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The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08
FARM AND eAnozs NOTES.

Quick fattening is the secret Of making
good and tender and profitable beef.
Keep the pigs growing, fat them early,
Smallpox brings higher prices than large
pork.
To feed apples to stock is as profitable
and much more satisfactory than to sell
them to be made into cider.
Those who fasten horses heads higlt
up for a long time ought to be placed il
a BARRIERS chair for some hours with THEN
heads in a similar position. One LESSOR
would be enough.
.Shrunken wheat, which is of small
value in making -four, is of relatively
high value as a stock food, because il
contains less starch, and is proportion.
ately richer in nitrogen compounds.
The excuse for not draining a wet farm
usually is that the owner has no time FOL
it; 50 it goes on, until some enterprlsang
farmer get possession, drains IL, ana
makes ii one Of the best farms IN town.
A good way to manage hillside landi
that ere liable to wash is to keep them II
grass as much as possible. A crop o.
wheat, or other small grain, may b
grown, but the land should be iEar1e
diately seeded back to grass.
Some one suggests that wild cherry
trees along the roadsides can easily b.
changed into useful plum trees by top
grating. He finds that all plums wori
well on the wild cherry, which also take
the peach and apricot~buds.
There is no good excuse for raising
burdocks on the farm. Their presence i
a nuisance; their effect unending annoy
ance. They can be killed By cutting
when the burs are fully formed, ever tn
roots succurnbing TO such treatment.
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Character in ~Typewriting.

The use of the typewriter does not
battle the writing expert. Men and women
who use typewriters show nearly as much
individuality in their work as they would
If they used a pen. 1t is harder to de.
tect, but that is all the difference. ANY
business man who is used to reading cor.
respondence from concerns which EN-,
ploy several typewriters can tell at .
glance which one of the half dozen wrote
the letters he receives. Signs of careless.
ness, haste, ignorance of punctuation, OF
the profuse use of punctuation marks, q
wide or narrow margin around the writ.
ing, some popularity in capitalizing-all
these things carry meaning to the expert
examining typewriter copy.-a. Loas'
Globe Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

That Is the trouble with some people;
they have no time to wait for results.
Some women will take a dose or so of
Dir. Pierce's Favofite Prescription and
expect to feel we'll Immediately. True,
some do find marvelously speedy effects
from its use. but chronic, or lingering,
diseases. which have had possession of
The system for years, cannot generally
be Cured in a4day. Such maladles are
generally slow in their inception, slow
In their progress, and must be cured,
if at all. by slow degrees and regular
stages. Perseverance in the use of the
"Favorite Prescription " for a reasona-
BILE length of time will cure all those
chronic weaknesses, irregularities n
distressing arrangements with which so
many females are afflicted. But the
Use Of this worid-famed medicine must
be persisted In fer a considerable time
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08
RAILROADS. AND TEMPERANCE.

There are now five buildings and fourteen
rooms along the line of the Few York
Central Hallway devoted to the use Of en-
ployes of that road as places Of rest. re-
creation, education and religious Instruction
No intoxicants find a place in them, and they
are substitutes for the saloon. They have
been erected or leased by the men them
selves, aided by the railroad, and especially
by Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who takes a
deep interest in the Improvement of the con-
dition of the railway men. On a recent
Sunday the fifth of these buildings was for
mally opened at West Albany, with an ad-
dress by the New York Centrals President,
Chauncey NJ. Depew. referring to these
buildings, MIR. Depew expressed the opinion
that they were instruments in Gods hands
of making better aud ADLER men.
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Why, / promised

in long standing, complicated and OBJ
stinate cases. Do not expect speedy
relief and cure. but have a mind of
your own, and when you have decided
10 seek a cure of your malady througt
the medium of this wonderful med,
cine, show a little will - power and
tehacity of purpose, and you will, in
due time, rejoice in the complete res
toration of your health and strength.
The "Favoritc Prescription = is the
only medicine for woman's peculiar ills
qudranteed to give satisfaction in every
case, or money refunded.
A large Treatise { 100 pages, illus
trated J, on Woman: Her Diseases and
their Cure, sent in plain, sealed envel'
ope, on receipt of ten cents, in stamps
Address. WORLDS DIsPENsARY NED
ICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 663 Main ST.,
Buffalo, n. Y.
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rHr FARM AND GARDEN.
FOWLS IN WINTER.

