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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
Forage Crops.

Farmers at the South rely too much
upon grain for stock food; such diet Is
concentrated, and given in abundance
is not healthful. Furthermore, it is
expensive, and the policy, no doubt,
explains in some degree the large ex-
pense account among farmers. Espe-
cially is this true of corn. Farm teams
would be in much better condition as
to health and efficiency if they were
given much less corn and more oats.
Oats are not so heating as corn, and
thew furnish more of the Matchmaking
elements.
Farmers will do well to hunt out
cheaper food products, especially it
the general conditions of the farm stock
are to be improved thereby. Oats can
be grown at very little cost, under
favorable circumstances, and they fur
nish an abundant grain and forage
CROP l must, believe farmers are MAX
| ing a mistake to abandon fall sowing.
have never vet in the severest winter
had oats killed below fair stand,
if sown by the middle OF septem-
Der and we'll put in. in good soil.
Sheaf oats. cut into short length by a
good Ross machine, will make ex-
celent food for farm teams at much
less cost than corn, with the limited
amount of forage it furnishes. For
the purposes we are now discussing,
oats should not be allowed to become
fully mature, as much of the value will
be wasted by scattering and the dead
ness of the straw. The amount of oat
straw to be seen trodden und ~ foot
during the season of feeding is as
tonishing. l have, oftentimes, found
it in barns two feet deep and almos
complete loss. 1t furnishes some
thing of an absorbent, it is true, but
outside of that, it is perfect waste 0
q fair forage crop. AS an absorben
it would do much better, if run through
a machine. 1t is, however, altogethe
out of place under foot, until it ha
been first run through the teams. Gu
at the proper stage. wheat straw, Gu
up and mixed with other food, vii
furnish good degree of nourishmen1
Taking 1000 pounds, the compare
tive value of good hay, oat straw an
wheat straw can be determined fro1
the following table:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
DRIFT OF OPINION.

ANY information that will lead
to the discovery of A Vigorous Foreign
Policy, wearing a brass collar en-
graved with the initials 81. G. b."
will be thankfully received by the
country. Chicago Times.
--Nepotism and plutocracy are the
alarming features of this Republican
administration. Elected on the false
pretense of saving labor's wages, it is
devoted to personal preferences in
stead of the public good.-Pittsburgh
Post.
Republican organs are to-day
forced to cry out in Indignation against
the outrageous course of the Pension
Commissioner, simply because the
President did not make ''fitness the
essential and discriminating test" in
filling the office, as he said he would
but did make party service, as he
expressly engaged that he would not.
IN. Y. Evening Post.
The wool season approacheth,
and it is to be hoped the prices will be
as high as the Republican press and
orators gave the voters last fall to
understand they would be if they only
elected Benny Harrison. They elected
him all right and now they want the
greatly increased prices for their
products. 1t is truly to be hoped the,
may not be disappointed. -1ngham
County (Mich.) Democrat.
To date President Harrison S
record of nepotism Of various eccen-
trio forms is: The appointment of his
brother to be United States Marshal.
The appointment of his sons father
in-law to a $4,000 place in Utah. The
appointment of his own father-in-law
to Federal Office in Washington Ter
ritory. The dismissal of a man in the
Pension Office at his father-in-law'
request.-N. Y. Sun.
The temerity OF the citizens o
Monta IA in voting that new State bacl
to Democratic control has shocked tn
Republican editors. One of them i
magnanimous enough, however, t
say that even if the Republicans ha
foreseen this, "there was no reaso
,, for delaying the admission" Thanks
= awfully. So glad that it does not PIT
+ q State out of the pale of the Unto
to exercise its constitutional right {
I voting as it pleases. Y. World.
C 1t is not ''free trade" journa
!, but the chief protection organ, whic
V publishes dispatch announcing tn;
d combination of the ''ten leadin
Pittsburgh firms will "buy out a
the little operators by an expenditul
of about So, 100000, and secure M
nopoly by which they can dicta
u prices to consumers in Wheeling, Gil
. cinnati, Louisville and other cities a
> the way to New Orleans" And Il
u Republican tariff, by maintaining
% duty of seventy-tivc cents ton on SO
= coal, helps to make such combin
II lions possible. Y. World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
OPENING THEIR EYES.
Proteationist' Beginning to Sec Ihat IN
Present Tariff Il a Humbug.

