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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
Southern Forests.

The New York Herald, commenting on
the destructive forest fires in Montana and
other parts of the Northwest, has word
on the great timber forests of the South
1t says:
When confagration destroys Portland
or Chicago or an earthquake fells city
like Charleston, the whole nation grows
sorrowful over the huge disaster. But
when the cracking flames eat up hundreds
of millions of feet of marketable timber in
the West we somehow feel that the trees
can be easily spared and hardly give the
subject another thought.
Cutting timber is, however, one of the
colossal interests of this country. A well
wooded tract of land is bonanza, and now
that the South enters the field with 200
varieties of wood and enough of each kind
to satisfy the demand for two or three
generations, there is cause for public re-
joicing.
These woods are adapted to every branch
of manufacture into which that material
enters. Blsck walnut, yellow poplar,
white oak, hickory, ash, live oak, juniper
yellow pine are to be found in abundance
and Eli very important place IN our di-
versifed industries. They are valuable
for furniture, ship building, hollowware,
agricultural implements, railroad ties, car
building and the thousand and one other
purposes for which special woods are
necessary.
Yellow pine is as salable as cotton or
wheat. The demand for it is always on
the increase. 1t is strong enough to bear
the heaviest weights, and is used every
where both in the construction of houses
and in the shipyards Of this there seems
to be an almost inexhaustible abundance
in the South
The cypress is made into shingles, the
black walnut and the gum tree are useful
for cabinet purposes, the cottonwood of
the Mississippi Valley is converted into q
thousand useful forms, the white oak Of
Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee :
made into slaves
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
Japan Oranges.

Prof. C. G. Georgeson, of the Imperial
College of Agriculture, at Toxic, speaking
of the oranges commonly grown in the
United States and tdose of Japan, says in
the Farmer and Fruit Groaoer:
The chef points of difference in these
two classes are that the Japan orange is
tiattened, has thin rind, which scarcely
adheres to the pulp, and that the pulp
does not fill out the center of the fruit, but
leaves quite large space round the axis,
more or less filled out with white pithy
substance. The common orange, on the
other hand, is globular, has a thick, adj
hesive rind, and is solid throughout The
Oonshiu pronounced as if written DON,
shioo) is perhaps the finest variety of the
orange in existence. 1t is par excellence
the queen of oranges in Japan, and it needs
only to be known to be appreciated in
America 1t may be described as follows
Fruit, medium to large, when of good size
weighing about one-third pound and fat
or even slightly depressed at apex and
base, and at that latter point having few
broad shallow folds. Rind very thin,
separating easily from the pulp, smooth,
with some luster, and the orange of red
dish orange in color. The pulp is divided
into eleven or twelve sections or lobes which
separate easily from each other, and which
do not meet in the center, but leave a
space partly filed with pith. Each sec
ton is enclosed in thin membrane,
which does not adhere to the pulp except
on the outer or spherical side. The pulp
Dis very juicy, seedless, sweet, but with
Efthe faintest trace of acid when fully ripe,
|. delicious, all disolving ON the tongue,
|heaving but little or no fbrous residue. All
kother varieties meet with but slow sale
Sa@hen they come in competition with fine
,5onshiu oranges. It is good keeper, re-
Tnaining in the Toxic market till the be-
ginning of April.
The fruit of the citrus japonca are here
called "kinkans," literally meaning gold
oranges. These fruits are very small, but
they make up in number what they lack
in size. The trees are small and bushy
in fact, here in Toxic they are usually
grown in pots, and attain only two to four
feet in height but in the orange belt in
Southern Japan they are small trees.
These small, pot own plants are in the
fall completely covered with fruit, which
will remain hanging on the bending
branches all winter. They are then very
effectively ornamental, with their brilliant
golden fruits set in thicket of shining,
dark green foliage. But they are useful
as well as ornamental The frnit is eaten
both out of hand and cooked, and is most
palatable when candied. The rind is the
best part. 1t is sweet, spicy and aromatic,
while the pulp, of which there is but very
little, is sour as lemon. The round
fruited one is called "Maru- Kinkan." 1t
is about the size of cherry and contains
eight or ten seeds. The long fruited
"Nagami Kinkan" is a little larger and
club shaped, being broadcast at the apex
Rind is smooth and rich in OIL The tree
is also more vigorous THAI the preceding,
but they are alike in all other points.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
Horticultural Notes.

