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The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
SNAKES N ToADs.

Why is it that many farmers and gar
deners are bound to kill every toad and
snake they happen to conn across3
Merely because these animals are repul-
sive in appearance9 That should hardly
be a valid reason. Handsome is who
handsome does; and seen from this
standpoint, the ugliest, full.bellied toad,
and the creeping, sliding, wriggling
snake are models Of beauty. Both live
largely or entirely on insects. Some
time ago when my hot-bed was overrun
with potato beetles, A~ea-beetles, etc., ono
of the great Al-looking toads took up
its quarters right there. In a short time
the bed was free from insects Of my
description, and the toad was waxing
fat. A few toads in a garden will do a
great deal toward Kidding it Of cut-wor1ns
and bugs of ell kinds, and snakes also
give valuable aid In the same direction.
French gardeners realize this much more
than those Of other nationalities do, and
In Paris toads are kept on sale in the
open market and in gardeners supply
stores. It ia time for American garden
ers to learn the value of the two crea-
lures, and give them aid and shelter in
pay for their services, rather than perse-
cute them in the usual cruel, relentless
and senseless fashion.-Farm and Fire
eide.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
The Greatest Double Bass Artist.

Antonio Bottesini, the greatest artist
that ever played the double bass, has
just died in Parma, Italy. lie was G6
years old, having been born in December,
1923. Between the acts of the opera he
occasionally performed solos upon the
double bass, which excited the greatest
enthusiasm. All that Paganini had ever
done upon the violin was. repeated by
Bottesini upon his gigantic instrument.
Every effort Of brilliancy, of delicacy and
of pathos was at his command, and after
two or three evenings he was recognized
as one of the greatest geniuses of modern
musical art. This reputation was con.
firmed in London, where he Immediately
became afavorite, and when he appeared
in Paris it was augmented. For a time
he was the director of the orchestra at
the italian opera in Paris, and subse-
qucntly became the manager of the
Italian opera in Cairo. He wrote several
operas, which were performed success
fully, though we believe none of them
ever crossed the ocean to this country,
Personally, Bottesini was tall, graceful
and interesting, and in private life the
friendship Of those who knew him best
was as cordial and as lasting as the ad-
miration of the public for the artist
Musical Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
Down BY THE GATE.

There Is dew OF the grass and the throstle IL
still,
But the crickets are piping above on the hill;
The fire6ies are lighting their lanterns, and
seel
There's the smile of the moon through the
boughs of the tree.
And I catch the perfume of the rose as I
wait
For the sound of light feet tripping down to
the gate.
s'Wil she Gomez VIII she comep' cries a
hope in my heart,
Fill the stir of a leaf makes me trembIe and
start;
And / peep through the dusk till my eyes are
a-blur
With a warm mist of love that is only for
O, the minutes drag by like the slow feet Of
fate
As listen and look for her down by the gatel
There's a step on the path, there's O elimmer;
Of white,
And the darkness around me crowns sud-
denly bright;
And there's no one to see, save myself and
the moon, !
This fairest Of all the roses of june.
With a soft hand in yours would: yousnot lin
ger late
For another ''good night" DER the bars of theI
gate?
-Munsey's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
Apples are worth more to feed to cows
than for cider.-AmeaTcan Agriculturist.
FOR E

A good rich soil is essential to securing
a good growth and yield Of wheat. If
not naturally rich, farm manure or fer
t~ilizers should be applied in such a man
ner as to supply the elements required by
this plant. The old way of manuring
was to either haul out and scatter on the
stubble, or apply after the first blowing
had been given and then turn under. In
either case the manure was plowed under
rather than worked into the soil near the
surface; and, to do this, apply the MANURE
after blowing, taking pains to scatter as
evenly as possible. The work of eulti-
waiting and preparing the soil into a good
condition will incorporate the manure
sufficiently with the soil. If a special
fertilizer is used 1t should be scattered
broadcast, either just before or at the time
the seed is sown. Drills with fertilizer
attachments can now be secured, SO that
the work can be done much better than
by hand.
To grow a yield of twenty bushels of
wheat it will require OH an average thirty
one pounds of nitrogen, fourteen pounds
of phosphoric acid, and eighteen pounds
of potash. These are three essential
elements required. If we know what per
cent. of these elements is already in the
soil, and also what is deficient, the
proper proportion can be readily supplied.
Glover, and with it a good dressing of
lime, ploved under, makes a good fertili-
ger for wheat. One reason that good re-
suits can generally be secured by using
farm-yard manure is that all the elements
of plant food are applied.
The principal advantages in purchasing
and using commercial fertilizer is, they
increase the growth and yield of the crop,
and by their means, with good manage
ment, the farmer may be able to increase
his supply of farm manure And, in
many cases it can certainly be used to
advantage, if the mistake is avoided
of depending entirely upon it as is some
times done when good results are secured
at first. With quite a number of crops
more or less fertilizers can be used, but
it is a mistake to depend upon them.
Farm manure must be the principal reli-
ance and other materials be considered
only as aids.-Pr0irie Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
The Rag Pickers.

