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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-04

The people appreciate the
fact that our fine Custom
Ready-Made Clothing is
greatly superior to the Or
binary to-be-found-every-
where sort.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-04

Boys will wear out their
clothes. 1t can't be helped;
but, as one parent said: Its
better to pay the Clio thier
than the Doctor" Parents
know what our Children's
Clothing is. They know it's
the m ost reliable and fash
ionable Boys and Chill
dren's Clothing that can be
made, and that our prices
are always lower than the
lowest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-04
LITTLE CELEBRATIONS.
How the Fourth Will Be Observed
in Different Localities,

The ladies of st. Luke's church, cor
ner of Summit avenue and Victoria
street, Will celebrate the Fourth by
holding lawn festival in the forenoon
and evening Oh the spacious and beanti-
full grounds adjoining the church. Re-
freshments. etc., will be provided for
very large number of visitors. Among
the attractions will be the drawing for
the portrait of Archbishop Ireland, upon
which tickets were issued during the
fair recently held at the same place. An
enjoyable time is anticipated.
The following programme will be
rendered by Seibert's band at the con-
cert in Summit park this evening:
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
Ingenuity on the Farm.

To be skillful workman should be the
ambition of the farmer as well as the me-
chanic. Men of the highest attainments,
in every calling, are always in the ascend
ency. But how is it with the farmer in
generalf An idea here seems to prevail,
and with some degree of accuracy, too,
that with the farmer it is a matter of
''luck," that the successful ones are those
that are so fortunate as to inherit or marry
into good farm, or are born with the
proverbial "silver spoon in the mouth
in some other way. The reason why say
that the matter of luck seems to influence
farmers more than other men, is that they
evidently have less appreciation for the
force and utility of brains or skillful
attachments. But to look at the matter in
it's true light, we can see that the advan-
tages of science, skill, and high degree
of ingenuity is equally as potent, neces-
sary, and valuable with farmers as with
any class of men.
1t is peculiar to some men to especially
excel in one branch, while with others
their talents are of the opposite order,
inclining towards versatility of attain
ments. Among the latter class we should
look for the best farmers 1t is not suttl-
Gent that man should know how to
manage fractions horse, drive four
horse team, pillow straight furrow, or even
raise good crop of grain under favorable
circumstances, but it is equally as much
in his line, and to his credit, to be an adept
at some veterinary work, do little doc,
toring upon occasion, to pickle barrel OF
good meat, to make batch of sour kraut,
trim a fruit tree, set hen or some cab
| bage- plants, thin bed of radishes, and do
score more of useful things.
And yet think am safe in saying not
one farmer in fifty will go into garden
and properly set plant or use a hoe or
rake And it won't take long to tell where
| their mistakes are. In setting plants the
| custom is to press the dirt on top instead
of on the roots and leaving the soil loose
on top And in hoeing the invariable
practice is to hack the ground and hill
up everything instead of using shutting
| motion to loosen the soil and hill up only
| what needs it. | have had hands actu-
| ally get auarrelsome and refuse to obey
orders when l would tell them to "not
bill up those plants" To be ''jack-of-
| all-trades" is sometimes not creditable
but with farmer he needs to be q jack-of
many trades, and the better the jack the
more credit. - Correspondence German
tom Telegraph.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
A Practical Paragraph.

In his excellent address before the late
meeting of the Wisconsin Dairyman's AS
ISOLATION, Hiram Smith givs us clear
view of the solid principles which he tied
TO years ago, and which have brought him
such results. We will quote one of them
'sThe successful dairyman must have rich
land, and which should constantly grow
richer. This can be and is obtained most
cheaplv by feeding literally to his cows
heterogeneous feed mixed with the cheaper
productions of the farm. The odor of the
stables should be absorbed daily by the
use of land plaster, dry muck OR dust from
the road, and all the manure taken from
the stable daily and spread upon the land"
How many of our readers really believe
and practice the foregoing sound princi-
Plies? What does he mean by feeding
literally of heterogeneous feed?' Simply
this: Sell part of your corn and buy bran,
oil meal or cotton seed meal, or grow peas,
so as to balance up your daily ration.
Learn that there is principle involved.
Dairy feeding is not mere luck. 1t means
sense and understanding, the same as feed
ing a threshing machine. You must not
do such work with your eyes shut. When
he tells you to use land plaster in your
stables to absorb the ammonia, and be-
sides, to spread that manure every day as
fast as made, he is telling you something
that has made him rich.-Hoard's Dairy
3n1n
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
A Right Start.

