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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13
EXERCISE FOR GIRLS.
Suggestions Relating to the Growth ana
Beauty of Young Women.

Suggestions Relating to the Growth ana
Beauty of Young Women.
Shirley Dare has been writing Of the
care of children, and especially OF girls,
with reference to their growth in
beauty and health. Among other
things. she gives attention to their
feet, and warns parents against the too
great use Of rubbers. Rubber boots,
says she, ARE all right when the
streets are ahoat in a January thaw,
but for nine months of the year moth
ing more is wanted than sandals for
short walks, or cork-soled, oil-leather
boots for the worst weather. | believe
that wearing rubbers too much is at the
root of many common colds. A light
soled shoe with the thinnest layer OF
cork is far pleasanter to wear. En-
glish girls OF good family are bred up
to despise weather, but they wear cork
soled shoes or waterproof feathers and
wool waterproof cloaks in place OF
steaming themselves inside rubber
cloal1s and overshoes. They know
that nothing softens compilations moro
kindly than hours in moisture and
rain, or frightens the blood in the
cheeks better than singing wind
faced for miles Don't suffer them to
grow bilious, thin, pickle-fed, but send
them outdoors four hours every day,
and these disorders disappear. The
English schoolgirl is not allowed to
be as much of an invalid as
her American sister often is.
The good looks are too valua.
BILE, and every care is given to
protect them by a wholesome hardi.
ness. Early hours for rest and rising
are her rule, remembering that plants
make most growth in the hours after
sunrise. She is not in dread of con-
sumption or pneumonia if she happens
TO be caught in a shower or upset
boating. She is not toadied to as ire
mcndously as the American girl all her
life, and if she is not so vivacious and
attractive at first she makes more of an
interesting companion when she comes
to be known. Spite of the opinion to
the contrary, there are plenty of good
points in which the American girl
might very well model herself after
her English sister Shoe and Leather
Review.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13
Cure for Foot Evil and Joint Rkeu.
matism.

Pour around the crown of hoof. pure
coal oil, and in nine cases out of ten il
will cure lameness after from one to
three applications, three days apart.
The hoof will show a ridge when cured,
and it will grow off gradually, as in
founder. / have cured five or six cases
in my own stock, and never had the
hoof shed in but one (taken too late),
and in that case the mare was en-.
tirely able to go about and take care
of herself. She lost her hoof event.
ually, but new one was already
there, and hard enough for immediate
use. have ridden horses and worked
mules right along with it, after the
lameness disappeared, and there was
no return of the lameness. Used until
it blisters and swells the limb it is the
best remedy for old sprains and hurts
that I've ever tried. In joint rheuma-
tism of man or beast, poultice OF
grated Irish potatoes (raw) is the
surest cure l know of. Those in need
Of such remedies, try them and see for
yourselves. Cor. Dixie Farmer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13
Quite a Serious Contagion.

Mrs, Malapropos-How is your papa
getting along, my dear?
Miss Precise-Oh, he's convalescent.
Mrs. Malapropos-My, oh my! How
unfortunate he is. to be sure! First he
had newmoney, then plumbago. and
now convalescent
Miss Precise-How do YOU feel, Mrs.
Malapropos?
Mrs. Malapropos-The doctor says
I've got 1--we buckles on my lungs, and
I'm going down to the druggists now
10 get some broDical brooches for my
henaewendways. -Drqks's MagasiiRa
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13
HERE AND THERE.

