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CnIOAHO, Aug. %. -Uattle-Reccipts,
5000. Market slow and lOc lower.
Beeves. 81. 5O04 80; steers, 81 SOt94 40;
stockers and feeders, Sl.70(@ 300; Texas
cattle, 81. 7O(G3.OO; natives and half
breeds, SO OO(Gs. so.
Sheep.-Receipts, 5000. Market lO(6
I5c lower. Natives, SO 4n(d4 co; West.
erns. 50 50(G4.l5; Texans, So 0OCG4 10.
Wheat-Market easier. Cash, rs;
September, III; December. 1871.
Corn-Market lower. Cash, 344; SEPT
ember, "a 9 l6; December, "a.
, 1889-08-23
Association Games.

AT KANSAS CITY.
Score: Kansas City s, Athletics 3.
AT LOUISVILLE.
Score: Columbus 6, Louisville IA.
AT CINCINNATI.
Score: Cincinnati IA. Brooklyn 5.
AT ST. LOUIS.
Score: st. Louis 2, Baltimore T..
, 1889-08-23

New YORK. Aug. 22-The stock mar
ket was more active to-day than at any
time for a week and at the same time dis
played a decided weak tone which result
ed in material losses over the list. The
entire list closed lower.
Government bonds dull! but steady.
Petroleum opened weak at $50 and
closed dull at 9St.
American cotton seed oil 49t.
Money on call easy at gao per cent.
EnllnMlnr nra rInsInr nrlrns Of atnnLn.
, 1889-08-23

1t was reported in New York yester-
day afternoon that TimotheyJ }. Keefe,
the famous pitcher of the New York
team was married in Worcester, Mass,
last Monday to Mrs. Hemlcr, sister Of
Helen Dauvray Ward.
, 1889-08-23

orica1 Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
English and American Women.

cEdilh LtSlC.
English and American girls bear off the
palm among the nations of the world.
There is, however, a difference between
their respective qualities of beauty. The
English girl is thoroughly active in
her pursuit of healthy exercise; she
walks, and runs, and plays lawn ten
mis- great deal riding, if she have
the means, is one of her most favorite
amusements, while boating and tricyc-
ling is eagerly sought whenever opportu.
nifty occurs. Our American crosse. buds, y
on the contrary, have very trying climate
to contend with; they take too little exer-
else and too much iced water.
The result is that English girls are able
to bring more roseate bloom to their
cheeks, to walk longer distances and to
stand much more fatigue; they are, in
fact, more robust and have better devel-
oped figures and although there are, no
doubt, in New York, or any other large
city in the United States, a dozen women
as perfectly beautiful in form and face as
any chiseled by the greatest artists, our
American girls are in the main less bright
in color, more delicate and pale than would
otherwise be the case if they more stead
tasty resorted to the invigorating means
of health, outdoor exercise, long since
adopted by their English sisters, and to
which, doubtless, the latter owe their ex-
quisite forms and also the fact that they
remain youthful in appearance much
longer than our compatriots; in fact, an
English woman of 40 looks younger than
an American woman of 80 years of course
do not now refer to women of the work
ing class.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
Dwarf Bananas.

Is there such thing as dwarf banana i?
We are led to this question by the ex-
perience of Capt. Rose. He received a
lot of dwarf banana plants, portion of
which he set out at his place in Kisslmmee,
and the balance at the Southport farm.
The plants here are doing we'll, are about
five feet high, and fruiting nicely. Those
set out at Southport, of the same kind,
and from the same lot, are eighteen or
twenty feet high, with leaves about two
fee. broad and heavily loaded with fruit,
containing at least 100 fingers to the
Leader.
There is a variety of banana grown in
South Florida, which hardly ever attains
height of more than FIVE and half feet.
And yet. the heads are full, and of ex-
ceedingV fine flavor. This is the Muso
capend5s1tii, or Cavendish banana, and is
the only dwarf variety Of which we can
speak with certainty. The leaves of the
young plants are splotched with red, and
look precisely as if they had been sprinkled
with blood, popularity which dissap-
pears as the plant grows older. We think
the explanation of the difference between
the plants, as stated above, must lie in
difference of soil, or a confusion of va
rieties, as the true dwarf or Cavendish
banana never reaches one-half the height
of the Southport plants, under the most
favorable onditions.-Southern San.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
Strawberries.

