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The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
Utilizing Worthless Materials.

Not the least hopeful of the signs OF
the times is the tendency to use materials
once thrown aside as worthless. Cotton
seed Oil was once without value. Stag,
formerly mere rubbish, is made into beau
tiful ornaments for the table and mantel-
piece, and some varieties have been utll-
lied as a manure or in road making.
Anthracite coal was long in proving its
claim to be a serviceable fuel. Coal dust
is to-day used in "flling in" places where
mining has been carried on with such
vigor as to endanger houses and streets.
The probabilities are that each year will
press into service something that has hith'
erto been overlooked. It is not likely
that man knows the full worth OF every
thing in natures starehouse. =
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
MprRE AIR IN THE srARIEs-

Now that horses will be stabbed at
might, or should be, the most perfect
cleanliness should be observed. The
floors, if of wood, should be frequently
Idrenched with water, and then sprinkled
with finely ground gypsum (plaster), by
which the strong, pungent odor common
ito stables will be neutralized and abb
tsorbed. This strong odor of ammonia,
which often pains the eyes and nostrils of
"a man, is exceedingly injurious t horses.
1T rots leather and corrodes .varnish, and
what must be its effect on the eyes and
lungs of the horses confined in it during
whole nights2 Foul air promotes CLAN
fders, farcy, blindness, influenza, pneu-
monia, heaves, all common diseases of
horses; and the acrid manure in which
horses are compelled to stand causes not
only this injurious vapor but rots the
hoofs and initiates the skin.-Americaa
Aqriculturtst.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
A Boy Hunter.

A buck bad been seen several times
going with a herd of Mr.. w. r. Sowell's
cattle, says the Sy1vania (Ga.) Telephone,
and several efforts had been made to kill
him by the hunters of the "fork," but
without success. On Wednesday, how
ever, as the children were on their way
from school in the afternoon, they saw
the deer with the cattle, and Mr..
Jenkins's son went home for the gun to
shoot It. When he got home he found
he had no buckshot so taking a piece of
lead he cut 1t into large slugs, loaded his
gun and returned TO the place where the
deer had been seen, and took a stand by
which the COWS had to pass in going
hoGe. Very soon they appeared, and
the buck among them. Our young hunter
took unerring aim, fred and the buck
fell dead. Being some distance from
home, he was in a quandary as to how to
get it home, but remembering that ne
had o small pet OK and q block wheel
wagon he asked the children to guard his
game while he went home to get his little
OK and wagon. AS he was getting the OF
in shape to go for his booty, Mr.. w. F.
sowell came along and helped him to get
it home, hauling it with the yearling and
block wagon, and dressed it, and soon
each Of his little school mates were seen
trudging home with 8 piece Of venslon.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
SELECT STRINGS
The total length of submarine cables
is $50, 066Smiles.

