
fects, especially on some that were
greatly enfeebled and supposed to be in
a dying condition, and others whose
leaves had become a sulphury yellow,
indicative to vineyardists of lingering
disease; in the former case the vines
took On new growth, and in the lat
ter the foliage became perfectly green.
Its good effects on pear trees is no.
ticed, in one case Transforming by it's
action fruits that were formerly hard
and gritty. Roses, geraniums, violets
and other plants are mentioned as re-
ceiving benefit from it's use on them.
The conclusion is that copperas can be
employed'to advantage ON garden crops
1t the rate of $50 to 900 pounds per
acre, using it in solution of II per
cent, and repeating the employment
,hree Or four times. VScb's Moqazine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
The New Green With White.

A new pale grayish green called reed
green combines tastefully with white,
and is seen in new materials and dressy
toiletes for the house for the coming
winter. A light green chuddah gown
in Empise style has the sides of the skirt
Of green allie, on which are wide bands
6sUhiN crocheted gimp, while the
fronts Are fiat sash ends of the chud-
dah, nished with white silk fringe
ltlas a crocheted heading. The
high Empire waist has pointed girdle,
epaulettes and collar of the white gal
loon. Pale green plush is used for a
Russian dinner dress over petticoat OF
white matelasse silk perfectly plain,
and showing in front and on the sides
between two long fiat tabs of the green
plush that are edged with white netted
fringe. Ladies' cloth in this new green
shade is made up with a Directoire
jacket front opening over a full Tapped
vest Of grayish white cloth that is trim
med with cashmere-colored galloon;
the ligh cloth hangs straight and full
down the front of the skirt in a table
that is, very slightly caught up on each
side at the top, and has the foot slit up
at interya1ssto form fringe, and each
strand is finished with q silken spike
Hqape,'s Bazaf.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE


Plush goods and all articles dye,
with aniline colors, faded from expos
ure to light, will look as bright a
ever after being sponged with chloro
form.
Glue that is delicate and nice To-
mounting ferns and sea-weeds is mad'
OF five parts of gum-arabic, three part
OF white sugar, two parts of starch; ado
a very little water; boil until thick ant
white.
Lemon Cheese-One ID. of loaf sugar
one-fourth ID. of butter; Juice of three
lemons and grated rind of two; six eggs
leaving out the whites OF two. Put al
Lii saucepan. stir gently over a slow
fire until the mixture becomes thick
and locks like honey.
The incest way to wash bedquilts
| and comfortables, is to place them on
the grass during the rainy days of fall
and spring, turning them occasionally.
When clean and the day bright, hang
them on the line to dry: If windy
day, all the better Housewife.
TO make furniture paste to cement or
ill in blemishes in furniture, especially
mahogany, the following directions are
given: Moisten four ounces of scraped
beeswax thoroughly with turpentine,
then to quarter of an ounce of pow
dered rosin add enough Indian red to
bring it to a deep mahogany color.
Stir all thoroughly together;
Cider should stand in large, open
casks long enough to ferment and
cleanse itself of pumace particles and
other impurities. Further fermenta-
ton may be prevented by scalding the
cider after it has been slightly ferment-
ed and settled. The scum made by
scalding should also be skinned off be-
fore the liquid is cooled and barrelcd.
The terrible pain caused by being
severely burned may be almost instant.
ly relieved by applying a mixture OF
strong, fresh, clean lime water mixed
with as much linseed oil as it will cut
Before applying, wrap the burn in cot
ton wadding saturated with the lotion
Wet as often as it appears dry, without
removing cotton from burn for nine
days when a skin will probably have
formed.
Cigar boxes may be utilized for
many ornamental purposes. AS recep
ticles for trinkets they may be covered
with cotton batting overlapped with
satin and silk, the edges being sewn tc
strips of'cardboard, to be attached with
glue to the sides and base: The exter.
lor may be covered with cardboard,
with medallion openings disclosing
painted designs. The exterior borders
may be covered with silk cord, with
Gibbons at the upper angles.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
THE SCARECROw.

