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Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
Why He Wept.

The Indians are regarded as de-
fcient IN humor, but if the follow
ing incident is true, this belief
would seem to be groundlsss:
A deputation of Long Island
Schinnycoo Indians WAS at dinner
in the house of q magistrate at
Riverhead, the country scat of Suf-
folk county. A castor of bright
yellow mustard attracted the eyes
Of a young chief. Gently draw
ing it near him, he soon had q
large spoonful Of the fiery mix.
ture in his mouth. Instantly de-
tecting his mistake, he neverthe-
less had the fortitude to swallow
it, though it forced the tears from
his brimming eyes.
An old chief, opposite, who had
noticed the consequences but not
the cause, asked him what he was
crying for. he replied that be
was thinking Of his father, who
was killed IN battle. Soon after,
the quest,ouer, himself, tempted
by the brilliant coler, made the
same experiment with the same
result, and in turn was asked by
the younger sachem, what he was
crying for.
Because you were not killed
when your tather MAS was the
prompt reply
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
The Moon Did 1t, Sure.

It has been legally settlsd in
Texas chat the moon has an i'm
mcDsc influence in charging the
brand on cattle. A lawsuit was
pending relative to tho ownership
Of q herd Of cattle, and tho solu-
ton depending upon the proof OF
The brand, which was found on
comparison to be three times IS
large as the branding iron which
the claimant used. Thirteen Wit
nesscs were introduced, all of them
experts in branding and cattle
herding. They all swore that
when cattle were branded in tho
dark of the moon, the brand will
never, no matter how large the
animal may grow, get larger than
the dimension of the iron used. On
the other hand when either grown
cattle or calves are branded in the
light OF the moon the scar will
spread, and the lighter the moon
tho larger will be the spread.
And the suit, involving several
thousand dollars worth of cattle
VAS settled on this testimony So
the question is legally settled that
it is the moon that does it.-Ec.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29

The GUARDIAN for $l.0o a year.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
Good Cause for Fright.

"Poor fellowr' exclaimed the
tender. hearted woman, as she gave
the isorry-looking tramp a plate
full of hot chicken pie. "You
don's look as if you had always
been q friendless wanderer."
mo, num- sand tho tramp,
gratefully, as he loosened his rag
ged vest and started IN on the pie.
You wouldn't think it from my
looks, mum, but I'm the righ.ful
Prince of Ballymacshaugh"--
"A foreign Prince" said tho
good woman, throwing up her
hands and recoiling in horror.
Here, Tige! Sick i'm !" Chico
90 Tribune.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
NO. 26'
The Orphans Home.

IL have been using Swift's
Specific with the children OF the
orphans hume under my charge
vita the best results. l began
its use between nine and ten years
ago, and have seen many remark
able results.
Quite a number of the children
had constitutional blood disease
resulting from the sins OF the
parents and every one of the chill
drcn were cured Of the horrible
faint by the use Of S. S. S.
There have also been scores OF
children in the institution whose
system (they having been mostly
without the benefits Of parental
carc) were enervated 10y dirt eat
ing ana other foul practices.
Every one Of these children have
taken S. S. S. and all have been
signalIy benefited by it. All have
been cured who have taken enough
Of ii. We have also two inmates
Of the home, subject to painful re-
curing attacks of erysipelas.
Neither one improved under the
treatment usual for tho disease
When all other medicines waa
discarded and they took S. S. 5.
| the cure in each case was quick
and permanent, for they haye been
we'll for five years and there has
been no return Of the disease. I
could tell much more Of the re-,
markable curos of blood disease
by S S S., for l have seen it used
and know its value.
L. B. Payne.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis.
eases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co.
Drawer Q, Atlanta, Ga.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
HOMER La, FRIDAY MARCH 49, 1885,
The Price Paid for Les!ie's
Weekly Newspaper.

