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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
Seed-Bed for Whe at.

Firmness and compactness are the
primo mechanical conditions OF a
seed. bed for wheat. The ground must
be crushed into small particles, and
while these PARTICLES must not be fused
into masses, they must be in close con-
tact.
In ground having these conditions.
moisture. air and heat are most gen.
orally and equally diffused; hence
every seed is most apt to find the
conditions essential to termination,
and every plant the conditions essen
tial to growth. There is the greatest
capillarity. an important matter at a
time when we must depend much
upon the ground-water for the neces-
sary moisture in the soil; food is most
readily yielded to the p'ants-for
division and also general diffusion OF
heat. moisture and air increase the
supply of food available in form and
location; the roots get firm attach.
ments; absence of largo crevices in
sures abs ence of excessive air; the con-
ditions are against an excess OF moist
ure, which, by its expansion in freez-
ing, would heave up the ground and
throw out the wheat; and the seed can
be most evenly distributed and COW
cred, and the best ridges be formed for
the protection of the plants.
Knowing these prime mechanical
conditions of the seed-bed for wheat,
we easily arrive at the advantages OF
early blowing. First. we stop in good
season that growth of weeds which too
frequently spring upon stubble ground,
and that, if allowed to reach consider.
able proportions, will prevent the
compacting of the wheat ground
although they are we'll turned
under. Second, the work cl
blowing can be better and more easily
done, August is usually dry and hot
and the ground, already dry, harden:
rapidly. Ii we defer blowing until thu
latter part of August or until Septem
Der, the ground will be SO hard tha
the work will wear fast the plowman
pillow and team, and the ground vii
break up into Jumps, and Jumps hare
to reduce; whereas, ii We pillow early
tho ground will be more easily broken
there will be tower Jumps. and the.
will not be nearly so hard. Third
the ground can be pulverized ant
completed with less labor. partly be
aause OF the conditions just named
and also, sun, rain and air do mos
effective woSk in disintegrating lump
and compacting the particles, and thes
laborers exact on hire and board them
elves. The earlier we pillow tn
longer their season of work. Fourth
blowing will bring to the surface
where they will terminate, the seed
of weeds and of grasses. Ii the pillow
ing is done early the growth froi
these seeds will be destroyed by tn
work OF fitting the seed-bed; while
the blowing is done late. much OF tn
growth viii come alter the heat
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
The Mosquitoes Business End.

The bill of mosquito is complex
institution. 1t has a blunt fork at the
head, and is apparently grooved.
Working through the groove, and pro-
jecting from the angle of the fork, is
lance of perfect form sharpened with
a fine bevel. Beside it the most per-
feet lance looks like a hand-saw. On
either side of the lance two saws are
arranged, with the points fine and
sharp and the teeth we'll refined and
keen. The backs of these saws play
against the lance. When the mosqui-
to alights with its peculiar hum. 1t
thrusts its keen lance, and then en-
larges the aperture with the two saws,
which play beside the lance until the
forked bill with its capillary arrange
ment for sucking blood can be insert
ed. The saving process is what
CRATES upon the nerves of the victim
and causes him TO strike wildly at the
sawyer-Roston Budget
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
Confluence Begot Of Success.

SO confident are the manufacturers Of that
world famed remedy, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, that it will do all that
they represent, in the cure of liver, blood
and lung diseases, that, after witnessing its
thousands of cures for many years past,
they now feel warranted in selling it (as
they are doing, through druggists) under
positive guarantee of it's giving satisfaction
In every case, or money paid for it will be
refunded. No medicine of ordinary merit
could be sold under such severe conditions
with profit to its proprietors, and no other
medicine for the diseases for which it is
recommended was ever before sold under q
guarantee of cure or NO pay. IN all blood
taints and impurities Of whatever name or
nature, it is most positive in it's curative eft.
fects. Pimples, blotches, eruptions. and all
skin and scalp diseases are radically cured
| by this wonderful medicine. Scrofulous
diseases may affect the glands, causing
swellings or tumors; the bones, causing
s'feyer sores, !" "white swellings'' or ship
Joint disease;' or the tissues of the lungs
/ causing pulmonary consumption. No mat
| ter in which one of its myriad forms it crops
| out, or manlfests itself, "Golden Medica
Discovery will cureitif used perseveringly
! and in time.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
HERE AND THERE.