Haul out your manure now and get
it out of the way before spring. By so
doing the manure will be in better con-
dition for the crops
When the spring rains come do
not allow any of the water to flow into
the well. Grade up around the well so
as to turn the surface water off.
Salt is said to be an excellent
fertilizer in peach orchards. A better
fertilizer would be twenty parts wood
ashes to one of salt, applied broadcast.
One of the most important items of
poultry management is to keep the
drinking vessels clean. In order to do
this it will be necessary to wash out
clean every day or two.
O-Thousands of dollars worth of grain
is destroyed annually by mice. rats and
other vermin, that may be saved by
using half-inch wire netting under the
floors of stables and barns.
The properly-fattened animals
marketed the moment they reach the
points where further feeding would
entail loss, are always profitable to
the feeder. But it takes a good Judge
to know when this point is reached.
Early in the season the fowls on
the farm can be made to do good serv-
ice if allowed on newly-plowed land.
Chickens will scratch industriously for
worms, and the number of insects
eaten by a large flock daily is very
large.
The Matching of the tent caterpil-
Ter can, to a great measure, be pre-
vented by going through the orchard
and picking off the clusters of eggs
that can be found upon the limbs.
During the winters is good time to
do this while the foliage is off, as they
can be seen more readily.
Paint is an important substance on
the farm 1t preserves the buildings
and adds to their appearance. Farm
ers who neglect to use paint are not
economical 1t adds much to the
value of everything on the farm, stops
holes and cracks and saves its cost in
a single season.
In selecting turkeys for breeding
have either the hens or the gobblers
two years old. 1t is not best with this
variety Of fowls to breed from all
young stock. If the hens are young
have two-year-old gobbler. A little
pains taken on these points will result
in 3 better class of fowls.
Eggs used for setting should al
ways be clear If covered with filth or
dirt of any kind the probabilities Of
their Matching are largely decreased.
While it is not desirable to handle any
more than is strictly necessary. at the
same time it will be better to wash of
clean than to set them dirty.
Several dairymen who have been
successful in feeding ensilage to their
COWS do not recommend the use of any
variety of corn for the silo which will
not fairly ripen a crop of ears before
cutting. Corn thus matured furnishes
in part the grain ration needed With
the average epsilags
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

MEDICAL experts, by the use of the Micro
scope, have recently discovered and CLASH
fed specific living germs in the blotd of all
persons suffering from Malaria, and say that
to cure the patient these germs must be
killed. Thirty years ago DR.. Shallenberger
advanced this theory as the correct one, and
prepared his "Antidote for Malaria" to de-
stroy these poisonous germs If you have
Malaria in your system, a few doses of this
medicine will destroy the poison Immediately,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

A CAT owned BY a farmer who lives near
Norwich, Conn, has developed a fancy for
stealing clothes-p!ns. While the animal is
never known to touch the clothes-pins of its
owner, it brings homo all it can find lying
round loose in the nelghbors yards. Within
the last three months twenty eight dozen
have been brought home in this way.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13
A Trust That Is no Monopoly.

The trust reposed by the dyspeptic and
a monopoly. It is shared not only by them,
but by residents of malarious localities,
quondam rheumatic sufferers whom it has
relieved, and the nervous, debilitated and
intirm whom it has built up. If troubled
with inaction of the kidneys you should use
1t. Give this medicine the systematic trial
it merits,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

WIfE-''lhe 18th of next month we will
celebrate our silver wedding. Don't you
think VIC ought to kill the fat pig and have
u big feasl." Husband-"Kill the pig! |
don't see how the unfortunate animal is to
blame for what happened twenty-five years
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

. LANDLADY-'.That new boarder needn't
try to make me think he is il bachelor. He's
either married or n widower." Millings-
"How can YOU tell!' Landlady-"He al
ways turns his back to me when he opens
his pOcket-boo to pay his board"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

81 HAVE been afflicted with an affection OF
the Throat from childhood, caused by diph-
liberia, and have used various remedies, but
have never found any thing equal to
Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. ''-ReU. G.. M
F. Hampton, FikctOn, Ku. Sold only in boxes
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

A NEW and fashionable way to breakfast
is to lightly begin the day with green figs.
a bowl of oatmeal and cream and IL cup of
coffee. The bill of fare would hardly be
called a winter breakfast.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Bee-keeping.

