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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29
Interested Listeners.

An American lady who travelled alone
through Europe, conversant with no Ian
guage but her mother tongue, was asked
on her return. did you really spend four
teen months in all sorts of foreign places
and speak nothing but English p "Yes, "
was the reply, ''but would never do it
again"
A traveller in Morocco gives, in "The
Land of an African Sultan" the following
account of a little occurrence which took
place in the Sok, or principal street of
Tangiers, and which goes to corroborate
the evident opinion of the American
tourist that it is serious disadvantage
not to be a linguist.
A well disposed elderly gentlemen was
visiting Tangiers some years ago, before
the country was opened as it is now. He,
of course, went to the Sok and was over
come at the ignorance. and bigotry of its
inhabitants. On returning to his hotel
he engaged guide, to whom he told his
purpose of preaching sermon there.
The guide. who knew the danger of
such proceeding kept his own counsel,
but pointed out the risk which he himself
should run in Interpreting the discourse.
He demanded proportionately large
sum of money in payment, and this the
benevolently inclined gentlemen at once
promised him.
Arrived in the Sok, the preacher
mounted an empty case and began his
sermon, and great was his delight to see
the crowd gather quickly abont him as
the guide interpreted his tervent sentences
Larger grew the crowd, sand no one
uttered word in breathless silence they
listened to the end and then departed,
followed by the old gentleman.
Not many weeks later a leading
English paper published long article on
the missionary question in Morocco, aud
described the patience with which this
crowd listened to sermon on the Chris
tian religion.
But the kindly old gentleman who
preached that sermon, and afterwards
wrote the newspaper article, never knew
that what the interpreter really delivered
to these delighted Moors was a story
from the Arabian Nights Youths Conn.,
2oGnS0n.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29
The Crops.
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.

STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRIcULTURE.
The statistical report of the department
of agriculture for March relates to the dis
tribution and consumption OF corn and
wheat. It makes the proportion of the
corn crop In the hands Of the growers 40. g
per cent, or 970, 600, 900, and Of the wheat
crop 81. 81 per cent, or 156 ,0O0, 900 bushels.
The stock Of corn on hand is the largest
ever reported in March, of the largest
crop, after the mi. dest winter. The aver
age of eight annual returns is 677, 900. 600
bushels, that Of last year 7S7, COG, 600
bushels.
The estimated consumption to March
is /, las, 000, 600 bushels, q figure exceeded
only last year and In 1885. The propor-
ton of merchantable corn Of the crop Of
1889 is 85.7 per cent, exceeded in recent
years only BY those Of 1885 and 1885. The
average value Of all corn on the LIST of De-.
cembar was rs 3 per bushel. The average
on the LIST OF March was 27.9 cents for
understandable and 19 2 for understandable.
making an aggregate Of value $34, 900, 900
less than the December estimate.
The wheat crop of 1889 was exceeded BY
the crops OF 1880, 1882 and 1854. The
average remainder In the hands Of grow
ers on the LIST Of March for tan years past
has been $50, 600, 600 bushels. The aver
age crop during this period was 450, COX, 100
bushels. Only II years having product
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29

much below this average has the March
remainder fallen below $50, 900, 900, with
the single exception of 1885, when crop
of 457 ,000, 900 bushels followed one of 357.
Most of the wheat in farmers hands is
in States who have no surplus over con-
sumption or in those in which much the
larger portion is consumed at home. The
six spring wheat States have only 40, 600, :
coo bushels, $4,000, 900 of which will be
required for spring seed and the remain
der is scarcely more than four months
consumption of their population. Ohio.
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and
Kansas. the only winter wheat States east
of the Rocky Mountains contributing to
commercial distribution, have only 60, 000,
900 bushels, half of which will be needed
at home; part of the remainder is COM
mercially unavailable at present prices.
1t is seen, therefore, that the available
supply for expectation and for home dis.
tribution to July is small. The depleted
farm reserves have been measurably filled,
except in few States, but it will require
the pressure of high prices to squeeze any
considerable proportion of them into COM
mercial distribution.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29
Farm Investments and Profits oil
Different States.