The total length of submarine cables
is $50, 066Smiles.
Housefservants cannot be had in Pue.
bio, Col, for less than $50 or $35 a
month"; and they are scarce at that figure.
frances production and consumption
OF mk tamount every year to 1880, 900,
O0oegal( ions, (which is three times in ex-
cesstof t~hetproduction of wine,
Henry Merritt, of Franklin County,
Me-, was peerfng into a stone wall for a
WOODBRIDGE. The animal saw him first
and bit1ofthe end of his nose.
The fbug eaters is a term applied to
the irhsbitants of portions of Nebraska,
wher efthe country is SO poverty-stricken
that Travelers wonder how the natives
survive.
Abe greatest depth of the ocean is
SC hemiles away from the mouth of the
Ihoyde la Plata, where bottom is reached
SIS depth of 4O,236 feet, or seven and
tbree-quarter miles.
I P. M. Mathews, a Minneapolis million
aire, visited Butte, Montana, recently.
and went to an opium joint out of curl
osity. He smoked twelve opium pipes,
and died in a few hours.
Reports of towns with short names are
increasing in number. In the Chinese
Province of Ho-nan there is a city called
q; and in France there is a river and il
Sweden a town having the nam of A.
The landing OF the German pilgrim
fathers will be celebrated in Philadelphia.
Franz Daniel Pastorious, the leader anG
the founder of Germantown, came to this
country with his associates as early as
1883.
At a colliery at Carmyle. within tive
miles of Glasgow, Scotland, twenty-one
miners were imprisoned by a shaft falling
in, but they were all rescued by means of
the underground connections with anoth-
er pit belonging to the same firm.
The skin of the whale is from two
inches to two feet in thickness. The
thickest skinned quadruped is the rhin-
ocerous. Its hide is so tough as to resist
the lions claws. The ball of an ole
fashioned musket will not penetrate it.
It is stated in the Russian papers that
new professorships in the japanese,
Corean and Hindustani languages have
been founded at the University of St.
Petersburg, and that the course Of stud
les in these subjects will begin next ses-
sion.
Very few persons are aware that Paris
has a big elm which is 100 feettall and has
a circumference near its base of eight
cen feet. 1t is healthy and vigorous. It
was planted by sully by order of Henry
~, who placed an elm in front of every
church in Paris.
The Gar of Russia is making a collec-
ton of postage stamps, and is prepared tc
pay any price for such as he may want He
lately bought a defaced stamp of British
Guiana, dated 1854 for 925 francs, and
an unused specimen of the same stamp
for 1850 francs $3.50.
One of the latest social innca1Uions,
says an English paper, is the female but
Ter, q parlor maid in livery. A good
looking girl in livery of dark blue,
green and gold, or scarlet and white
looks very smart, and the waiting is, as a
rule, done more quietly and deity than
by a man. This opens out a new field of
Il ; Il nIfoYyment for women.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
AN ALCOHOLIC TRANCE.

In the Quarterly Journal of haebrietu,
DR.. Crothers writes of the "Alcoholic Trance
in Criminal Cases" maintaining that 1.-The
trance state in inebriety is a distinct brain
condition" that this brain state is one in
which all memory and consciousness of acts
or words are suspended" and that during
this trance period crime against person or
property may be committed without any
motive or apparent plan, usually unforeseen
and unexpected He also maintains that this
condition should be fully recognized by court
and jury, and the measure of responsibility
and punishment suited to each case: that
they should not be punished as criminals,
nor should they be liberated as sane men;
they should be housed and confined in hos
pitfalls" This alcoholic trance" which
makes possible the unconscious commission
Of crime, certainly involves great peril to the
community. This view makes yet more OBJ
vious the Importance of abstinence, and the
suppression of the drink traffic, to the end
that the dangerous alcoholic trance may
BIS avoided and prevented.-National Ad-
uocate.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
VARIOUS BREEDS OF SHEEP.

Having bred various breeds of sheep,
says a writer in Breeders Gazette, a little
experience on paper may be of use to
somebody. My experience has been in
Central Ohio, with the exception of q
Few loads sent into Texas, to which / do
hot care to alIude. I commenced with
fine woods, and wishing to improve the
stock, bought of the Vermont sheep
rallied Spanish merinos. After engaging
in that fine class of sheep / was never rid
Of the foot-rot until / got rid of the
sheep. Afterward the Cotswold came
into vogue, and a little Importation from
Canada made themselves very pompous
for d year or two. They were big, fat
fellows, but in a year or two some of
shsm began TO dwindle, and after that
they never could recover, and dwindled
down to nothing. / tried crossing them
with blackfaces and they did better. /
have tried Southdowns, which seem to
do well, and are an excellent mutton
sheep. Their wool is short and for
Keeping fat easy there is nothing that ex-
GELS them. The Shropshire this season
seems to fill the demand better than the
southdowns, at least in this locality. A
neighbor has French merinos and seems
TO be well satisfied with them. A Shrop-
ahire ram happened to get into his flock,
md the result was a few half breeds,
which the neighbor says are perfect
sheep. Ihaye tried crossing Southdowns
and Shropshires with a Hampshire ram
with very satisfactory results. The
Shropshire lamb well treated win weigh
one hundred to one hundred and fifty
pounds at eight months old. A Shrop-
shire fleece will weigh eight to ten
pounds.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
eRoUND OARS FOR Mich COWS.