Within the open field he stands.
On Natures rustling lap;
Inc cold air chills his wooden hands
And makes his ulster flap.
His body is broomstick old
That sways in every gales
His helmet makes him fierce and ho,d
1t Is milking-pail
he wears pair Of ancient ''speos.n
Painted across his face;
he LOOKS wreck of human wrecks
Running his downward race.
The shrewd cid crow meier ventures near
At twilight or al. morn; -
de Knows the scarecrow guards each ear
w red and yellow corn.
The farmer sits him by the stove,
talking about the crops;
When in the cornfield from the grove
tramp serenely hops.
he dons the scarecrows turquoise coat.
The pail puts on his head,
ana Ter the farm is soon af1oat
On light and airy tread.
hast any work for me, sir, pray?"-
The farmer and his wife
Inc scarecrow see, and run away
thinking it's come to life,
Ihe tramp regales his inner man
Upon the farmers pies;
Secures chicken from the nan
AND down the turnpike aies.
Inc tramp for cover swiftly goes
The farmer turks about
A mile from home. whereat tho ,ro,ra
Just cleap his corn-field out.
r. K. H., in Puck.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
Geo. Augustus Sala.

George Augustus Sala, the well-knowr
English writer, on his last Australian trir
wrote as follows to The London Daily Tele
graph:
II especially have pleasant remem
brance of the ships doctor-a very expe
rienced maritime medico indeed, who tend
ed me most kindly during horrible spell
Of bronchitis and spasmodic asthma, pro
voked by the sea fog which had swooped
down on US just after we left San Francis.
CO. But the doctors prescriptions and the
increasing warmth Of the temperature as
we neared the Tropics, and in particular,
couple Of ALLCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs
clapped on-one on the chest and another
between the shoulder blades-soon set me
right
WE don't suppose that the monopolists
Will be getting up corner in glass. That
would be too transparent scheme Bur
Engton Free Press
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
MARRIAGES BY LOT.

Extraordinary Custom Which Is q Conn
| mon Occurrence in Naples.
Many marriages take place annually
in Naples because of money left, ac-
cording to last will and testament, by
benevolently disposed individuals, to
endow a certain number of virtuous
poor girls with a small sum of money
as an outfit, and when these girls, say
twenty or thirty, present themselves to
the trustees as candidates for that
dover, and the will only provides for
SIX such marriages, all the girls must
step up to the urn and draw lot. OF
course, out of the twenty or thirty girls
who have qualified, only six can be the
lucky ones. These six are not entitled
to the dover until all the legal arrange
ments for the marriage are gone
through. There are always plenty of
young workmen, either day laborers or
mechanics, who are ready to accept a
girls hand and the 100 or 150fr. dover,
for she has had to go through rigid
examination as to honesty, neatness,
virtue, etc.
/ very often see the announcement in
the daily papers of such marriage, and
one of these announcements attracted
my attention more than usual on ac-
count OF the length Of time the testator
had been dead whose funds were to an
nually benefit these vi tuous girls. /
translate the advertisement literally as
follows:
"MARRIAGES-The trustees OF the Monte Ca
paldo Chapel, of the Church of San Salvatore of
Gin Naples) make known to the
public that on the second Sunday ofVgntem
oer 1883, at IL NJ, lots will be drawn for u Ae
marriages. each successful person receiving TN
,um of 119f., left by the will Of Caesar CapalddAe
Who died in 1910, and left such sums in favor ofy
hree young womenwho will qualify themselves,
which qualification must take place ON or be-
ore the 9th of September. The following are
he qualifications: ]. They must be descend
nts of the .testator; 2. They must be marriage
BILE (whatever that may meana;.3 They must
% honest and poor. and, d. They must not be |
yer 25 years OF age"
Now here we have provision made differ |
ntiy from the usual run, in that the candidates |
Or this lottery must be poor descendants OF |
he testator. Just fancy that will made for |
UGH purpose by man who died ten years be-
,re Pilgrim placed his foot on Plymouth |
Jock. and that it is faithfully carried Quit |
'aris Register.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

"A topper committed suicide in q
strange manner in Yadkin County, N.
G. He hid behind a shelf in a whisky
distillery and inserting one end OF a
rubber tube in his mouth and the other
into barrel, allowed the liquor to run
into his stomach until he was dead.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
A Good Radiance.