The fewer weeds there are allowed
to go to seed the less will be the work
of giving clean cultivation.
As fast as the crops mature in the
garden clean up the ground. 1t will
be easily kept clean in this way.
If the geraniums are expected to
bloom in winter, they should be cut
back considerably as soon as they are
done blooming and then be set in a
sunny place for two Or three weeks.
All barns should be so constructed
as to allow the family cat to go any
where under Or in it. as a precaution
against rats and mice. which destroy
more than may be supposed.
Apple trees can be budded now.
Peaches and ounces the latter part oil
the month. Look after the earlier
work and see that the ties are not cut.
ting into the wood.
Hogs and sheep are fond of ap
pies, and rather than have them go to
waste it will pay to turn in the hogs
this will be found not only more profit
able but much better for the trees.
-Wire-fencing for poultry-yards il
cheap and good, but the lower part o
the fence should be of boards, in orde
to avoid the quarreling of the males il
adjoining yards The boards also sery,
as wind brake in winter.
With fruit plelty and cheap carr
should be taken with what is sent t.
market to sort and pack so as to reacl
market in as good condition as posi-
BILE It is only the better grades tha
will sell now at profitable prices
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

"A colored woman, formerly slave,
has searched forty years for her two
sons, who were sold to New Orleans
trader when they were eight and ten
years of age. Recently she learned
the whereabouts OF both and was made
happy by . visit from oae Of them,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
An Aboninable Legacy.

A tendency to rheumatism is undoubtedly
Inherited. Unlike many other legacies, It
remains in the family. The most effectual
means of checking this tendency, or OF re-
moving incipient rheumatism, whether pre-
existentin the blood or not, is u resort te
Hostetter's stomach bitters as soon as the
Che Influences Of cold, exposure and fatigue
the Bitters not only fortities the system
against their hurtful consequence but sub
jugates malaria, liver and kidney complaint
dyspepsia and nerve disquietude.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

"ST1cK to YOUR business" is very good ad-
vice. butstill there are great many people
in the world who have no regular and
profitable business to stick to; and there
are others who are following line of bust
ness which is manifestly unsuited to them.
Now, when such is the case you had better
write to B. F. johnson & Co., Richmond,
Va, and see if they can not give you point
er. They have helped great many men
and women along the way to fortune and
now stand ready to assistyou, too.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

AMoRA1 character from which, in respect
to its formation, God is wholly excluded, Is
aud must be radically wrong. Such ex-
clusion is virtually an act Of treason against
the Supreme government of the universe.
and puts upon the character the stamp OF
perverseness and depravity in the highest
relat: on of moral existsnce.-N Y. Inde-
pendent.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
The Farmers Trust.


The zrecial tendency of the times
seems TO be the formation OF trusts.
Each day some new combination IS
made and another trust is declared.
Meanwhile the farmers go on pro-
ducine and nothing is said about Or
ganizing trust. And why?
The farmers have the best trust pos
sible, the trust i'll God, they are conf
dent that harvest will follow seed
time. that the combined forces OF nat
ure will give them living as long as
they do their share. In spite OF IN
sects, storms, cold or heat, deluge or
drought, their trust is that their barns
and bins will be filed and there Will
be enough to spare to furnish the
money to buy clothes for the family
and provide all household necessities
and exercising this perfect trust the
farmers labor on and are happy in
their work.
In each insect enemy they recognize
new Indictment to more determined
warfare, and a better understanding OF
the nature of the plant and the habits
of the insect that wishes to help the
farmer gather his crops, and at the
same time is unwilling to consult him
as to how and when it shall be done.
The farmer trusts that his duty we'll
done will insure the deserved success.
and his trust does not fail him.
There is a second trust that the
farmer practices not to be so heartily
commended-th is the trust ut the
village store and at the agricultural
implement and seed houses. Perhaps
| no class practices the trust SO persist
emily as the farmers. The number who
owe their ruin to this trust is greater
than the number ruined by any other
cause.
There are exceptional farmers who
have a regular income throughout the
wear, and these are less puzzled as tt
how 10 regulate their expenses.
The majority of farmers begin nov
to get little money for garden truck
but must wait for the bulk of their in
come until the harvest is gathered il
the fall Then the income comes il
large sums, and for time the delu
sion of wealth exists
The bills that have accumulate
through the year are gathered to
gether, and when they are settled tn
farmer finds the margin small indeed
and perhaps against him, instead OF
his favor. Then he is discouraged
He finds the trusts to which he be
longs has been against him and of
ener is inclined to withdraw fror
his trust in natures recompens
than his trust in the village store
He complains that nature has worke
against him; that he has done his be-
and it avails him nothing, and resolve
that farming does not pay, either witt
draws entirely from the work, or col
tinues with lack of zeal that make
the work of nature doubly difficult.
The trust at the store is dangerou
J. 1t induces a man to buy more than +
needs and incur debts hard to settl
, A wise man will determine his prob
BILE yearly income and SO distribute
\ As to have money to meet eat
, months demands, and be to q gre
d degree independent.
A farmers trust is all right, if
d will put it in the right place; tru
I his own ability, trust the goodness
a God. the justice of nature, the goo
r. will of his neighbor and withdraw h
trust from the supply store. Mas
>. Ploughman.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
Illinois Central Railroad Excursion

Illinois Central Railroad Excursions South.
For free COPY of "Southern Home-Seek-
ers' Guide" stFarmers' and Fruit-Growers'
Guide to McComb City, Mississippi" ad-
dress the undersigned.
a H. HANSON. j. f. MERRY,
Gent Pass. Agent, Asst. Gent Pass. Agt
Chicago. Manchester, Iowa.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
THREE. MISS, Oct. 16, 1885.