Bruning Peach Trees-Now is good
time to prune peach trees, where but small
twigs are to be removed. 1t would not be
well to take off large limbs and thus re-
move too much leaf surface. AS soon as
the peach tree is through bearing it should
be pruned for the following season. Either
pinch or use the shears.
Budding-Budding OF most kinds of
fruits can yet go on. Watch the ties and
cut them before they enter the bark.
Borers-Borers can be looked for now
and later on. A ring of coal tar put on at
base of tree and six inches wide will pro-
tect tree from borers.
The above from the IegGs Journal of
Horticulture does not meet. our views re-
garding the use of coal tar. We think
there are other things better and not near
SO dangerous.-1Snes-D Democrat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
Japan.
AUGUST FLOODS COST 10000 LIVES.

AUGUST FLOODS COST 10000 LIVES.
Japanese papers received by the steamer
Gaelic place the total number of persons
drowned in the flood of Aug. 20 in the
city of Wakayamo and in the districts of
Minamih Muro, Higashi Muro, Nishi
Muro and Pidaka at 10000 and the num-
Der receiving relief at 90, 4A. The river
Kinokun swelled from thirteen to eighteen
feet above its normal level and the en-
hankments, and the village of Iwashsahi
was washed away. Immediately the vii
lage and about forty eight other hamlets
were covered by the raging waters.
On the morning of Aug. 10 an enormous
mass of earth fell from the mountain near
the village of Tennokoway, stopped the
course of the river of the same name, and
which, being already swollen, submerged
the village and drowned nearly all the in
habitants. A number of the villagers be-
longing to the Tujido took refuge in their
temple, which was on high ground. but
when the landslide occurred about fifty
persons were buried alive.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
The Purchase of Silver.

Secretary Window has decided that in
the purchase of silver for coinage into
standard silver dollars he will hereafter
accept the lowest offers for the amount re-
quired by law. This reverses the practice
of the department under the last admins
tration of masking counter offers, and is a
return to the practice which prevailed
prior to 1885.
The change in the practice is said to be
due to Representations by bankers and
others that the practice of making counter
offers was in effect an attempt by the gov
eminent to "bear the silver market by
forcing down the market rate. Secretary
Window, in speaking of the matter, said
that his action meant nothing more than
appeared on the surface and was not to be
understood as indicating any change in the
policy of the administration in the matter
of the coinage of silver.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
No Place Like the South.
WHAT THE HON. ELLISON s. KEITT HAS TO
SAY IN THE SOUTHERN LIVE STOCK
JOuRNAL,

WHAT THE HON. ELLISON s KE1TT HAS To
SAY IN THE SOUTHERN LIVE STOCK
JOURNAL
The cotton States of the United States OF
America are now the best part Of the earth S
surface In them we have every variety
of climate and soil, and can produce any
and every thing to satisfy the needs and
refined taste of mankind.
Ont of the II 100000 bales of cotton
| produced in one year by all peoples, these
States grow 100000 bales which, in the
raw state is worth 5000, 900, 900, and goes
into the commerce of nations and is added
n the wealth of the world. Three or
more out of every FIVE bales has to be
shipped annually, at great cost to the
producer. thousands of miles to foreign
lands to find market. ALI nations are
esper for the cotton from these States, for
when converted into fabrics it svalue is in
creased three or four fold. Sagacious men
are beginning to see the great advantage
of bringing the mills to the cotton fields
over the shipment of the cotton to the
mills hence mills are springing up all
over these States. There has been great
change in this respect during the last de-
cade, and the tide is now pouring in
What the next decade will accomplish no
one can tell.
These States have been greatly blessed
this year. Crops of all kinds have been
unprecedented. The fruit crop has been
so large it could not be given away, and
we were not prepared to save it by can
ming. The corn crop is so large there will
be surplus of breadstuffs. The only
need we will have to buy is meat, and
this we can lessen by making all we can
out of the hogs, beeves and sheep we have
with the surplus grain. 1t is earnestly
hoped all the farmers will firmly deter
mine to hold the position we have and
move on. To do so they must put in
ample acreage of small grain well pre-
pared, and increase their stock of hogs,
cattle and sheep, and, above all things,
each farmer should have at least one
brood mare
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
The Future Great Industry.
INTEREST IN RAMIE SPREADING.

