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The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
Early Americans.

Simplicity in their mode Of living was the
marked characteristic OF the early settiers
of America.
Every thing which pertained to them was
plain and unostentatious.
The food which they ate was frugaily
served and Of the substantial klnd.
Their clothing was home-spun and the
moccasins which covered their feet were
home product, being made from the Mde OF
animals and ornamented with beads a1ter
the Indian fashion.
Their homes were simplicity itself, con-
sistinp of roughly hewn logs and home made
shineles-the whole constituting the OLD
I,op.Cabin home Of frontier life.
Vet those were model homes.
The wives and mothers were well verseo
IN the art Of all that pertained to mousse
! wifery. .,e
Conspicuous in the early home was the
striking figure of the old grandmother. !.
Not only was she the adviser IN soclal az
fairs hut she was the medical adviser and
prescriber for the sick. Often were ne'
hands engaged in the preparation OF SOM
healing potion or remedy Tor tne renet :, y
those in ill-health. Fully versed IN all Cn'
bountiful supplies contained In tho gram
| stOre-hOuS0 OF Nature, Sub WISELY Auo" Nv
to utilize the curative properties contalne'
in certain roots and herbs ard accordlngl
she transformed them into certain remedis
agents, which have made the Old Log Caol
famous for all time to come.
Conscious Of the great value OF some
those old time home cures successful g
fort has been made to re-discover the 10:
secret of their preparation, and, couple
with all the Improvement which human II
Qenuity and progress suggests, they al
now widely known under the name OF Wa
ner,s Log Cabin Remedies, the most prom
nent being Log Cabin sarsaparilla and Le
Cabin cough and consumption cure.
. The suffering public has been quick
, recognize and appreciate their true vait
, and the manufacturers are daily in recell
. of much praise for the re-discovery and
yiyal of these old time remedies again
sickness and disease.
To the old Log Cabin home, however,
justly due the praise for all the sood wn''
! NAV, thereby, be effected.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
A Sure I,eliycrance.

.hort Mrt snace sae of time. persons @ Of bilious
habit are saved from the tortures which q
d,sordered liver is capable of inflicting, by
Hostetter's Stomach Biuers. an antiblious
medicine and aperient of the first rank.
The pains in the right side and through the
right shoulder blade, the sick headnche,
nausea, constipation and saffron hue OF the
skin, are entirely removed by this estlmaple
restorative of tone to the organs OF secre'
ton and digestion.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
HERE AND THERE.

Now is good time to plow up a
patch of ground for fall turnips and
rutabagas. and if it is intended to SOW
even small patch it will pay to do
this much now.
I'm setting out trees of all kinds 1t
should be kept in mind that they will
grow; and allowance should be made
for the room they will occupy ss they
get bigger.
When the strawberries are done
bearing it will be found a good plan to
remove the mulch and give as thor
ough cultivation as possible; if plants
are not wanted keep down the runners.
When the earlier crops have ma.
tured, remove and plant something
else in their place. Keep the soil oc-
cupied all during the growing season.
This plan wils prove of material aid in
keeping down the weeds.
Trim back the wood of unprofita-
bic pear trees, and apply good dress
ing of wood ashes, taking pains to
work we'll into the SOIL and then give
the trunk good washing with soap
suds.
| 1t would undoubtedly help materi-
ally in keeping down insect pests of all
kinds in the garden, the orchard and
grain crops if a more concerted effort
could be made against them in each
neighborhood.
SO far as possible no fruit shoult
be allowed to go to waste. What is no
used or can not be marketed TO advan
tages hould be dried, evaporated, canne'
or put up in such shape that it cal
be kept for use during the winter.
, When there is a good crop AM
, prices are low does not always in
: dicate that no profit is realized, 70
: with fair crop fruits of nearly al
+, kinds can be raised for market at
e very small cost, and can be sold chea
: and yet be profitable.
8 Fall pigs, if given the run of
a good clover field and then fed all th
a corn they will eat, will fatten yer
: rapidly, and it will in many cases /
n better to fatten and market now tina
s to feed all summer and then fatten
: the fall.
q If the pigs are allowed the run
u the pastures it will be found a goo
{ plan to provide a covered trough wit
u salt and ashes arranged SO that the
L can help themselves to what they war
'e A little copperas will add to the val,
20 as health preserver.
70 Properly managed good bro
10 SOW can be made one OF the mo
Y profitable animals on the farm, says
~ contemporary. Two good litters
" pigs can easily be secured, and wi
u good feed and care some increase
- least can be secured in short time.
~ The Illinois Experiment Stati
- has determined by actual count
% number of seeds per pound for fifte
~ :, varieties of grasses. In one pou
= =. redtop there are 4. 1876. 600 seeds; b
nu grass, 2,1s5,o00; timothy. l,421,O o
" orchard grass, 457, 900; tall mead
grass. $4,000; white clover, $3.50
crimson trefoil, 152, 900; mammoth
clover, $4,000; common red cloy
asst 33s. 600; alsike, $4,000, cad ALA
Of 24s.Q0Q.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
Isit any Wonder

that DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery
outsells all other blood and liver medicines,
since it possesses such superior curative
properties as to warrant its manufacturers
IN supplying it to the people tas they are
doing, through druggists) under conditions
such as no other medicine is sold under
viz: that it must either benefit or cure the
patient or the money paid 1or u aisaase. Mlll ..
arising from deranged liver, or from impure
blood, as blliousness, silver complaint, d
skin and scalp diseases, salt-rheum, letter
scrofulous sores and swellings, fever-sores
hip.iOint disease and kindred ailments.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

PHYSICIANS are justified in denouncinp
proprietary medicines which claim to cure
every thing. A medicine, for instance, that
will cure rheumatism in one person, will
not necessarily cure it in another, for the
condition causing it may be difIerent; bu'
GERS Antidote will destroy it in the system
in every case. If you are suffering from
Malaria you .ciA kno,o it, and this medicine
will certainly cure you. Sold by Druggists
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

Ir YOU are doubtful az to the use OF Dob
bins Electric Soap, and cannot accept the
experience of millions who use 1t, after the
"a years it has been on the market, ono trta
will convince you. Ask your grocer 1or IT,
Take no imitation.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills They
first make you sick and then leave you con.
stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and mako you well. Dosc,o pill.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

tsPRIsoNER, the evidence shows that you
brutally assaulted the complainant. Have
you any thing to offer in extenuationl"
Prisoner-"No, sir; my lawyer took all the
money I had ~
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

Oregon, tho Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bestfruit. grain, grass, stock country
Dragon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

HARD water is wasteful Of soap, because It
contains lime salts, which form an insoinbie
compound with the soap, thus rendering
nart of it useless.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

A WOMAN in Baltimore bled to death from
cut on the leg, caused by the breaking ol
whisky -bottlo that she habitually carried
in her stocking.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

$500 Reward for an incurable case Of
chronic Nasal Catarrh offered by the manu-
facturers of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
SO cents, by druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

THERE Is a secret satisfaction about be-
ing anonymous that is far sweeter than
fame to the writer Of scandals.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

WrE-"John, do you deliver your lecture.
rs Life Worth Living.' again tonight"
Great Pessimist-''No my dear; am great
" afraid have caught slight cold, and
don't intend to risk my life by vcnturing
out of doors at all this evening"
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
What's in a Cotton Seed7

An Atlanta concern made $40, 600 last
year by fatteaing $500 beeyes on cot
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

PEOPLE who have to listen to violin prac-
ticing nearly always bring up IN the
asylum.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

WHAT a man is pleased to call clean
profit is oftentimes the proceeds OF Q dirty
bargain.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

LADIES can permanently beautl1y tneil
complexion with Glepns Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair aud Whisker Dye, SO cents.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

For twenty-five cents, you can get Carter's
Little Liver Pills-the best liver regulatorin in
the world. Don't forget this. One pilla dose.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

