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The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
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a CommonsSense Answer to the Idle
Complaints of Many Farmers.

A CommonsSense Answer to the Idle
Complaints of Many Farmers.
Farming is the poorest trade out"
says a discouraged granger. ''There's
Jack Smith, sat in the same bench
with me at school, he went into specu-
lation of some sort and his check is
good for 500, 900, while I haven't
money enough to buy new team. Tom
Brown and Will Black, who tried
something else, make an equally illus
trious showing, while Farmer Green is
still grubbing along on the old place,
not much better or worse off than he
was twenty years ago."
That is all quite true my discomfort
ed friend; but have you kept tally OF
the number of Smiths and Browns
who have gone under in the scramble
for riches, leaving only the three
or four men on top whose apparent
good luck has excited your discomfort?
Perhaps you have forgotten, too, that
Tom Brown was a plucky fellow who,
though he had no friends, would not
take a back seat, and worked like a
Trojan to qualify himself for a front
one. Perhaps while you were sport
ing or even loaing around as a young
fellow in a promiscuous way, he was
devoting hours to studies you saw no
earthly use in. Depend upon it, Farm
err Green, it is not all luck when a good
thing comes in a young fellows way.
He has been preparing himself for it.
and can be trusted to make the most
of the chance when he does get it,
Farming, when run by q live man, has
given an average of profits equal to
the average success of other business
enterprises You know yourself that
it is foolish to fog a dead horse; and if
you reckon the dead men that hang on
to farming and get q living out of it
somehow, you will see it is not such a
bad business after all.
There is another way in which to
look at this difficulty. When a store
keeper or city clerks get caught with
the idea of going farming, his wonder
full experiments and general greenness
are a constant source of fun to all the
real farmers in the neighborhood.
Three-fourths of the failures in pioneer
farming are made by just this class OF
men, who have been taught by the
missionaries of the land companies
that any man may farm in a new
country, Aen if he should have proved
a failure in every thing else that he
has tried. This man is really no more
a novice in farming than you would be
in a shoe store or dry-goods business;
and even where you get a good hired
man to run that store, it iN generally
done more for his benefit ban yours.
It will certainly take far Rss OF spe-
cial effort to make you a success in the
walk of life you have been bred to and
are familiar with than to master prop
erly the details of a new line of bust
ness. LET the shoemaker stick to his
last" is an old Latin proverb quite as
applicable to-day rs in. the days OF
Julius Caesar. Stick to your farm; and
ifyou hustle up, study the best methods,
read. ponder and inwardly digest the
experience of the most successful farm
ers round you, you will find out that
you are more likely to be a good farmer
than a good any thing else.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
FANClES or

Big Hats Still Observation-Disclosures Tur-
bans-Dainty MufEs.
Marabout boas fastened at the back
of bonnets and hats and then about the
throat are little worn in Paris now, al
though they were at the height of favor
two months ago. The long boas are,
however, worn about the throat, and
are especially popular for decollette
gowns. They are made of soft lace,
eider-doWn, ostrich feathers, and even
of loops of marrow ribbon caught up or
a foundation of velvet or silk. All 0
these are from two to three yards long.
Fur boas in sable, mink, lynx and
beaver are also worn, both for the
street and opera, and are found ex-
tremely comfortable in the Hobbies
while awaiting the carriage.
Large hats, ornamented with mi
or a dozen small birds, r the most
favored for carriage wear and after
noon promenading. When wern for
the street they are generally held in
place by the large dotted wells edged
with fine lace, and fastened by an invis-
ible elastic about the throat.
IA handsome midwinter hat just sent
from London is of deep snuff brown
velvet made with, a soft full crown and
a broad fat brimt The crown is m
broidered in gold wheat sheaves and a
big cluster OF brown tips, shading al
most to gold, adorns nj side, held in
place by two little brown Java spar
rows.
A more elaborate hat is of los
green silk, with a brim shocked in
white silk, a soft Tam OShanter gown.
surrounded by ten tiny white wings,
placed edge to edge, two small white
birds holding them on the left side.
Many fantastic midwinter conceits
are seen In the small round turbans. a
theater turban, which is almost a bon
net, is made of pale-yellow silk, laid in
the finest OF plafts about the brim, with
q crown OF white cloth embroidered in
daisies. Another is of crimson velvet
arranged in the same way with a crown
of crimson silk. and one tall golden
eagle feather ornamenting the front.
A crimson satin muf for the theater
is lined with leaf-green satin, and has a
band to hold a few long-stemmed Grim
son roses. The fashion of carrying
roses to the theater in the muf or the
opening of the operating ID growing in
fayor.-N. Y. Morning journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
WOMEN NOT
Men who Are Afraid TO Ascend the wash
fngtoM Monument.