A young man was recently graduated
from scientific school. His home had
been a religious one. He was q member
of Christian church, and had pious pa
rents, brothers and sisters. His family
was one in Christ.
On graduating he determined upon
Western life among the mines. Full of
courage and hope, he started on his long
Journey to strike out for himself in new
world.
The home prayers followed him. AS
he went he fell in company with older
men. They liked him for his frank man
ners and his manly independence. AS
they journeyed together they stopped for
a Sabbath in border town. On the morn
ing of the Sabbath one of his fellow. trav
elers said to him, ''Come, let us be off for
drive and the sights"
"No," said the young man. 81 am going
to church. 1 have been brought up to
keep the Sabbath, and l have promised
nv mother to keep on in that way"
His road acquaintance looked at him for
moment, and then, slapping him on the
'>oulder, said, "Right, my boy; l began
in that way 1 wish had kept on. Young
man, ,ou will do. Stick to your bringing
up and your mothers words and you will
win."
The boy went to church. all honor to
him in that far away place, and among
such men. His companions had their
drive, but the boy gained their confidence
and won their respect by this manly avowal
of sacred obligations. Already success is
smiling upon the young man. There is
no lack of places for him.-Se5ected.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
Henry Clay and the Tough.

Henry Clay once invaded the blue grass
region of Tennessee to make speech.
When he arrived at his destination, a
tough looking specimen, evidently in the
last stages of whiskeyism, stepped from
the throng, slapped the great orator on
the back, and said:
"Howdy, Mr.. Clay!"
The great man shook his head, and re-
piled, s'Be kind enough to turn your head
that may see your profile"
The man averted his face while the
Pickering torchlights enabled the observer
to study him closely for several seconds,
"Twenty years ago." said Mr.. Clay,
"you had not begun to grow that long
beard and was smooth faced-eh?'
"That's right"
s'You were not then a cyclops, but had
two whole eyes-ehw
.'That's right, l reckon d.. d.
'sAhl Then you sat on jury before
which pleaded case, and your name is
-. Am not right"
81 reckon you are; suah."
eyes, yes; remember you perfectly,
and" continued Mr.. Clay, ''you had one
other characteristic, which now recall
you were then a gentleman. "-Neao York
Herald
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
Hardness of Orange Blossoms.

We have often noticed the extreme
hardness of orange blossoms and the fact
of their escaping the ravages of frost
when the entire peach crop was killed.
This fact has also been discovered by
fruit growers in Florida.
One of the most prominent, Mr.. >. Pow
ers, of Bradford county, writes to the
Country Gentleman as follows:
1t may or may not be known to your
readers that the orange fruit buds are not
formed in the fall no indication of them
whatever can be seen until January or
February, when they begin to push out.
generally from the last years wood, but
frequently on old, vigorous trees, from
wood of two or three years growth. Jan.
80 | noticed buds for the first time some
of them were already pushed out on stems
an inch long. On that day my thermo-
meter indicated 570; there had been cold
northwest wind for several days.
Ali peach buds that were opened were
killed; very few terminal orange buds
on the extreme tips of limbs on the north
west sides of the trees were blackened
little on the outside, and an occasional one
killed. {They were not yet opened, being
only whitish-green pellets, about twice as
large as pin heads, and their stems about
as thick as pin.) Feb. and the mer-
curry stoud at go both mornings. and made
nearly a complete finish of the Peento and
other early peach blossoms, there being
very few blossoms yet to open. But the
oranges still kept closed, and were unhurt.
All through February and March the
weather was miserably raw and cloudy,
with the exception of about a week in the
middle of February. For-eight days end
ing Feb. 81 there was steady northeast
wind from the Atlantic, cloudy and cold.
But this saved the Honey family of
peaches, which are the second in earliness,
blooming intermediate between the Peento
family and the natives. It also saved the
pear blossoms, measurably. All this time
the orange blossoms sensibly lay low. We
grew weary of waiting to see them open,
and it was not until March ID that, after
so long waiting and watching, we discov-
cred the first open blossom. 1t was five
weeks before the last one opened, SO ex-
tremely deliberate is the orange in its
| movements. The native Floridians say
| and it begins to look as if they were right
that the orange is about the hardest
| fruit blossom we have. The reason seems
to be that it is so leisurely in opening. A
| grower who has been here twenty years
| tells me he has never known orange bios
| SONS to be hurt by frost to amout to any
| thing. Cold Injuries The trees by killing
the wood, and that chiefly in a cold nortf
wind. 1t gave me much pleasure to SET
blossoms this spring land there are now
oranges as large as hickory nuts), on two
trees which lost their entire tops down t.
| within four feet of the ground. in th'
great freeze of 1885,. think that they
would have bloomed before this, only they
grew with such extraordinary rankness il
reproducing their tops. ~. ~ "a
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
ADuty on Imported Oranges.

