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The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
An OYercrowded City.

New Workers think oftentilnes that
their living apartments arc crowded, but
they viii notice subioined sone statistics
which force the conclusion that Emperor
Williams capital, Berlin, is also a little
tucked up. In Berlin in 1880, with q
population of 1 122, $50, there were 49,
052 persons living in tenements having
but ii room that could be heated, or an
average of 3.75 inmates to a room; 302,-
322 living in tenements possessing but
two rooms that could be heated, or an
average of 2.23 to q room, and 1z7, 346
in tenements with three rooms that could
be heated, or an average of 1.56 to q
room. So it appears that 900, 900 in-
habitants out Of I, 100, 900, or more than
three-fourths, have only three roomst that
can be heated, and are occupied by an
average Of Q. 81 to q room. There are in
Berlin 26, 1908 houses, divided up into
Bic, 063 tenements. The average rent for
a tenement of two rooms is 81. so, the
highest being S667 and the lowest @@53.
One house has been known to hold 4S7
persons, 40 of them children, divided
up into Iii households. There are 3D.,
$50 cellar dwellings, containing 100, 301
inhabitants, of which dwellings but 1404
were provided with closets. But little
over half of Berlin houses are connected
with sewers.-NeW Fork Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Defense and offense are the two great
ideas along which weapons have grown;
nature began it in the conflicts OF the
armored slow and the unarmored active
animals, which we see repeated between
the ships of to-day. When missiles be-
come more penetrating the armor must
be made thicker, and so this fight has
been waged with varying success In ali
worlds history.
The suggestion of the use of body
armor at the present day would recall
the amusing adventures Of Don Quixote,
and less than twenty years ago the Uhlans
of the Franco russian war were clad in
cuirasses and helmets of steel. These
were tested before being issued by rife
FIRE at a certain range. Tt is just this
sort Of arrnor Of different materials that
some barbarous tribes used up to . few
years ago.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
n

When calves are very small to clip
of the small germs Of the horns with a
sharp knife or nippers made for the pur-
pose causes but little pain, and the
wound soon heals.
The chemicals used to destroy the
germs Of horns are very convenient,
but we cannot say whether they have
any advantage over the n1pping sya-
tenn.
Saving off the horns of grown cattle
close up to the head disfgures them and
is revolving to the sight. And yet it is
perhaps better TO deprive dangerous and
vicious cattle of their horns than to allow
them to hook and torture each other, and
sometimes destroy the lives of those who
manage them. If there was a law requir-
ing all calves to be dehorned in the most
humane manne possible, stock would
everywhere be more manageable and
more thrifty and less dangerous. Cows
would be more gentle, calves in less dan
ger of being "asked and injured, lass
space wouldNSss sSy}fequired for cattle in
barns and pens, and the advantage to
the stock and the owners would be i'm
mense at a small expense, and a great
amount of suffering among the weaker
cattle and calves would be avoided
Pic0yune.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
HOW TO MAKE A GOOD COW.

How to make u good COW. Here Is a
different process. Begin with your scrub
If vou will. But feed her we'll and keep
her warm and comfortable. Breed her
to some good bull reared by som CHRIS
tian farmer-that is one who will do as ne
would be done by, even to MS cattle lof
this is the essence of Christianity, as
taught bv the Great Teacher. When the
COW is dried off previous to ealvlng, don't
stop feeding, but keep her IN goodssieea
condition. When the calf comes IN 1t
will have a belly full of good, rich milk
and will start well. Continue the we'll
doing by feeding sweet skinned milk
and as soon as it will eat a little crushed
oats give few by hand, and treat the
thing gently and gain its n
dence and good will. Give it good pas
ture, specially provided and prepared Tor
vouno stock. Give it milk always sweet,
land it will never need alum to dry up
its bowels) until it is four or five months
old. Give it a stall in the stable IN the
winter. with the best of the bay and Its
REGULAR ration of oats. Commune until
the second year, and breed 1t to a bull
better, if possible, than its sire. Per.
haps you think this will never pays
Well, count up the cost of it, put the
amount in your pocket, and 60 around
and try to buy as good an animal with
the sum, and you don't get one, for your
neighbors are not selling such young helt-
ere for the cost of them. You will find
it cheaper to rear them thanto buy thems
ANYHOW. And you must have them, or
you will be going around declaring that
nfarming don't pay."-Ne~ Yor6 1sn'es'
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
FsKnIo WARRIOR.