A prominent rag dealer says when
business is so bad that the dealer can
hardly make both ends meet he doesn't
know how the pickers manage to get
along. And the life they lead is some
thing terrible. Theirs is n continual
striving to get enough to keep body and
soul together. No man will remain at
picking rags unless he be a drunken bum
or too old to do any manual labor. The
majority of the rag piekers are the poor
Poles who land in this country by the
hundreds annually. They are the only
class of people that can live on what they
earn by buying and selling rags. These
people can live on ten OF fifteen cents a
day. Their homes are on the top floors
of crowded tenements. Here they are
crowded together like so many swine. I
have been in the rag and paper business
all my life, and am thoroughly convers-
ant with the life of a rag picker. Sew
eral years ago they were able to make
anywhere from $40 to $50 a week. Then
rags were selling for two and three cents
apound. This has been cut down so that
the rag picker is glad to get sixty or
seventy cents a hundred. Many of the
pickers have given up their trade or pro-
fession, as some of them are pleased to
term their employment, and taken to the
road-tramping.
The rag picker to earn five or six dol
lars a week must travel a considerable
distance and trudge from morning till
night and the peddlers, those who have
horses and wagons make very little more.
If they make any big money it is by buy
ing stolen goods or during the months of
April and May when the business re-
ceives quite a boom. During house
cleaning time the rag pickers are fire.
quently given the rubbish for hauling it
away. People are glad to get their
places cleaned up and their rag-bags
emptied. Since the introduction of
natural gas, the rag business has in
creased. The pickers in the city do lit
tie or no trading, as their customers are
not SO easily duped as the country peo-
pie, and they do not have the time to
bubble over a cent or two. A good
many rags are sent into the city from the
country grocery stores, most of which are
taken in exchange for goods. This
class of rags finds a ready sale. The
profits are not large, but there are usually
so well assorted that there is little OF no
expense attached in the dealer handling
them. A good, saving housewife can
easily manage to get a couple of dollars
a month for her old rags and paper. And
the earnings of the rag-bag have helped
many a family tide over a tight place.
The business is not what it used to be,
but there is still a little margin in buy
ing and selling. It is not the ~cleanest
business in the world, but, notwithstand-
ing all the talk, it is about as healthy an
occupation as n car engage in.-Neao
York Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
TEMPERATURE FOR cHURNrNe.

