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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Melted alum is very good cement,
II where Mother water nor heat touch it.
"A wooden cloth is much better than
a brush to polish the kitchen stove, as
it makes but little dust and gives soft
er gloss to the iron. A person with
weak lungs should never use brush for
this work.
Vinegar Sauce: One cup and halt
OF sugar, one tablespoonful and a half
Of flour in a little water, two table
spoonfuls of vinegar, quarter of nut
meg and punch of salt; parr over this
one pint half of boiling water, boil
ten minutes. Just before taking from
stove add one dessert-spoonful Of butter.
The Home.
For squash pies it is only necessary
to oil the plate or tin and sift over it
evenly layer of Indian meal sufficient
ly thick to we'll cover the dish. Pour
the warm, seasoned squash carefully
over, and bake. The pieces can be
easily raised by means of a broad pie
knife, the meal serving to keep the
Sdo"oii ihohl summing W lllc Plaee.
Take all the sleep you can get, but
remember that the necessary amount
varies greatly for different persons.
Some must sleep at least nine hours,
while others thrive under six. Only
don't rob yourself of what you really
need. The midnight oil" is terribly
expensive illuminant to burn, either for
purposes OF labor OR study.
Vanilla Sponge: Soak three spoon
fuls gelatine over night in pint Of
milk. In the morning bring to a boil,
add tho beaten yellks of three eggs and
three large tablespoonful of sugar
When scalded, remove from the fire and
Stir in the whites of the eggs, beaten
stiff, add a pinch of salt ard one tea
spoonful extract of vanilla, place in a
wet mold and set away to cool. Lemon
juice can be added instead of vanilla,
but a little more gelatine is required in
that case than for the vanilla.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Snow Eggs: Put one pint of milk
on to boil with two tablespoonfuls of
sugar and one teaspoonful of vanilla;
remove the whites from four eggs and
whip them until very light and stiff,
then stir in four teaspoonfuls of pow
dered sugar, sifted; drop the whites
from tablespoon into the boiling milk;
when they are firm on one side. turn
them carefully and cook until firm on
the other; when all are done mix the
well-beatcn yelks of the eggs with the
milk, and cook, stirring all the time;
pour into bowl to cool; when cold, pile
the snow eggs in a glass dish, pour the
custard over and around them, and serve
with delicate cake.-Boston Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
FERTlLlZlNG ELEMENTS.
One of the Most Important Problems B
fore the Chemist and the Farmer.

One of the Most Important Problems Be-
fore the Chemist and the Farmer.
Potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen
are the three principal fertilizing ele-
ments, and of these the costliest is nitro
gen. This is not on account of scarcity,
for there is an abundant supply Of it;
four ffths in weight of the air are nitro
gen, and many thousand tons of it rest
on every acre. 1t is costly because it is
not well known how to make use of at
mospheric nitrogen as plant food. This
is one of the important problems now
before the chemist and the farmer. The
Storrs experiment. station, of Connecti-
cut, recently issued a bulletin giving an
account of some interesting expert
ments made to find out whether grow
ing plants can make any use of the
free nitrogen of the air. Plants of
different kinds were grown in jars
of clean, pure sand. They were
watered with nutritive solutions
containing known amounts of nitrogen.
A comparison between the quantity of
nitrogen added and the quantity found
by analysis in the soil and in the plants
at the end of their period of growth,
showed the gain Or loss of nitrogen. 1t
was found that some plants contained
more nitrogen than had been added in
the nutritive solutions, while others
contained no more, or even less. The
only source of gain was from the atmos-
phere. From a large number of expert
ments it was concluded that peas, clover,
and, probably, all other leguminous
plants, are able to acquire large quanti-
ties of free nitrogen from the air Turing
their period of growth. Oats, barley
and other cereals did not manifest this
power Of acquiring nitrogen from the
air. This explains why the latter are
exhaustive and the former renovating
crops. Prof. Atwater gives the following
as the practical inferences from the ex-
periments: The ability of legumes to
gather nitrogen from the air helps to ex-
plain the usefulness of clover, alfalfa,
peas, beans, vetches and cow-peas as
renoyating crops, and enforces the i'm
portance of using these crops to restore
fertility to exhausted soils. The judi
cious use of mineral fertilizers contain
ing phosphoric acid, potash and lime)
will enable the farmer to grow crops of
legumes, which, after being fed to his
stock will, with proper care to collect
and preserve all manure, both liquid
and solid, enable him to return a "com-
plete fertilizer" in the shape of barn
ward manure to his land A further ad-
vantage of growing these crops is that
the heterogeneous material, protein, which
they contain in such great abundance,
is especially valuable for fodder.-Farm
and Fires,da
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COTTON-SEED MANURE.
Its Value as Plant Food as Compare
with Others.