Official reports, prepared by those who
should not be chargeable with personal
interests or bias, may be accepted as the
best testimony in case at issue; there
fore we condense what the Census Re-
ports" have to say respecting the average
value of agricultural products, per acre,
in the different States, and the per cent
the products are to the value OF the farms
on which grown. The government off
Gals being hostile to the politics of the
Gulf States, would be quite likely to err
against the interests of the South, that
her industries might be crippled and her
future beclouded; yet the figures before
us coincide with the natural conditions of
climate favorable to its greater agricul-
tural success
Let the citizens of the older Eastern
States, looking for new homes, weigh the
meaning of the following figures, in the
comparison of Mississippi and Louisiana
with any of the Western States.
Value of farm products, per acre, in
dollars, and it's per cent of the value of the
farms:
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29
1t is found that this belle has abdicated
There is no formal announcement of the

it is found that this belle has abdicated
There is no formal announcement of the
fact but SO it is.
She goes seldom to parties. She ceases
to act in theatricals or pose in tableaux !;
she manages instead for those who do.
At church fairs she is found no longer as
flower girl, or peasant waitress, or gypsy
fortune teller in coins and gay scarfs in
stead she smiles at you across the apron
table, or shares the distracting labors OF
the supper committee, or is placed in
charge of the children's march.
AS sweet, serene and gay as ever, she
shares the enjoyment of every festal occa-
sion, and adds to it's charm. But people
come to her now with compliments, not
Tor herself, but for her sister next in age,
just budding into womanly beauty; or
for the little brother, who played the
page so well or for the younger sister,
who was so quaint and graceful in the
minuet. She fushes with pride and
pleasure as such pleasant things are said
to her
She is yet more pleased when gracious
word is spoken concerning the other sis
ter, the shy and awkward one, not blessed
with the family beauty, and takes pains
herself to mention, when the rest are
praised, how sweet tempered that one is,
and how helpful at home. What she her.
self is at home only the tired housewife
whose burdens she lifts and the little flock
to whom she is second mother will ever
know.
One cannot be belle for whole life.
The time comes when, if a girl would not
be pushed down, she must step down, I'M
less indeed she will step up instead. That
is always possible to do, and she who does
it loses nothing and gains much. Even
her beauty often does not vanish, but
merely changes in kind.
People may not say so often, Glow
pretty she looks p but they will be more
than ever likely to say, Chow lovely she
is p Youths ComaZanion.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29

In addition to the ab,ve figures, show
ing the actual as well as the relative
value of produc cts, it is pertinent to men
tion that the relative investments in farm
implements and machinery, as greatly
favor large profits in these Gulf States !;
also that the cost of fertilizers and ex-
penses incident to prof. racted winters are
much greater in the Lake than in the
Gulf States.
While the foregoing facts, with num-
erous others, demonstrate the superior
agricultural attractions of this climate
over the more northerly, how much
greater still would be the balance in our
favor, we're farmers to adopt the methods
of thorough tillage, diversitying crops,
and farm economy necessarily resorted to
in the Northern States. The natural
conditions render agriculture. stock rails
ing and manufacturing doubly more
in the Gulf than in the
Lake States.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29
Weather-Crop Bulletin