The removal, through the agency of that
ungriping and genial laxative, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, of distractions from the
bowels Is indeed good radiance Constipa-
ton is no light matter. 1t gives rise to and
perpetuates other maladies, and occasional
" winds up i'll Inflammation Of the bowels
Danish, also, with the Ditters chills and fever,
kidney troubles, dyspepsia and rheumatism
IT isn't every composer who has q
uandel to his namo.-Isrt;s Sifti,gs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

Foul poisons that accumulate In the blood
and rot the machinery Of the system, are
eradicated and expelled by using Pr1ckly
Ash Bitters, q medicine that will not trri-
tate the stomach or bowels. It acts In q
gentle manner on these delicate organs,
and restores health in every case.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
A BAD, BAD MAN.
cheering Way in Which He TAUGHT
M. Quad How to "Fout"

@orced into Deadly Conflict by Bumor.
ousiy Inclined IndividuaI-The Char
acteristic Goodness Exhibited by
the Mountaineers-The
Shooter Shot.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

Old nias called for va put down two
.sC.'e drinks, and each one of them large
enough to befuddle weak man in five
minutes. While he had his back to the
crowd Jeffers whispered to me.
LOOK out for him. Ar We heeledP',
Yes, have my revolver
Then git the drop on him. Plug
him right through the head or hearth,
but Heavens, man, can't shoot a
person down that way. He hasn't even
spoken ONE yet. y
wan, Keep Yer eye on him and if he
makes q move let him have it,
! began to figure. / began to add up
Inc wealth Of the Astors, Vanderbilts,
Goulds and Knickerboekars and feel
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

Use BeowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs for
Coughs, Colds and all other Throat Troubles.
-''Pre-eminently the best" 49, Req. Henry
Ward Rsecber
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

THE man who can turn his hand to any
thing generally ends up by turning States
eVldenCe.-TImo
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
-Four Books Learned In One hcading.
A Years Work bsna in len Days.

From the chaplain Of Exeter go!Iege, and
Houghton Syriac Prizentan' eEiofa;
Coll. Exon, Oxon, Sept. 1893. .
Dear Sir:-In April, 1895, while thinking OF
taking orders in September. suddenly resevea
notice that my ordination examination ~eulo
be held in Il fortnight. had only ten Qol d3ys
in which to prepare for the Exam. 1 shoul@
recommend a year's preparation in the case OF
anyone so utterly imp epared az was; your
System had so strengthsHeG &1y natural memory,
that was able to remember ana give the gist
of any book aft r reading IL once. therefore
read Lghtfoot, Proctor, Harold Browne, Mos.
one OF the nine papers, The present Bishop Of
Edinburg knows the facts. Faithfully yours.
fRev7 JAMES MIDDLETON MACDONALD. IN. Al
To Prof. 4. Loisette, PSI Fifth Ave-, n. T.
Perfectly taught by correspondence. Send for
prospectus.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

A DINNER fit for q book'keeper-a
pigeon whole.-Puck
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

