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St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
The Canning Industry.
GROWTH OF THE BUSINESS OF PRESERVING
FRUITS AND MEATS.

FRUITS AND MEATS.
Appert gave the world in 1907 the art of
preserving by simple and inexpensive
process fresh articles of animal and vege
| table food His process has made scurvy,
that dread scourge of armies and navles, q
matter of history. Large cities demand
the food products of the world and thanks
to Appert, they can be had at insigniti-
cant cost.
The luxuries of one climate are no longer
| craved in vain by those who reside in an
other, whether it be lone band of ex-
| plorers stranded on an ice foe in the Arctic
sea or the British army camped on the
burning sands of Africa. Fresh fruit and
vegetables are accessible to rich and poor
alike every Gay in the year in any part OF
the world. The business which he founded
| in 1912 is still carried on by Chevalier APP
pert, who is one OF the jury Of the Paris
International Exposition.
Appert spent most of his life Sin the
panJries, breweries, storehouses and cell
lars of champagne, as we'll as in the shops,
manufactures and warehouses of confec-
TONERS, dis:illers and grocers, accustomed
to superintending such establishments"
thereby acquiring much that pertained to
the art of preserving.
About 1913 meats and other articles were
preserved in tin for shipment to the Pacific
! ocean. Just how or where it came about
that tin plates came into use for making
tin cans in which to preserve food we can
not say During the civil war, 1876,
an enormous demand sprang up for pre-
served food, and the tin can" became
ubiquitous
Prior to that time canned goods occu-
pied an insignificant place in the CONNER
cial world To day they are universally
used and canning factories are located in
every quarter of the globe, the United
States being the great center of produc-
ton. There are in this country over 1000
establishments engaged in the preserva-
ton of perishable articles of food. These
factories have stimulated the production
of fruits and vegetables and made possible
the profitable cultivation of thousands of
square miles that otherwise would have
lain dormant they have helped crowd the
plains with cattle utilized the fish supply
of oceans and rivers. They are spread all
along the Atlantic coast, from the rocky,
sea-girt island of the provinces to the Flor
ida peninsula; along the Gulf of Mexico;
amid the orange groves and fruit orchards
of California On the rivers and bays of
ALASKA; in the far Northwest. About
every state and Territory in the Union
numbers the putting up of canned goods
among it's prominent ndustries.-AnaeT1-
can Grocer.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
"Grasshopper Toms Antics.

The clerks at the district buildings get
good deal of fun out of tha antics of
large black and white cat in an adjoining
stone yard. From morning until night he
may be seen cautiously picking is way
among the large granite slabs in search Of
grasshoppers. Now and then he tlushes
one, and then the fun begins. Tom watch
IS where the grasshopper lights, and
mskes 3 flank movement brhDd tho rest
ing place OF the uEsuspectlng insect, and
before the latter has time TO stretch his
wings tabby is nlbn him. Ths node Of
Catching him S he interesting part Of the
proceeding. Tom springs upon what he
evidently considers the correct locality and
plants his two paws close together on the
spot, and Looks around TO see if the spot,
and looks around to See if the game is es-
Gaping If The retreaing grasshopper is
not IN sight lie carefully lifts one paw and
cautiously pears under. Failing 10 see his
game there, the other paw is lifted. When
at last the captured game is discovered
developas new life and moves from side to
side with great rapidity. Folding his
hind legs ready for spring in case he
misses fire. be darts his head in the direc-
tion of the game, and rarely fails in his
first attempt Catching the grasshopper
in his mouth he gulps him down and,
smackiug ms chops, moves on for more
game. there are two varieties of grass
hoppers in this locslity, ond Tom is fastid
ious, prefe1ing the small variety with
scans wings, although he eats apparently
with much relish the larger ones after de-
taching the wings, The boys have dubbed
the cat ''Grasshopper Tom, " and when one
cries out, Toms on the TRAIL" it is the
signal for general stampede toward the
windows ; but Tom doesn't mind having
an audience, and continues his hnnt I'M
conscious of their admiring gaze.-W Wash
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
The Ocean Depths.

The greatest known depth Of the sea is
in the South Atlantic Ocean, midway be-
tween the island of Tristan d'Acunha and
the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. The
bottom there was reached at depth of
40, 1856 feet, or 81 miles, exceeding by more
than II 900 feet the height of Mt Everest,
the Hottest mountain in the world. In the
North Atlantic Ocean, south OF Newfound-
land, soundings have been made to depth
of 1850 fathoms or 1880 feet, while
depths equaling 1000 feet, or 81 miles,
are reported south Of the Bermuda islands.
The average depths of the Pacific Ocean
between Japan and California is little
over 5000 fathoms; between Chill and the
Sandwich Islands, $500 fathoms, and be-
tween Chilli and New Zealand, 1900 faith
oms. The average depths of all the oceans
is from 1000 to $500 fathoms. Iron.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
Reform Spelling.