Bookkeeping is different from all the
other small industries. 1t is all the
while novel. In the study of the honey
bee, every day presents some new phase
some new problem for solution, to
entertain and instruct.
The wide-awake bee-keeper is fully
alive to the Importance of the work
required in the apiary. AS soon
as the bees commence to gather
pollen, the queens are stimulat-
ed to the production of eggs, and
brood-rearing goes on with vigor if
the colonies are strong, with plenty
of bees and stores. In the elabora-
ton Of the food for the Larvae, great
quantities Of both honey and pollen
are used up and unless the colony has
on hand sufficient honey to last till
they can gather from natural sources,
the colony is destined to perish. What
bloom there is in February yields but
little honey; and most frequently at
this time the weather is too inclement
for the bees to stir.
All colonies should be examined this
month, to see their condition. The
bottom boards of the hives should be
kept clean; for in the debris of wax
and dirt there are plenty of eggs of the
bee-moth to hatch and develop into
destructive larvae. If you find any
deficient in store they must be fed.
TO ten pounds of granulated sugar add
a gallon and half of water, and ag-
itate the mixture until all the sugar is
dissolved. Feed pint or quart at a
time, or as much as the bees will take
up. If the weather is cold, the feed
must be placed Immediately over the
cluster in a feeder that will allow
them to crawl to the feed without a
loss of heat.
If the weather is mild and the bees
can fly, it is more convenient to place
it in feeder that can be attached to
the outside of the hive, and at the
same time admit of the bees crawling
to the feed from the inside. With this
style of feeder there is no danger of
robbing, and it obviates all necessity
of opening hives, removing covers,
etc.
After you commence to feed, keep it
up until they have stored sufficient
quantity to last till they can gather
from natural sources. With bees,
poverty freezes the genial currents of
the soul" pretty much the same as it
does with humans. When colony of
bees feel themselves rich and above
want, they work with vim, breed
rapidly, and generally throw early
5warms. These are the only kind of
colonies that enrich the bee-keeper and
make his profits. When colony is too
weak to be built up into a strong one
in time for the honey-harvest, it had
better be united with some other weak
one.
Provide yourselves with empty hives,
frames, sections and foundations, ETC.,
before the time you want to use them.
Il you take time by the forelock,n it
may save you bees, and will save your
temper and stop you thinking profan-
ity.-COr. Southern Cultivator.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13
Spring Management Of Strawberries

Work on the strawberry bed should
commence before the plants begin to
grow. The sooner the manure is
spread over the plants The quicker will
be it's effects after spring sets in. There
are several reasons for giving q good
coating of manure, one being to supply
plant food and the other to protect the
vines. If this is done early no damage
will be caused to the plants, but if it
is delayed until the plants begin to
grow it is often the case that where
the manure is very concentrated, such
as the droppings from poultry, the
plants will be killed.
A mulch or covering should consist
OF manure, as it will be a saving of
labor, and the plants will get the bene-
fit of the matter dissolved by the rains.
The covering is not intended to keep
the plants warm, as that is impossible,
but to prevent the ground from warm
ing too early or too suddenly. 1t is
just as important to mulch in those
sections where the climate is mild as
it is to do so where the winters are
severe, owing to the alternate freezing
and thawing of the ground. If the
ground is frozen it can be partially
kept in that condition by the mulch.
which prevents the plants from being
thrown up out Of the soil, and also
from beginning growth too early in the
season. In this section the winter is
seldom very cold previous to January,
and the necessity for mulch is great
or in a mild winter than at any other
time, owing to the liability of the
plants to begin to grow too early
Except in the middle of the row the
strawberry bed needs no cultivation
unless the plants are grown in single
stools, but to facilitate picking the crop,
all weeds that may appear should be
pulled out by hand as soon AS possible
Every weed that is allowed to remain
robs the plants and loosens the crop.
Wood ashes are excellent for strawber-
ries, but if commercial fertilizers are
used, high grade salts of potash, and
at least two bags of superphosphate per
acre, will be the best form. and it
should be applied eacly in the season,
first raking off the mulch and break
ing all Jumps of the manure. SO as to
have all the substance as fine as posi-
bic. If there is liability of dry wealth
CIR, which is injurious to straw berries,
the use of chopped salt hay around the
single stool plants will be of advant-
age. All fertilizers should be evenly
distributed, and may be used literally.
Philadelphia Record.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