The Young woman who boldly states that
she likes to be hugged should be immedi-
ately repressed.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

DAVID DUDLEY FIELDS hobby is his love
Of pedestrianism and he is proud OF his feats
in this direction.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

THERE are many blessings attached to
poverty. But they are fearfully disguised.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

In afflicted with Sore Eyes uso DR.. Isaaa
rhompsou,s Eye Water. Druggists sell il. ss55c
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

TIE earliest onions grow from sets; the
longest keeping onions grow from seed.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

TIE days Of miracles are post" ri,at
NAV he. and vet some of the most wonderful
things ever witnessed by the human inmily
have occurred within the last decade. Not
the least Of those wonders is the success
which the agents Of B. F. johnson & Co.,
Richmond, Va, are meeting. Writo them
for particulars. They will show you how to
work wonders.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-30
HOW TO FEED CALVES.
Teach Them to Eat Early and Supply
Variety of Good Food.

TeaGh Them TO Ell '"PPAS
Variety of Good Food.
have often had calf that it was
actually impossible to make drink un-
til it had gone some twenty-four hours
or more without food. If a calf will
not suck your fingers or attempt to
swallow, you can do nothing but wait.
The last ten calves | have raised l
have left with the cows for three days.
and have not had particle of trouble
to teach them to drink. Usually they
put their noses in the pail and drink
the first time the milk is offered them
and have concluded that all my for
mer trouble WAS occasioned by taxing
the calves from the mother before
they had been physicked sufficiently by
the 'coldstrum," and developed a
healthy appetite. | think there Is
more loss, if not more cruelty, from
the treatment calves get after they are
taught to drink, than from starving
them to teach them to drink.
A large per cent. of the calves raised
by hand are loag-haired, pot-bellied
and unthrifty, from irregular feeding,
giving the food in varying quantities.
now too much and then too little; some
times warm, and again cold; sometimes
rich and again mere Cruel,
and neglecting to furnish coarse
food early enough. A winter calf wiz
begin to eat hay regularly at four
weeks old, and will grow and thrive
much better for having it. 1t should
have bran or ground oats regularly
after it is month old beginning with
a tablespoonful, and increasing grad
ually until it eats a quart at feed.
which it can safely do at three months
old. if all changes in diet are made
gradually.
1t is sudden changes in diet and
overlooking that produces scours, and
unless checked at once, scOurs will
very soon ruin the calf You can de-
tect this trouble by the smell as soon
as you enter the stable. The stall
should at once be thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected. and the calf put on
half rations OF new milk for a day Gr
two. | have never known this to fail
of cure If you teach the calf to eat
early, and furnish it a variety OF
wholesome food, its milk may be re-
duced to one gallon a day at three
months old. and the calf kept thrifty
and growing Cor Michigan Home
journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-30
CHOOSING a TRADE.
Select What You Can and What You Have
IA Taste For.

IaSIe FOfs
First of all make sure of what YOU
will be best fitted for in the long run.
Remember that some kind of work
may be in demand now and in a few
years the demand may die out. Don't
choose a trade of this sort if you can
help it. You may spend years learn
ing to make something by hand and
as soon as you have learned, machine
may be invented that will make it
better, and thus throw you out of en-
ployment, unless you have learned a
great deal about the whole business
connected with your work.
Agrin, think of where you want to
begin. Don't learn a trade that is
overrun with workmen in your own
State, unless you are willing to GO 10
another State to work. In New York
State there is a machinist to every 800
OF population; while in Texas, Georgia
and Alabama there is only one ma
chinist to every 1000 people. Iowa
has 1900 carpenters and joiners;
viii Georgia has less than 5000
Choose what you can and what you
have a taste for. If you are a weak
ling, don't try to be blacksmith:
don't try to be a painter if you are
color blind. If you are fond of read
ing that is good reason to become a
printer. provided there is no other
good reason against it. If you have
a natural mechanical turn and invent
i've genius, you may make good ma
chinist. Resolve to make yourself a
thorough master of your trade and all
the machinery used in and about it.
Then don't be afraid of learning too
much. You will be better painter
for being able to handle the saw; a
better joiner for being able to use a
brush; better machinist by acquiring
the use of the pencil.
Be willing to plod and work hard for
a time, for the sake of learning your
business thoroughly. If you start as a
carpenter have in mind to become a
builder; if you start as a machini,t,
expect to become Il manufacturer; il
you begin as type-setter aim at be-
coming printer and publisher Or,
if you are willing to be always work
man employed by some one else. make
up your mind to become so very ex-
pert in your line as to command
high price. Interior.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-30
THE EVIL EYE"
a Remarkable Pair of Optics Once Seen
by English Trave-er.