V. Nj. M.
The strawberry crop is becoming OF
great Importance in some sections. Fol
many years they were only cultivated in
small patches in the garden, but now hun
dreds and thousands of acres are planted
for profit. Hence it is of the greatest i'm
portance to know how to cultivate them
proftably. Ionly desire at present to speak
of how and what kind of manure to use on
them to the best advantage. If the ground
is poor and you do not make enough vine,
then well rotted stable manure applied in
the fall and chopped in the soil, and if
you have fifty to 100 bushels of leached
ashes to the acre added to this, it will
make it all the better. But if you make
enough vine and desire to increase your
fruit, then use only commercial fertil-
izer, having about ten per cent. soluable
phosphate, three per cent. of ammonia and
four to six per cent. of potash. If about
200 to 400 pounds of this is applied in the
fall and worked into the soil before freezing
weather, it will usually insure you good
crop. There is but one danger, and that is
the fruit buds are liable to be pushed for
ward so early in the spring that frost is
liable to kill them but this is not often
the case. This risk, however, is more
than overbalanced by the very early crop
which you will usually get. If you should
not apply the fertilizer in the fall, which
is by far the best, then you can use about
the same amount early in the spring, with
fair results, especially if you do not make
enough vine.
If you will study your soil and your
vines; you will soon learn what kind of
manure to apply and when to apply it.
You need not guess at it; this is in an
swer to many inquiries.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
Louisiana Postal Matters.
a.
THE SERVICE PRACTICALLY SELF sUsTAIN
ING-NEw ORLEANS CONTRIBUTES
NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE

THE SERVICE PRACTICALLY SELF SUSTAIN
ING-NEw ORLEANS CONTRIBUTES
NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE
TOTAL REVENUE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The postal sys
tenn in Louisiana comes nearer to a self,
sustaining basis than in any southern
state, as, indeed, it compares in this respect
with all parts of the country. Some sta
tistics about the annual operations of the
service, its growth and other facts will
have an interest.
The total postal receipts in Louisiana for
the year amounted to 1892, $3.50, while
the total expenditures reached the slightly
larger sum of 1851, 831.17, making the de-
fciency but $14, 99247
Of course the principal postal revenue
arises from the sales of postage stamps,
stamped envelopes and postal cards, which
yielded $474, 100 SO. From box rents there
was secured $17,994.95, and the sales of
waste paper $S3 06.
The largest item of expenditure grows
out of the transportation of the mails,
which cost $2OS, 110.43. There are paid
to postmasters as compensation $116,-
93O.9o, and for clerks in postoffces, fuel,
rent and similar expenses, $70,27O.69 The
letter carriers received $61, O66 80 and the
railway postal clerks travelling in the state
received $51 1926.
1t was the large postal business done by
the New Orleans office that enabled the
state to make the gooG exhibit just re-
counted. This can be seen from the fact
that the twelve presidential postoffices in
the state, or those where the salary of the
postmaster is at least $1,000 year, con-
tributed of the total receipts the sum of
1914, 229. 80, of which New Orleans paid
$3OS, 1919 The total compensation of
these twelve postmasters amounted to
$4,000.
There has been noticeable increase in
the amount of second class matter mailed
at New Orleans during the year, as can be
seen from the following comparative state
ment:
During the year 1887 the weight of
second-class matter mailed in the city was
946, 475 pounds. the postage paid being
$o464 70. In 1888 the weight of second
class matter had advanced to /, 122, 299
pounds and the postage to 81 ,222 SO. In
crease in weight, 1924 pounds in post
age, $175S. "A, or Is. Sc per cent.
There are in Louisiana 6219.75 miles of
mail routes, classified as follows: Length
of star service 1891 miles, which is oper-
ated at an annual cost of 71,62634
steamboat service 1854 % miles costing
$40, $40; railroad service 1144 80 miles,
involving an expenditure of $93, 059.62.
The star routes have increased in length
III. 81 miles, without any additional cost
to the government, and the railroad ser
vice has been extended ISL miles.
During the year 26 individuals were ar
rested in Louisiana for the commission of
offenses against the postal laws. OF these
parties there were: Postmasters, 2; assistant
postmasters, 2 !; railway postotfice clerks, 2;
letter carriers, 7; other employees, 1; burg
lars, l; all others, for various offenses, Il.
N. O. Times Democrat
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
Tobacco and its Effects.