The papers clinching W. ]. Ar
kell's purchase of Frank Leslie's
illustrated Newspaper, both Eng.
lish and German, were signed the
other day for 100000. The new
owner will take control Of the pro
perty May l. After that date it
will be issued from the Judge
building at Fifth avenue and Six
tcenth street.
Thither Mrs. Lesl.e will also
move on May l, having arranged
to rent a couple Of floors Of Mr..
Arkell, aud she will devote herself
to her literary babies" as she
calls the other eight illustrated
periodical which she publishes.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated News
paper was established IN 1855, and
is therefore the pioneer illustrated
newspaper Of America. Harper's
Weekly was not started until q
year later, after Frank Leslie had
demonstrated that there was a
field for that kind OF journalism
NJ. Leslie was an Englishman
and gained his experience on the
illustrated London News.
"My husband said Mrs. Les
lie, "had hard struggle with il
at first. Soon after it was issued
he was 90 pressed for money to
continue that he resolved to aban.
don it. That was on Sunday. But
when he came down 70 the office
on Monday morning he found two
subscriptions, and it was those s.
that encouraged him to stick tc
it,"
Mrs. Leslie had a sill harder
struggle when she took hold c,
the paper. Her husband had dice
a bankrupt, and she had to fgh'
her way against nine lawsuits te
get control Of tho paper.
| Garfield's assassination was Mrs
Leslie's opportunity. He was sho
on a Saturday. The first numbe
under her management came GU
on the Tuesday following. BY
night and day work 1t was flee
with illustrations OF the TRACED,
and sold like hot cakes. 9Th
night it went to press ! slept a
the Office on bales Of paper" sait
Mrs. Leslie. II, indeed, knew
what hard times were in thos
days. ! lived in an attic room il
a cheap clearinghouse, and
wasn't always warm there either
nor did I always get all that
would have liked to eat.
"That was only eight years az
and now l sell the paper for $40C
900. People wonder why l dom
retire. 1t il because l shouldn'
be happy without work. Tha
was the secret of my success, ant
it is the secret Of my happiness
now. shall continue to work q
hard as ever, but on differen
lines"
II hardly know what policy
shall pursue with the paper,
said MI. Arkell. II think | shall
try to keep independent. It's Al
advantage to feel that you are fire
to jump in and hit whom yo
plea!e. One thing | have decide
on. l shall make it thu roughl
American, and l shall drop al
European reprints.-N. Y. He,
aid.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
The Farmer and the Bee.

A farmer once picked up . bee
for inspection and was stuns in
return, and IN his rage he remark
ed:
"Base migrate! but haven't l
provided you with a warm hive
and plenty to eat? Is this the
way you return my kindness?'
"Sorry to have hurt your feel
ings," replied the insect, 'butjust
remember that q bee without .
singer makes no honey"
Moral: A friend who would not
resent an insult or an injustice
would not be worthy Of the name,
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29

A Nevada man who had seyen
homely daughters, got q paper to
hint that he had seven kegs filed
with gold in his cellar, and every
girl was married in Eve months
Tesas N;tlags
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29

A Poughkeepsie man, in suing
for a divorce, stated, among other
reasons for wishing to be rid OF
his wife, that she was too stylish.
She used three clean towels in one
week in the house, while he, before
marriage, could get along three
weeks with only one
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
Gratitude.
Good morning, sir"

Good morning, slr.
Il glanced from my desk at a
tall, cadavious look in J individual,
clad in faded brown ulster.'
II hope l don't disturb you?"
"You haven'l yet" | observed.
"Thak YOU very much. If it is
not troubling you, would you be
kind enough to permit me to show
you the advanced sheets of our
new work on cart in the Middle
Ages:"
II don't want it,
THANK you; but don't want
you to buy it, but merely to look
at it,"
I am CT very obliginy disro
sition. l turned over a few pages
hastily, without giving him an
opportunity to recite bis usual
lecture.
"Yes,' / said, as l handed the
book to him, lit seems to be a
pretty good book, but I'm not able
to buy it,"
"I'm very much obliged to you
for the opportunity Of showing IL
to you"
"Not at ALL" I replied, turning
to my balance sheet.
Couldn't | offer you some in.
ducement in the way Of easy
terms?"
Il can't afford it on any terms
at present"
Il AIN sorry he replied, as he
started reluctantly toward the
door; "but, as it is, l owe you a
debt OF gratitude tor permitting
me to talk to you about it. The
life of a book agent, sir, is hard;
and it is like Oh oasis in a desert
to nee. man who will permit an
agent 10 describe his book. Good
morning, sir.'
/ was halfway down a column
Of Rguies, when he came back
and remarked, over my shoulder,
insinuatingly.
"Would fifty cents a month
bring it within your mesns?'
NO." l said, with touch Of
impatience; Il can't buy it at any
price. I'm too busy to talk about
it now, anyhow"
"Well, good morning, sir. II
am sorry to have disturbed you;
but I'm more than obliged to you
for the opportunity Of showing
you the work and letting you
know what it is"
I started down the columns Of
figures again, and had reached 4
total Of PSI, when a voice remark.
ed, alphabetically, close to m,
ear:
Excuse me, sir; but would you
object to my inquiring when you
think it is possible that you vii
be likely to have leisure to exam
inc the work a little more thor
oughly"
| l could bear no more. / aros'
from my desk, and calmly bu
firmly took my visitor by the col
lar, and led him out into the hal
and to the head of the stairs
Then, with q skill derived from
long practice, / kicked him down
stairs.
l stood and watched his abrup
and somewhat undignified descent
The sound Of breaking bones CAM
up the hallway. A moment late
the book-agent picked himself up
slowly and painfully, and calle(
back to me IN a broken but crate
full voice, as he limped away:
"Thank you, sir; l am ever 81
much oblige to you for letting M
off alive" Puck.
money is the deyil's dyna
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29