HOMEMADE baking powder is made Of
powdered cream of tartar, fifteen ounces of
sodium bicarbonate, five ounces of corn
starch. Mix thoroughly by sitting four or
five times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

HENRY LOUISA CAROLINE AMELIA ABE
LAIDE THERESA WHIrEuEAD THORPE WILKIN-
son kINsEY Posi- lives near Newark, n. j.,
but her name extends far over into New
Work.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

IT is no longer necessary to take blue pills
to rouse the liver to action. Carriers Little
Liver Pills are much peter. Don't forget this.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

Mrs. JouS ABEL, an American woman
studying i'll German university, has
captured q 500 prize offered for the best es
say on practical and economical cookery.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

COUNTESS MARTINEZ sells stamps at the
post, office window in Philadelphia. She was
g Baltimore girl, and her husband Is a real
German Count, at present in reduced cir
cumstances and in PHILADELPHIA hospital
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

THE mines in the Argentine Republic are
again attracting capitalists after q ten
years rest.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

HAVE no equal as prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, biliousness, consti-
patton, pam in the side, and all liver trou-
bles. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

THE Prince of Wales has been exceeding
ly unfortunate upon the turf. He received
no return last season for $4,000 paid for
yearlings
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

New ZEALAND offers bounty Of five
cents each for the destruction of English
SparrOWS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

FRUIT should not stand after beng cut, it
loses its flavor as well as its freshness and
will not cook so we'll
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

A CITIZEN of Louisville, Ky, has mule
which CnGWs tobacco.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

"INDIvIDUAL PIES" are a new notion.
They are about as big as small "turn-
over"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

THE Queen of Greece is not Dolly Var
den in her taste. She only wears two COL
ors, the white and the blue.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

TIE cost of the Paris Exposition will bc
$1O,0O0OOO.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-13

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-04-18

YOUR COWS Shorts sy Me,boa
for their Butter Value. Send for full particulars to
Cornish. Curtis q Greene Co. 81. PSHi,

WIZ ultuBb
9sATATE OF MINNESOTA, County ofRamseyss.
1889.
In the matter of the estate of Michael william,
deceased.
Whereas, An instrument in writing, perport-
ing to be the Last Will aud Testament of Mich
ael william, deceased, late of said County, has
been delivered to this Court;
And Whereas, Plus Ruscher, has fled there
with his petition, representing among other
things that said Michael William died in
said County, on the 22d day of November
1888, ~testate, and that said petitioner is the
.sole Executor named in said Last Will and
Testament, and praying that the said instru-
ment may be admitted to probate, and that let
tiers testamentary be to him issued thereon
1t is ordered, that the proofs of said instrument,
and the said petition, be heard before this Court,
at the Probate Office in said County, on Monday
the 9th day of May, A. d. 1889, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, when all concerned may appear
and contest the probate of said instrument,
And it is further ordered. that public notice of
the time and place OF said hearing be giveu to all
persons interested, by publication OF these orders
for three weeks successfully previous to said day
of hearing, in the Der Wanderer q weekly news-
paper printed and published at Saint Paul in
said Couney.
BY the Court,
q. 81 SAMUEL MORRISON,
Judge ofProbater
ATTEST: FRANK ROBERT JR., Clerk.
Jacob Manner, Attorney.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
NOT COL. BABCOCk'S WIDOW.
Judge Knickerbocker Gives Verdic
Against Mrs. Naomi Fair child.