1t the annual meeting of the Illinois
IDairy Association a member said: 81
had rather have ground oats for milk and
butter than anything else that grows.
I'VE feed bran and oil meal both I believe
in mixed %rations. I find that nothing will
produce as much cream as a mixture of
oats and bran and peas and a little oat-
meal" This is by no means the first
time that the value Of ground oats as a
ration for mich cows has been claimed.
the oats to be fed, of course, along with
lother food. For making thrifty calves
ground oats are recommended. Begin
feeding o little while the calves are vet
lon skim milk.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
4 ON TIT FARM.

The leaks in the roofs of the farm build.
angs are not all that many farmers have
70 contend with. We see many farmers
buying high-priced implements, and
when through using them for the season
leaving them where last used, either in
turToW OF in the stubblefeld, until
wanted the next spring, and losing yal-
uahie time In going to the shop for re-
PAIRS, Or, what is worse, going to the
store Tor new ones. Have a place or
shelter for every machine, and when the
hired help or the owner himself is
through using, put it in the place as
signed for 1t. Some will say that takes
time. To be sure it does; but is it
moi better to have tools that are fit to
use OF any time than it is to stop the team
when busy to 90 to town to get them
nxed and thereby cause i leak in the
poeketbook2 Again, many will keep
scrub stock and breed from year after
year because the owners of the blooded
stock ask too high q price for the service
ct their stock. Then, you may see, on
Eading through the country, d1lapidated
buildings, and the owner will say be is
not able 10 repair them, but on inquiry
you will find that he will spend enough
money for whisky and tobacco to keep
them In good repair Another leak is
ths hiring Of cheap help, mere eye ser
wants, and leaving them to the work,
while the proprietor is in town talking pol
aties 81 sitting on the fence discussing
nsighborhood gossip with some one as
hhiftless as himself. These are but q few
sof the leaks that might be mentioned.
forpages might be filed in enumerating
the things, both small and great, that
keep the farmer plodding along, always
Indebt and eternally growing about hard
tines.- Western Pl0uBaaa.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
THEATaTENT or MIHcH cows.

Nearly every dairy has its quoturn 81
kicking cows, and every COW iRthe land,
says George e Newell in the Anserioan
AgrScuhartsE. IS liable 70 switch her tail
aeFoas q mixers face during hy tins.
The human irritation aroused thereby r.
butts ID the herd To its positive injury.
There are two classes of kicking cow
-hose habitnaliy inclined that war.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
PRACTICAL

A practical friend of the Temperance Re
form Movement in one of the cities of New
York is rendering valuable service to the
work by buying up saloon property on the
principal thoroughfares and ousting the
saloons. A grocery store where hard cider
was sold and a ~disreputable hotel have lately
followed the saloons and now a temperance
hotel in the same locality is anticipated.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
Jf Don't Pay

to sxpYinent with unce, tain remedies. when
sfl.cted with any Of the ailments for which
D.. Piercs's Golden Medical Discovery is
recommended, as it is SO positively certain in
its curative effects as to warrant its manu- C
lurers in guaranteeing it to benefit or cure,
~ money psid for it is returned. 1t is warrant,
I'd 20 cure all blood, skin and scalp diseases,
alt-lheuln, letter, and all scrofulons sores
and swaiiings, as well as consumption which
is ~scrofuIa Of the lungs if taken il time and
oiSen 3 far trial. -.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
like . balky horse, and those that only