Some of the b~est-armored warriors
that have been met with by later travellers
were found by Captain Charles Wilkes,
9. s.. NJ, in the Kingsmill Islands in the
South Pacific. They worea heavy cuirasa
Of cocoanut, woven over a bamboo frame
work resembling a barrel chair. Besides
this they inclosed their limbs in a cocoa
nut network like chain armor. The he'll
met was of the skin of the sea hedgehog.
The suit is admirably fitted to tear out
the Jagged sharks teeth set into the
edges Of the murderous wooden swords
and spears Of these islands. The Kings
mill natives acted on the belief that
their mail was impregnable until Cap
tain Wilkes thought it advisable to hang
a suit in the rigging and riddle it with
bullets.
japanese differs from European armor
by not being closely fitting. 1t seems to
be rather low in the scale, as it is com
posed Of overlapping plates, a method
that il frequently followed in the begin
ming of the making Of armor.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Numerous attachments were made by
ahe japanese armorer to the original coat
Of mail or c~uirass. covering the trunk
and protecting the vital organs. In fcu-
Gal times ID Japan, the dainios, or leads,
possessed splendid and serviceable har-
ness, which was often so heavy as to
hamper the movements. The helmet was
generally shallow, with q mask before the
face, made to look as gruesome as posi-
ble-looks are considerably more than
half the Oriental battle.
TuCorean armorW we see another material
used for defence. The ancient Corean
soldier wore q coat Of great weight and
thickness, made up of thirty-two layers
Of course cotton cloth. The helmet is
padded and iron bound. On the outside
OF the front and rear pads forming the
coat are painted protecting sentences
from Buddhist prayer books. This kind
Of arnor was probably introduced from
China. Cortes, in the Conquest, fought
against Mexican soldiers equipped in
coats padded with cotton Or stuffed with
salt. The Rornee African soldiers also
wear quilted armor, and protect their
horses with the same material.
Primitive arnaor only protected the
body; the legs are left free to run and
dance about ii the skirmish fighting of
Wild tribes. Tbs Romans Of Cali
Is the Hupa and Klamath Indi-
ans were called, wore an arraor Of wooden
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
rsAsspnANrrNe EvEReREENs.

Il il impossible to transplant an ever
green when it is not in leaf; but the period
of dormant leaf action is not the best for
success, as we have found in transplant
ing deciduous trees and vines. By wait
ing until the new buds begin to start,
the planting, if well done, sets the tree
back less than at any other time. The
idea of fall or early spring planting is to
allow nature to settle the earth about the
roots, which the careful planter will do
much better himself. When new growth
begins the transplanter is thereby notified
to take extra care to pack soil in and
among the roots SO that there shall be no
places where they come in contact with
dry air. When new growth begins on
evergreens there is little more foliage
than before, while this is natures signal
that the soil is warmed sufficiently to
stimulate the roots to furnish the moist
ure that sunshine and drying winds evap-
crate from the leaves.-Boston Caltioa-
tar.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
sHEM, HAM AND JAPHETH

them on hay, ground oats and wheat
bran, and after a few days began to give
them ears of corr left from the table in
the boiling season. They relished the
green ears very much.
As the corn matured I put them on
the hard corn, giving them two or three
ears each now and then. They are now
eating about three quarts Of bran apiece
each day, and also, first, a handful Of
oats, then two or three ears of corn and
afterward q few roots-beets or carrots.
They have gained very finely.
They are colored exactly alike and
marked rearly alike, except that Shem
has q star on his forehead. No person
can tell which is the tallest. A farmer
called 10 see them this week and /
asked him to select the largest one; he
looked them over and carefully made bis
selection. then linked them up and
asked him to tell me- the smallest. He
made his selection, and, to his surprise,
he had picked the same steer.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
hi A r AND GARDEN.