Judge hn1ckerbOcker Gives Verdict
Against Mrs. Naomi Fairchild.
suit at law with many peculiar fea.
lures was decided at Chicago on the
24tll by Judge Knickerbocker. Col.
Walter 5. Babcock. a supposed bachelor,
died In August, 1887, at Gardner, ILL.,,
from the effects of a pistol shot received
un0er mysterious circumstances which
have never been cleared up. He was on a
visit to Miss Sarah Dodge, a Gardner
spinster. He left an estate valued at
$4,000, and his sister, Mrs. Hattie A.
Martin, secured letters Of administra
tion thereon. Pending the settlement
of the estate, Mrs. Naomi Falrchild,
aged go, and broken in health, began
suit to secure a share of the estate,
claiming to be Col. Babcock's wife. She
set up that she was once considered
very beautiful woman; in fact, that she
was the belle Of the whole countryside
In Wisconsin. Col. Babcock. she AYERS,
fell in love with her as a widow, and,
Oct. 7, two days before the great fire
of 1871, married her. The circumstances
OF marriage, as she related them, were
very peculiar. He took her, as she
AYERS, to house on Wabash Avenue,
and there at midnight they were made
one. After the ceremony he took her
back to her home and left her, enjoin-
ing upon her to keep tie matter secret.
This she did, and was always known
as Mrs. Fairchild until after the
coloneps death. On the trial. the
Rev. w. Ii. Burns testified that
at the time mentioned, and under the
circumstances described, he had mar
ried Mrs. Fairchild to some person;
but whether or not it was Col. Bah
cock he cOJlld not affirm On ton of
this came the testimony of Mrs. Julia
Brattan, the claimants sister, that it
was she who was married in the house
on Wabash Avenue, at night, under the
circumstances as described by Mrs.
Fairchild. The court decreed that the
claimant was not the wife Of the de-
ceased
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
HAS MONEY GALORE.
opposing Further Grants TO the Roy al
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fall Out.

Opposing Furt her Grants TO the Royal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fall Out.
LONDON, July 24.-Since Mr.. La
bouchere to-day laid on the table in
the House of Commons his motion to
substitute for the report of the
royal grants committee an ad-
dress to the Queen, stating that
the sums given the royal family
are already amply sufficient, and that if
further supplies are needed, they ought
to be provided through retrenchment
in the expenses of the royal household
and not by fresh demands upon the tax
payers.
There has been rupture among the
Liberals, and Mr.. Gladstone, Sir
William Vernon Harcourt and Mr..
Parnell have decided to sup
port the government. John Morley
Will move an amendment against In
creaslng the allowances of the royal
princess unless when the next request
is made it is accompanied by pledge
that it will be the final one.
Mr.. Gladstone's pressure upon Mr..
Labouchere to withdraw his motion has
been futile. Mr.. Labouchere will listen
to no compromise. The Parneilite mem
bers of the House of Commons are
whipping for the government, greatly
to the disgust of the Radicals. The OPP
position being thus at skies and sevens,
large government majority on the re-
port Of the royal grants committee -
aSsurad
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
PAYING FOR PRINCIPLE.
Disciples of Schweinfurth Prefer Dout
to, lar

Disciples of Schweinfurth Prefer Double
Assessments to Taking an Oath.
At Kansas City, Mo-, on the 25th,
delegation OF the members of the
Church of Schweinfurth, headed
by their pastor. Stephen Ford, called on
County Assessor Edwards for the
purpose of consulting him as to the
necessity of taking the oath in making
a schedule of their liable property.
The assessor informed him that
they must take the oath
or submit to the penalty-the doubling
of their assessments. Mr.. Ford quoted
portions of the Bible to the assessor.
where the command is given: "Swear
not at ALL" The assessor suggested that
they might make a compromise on the
Quaker affirmation, but Mr.. Ford met
the suggestion with the quotation: LET
your communication be yea, yea and
may, nay.'" The SchWeinfurthians
finally departed, determined to submit
to the penalty.