1GS value as rant fOOu as compared
with Others.
In reply 10 correspondent inquiring
Us to the value of cotton-seed manure,
the Southern Cultivator says:
The manure from a fattening beef,
fed on cotton-seed meal and bulls, is
much richer than ordinary COW manure.
If all the manure, both solid and liquid.
be saved and made perfectly dry by
eyaporating the water, the result would
be about one-half the weight of the cot
ton-seed meal and the hulls consumed
by the animal. About three-fourths to
seven-eighths of the nitrogen, and
practically all of the phosphoric
acid, potash and other animal mat
ter in the food consumed will
appear in the manure, it being in
the dung. The quantity of water, how
ever, and other worthless matter, sand,
clay, litter, ETC., would reduce the rich
est of the manure to far below that of
the food consumed. After all such
manure is no richer than that from a
well-fed horse. Therefore you need
have no approximations of applying too
much to cotton, corn or potatoes. 1t
would be we'll to compost or mix the
manure with acid phosphate and some
form of potash, as it is relatively de-
fcient in these two element, say six
hundred pounds of acid phosphate and
two hundred pounds of kainit, or fifty
pounds of muriate potash to each ton of
the manure. Let stand a few weeks
and apply from five hundred to one
thousand pounds to the acre.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
.LITTLE 10 PEEP

had lost her sheep and couldn't tell where to
find them" So the old nursery rhyme says,
and it goes on to bid her Leave them alone
and they'll come home and bring their tails
behind them" All this may be true Of lost
sheep, but if you have lost your health yo,.
cannot afford to leave that alone. It will
not come back Of its own accord. Some
colds They "lct them go the way they
came" Alas! too often the victims go
to consumptive's grave. Until very re-
Gently cure for Consumption, which is
universally acknowledged to be scrofula
affecting the lungs, would have been looked
upon as miraculous, but now people are
beginning to realize that the disease is not
incurable. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
covery will cure it, if taken in time and
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
WHERE MAN THRivES.
A Maryland Town in Which Nearly All
Giants and Methuselahs.

A Maryland Town in Which Nearly All Are
Giants and Methuselahs.
"Back in Montgomery County, eleven
miles from Laurel, on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, is the little village Of
Sandy Spring, Quaker settlement,
whose population is but seventy-f1ve
persons, yet which is noted for the
length of time its inhabitants live and
the stature they attain" said Robert II.
Moran day or two ago.
Now, am not what you would call a
little or Young man. | am II years
DID, six feet tall, and weigh 200 pounds,
yet can not hold candle to some of
the chaps who live there. The old
people there are dying off, though.
Now, there was the Penn family. Mary
lived to be 100 years old. Edward died
at 104. Lizzie was 1913 when she died,
and Joseph was 10l. Joshua lived to
be 80 and 10 months. Mary No 2
was 9S, and another Mary was 80. Will
lam Thompson was ono of the
113 years. The Bell boys were triplcts.
They were Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego. Every one OF them was over
100 years old, and the smallest of them
was 6 feet 4 inches high. Both the
others were 6 feet 5. Then there
were two men, one named Davis and the
other Thatcher, both of whom were over
100. Isaac Moore lived to be 1O2. Mrs.
Russell died at 1Of. Mrs. Kirk was 1O1.
Billy Matthews and Will Mccormick
were each 101 when they died. Billy
Simpson was 100, and Mahlon Chandice
is now living at 100 Cornelius Sullivan
was o. William Brown was % when he
left us, and Jimmy Whiteside is still liv-
ing, hale and hearty, at 90. Now there
is a raft of mon over so years. Among
those who are dead are William Thomp-
son, Randall Thompson and Joe Thomp-
son, Joshua Lewis, Ephraim Murphy,
Henry Stabler and Edward Stabler.
Caleb Stabler, Richard Tucker, Perry
Lizear, and jeff Higgins are still living.
There is such raft of boys over so that
it isn't worth while to mention them.
"Now for the big fellows: Ed Penn
was 6 feet 4, and Josh was feet Q.
Robert Sullivan was feet 5. He had
two sons, VIII and George, who were 6
feet and 6 feet 8 respectively. Mahlon
and Nelson were brothers, and each was
6 feet inches high. There was Richard
Sullivan, whom we used to call Long
Dick. He was feet 4. He had two
sons, Ed and Perry, who are still living,
both 6 feet2. DR.. Artemas Riggs was a
daisy. He was 6 feet inches tall,
weighing 26O pounds, without an ounce
of superfuous flesh, and was one of the
best men in the county. There were
three men who were named William
Brown, and we had to nickname them
to distinguish them. There was Big Bill
Brown, 6 feet 3. Long Bill Brown was 6
feet 5, and Little Bill Brown was 6 feet
~. Isaac Moore was 6 feet 2, but his
son Nathan went him one better and
was feet 3. Perry Lizear is still liv-
ing. He is over so years old, is 6 feet
2 in his stockings, weighs 220 pounds,
is straight as an arrow, and one of the
best men in the county. tell you what,
if you have any children and want them
to live long and grow big, just send them
to Sandy Springs. baltimore Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
A GEORGIA BOY.
What Energy and Industry Properly Di-
rected Can Accomplish.