OF the Louisiana Weather Service, in CO.
operation with the United States Signal
Service, for the week ending Saturday,
March Is, 1890:
The season from January to March l
was noted for it's high temperatures in
Louisiana, the excess averaging ten de-
grees daily in the northern section, and
nine degrees in the southern section. The
rainfall for the same period averaged a
deficiency of slightly over fourth of an
inch in North Louisiana and nearly five
inches in South Louisiana Since March 1
there has been an average deficiency of
about seven degrees in the daily tempera-
ture of North Louisiana and five degrees
in South Louisiana. The week ending on
the It'll was particularly cold, the temper
allure during the past week being nearly
normal in South Louisiana, and deficient
by but about 2 or degrees in the northern
section. The rainfall since March has
exceeded the usual amount falling in that
time by about one and half inches in
Northern and Central Louisiana, and has
been deficient by about like amount in
Southeast Louisiana.
Heavy rains have fallen and excessive
cloudiness prevailed during the past week
in all sections of the State except in the
southeast portion the several weekly rain
falls reported by the observers being as
follows: Shreveport 1888, Monroe 4.43,
Delhi 90, Girard 4.43. Vicksburg 8 Is,
Coushatta 26 on the nth, Natchitoches
sci, Alexandra 10, Marksville 5 40,
Melville 4 90, Grand Coteau 224, Shell
Beach 285, Abbeville 100, Jeanerette
1888, Thibodaux 1.43, Houma 0 SO, Emile
1.40. Plaquemine 1926, Amite So, Ham
mond 81, Vaudeville 35, and New Or
leans 0 90.
With these great rainfalls in North and
Central Louisiana, the soil is naturally too
wet for corn planting, and this work will
be retarded to some extent. Some corn
had been planted and was up prior to
March /, but the cold wave of the 1st to
Sd killed it as we'll as all other vegetation.
This cold wave gave temperatures as low
as 90 in North Louisiana, "a in Central
Louisiana and 81 in South Louisiana.
The effects of the cold wave of LIST to Sd
in South Louisiana were to seriously dam
age or kill vegetation generally. Fruit
and gardens suffered the greatest disaster,
but sugar cane proves not to have been in
iured as greatly as was feared, and prom
ises well again. The spring plant is re-
ported as coming up nicely and the stubble
and fall plant will do well with warm,
sunshiny weather after the copious rains
of past week.
Present indications are for cool, sun
shiny weather for to day and tomorrow,
with rising temperature thereafter.
Favorable temperature conditions during
the past week were accompanied by un-
favorable features in the shape of an ex-
cessive rainfall and clouded sky that
Melted barely fifteen per cent of sunshine
for the week.
The Mississippi river will continue at
very high stage for the entire coming
week. 3. E. KERKAM,
Signal Corps Director.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29
Woman's Opportunity.

Most of all farmers wives and their
daughters have "patches" of their own,
and they almost invariably put the same
in cotton. To those who will try it,
would give more profitable and easier
crop to raise.
One acre is the common pa CHI" for
women. Instead of planting in cotton and
getting twenty-five or thirty dollars, lay it
off in four squares with good walks, and
plant as follows:
One square In sage.
One square in catnip.
One square in red pepper.
One square in rhubarb.
You will find ready sale for sage and
pepper at the butchers stalls. Sau-
sage makers of Atlanta would buy
thousands of pounds of these two, where
as they now send to foreign markets for
the same.
The druggists will buy all the rhu-
barb and catnip you will produce and
glad to get it, besides they will bid
against the sausage makers for the pepper
and sage.
Many good women could increase the
profits of the little "patch" allotted them,
by letting alone cotton, and turning their
attention to other things.
Tomato catsup, for instance, is always
in demand at the hotels and restaurants
One square devoted to the raising of toma-
toes and then manufacturing it into good
catsup would bring more money than an
acre of cotton.
Make apple vinegar and bottle it with
the pepper you raise from one square and
Won would have a small fortune of spend
ing money for one who has always de-
pended upon cotton.
These are not impracticable things.
Catsup can be made in common wash
pot. Every farmers wife can make her
own vinegar, add the pepper, bottle it up,
and drive to the market, and you will find
buyers for all you can make. Try it
Southern FGrm.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29
Provoke Not.

How do parents provoke their children
By unreasonable commands, by perpetual
restriction, by capricious jerks at the bri-
die, alternating with as capricious drop
ping of the reins altogether, by not gov
erning their own tempers, by shrill and
stern tones where quiet, soft ones would
do, by frequent checks and rebukes, and
sparing praise. And what is sure to fol-
fow such mistreatment by father or
mother7 Bursts of temper, for which the
child is punished and the parent is guilty,
and then spiritless lislessness and apathy
81 cannot please him whatever do, " leads
to ranking sense Of injustice, and then
to recklessness-''it is useless to try any
more" And when child or man loses
heart, there will be no more obedience.
Many parent, especially father, drives
his child to evil by keeping him at dis
lance. He should make his boy COM
panion and playmate, teach him to think
of his father as his confidant, try to keep
his child nearer to himself than to any
body else, and then his authority will be
absolute, his opinion an oracle. and his
hghtest wish law.-Dr. Alerander Mac
l9ren.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29
Two Society Queens.