Our young readers may be amused at
this unique spelling, said to be employed
by Western printer
We began the publication ov the Roc
cay Mountain Cuclone with phew diph-
phiculties in the way. The type-phoun-
ders phrom whom we bought our output
phor this printing ophphice phaiied to
supply US with any ep1ss or cas- and it will
be phour or phive weequts bephore we can
get any. The mistaque was not phound
out till a day or two ago. We have or
dered the missing letters, and we will have
to get along without them till they come.
We don't lique the look ov this variety ov
spelling any better than our readers, but
mistaix will happen in the best ov phami-
lies, and Jpn the ph's and c's and as and
g's hold out, we shall ceep Sound the
hardy the Cyclone whirling aphter phas-
ion till the sorts arrive. 1t is NO ioque to
us--it is serious aphphair.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
F artniug il China.

A farmer in China may be hired by
the year Tor from IS to $14 with fool,
clothing, Lead shaving and tobacco. Those
who work by the day receive from to 10
cents, with Il MONDAY meal. AT the plant
ing and harvesting Of rice wages are from
10 to 90 cents day, with five meals, Or 30
cents day without food. Few land own
ers hire hands, except few DAYS during
the planting and harvesting of rice Those
who have more land than they and their
sons can till lease it to their neighbours
Much land is held on leases given by
ancient proprietors to clansmen whose des-
cendents now till il, paying from 81 to
$14 worth of rice annually for it's use
Food averages little more than 81. a month
for each member OF a farmers family. One
who buys, cooks ana eats his meals alone
spends from 81 so to - month upon the
raw material and fuel. Two pounds of
rice, costing 3! cents, with relishes of salt
fish, picked cabbage, cheap vegetables and
fruits, costing l. cents, is the ordinary
allowance to each laborer for each day
Abernethy's advice to luxurious patient,
Live 90 sixspence day aud earn it," is
followed by nearly every Chinaman. One
or two dspenden5 relatives frequently
share with him the six pence.-,San Fran
cisco Letter.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
Frozen to Death.
A COLORADO BLIZZARD KILLS THREE MEL

A COLORADO BLIZZARD KILLS THREE MEN.
DENNER, Nov. 4.-One ofssthe results of
the terrible blizzard which swept over the
Eastern Colorado and Northern New Mex
leo Thursday and Friday of last week
reached here to-day from Folsom, N. M.
Thursday night Henry Miller, the range
foremaa for Col. R. g. Head, with sseveral
cowboys, camped near Sierrs Grande with
1900 beef cattle, which they were holding
for the purpose of loading in cars. At 4
o'clock that morning q blizzard from the
northwest struck the herd, driving the cat
tie toward Panhandle, Tex. The cowboys
were not able to hold them. The snow
was so binding that it made it impossible
to see fifty feet ahead. Miller called his
men together, and they started to follow
the herd, and made an attempt to keep
them punched SO far assspossible. The men
became separated. Friday night one of
theEs wandered in Heads home ranch, half
dead with cold and hunger. He told his
story, and rescuing party was sent out,
and at noon the frozen bodies of Henry
Miller, Joe Martin and Chas. jolly were
found lying on the open plains not far
from Folsom. The other men succeeded
in finding their way into camp before be-
ing overcome with cold. Miller had been
foreman for Col. Head for twelve years,
and came here from Louisiana. 1t is not
known where Martin and Jolly came from.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
The Manufacture Of Slate Pencils.