Messrs. A. T. SHALLENBERGER & Co.
Rochester, Pa. Gents.-The. bottle OF
Shallenberger's Pills sent me in February
last gave to W. G. Anderson, Of this place
a long standing case of chills and fever. He
had tried every thing known without any
permanent good. In less than ten days AFTER
taking your Antidote he was sound and well,
and has gone through the entire season
without any return. It seems to have eft.
fectually driven the Malarious poison from
v. A. ANDERSON.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

GRACE GREENWOOD is the wife Of Mr..
f.eander K. Lippincott, whose n me is in
Philadelphia, although at present re: idlng
near Central Park, in New York. Mrs.
Lippincott began writing when a nero girl
and her verses. received the highest com
mendation from the most exacting critics
of that day
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

The latest plan with enslage is to cut the
entire corn crop-stalks, ears and all-into
the silo. The kernels OF the corn will be
wholly digested by the cattle, as it does not
dry out nor lose its milky character, which
gives it succulence for rapid digestion. A
farmer who has made this point one of
special investigation so reports, and aftirms
that there is not visible trace of corn in
the Weddings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

WHY don't you try Carter's Little Liver
Pillsa They are a positive cure. for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by dis
ordered liver. Only one pill dose.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

EVERY young man or lady who desires 9
Business, Shorthand or Telegraph course
will do well to address Bryant & Stratton
Business College of Louisville, KY, for its
elegant twenty-fourth annual catalogue and
Autograph. See advertiscmentin this paper.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

EVER since 1864 there have been women
who claim that there is no soap half as
good, or as economical as Dobbins' Electric.
There must be some truth in their claim
Try it, see how much. Your grocer has it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

In the higher realms Of Turkish society it
Is considered quite the handsome thing to
give friend as birthday present plump
Young Georgian or a pretty, fair-skinned
Circassian.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

Two HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-FIvE ladies
are clergymen in the United States and
occupy pulpits.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

For any case of nervousness, sleepless-
ness, weak stomach, Indigestion. dyspepsia,
relief is sure IN Carter's Little Liver Pllls.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

BETTER to wear calico dress without
trimmings, if it be paid for, than to owe the
shop-kccper for the most elegant silk, cut
and trimmed in the most bewitching man
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

THE board of inquiry into the Johnstown
flood estimates the total loss Of property at
s. 655,1 ia.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

JOHN D. RocKEFELLER, the Standard Oil
millionaire, is the head Of u syndicate which
is said to have bought up all the Detroit
brick manufactures.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

MARK TWAIN is said TO be moro in demand
for public lectures than any other speaker,
although he does not now lecture as he
formerly did.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

FLANNEL next the skin often produces q
rash, removable with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

A BEAUTIFUL. monument in honor Of the
Pilgrim Fathers, which has cost S20O,O 600,
was recently dedicated at Plymouth.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

BITTER to sit by the pine table for which
you paid three dollars ten years ago, than
send home new extension, bluck walnut
top and promise to pay for it next week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

TIE Japanese keep their bric-a-brac in
fireproof buildings, to be taken out one at q
time and admired. and then replaced by an
other
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

DR. NANsEN, the explorer, says that the
ice in Greenland is G, 1000 feet thick.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

DURING the last year 8, 900, 615 cotton hand.
kerchiefs, besides many linen and silk ones,
were imported into Japan.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

A POCKET match-safe free to smokers OF
''Tansill's Punch' &C. Cigar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

The proposed ocean cable connecting San
Francisco with the Sandwich Islands will
be {, 0S0 miles long and cost 81, 5000
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

BETTER to let your wife have fit Of
mysteries than to run into debt fornice, new
furniturc or clothes, or ieWelrY.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

A CHEERFUL employment is indicated by
the advertisement In London paper:
'sLady wanted to draw at home original de-
signs for coffin furniture"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

The wealthy japanese make no display
either in the architecture of their houses OF
in the display of ornaments. In the way oil
furnishing, their pride is in the delicacy Of
their mats and the richness OF their satir
cushions.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