Ike . balky horse, and those that only
use their rear hoofs in an offensive man.
ner to resent fancied or real p~rovocation.
Nothing but the gentlest and kindest
treatment should rule in the dairy; 60,
to cure a COW of this disagreeable habit,
a brusque manner should be avoided. To
milk an Inveterate kicker, treat her as
you would a heifer. Give her ne chance
whatever to use her heels. Put a broad
strap around her hind legs over the gam
brels, and. drawing them snugly together,
buckle it tight. Place her in a stanchior
next to the wall, and from a ring in the
latter let . long strap depend, which,
after passing around her right flank,
draw taut to the stanchion braces near
her head. The COW is then practically
helpless so far as any vicious manifesto
tons are concerned. Sit down quietly
to milk her, and speak soothingly and
reassuringly. If the COW struggles to
free herself, calm her fears with a gentle
pat of the hand and a persuasive tone of
voice. Milk her in the same place and
under the same restraint day after day,
and In a few weeks or months she can
be cured of kicking. The meekest COWS
sometimes temporarily contract the habit
of kicking in defense of abuse from some
senseless mixer. Treat them impassion-
ately and be perfectly indifferent to their
tendency to be light heeled. In a very
short time they will be permanently
cured. If cows switch their caudal ap-
pendages in your face in an attempt to
brush of flies, don't amputate the offend
ing members, as some do, but afix to the
side of the milking stool a short strip Of
tough wood, divided by a spring slit,
after the manner of a strictured clothes
pin. Have the opening Of the slit turned
backward and into it when sitting down
to milk draw the brush of the cows tail.
{ Cows tails should never be cut off, as it
is a wicked brutal custom, depriving the
animal Of its means of self-defense against
insects. Humanity and kindness 60 as
far in making adairy profitable as nutri-
tious food.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

The extreme length of the city of Chi
cage is twenty-four miles, its extreme
width il fen miles, its area is 174a square
miles, and its estimated population i
100000.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

Ii afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Thomp-
sons Eye water. Druggist sell at 25c per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

The salt industry in southern Kansas Is
assuming majestic proportions. A dozen
great salt plants are already in operation,
and Others will soon be established.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
A ma who has practiced medicine TO,
years, ought to know salt from sugar; ri

A mai who has practiced msdicine TO
years, ought to know salt from sugar; ri
what he says: T..
TOLEDO. O., Jan. 10, 1857. =
Messrs. T. J. Cheney & Co.-Gentleme
| have been in the general practice of msut-
cine for most 40 years, and would say that
in all my practice aud experience have never
seen a preparation that l could prescribe
with as much confidence Of success a. | can
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by you.
Have prescribed it a greet many times and
its effect is wonderful, and would ssy in
c Inclusion that | have Yet to find a case Of
Catarrh that it would not cure. if they
would take it a cording to directions.
Yours Truly,
L. L. GORSUCH, III. D.
Office 2l5 Summit st.
We will give 500 for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, 0.
~ Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
- -- -
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

Don't hawk, hawk, spit anil diagust every
body with your offensive breath but use Dr.
Says Catarrh Remedy AMI end it.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

The topsr's MOTTO is olive for to-day"
but he employs two DIS.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

Russian revenues are increasing, while
the expenditures are diminishing.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

Oregon, the nfndt OF
Mild, equable climate, certain and album
dant crop. Best fruit, grain. grass and
stock country in the world. Full informa-
ton free. Address, Oregon Immigration
Board, Portland. Ore.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

The man who is ri,ht is seldom left.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
Oregon, The Paradise of Farmers.

A man likes to have good neighbors when
he must love his neighb0r as himself.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

We recommend "Tan.ill's Punch" c gar.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04
Catarrh in the Head

Originates in scrofulous faint in the blood. Hence
the proper method by which 10 cure catarrh is to
purity the blood. Its many disagreeable symptoms
and the danger Of developing into bronchitis or that
terribly fatal disease, consumption, are entirely re-
moved by Hoods Sarsaparilla, which cures catarrh
by purifying the blood, it also tones up the system
and greatly improves the general health. Try the
peculiar medicine"
81 have used Hood's sarsaparilla for catarrh With
very satisfactory results. I received more perma-
nent benefit from it than from any other remedy |
ever trled."-M. E. READ, of A. Read & Son,
Wauseon, Ohio.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-04