The temperature at which cream should
be churned varies according to the tenn
perature of the air, but the proper num-
Der of degrees is about sixty. In oldeni
times, and even in modern days, with
some people, it was the rule for churning.
to go on until butter was found in great;
Jumps. That was a great fallacy. A.
point is reached in churning beyond
which any further churning brings no im-
provement, and that point is when the
butter has reached the size of small
grains. The churning should take from
twenty-five to thirty-fve minutes; if it
was much less the butter would not be in
good condition, if the churning took
longer it would be spoiled. As to
whether butter should be washed or not
the practise varied in different parts Of
England, and is a matter entirely of
taste. Those who are accustomed to I'M
washed butter certainly will not like the
favor of washed butter.-New York
World.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A weak spot in a stable floor is a risk
no farmer can afford to continue a single
hour after discovery.
Dairy cattle should have access to salt
every day, and salt should be added daily
to all their stable feed.
In very hot weather it may pay you to
shade the forming caulifower heads with
leaves broken from the lower part of the
plant.
A balky horse on q farm is a nuisance
to be abated, even at the cost, if need
be, Of burying his carcass in the COM
post heap.
II the rose-bugs trouble your grape
vines, spray them with Paris green and
water in the proportion of n ounce to
six gallons.
Let no soap suds from the weekly wash
be wasted. There is nothing better for
cucumber and melon vines. Soak the
soil around the hills.
Tits well enough to have q whip indriv-
ing horses, but the occasions for using it
should be carefully considered before tor
turing the poor animals.
A Georgia farmer tells that.he has sue
ceeded in subduing nut grass by putting
the land In Bermuda and burr clover,
adding also Texas blue grass.
The value Of old orchards when
properly treated, is hardly appreciated
by one who has not had some practical
work in getting them to yield the great
est profit possible.
An orchard, whether young or old,
should not be allowed to grow where
heavy crops Of grass are taken every
year. It is weakening to the soil and
detrimental to the trees.
Feed the calves-feed them fulfil
hope of selling them in autumn at a profit
is to be justified, and if they are to be
kept over winter the reasons for full
feeding apply quite as well.
The chicken range should afford plenty
of shade as well as sunshine. In hot
weather chickens viii generally seek to
escape the direct rays of the sun during
the warmest hours of the day.
J. L. Budd says, in Farmers Reviev,
that he believed the pear-shaped Russian
currsnt will prove specially valuable in
parts Of the West where the foliage OF
the ommon cufrants drop premature
~ when exposed to the sun.
When sweet corn ia used in the family
Or sold, the american Cultsoosor advises
to promptly cut and feed its stalks to the
cows. These stalks are better fodder
than they ever will be again and all tho
better II q few nubbins remain on.
A few farmers claim TO find good
even in the ox-eye daisy. They say that
If cut and cured before the seed begins
to form and the stalk becomes woody,
it is a good milk producer when fed to
cows, and that sheep win fatten on it.
The many good points of the turnip as
q supplemental crop for stock feed should
not be forgotten. It's value for feeding
purposes Is conceded, and the labor Of
putting in the crop comes at a season
when the hurry Of work is abated. Ad-
vocates of growing this root for stock
claim that nothing pays better for the
time, labor and expense involved.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

The CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND & PACIFIC
HALLWAY constitutes the short, direct line
between kans7s tity and Denver, and all
points in Kansas, Colorado and the Indian
Territory. It's SOLID vEsTIBULs EXPRESS
TRAINS leave Kansas City daily on the ar
rival al trains from Memphis, St. Louis and
eastern and southeastern points, running
through without change To Denver. Colo.
Iado Springs and Pueblo, where they CON
meet with outgoing trains of all dlvergine
lines, Offering u choice Of routes to Salt Lake,
Ogden, Helena, Portland, Los Angeles and
San Francisco. These vestioule nains CON
sist of elegant Day Coac SOS, Pullman Palac
Sleepers and FREE Reclining Chair Cars,
leading all competitors in splendyr of equip
ment, and havi' G all those "modern i'm.
p~rovements" which add to safety, comfort
and luxurious enjoyment. II going to
Denver or the Pacific coast, secure tickets
over the Rock ISLAND via Kansas City, and
you will never regret it. For further in
t. rmation apply or write to g.. ID. Bacon,
Gen. Agt Pass. Dept, Chamber of Com.
merce Building, CHM, Ohio; T. P. Young,
TRAY. Pass. Ag t. los West 9th ST., Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, or U. S. G.. Hough, Tray.
Pass. Ag't, 100 North Third St, St. Louis,
Mo.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
DO NOT cRowD YOUR PLANTS.

There is nothing gained by growing
three plants where there is only room for
two. The two plants that the place
would comfortably accommodate will be
much finer than the three that you could
manage to s'just squeeze in" And re-
member that one plant, wsll-grown, is
worth a score of poorly grown ones.
One good plant is something to be proud
of, while O number of poor specimens;
ought to make the grower ashamed, not
of the plants, but Of himself. Treat,
plants precisely as you would people, and
give them all the chance they want to-
develop. Let them show what they can
do, and they cannot do this when they.
are cramped.-American Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
FALL FEEDING FOR cows.