While Louisiana thanks to Gen. Leon
ard Sewelrs indomitable perseverance,
fortunately finding hackers in DR.. w. G.
Ayres and Mr.. J. NJ. Gillespie) has entered
upon ramie culture on practical business
scale; and promises this year to demon
strate it's value as future staple crop of
the State experimentation is going on at
the North. The head of the famous seed
firm of D. Landreth & Sons is president of
the ''Ramie Company of America, and as
such invites The Item to:
Visit Bloomdale seed farm, Bristol, Pa,
between the dates of, September s. and IS,
to view three acre field of ramie, Boeh-
China. it is believed by manufacturers OF
textiles, will produce, when proper ma
chinery is developed, fibre crop OF more
value than cotton to the spinning ana
weaving industries of the country.
The plant can be grown anywhere IN the
cotton States, and once planted, the roots,
without replanting will produce annually
over a period of ten or twelve years, two
crops of stalks from five to ten feet long,
the inner bark of which yields upon de-
cortication, degummipg and bleaching
fibre superior to any vegetable npre ana
rival OF SILK.
We give the above to show to our land
owners how very valuable ramie fibre IS
regarded in other sections, and the GER
tainty that market can be found Tor all
that they may see proper to produce.
That the stalks can be quickly and cheaply
decorticated and degummed we feel very
hopeful of-in fact, quite confident. Capt
Johnson's experiments in Algiers have
given good results and The Item IS lus'
now printing the charter of new organl-
cation, the "Louisiana .Ungummlngl FIBRE
and Manufacturing Company, the pa'ens
processes owned by which, it is asserted
with the utmost confidence, Will remove
all obstacles to the commercial success Oh
ramie growing and marketing.
It seems reasonable to hope, therefoie'
that this wear will solve the ramle prop
lem, over which so many enterprlslng men
in New Orleans have labored tor the pas,
three decades or more. "Oskooufne
plantation will furnish the raw material
the processes alluded to will tit 1t Tor use
whereupon there seems to be no good rea-
son WIN the industry should not become
general, as all the estimates that we nave
Seen certainly indicate it's proftableness'-
~ O. City Item.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
The lie Conte Pear.

Our LIE Conte pear crop is gathered and
sold, and | now give the readers of your
valuable paper some items of interest in
regard to it.
The LIE Conte belongs to the family OF
Chinese pears, which comes from just this
latitude in China, hence it grows well in
Louisiana and all the Gulf States.
The best soil for the LIE Conte is rich
clay loan with hard subsoil On this
the trees not only grow very rapidly, but
bear young, and the fruit is of the best
flavor.
The tree will, however, grow well In any
soil that is well drained and MANFRED, this
being it's climatic home.
If well cared for, trees when four years
planted will produce some fruit, and when
five years planted will bear at least one
bushel to the tree.
Last year we gathered six bushels of
pears from tree five years planted, but it
was an exceptionally large yield. This
year being good season, our trees bore a
wonderful crop. From one tree six years
planted, we picked thirteen and half
bushels, and from very large tree nine
years planted, we gathered twenty four
and half bushels.
| speak of the above to show what can
be done in Louisiana with good trees, good
soil and good cultivation.
The quality of the pear is good, equal to
any pear that can be grown largely any
where in the United States. This Is proved
by New York market quotations this year
during the whole LIE Conte pear season.
We have sold our pears this season, as
far as possible, directly to the consumers.
Have sold to hundreds of persons, and all
have pronounced them good. 1t fact, the
better the LIE Conte pear is known the bet
ter it is liked. There is no loss in the LIE
Ccnte pears. They are good to eat fresh,
good for canning, for preserving and for
drying, make first class cider, and last,
though not least, most excellent vinegar.
IT jag Lacy, Mt. Hope Nursery, IN
Times Democrat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
The Cost of Rice Culture.