Madame de Montespan was con-
tinually saying sho was thirty
years of age. 1t must be true"
said Talleyrand; II have heard it
these twenty years.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29

Money is the deyil's dyna-
mite. Gospel Advocate.
We don't want to monkey with
the "Chicago anarchists dyna-
mite" but the so. called ''devils
dynamite" is a mighty desirable
thing to have along. We are viii
ling to take the chances Of being
blown up with it. The Gospel
Advocate can't scare Us by calling
1t the "devil's dynamite" -Ec.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-11
A WORD TO Farmers.

According to the latest statistics, the
number of persons in the United States
hat are engaged in agriculture is
about z, GO, 49S.
Now from this ii appears that there
are nearly seven persons depending on
the labor OF one for sustenance.
Should not farmers be encouraged 70
use every means to accumulate all the
plant food possible, and to use every
means TO unlock the inert plant food
already in the soil? We fear many OF us
proud American farmers would feel
that an injustice was done were We
compared to the Flemish farmers, but
N this respect we fall short of them.
They make their farms closely resem-
bile gardens. To effect this they have
small farms and devote their efforts to
these three points; The accumulation
of manure, the destruction of weeds
and the frequent and deep pulveriza-
tion of the soil.
Every fragment of animal and vege-
table matter is carefully preserved by
nc AEiiilEtA al iiANA ADt lliN AtENAAlLttAOA
of their lands. Their compos Is arc so
constructed that all drainage IS collect
ed in cisterns and conveyed to the fields
In barrels. But we are too prone 20
neglect even the solid manure. Liquid
manures are among our best fertiliz-
ers, for they are the teaching OF our
man ures, and are like I've leached from
ashes. the strength
Do not clear ten acres this year, bat
take that time In composing the vast
amount Of matter that is wasting
bones, leather, dead animals, leaves,
woods mold ana weeds and save the
liquids, and then break the ten acres
that lie under your other ten acres and
put this compost on II aud you viii
Gnd It more profitable Theo ID.
Baird, in Farm and Preside
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-11
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WHY FARMERS FAIL.


The Chief Causes Leading to Poverty,
slavery and Degradation.
The Commissioner of Labor Statis-
tics OF Iowa, DR.. Z. r. Hutchins, re-
Gently sent out blank to be filled by
farmers, containing this question:
what are the chief causes which lead
to farmers failures?" 1t was answered
substantially as follows by Mr.. M. b.
Doolittle, of Cresco, Ia:
/. The markets, or consumers, are
too far from products.
2. Too high railroad freight rates.
s. Too high rates of interest on bor-
lowed capital.
4. Too many dogs and wolves in the
country and not enough sheep.
5. Too much fashion, too much
whisky and tobacco, and not enough
enterprise.
6. Too high lawyer and doctor fees
and not enough general intelligence.
7. Two much party in politics and
not enough principle.
8. Too much listening to farmers
enemies and too little seeking for com
mon sense for guide.
8. Business as now conducted gives
the farmer no part in making prices.
When he sells, the dealer makes the
price of his produce; when he buys,
the merchant names the price he must
pay and both are generally against
the farmer.
10. The farmers greatest voluntary
act which enters into his failures is
the utterly heartless manner in which
he unhitches from a machine which
has plowed his corn, mown his hay or
cut and bound his grain, leaving it to
rot and rust in the field for the
next eleven months. In Maine
and Massachusetts mems shoes are
manufactured and sold at $3.50
per pair. Corn in that market is
never less, and often much more, than
IS cents per bushel. or two bushels of
corn for a pair of shoes. Middle-men
and railroads transport these shoes to
Iowa and sell them for So per pair.
Farmers pay for them with corn at %
cents per bushel, or twelve bushels for
a pair of shoes. The shoes are manu-
featured or produced for two and sold
to the consumer for twelve bushels of
corn. They who go of with the other
ten bushels have much to do with the
ia lure of farmers.
The Iowa Homestead adds to this list
two other causes-scrub stock, and the
itch for Office. To these may be added,
the want of economy, and OF the adapta-
ton of expenditures TO the productive
canacitv OF the farm Ohio Earmer.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-11
WATER FOR CT Rps.
How to Secure Abundant Yield of
Grain Every Yea-;.