At the late meeting of the California
State Fruit Convention, Mr.. George Rice,
editor of the Ruraz Californian, intro
duced the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, we consider that our brother
cultivators of the soil and all our fellow
citizens in all the States do not desire the
fruit and vegetable growers of the United
States to be less protected than other avo-
cations, therefore be it
Resolued, That it is the sense of this con-
vention that Florida, and California should
be placed on an equality with Italy and
and other citrus growing countries as near
as can be, and that from Nov. 10 of each
year to June Is of each year the import
duty on oranges and lemons be 81 per box.
and for other months of the year it be fifty
cents per box.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
Tomatoes Tested.

n Attic Agricultural College, Michigan,
14S varieties of tomatoes have been tested.
"a large number of the So called varieties
have been found synonymous, or SO nearly
alike they could not be readily distin-
sguished = still the result of the work
greatly simplifes the work of the gar
dener, who, when selecting, need only con-
slider the groups and not the sub varieties,
which differ little from each other. For
picking and preserving, the varieties
known as the cherry, the pear and the
plum tomatoes are commended. For ordl-
nary cooking and table use, the apple
shaped varieties are the best, as Advance
or Hathaway's Excelsior fer early, and al
most any in the. group of Cardinal, Para
gon or Perfection groups for main crop
Of these latter, the Ignotum, of the Para
gon group. is especially commended In the
following terms: Among the older va
rieties the Ignotum deserves special
mention. This tomato was obtained as
sport from Eiformige D0Wer. This year
(1SSSl it exhibited some tendency to re-
vert, but it furnished us the largest and
finest fruits we had. They were thick,
solid and quite smooth. One of the earliest
to ripen, its plants remained vigorous
throughout the season, Notwithstanding
the dry weather, and still held a number
| OF. green fruits when killed by the frost.
The variety was tested by quite number
Of specialists, and without. exception they
spoke favorably of it. Prof. E. 8. Golf, OF
/ the New York Experimental Station,
| writes: "Although the fruits were not
very uniform, some were as fine gas any.
thing in the shape of tomato have evel
seen; of good size, remarkably solid and
perfectly smooth. With few seasons
selections it will doubtless be unsurpassed
/ The Mikado is described as quite early
and averaging the largest Of any tomato
grown the thin skin of the Acme makes
| It tender for distant shipment.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
THE BABY AND THE SOLDIERS.

Rough and ready the troopers ride,
Great bearded men with swords by side;
They had ridden long, they had ridden naro'
They are travel stained and battle SCARED;
The hard ground shakes with their martial
tramp
And coarse is the laugh of the men In camp
h ey reached the spot where the mother STANDS
With the baby clapping its little hands,
Laughing aloud at the gallant sight
of the mounted men fresh from the fight,
The captain laughs out, iii give you this,
A handful of gold, your baby to kiss
Smiles the mother, "a kiss can't be sold,
But gladly he'll kiss soldier bold
He lifts the baby with manly grace
And covers with kisses its smiling face,
Its rosy cheeks and it's dimpled charms,
And it crows with delightin the soldiers arms.
Not for the captain" the soldiers call;
THE baby, we know, has one for all"
To the soldiers breasts the baby is pressed
By the strong, rough men, and by turns caressed
And louder it laughs, the mother fair
Smiles with mute JOY as the kisses they share.
lust such kiss" cries one trooper grim,
when left my boy gave to him -
And Just such kiss on the parting day
I gave to my girl as asleep she lay
Such were the words of the soldiers brave,
And their ewes were moist as the kiss they gave
Boston Transcript
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
THE TWO MOTHERS.
A heather mother held her babe.
She loved with a mothers love:

heather mother held her babe.
She loved with a mothers love:
The law of God was In her heart,
Though she knew not the Father above.
And to her mind the question came,
where, where Will my baby be
When its eyes are closed and its hands are stilled
And it rests meath the Bua-bua tree?"*
A Christian mother smiled ON her babe,
AS she knelt in earnest prayer,
And besought in words of trustful love
The Fathers guiding care
let him-my boy-be led by Thee,
To herald the words of truth
To those who in darkness beyond the sea
Crepe ever in age and youth.
The babes grew up-one a warrior bold,
Flinging his dart and spear,
The other the bearer of precious truths,
To the regions far and near.
Called from above by the God of Love
To the lands beyond the sea,
He met the chieftan fierce and bold,
And the two sat under the tree.
He told the man of the dart and spear,
Of Christ, who died to'save
And as he listened, the pearly tear
Found the eye of the Afric brave.
His heart was touched. and the God of Love
Sealed him His meath the Bua-bua tree,
And the mother learned with grateful heart
Where the soul of her boy would be,
When his eyes were closed and his hands were
stilled,
And he slept meath the Bua-bua tree.
IS, r. r.
GAN edible frr1t tree with nalmated leaves.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
A Remarkable Blackberry.

A correspondent to the Florida Times
Union writes as follows:
Permit me through your valuable paper
to call attention of the fruit growers to
this new variety of blackberry or German
brombeere. While visiting the fine or
chard and grove of Mr.. Conrad Wellman,
of this place, he called my attention to this
new variety of blackberry. ! became in
terested from the fact that I had never
seen anything of the kind belonging to
the blackberry family that could be com
pared to it.
AS shrub it is beautiful. When we
come to its bearing quality, it puts far into
the background anything | ever saw in
the fruit line. From . single stalk could
be gathered from two to six quarts in q
season. The fruit is exceedingly fine. The
flavor is most delicious, none of the bite,
acrid flavor SO common to the ordinary
blackberries,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
PAPER from Sugar Cane

1t has been known for long time that
the stalk of the sugar cane can be used for
making paper of the best quality. 1t is all
the more surprising that nowadays, with
over production in the sugar market,
which reduces the value of the article,
and with the simultaneously increasing
demand for paper, it has occurred to no
one to carry out the idea of practically
working this industry, which holds out
the prospect of increasing profit to the
owners of sugar plantations. The fbres
of the sugar cane supply paper of superior
quality, and the necessary mechanical and
chemical processes can be easily carried
out. 1t is stated that at New Orleans
dozen samples of bleached paper of fine
quality produced from sugar cane are be-
ing exhibited. Our contemporary points
out that it would be worth while introdu-
cling the industry in countries where the
sugar cane is grown.-ReUue Scienti5tque.
Part of it should be warmed SO that the
temperature of the whole, when in the
tub shall be raised to 49, Fahrenheit. The,
renet, thoroughly cleansed and prepared,
should be then added, enough being used
to produce curdling in about forty minutes.
AS soon as the curd will break smoothly,
it should be cut with curd knives into
SQUARES and then allowed to stand until all
the whey runs off Part of this whey is
then heated, the mass of curd is lifted and
| broken into minute pieces, and warm whey
is added until the temperature OF the
| whole is raised to 9S' Fahrenheit. When
cool this operation is repeated until the
curd becomes crumbly, easily falling to
pieces when pressed in the hand. The
| whey is then all drained off, and the curd
put into the cooler and cut up with curd
knives when the temperature has fallen
somewhat it is turned over and left until
it assumes faky condition. When nearly
dry, salt is added in the proportion of four
pounds of curd, and the whole is mixed
thoroughly with curd mill. It is then
put into the bsndage inside of the hoop
and is put on the press. After remaining
there from two to four hours, it should be
taken out and turned. The next day it
may be taken from the press and put on a
i shelf to cure.s2 While curing it should be
watched closely to keep all flies from it,
1 should be rubbed over daily with warm
melted butter, and daily turned. 1t is tit
for use from SIX to eight weeks after it. is
dressed F1rDeer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
WHERE is THE STAMP !?
I spied in a paper one day,