1rast fowls that have free range in stm-
Sv;ll then OF their own accord take
o y enough in getting their food.
81 i, winter it is different. What they
~ rn,,st be fed them, and it is usually
s,,ch concentrated form that they can
Il, their crops in a few minutes. thin
shev stand moping in the cold Or return
i their perch for greater warmth. If
ssttenipg be the object this is well enoughs
sut i gives small chance for the health
I'll thrift necessary for egg production.
The feeder who always makes his hens
scratch for their living gets the most
zoos. Feed small grains, oats or wheat,
nd throw this among SO much finely cut
straw that they will pick but n grain
4 ! zine. The health and p~rolifcacy of
harvard fowls that depend on the manure
bean for their living is due te the fact
that they have to earn what they eat be-
fore they get it.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

~ ii ! De Eunird D,Ilers Reward f'u
~ case al Ga arb that cannot be cured by
ana Hal! S Catarrb Cure,
e ]. CHENEY 4 CO, Props, Toledo, 0,
W. ,he I'm lerstgntd, have known F. J.
Ii n y Tor the last Is years, and believe him
erTectly honorable in all business transac-
ions. an | financially able to carry out any
Obligations made by their firm.
West s. Trux, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo,
Ohio. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists Toledo, Ohio
E. II. Van Hosep, Cashier Toledo Nation
Il Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists.
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Deersase OF KangarOOs.

The rapid decrease in the number OF
kangaroos is beginning to attract the
attention Of scientific societies IN Aus
tralia. From the collective raBprts OF
the various stock inspectors it was estl-
mated that in 1882 there were 1,S6l,-
SO kangaroos. In 1888 the number
fell to / ,17O, 900, q decrease Of 71115O.
The chief obstacle to the adoption OF
measures for the e~ffectual protection OF
the kangaroo il his vigorous appetite.
One full-grown kangaroo eats as much
is six sheep, and graziers-who Is . class
are not, il is to be feared, readily access
ibIs to the influence Of sentiment-fnd
that the food eaten by this interesting
animal might be more prcitably utilized
otherwise.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08
Seed FROM LARGE CROPS.

Whenever an extra large crop of good
quality has been grown it is worth while
to pay more than its market price fol
seed from it for future sowing and plant.
ing. The old rule, tsLike produces like"
has not been abolished, and, other things
being equal, seed from a good crop is
likely to produce and better than
seed from a poor one. We always select
the best ears from corn for planting.
With other. grains it is not so easy on q
large scale to select individual plants in
d crep to furnish seed. It is dore par.
tiAlly by choosing the largest, plumpest
grains and winnows out from the poorer
ones, but many of the heavy grains nay
have been borne by weaker plants. On
i field ethere the whole crop produces
heavily, the bulk of the seed is presuma-
bly, good; but it may for that reason re-
quire richer ground and more careful cul-
dvation to maintain its superiority. In
talking with a farmer recently, he sug-
gested that the gradual falling-of In pro-
dAction Of the bean crop was owing to
planting beans that were apparently all
right, but which had been grown from
plants producing few pods and not many
beans in a pod. He believed the pro.
Efficacy of the bean crop could be emo
anously increased by breeding up, select.
ing seed for a series of years from plants
that produced most. The experiment is
well worth trying, but it must be remem-
bered that if this increased productive.
ness is to be maintained, the plants hav-
ing this prolific habit must be duly fed
and cared for.-AmeyicaB CuHieator.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08
THE w1ErEa uARE OF SHEEP.

sheep throughout the summer, and
specially through the fall season, should
~ sept N clean pastures III which there
afeno noxious weeds whose ripened burrs
RnI attach to the wool and greatly les
saa ~ value when offered to the dealer.
sAhaess such care has been taken it will
matter but little II my, So far q the
Aaeee ID concerned, whether future care
exeFeised or not, for d fleece already
alaeksned with bu-rs cannot be made
sssAsa worse by The dust and chat 81 the
eaSsKn0w Of By corralliag the sheep On
Nsssaay clay geoan7s There are still
Rsas mouths between now and shsaging
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

During last year the London caprnes
and omnibus and t~rana-car conductors Ieif
D f87 unclaimed articles, some OF wnIch
we're Of considerable value, With the
metropolitan police. Only 1855 of
these were returned to owners,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08
4 Russian ~sigh-Siberia.
Never Say Die!

never say DIVs
Scuurged with ulcers. hoils and letter,
we k Of limb and sore,of eye,
Hopeless now Of growing better,
Not at all, POOR. discouraged sufferer from
disordered hlood and scroful> is troible:
Take d.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
the great bl Cd purifier and life saver OF
mod r DAYS. All TIL Sc scrts and blood dis
ord rs may be cured, and the victim VIII Ooh
ami Ell like a new man. L. is udrrdnted
70 benefit or cure or n, icy paid fofit prompt
Iv leturncd.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