THE OLD METHODS OF FARMING.
sayy awfrllv hard were the old ways OF
farming
As sad recollection presents them to light
Tke old iron plow that was drawn by the
oxen
THOSE solemn old oxen that wouldn't go
The planting of corn. the broadcast hand
sowing.
The cutting out weeds with a hoe from the
corn.
The backaching work of hills up Eaters"
That made us long so for the sound of the
horn,
The old tin resounder that called us to din
How blest was the time that we heard the
tin horn.
And then cams the haying, with wearison1e
labor
OF cutting with scyths the grass to make
hay;
And sweating to death as we moved it
Then harvesting grain with low-angered era
The binding with ~straw-'twas hard n
SO slow;
The threshing with fails or the tramping
with oxen
And cleaning from chaf when a strong
wind would blow.
The old fashioned harvest, that awful hard
harvest,
The pack breaking harvest we're willing
should go.
How different now are the methods OF farm
ing!
We turn over ground with 4 steel riding
pillow;
We hoe with a sulky, cut grass while we're
riding,
Rake and load with the horses and put in
the NOW.
How svvest is the sound of the Irvine bending
reaper.
Te those who remember the cradles bright
CLEAN,
And the noise of the thresher, the puff Of the
engine,
And they turn out the grain so fast and 50
clean,
The vibrating thresher, the swift running
thresher,
The steam power thresher that threshes SO
clean.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
Tripiet Steers.

The interesting picture given bafcv of
triplet calves is copied from the Rural
Nep Yorker. The steers belong to Josiah
s. Kenerson, Of Barnet, vt. Mr. Kener-
son writes of the animals:
:sThe mother Of the steers is a nine
year-old high grade shorthorn COW which
had always dropped single calves until
May 5, 1889, when she gave birth to
these triplets. Their sire was a very fine
full blooded shorthorn bull, which, so
far as I have heard, had always begot
single calves until this case. The steers
were castrated when a few weeks old.
They were born May 8. / bought them
on August -. They were allowed to
suckle the dam until I took them on
August IA. ! then tried to teach them
to drink new milk as taken from the COW,
but they would not touch it. I fed
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
SAVAGE ARMS.
SHIELDS AND ARMoR USED BY
VARIOUS TRIBES.
Cocoarut Cuirass of South Pacific Isl.
anders-Thick Corean Armor-
A Body Fence of Sticks
Some Shields.

To those whose acquaintance with
armor is confined to that of the times Of
Richard Ceur de Lion, the primitive
suits in the National Museum at WASH
ington would prove a surprise. There
have been knights of all nations and
times; the first sword was a blade Of
clipped flint, the first spear a fvetpointed
stick, the first shield and body armor of
thick skin of wild animals.
Those were the humble beginners Of
the famous swords, shields and harness
celebrated in song and romance. They
were the equipment of the brave knights
whose names are ~nnreeotded.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

f-AIS1I ISO
Butter, like fresh vegetables, should
go into consumption at once.
The kitchen garden should not be
neglected, even if field work is pressing.
"a bird will leave the cherry for the
mulberry" says one grower OF the latter
fruit.
management" This n word has
more meaning on the farm than is gen.
orally suspected.
Hoed crops among trees are advocated
by Western orchardists, after which
alfalfa and hogs may occupy the orchard
Plant flowers, shrubs and vines about
the house to add to its attractiveness,
and otherwise improve and ornament
your surroundings.
Cleanliness is especially essential about
the poultry yard. The yard should be
raked and the house thoroughly cleansed
at least twice a week.
Trees for planting that have been dug
and properly cared for will grow the
better for being planted after the soil
has become dry and warm.
It is said that rags saturated with kerr
osene and fastened into a split stick that
has been driven into the squash, melon
and cucumber hills will keep bugs oil.
Varieties of cow-pea may be found that
can be probably grown, especially for
mich cows. By modern methods we
may and perhaps will make it pay for GER
tain purposes.
The seed bed should be in perfect con-
dition, which means mellowed deep, all
manure thoroughly incorporated with the
soil, narrowed and planked until all clod'
are reduced fine.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

stats woven together, fitted around the
arms and neck and fastened over the
shoulders with bands of buckskin, A
stone.headed arrow like these people
used q few years ago would be harmless
against this fence Of hard wood Sticks;
They also made o~dd-looking coats of
thick eikskin almost capable of stopping
a bullet at medium range. Further north
this variety of skin-armor is painted with
grotesque Alaskan figures in glazing col
OTIS.
The Alaskan, helmet is also a strikingly
carved and colored object.
An Aleutian skin coat in the National
Museum shows a curious combination of
ornament and protection. 1t is covered
over with brass Chinese coin called
''cash," sewed or with sinew cord. It
would be interesting to know how the
Aleutian acquired Chinese money.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