Proteationi,ts Beginning to Sec ihat tho
Pre- sent Tariff Il a Humbug
The fact that the very disasters
which the tariff shriekers predicted as
certain to follow Cleveland's re-elec-
ton are coming thick and fast
although Harrison is in the Whi'e
House, is opening the eyes OF thou-
sands of people to the fact that the
present protective tariff 49, 1or the
most part. IL humbug and swlndle
Wade's Fiber and Fabric, an able
trade journal, which supported har-
rison vigorously on the tariff ISSUE no
doubt voices the curiosity OF great
multitude of deludcd victims OF mo-
nopoly scphistry, when it wants 10
know "where are the good tlmes
that IIarrison's election was to bring.
1t says: I'VE were led to believe
that if the party of high protection
secured control of the Government
we would then, very soon, nave sooo
times. We are a firm believer in pro-
tecting American industries if it could
| be done under the guidance OF honest
statesmen, but in the hands OF quack
politicians terrible work is made OF
protection" 1t is indignant at the
folIy of the manufacturers and grow
crs of wool in combining to continue
the tariff on wool, when any one can
see, if he WILL that free wool would
be q great move toward honest pro-
lection This was the kind OF pro-
lection that the Mills bill proposed TO
give the wooden industries Of the coun-
try by giving them untaxed raw
materials. honest, scientific, legitimate
protection.
The National Labor Tribune, OF Pitts
burgh, which preached Harrison and a
: high tariff to working-men in the last
campaign, has also discovered that pro-
lection does not protect any body but
capitalists. 1t calls the attention o.
. it's readers to the fact that ut the pres
ent price Of steel rails in London, witt
freight from London to Pittsburgh
t added, the cost laid down in Pitts
Q burgh would be 1921 ton withou
the tariff of $l7. The Allegheny Besse
r mer Company, of Pittsburgh, has jus
j. taken contract for rails at $26 ton
or less than the English price without
including duty. The National Labo
s Tribune wants to know why the ALE
t gheny BessemA' Company cut so nue.
under American prices and therefor
n compelled reduction OF wages in
II stead of maintaining rates and givin
part of the SIT q ton protection
l. American workmen. 1t very natura
8 ly concludes that the SIT duty is
It "howling sarcasm and an outrageor
d fraud
n All over the country trade and labc
t journals are talking in the same strai
as Wades Fiber and Fabric and til
It National Labor Tribune. The log
ii of events is opening their eyes-an
d we hope the eyes of the readers
l. the folly and wickedness OF our Oh
ID nese system of taxation. The Iii
ii and sophistries of the protection
e. demagogues will not Ego down
lv 1892 with tens of thousands OF vote
who eagerly swallowed them la
n ar.-Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