Great interest prevails in the minds Of
many Northern people concerning the cost
applied to rice culture in Calcasieu parish,
La, and to answer the many inquiries and
letters regarding this matter, will pre-
sent few remarks, which | trust may
prepare the way for fuller understand
ing of the cost of raising rice in Southwest
Louisiana.
1t is worthy of remark that some fields
can be gotten into shape and leveed much
more easily and more cheaply than others,
and while it is difficult to arrive at the cost
of preparing different fields, will confne
my remarks to the cost of preparing and
raising 100 acres of rice for the first year
The first consideration will be the total
expenses of the first year, which are item
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
Cotton Factories in the South.

The Boston Journal Of Commerce thinks
that there will be /, 2O0,0 900 cotton spindles
in the South by the end of this year. The
best estimates put the number of spindles
in the North at IL, 100000. 1t is evident,
therefore, that if the South can manufac-
ture better than anywhere else in this
country, as is claimed by the highest
authorities, there is room in its territory
for at least 10, 300 900 more spindles than
it now employs. That is to say they should
have ten factories where they now have
one. The Southwark march of the mills
has just begun. There is no use in send
ing our cotton to the North to be manu-
featured, when it can be done at home.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05

A New York correspondent says: had
the pleasure while in Paris of dining with
the delegation of American workingmen
visiting Europe. We dined on the first
floor Of the Eiffel tower, which is higher
than the top of the Washington monument
and almost as large as Union square. There
were fifty real live American workingmen.
No sham about them. They were no
mouthers. They were wise, well dressed,
intelligent, well-mannered, eating Of the
best that Paris afforded. drinking cham
payne and enjoying themselves ''like
lords" told them that when got home
I should inform their fellow workmen of
the hardships they were suffering and the
outrages they had to endure. To some
representative French workingmen who
were at the dinner, remarked, 'eThat is
the way workingmen in America always
I've" A tremendous French immigration
may be expected here next year.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05

According to advices received by the
Correspondence de Est there has recently
been an alarming outbreak of brigandage
in Macedonia. Two hundred persons are
reported to have been murdered and rob-
bed by brigands during the past two
months.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05

BY the August floods in Japan 10000
people were drowned and 20, 4A are re-
ceiving relief. Entire villages were
washed away and whole districts sub
merged.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05

Parsons, Pa, Chief Of Police Watkins,
after watching all night for faker bur-
glars, sat on the edge of the depot, and fall
ing asleep was struck by the train and
killed
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05

Alice de Wolff, school child of hicago
was kidnapped by her father and taken to
Topeka. Cause-his wife refused to live
with him where he worked.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05

Isaac Eloen, %, year-old Finn, landed
in Brooklyn from the steamer Alvo
from Costa RIGA. He was sick with yellow
fever.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05
WANTED.
1000 LIVE OAK TREES.

We want to purchase 1000 Live YAK
Trees. from 8 to feet high. Parties WHY
can furnish them in quantities OF lron NV
upwards will please write u.s. giving
prices and terms.
VINCENT & WAsEY,
Props. Lake Charles Nursery;
LAKE CHARLES, LA
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-05

1t is is stated positively that the czal
will visit Potsdam on the 9th instant
and that Prince Bismarck will come tc
Berlin
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-09-06
g SINCE LITTLE WESLEY WENT
JAMES wHIrcoNB RILEY.

