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St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL,
What Crop VIII Pay Best7

This is question which concerns
every farmer in these days of close
competition, but too few of them con
slider it seriously. The more energetic
and progressive class have pondered
upon it and have no doubt profited
thereby, but the greater number
never stop to think or read, and con-
tinue along in the same old ruts,
raising the same crops that they have
been doing for years past deteriorat-
ing their soils and gradually growing
poorer in purse as the years go by.
As rule that crop will pay best
which our soil is best adapted to- If
the farm is in fruit district the
farmers specially should be fruit, cul-
tivating grass and grain crops when
rotation demands it. If land is rich
and adapted to grain growing, this
should be the leading crop, and upon
such land the farmer is usually vast
ing both time and money when he
tries to grow an orchard.
Whatever your specially may be
stick to it closely. Prices will be up
and down, but experience and close
observation will tell you when to
strike hard, grow big crops and make
money. Always try and get out a
good big crop when every body else
is discouraged and looking around for
a new venture. Ole extreme is GER
tain to follow another. and when
prices for any farm product are at
their lowest ebb you may feel pretty
certain that change will soon take
place, and if you desire to profit
thereby be ready for it. And on the
other hand, when good prices prevail,
and farmers are all bending their
energies in one direction, it is a good
time then to make a new departure.
Here it is that good Judgment and
sound discretion point out the short
cuts and by-paths, that promise and
bring sure success.
Again, it is only maximum crops
that bring in any profit. The farmer
that grows thirty bushels of wheat
or seFenty-five of corn per acre will
make money if prices are at all rea-
sonable, but the farmer that grows but
ten Of wheat and twenty five Of corn
to the acre wont be able to pay ex-
penses, no matter how large an acre
age he may plant or SOW. There are
more farmers who annually farm at
loss than there are who grow profit
able crops. The average crop seldom
if ever pays. If you don't think the
season. condition of your soil, and
the amount of labor you can
put upon it will enable you to grow
more than an average crop, let it
alone Better fall back on grass or
clover, and do something to restore
and maintain the fertility of your soil,
and be ready TO grow paying crops
when the outlook is more promising.
Last season made money by adopt
ing the reserve plan. could not see
my way out clearly on grain. and had
every acre of tilIable land put in
grass. The result was that the drought |
cut short my crop a very little, and
with hay at fifteen and sixteen dol |
lars q ton. made money. If I had |
corned it l would not only have lost |
my seasons work and crop. but would |
have been compelled to have bought |
grain to winter over my stock. Cor |
Farmers Home Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12
Sight of School Children.

An examination of the eyes Of the
children in the public schools Of Co
iumbus, O.. resulted in the discovery
that exactly one-fourth suffered from
some defect of vision. and that the
proportion increased with age The
number OF children examined was
4 700. and of these l. 175 were found
10 have defective vision i'm one or both
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

eyes, 936 Of whom had trouble in two
eyes. The prevalence of near-sighted-
ness increased steadily from no per
cent in the primary schools to Is per
cent. in boys and II per cent. in girls
in the senior class of the high school
And, according to the ages of the
scholars. it increased from no per
cent at 6 years to IL $40 per cent at
II years. = CHICAGO Ne1cs.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12
A Goose Holds q Horse,

A horse grazed contentedly in front of q
State street residence yesterday, says
the Watertown IN. " Times, while a
goose held him by the halter and kept
him from straying. This circumstance
probably did not attract SO much atten-
ton as it would had the goose been any
thing but an exiled tailor's goose, with
no more than twenty pounds (avolrdu-
pois) to its credit
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS. Runpan P. O., Columbia Co..
Pa, gays: My daughter had catarrh when
sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that ii
helped her: a third bottle effected perma-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

If AFFLICTED with Sore Eyes use DR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists sell it Csc,
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

IT is little funny, isn't it that draught
causes cold, cures cold and pays the
doctors bill?-Philadeiphia Cal
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

AN auctioneer can not expect to have his
own way. He must follow the bidding of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

DON'T Wheeze and cough when Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar will cure.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

A BOY who was kept after school for bad
photography said he was sDell-bound
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