One of the most peculiar branches of in
dustry in the country is the manufacture
of slate pencils. There isgpnly one slate
pencil fectory in the United States. 1t
employs twenty five hands, who turn out
$4,000 slate pencils every day. The method
of manufacture is good deal in advance
of the primitive methods employed some
years back. Not long since the blocks OF
soft slate from which pencils are cut wer.
sawed in lengths and distributed among
the neighboring laborers' families to be
whitfield down to pencil shape. Those
working at them could earn about fifty
cents per thousand. Now the blocks are
put into machine and cut into square
lengths by revolving knives, and the
lengths are aftarward rounded and pol
ished by emery belts. One man can cut
and finish about 5000 pencils per day.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
Onions.
PAY BETTER THAN HOGS AND CORN.

james K. Reeve, in giving his expert
ence in the Bosque Citizen, has this to say
of the onion:
In gathering the onion crop, unless the
stand is much evener than most people
secure, there will De quantity of bulbs
too small for market and TOO large, appar-
entity, for sets. It is sometimes question
as to what disposition shall be made of
these latter Having quantity of them
on hand last spring, used them for plant
ing my earliest onion bed, and almost as
soon as the new growth commenced, they
were ready for marketing for green onions
They came in very much sooner than those
grown from the smaller sets, and conse-
quently brought the best prices. neigh
Dor came over as we were gathering the
last from the bed of five square rods, and
suggested that che guessed in the long run
hogs and corn would pay better than
onions" So, taking out my note book,
investigated the facts, and found that the
five rods had yielded $50 branches, worth
net $27 90, or at the rate of $870.40 per
acre. This was as much as my neighbor
could reasonably hope to secure from his
sixty acres devoted to corn and hogs, and
think the cost of production was rather in
my favor.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

There was one diminutive passenger on
the ship who wasn't counted at Queens
town. Young Mrs. Kate Keenan,, an Irish
immigrant, who will go to her husband in
this city to-day was the mother of the lit
tie one. Just as soon as the cabin passen-
gers heard of the arrival Of the infant,
they held NEE, ing and had the hat
passed around. 1t came back with $3.50
in it. This was presented to Mrs. Keenan,
and the little girl was christened Paris
ienne, after her birthplace.
Major Burke, Treasurer of the State of
Louisiana was not aboard the City or Paris.
Central Office detectives boarded her to
look for him.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
THE LITTLE MAIDS AMEN.
A rustic of robes as the anthem

A rustic or ropes as the anthem
Scared gently away on the air
The Sabbath morn's service was over
And briskly stepped down the stair.
When close, i'll a half ghted corner
Where the tall pulpit stairway came Down.
Asleep crOuched tender wee maiden
With hair Ike d shadowy crown
Quite puzzled was by the vision,
But gently TO wake her | spoke
When at the first word the small darosaI
With one little gasp straight awoke.
What brought you here, fair little angelo
She answered with voice like bell:
Il tum 'tOs I've got a sick mamma.
And want 90 to please pray her we'll"
'Who told you began / ; she stopDed me.
Don't nobody told me at all;
And papa can't see, 'tos he's erwin
And sides, sir. isn't so small;
Use been here before with INV mamma
We tummed when you rinse1 the big ball
And every time Use heard you prayin'
For lots O. sick folks to dit well
Together we knelt on the stairway
AS humbly asked the great Power
To give back the health to the mother
And Danish bereavement's dark hour
l finished the simple petition
And paused for moment and then
A sweet Ii! tie voice at my elbow
Lsped softly and gently, Amen"
Hand in hand we turned our steps homeward :;
The little maids tongue knew no rest;
She prattled and mimicked aud caroled-
The shadow had gone from her breast
And 10! when we reached the fair dwelling
The nest of my golden-haired wait -
We found that the dearly loved mother
Was past the dread crisis and safe
They listened amazed at my story,
And wept Ger their darng's strange quest.
While the arms Of the pale, loving mother
Drew the brave little head to her breast;
With eyes that were trimming and grateful,
They thanked me again and again;
Yet knew in my heart that the blessing
Was won by that gentle Amen"
~ -Cdlada Presbyterian.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
The City Of Paris.

The City of Paris, feetest of the ocean
crossers, got in yesterday afternoon, after
q tempestuous passage Of days, 6 hours,
and % minutes. Capt. Watkins had some
hope of eclipsing the record Of his queenly
ship Is days 10 hours and % minutes) when
he passed Fastnet but he had to abandon
the hope on Thursday, when he' ran into
pretty heavy weather. regular gale
csme wlooping out of the northwest, and
grew in fury as the day advanced. 1t
equsl1ed on Friday anything in the way of
wind that the veteran commander ever
passed through, and dashed up an Irregular
and uncertain sea. The ship was run at
less than half speed during all of Friday
afternoon and evening. But that did not
prevent giant sea from topping over the
bow at 6 o'clock on Friday evening. If
anybody had been in the road of the
watery monster, he probably wouldn't have
remembered much about it afterward
Fortunately nearly he passengers were
below at dinner, THE big wave wrenched
the wrought iron starboard anchor davit
off, and smashing in a few skylights,
reared along the deck hundred feet and
lost itself in the ocean.
There Was no excitement among the
passengers, as very few of them knew any
thing about the invading wave. The ship
proceeded st what was snail's pace for her
for over ten hours, making only 295 miles
for the twenty four hours ending at noon
on Saturday. But for this, her trip might
have come pretty close to her record. She
made excellent time on the two days end
ing at noon Yesterday, logging 504 miles
each day. Her best days run is 515 miles.
If she makes 504 miles every day, which
her captain hopes she will be able to do
some time in favorable weather, she may
reduce the transatlantic voyage to 5 Gays
and Is hours. The daily runs of the great
I'll
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
His Wife.