Time 10 TO be taken by the forelock, and
to prepare early for the fall feeding Of
cows 10 carrying out this wise principle.
When the season 10 about to end, feed Ii
usually scarce and poor, because prepara-
lions are not made for IL in good time,
and the product OF milk falls off at the
very time when Il should be kept up for
the winter profit. Once q COW loses milk
Il Is very difficult, and In many cases, i'm
possible to restore Il. Hence, fresh, sue
culent food must be provided for. The
best recourse isa field Of aftermath, grass
or clover, OF o pasture which has been re-
served respectfully orthe purpose. It may
be too late now 20 remedy a failure for
the present season, but the warning should
be needed In time for another year. Still,
something may yet be done. A planting
OF early kinds Of sweet corn, sown In
rows eighteen inches apart and three
inches apart in the rows, will very soon
afford very acceptable feed. Millet may
be sown for pasture; oats sowni in August
or September will make the best of pas
ture for the early autumn, and rye viii
serve to follow after the early frosts. If
no other way can be found, some Of the
best hay, with a liberal ration of corn
meal, should be given as soon as the out
door forage has become scarce. Later,
the small potatoes may serve as succulent
food along with the hay. Malt sprouts
stepped in water and mixed with cut hay
have increased the naiIk-yield more than
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
BAILEY HORSES.

The Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals put forth q set Of rules
for the treatment Of balky horses, which
rules, unfortunately, do not always work.
The best way is to have nothing to do
with balky horses. But, nevertheless,
some one Of these rules, as well as o hun
dred others, do work in particular cases.
They are az follows:
/. Pat the horse upon the neck; exam
inc the harness carefully, first on one side
and then on the other, speaking encour.
agingly while doing so; then jump into
the wagon and give the word 60; gen.
orally he viii obey.
.. A teamster In Maine says he can
start the worst balky horse by taking
him out Of the shafts and making him 20
around In circle until he Ia giddy. If
the first dance Of this sort doesn't cure
him, the second viii.
3. To cure a balky horse, simply place
your hand over the horses nose and shut
Off his wind until he wants to 60, and
then let him go. a
4. The brain Of the horse seems to en-
tertain but one idea at a time, therefore
continued whipping only confirms his
stubborn resolve. II you can by any
means give him a new subject to think
Of you will generally have no trouble in
starting him. A simple remedy Is to
take o couple of turns of stout Irvine
around the fore leg, just below the knee,
tight enough for the horse to feel, and
tie In o bow knot. At the frat check he
viii generally go dancing of, and after
q short distance you can net out and re.
move the string, to prevent injury to tho
tendon In your further drive.
5. Take the tail Of the horse between
the hind legs and tic IL by q cord to the
saddle girth.
6. Tie q string around the horses ear,
close to the horses head.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
The Best TestimoD.oI

yet publ he'd for any blood medicine is the
Pf4nted guarantee Of the manufacturers of
Or Pierces Golden Medical Discovery, which
.aFfd1tS that wonderful medicine to bene-
ut or cure in ali c2ses of those diseases for
WIN IL Is recommended, or money ! aid for
ari.lng from torpid liver and impure HOOD
and theiE names gre legion. All Ssin Scaln
ard Scrofulcus affections, Esuptiors, Sores
and Sw'Iings, ~Saltrheum, letter, Erysipelas
and kindred diseases, are among those in
which the Discovery" effected marvellous
c1Iros StOuT
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
Currency i'm u Cur.

A dog, owned by Peter Flynn, of Red
Hook, N. Y, recently chewed up and
swallowed a So bill. As the dog had
no commercial value, he was killed, and
the fragments of the bill, including the
piece which bore the number, were re-
covered. The remains of the dog were
buried, and the remains of the bill were
forwarded to the Treasury Department
at Washington. A new bill was duly re-
turned to Flynn.-Nev York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

An old church in Cahokia, iil., that
was built in 1854 of cedar logs, was torn
down a few days ago to make way for q
more modern building. There were only
two churches in America-at st. Angus
tine and Santa Fe-that were older.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

Is marriage a failure? Ofconrse not; mar
riage Is an assignment.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

If affi cted with sore eyes use DR.. 1homp
sons Eye water. Druggist sell at 25c per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05
shortest. Quickest and Best.