Lady-"I want to sit for a picture"
Artist-"I shall be very glad to paint you if You will wait a
week. until finish the one | am at work on now"
LadY-"O Oh, my! l couldn't wait that long. Why, l promised
to he home at dinner at five o'clock"
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

Perfection i, attaine,iin ]r. Sa es Catarrh
Ranud 1t cur the wtIs' Gases.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

A Lancaster penn woman has per-
formed the feat Of smoking two domestic
.sIaass II aeseR and q half minutes.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

Oregou, The Paradise OF Farmers
Mild, eqlab'e elm .te, certain aud abuu1
,at crop. Best f.uit, grain, grass an stock
COUNTRY in he world. Fall infor nation
free. Aiiress. Oregon [ n nigrasi III Board
ortlani |, Ore.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

They disappear like hot cakes before a ut
tramp-'Tinsiil's Punc,n &c. Cigar
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

svars will not grow N vet ground. Az
ies will thrive on moist. but not springJ
%,:i
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08
v1olErs AND pAssrEs IN WINTER.

To grow violets or pansies outside OF
greenhouse is considered by practical
gardeners one of the easiest things to per-
form. Many florists keep them in cold
frames exclusively, for, as a rule, they
have not room for them in the green
houses, unless d house is built on purpose
Cor them. They may be grown in pots,
y window plants, provided plenty of air
can be given on sunny days and a steady
temperature, between thirtY-fve and fifty
i've degrees, can be kept up. If kept in
too high an artificial temperature they
will not flower much, but will make up
n red spider what they lack in blossom.
a geFanium, a carnation and a monthly
rose may be wintered and Powered at a
low temperature if plenty of sunlight
prevails.
The violet wants to be kept cool at all
times il ii is expected that it will fulfil
IFS mission. All this does not imply that
the temperature of a violet house OF
fFarae should never be allowed to run up
ID sixty degrees, because sometimes the
bent IN the daytime is not always under
control. The sun may sometimes make
the atmosphere under glass warmer than
fhe gardener would like to have it, bui
% raise the sash only one inch would LEI
the frost in and do more damage than
the heat. In such a case a little too high
temperature is the lesser evil.
A good place to grow violets o.
pansies may be constructed at the south
slde 81 4 dwelling. Dig i pit two fee
deep along the house. Into this put
stout frame to receive common hot bed
sash, the sash to lean against thu
building. Tear down the wall tina
separates the frame from the cellar under
she house and put a row of windows il
its place. The idea of that Is that thu
natural heat in the cellar shall keep youl
frame at ! steady temperature. At th,
sane time you may work over You
lowers, no matter what the outsid.
s~sestaIer may be, and when no air can b
ivea from the outside it may be dom
indirectly inside. When the outsid
ash y open the inside may be shut
Ihas he sun viii warn up the cellar
sna perhaps store up a little heat for tn
aaght-Pkaadslpkia Record.
&&ME
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

Robert Browning, the poet, died in
London at 10 o'clock Tuesday night.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

The e who is ri, hit is seldom left.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-08

nlgn6SG aHGlclpabFoHS L Haueb bau Iloi0 SniiA
fifty per cent. to what has been related. LII
exceeds everything that / could have ex
pected. The half-the half was not told
me-
Learn from this subject what a beautiful
| thing it is when social position and wealth
surrender themselves to God. When religion
comes to a neighborhool. the first to receive
| it are the women. Some men.Say It'll because
they are weak minded. l say it is because
they have quicker perception OF what Is
right, more ardent affection and capacity for
| gaibiimer emotion. After the women have
| received the Gospel then all the distressed
and the poor Of both sexes, those who have
| no friends, accept Jesus. Last of oil come
the greatly prospered. Alas, thai 1t is 50!
nc there are those who have been favored
of fortune, or, asI might better put il, favored
of God, surrender all you have n all you ex-
meet TO be to the Lord, who blessed this Queen
Of Sheba. Certainly you are not ashamedt to
be found in this Queens company. ! am glad
| that Christ has had His imperial friends
in all ages-EIizabeth Christina, Queen OF
| Prussia: Maria Feoderovna, Queen of Rus
STA: Marie. Empress Of France; Helena, the
imperial mother Of Constantinc;. Area
dia, from her great fortunes, building
public baths in C~onstantinople and toiling
for The alienation of the masses; queen
| CIotilda. leading her husband and three
thousand OF his armed warriors to CHRISTIAN
baptism; Elizabeth, OF burgundy. giving nef
ieweled glove to q beggar and scatgeflag
Albert. singing Rock Of Ages in Windsor
Castle. and Queen Victoria, incognita, read.
ing the Scriptures to dying pauper:
] bless God that the day is coming when
royalty will bring all its thrones. and music
all It's h~armonies, and painting all It's picf.
urcs, and sculpture AL its statuary, and
architecture all its pillars. and conquest all
.E-Gz.L-A---S-- IL n,rAnrr - frn. RoTfh in
long line OF advance, frankineense filling
the air and the camels laden with gold, shall
approach Jerusalem, and The gates shall be
hoisted. and the great burden of splendog
shall be lifted into the nalace of this greater
than Solos
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The Ravages of the Buffalo BUG