There seems to be an impression that all
Creoles have dark and swsrthy complex
ions, with hair black as the ravens wing
and eyes of ''ebon darkness" ran across
a New Orleans man uptown last night who
said that many have lily white complex
ions, golden locks and blue eyes. Contlh"
uing his remarks he said: II know one
Creole lady in particular who is as dainty.
as carnation. She is like glearn or
sunshine in murky sky; and her mind Is
as pure and sweet as her face.
''What is her name, please = was ASKED
'sShe is my wife," he rep lled.-Ne~
York Star
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

The late Mrs Polly Bruce, of Leaven-
worth, Kan, was born slave in 1894 at
Charlotte, Va, and enjoyed perfect health
until two years ago, when she was stricken
with paralysis, from which she never re-
covered. She had ten children, of whom
nine are yet living. The best known Of
them is the Hon. Blanche 4. Bruce, for
merly United States senator.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

Mr.. Clause Spreckels is now confident
Of triumph in his fight against the Sugar
Trust. His big refinery at Philadelphia
will begin work this week, and he con
templates the establishment of refinery
New Orlians with capacity of loo, 0O0
pounds day LOassiana ReOiep.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
Southern Queen Sweet Potato.

The Hayman or Southern Queen sweet
potato is a stout, chunky tuber, whitish on
the outside with deep yellow flesh. 1t can
be at once distinguished in field of other
varieties by its dark green and remarkably
vigorous foliage. The qualities which
recommend it are, said horticulturist in
Orchard and Garden: 1, its cerlivies 2,
it's capacity for growing on strong clay
lands when other sorts usually fail 8, its
remarkable keeping qualities. ANY dry,
frost proof @llar will keep them per-
fectly A, they produce with us more pota-
toes per acre, that is, more weight, than
any other sort. In our Southern markets
and in Baltimore they do not sell as well
as the Nansemond, except in spring, when
they are in better condition.
Rev. w. Fl. Cline, Phi. B., late mem
Der of the Southwest Kansas conference,
and at present presiding elder Of the Lake
Charles district, Louisiana conference, is
in the city visiting in the home of his half
brother, the editor of this paper. Bro.
Cline was sent as a delegate from the city
of Lake Charles to the recent deep water
harbor convention at Topeka, and will re-
main North long enough to attend the
meeting of the bishops in Topeka next
week, and the meeting of the general mis-
sionary committee in Kansas City the week
following. - Western Kan J Methodist.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
Expenses of Crime.

It is estimated that the expense of main
tanning the prisons in the United States
amounts to $75. 900, 900 year; but this is
only mall part of the cost entailed upon
the Az ct large by the existence of the
cEt e,..>rTh--~ of the
pof9 partments., it is calculated, costs
anos 1915, 100000. Then there are in
the United States more than 1000 courts
possessing criminal jurisdiction, to say
nothing of more than $4,000 justices of
the peace, majority of whom have linn
tied criminal urisdiction.-SGn Francisco
ArQ07a0ut.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
The Coolest Spot and Coolest D

The coolest region in the United States
is the stretch of country on the northern
bolder from the Nil ne sofa lakes to the
west line of Dakota. At Pembina, which
lies near the forty-ninth parallel, the
lowest temperature recorded in the great
storm of the winter of 1878 was &C. below
zero This is believed to be the lowest
temperature reached in the United States
Sun francisco Examiner.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

The Secretary of the State OF ONO IRE 70,
,,orts * more saloons in that State than
It had last year. That is just what al line she
Christians and temperance men there nave she
voted for these six years except those VINO
voted with the Prohibition party
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

In ST. Petersburg, Russia, movement
is on foot to secure Sabbath rest as In
England and America and 100 merchants
propose to close up on Sunday In accord
with it.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