FREE! A S-foot French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, MER-
CHANTS ONLY. r. w .TANsILL & Co., Chicago
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

AN early rumor-the first guest at sum-
mer hotel-CTitic
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12

In another column of this issue will be
found an entirely new and novel specimen
of attractive advertising. 1t is one of the
neatest ever placed in our paper and we
think our readers will be well repaid for
examining the SUPPOSED display letters in
the advertisement of Pricklv Ash Bitters.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12
"Untold Agony from Catarria.,,

Prof. W. HAUsNER, the famous meemerist,
Of Ithaca, N. Y, writes: Some ten years ago
suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. Ny family physician gave me up as
incurable, and said must die My case was
such a bad one that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become so hoarse could
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. BY the use of DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, l was a web
man, and the cure has been permanent"
, 1888-11-11
cnuse of Mental Dyspepsia.

Teachers have often told me that they
do not require their pupils to study at
home. Doubtless they spoke the truth.
They should have gone farther; they
should not have allowed their pupils to
study at home; and if their injunctions
to that effect were not sufficient they
should have made them known to the
parents and have insisted upon their en-
forcement. Many children are ambitious
to keel in their classes or have an in
satiable desire for knowledge, the result
of an abnormally developed brain. They
should no more be allowed to use that
organ to excess than they should be per-
mitted to overload their stomachs with a
variety of food. Yet parents who would
unhesitatingly cut off the extra piece of
pie for fear of indigestion will not hest
tate to encourage the effort to absorb
some additional branch of knowledge.
There is a mental dyspepsia, the result of
redundancy, a surely as there is'that
form which results from repletion of the
digestive organs.-Dr. William A. Ham
mond in New York World.
, 1888-11-11
The Honesty of 1ce1anders.

A~traveler from Iceland asserts that the
people of that country are so honest that
crime is almost unknown. They never
lock their doors, and but two cases of
thieving are known to AVE taken place
within many years. One was an Icelander
who had broken his arm, and whose fam
Iy in the winter were suffering for food.
lie stole several sheep and was finally de-
tected- He was at once put under medi-
cal care for his injury, provisions were
furnished for his family, and in time he
was given work. This was his punish-
ment. The other case was a German who
stole seventeen sheep. He was in com
Portable circumstances and the theft was
malicious. His punishment was to sell
oil his property, restore the value of his
theft5 ~ leave the country, or be exc
cuted, He left at nnce.-Chicago Herald.
, 1888-11-11
CAUTION

Beware of Fraud, as my name and the price
are stamped on the bottom of all my advertised
shoes before leaving the factory, which protect
the wearers against high prices and inferior goods.
II a dealer offers w. l.. Douglas shoes at a re-
duced price, or says he has them without my name
and price stamped on the bottom, put him down as
q fraud.
, 1888-11-11
THE RUINED T

The north wind sweeps amid the leaness trees,
Tearing the ivy from the castle wall,
While borne along upon the stormy breeze
The ice cold raindrops fall.
ALL in this brave old castle long ago
Mirth used to reign, with childhood's gleeful
singing,
When Christmas came, with softly falling snow,
And joy bells gladly ringing.
But now the once warm hearth is dull and cold,
The stout old walls are crumbled, rent and
broken,
And the wild night bird screams, where nauEht
of old
Was heard, save kind words spoken.
The hands that clasped, the hearts that warmly
beat,
Are laid to rest beside the restless wave;
And few there be who come on friendly feet
To lay loves token on the messy grave.
But this life is not all; kind hands will meet
Once more within a fairer world than ours
And our lost little ones on joyous feet
VIII gather heavenly flowers.
, 1888-11-11

ives & historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
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Prirate palzell RIssa 70 InauIrs.