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= j l"u"'' 'h"t ltN u ihe uSu'I preNch'Nes
are Of any Use against the attacks of this beetle,
ana for tht, reason if is Iittirult nc.t ia er,di
'"'o :" >o'''' t'"'eN 1t mas PioNcu - "eSii "''-
i've that carpet, have to be dispensed with. and
in their place rugs are used a, being more con-
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'N.i'o''''4 >''''''''~''
IalIoW or laiowed paper placed around the
elges Of the carpet. which Are often the parts
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1890-07-03

IMPROVEMENTS AN NORrIIrOKr. The Improve
ment Society organized at Northport last fall, with
ten. j. l.. smith, of Old Town, a. its president,
have already done a good work, though they Ito
not by any means regard their mission a, accom-
plshed. They have secured the building on the
wharf of commoious and much needed waiting
rooms, cleared the grounds of brush, rotten wood
and rubbish, and "slicked up" things generally.
a road has been laid out by the County Commis-
sioners and will be built at once, from the wharf
through the Camp Ground to South shore, less
than ii quarter OF mile, where the Ocean House
and Laurel House are located and then on to the
North shore, about half Il mile, where there is
other hotel, the PenobsCot House. There will be
cheap frequent conveyance between the wharf and
these points, and the arrangement will very we'll
accommodate those people who wish to go to a
hotel. Northport always has been and still is 4
fayorite summer resort for Bangor people, many
of whom 90 down every year. 1T is very easy of
Some of the cOttagcrS are already estah-
lished at the grounds Mrs IL. A. Blcthen, of
Dexter, who for several years has been the first to
open her cottage for the season, has been down
there between one and two weeks. Bangor Whig.
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Literary News and Notes,

Otto Goldschmidt is busily engaged in writing
a life of his wife, the late Jenny Lind. 1t is said
that some of the memoirs will be very curious.
Donald G. Mitchell, known to generation
of readers aS ok Marvel" is IS years old and
lNes quietly in a pretty cottage near New
Haven.
Sir Edward ArnoIl'> new epic noem, The
Light of the World," consists of $1,000 lines.
and Is pronounced the finest work Of the kind
since Milton.
Jean Ingelow lives with her mother in Ken
sington England. She is %. Her writing
days are over, and she deyoteS her time and
considerable money to the parish poor.
The No-Name paper in the July Arena Is a
poem entitled Progress and Pain. 1t i said to
be written by one of the most accomplished
eSsayists of America, a frequent contributor to
the leading Reviews.
The real sum which Mr. Stanley received IN
cash for his latest book is said to be i'll the neigh
borhood of $4,000. The story that ii was
S2oO,000 is absurd. A grand dinner cclehrat-
ell the publication of the book on Thursday
of last week.
The or ginal manuscript of Thomas Carlyle,
"Reminiscences of NV Irish Journey sold at
a recent auction in New York for Sl32. The
original manuscript of Oliver Wendell Holiness ;
"Autocrat Of the Breakfast Table" though
incomplete, sold for S3l.
III, p.. "a, s,,., ,.i,,.
rttt,, nG i,,, ,U a. ''i
Ii1uVlul le'u''l9 "iu "'''a a't'Ne P"t"ic>' ~
chdrru's hands. The Pan>y i, intended for
Sunday A. well a> weekday reading, Sl.0O a
year. d. l.othrop Company, publishers, Bos-
ton.
n,, III, t,t..
1""9 l'n" j. away 'n'i '!'i7 .',l ~ I'i? i'
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AMONG the rontributor> tu The Arena for
.JuIy arr senator " ALL. lnml,tnu of ~,util
CoroIiug q Il Erothiu,ch.n, P,ILi ~n,ulnfm
Srhindirr Rry C1rlns N,rtyu - ID .tuui,,,
Henri Rro,yur IInn,Iiu G,rlaud II q prpt,-
cost Rev Miunt i Sayn,,r Hon \ r. EIh-
mouI Frances + Willard niI Gru Narrn.
i Wri,bt
W. ;. Gilbert, the famous partnerol Sullivan
III 80 many comic operas. Will >rlI hi> London
house, "Top>yturNy Palace" in Ju!y. lie has
purchased handsome country place for : l3',-
900. Ills London library was one OF the most
delightful retreats that the heart could desire.
In the recess by the window most of the fam
cus operas have been written.
tttlNoh l"I '"i4 ",-ii> ht" No'uLP'
ana = an uhu>u;t'N Soou hH,'"Ci. ne Nt,''
engraving 1tIenrhtlnS ihc "a! '>tN,lulHitG'
ahu tht story, liNdh f0uith OF JuIH. Nn'H
II Illustrates. r. worthy OF 'ne i'iIture' ne
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teneralltleS.