Higher Education-"Jack," she said IN
a tender voice, q am really sorry, but our
graduating motto was, Learn to Say NO,
and this is the first chance I've had.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

The wedding of Miss Virginia Ogden
Niles, daughter of the late Samuel V.
Niles, of Washington, and Mr.. William
Thompson Harris formerly of New orleans
but now of Washington, was quiet home
affair, owing to the mourning in which the
bride and her mother have been. The
marriage was solemnized at the residence
of the brides mother, by the cousin of the
bride, Rev. Dr.. Addison, of Trinity church,
and his son, Rev. D. D. Addison, of
Beverly, Mass.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

The Prohibitionists are to give 1 Nasio ~
al banquet to Gov. and Mrs. st; Jonn ,ha AZ
the Sherman House in Chicago November
It'll.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23
Sex and Denominations.

While loading sugar on our boat on Sun
day recently at Louisiana plantation
some of the passengers strolled back to-
ward the settlement and went into church
just as couple had taken their child in
for baptism. The old colored preacher,
noticing the large crowd of white visitors,
extended them cordial welcome and
asked all to be seated; then, turning to the
couple before him, asked:
SOB what denomination am dis chilef"
''Sah?" said the young father, evidently
perplexed-by the word denomination.
Il axed yo' OBJ what denomination de
chile war;" repeated the minister, little
severely.
The parents looked at each other in evil
dent confusion for moment; then the ia
ther stammered out: Owe doesn't
know what yo' means by denomination,
sab"
huh! yo' don'tl" replied the preacher,
scornfully; "well, den, I'll simplify, it cor,
din to yo' ign'ance, so yo' can understan'
it; am de chile a boy or gal chllef'-
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-23

The report of Gen. Greedy, chief signal
officer Of tue army, to Secretary Proctor,
Of the operations Of the Signal offices for
the year ended June So 1889, has been
made public. General Greedy says: 'In
the performance of the strict military
duties which devolve upon him as the
chief signal officer of the army, he has
found himself seriously embarrassed by an
utter ok of facilities for ausing or caring
for the field telegraph trains or other
signal equipments under his charge for
the practical training snd drilling of the
officers and enlisted men of the Signal
Corps; and lastly, but to a minor extent
as compared with the foregoing conditions.
by the need of liberal appropriations It
goss without saying under such conditions
the officers and men of this service are
gradually but surely retrogradiDg as re-
CARDS their military duties. The deteri-
Grafton Of army military signaling has
steadily increased, and at the end of the
fiscal year the condition of signal instr
ton in the army is at the lowest ebb it has
ever known" He recommends, therefore,
either that instruction in the art of military
signaling be abandoned, or ample material
and moral support given the chief, so that
he may raise it to a high standard of
efficiency. Speaking of weather forecasts,
Gen. Greedy calls ats ntion to the fact THAT
under present conditions, the forecast
offices can devote barely half a minute to
all the predictions for any particular State
or district. The demand for weather fore.
casts is continually increasing, and they
are approaching in value in the estimates
of the public. The percentages of success
fuI rs tnoHa NV
Marvin, are: for weather, S4 4 ; tempera-
ture, 1913, with a general average of 81.
During the year 10,066 storm signals of all
kinds were ordered, of which $3.50 we're
wholly and "a partly justified as to velo-
city and $50 justified as to direction. On
the Pacific coast territory, in charge of
Lieut.. j. E. Maxfeld, the percentage of
successful forecasts increased from 1873
in 1887 to SO in 1888.
Mr.. Edward Otis Hinkley, of Baltimore,
secretary of the American Bar Association,
and Mr.. J. Hubley Ashton, of Washington,
delivered to President Harrison letter
prepared by distinguished committee in
behalf Of the association, setting forth the
great accumulation of the business of the
United States Supreme Court, and making
strong statement of the urgent necessity
for the enactment of some measure of re-
lief. Secretary Huxley, in presenting the
letter, told the President that the commit
tee had only one request to make of him,
namely, that he shobld call the attention
of Congress to the subject IN his forth
coming annual message. The President
answered: THAT will d." The COM
mittee that prepared the letter consists of
David Dudley Field, of New York, chair
man Henry Hitchcock, of St. Louis, pres
ident of the association VIM. L Butler,
of New York, Thos. j. Semmes, of New
Orleans, j Randolph Tucker, of Virginia,
Francis Rawle, of Philadelphia, Edward |
Otis Hinkley, of Baltimore, Walter B. Hill,
of Georgia, George B. Bates, of Delaware,
ard j. Hubley Ashton, of Washington.