Constant Reader.
One drop of nicotine-extract of to.
bacco-placed on the tongue of dog, will
kill him in minute the hundredth part
of grain picked under the skin of a mans
arm will produce nausea and fainting.
That which blackens old tobacco pipes is
empyreumatic oil, grain of which would
kill a man in few seconds. The half
dozen cigars which most smokers use day
contain six or seven grains-enough if
concentrated and absorbed to kill three
men, and pound of tobacco, according to
it's quality, contains from one quarter to
one and a quarter ounces.
Is it strange, then, that smokers and
chewers have thousand ailments that
German physicians attribute one-half of
the deaths among the young men of that
country to tobacco that the French Poly
technic Institute had to prohibit it's use on
account of it's effects on the mind ? that
men grow dyspeptic, hypochondriac, in
sane delirious from it's use?
One of the direct effects of tobacco is to
weaken the heart. Notice the multitude
of sudden deaths and see how many are
smokers and chewers. In small country
town seven of these mysterious provi-
dences" occurred within the circuit of
mile, all directly traceable to tobacco );
and any physician, on few moments re-
Election, can match this fact by his own
observation.
And then such powerful acids produce
irritation and thirst-thirst which water
does not quench. Hence resort to cider
and beer. The more this thirst is fed the
more insatiate it becomes, and more fiery
drink is needed.
Out Of 700 convicts examined at the
New York state prison, 900 were confined
for crimes committed under the influence
of liquor, and 500 said they had been led
to drink by the use of tobacco
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
The Mule.
The South.

Among all the stock industries that now
engage the attention of the south, we be-
lieve there is none that will give better re-
suits than mule raising. The mule is Pc
culiarly adapted to our climate, not only in
its successful rearing but in its use for all
the work of farm and road. AS source
of profit for the race course it would PROB
ably be failure and it may be said that
one end of it is but seldom tanned. But
for profit to the raiser and good work and
long in the varied industries of local COM
MERGE transportation and farm work the
mule is superior to every other domestlc
animal and will give better results for the
amount invested We are glad to know
that some of our most judlclous cltlzens
with capital are proposing to engage III this
business 1t will pay largely if properly
managed. In Missouri, for many years, the
mule has made more money for the STOCK
farmer than any other animal. In ante Del
lum days the mule was the grand motive
power of all agricultural industries In the
south 1t is being demonstrated every
day that the south can raise the NIUE
cheaper and as fine as the grain states 0,
the Mississippi Valley. There is no KIM gnu
of stock raising that has SO little FISK
from disease. The per cent of loss from
any and every source will not reacn per
cent. of capital invested. The only reason
that mule raising is not more general IS ~
requires large capital, and this Will d.
WAYS operate to prevent too much comPe-
tition.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
To Cure Diphtheria



We have on several occasions referred
to the use OF turpentine in diphtheria
Recommended originally in Germany and
claimed TO be almost specific, it was
there, Also that the employ ment of the
drug was subjected to the most severe
criticism Some recent publications have
again drawn attention to the alleged valua
OF this substance, and most remarkable
among these is an article which aDnparad
in the IherApeW1sche Nonatshefe The
author asserts that he has employe6 tur-
pentine in diphtheria for the last fonr
years. In that time he lost only five cases
out of sixty that came under treatment
Two OF the fatal cases concerned infants
who appeared moribund when first taken
and died few hours later The oth4'
fatal cases were also unusually severe from
the start, two dying in thirty six hours
and one surviving five days. This is c4r
talnly noteworthy record, as diphtheria
statistics go. The Oil of turpentin. w.S
administered in dram doses three times q
day. Sweet spirits of inter was used aq q
corrective, in the proportion of one part of
the spirits to fifteen of turpentne. Svmn.
toms of intoXicaton were never observed
by the author In addition to the turpen.
tine, per cent. solution of sodium
salycilate was given every two hours ip
tablespoon doses. gargle of chlorate of
potash solution was likewise emnloved
whenever possible. Under this plan of
treatment rapid ameloration of local Sims
and constitutional symptoms was observed
Usually improvement began at once, and
1t was rarely necessary to push the drug
beyond five or eight doeses. 1t should be
remarked in this connection, however
that very generous and stimulating tlnid
diet (strong broth, port wine, milk formed
feature of Dr. Roeses plan of treatment
Those who are inclined to be skeptcs in
regard to the utility of medicines in the
severer forms of dphtheria land the pro
fession contains many such) will scarcaly
accept the authors figures without chaj.
lenge. On the other hand, for the very
reason that violent dlphtheria ordinarily
justities so gloomy prognosis, we are
ever ready to employ any means which
may possibly reduce it's frightful NOR
tally. There is no reason, therefore. wbv
the turpentine treatment of this disease
should not be given fair trial
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29