1. Why is it that of 1000 subscribers for my
book nearly 900 were private soldiers2
2. Why is it that the Administration ignores
1t, and not man Except thurman who fayOrs
the Administration ever signed for itP
3. Why Is 1t the daily press, though solicited
TO notice it pro or con. generally give the poor
Private's book the GO by, while they al column
after column with fulsome lsudations Of any
Generals book7
4. Why is it that privstes are not IN the
National Encampment Of the GAR; nearly all
Generals, Congressman and politicians, with
axes to grind on the GAR. Rrindstone-so
wit, the poor priyates' backs2
5. Why is it that of 1000 subscribers for my
book only 81 were civilians during the war
Is it possible the rising generation are trained
to despiSe the poor rank and fIle2
6. Is it any wonder that Congress aud the
President despise and reject all our petitions,
when the mass Of the people hold Us IN con-
tempt and scorn, and the daily press does not
accord US the courtesy which il extends 20 the
cattle and sheep markets?
l will send my book gratis TO the one whom
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE shall decide makes
truest replies to these rather pointed questions.
-PRIYATE DALZELL.
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A New MEXICAN objects to the Name.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: Do not you
think that it is about time for decent journals
to refrain from referring to the native people of
New Mexico Of Spanish and mixed descent as
"Greasers" One OF your correspondents so
refers to them in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
of July 4, and such reference is quite COM
mon in many of the newspapers OF the Eastern
States These people, generally spoken OF as
"Mexcans," are patriotic American citizens.
From them were furnished several regiments
of volunteers during the late rebellion, and
venture tho statement that not onehftieth
part Of one per cent of the whole Mexican
population in New Mexico were disloyal in
fact or thought, bat almost unanimously true
to the flag brought hither by their conquerors
AZ years ago.
Col. j. Francisco Chaves, Col. Frank P
Abrean, Mai. Jose ID. Seno, and many Others
whom | might name, were the peers in patri-
otism and loyalty, education and courage o.
any officers of the same rank in the so-ealled
american regiments. Should such men and
their compatriots still be referred 70 as Greas
ers" by q word relic of the tough volunteer
element of the Mexican war? / have lived
among the Mexicans for nearly % years, ant
know that no people within the limits of the
Union are more law abiding, patriotic or chart
table than they'll R.WHITING, Albuquerque
| New Mex.
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Is 1t Constitutional

EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: According to
law of this State we are taxed to pay pen
sions to men who were disabled while fighting
to destroy our Government; we also are taxed
to pension the widows and children of those
who fell while engaged in this uncalled for,
unholy and inexcusable work.
Throughout this State are many Of the old
boys" who battled for the dear old flag and
the eternal right Again, we have pitched
our tents here in this sunny land that we
fought to make free. While we feel willing to
contribute generously toward relieving the
wants and suiferngs of those who were igno-
rantly deuded into fighting for nefarious
cause, we demand that these contributions must
be voluntary on our part; but we want no
"secesh" law demanding that we must.
Honesty and good taste would suggest that
the advocates of disunion and rebellion pay
their own bills, and if others choose to make
voluntary contributions, no ose has any right
to complain.
How can we manage to reconcile this rebel
pension law with this, from the 14th amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States
Neither the United States nor any State shall
assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred
| in aid of insurrection rebellion against the
! United States; but all such debts, obligations
aud claims shall be held Illegal and void. >
| w. II. ANDERSON, Co. II 60th Ohio, Highlands
! NJ q
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tried TO excuse his now captious, now abusive
and now over-indulgent conduct toward them
on this ground. Wells, however, fancied that
he saw something rotten in Denmark, and de-
termined to be on the lookout. He finally
communicated his apprehensions to couple
of fellow-officers but they refused to share them
with him. They agreed, nevertheless, to stand
by for breakers. And, as the sequel shows, 1t
was well they did.
HOW THE RACKET WAS TO BE WORKED.
In the event the plan of surrender worked
out all right, the next step was to run the capt
ured vessel up the river to the gunboat on the
next station above and capture her unswares.
1t was the practice of the gunboats to ap-
proach each other at night after proper
signals and lie along side of each other all
night the visitor making fast to the vessel
at anchor Thus the Rather was to ap-
proach the next vessel above and after the
usual signals run along side and make fast, as
she had done many times before. In this way
the capture could be effected without any dem
onstration whatever Should this part of
the program prove successful, the Rather would
return TO the next gunboat below and attempt
the same thing. Then the captured vessels would
be used in capturing the vessels next above and
below, and so on until the entire squadron was
bagged, or at least enough of it to enable the
Confederacy TO recapture Vicksburg aud turn
the tide that had set in so alarmingly against
Confederate fortunes In the Mississippi Valley.
Ii was an ingenious and bold undertaking.
And to those familiar with the situation it will
not appear wholly impracticable. Had 1t sue
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An Act Of IniustIee.I
Especial Dispatch 10 me Boston Journal