Kafir corn and the different kinds Of
sorghum make excellent forage, a,:i
some of them, on light work, complete
substitutes for grain food.
have found especial advantage in
the cultivation of early amber for for
age. 10 feed green, to best advan-
tase, it should be planted every two or
three weeks convenient to the barn 1t
will be ready for use about the time 1t
is seeding, and can be fed to great
profit through the entire season. l feel
that can not too earnestly commend
early amber, not only as an excellent
forage crop, but a partial substitute Tor
grain as we'll.
AS dry forage, farmers must be a
little caution about curing. One sea-
son lost sixty wagon-loads by allow
ing it to stand too long before cutting.
Possibly each man had best experi-
ment for himself on this point, taking
advantage of my mistake in waiting
until the seed had we'll formed. l
would suggest as, probably, the best
time for curing, just as it gets into full
bloom. Fodder corn and Katfir corn
can doubtless wait until farther adj
vanced.
These crops should be drilled in
rows about three feet apart, with the
seed near enough to each other to pre-
vent large growth of stalk. The dis
lance must be determined by the char
acter of the land" The object is tt
minify the stalk, as large growth be-
comes too fibrous and hard.
The main objection urged by farmers
to the crops | am advocating is thu
amount of waste, as in the case OF oa
straw. Farmers who do not intend tt
supply themselves with good cuttln!
machine ought not to expect any thing
but manure from such crops. A goot
straw and forage cutter will pay TO
itself on an ordinary farm in one sea
i son. It is much better to invest a littl
, money in a machine than a great dea
: in constant waste. On the larger farm
: a power machine can be attached t
the same engine that runs the gin, an
enough forage cut on rainy days t
. supply the farm without apparent los
of time.
$ On smaller farms any of the in
S proved machines will do rapid and goo
t work. run by hand, and save largel
: in preparing food rations for the farr
teams. Forage crops and hay wi
a greatly help the matter of cheap, NJ
Y tritious stock food. w. j. Northen,
S Southern Cultivator.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
GERMAN GYMNASIA.
A Combination of Grammar SCHOOL,
Academy and College.

A Combination of Grammar School.
Academy and College.
The very word "gymnasia" suggests
what these schools are, namely,
palastre; not for the body, however,
but for the mind preparing and
strengthening the student for intel
lectual life. Their aim, as is stated in
the educational constitution OF these
schools, is not merely to help the
student in acquiring such degree OF
classical and scholarly education as is
needed for a thorough understanding
of the systematic and learned lectures
of the universities, but to equip him
with mode of thinking and feeling
which BELTS onnobled humanity.
In this way the gymnasia have
done their work for many de-
cades; and if we review their
history, we can not but pay them the
tribute that, though conservative, they
have been duly progressive, too; that
they have adhered to the principle both
of Ego ahead" and of "hold fast" The
materialistic tendency of the age, to be
sure, they have never favored, and as
this materialistic tendency has gained
ascendency they have severed them
selves from the newly-rising schools in
which learning and intellectual pur-
suits are treated rather as the means
than as the end to be attained. Not
that they have left their programmes
unchanged during the last century
but they have always maintained
firmly that carrying utilitarian
principles into their curriculum
would lower their standard, and
would deprive those who desire them
of higher intellectual blessings, and
thus would not satisfy their demands
on life" There is vast difference,
as a great writer has said, between
worshiping science as high, heaven
ly goddess and regarding it merely as
fine COW which provides us with
butter.
The name "gymnasia" as applicable
to schools dates back as far as the six.
teenth century. and the record of some
of these schools extends even to the
fourteenth century, although the tern
became generally established for al
schools of the highest grade only IL
the year 1912; some having passed unit
then by such names Us college, lyceum,
etc. The historic background ha:
by no means been unimportant ant
Insignificant in the development of the
gymnasia at large. Whether we are
conscious of it or not, the historic
spirit does hold mighty sway over u
all-age implying experience-and I d.
not think at the present day the firm
ness OF the system, which does not beal
the slightest mark of experimenting
could be maintained in these schools i
it were not for historic growth and his
toric results that speak so much il
their favor; for the large majority o
German scholars who have stocked the
libraries with valuable works in al
branches of learning were bred il
these schools, George Moritz Wanl
~ ATLANTIC
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
The honor shown Mr.. Cleveland was