ONE ATTEMPTS TO RULE BEYOND HER
TIME, WHILE THE OTHER GRACEFULLY
ABDICATEs.
Two of the pnttiest girls in town
where pretty girls are by no means rare
have ntly pass ID the point beyond
which they cannot with propriety be
spoken of Us girls" Both of them once
possessed unusual beauty; both were con-
sidered, though in widely different ways,
attractive. They were spoken of as
s'belles" in the. circles in which they
moved
One of them, who with little touching
up of she cheeks and eyebrows and the
assistance of skilful dressmaker, is yet
handsome, still considers herself belle"
and makes her desire for admiration and
social supremacy uncomfortably evident.
She is unmerciful in her criticism of the
younger girls who are just entering her
set; she likes to snub and discomfort them;
she speaks of them as 'tchits" and school,
girls. She has no feminine friends, and
as her old admirers marry. or desert her,
she finds her native place growing more
and more dull, and finally gets out of it as
often as possible.
Every summer, with many huge trunks
filed with gorgeous clothes, she goes to a
large hotel at some gay resort and spends
the season in showing off Some people
laugh at her, but there are some who
admire, and she will be able, doubt
less, to play at being belle few years
longer.
The other belle belongs to family rich
in children, beauty, health and good tenn
per. Her dresses have never been costly
nor especially elegant, but no one ever
stopped to think what she had on, She is
still pretty, without touching up, but the
first fresh bloom of her beauty has de-
parted, and people are beginning to lament
that she does not marry.
Not that they make i'll natured remarks
on the subject, but they say she is not the
kind of a person who ought to be IAN old
maid"
She is so capable, so domestic, SO sweet
tempered, SO fitted to be wife and mother,
that she ought certainly to be the mistress
of home.
1t is rumored, moreover, that she has
had great many offers and it is known
though mot through her telling them, that
she has had several. To be sure, in talk
ing over her suitors the gossips agree that
they were nice enough young men, but
none of them half good enough for her.
1t seems to be on general principles only
that they wished she had married.
Meanwhile, before any one realizes what
she is doing, or that she means to do it,
still less to think it Is time for her to do it,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29

Cotton is now mixed with silk, with
linen, with wool and with every other raw
material which is put into cloth. The
Southern planters are about the only class
of producers In this country who are not
exposed to whitening and crippling COM
petition from outside sources They have
royal gift in the possession of this plant,
and evidences are increasing that they be-
gin to appreciate the fact and to act ac-
cordinglY. chicago journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29

The future glory of our country to
great extent depends upon putting good
men in Office, who will be above money in
fuence and will take stand for the right
and against wrong, and will not swerye
from the performance OF the duties to
which they have been called. Oh. for
more such mem in office.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29

Walking with God is q scripture phrase.
Y IS an expression Of intimacy. Two can
not walk together very well except thew
be agreed. If ron walk with God YOU
have had your whole nature changed
You NO longer hate God, but love God and
what GOD loves.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29

A gentleman rode up to public house
and asked: 'Who is master of this
house2" 81 am" replied the landlord;
my wife has been dead about three
weeks"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29

Why is screw IN tight likea screw in.
oosef Because it Is in-secure.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-29

Lindeke, Ladd g. Brust, retailers Of dry
goods 1T St. Paul have failed for &8O, 900.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-03-12
SHIPPING NOTES.

The Hunter and other whaling halks
were cruising off port this afternoon.
The American ship Mystic Bell has
been sold in Boston and will be cut
down to Il coal barge. She whs out here
2 years ago from New York consigned
to castle IL Cooke.
The American tern Alcaldc. Captain
Smith, will sail Tomorrow i'm ballast
for Port Townsend to load lumber again
for this port.
The Haw iron bark Andrew Wclch.
Capt w ii Marston, sailed this after
noon for San Francisco with 26,l2l bags
sugar weighing $3.50 $50 pounds, and
valued at sli9,423.l3. The cargo was
shipped as follows: q Brewer Il Co,
1891 bags sugar; Castle & Cooke, p
OBS; Theo II Davies Il Co, 3,257: and
ia Schaefer q Co, 1905.
The Am blk Enoch Talbot, capt VIM
Rlioades, was towed into port yesterday
afternoon by the stmr Iwalani. She
was 3G days from Port Townsend with
the following cargo consigned to Mcssrs
Allen d Robinson: SlO,3lG fit lumber,
40 stepping, $3.50 pickets, and 2OO,-
900 cedar shingles. The Enoch Talbot
is locked ut Allen Il Rob.nsoD's wharf
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-03-12
BEE HIVE H0kEYCOMBED.
Till Tapped. Treasure Taken--Bet-
ties Bnrstcd