Remarkable Pair OF Optlcs Ohce Seon
by an English Trave-er.
The original source of most super
stitions, and of all idolatries in which
the idol is not deliberately manufact-
ured by human hands. is now recog-
nized to be the sense of surprise, OF
sudden fear, or admiration. felt by the
''untutored mind" as the Lichtield
school would have called it, for any
thing unusual. 1t may be a remark
able tree, or a rock with a defined
form, or an oddly-shaped stone. or
shell with its convolution5 reversed, or
curious fruit like the coc0-de-mer;
but it strikes the savage imagination
and is thenceforward surrounded by
some of the instructive awe felt for the
supernatural A regular worship, as
Sir Alfred Lyall has shown, often
grows up round such curiosity, or it
becomes, as in the case of the shall
gram. sacred over great tract OF the
world and among entire races of man
kind. Now, nothing is more fire.
quently unusual, or, so to speak, sur
prising, than the human eye. which
va les, in occasional cases, from the
normal type to degree that has never
yet been quite satisfactorily ex-
planned Why is one eye fishy, while
another flashes fire? There are
eyes which do literally ''beam,
and they so common as to have
given rise to a separate description
in most languages; there are eyes
which in anger seem. to emit light
from within-Mr. Gladstone do
there are eyes, generally steel gray in
Europe, but often black in Asia, which
never cease to menace, even when the
face is gentle or at ease, and there are
ewes into which a look of almost In
tolerable scrutiny can be thrown, eyes,
as Lord Beaconsfeld described them,
(which would daunt a galley slave "
The writer saw remarkable pair OF
them once. He was waiting with a
crowd of passengers on the French
frontier of Italy, all under order to
pass through barrier in single file.
The Emperor Napoleon had been
warned about some projected attempt
by carboaari. and special agent had
been dispatched from Paris to examine
every passenger by the train. The
eyes of this agent were absolutely DIFF
ferent from those of any human being
the writer ever saw, and the Italians
as they passed under their fire, vi5ibiy
quailed, every third man, perhaps.
throwing out his fingers to counterfeit
| the malefc effect of their influence.
Even the English, who had nothing
to fear, did not like the eyes, which
this writer will remember at the
Judgment Day; ana one, presumably
an actor, said audibly; My God, that
is Mephistopheles aliven'-Spectator
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-30
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
A Few of the Things Every Self-Re-
speeding Person should Know.

A Few of the Things Every SeIf-Re-
specting Person Should Know.
Table etiquette is almost a science
nowadays. and it is necessary to con-
form to its laws. A good rule is to
use the fork almost constantly, and
put only little upon it at a time. In
this way the food is conveyed to the
mouth-never with the knife-al-
though in some countries the knife is
still used, even amongst royalty. II
you have Strawberries and cream,
soup, melons, stewed fruit, preserved
fruit, preserves and jellies, eat them
with a spoon. These things. because
OF their juiciness, can not be eaten
with fork. Fish should be eaten
with knife and fork, and every we'll
regulated house, when it serves
oysters on the half shell, will place a
small, silver fork beside each guests
plate. When the hostess serves
strawberries with the green stems,
then they are invariably to be taken
up in the fingers (by the stem) and
and apples is first peeled then quar-
tered, and then taken up in the fingers
and eaten. With salads, the knife
and fork are used, ii the salad has not
been cut up before being served No
hostess who understands table eti-
quette, nor waiter who has been
well trained, will ever think of offer
ing you more than a ladleful of soup,
and if you are at a private or fashion
able dinner anywhere except
hotel), and the dinner is too hot, or
you do not happen to like a certain
dish after it has been served, pretend
TO eat it, and this consideration on
your part will make you the everlast-
ing friend of the host and hostess.
Don't stop short and sit back in your
chair That is the most embarrsss-
ing kind of embarrassment for both
yourself, your host and your associ-
ates. These are a few of the things
every body should know.-Farm and
Preside
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-30