Especial Dispatch 70 me Boston J0tFnGt1
NASHUA, n. H., Aug. lO.-Mrs. Anna Butter
field whose claim for a pension the President
has vetoed upon the ground that there IS no
proof that the soldier was in the service Of the
country when he lost his life, is a lifelong
resident of this city, SO years Of age aud in
needy circumstances. Her only son, Lieut..
Augustus A. b. BUtterfsld, served his country
long and faithfully in the I'd III. Cav. and lost
his life in the Inflated Sultans in 1855, on
which he and a large number Of his comrades
We're passengers on their way home from the
war. It is believed that ne had been mustered
out of the service few hours before he came
to his death, but whether he was in the service
or out of the service at the precise moment
when the boiler Of the Sultana exploded mat
tiers not. His aged mother, whose only child
he was, and who having given her all to her
country, is entitled to the sympathy and sup
port of its Government. OF all the eruelties
that BIr. Cleveland has inflicted upon his
cOuntry's defenders and their dependents none
are more heartless and cruel than his veto of
Mrs. Butterfeld's claim.
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Tho uonsekeepsr. Of Minneapolis,

the leading ladies' paper in the West and prob
ably in the United States, is making very re-
markablc offer. 1t is generally conceded that
when paper issuing from 10 to "A pages twice
each month teeming with interesting matter,
is offered at $l.O0 year for "a numbers, that
the offer is a liberal one; but when besides all
this a carefully edited book on Cooking" Of
more than 500 pages, is given absolutely free
with each yearly subscription, it may be assumed
the limit is reached. The Houseteeper is doing
this and to show the popularity OF the offer il
is only necessary to say that if the demand
continues as great for the balance of the month
as it has been up to this date aug Isl, there
will have been nearly 10000 sent out as pre-
miums in 80 days. You should subscribe fol
this paper for your wife aud get the premium
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manned as ordered, and the weak-minded and
loveloony Captain stepped from the Rather into
his gig for the last time. When the boat land
ed at Rodney he announced his purpose to En-
sign s. Strunk to attend church. The boat was
left in charge of some of the boats crew, and
the rest proceeded to the chapel, where the
farce of capture was to be enacted. Services
had hardly begun when, according to the story,
about 30 feather-bed soldiers, as they were
dubbed by the bold, bad widow, rushed with
mad and startling impetuosty upon the de-
fenseless worshipers and after firing volley
of shot-guns into the sides and roof of the con-
secrated building, took the luckless Captain
and his men prisoners Mrs. Robb used TO
laugh heartily when she would tell how she
and the girls, who had been drilled in the role
they were to play, screamed and tainted when
the gallant and resistless attack was made by
the feather-beds."
Fentress no doubt fancied that the trick had
completely pulled the wool over the eyes of
Admiral Porter and his former associates, as he
had the audacity to write, under date OF NOV
10, 1863 from Libby Prison, a letter to the Adj
miral referring to the event as his unfortu-
nate capture" He says: My hands were tied
and l was made fast to a horse and compelled
to keep pace for four miles. My treatment
since my capture has been brutal but inhuman
as it is, sir, l would be happy if | knew your
displeasure was removed" etc.
he DIDN'T GET THE GIRL.
The foolish Captain was in the position of
the disappointed swain who sang:
''Tis sweet to spark. but oh how bitter
To spark gal and then not git 'erl +"
At any rate Fentress made an utter failure
in this part of his venture, as he did all
through. After the fiasco at the church she
spurned him from her with contempt. he was
now a despised Yank" in the eyes of the
whole syndicate Of Rodney sweetness.
Unwept and unsung he went to Libby with
out any of the glorious emotions usually in
spired by The Girl Left Behind Me-" with
out the commission of high rank in the Confed-
crate States Navy, and utterly cleft as to the
hundred thousand dollars in Confederate gold.
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Superb Vigilance.
( R,qt1u .TG,ff.q7nI