The honor shown Mr.. Cleveland was
we'll deserved. In reading his remarks
a. contrast between the late Admins
tration and the present one is made
almost instinctively, and this contrast
adds great strength to the Democratic
position.
The address of Mr.. Cleveland was
characteristic; showing earnest con-
viction and an abiding faith in the
people. Few public men have rested
so confidently their cause on the rlshs
judgment of the people; few in other
words, have held more strongly to the
principles of Democracy. M Cleve.
land is entitled to the regard, not OF
the party alone, but of all good citizens
regardless of party. That he will IN
time have this confidence to a degree
eaualed only by few who have hlied
the high position from which he has
retired, we do not doubt. One can
saw this. and much more, in praise and
admiration of Mr.. Cleveland without
intimating that he alone is to be con
sidered as the nominee OF the party
three wears hence. But certainly Mr.
Har1ison's Administration has no
diminished in the least the chances o
Mr., Cleveland's denomination. Who
ever is nominated will have the en-
thusiastic support of a united party
for he must represent its trues
aspirations, and make plain its pur
poses concerning the issues of tn
time.-Louisvill Courier-Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
Distancod in tho Race.

Why should Dr. Picrce's medicines not no
distance ali competitors in amount Of sales,
as they are doing, since they are the only y
medicines sold by druggists possessed OF
such wonderful curative propertles as to war.
rant their manufacturers in guaranteeing
them to cure the diseases for which they
are recommended. You get cure or monsy
Golden Medical Discovery" cures all dis
eases caused by arrangement of the liver
a. biliousness, indigestion or dyspepsia
also all blood, skin and scalp diseases
letter. saltrrheum, scrofulous sores and
swellings and kindred ailments.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
Tho Hostcttcr Stomach Bitter People
Score Another Point.

In the United States Circuit Court for the
Southern District of New York, Judge Ship
man handed down an opinion a few days
ago in the suit Of the owners OF the trade
marks covering Hostettor's Stomach Bitters
against Arnold Theller and Cornell Theller,
the compounders located on Vesey street,
New York City, in which it was decided
that, although the defendants made use OF
their own narpss on the labels affixed to the
bottles containing bitters prepared by them,
yet as they were evidently designed to lml
tate the Hostetter labels, they were In
fringers, and perpetual injunction was
granted and an accounting OF damages or
dered, together with the costs OF tho SUIT.
1t is the evident intention of the Hostetter
people to protect their valuable trade mark
against all infringers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
A Veil OF Mist

RISING at morning or evening from some
lowland. often carries in its folds tho seeds
Of malaria. Where malarial lever prevails
no one is safe, unless protected by some
efficient medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is both protection and
remedy. No person who inhabits, or so
journs in miasmatic region or country
should omit to procure this fortifying agent,
which is also the finest known remedy Tor
dyspepsia, consumption, kidney trouble and
rheumatism.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
JOGGING HIS MEMORY.
An Amusing Anecdote Related ny al
Iowa Clergyman.

An Amusing Anecdote Related by an
Iowa Clergyman.
A clergyman in Iowa relates the fol-
lowing anecdote, which, as he says,
ought to be hint to all couples who
are going to be married. Alady called
upon him and announced her name as
Mrs. M, widow, living in dis
tant part OF the State. Her husband
had been killed in the civil war, and
she had applied for pension. But IT
was necessary for her to prove her
marriage. This she had not been able
to do, as her marriage certificate was
lost and all the witnesses except tho
minister himself, were dead.
She had come q long distance to get
the minister's evidence, insisting upon
it that he was the person who had per-
formed the ceremony.
but I do not remember any thing
about it, madam" said The minister,
after listening carefully to the woman
story. II have married hundreds OF
people in the last twenty years, and
can not remember your case at all.
why, you must remember that
evening. Iwore a travelling suit, and
nv husband was tall man with black
whiskcrs.
81 have married great many tai
men with black whiskers "
But don't you remember we came
in while you were at supper, and yo'
asked us to wait in the parlor few
minutes?"
II don't remember it.
Don't you recall how my husband
was very much embarrassed, and dur
ing the ceremony knocked vase OF
the table near which we were stand
ingp And then he apologized RICH
in the middle of the service and W
all laughed about it afterward."
IL don't remember even that. Othe
things like it have happened since
Can't you name something else?"
Other little things were mentioned
and the clergyman hunted up all hi
old letters and journals in hopes c
discovering something that would re
call the ceremony, and enable hir
truthfully to identify the widow. BIZ
all in vain.
Finally, the lady, with some hesiti
ton and confusion, said: "Ihere
one thing that | am sure you can nj
have forgotten. My husband ha
driven over from the next town.
his Observation-Disclosures he had lie
every cent of money at home.
Now, don't you remember tn;
after the ceremony he came up to yo
as if to hand you the regular fee. ar
then, instead of doing that, he star
mered and blushed, and finally askt
you to lend him five dollars with whit
to pay his hotel bill, promising to 7
turn the money the next day. Sure
you must remember that!''
"Ah. yes, indeed, | remember tn
very well!' exclaimed the ministe
And he could not help adding.
haven't seen the money yet"
Tho widow received her pensi
shortly afterward and not long aft
that the minister received ten-doll
bill, with the words: Payment
good memory" - Youths 20
DanioD,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