Economy with the corn crop means
that the fodder should be stored under
cover and not left standing in the
fields, as is often practiced. Good fod.
der is valuable, and is highly reiished
by all classes of stock, but il can be
injured by exposure as easily as hay.
No matter how much care is taken TIE
shocks will fall over in winter. by
which means large share of the fod-
der is ruined by being on the ground
If cattle are turned in on it they will
Example portion also. The barn Is
the proper place for it.
When one has been so unfortunate
as to get machine oil stains on white
sewing, saturate the piece of sewing in
cold water Immediately, soak for two
hours, dry in the sun, then wash in the
usual way.
The best form of exercise for fat
ness is to ascend slope or hill, more
or less steep. and then descend as rapid
ly as possible. Painting and perspira-
ton is the result, and both help to
lessen obesity. -
A paste suitable to preserve the
gloss of patent leather and prevent
cracking is made of flax. with a little
olive oil, lard and oil of turpentine.
mixed when warm. to be of the con-
sistence of THE, paste when cold.
Articles made of ivory should not
be exposed to heat or dryness. They
should never be exposed to the direct
rays Ola hot sun. or placed in closet
near or under fire. as they are very
apt to split under such circumstances.
Cider Cake One cupful sour cider
one cupful molasses, four eupfu,s OF
flour, one of butter one cupful sugar.
one cupful chopped raisins. two eggs.
one teaspoonfnl cloves, one teaspoonful
soda, one of cinnamon. one OF nutmeg.
Bake one hour.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-30

1t is a notable fact that great
soldiers are usually successful when
they lay aside the sword for pen.
Caesar and Xenophon described their
own campaigns better than any his
torian who ever attempted the task.
Napoleon's letters will stand as models
of STYLE for all time. Cardinal New
man considers Wellington's dispatches
the best specim ems of compact English
in existence. General Grants book
has now universal praise for its direct
ness and simple purity of style.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-30

Total. IA 4,VOOuVO
Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt has no
fortune in her own name, contrary to
the general belief. She has an annuity
of $500, 600
When William II. Vanderbilt died
he left a fortune in round numbers, Of
5000 O00. 600. 1t is remarkable how it
has increased in the three years that
have elapsed since his death. Old Com
modore Vanderbilt left his grandson
Cornelius $5.00o,00O and his other
three grandsons 100000 each. Will
lam K. operated extensively in the
stock market five years ago and, it was
generally understood at the time, lost
his entire fortune, which he had in
creased to $1,000 600. He was report
ed to have received an allowance of
$40. 600 a year from his father for his
personal expenses thereafter and until
the death of the latter. About the time
of or shortly before the termination OF
William K s disastrous experience in
Wall street, Cornelius began specula-
ting and was reported to have lost
about $4,000, 900 Of his fortune, which
had, however, grown to $4,000, 900.
The fortunes Of Frederick and George
Vanderbilt had also appreciated in
value, though not to the same extent
as the others. Frederick had been sue
cessful in stock speculations and George
had made highly remunerative invest
ments under the direction of his father
Altogether, there was in the family.
outside Of William H. Fanderbilts per-
sonal fortune, ST., 100000 Deducting
that amount the wealth of William IL.
Vanderbilt has increased S62, 900, 900
since his death.-N. 7. World.