1MCA VINO EEG AFRAID Co ascend the WASh-
ington Monument.
do the passengers who ride IN
with you ever become frightenedapn
asked a reporter Of the elevator con-
auctor at the Washington monument
the other day.
Some do and some do not, ? was the
reply, as the cable-puller turned to ex-
plain to a lady in the a that the trip
upward occupied about nine minutes.
I'll tell you,n he explained turning
back to the reporter. tsThe first lady
who became frightened IN the monu-
ment came the other day. She was the
first and only one. We had hardly
started from the floor when she began
70 get nervous, and kept getting more
and more 80. and finally asked me
to Let her of. or course 7 could not
70 back, SO I kept on to the first land
ing, two or three levels higher, and
there I opened the door and led her
out to the platform. She was very
nervous. I did not want to leave her
there alone, so / called to q nice-Iook-
ing young man who was walking down
and asked him If he would not stay
with her until / &uld get to the top
and send q watchman down to help
her. He said he would and I went on.
When the watchman went down he
could not find them; she had walked
back with the young man."
Here the conductor had to interrupt
himself to reassure d man huddled
away back Ia the cornerof the d TINT
the same elevator had carried tons
and tons of stone to the top OF the
monument and had been pronounced
perfectly safe by all the authorities.
Then he resumed, lowering his voice
somewhat as he said:
.s0n the other hand / have had to
stop at least twenty times for the bene-
At of men who would not 60 any high
Fl. Why. 7 have 3 great. big,
strong men, who looked as though
they weren't afraid Of any thing, get
to trembling and finally ask me to let
them get OF and walk. Particularly
fat men. too, with q reminiscent
ehuckle. Fat mel are afraid Of their
Weight, particularly If they are with
large crowd. can't explain Why this
should be, = he concluded, just as the
IA emerged from the semi-darkness of
the shaft into the whittier. brighter
light Of the top-landing. .sbnt ! must
say that I've come to the conclusion
that the women = not the towards,
after alls itAs the men. 1T the women
ara they don't show II here. ~ ash
ington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
A BACHELORS BALLAD.

Returning home at the close of day.
Who gently chides my long delay
And by my side delights to stay?
Who sets for me my easy chair,
Prepares the room with neatest care,
And lays my slippers ready there?
Who regulates the evening fire,
And piles the blazing fuel higher,
And bids me draw my chair still nighers
When sickness come to rack my frame.
And grief disturbs my troubled brain,
Who sympathizes with my pain?
Nobody. =
American Queen.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
70 CURE SCRATCHES.