Sence little Wesley went the place seems all so
strange and still
wy / miss his yell o. ''Gran' papl'' as I'd miss
the whipperwill,
And to think ust TO scold him fer his everlastin'
noise,
When l only rikollect him as the best O little
boys!
l wisht hunderd times day at he'd come
And all thu noise he ever made was twic't as
loud aginl-
1t nd seem like some soft music played on some
fine instrument,
'Longside o. this loud lonesomeness, sence little
Wesley went!
OF course the clock don't tick no louder than it
ust to do
Yit now they's time it pears like it 'u'd bust it
self in two!
And, let rooster, suddent-like, crow some'rs
clos't around
And seems eff, mighty nigh it, it nd lift me off
And same with all the cattle when they bawl
round the bars,
In the red o. airIy mornin', er the dusk and dew
and stars.
When the neighbors' boys at passes never stop,
but Jest 90 on
A-whistIin' kind o to thersev's-s little Yves
ley's gone!
And then, o'nights when mothers settin' up I'M
common late,
A-bilin pears er somepin, and set and smoke
and wait,
Tel the moon out through the winder don't look
And things keeps gittin stiller- ster-stiller all
the time,-
I've ketched myself a-wishin like-as / clumb
on the cheer
To wind the clock, as hev done for morn fifty
year
A-wishin at the time he'd come for us TO go to
bed
With our last prayers, and our last tears sence
little WeSiey'S 1eaii
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-09-06

Victoria, queen of Great Britain and en-
press of India. is the niece of William ".
who was the brother of George w., who
was the son of George Ill, who was grand
son of George H., who was the son of
George l., who was the cousin of Queen
Anne. who was the sisterin-law of Will
ial H., who was the son-in-law of James
H., who was the brother of Charles H..
who was the son of Charles l., who was
the son of James l.. who was the cousin of
Elizabeth, who was a sister of Mary, who
was the sister of Edward ~, who was
the son of Henry VIII. who was the son
Henry VII, who was the cousin OF Rich
ard H.. who was the uncle of Edward v,
who was the son of Edward w., who was
the cousin of Henry VI, who who was the
son of Henry V, who was cousin of
Richard H., who was the grandson of
Edward H., who was the son of Edward l.,
who was the son Of Henry ILL.,, who was
the son of John. who was the brother of
Richard l.. who was the son of Henry H.,
who was the cousin of Stephen, who was
the cousin Of Henry l.. who was the broth
CT of William Rufus. who was the son Of
William the Conqueror.
Thus Queen Victoria can trace her an
cestors back to about eight hundred years
ago. 1t is the oldest reigning dynasty In
the world
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-09-06
How Russians Feed.

The Russian eats on an everage once
every two hours The climate and custom
require such frequent meals, the digestion
of which is aided by frequent draughts of
vodki and tea. Vodl1i is the Russian
whisky, made from potatoes and rye 1t
is fiery and colorIess, and is generally
favored with some extract like vanilla or
orange. 1t is drunk from small cups that
hold perhaps, half gill. Vodki and tea
are the inseparable accomplishments of
friendly as well as Of business intercourse
in the country of the Car Drunken men
are rare. Russia and Sweden are the only
countries in which the double dinner is the
rule When you go to the house of Rus
sian. be he a friend or a stranger, you are
at once invited to a side table. where sailed
meats, picked eel, sailed cucumbers, and
many other spicy and appetizing viands
are urged upon you with an impressiveness
that knows no refusal. This repast is
washed down with frequent cups of vodki.
That over. and when the visitor feels as if
he had eaten enough for twel. " four hours.
the host says: And now for dinner. :"
At the dinner table the meal is served in
courses with wines grown in Crimea and
Bessararabia, where excellent red wines
are made.