1t was in little hamlet on the Clinch
river, Tennessee, There was a gener.
al store in which dry goods, grocer.
les, saddlery, hardware, croelserv.
meats and whisky were sold~in about
equal proportions; blacksmith shop,
two houses, bridge-and that was all.
When got up in the morning it was
raining, and the sky had that leaden
nue. which means drizzling day. JEFF
1ers would not hear of my going on,
and observed that it would be a good
day for the mountaineers to come in
and reveal their leading traits of char
acter.
We had scarcely finished breakfast
when they began to come in, each man
mounted on a mule, and each man
wearing a rubber coat. By ten
O'Clock there were dozen. All seemed
20 nave a little money, but the onlv
purchases made outside of whisky were
pound of wet brown sugar and some
plugs of tobacco. One man had mule
with three shoes off and the fourth one
gathering. AS he dismounted at the
blacksmith shop he said to Smith:
"Bill, want yer to look at that ere
mewl."
I'm lookin', Tom,'' was the COM
placent reply.
do you reckon she'll pull through
the winter?"
Bill picked up each foot, squinted at |
1t like judge sizing up a witness, and |
pulling off the loose shoe with twist
ne spat three times in the direction of
his anvil, cooked his hat anew. and
gravely remarked:
Tom, she can't possibly do it-no
how can't
: ''Shoo! Billr'
Cant do it, for shore. Nevis is
nevis. If she was a elephant she
might, but she's mewl, an an afore
spring them feet will wear off cl'ar up
to the jints. Got to hev shoes on, Tom"
. ''Shoo! That's what I reckon. Is
shoes cheaperP"
'tSkeercely."
''shoo! I heard they was. Kin We
make it fo' bits, Billp
''Wuth that for iron, Tom. Six bits
ar the lowest. y
zsssWall, dod rot her ole yaller hide,
TIL see about il afore night! If We. hey II
q niger, he pts clothes, an if ye {
hev mewl, he pts shoes. an hel |
take 'ticular pains Ii every Z
rock he comes to. 81 Mo. | /
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

Bakers Norwegian Cod Liver OH
Prevents, controls and cures Consump.
ton. To insure success, insist on BAKERS
Oil. lNo. c. BAKER & Co., Phlladelpnla.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

FoRTIFY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar:
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17

AN uphill business-the mountain
guides.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
PLAYS! PLAYS! PLAYs!PLAYS!

For Reading Clubs, for Amateur Temper
anCe Plays, Drawing Room Plays Fatty Plays, Ethiopf
an Plays Guide Books spsak enimGss Tablesux
Theatrical Face Preparations Jarley's Wax Works.
Wigs, Boards. Moustaches. Costumes, Charades and
Paper Scenery. New Catalogues sent FHEE9 EREEI
Containing many novelties tnli Description and PRICES
SAMUEL FRENCH Il son, % w. Esd St., N. Z.
e. NAME TAlS PAPER avery shnsJ you
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-11-17
THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK., November 10, 1888.
-Natiye Ctaerc CO Al n. K w
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-04-19
Yes, We Have Heard Them.
lJim Robinson in Durham Recorder.

lJim Robinson in Durham Recorder.1
The Mobile Register grows senti-
mental 1t speaks of the women OF
the South and says that any man who
has listened to their voices, "when the
moon was draping the earth in silyery
sheen, and soft breezes bore the sounds
of distant music or sIlvery laughter
upon their viewless Wings" can bear
testimony to their sweetness and
witchery. "But not only al such times, "
adds our contemporary. "The voice
of the women is melodious in the most
ordinary affairs of life. 1t is true there
are exceptions. There are bad-tem-
pered and grained women, even
in Southern cities. But we do not
uniervalue the bunch of sweet grapes,
because there are a few unripe and
sour ones among them
That is sensible. We endorse it.
The man who mingles with the women
of North Carolina can never forge
| their voices, if he IS worthy man
Knock him about the ends OF the eartl
as YOU will; buffet and bruise him o
fortune as you may, and there IS neye
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-04-19
HENDERSON. n. c.. THURSDAY. APRIL 10, 1888.

there will be such an increase of both
men and money from the States on the
other side of the Potomac that the in
teTests of the North on the soil of the
South will be such as to be interviewer
with everything Southern.
The flood of the Southern tide has
certainly at last set in, after the long,
low ebb succeeding the desolation oi
the war. And that it will continue to
rise, and rise, and rise, until the South
becomes incomparably weather. than
she has ever been, we entertain not the
shadow of a doubt
In good faith the new South holds
out her hands in sincere spirit oil
fraternal welcome to all-manufac-
turers, home seekers and capitalists,
regardless of their politics, who may
choose to come among her citizens a:
her sons.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-04-19
MY FANCY LAND.
MRS. n. A. MONFoRT.