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a Treatment Recommended by an Exc
perEenced Veterinary sur@eos.
This complaint, usually called grease
by veterinary surgeons, prevails most
extensively during spring and fall
when the roads and streets are wet
and there are sudden changes in the
weather. The chief causes of scratches
are exposure to mud and water. 1t is
believed that farmers horses are less
subject to this disease than others, yet
II they are compelled to wade through
mud or filthy yards, or stana in mud
while drinking, they are pretty sure to
suffer from scratches soonerIor later.
In speaking Of this disease If it may
be termed such, Youatt remarks that
there is a popularity about the skin
md heel of the horse. In Its healthy
state there is a secretion OF gleasy mat
ter from it, in order to proved It e~xcoria-
ton and chapping. This re nders the
skin soft and pliable. Too often, how
ever, from bad management, the secre-
ton of this greasy matter is stop
ped and the skin of the heel
becomes red, dry and scurfy,
the joint still continuing to be ex-
tended and f1exed, cracks OF the skin
begin to appear. These, If neglected,
rapidly extend, and the heel soon be-
comes q mass of soreness, liberation,
and finally tunges. The distance of
the heel from the center of circulation
and the position of the hind limbs rem
der the return of blood slow and diff
fcult. There is also more variation of
temperature here than any other part
of the frame. As the horse stands in
the stable the heat of this part is too
often increased by its being imbedded
in straw. When the stable door is
opened the heels are nearest to it, and
receive first and most powerfully the
cold current of air. When he is taken
from the stable to work, the heels are
frequently covered with mire and wet,
and they are often and most intensely
chilled by the long and slow process
of evaporation which is taking place
from them. No one can wonder then
at the frequency with which the heels
are attacked by Inflammation and the
difficulty there is in subduing it,
Many horsemen believe that scratches
result from impurities in the system,
md treat internally. Others still con-
tend that it is a local complaint, and
q be cured only by local treatment.
II the animals attacked are out Of con-
dition, ii will be found much more diff
cult to effect a cure than in healthy
ones. The following treatment is rec
commended by an experienced veteri-
nary surgeon as the best he can suggest:
Take blue ~vitriol, two ounces; borax,
n ounce. Dissolve in one quart
cider vinegar. Apply this to the heels
every night after first washing with
carbolic acid, and water can be used ii
soap can no be obtained. The solution
is made by mixing one part carbolic
acid in crystals with n hundred soft
water. Give a tablespoonful of gluher
salts and d teaspoon even full mot
heaped) Of saltpeter every thirl night
with the grain ration. II is better to
dissolve the salts md saltpeter In a
small quantity of warm water, then
mix the solution with the mash or oats.
Acid getting the animal into mud or
water as much as possible.-American
Cultivator.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29

Economy with the corn crop means
that the fodder should be stored under
cover and not left standing in the
fields, as is often practiced. Good fod-
der is valuable, and is highly relished
BY all classes of stock, but il can sbe
injured by exposure as easily as hay.
No matter how much care is taken the
shocks will fall over in winter, by
which mean a large share of the fod-
der is ruined by being on the Ground.
If cattle are turned in on it they will
trample a portion also. The barn is
the proper place for it.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
70 coPpEspownrNTs

All communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name OF the Author, not
necessarily for publication, but as hn evidence
Of good faith on the part of,the writer. Write
emily on one side Of the paper. 81 particularly
aarefui, In giving names and dates, to have all
letters n hgures plaln and distinct.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29

Chocolate M~acaroons Take three
fourths pound blanched almonds, one
pound powdered sugar. and one-fourth
pound grated chocolate; mix these into
a stiff paste with the whites of three
eggs beaten TO astrong froths drop them
in teaspoonfuls on ma sheet of white
paper on a bakIng-tin, and bake in q
moderate oven until quite firm.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
opELDUsAs FEMALE INSTITUTE.