I spied In a paper one day.
While languidly looking for news.
A sentence that filled me with ioy:
We pay for whatever we use.
And sitting me down az my desk.
/ wrote. with q throb and thrill.
A poem of length and of strength,
All rhymed with unusual skill.
A letter neatly composed,
Because was anxious to say
That would be wholly content
With what they We're willing to paw:
With care inclosed my address
And stamp Ito insure reply;
The stamp was palpable green,
And SO, I'll acknowledge, was |.
Twas long, long ago-but, alas,
No recompense yet hath appeared,
Nor has my effusion, in print,
The vision that longs for it cheered.
But not these misfortunes alone
Have served my ambition to damp;
The question that troubles me most
ls-What did they do with the stamp?
Mrs. George Arcti6akd
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
Something to Do on a DUH Day.

s.Let us make little sunshine = said
Uncle Jack.
make Sunshine |" said Jennie. why,
how you do talk r smiling through her
tears. '.You haven't got sunshine fac
tory, have you p
ssWell, Pm going to start one right of,
if you'll be my partner" renlied Uncle
Jack.
.sNow let me give you the rules for
making sunshine. First, don't think of
what might have been if the day had been
better. Second, see how many pleasant
things there are left to enjoy. And, lastly,
do all you can to make other people happy"
-ChristSGR Intelligence.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
Card Playing.

We give the following excellent article
on card playing, from the Hebre'o Stan
dard, published in New York:
Mr.. Abrams recently delivered very
able lecture on the history of the practice
of card play ing and games of chance among
Hebrews, and the severity with which 1t
is treated by the Rabbits and leading men.
There were several days in the year set
aside as ''days of recreation" on which
games of chance were tolerated, and for
bidding them on all other days, on the
pain of communication. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that we have no longer an author
ity, which is respected as such, that could
put stop to the practice in our days.
The habit of spending the hours of leisure
in card playing has become SO general that
the best interests of society suffer thereby
the education of the children is neglected.
all higher aspirations and ideals are set
aside, and the rest which the hours OF
leisure should afford the mind is lost in
the excitement of the game, and call for
greater expenditure of nerve force than
the efforts made in daily occupation. 1t
is, in fact, this very excitement, this ten
sion of the nerves, which constitutes the
great attraction of the card table. Its in
toxicating power is as great and as seduc-
tive as the temptation of alcoholic bever-
ages, and as irresistible as the appetite for
narcotics if once INDUCED in. The game,
at first social pastime, becomes passion,
and proceeding from step to step, often
tends to the ruin of whole families. The
card table is with too many the only at
tractive feature of the club; the intellec-
tual and social advantages are simply
| pretentioDs, and convenient cloak for the
vice of gambling which they cover. The
habit of playing banishes literature, the
| fine arts and the refinement of an intellec-
tual life from the home and degrades the
family circle to simple business arrange.
ment. The children as they grow up see
their fathers and too often their mothers
spend their evenings at the card table
Why should they not follow their exam
ple3 Card playing as it is practiced now
/ is the enemy of morality, of refinement
/ and culture, and has substituted I
glittering external polish for knowledge
and culture, and is the basis of many o
the vices with which the Jews are charged
/ and too often not without cause. If thu
Rabbis of the present day would posses
the courage, independence and the relig
ious spirit of the Rabbis Of old they woult
castigate this vice as it deserves; the,
would lay bare the sore and expose 1t t
the public gaze. They would rende
thereby some substantial service to tn
cause Of religion which they are calle
upon to serve, certainly more than by sel
mons and lectures which are tissue Q
finely spun generalities and vapory moth
ings, which entertain, but neither instruc
nor improve. If the prejudice agains
Jewish society is to disappear, the socis
tone must be improved, the vices cast on
true refinement and genuine culture mu'
be difsused. Then, and only then, can "
hope that the prejudice will disappear an
true social equality be accorded.