How to Secure an Abundant Yield of
Grain Every Yea-;.
More and more attention is being
given to the need of suppl sing plenty
of water to growing plantA The inn
portance of water is shown by the fact
that plants contain from saventy-eight
to eighty-iive, and, in soma instances,
as high as ninety-fve rar cent OF
water, showing that water is by far
the most important constituent of their
growth. The plant during growth is
constantly evaporating water through
its leaves, stems, and at every pore,
and tie surface soil is giving off
water Ia vapor all the time The
quantity of water required by agroWing
crop is simply immense, II water
fails to be supplied the growth is
checked and finally comes to stand
still, and then the plants begin TO wilt
and dry up. 1t has beer calculated
that the production OF one pound OF
wheat requires the evaporation of seven
hundred or eight hundred pounds of
water during the growth OF the plants.
y NGTiUdH nNAGhAASb lOhtitt NtlthN hAAN IA
duction OF two and fourth pounds of
barley required the evaporation OF one
hundred and ffty-fve gallons OF wa
ter, Such q consumption of water
ould require rainfall OF
about six inches. Two tons of
hoy per acre would represent a
rainfall of eleven inches. II the
rainfall is deficient full crop will not
b. obtained unless some means are
prcgided to artifcially supply water.
BY providing an artificial supply Of
wat,.r, to be used when needed, abund4
ant crops can be secured every year.
In many instances brooks or streams
of uater might be turned aside and
conducted along side-hills and used TO
supply the farm crops with water when
needed. Or, If there we're no brooks
that soald be used for the purpose, a
well with a windmill and pump could
be used to irrigate six Or eight acres.
-plouphman.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-11
1t L lsufficiently Illuminating e our

1T Is sufficiently humiliatirg to our
nature to reflect that our knowledge ID
but as the rivulet, our ignorance as the
sea Cotton.
"A most important feature OF the
scientific instruction in the lower grade
OF schools should be the collection oil
specimens which should form the sub
ject Of object lessons
Our freside conversations, our
thoughts as we pass along the streets,
our spirit in the transaction of bust
ness, all have some amount. small
though it be, Of moral value. -Goul-
bourn.
No more fatal error can be cher
ished than that any character can be
complete without the religious ele-
ment The essential factors in charac.
ter building are religion, morality and
knowledge u. l.. Packard.
A learned Brahmin has said OF In
dia: "Of one thing am convinced
do what we viii, oppose it as we may,
it is the Christians Bible that will
sooner or later work the regeneration
of this land The Mid-Continent.
OF the 1.437 students on whom
Cornell University has conferred de-
grees within the last twenty years,
only forty-fve are engaged Ia agricul-
ture. Thus the agricultural college
connected with the University one Of
the best equipped in the country-has
turned out an average of only two and
half 'honored' farmers per annum
for the last twenty years.
1T is a curious fact that science is
getting such control OF education that
a deep enthusiasm in research is being
Weakened up among the youth OF
America: During last summer several
scientific research parties were made up
OF boys to hunt fossils in our Western
Territories. These were headed by
competent teachers and guides. Others
are projected for tho coming summer.
in order to render men benevolent
they must first be made tender, for
benevolent affections are not the off,
spring of reasoning; they result from
that culture Of the heart, from those
early impressions of tenderness, graft.
tude and sympathy, which the endear-
ments Of domestic life are sure to sup
ply, and for the formation of which ii
is the best possible school, Robert
Hall.
in Great Britain the Society OF
Christian Endeavor is making substan-
tial and steady progress. Many pastors
find the Christian Guilds, while we'll
fitted to develop the social and literary
life of the young people, not so well
adapted to their more strictly religious
needs, and are turning their attention
more and more to the Christian En-
deavor Societies as the solution of the
problem.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-11
--s . -
PECULIAR ORGIES IRA.
How Frenchman Made Number o
Porkers Furnish MusiS