O~FeIOusas, 81. Landry Parish, La,
THIS institution will resume duties Mopdsy
il September, j.. Is S, under the immediIta,
Supervision of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hayes and Mrs N
A. Davis. with competent assistants. IN,
scholastic year consists of forty weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION.
Prepara tory Department, per month. IS Q IA
Academic Department., per mont ala
Music, 18th use of piano ..,....-... 606
Board n~g-inc.udiug washing, light and
fuel ~. -. l8 On
Embroidery, wax flowers. painting,
drawing, each, extra N N
DISCIPLINE.
The government of this school is strict b,.
parental; no hard tasks or restrictions ara i'm
posed, but every student must comply With
the rules, and must pre- arc up to the meas.
ure of her ability. the lessons assigned.
Our course CT study and mode of instruction
are to train the mind to hab is OF correct
linking and thorough investigation Ne
student will be a lowed to enter higher clasaes
without thorough preparation. Parents and
guardians may rest assured that the manners
health an morals of the children and wards
shall receive due atIent OF
No deduction for absence, unless in case of
protracted lines The location of the town
is he.tlthful and easy of access. The boaldin1
department is under the immediate charge az
Mrs. Ha, es. Ioarders will provide them.
selves with blankets and towels. For particn.
lars address, MRS. NJ. NJ. Hays,
july 2~S'3i-novEI'T9 Principal.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
O.. .. STEWART.

Contractor, Carpenter and Baildep,
WIZ al ln tFnds. for fu the s s]Fsssi9 #, Of ms saildi's 4
desired. Work done promptly aud a reason
able rates. Orders through the ~postosice
Civ n prompt attention. Est nates and pans
Furnished. Having special facilities for OBJ
tanning LUMBER Vt REFUGE RATES, | will
give my patrons the benefit OF the same,
seplST
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,

OpeiouSas. La.
THE curse of instruction in this institution
Il embraces English. french. Latin, Greek.
Arithmetic. Algebra, G. ometry, 30 H. eep.
ing, Natural sc en"es, His DRY, &c graphy.
Penmanship, and great care is bestowed on
Christ an Instruction.
T~ERMa-BOard and tuition, per month, sls.
Day Scholars, per month, s.. 50 or 81, ace5rd.
ing to class. tlasses are resumedo on Nednes-
day, September 18TH, lsSS.
REV. G. RAYMOND, DID,,
REV. E. j. RAYMOND,
HENRY G. LEVI,
Aug 20, 1888 NJ. ..LFRED BILLET.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-29

DO not let the milk, cream or but
ter freeze; it spells the flavor and
keeping quality of the butter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-17
Snorfing Notes.

LEXINGTON trotting races were yesterday post
poneQ on account OF raln
THE McAlpin-Johnson syndicate is said TO con-
troll five Players League clubs.
TrERE was rain at Louisville yesterday and the
first game for the worlds championship" was
not played.
MANAGER HANLoN left for the East last even
ing. He will attend the Z. j.. meeting at Ne"
York Monday.
J. SIMS, of Bridgeville. wants to match his
pigeons to fly any local pigeon from coop to coop,
for So or 500 side.
IF the weather is fine to-day the races at Home
wood, and the parachute descent VIII take place.
Some grand sport is expected.
NOT long ago the P. L.. mag mates were great
and shrewd business men in the estimation oil all
p. L. partisans. The scene has changed.
EFFORTS are being made to arrange series Of
games between the New York Z. l.. and n. L.
teams 1t is thought that the efforts will be sue
cessful
LIENS for about 500 have been entered against
the new clubhouse OF the Philadelphia Field ana
Cycle Club at Ardmore, and others Will lollo"
unless settlement is made.
MEssRs. DAY and Talcott. of the New York N.
L. and r. L. clt4s, respectively, stated yesterday
that no more meetings will be needed TO conson-
date their clubs everything has been fixed.
THE special meeting OF the Players League is
called Tor Monday next, but there will be an i'm
pOrtant conference at New York on SATURDAY Oh
this week. which all the Players League capital
lists will attend.
THE following well-known ex-'varsity football
player VIII coach the Princeton eleven between
now and Thanksgiving Day: Aleck Mofatt of
New York City: Samuel Hodge and Hector Cowan,
of the Seminary: David Bovaird, of New York
City, and James George, of Laurenceville.
If a compromise should be effected, Colonel
Rodgers thinks the teams would be placed as fol-
lows: National League-Sew York, Boston,
Philadelphia. Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Chicago.
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Chicago, Louisville and st. Louis.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-17
INVENTOR OF THE PIANO.