hours. when the trays are they
are placed on a table, and a man comes
along with a mallet and strikes each can
in ordsr to see if they are sound. When
he finds ont that is faulty he takes it out,
throws it to me side to be patched up.
The sound ~ the blow on the can tells
him which IS perfect and which is not,
and he will go over them SO rapidly that
you can scarcely keeptrack OF the blows.
After he is gone another man comes with
4 malIet which contains a small aWl. He
strikes each can, thus making a small
/ hole, through which the gas escapes.
Sometimes the gas and fluid will squirt
upward to the height Of three feet.
after the gas has escaped they are
again made air-tight by the little pune
ture being soldered and then placed in
the retort. This is kept at a steady heat,
twenty-eight degrees above the boiling
point. Here they are kept for two hours
more, and when they are taken out they
| are sufficiently cooked. After being
tested thew are removed to the cooling
room. After cooling they are again
tested and then they are laquered or var
, nishcd. The cans are taken one by one
| and rubbed over with a brush dipped
INTO brown varnish and they arc placed
IL fravs which stand over large iron pans.
The lacquer runs of and drops into the
nan and il then runs out into a pail,
thus making a saving which in time
amounts to quite a sum. They are again
fested and then allowed to remain still,
n order for the yarnish to have time &c
dry. After they are thoroughly dried
they are tested, then labeled and last Of
all they are placed in cases which con
| tain four dozen cans each. These cases
are shipped to all parts of the world.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-15
c. L. Fox's Studio,

The exhibition of the work of the pupils
OF this studio denotes marked progress for
the past year, both in the nearer approach
to the literal truth, as shown in the studies
from life, and in the wider scope of the orig
inal compositions. The latter, indeed, have
advanced so far as to show not only evil
dences of personal style, but perhaps of
artistic style.
The first room is principally filled with
drawings from the antique; clean and con-
else studies of single figures and heads, with
rudimentary clay work, landscape sketches
IN pen and ink and some compositions. The
second room contains groups from the an
tique and drawings of heads from life. heads
and full lengths from life in oil, and series
OF landscape studies in oil and water color,
mostly made in the vicinity of South Water
ford.
Attic end of the room are five full length
studies in clay, some made in connection
with the lectures on anatomy. This room
also contains 81 original compositions, ar
ranged in groups according to the subject
chosen. Perhaps the most difficult attempts
in the room are. one, the rendering Of head
In clay, low relief from photograph of one
OF the works of Jules Lefebvre, the other
series and part of a series of original illus
trations in pen and ink of "Our Mutual
Friend, from Charles Dickens. Low re-
lief might almost be looked upon as an art
by itself, so difficult is it. The principle of
1t is to sense the perspective of forms rather
than to model them.
ln addition to the above will be found IS
Braun carbon prints from works of modern
masters, intended to emphasize particular
points in the study of art. The proximity of
such work is rather rude test to the stud
les of students, but nothing can be said in
defense of it except that it is better to fail
in the presence of high ideal. than to sue
coed in one that is low.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-15
BRIEF JoTTINCS.

The grocery, provision and fish stores will
be closed on Fast Day.
Ivanhoe Lodge, K. of p, will confer the
rank of Esquire this evening.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the as
sassination of President Lincoln.
Yesterday was warm and pleasant. and
heavy clothing rather oppressive.
There are an hundred men, exclusive of
drivers, at work cleaning the streets
Ira Iarbox, aged about 16 years, ran away
from the Reform School yesterday noon.
Cousens 81 Tomlinson have bought the
Ssock OF the firm of Woodbury. & Latham.
April 10th, Industry Lodge, K of p, OF
Aonrn, will visit Munioy Lodge of this city.
Grand Sachem r. M. Libby of this city
installed the officers of Rockemego Tribe, |.
v. II. M, at Auburn last evening.
The usual gospel temperance meeting will
De held at the Mission this evening at 73C
O'Clock. All ale invited to come and aid
in the work.
The raft is expected to be in place at the
Yacht Club house Fast Day, and the yachts
will be going into commission the first of
next week.
Burglars broke into a Boston & Maine
| freight car Sunday and stole dozen bottles
of hygienic wine. They left the wrappers
near the car, but made off with the wine.
The alarm of fire at $50 last evening was
caused by small blaze in the house of
James WEIGH on Fore street. The flames
were extinguished before the engines ar
rived.
Next Thursday the committee on streets,
sidewalks and bridges will view the streets
of the city to see what changes and repairs
are needed. They will leave the street COM
missioner's office at o'clock in the after