With view to supplementing grain
crops, and, indeed, to displacing them,
somewhat, it is more my purpose in
this article to call attention to the bet
ter class OF forage crops. Drilled corn,
known ~ corn fodder, German millet.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

EXTRAORDINARY but nevertheless true.
We refer to the announcement of B. I. john
son & Co, of Richmond, Va. in which they
propose to show working and energetic men
how to make from s75 to $3.50 amonth above
expenses.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
M. scorr, Of Okolona, Miss, wrote to

GIN. Scorr, of Okolona, Miss, wrote to
DR.. Shallenberger:
"Your Antidote for Malaria is certainly
the best thing for chills and fever that has
ever been sold in the South. / have been
selling it for tue 're gears, and know it to be
the best medicine have ever dealt ill., IT
is perfectly harmless. and a sure cure in
syery case. Sold by Druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bestfruit. grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Fullinformation free. Address
Oregon immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

WHEN an article has been sold for "a
years, in spite of competition and cheap i'm
itations, it must have superior quality. Dob
bins Electric Soap has been constantly
made and sold since 1865. ASk totr grocer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

HAVE no equal MS IL prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, bilousness, constl-
patton, pain in the side, and all liver troub-
les Carriers Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

LOUISA M. ALcoTr wrote the only hymn OF
her life, ''My Kingdom" at thirteen years
of age.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

Do not purge nor weaken the bowels, put
act specially on the liverand bile. A periect
liver correcter, Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

GLEyNs Sulphur Soap is genuine reno
iy for Skin Diseases.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

Hon. Mrs Maxwell-Scott, of Abbots.
ford, is preparing for the press some I'm
published journals of her great-graEdfa-
ther, Sir W alter Scott.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

BELFAST, Ireland, is the center of real lin:
en- making, as Dundee, in Scotland, is OF
hempen fabrication.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

THE best way to mark table linen: Leave
the baby and blackberry pie alone at the
table for three minutes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

CLOVES came to US from tho Indies, and
take their name from the Latin clauvus,
meaning nail, to which they have re-
seEhlauce.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

IT is the easiest thing in the world for tn
people of Vanity Fair to make fools OIL them
selves.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow: blow, dis.
gushing every body. but use Dr. sage
Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

WOMEN who have to attract attention
by improprietics are always last IN the pro-
ceSSlOn.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

EDWARD BuLwER DICKENS, the youngest
son of Charles Dickens, represents pro
lection district in the Parliament OF New
South Wales.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

THE woman who has the fewcst number
of tscontidential friends" is always the nap
NEST.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

GINGER is native Of the East and West
Indies.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26

CHARLES f. A. HENDRICKS began rs a
clerk and now has IS, 0OO,OOO.
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