Porkers Furnish Musi6
The credit OF the invention of pig
music belongs to the Able de Baigne,
q great musician, who supplied the
court of Louis XI. with many other
curiosities in this way. The ingenious
able was one day asked by the King if
he thought it possible to produce
musical sounds from the cries OF pigs.
The able thought it was possible, and
received q grant of money from the
monarch for that purpose. With this
money he proceeded to purchase a
number of porkers, OF different sizes
and ages, and, after testing the pitch
and quality of their voices, secured
them fast, and arranged them in order
in large tent He further construct
ed a keyed instrument, furnished with
q number of wires, tightly drawn, cor
responding with the number of animals.
At the end of each wire which was in
side the tent, and almost touching each
pig, was attached a short, sharp spike,
which, when moved by the action of
the key, pricked the pig and made
him squeak. by this means"
says an old chronicler, 'the
able produced such harmony as
to astonish the whole court" That
the cat has been pressed into the serv-
ice of musical science appears from
the account given by Juan Christoval,
a Spaniard, of procession which took
place at Brussels at the fetes in honor
of Philip III. The orchestra" says
Christoval, "was upon large car; in
the middle sat great bear, playing a
kind of organ-one not composed OF
pipes, as usual, but of twenty cats,
separately confined in narrow cases,
in which they could not stir Their
tails protruded from the top, and were
tied to cords attached to the keyboard
OF the organ; and, according as the
bear pricked upon the keys, the cords
were raised, and the tails of the cats
were pulled to make them NEW in bass
or treble tones, as required by the nat
ure of the airs" Live monkeys and
other animals danced to this music.
Although continues the chronicler,
Phillip ii. was the most serious of
mortals, he could not refrain from
laughing boisterously. SIN Francisco
Argonaut.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-11
RAISING POTATOES.
A Method of Cultivation which WIN Pro
duce Satisfactory Results.

duce Satisfactory Results.
The majority OF farmers find it profit
able to grow at least sufficient acreage
Of potatoes to supply the table, while
many find 1t good crop to raise for
market. At least it is one that is very
generally planted.
The best soil Is a rich loan plowed
deep and thorough. Let the character
OF the soil be what it may, it is impor-
tant that 1t should be plowed deep be-
fore planting and then be prepared in
a good filth before planting the seed.
Secure good seed. Planted in good
soil well prepared, a poor quality of
seed will germinate and send up plants
that. under good conditions, will yield
a full crop. But there is always an
increased risk Of failure in using poor
seed at any time and OF any kind;
and, as rule, 1t will prove better
economy to pay a little more for q
better quality of seed and decrease
the risks Of failures. As TO the best
mode of preparing the seed, there is a
wide difference of opinion. Some cut
to single eyes; some cut and leave two
eyes in each piece; some simply cut into
medium-sized pieces, while few select
medium sized potatoes and plant them
whole. One item ought not to be over
looked. After the plants have come
up we'll it is a good plan to thin out,
leaving not more than three stalks in
each hill, selecting out Of course, the
best and thriftiest. The usual plan Is
to plant in drills, ID or Is inches apart
in rows 81 feet apart. The only reason
for planting in hills is that the labor of
giving clean cultivation is much less,
as the cultivation can be given both
ways, making it possible to do nearly,
or quite. all the work with the culti-
vator. II planted in very clean land
more or less hoeing will be necessary
in order to keep down the weeds be-
tween the rows.
With the soil prepared in good filth,
the best implement to commence the
cultivation is the harrow, and it is not
necessary to wait until the plants have
made their appearance above the
ground before making start The
weeds will start to grow very soon
after the crop is planted, and they are
much more easily destroyed when
small than at any other time, so the
work should begin early. BY harrow
ing twice, the weeds will be entirely
destroyed and the soil be in "a good
condition for commencing with the Gull
tivator. Work close to the plants, so
as to kill out the weeds, but not too
deep. Keep the surface mellow and
free from weeds, and il the weeds are
kept down from the start, the work
will be materially decreased, while
better growth and yield win be secured.
st. Louis Republic.