The author OF "Uia uaken Bucket eyi
IDENTIFY did not believe in letting well enough
alone
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

Ex-senator Tabor, of Colorado, left a
$40 bouquet on Shakespeare's tomb when
he visited England.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

The province Of Ia Plata, IN the
Argentine Republic, has q population o.
vgS. 1888 and q debt of 870.OoQ.0 00.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

Pears will not grow on wet ground. Ap
pies will thrive on moist. but not slringy
soil.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

Nnen everything else tails, DR.. Sage's Ca
tarih Kennedy cures. so cents, by druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-05

veugeS6w of the cliff aud-stood erect,
haGcing. himself firmly, "a II preparing for
q shock.
Kate breathed o silent prayer and
closed her eyes involuntarily % her horse
leaped forward; and then she was con-
scious Of o sharp, sudden shock, a voice
from somewhere calling her name, and
for many minutes she knew no more than
that.
When she revived she saw for the first
time who IL was that saved her. who ii
was that held her 20 firmly yet gently in
his arnns until shs was able TO stand upon
the ground beside him. And then:
aHarold, " she whispered, with o shy
glance into his face ere abe turned her
own, all crimson with bushes, away
ssHarold, there isis no golden barrier.
Some wicked fairy must have told you
wrongly
uKatel" He drew the slender, Quesnly
figure quickly to him, then held her Of
1t arm's-length TO study her beautiful,
changing face. aDo you know what
your are aayingG u it-can It be the
tgukhfn
~ know what I arn saying, and II il
true; bnt--hut psrhaps I may havs said
too much" And with q swift smile of
tenderess coquetry she looked up into his
happy lace. NO. she added quickly,
q sweet seriousness on her lovely face,
tho barrier. save, just nov, the barrier
Of your lore and strength which stood
between me anddeath.n
my Katel MY arlingls-and Harold
drew. her closer 90 his heart-ssT would
gladly have riaked d hundred deaths for
thisIe-Taas6ly Gsory Raper.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-22
Hoboken Notes.

An interesting fan drill and concert
was given last night at the Baptist
Church by the Y. P. s. c. E. An
elaborate programme was well given.
The church was well attended and
great interest was centered in the con-
cert.
The Grand Commandery of Knight
Templars will visit Hoboken tonight
for the purpose of installing the off
GERS of Coinmandery No. 10. After
closing the special conclave a banquet
will be given in honor of the grand
officers at Naegeli's Hotel.
Guiding Star Lodge, No. 1870, +. o.
0. F., held a pleasant meeting last
night at Odd Fellows Hall.
A meeting of the Jacksonian Club
will be held at its headquarters, No.
1928 Willow avenue, tonight. Business
of Importance will be transacted, and
resolutions adopted expressing the
sentiments of the club upon the death
of their late esteemed member, John
A. Minturn.
The annual "Crowning of the May
Queen will be held in the body of the
Methodist church on Tuesday next,
May 2S. About fifty persons will take
part in it. !.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-22
Meeting of the Council.

Aside from the proceedings relative
to the row In the Fire Department
an account of which is published else
where-there was little but routine
business before the Council last even.
ing.
All the members were present. Pro.
posals for the improvement of River
Street were received from Patrick
O'Toole, Henry McGiveny, ID. Hag.
gerty, Patrick Flaherty and Matthew
Fitzpatrick. They were referred to
the Committee on Streets and Assess
ments. Bids We're also received for
the building of a brick W on Park
avenue, between First and Second
streets, from Patrick O'Toole, Patrick
Flaherty and Patrick E. Plunkett.
They were referred to the Committee
on Sewers. Charles w. Datz offered
lot No. 90 on Jefferson street for O
public pound.
A communication was received
from President Hess, Of the Board of
Education, complaining that his mes
sage had not ever received a passing
notice from the Council. He called
the Councils attention again to the
advisability of buying the lot by the
side Of School No. 2.
The quarterly report of the Board
of Education was brought up for
reading. 1t was proposed to refer it
to the Committee on Schools, but
Councilman Londrigan insisted that
1t should be read infull.
The communication.fro ON the Mayor,