rected Can Accomplish.
Charlie Williams, a young Georgian,
appeared at the farm of W. Fl. Porter
and H. NJ. Kidwell early in january last
and wanted land to cultivate. This
farm is in the edge of Palo Pinto, near
the Parker line. Its owners are promi-
ncnt citizens OF Weatherford. They let
the young man have hundred acres OF
the loamy land peculiar to that locality,
and he at once resolved to put in all
cotton. He reasoned that with the ordi-
nary pillow no could cultivate about
thirty acres; and that VITA a sullsy pillow
he could cultivate more than three
times thirty acres, SO he boldly made
the venture. He turned in the
hundred acres and later bedded
it. AT the proper season
The put in his seed and wal ted for them
to come up and begin to grow. Mean
time, while he had no work in his model
little farm requiring his labor, he
worked for Messrs. Porter and Kidwel II
AT s!s psg meRsh, easuipg enough I
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
SENATOR CHANDLER.
Why Famous cold Zach" Once Hurrie
Ont nf Ohm

Why Famous "Old Zach" Once Hurried
Out of Ohio.
Itwas in the smoking-room Of ono Of
the comfortable parlor cars on the De-
troit, Lansing & Northern road; the
time was last Sunday evening, and the
speaker prominent Michigan Repub-
lican and man who was a close per-
sonal friend of Michigan's great Sena-
tor.
''The last time I saw Senator Chand-
ler," said the gentleman, who is one OF
the best reconteurs in the State, twas
during the Garfield campaign, when he
had concluded his labors in Ohio, and
was on his way to Wisconsin. But l
am going to give you the story, as near
as 1 can remember, in his own Ian
guage, and only regret that l can not re-
produce his inimitable tone and gest-
llre. | asked if he had seen Garfield
lately.
eyes he said, with that inimitable
drawl of his, Il saw Garfield the other
day, and he did not want me to leave
Ohio, but told him I had to. l was
afraid to stay in the confounded State
any longer
'He asked me how that was, and l
told him that when left home bought
of my friend BOIL a new hat.
s'Then made speech st Akron, and
when 1 got through with my talk my
good Detroit hat was gone, and in its
place was left this internal old Ohio hat
(showing, with an inimitable grimace,
q hat that had seen better days..
'eThen I went to a place they call
Tifin to make talk. | had gold
headed cane that had been presented to
me in 1857, and Of which l thought a
great deal laid it down when began
to speak, and when ] got through the
cane was gone.
{ "Then | went to Cleveland to make a
talk. Now Red Ribbon Reynolds had
been there some time before, and had
met with great success, and when l
looked down on my audience it seemed
as though almost every man had bit
of red ribbon in his buttonhole.
81 thought it would be good idea to
kind O. touch upon it in my speech, and
was figuring the thing over in my mind
when it came time for me to begin.
''Just as l got on my feet and put my
notes on the table by my side some fool
opened the window at the ba TX of the
stage, and some of my notes Guttered
down among the audience.
81 was annoyed at this, and took
something from my pocket to weigh
down the pages of notes which were left
when I was aware that something had
created a sensation among the audi
ence. There was a shifting around,
good deal of smiling, and some sub.
dued snickering. For moment ]
thought something was wrong with my
clothes, but l soon ascertained that
every thing was as right as usual, but
the sensation seemed to increase, and it
bothered me.
sat last glanced down at my notes,
and to nv horror discovered that when
supposed had used my iack-knife for a
paper-weight l had really taken my
sorkscrew for that purpose, and there II
Law in full view of that audience OF red
T Bboned men.
Sand SO tod Garfield was afraid *
stay longer in Ohio.
sat Akron l had lost my hat, a
TifSn my cane, and at Cleveland | hat
"a blamed near losing my reputation
~ n, Ohio tor e. Adrial
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given a fair trial. This world renowl
remedy will not make new lungs, bue
will restore diseased ones to healthy Sd
when other means have failed. ThousaI
gratefully testify to this. 1t is the m
potent tonic, or strength restorer, alto
tive, or blood cleanser and nut1itive,
flesh builder, known to medical scie1
For Weak Lungs, Splitting of Blood, g"
er Complaint" and Dyspepsia, or lndl
"Golden Medical Discovery" is the
medicine of its class that is sold by d
gists under printed guarantee from
manufacturers, that it will benefit or q
in every case Of disease for which it is
commended, or money paid for it will
refunded.
WORLDS D1sPENsARY MEDICAL a
CITATION, Proprietors, No. 663 Main St
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Don't Fool