ACCORDING to correspondent of the New
York Times, Buncombe County, N. c., has q
new postmaster who can not read When
asked for letters he produces the bundle
and tells the interrogation to take those adj
dressed to him.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

THERE is yetmuch to be learned on the sub
ject of potatoes. Continue experimenting.
Try storing potatoes in barrels that can be
headed up. Cover them with a thick cover
ing OF straw until severe freezing weather
sets in, then cover them with soil.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

liz afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

GROWING and shipping oysters is becom-
ing lively business at Pensacola, Fla.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

A LITTLE seven year-old boy who had been
with his Il ,ther to an evening sociable told
his nurse when he arrived home that sine
whole place was lemonaded with kais omine
lights
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

It's thousands of cures are the best adver-
tisements for DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04

LETTER to gaze upon bare walls than pict
pres unpaid tor, W
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
Weak and Weary

FcVPIo UVUtiIt"VeV
by the warm weather, by disease. or overwork.
Hoods Sursaparlla is just the medicine needed to
overcome that tired feeling. to purify and quicken
the sluggish blood and restore the lost appetite. II
you need good medicine be sure to try Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
my appetite was poor, .onld not sleep, had
headache great deal, pains in my back, my bowels
did not move regularly. Hoods Sarsaparllla In q
short time did me SO much good that feel like a
new man. My pains and aches are relieved. my
appetite improved" GEORGE F. JACKSON, Rox.
hurry
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-04
A. N. e. B.

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE
.tatc that You cav the Advertisement In III
paper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-11-07
Tha Cherokee Strip.

A great many people are anXiOusly
watching the opening up for settlement
of what is known as the Cherokee
Strip" and for their benefit we print the
following, which appeared in the press
reports few days since:
When the Cherokee council meets at
Tahlequah, /. T., it will have three
offers to consider for the purchase Of
the Cherokee Strip. One will be made
by the United States Indian commission
which is authorized to buy at 81 .25 per
acre; Wilhouson, Blair & Co., Indepen-
dence, Mo-, will propose new lease
for fifteen years with the option of
buying at the end of that time. The
company agrees to pay S2,O00,O00 i'll
rents and So per acre for the 6,0OO,0 900
acres. should their offer of purchase be
accepted. The latter offer has been
standing for some time. Now comes
g. d. French, the agent of an eastern
syndicate, who will present, through
Chief Mayes, president of the council,
another offer, based on graded rents,
the rental to increase with the appreci-
alton in the value of the land. This
offer also includes an option of purchase
at 18, ,000,O 900. Each of these latter
offers are better than that made by the
government, and it is believed by the
cattle men here that the Indians will
refuse to accept the commissioners
terms.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-11-07
Hpisington.

From the Dispatch,
The wheat is coming up nicely and
gives promise of good growth before
winter sets in.
The foundation for the creamery
building is completed. Work on the
frame part will soon begin.
There has not been day in the past
two years but what some building has
been in course of erection in Hoising-
ton.
Ed Heath has been transferred from
running the yard engine at this place
to running an engine between Horace
and Pueblo.
The ladies of the Christian church
have shown considerable enterprise by
furnishing meals at the coursing
grounds. They cleared over $50.
Farmers should be getting ready To
furnish a good supply of milk to the
butter and cheese factory. 1t will be a
good price when the factory is in
operation.
The 1st NJ. E. church of Hoisington
will be dedicated by appropriate SER
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-11-07
Kansas Sugar Making In 1859.

a friend asks us to publish the con-
clusions of Secretary Rusk concerning
the outlook for sugar in Kansas this
year. The Secretary did not form any
conclusions on the subject. He talked
freely with the people and with news
paper men here, along his route, and
at Washington after his return speak
ing, in every instance, encouragingly,
giving it as his opinion that sugar
making in Kansas will in time be
developed into great and profitable
industry.
What he saw ON his Kansas trip was
not that upon which his conclusions
Will be based; that will appear in the
report of the government agents.
chemists and local operators. This
has been poor year for cane-too wet.
Mich of the cane is almost useless.
Rains retarded cultivation in places,
and first-class cane was impossible.
Still, with all the drawbacks, some of the
factories have done fair work. TIE
Will up Will
an output but little short of half a
million pounds of good sugar and large
quantity of syrup. Within thirty days
we will have reports from all the facto-
ries, and then the seasons work can be
summarized.
The fact of making sugar proftably
in Kansas is passed the experimental
stage; it has been demonstrated. But
there are still great many things to
be learned about the work. and the
failure of a factory the frst year, While
necessarily Il loss, ought not to be re-
garded as an unfavorable sign, for the
making of sugar requires a great nicely
in manipulation. Our faith is strong
enough to remove any obstacle III the
way. Just let the pioneers hold on and
go ahead; success is certain in the end
l-kaRsas Fdrmer.