III Paris one must allow ones cook to
dol the marketing, says Lucy Hooper.
She gets her percentage on every article
she purchase, and, II called upon to re-
linauish these recognized perauisitcs, she
will incontinently taka her departure.
from this II would appear remarks
Nsss Shore, shat american h~ousekeepers
ere not the only ones who have not yet
had the servant girl question answered to
their satisfaction.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
a TELESCOPES Biz Glass Ere.

In Cambridge, Mass, there is q great
establishment for astronomical works,
and there has just been brought here
from Paris the glass for the great tele-
scope for Lick Observatory in California.
This glass il the finest one ever made. II
is four inches thick, and yet, when held
with its end presented toward one, the
eye d distinguish nothing III The air, 80
crystal clear and fine it IS. But, not.
w~ithstanding this seeming perfection,
DIT. CLARK Is 20 give to It three years
more work TO bring it to that ~inconceIva-
BE perfection required ines Dsmocrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Those 10 whom we're awarded medals
at The last Paris Exposition win learn
with some surprise that the award
sasrsly means that ! diploma will be sent
specifying the class Of medals Id which.
tae holder i eEled, but that II they
want the actual medal they nnnst pay fol-.
ii Gold medals win cost them s18S,
silver naedals eI6 and bronze medals
slightly csnts each. These figures yisld ]
neat profit ovsr the cost Of the medals,
which will help . pay he expenses 81
the great show
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
A secret treaty has been signed under

A secret treaty has been signed under
the auspices Of Russia between her two
proteges, servia and Montenegro. by
which Montenegro has promised the as
sistance Of 10000 soldiers to seryia,
and, besides, would promptly send in
case Of war against Prince Ferdinand
thousands of Russian so-called volun-
teera, who would flock under her stan
dsrd, as was done Oh the opening Of the
Turkish war in 1877.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
A Peculiar SMInd1e.

A curious form of swindle has Just
been detected by the police officials.
A number OF families who lost relatives
in the wal of 1870, have been receiving
of late. letters purporting to be from
the latter, stating that they were de-
tanned prisoners in Algiers by the French
Government, and begging that money
should be sent to them to assist them to
escape. Of course, the parties receiv-
ing these epistles promptly forwarded
the money asked for without undertak-
ing any investigation. The police are
on the track of the swindlers and ex-
pect to capture them.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
RI DRIVE rnRu1Y OXEN.

Unruly oxen may be driven by means
of a ring in the nose. Rings for this
purpose are made of copper or steel and
hinged to open and shut and are fastened
with a screw. Any good blacksmith
could make one for a dollar or less. A
line with a snap hook to catch in the
ring will serve to guide the animal and
restrain his excessive playfulness or will
fitness. va .
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
HEEL n WATER.

Sheep may live for a long time with.
out either water or salt, but they will
thrive much better with q plentiful sup
ply of both. The salt should be placed
under sheds or in some dry place where
the sheep can find it aps2 help themselves
whenever they want it. Water from
stagnant pools and ponds is not health
full to either man or beast, although there
are many cattle il the Western States
who rarely get a drink of pure, whole
some water during the summer months
NsD York Sur.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

The farmers of Ottawa and Cloud
Counties, Kansas, have adopted resolu-
tions asking the Government to lend
them money at two and a half per cent.
to che amount Of one-half the value Of
their farms, and declaring thatif this re-
quest is not granted they will pay 40
taxes or interest after December |, 1890.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Won Moltke, whom the Atlanta Gonsts-
sxston calls the greatest soldier in Europe,
says that the long predicted war is bound
to come. He thinks that it will be a
war of the masses against the classes. If
such a war comes, it will be short, crue'
and bloody.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
per year.