away precious time and money and triae
with your health experimenting with I'M
certain medicines, when DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery is so positively GER
tain in it's curative action as to warrant its
manufacturers in guaranteeing it to cure
diseases Of the blood, skin and scalp, and
all scrofulous Affections, or money paid for
it will be refunded.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
Consumption surcIy Cured.

To TIE EDIToR:-Please inform your
readers that have a positive remedy for
the above named disease. BY its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. / shall be glad to send
two bottles Of my remedy FREE to any of
Jour readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post-otflce
address. Respectfully, 7. A. SLocUM, NJ. c.,
Isl Pearl street, New York.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

GREAT mistakes are often made in trying
to economic. 1t is safe rule to follow
that the best is always the cheapest. A cheap
physician may cost you your life II you
have Malaria in your system, you will not
time is money lost One dollar spent for
Shallenberger's Antidote will cure you in
twenty-four hours. Sold by Druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafnes.-Hay Fever-A

Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A Now
Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrane of the nose and
eustachian tubes. Microscopic research,
the result Of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not a snuff or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. II. Dixon & Son, cor. Of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chris.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

NOTHING tends to turn man toward pro-
hibition quicker than going to the closet in
the dark for the brandy bottle and getting
the cod liver oil bottle bv mistake-Somer-
vile Journal
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

Oregon, tho Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit. grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full information free. Address
Oregon immigration Board. Portland, Oregon
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

The saving in clothing where Dobbins'
Electric Soap is used is twenty times the soap
bill. 1t is no new experiment. but has been
sold for 4years. To-day just as pure as in
1865. Try it. Your grocer has it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

AN EXTENDED POPULARITY. Bro,vn's Bro1,-
chtaI IrOches have for many years been the
most popular article in use for relieving
Coughs ard Throat troubles.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

TALK about generalship! II Napoleon had
ever seen a girl climb a barbed-wire fence
he would have held the honors of Auster-
litz at nothing .-Binghamto Republican.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

SLANG interprets slang. It is easy to see
the force of the remark, "Don't be d clam, {"
when you reflect how frequently the clam
is in the soup.-Toronto Globe
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

How WE admire the man who happens to
catch us when we are doing good deed on
the sly.-Atchison Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles SHOULD
carefully read the above

One would imagine that counterfeiters
were very exact about their work, consid-
ering the danger Of detection; and yet they
are satisfied if it is passable.-Baltimore
American
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

IT is no longer necessary to take blue pills
to rouse the liver to action. Carter's Little
Liver Pills are much better. Don tforget this.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

You can no more Judge a man by his
daily walk and conversation than YOU can
an election-dey saloon by its front door,
Detroit Free Press
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

WHEN a cashier goes to Canada his en-
ployer's face and his own accounts are the
long and short OF it.-Chicago News.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

$500 Reward offered for an incurable
case of Catarrh by the proprietors of DIR.
Sage's Remedy. Scots, by druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

THERE is no full stop to the furnace in
cold weather. Railways requires the colon
Boston Gazette.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

THE golden stair appears to be the only re
liable fre-escape.- ghamton Leader.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

You hardly realize that is medicine, when
taking Carter's Little Liver Pills; they are
very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their USE
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

THE merchant has to drive sharp bar
gain when trade is dull.-Kearney Enter
prise.
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ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently.yetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habiual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy end agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ky Rs!y Y0Rx, ME
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A SHORT acquaintance-th man who is
always wanting to borrow money.-Burling-
ton Free Press.
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WE recommend 'Tansilrs Punch'' Cigar.

1T is all right to blow your own horn, but
some people haven't any horn to blow.