Although There Are Many Claimants, an
Italian Seems to be the Right One.
Although it is less than 200 years since
the pianoforte was invented, the name of the
actual inventor is lost in crowd of claim
ants. In England the invention is claimed
for Father Wood, an English monk at Rome,
who manufactured pianoIorte in I'LL.
This, being the first one seen in England,
produced an immense sensation among mu-
sicians, for skilled performers were enabled
to play it with much greater expression than
the harpsichord or spinet.
Although Father Woods claim is stoutly
maintained, the best authenticated is that OF
the Italians, for in I'LL Bartolommeo Cristo-
lali, of Padna, had already made three
pianos, which Scipione Maffei. in the 'Gior-
male de- Litterati d'Italia" (Venice 1711),
describes as instruments in which the body
of sound is regulated by the force used in
pressing upon the keys, thus producing not
only the piano and forte, but also the de-
grees Of tone. as in the violoncello.
So it seems evident that Cristofali was
really the inventor OF the planoforte in 1710.
He must have been a genius, for in every
part of the piano he introduced some i'm
proyement, in the case and sounding board,
as we'll as in the mechanism. Cristotali' $
claim, however, is still disputed. The facts
seem to show, however, that the honor lies
between these two men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-17
MRS. FOSTER SCORES A VICTORY.
The Iowa W.. c. T. U. on the Side of the
Non-Partisan Branch.

DEs MONIES, October 16.-The State Con-
yention OF the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union Of Iowa, got down to business
to-day, and 4 very warm time was expert
enced, resulting in a split between the non-
partisan and the the third party forces, and
the main body receding from the National
Union. The fight to-day was over a report
of the Committee on Credentials, which
recommended unseating large number of
delegates who were considered disloyal to
the constitution of the Iowa union. The
discussions were long and heated, and the
report was finally adopted by vote OF 80 to
20. The nou-partlsan forces were led by
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster, President of the Iowa
union, who being asked to explain her po-
sition as Republican to her non-partisan-
ship, replied that she, as an American
woman, chung to her right to exercise her
liberty under the Constitution.
At the afternoon meeting vote was taken
as to whether the Iowa Union should secede
from the Francis Willard National Union,
on account of the third party attitude of
the National Union, and the Iowa Uuion
voted to longer be identified with the
National Union. the vote for the Iowa
Nom partisan Union was 315; ior National
Third Party Union, g. The third party
delegates then withdrew in a body, with the
intention of forming union on third party
basis,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-17

personal disadvantage. l wish further to add
that the substitute for the Gaumer bill. now on
its passage through the Senate, is essentially a
home rule measure 1t varies from my sug-
gestion only in postponing the elections
five months There are some very
urgent reasons for such postponement.
There is only one thing better in
to bridge over the hiatus from the time the ex.
isting board is legislaled out until the election
of April mex. However. the present board
people restored.
tits earnestly to be hoped that before the
next municipal election the city Of Cincinnati
will be granted charter which will wipe out
all its existing official bodies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-17
sIsAL HEMP INDUSTRY.
A Noxious Weed That Promises to Make
the Bahama Islanders Rich.

A Noxious Weed That Promises to Make
the Bahama Islanders Rich.
The culture of sisal hemp, says Sir Am
brose Shea, Governor of the Bahama
Islands, in the New York Times, promises
to prove the salvation of the Bahamas. In
the last 12 months great progress has been
made in the development of this industry.
The plant from which the hemp is made was
considered a noxious weed only two years
ago. Now each plant is worth $50. In the
neighborhood of 5000 acres have been
planted in sisal. The acreage will be
largely increased this year. Naturally the
demand for the plant is very great.
Foreign capital is becoming interested in
the industry, and before long I expect to see
large quantity of the hemp, which is Of
excellent quality, exported to this country
A few bales which were sent to London last
June created good deal of excitement in
the market, and brought $3.50 ton. II is
asserted that when shipped in quantity sisal
hemp will compete on the Continent with
fiber that now sells for $500 a ton.