Wellesley College has graduated class Of
l20.
Austin Corbin has resigned the Presidency
of the Reading Road.
Vermont Republicans are preparing for an
active State campaign.
A mysterious disease is proving alarmnglv
fatal in British Honduras.
Four thousand New York cigarmakers have
struck for higher wages.
Louis Mayer, a Montreal clothing dealer, has
Disappeared leaving debts of S51 900.
Cornell won the Freshman boat race at New
London, Conn. Time, II m, IL "A
Salmon have made their appearance in the
Merrimac river near Manchester, n. II.
Profit sharing in the Bourne Mill at Fall River
will be continued for the next half Of 1890.
In consequence of mad dog scare in Plain
field, Ct, 200 unmuzzled dogs have been shot.
The Supreme Court decides that the Cigar
Makers nion has not exclusive right to Il
label.
A Halifax despatch reports great and mvs-
terous activity in the naval and military posts
there.
An American British syndicate has been
formed in London to buy up gas work, in th,
country.
Fort de France, or Fort Royal. W. l., was
burned to the ground last week Six thousand
are homeless.
EX-Pre>ident Cleveland passes his time at
Marion in fishing and tramping about the sur
rounding country.
Judge Edward g. Loring who sent Anthony
Burns back to slavery III IN64. died recently at
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NUMBER 81.
Washington Sketches.

| Tue Pl occcdinSS OF Congress are reported Dn
the Senate side Mr.. d. +. Murphy has for
many years done the reporting for a yearly
sum Of about $4,000, out of which he pays
his assistants, of whom he has four In front
OF the clerks desk are two little mahogany
tables one for the official reporter and one for
the Associated Press reporter. Alr Murphy
and his brother, 4. v. Murphy, have usually
| done the reporting, and the assistants have
been trained to transcrbe their notes in long
hand, when after revision they are sent to the
printer. ON the House side there is a corps of
five official reporters, who are paid yearly
salaries of $1,000, ana with the extra work
they are able to do for committees, etc, their
earnings are from 10000 to So 900 per an
mum. The chief of the corps. Mr.. j. j. Me-
Elhonc, died recently Of paralysis, after having
served the government for oyer forty years.
He began Lis official career by reporting the
speeches of Clay and Webster in the senate,
and the latter statesman is on record as having
said that but for the nimble pen and pencil of
this official >tenographer some Of his most
famous speeches, and notably his reply 10
lIayne, would not have been preserved to
posterity. Mr.. MrElhone was no doubt the
most expert >tenographer in this country, if
not in the world, and very remarkable stories
Of his skill have appeared in the newspaper.
year after year. one was to the effect that he
could take his >teno9raphic notes with one hand,
while the other hand was bu~.ly engaged in
trans IatIng them into loug-hand; and such was
the faith in the reporters ability that this item
wont he H.
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castcria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
2yrs5
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An Original Package Case In HalIoweu.

"After such pleasant evening fan would call
again." remarked certain Augusta young gentle
man the other evening on taking leave of Halo
well young lady. "May call AGAIN."
81 shall be glad to see YOU" she replied with a
blush.
AS he walked out into the hall he saw in the mir
ror of the hatrack reelection of the roguish girl
slyly throwing kiss at him, and he turned back.
81 must have that in the original package" he
whispered. kennebec Journal