There's land far away where my fancy
oft dweIlS
Mid flowers and song-birds and foun-
tains;
Where sweet melodies float through bios
soming deils
And die on the evergreen mountains.
There sparkle the rivers so pure and SO
bright,
The blue skies above them extending,
That shut out forever the darkness of night,
With veil of most delicate blending.
And swift as the wings of an angel in
flight,
My soul speeds away through the shad-
oWS,
Forgetting all else, with thrill of de-
light,
1t scars through thy sun-kissed meadows.
Oh, home of my fancy! Oh, sweet spirit
land
How bright are thy sunbeams and aow-
erS!
How softly the wavelets beat on the sand
How gently the cool spray showers!
Go least on the beauties. my famisEine
soul
Twill lessen the sting of thine anguish
Where else canSt thou feel such blissful
control,
Where else canst thou dwell but to Ian
guish?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-04-19
NO. 16.

a time when the memory of one of
those voices can not soothe and thrill
him as no other sound the earth has
ever known, from thepip;ng of Daphne
among the reeds 20 the thrumming of
my lady's mandolin in modern draw
ing-room.
For ourselves, we hope we may
never cease to have quick thumping
under our vest, near the left pocket,
at the sound of such voice, whether
its bewitching owner softly murmur
her tender love and loyalty, or merely
proclaim her preference for ice cream
IN soda-water, or call US to make the
kitchen fire.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-04-19
EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.

Tie EqaiiGJte Society IS:
|. TIE Sr&DNGEST COMPANY;
holding Larger cash Surplus than any
other assurance organization in the world
= 'rplu5, i per ceGt. basis, Twenty-Five
Millions.J
.. TIE LARGEST COMPANY: kav-
ing the greatest volume of Outstanding As
surance.
(Four Hundred and Fifty MiIlions,)
3. THE MOST POPULAR COM
PANG F.; having for many years transacted
tAe largest annual business.
In 1855, Ole uuIIred and Eleven Mil
iioas.}
4. THE SAFEST TO PATRONIZE; as
every policy becomes absolutely incontest-
able and cannot, then, like the policies OF
many companies. be contested, or cOmpro-
missed for part OF lis fIce value.
). OF ALL COMPANIES THE MOST
PROMPT As soon as Il policy becomes
incontcstablc 1t is payable. not after this
usual delay OF sixty days, but Immediately
upon the receipt of Proofs of Death' OF
the death claims paid by the Society in
1856, more than one-half of the total
amount was settled on the very day proofs
We're received and the balance, with the
exception of few scattering cases, within
the first sixty days.
Such record is unparalleled.
6. THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CON.
PANG having been the pioneer in all the
Reforms which have made American life as
surance famous throughout the world.
:. TIE MOST liberal COM
PANl issuing 4 policy which combines
more guarantees and advantages than any
ether company can offer under i single con
tract OF assurance.
s. TIE MOST REMUNERATlNF
COMPANY; having not onlv arcumnla,e[
larger surplus for the future benefit O
Fo'lcy-holders, nut having devised the Ton,
tine method of assurance under whicI
larger profits have been patd to policy
holders than under any form OF assaranc
ever introduced.
9. TUE MOST WORTHY OF RETNC
CALLED \ MUTUAL COMPANY. fo,
not ontF do all profits belong to policy
holders but 10 other assurance compan,
has ever been conducted in the same sens
and to the same degree in the interest q
poiicyholdeTS. From the beginning it
managers have sought to adapt its poiicie
aud method Is to the needs anl preference
oil Its members.
IL. b. HYDE, President.
J. W.ALENANDER, V.P
". ALEXANDER, Secretary.
j. r. YOUNG,
RESIDENT AGENT,
Heade:s>n, NC.