have an acre or two of cane to grind OBJ
ject to reducing much of the juice to
sugar. After it graduates in the mo-
lasses barrel, tap the barrel at the bottom,
put under it tub to catch the drippings,
which will be genuine molasses, and IN a
month or two change the sugar to -four
barrels, and let it drain until the sugar is
used on the table. It makes very good
coffee sugar for farmers, and is all the
better for not having been bleached with
the fumes of sulphur, or muriate of tin.
When molasses ferments in the spring
and is inclined to become acid, reboil it
for quarter of an hour, or even five or
ten minutes, and it will keep sweet for
years, with no more reboiling.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
Making Molasses.

~. ". Flcdyu
The only reason why our farmers can
not make money raising molasses is that
the merchants can't handle country mo-
lasses because it turns to sugar on their
hands, While at Starkville recently, says
the Neso South, we asked Prof Hutchin-
son, who is a Louisiana gentleman of
practical experience and scientific attain
ments, how to prevent molasses from
turning to sugar. He says that if the
cane is stripped very high and all the
white unmatured portion boiled and the
molasses not boiled too thick, the result
will be reached. He says there is sub
stance known as glucose in the top of the
cane that will prevent at least part of
the sugar from forming. On talking with
molassesmakers since our return, we find
that those Uho had been so careful as to
strip cane high have had no trouble with
sugar. We hope our farmers will try this
plan. There car, be nothing lost.
Outside of Louisiana they usually call
syrup molasses. In the sugar parishes of
Louisiana they call the DRAWINGS that
come from the sugar Tor from masse cuite)
molasses.
The small farmers in the south that make
syrup from sorghum and sugar cane sell
dom or never use lime in the juice before
boiling. The sugar planters of Louisiana
have always used lime in cane juice,
mixed just before it comes to bell in the
first kettle (the grand" in old style trains).
This brings mass of foul scum, dirt,
gummY matter, ETC., to the surface, wsich
the sugarmaker quickly skins off before
the boiling commences. This is an easy
way to get rid of most of the dirt and foul
gums in the juice, and the lime corrects
acidity in the juice, and makes firmer and
better sugar. Too much lime gives the
sugar reddish hue.
We cannot see why small farmers who
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
To Pay for Southern Church Property
Destroyed During the War.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Senate
Committee on Claims has directed Mr.. Hoar
to prepare general bill for the settlement
of claims on account of church property in
the South destroyed during the war A
statement furnished by the Treasury De-
partment some years ago showed that at
that time $500, 600 had been paid out of
the Treasury on church claims. and that
there were pending claims amounting to
about 100000 additional. Since that
time, however, there have been quite a
number Of other claims of this character
filed with the committee.-N O. States.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
Proposed Change of Judicial Terms in
Louisiana

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Mr. Blanchard
has introduced bill to amend and re en-
act section of an act entitled sAnd act to
divide the State of Louisiana into two
judicial districts, approved March 8, 1881.
This bill provides that there shall be held
semi annually in said district two stated
sessions Of the district and circuit courts
at each of the following places, to wit At
Opelousas, on the first Mondays of January
and June; at Alexandria, on the fourth
Mondays of January and June; at Shreve-
port, on the third Mondays of February
and July; at Monroe, on the first Mondays
of April and October and at Natchitoches,
one the first Mondays of May and Novem-
Der. That all processes from the parishes
of Natchitoches, Sabine, Red River and
Winn, La, shall be returnable 10 said
court at Natchitoches. H
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
Programme of the Monroe Convention.