The Bee Hive Saloon on Nuuanu
street was entered last night by
burglars. On the left side of the
building there is a closed entrance
to an alley. At right angle to
this alley there is rectangular yard
at the back. This yard contains a
long shed in the corner where the
alley meets it. The remainder Of
the space is separated from the all
joining premises by corrugated
iron fence. Beyond doubt the rob-
bers climbed this fence near the
shed,as muddy traces of feet abound
in profusion. They tried both rear
doors and then endeavored to pry
up q window on the alley side. A
piece of broken file records the fu-
tility of this attempt. The midnight
marauders then knocked out pane
of glass but had their trouble for
their pains as the window spring
proved to be on the opposite side.
The proper pane was then Knocked
out, the sash raised and the crib
crackers ushered themselves into
the room.
Wasting no time they proceeded
at once to business. Opening the
till they appropriated two dollars.
There was box IN the back part of
the drawer containing untold wealth
which escaped their observation.
Lighting a candle and lamp, they
proceeded to console themselves for
their oversight, by sampling seven
or eight bottles Of liquor. This
pastime was of such satisfactory
nature that they improvised an cX-
tempore table out of box and went
into hasty consumption. Four empty
beer bottles tell the sad disappear
ance of its contents. One bottle
each of beer and sour mash shows
that the intruders were no hogs
After the diversion of jerking of
one of the front door locks they adj
| iourned sine die through the window
by which they had entered, leaving
very faithful impressions of theil
feet on q bundle of Manila paper
This narrative is due to the traces
left by the till tappers themselves.
1t only needs description of thcil
personal characteristics to make the
thing complete.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-03-12
r. M. S. ALAMEDA.

The Il. M. S. Alameda of the
Oceanic line entered port about half
past one o'clock Saturday afternoon,
after lying off and on for twenty
four hours.
Purser Sutton furnished the fol-
lowing memoranda discharged sgd
ney pilot Feb. 10Th, at $40 p. m. y,
received Auckland pilot Feb. Odd,
at G :O9 p. m. discharged Auckland
pilot Feb. oath, at 3:4j p. m. ;
stopped off Tutuila Feb. 2sth, at
lO:43 q. M. sailed from Tutuila
Feb. 2Sth, at 1l:l3 a. M. stopped
for Honolulu pilot March 9TH, at
1880 p. IN. Time 16 days, 10
hours and % minutes from Sydney ;
~ days and "a minutes from Auck-
land. Strong easterly winds be.
tween Sydney and Auckland with
rain. From Auckland to the Equa-
tor northerly winds, from the Equa-
tor to port S. +. and southerly
winds with passing showers.
The Alameda proceeded on her
voyage to San Francisco about 10
O'Clock Sunday morning. Lists of
passengers hither and hence will be
found in the shipping column.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-03-12
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

At the inquest held yesterday
over the body of Sam'l Kawehiwa
who was run over by the water cart
of the Tramways Co. on Sunday,
Uaua, w. G. Landsberry, j. II.
Nyc, Mrs. Kibbling, Mrs. Naiapaa-
kai, Deputy Marshal Creighton, and
l.. Ward were examined. The lesti
mony showed that the boy was in
The habit of jumping on the cart to
drive, and the evidence Of Mr..
Ward established the fact that he
had been forbidden to do so. No
negligence on the part of the COM
pany being apparent the jury re-
turned verdict in accordance with
the facts above stated, that the boy
came to his death accidentally on
March o, 1870, by being run over
by the water cart of tie Tramways
Co,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-03-12
WHALING CAPTAINS.

OF the whaling captains arrived
by the Australia to meet their YES
sells, Capt. JAS. II. Knowles is mas
ter of the bark Lydia, Capt. Joshua
G. Baker of the Reindeer, Capt. l..
G. Owen of the Sea Ranger, Capt.
Il. b. Lapham of the Alice Knowles,
Capt. William b. Ellis of the Helen
Mar, Capt. Cogan Of the II inter,
Capt. A. Il. Simmons of the North
ern Light, and Capt. Whitesides of
the Belvidere. The following have
also arrived: c. A. Fisher, second
mate of the Northern Light; +. G.
Pcnniman, boat header, and Silva,
second mate, Reindeer; w. How
land, boat header Alice Knowles
and G. ii. Foley, boat header Sea
Ranger. These vessels are daily
expected. The Hunter and two
others are off port this afternoon.
Several of the captains are staying
at the Eagle House.