Ono Of the latest pension bills vetoed by the
President was for the relief of the widow of a
veteran who died from an overdose of NOR
phine IL was shown, and is not denied by
the President, that the morphine was taken
to relieve the soldiers agony caused by his
wounds, and that it had been often SO taken
by him without injury. But one day he took
an overdose, and the President thinks it
would be a dangerous precedent" etc. What
a famous watch dog of the Treasury the Presi-
dent is Were it not for him the practice of
taking overdoses of morphine in order to Sc
cure a monthly pittance for their widows
might become general among veterans. A
President who can stop pension Of $l2 a
month TO q soldiers widow, under such cir
cumstances, is certainly richly worth $40 q
day to the country. People who want that
kind Of President can make no mistake in
voting for Grover Cleveland.
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A Correction.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: When q man
is con verted he confesses his sins. In March
or April l sent you a communication IN regard
to the formation of Winslow's famous Brigade.
said it was composed of the Sd and 4th Iowa
and 10th Mo. Cav, and that the 9TH and 18th Ill.
Cav. was not component part thereof; which
now retract, as they were part of the bril-
gade up to the time that the brigade veteran
lied and came back from furlough in 1863. Then
the brigade was composed OF the Sd and 4th
Iowa and 10th Mo. until the close of the war.
JAMES A. WALKER, Co. B, 4th Iowa Cav,
1918 Fifteenth St., Des Moines, Iowa.
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A Family Jewel.

DR.. David Kennedy, the famous surgeon
and physician, OF Rondout N. Y, has sent US a
copy of his medical hook-How TO Cure Kid
ney, Liver and Blood Disorders-a work of
great merit, apart from many elegant life Illus
trations Of beauty. 1t is work Of exceeding
merit one which should be read in every home.
In addition to the valuable medical lessons
there are two articles from the widely unknown
author Col. +. II. G. Judson Ned Buntline),
which add to the interest of the work. The
price is % cents, but any one iuclosing this
notice with the name of this paper with g
cent stamp to the Doctor will receive the book
free by mail.
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What SCOTS Emulsion HaS Done!
Over IS Pounds Gain in Ten Weeks.
Experience Of q Prominent Citizen.
TIE CALIFoR7IA SOCIETY FOR THE
SUPPRESSION or VICE.
SAN FpANCIsgo. July 7th. 1856.

/ took a severe cold upon
my chest and lungs and did
not give it proper attention;
IL developed into bronchitis,
and In the fall OF the same
year / was threatened with
consumption. Physicians or.
dePed me to q more congeni-
al climate, and came to San
Francisco. Soon after my
arrival / commenced taking
SCOTS Emulsion OF Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites reg
ularIy three times a day. In
ten weeks my avoirdupois
went from 155 to $50 pounds
and over the cough mean.
time ceased. c. r. BENNETT.
SOLD EY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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A Souvenir.

A comrade sends us little pamphlet bound
in yellow, containing the rules and regulations
of the Subsistence Department of the Army
of the United States" II bears the name OF
Lieut. L. S. O'Connor, Acting Brigade Com
missary, First Division, Eleventh Corps, Chan
lilly, Va The comrade sending it thinks that
the owner would be glad to have it as a
memento Of his service. The owner can have
it by addressing The NATIONAL TRIBUNE and
sending cents 10 pay postage.
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The ProrIdentlaI sprlng.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Allow ne
space in your valuable paper. am ono Of the
Andersonville skeletons and witness Of tho
spring referred to by w. H. II. Kennedy, and
before the spring made its appearance / saw a
comrade reach under the dead-line for q cup Of
clear water, when rebel sentinel shot him
through the head and looked down and laughed
in such a demoniacal manner that I can never
forget the Enthusiastically. z. WHITING
HILL, Co. B, 4th KY, scottsburg Ind.