The American Dai,.ymaa asserts that
no organizations in the United States
have multiplied more rapidly in the past
ten years than the 6 k-beneft, funeral
aid, death benefit and other kindred
societies.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

II is estimated that SO, 900 horses 10
in use will before long be thrown upon
the market, owing to the development Of
electricity as a motive power. Other uses
for horses win multiply.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Northern larnber'nen are picking up
all the Southern timber land they can
get, as they figure out a general advance
IN Southern timber within a few years.
Heavy shipments of Southern hardwoods
are being made into Michigan and other
Northern States.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Says the Boston Herald. General
Grant isn't destined to live IN history as
the man on horsebsck, as he has fire.
quently been styled. That is the verdict
OF the United States Senate, which has
struck out the word equestrian in tbs
bill to erect a $500, 600 monument to him
III Washington.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
Ts0WG DROPERTY ToR GALE
Town e ROPERTY 4 OR SALE

a CENTRALLY 10 ated and desirable
bEsiHess stand On Main street, Opelousas,
saasstlng Of building suitable fer residences
ama small store, bel < the property to
Nc p~estphice, Thi- property will be sold
ESQ cheap for cash, or hall cash an Ealapce
sp4EaaS % siit purchaser. Apply to MrA
@anaunf Q, T1upra.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
SHAVING SALOON

HAVING recently built and refurnished
u throughout, my Barber Shop, I am
POW prepared, with increased facilities, to
eHrye the public In first-class style In my
ne1 quarters between Brand and MoriaE3yS.
ehaving, Hair Cutting, S~hanipooing, &r.,
Bone IN the highest style of the art. Give
aee . call e A BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
r-NsEcTrYnRos1s aTHng

We have friendly and unfriendly birds,
as we have desirable and undesirable in.
sects. These birds which are named be-
low have sterling virtues placed to their
credit, but some of them may also have
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Some ons in a San Francisco paper i
very indignant over the American
funeral habit" and vigorously declares
that sit is thoroughly ridiculous, and i,
carried out at the danger of ones life.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

The only places where m possess
the same privileges of voting as men are
iceland, Pitcairn Island and the Isle of
Man. In these islands they have the full
suffrage.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

An anti CABLING league is announced
az forming in England, the Earl Of Aber-
deem to be the first President. The
qualifications for membership will be an
agreement for the annual payment of a
shilling and the signing Of . pledge ITO
abstain from betting"
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

The Government of the United States
has at its disposal a vast domain OF 100,-
oo0, 600 acres, which is now barren, but
will be exceedingly fertile after irriga-
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

There were Il, 77o bomicides in thf
country in the last six years. Of thess
I4,770 persons who took human life, 55s
wsre hanged by the law and 975 were
Iynched.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Frank G. Carpenter figures that It costs
a quarter Of a million dollars every yea,
TO get ont the daily newspaper of Con
gress, known as the Congressional Record,
and a good round part Of this goes into
the pay Of the s~tenographers.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

European capitalists propose to as
sumo the railroad Indebtedness Of tbs
Government of Mexico, and issue bondt
to be paid for at the rate of two per cent
per wear.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
OPELOUSAS
Female Institute
oPRLousAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA.

This Institution is undenominational, prac.
sscal and progressive. Discipline afm and
based on sound principles enrolling and de-
velopihe character Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods of training and caItrre
thorough. Toe curriculum prepares the
pupil for University or practical life. Ger.
Sifcates and Diplomas q rred. BuiIdings
collected. For further particulars apply Ia
MRS, NJ NJ. HAYES, Principal.
Or REV. F. w, LEWIS, First Assistant
Feb atf
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09

Queen Victoria has suggested the re.
fusaI Of marriage license in cases where
it cannot be shown that a family can be
properly supported.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
A. P. N
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,

UTEIUUoA0, LUUIS ANA.
Plans, Specifications and Estimates fur
WISHED for all manner of buildings, on the
most reasonable tera S. CONTRACTS taken for
all kinds Of work. in trick, IRON, st ne and
wood. Material furnished for repairs and
construction IL desired. Plantation and
country work attended to with dispatch. Al.
work first class and satisfaction guaranteed
Orders directed to P. Q. Box 81 win receiv /,
prompt attention. ia5te
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
C. D. STEWART.

CONTRACTOR, CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Will contract for the erection Of buildings
Of all kinds, furnishing all material II desired
Work done promptly and at reasonable rates.
Orders through the postofice given prompt
attention. Estimates and plans furnish d.
Having special facilities for Obtaining LUX
BFa AT REDUcED RATES, / will give M
patrons ths benefit of the same.