The following is the programme of the
immigration Convention thatmeets at Mon
roe, Feb. 1S, next:
First Day, Wednesday, Jan. 23-12 m.
Called to order by the president /; prayer
Rev. T. J. Upton address of welcome
Hon. F. P. Stubs, Ouachita parish re.
Spouse, Hon. A. V. Carter, Natchitoches
parish annual address of the president,
General Jos. L. Brent, Ascension parish
appointment of committees. Afternoon
Education in Modern Agriculture, Colonel
James W. Nicholson, president State Uni
versity and Agricultural and Mechanical
College, Baton Rouge, La; 5 p. NJ. Hay
End Grass Crops in Louisiana, Hon. J.
Burrus McGehee, West Feliciana parish,
and Judge E. M. Graham, Lincoln parish.
Night session, 7:50 p. m: Leaks in Farm
ing, Hon. H. P. Wells, Richland parish ;
$50 p. NJ: General Fruit Culture in Lou
isiana, ]. L. Normand, Avoyelles parish.
Second Day, Thursday, Jan. 24-1O a..
M: The Smaller Industries Necessary to
Develop Agriculture in Louisiana, F. l..
Maxwell, Madison parish II a. m /: Re-
view of the Cotton Industry in Louisiana,
Major Fred Seip, Rapides parish, and Ar
thur L. Smith, Ouachita parish 10 m. {:
Grain Crops of Louisiana, Dr. R. F. Pat
terson, East Baton Rouge parish; p. m.
Stock Raising in the South, DR.. VIM. E..
Oates, Vicksburg, Miss. Afternoon ses
sion, 4 p. M: Review of Sugar Industry,
Hon. John Dymond, Plaquemines parish !;
p. NJ: Orange Culture in Louisiana, NJ.
Mithoff, Jefferson parish, Night session,
7:30 p. NJ: Report of State Experiment
Stations, DR.. VIM. G. Stubs, director ;
discussion of results questions from box.
Third Day, Friday, Jan. 25-10 a. m.
Review of Rice Industry, G. V. Soniat,
Jefferson parish II a. M: Improved
Drainage Paramount Necessity in Louis
lana Agriculture, Hon. Henry Mccall, AS
cension parish ~ NJ: Homes for Ali in
Louisiana, DR.. s. A. Knapp, Calcasieu
parish p. M: Reports of committees.
Afternoon session, p. M: Reports of
vice presidents and district committees,
annual election of officers, selecting time
and place of next meeting, unfinished bust
ness, new business, adjournment.
The second days session will be held at
the North Louisiana Experiment Station,
Calhoun, La. Free transportation will be
furnished all delegates, and barbecue
will be given to the society by the North
Louisiana Agricultural Society.-N. O.
Picayu1ae.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-06-29
Chickens and Eggs.
HOW TO MAKE POULTRY KEEPING PLEAS
ANT AND PROFITABLE.

HOW TO MAKE POULTRY KEEPING PLEAS
ANT AND PROFITABLE.
Portland Oregonian.
In no respect hfs there been greater i'm
provement effected among animals in the
last twenty years than in connection with
our barn yard fowls. 1t seems, when the
improvement effected is realized, as if
human ingenuity has been taxed to the ut
most to produce the beautiful and useful
breeds that we now see in every direction.
Some are of immense size, some are excel
lent eating, some lay great number of
eggs, the eggs of some are extra large, and
some of the hens are excellent mothers.
All these peculiarities are the result of es-
pecial effort, and men have used as much
discretion in producing these results as
other men have shown in building up dis
tinct families of horses and cattle. From
the dainty little bantams to the burly
cochins or brahmas is a wide interval,
filled up with many varieties, all possessing
excellence. Here is field that woman
should fill and devote herself to filling it
well. While the men are handling larger
stock she should have her stands Of E3ney
and her flock of fowls. 1t would do no
harm to experiment with turkeys, geese
and ducks for variety, especially if there
is water for the ducks and geese. Poultry
raising requires as much attention as rails
ing larger animals and pays as much profit.
The wife will often make handsome
profit on the chickens and eggs, and should
have the spending of the money If she
would really become interested in the bust
ness and study the different breeds and
their peculiarities, it would afford much
interest as well as some profit To be sue
cessful in raising chickens is something to
be proud of, and to be able to show clear
profit by them is just matter for pride.
Poultry has many enemies, but not
many diseases. To keep them free
of vermin-and to learn how to do
it will require labor and study.
What feed they do best on is another thing
the wife who keeps them must learn. How
to make them lay and how to not have
them set are important points. There are
different ways of keeping poultry, and the
way you want is the successful way-the
one that keeps them laying and in good
health, There is no small item of farm
life that pays better. You should use eggs
and chickens enough to pay the expense
and sell $50 or 800 worth of eggs and
poultry besides from an ordinary flock To
do this requires genuine ability, but is the
work for woman more than for man.
Some people imagine that the old fash
Toned barn yard fowl is good enough, and
hesitate to pay dollar for setting of
eggs of some better breed. The best breed
pays the best, and you raise chickens for
the pay there is in it.