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The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

onies, feeding, etc. The extra food must
be given SO early that the bees can seal
up Their stores. Unsealed comb during
winter IN not healthful food. Whatever
variety of food is given them, the mois.
snre that arises from the bees during
cod weather enters the unsealed stores,
and produces disease. It is far better to
iook to this important matter during the
money season, and prepare frames OF
sealed honey to supply all colonies that
need feed. But, in our greed for a
heavy crop, we are apt to lose sight of
this, and when feeding-time comes, we
buy sugar, at high prices, to supply these
wants. The fact has been demonstrated,
time and again, that it is cheaper to de-
pend upon the honey sourc alone than
10 use sugar at any time. Besides, we
are greatly injured by the popular idea
that we feed sugar for the production of
surplus honey. But, though it is cheap
er and better to depend upon the natural
honey ource alone, yet, if we have coll
onies without honey enough to carry
them through the winter, and no surplus
honey at hand to give them, we must
feed them sugar or lose them. Uniting
bees, and supplying all colonies with good
fertile queens, is of primary importance.
AS we have the advantage of movable
frame hives, we should thoroughly ar
range the brood-nest in every colony SO
that the brood shall occupy the center
of the hive or combs. If a frame OF
brood is carelessly set on n side, the
bees occupy the other side, and the brood
separates. After properly arranging the
hive and providinga good queen, we are
ready to feed. The food will be stored
ground the cluster of bees. Frames OF
comb filed with pollen near the cluste,
of bees are considered injurious to bees
during winter. This has been our ex.
perience, and we take particular pains tc
either remove such frames from the hive
or place them outside of the brood-nest,
Bees should not cluster ON frames filled
with pollen during winter. They use
too much pollen as food, and it has {
tendency to produce d~ysentery.
During this time OF preparation is the
best time to change the stock of bees,
Good queens of all improved stock are
now very low in price, and if we intro
duce queens now we have the full advan'
tage of the new stock the next season, az
we should not if we put off such work
until the following spring, when queens
cost double, or even more. Bees should
have protection during winter, either By
using chaff hives, or keeping the colonies
under ground. But we should keep il
mind that the most important thing te
give them isa good supply of sealed
honey, within easy access. Many colo
mics of bees starve to death from the fac
that the honey is all in n side of the
hive and the bees on the other, while the
weather is so cold that they cannot move
to it. This is another reason for putting
the cluster of bees in the center of thu
hive, and the honey on each side
american AgricuNursst.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

Counting from the laying of the sec
ond egg the Matching period with pigeons
expires on the seventeenth or eighteenth
day. If from any cause the young should
not be out of the she'll in a reasonable
time after the expiration of the Matching
period, and the eggs are open you can
assist it by breaking loose and m~oistening
the shell a little. When the birds have
been sitting about eight or ten days ex-
anime the eggs by looking through them
tegvard the light, and if they are clear
they will not hatch, and should be
thrown away, and the birds started lay
ing again, but if they look dark, that is,
you can see the light through them they
are fertile, and will in all probability
hatch all right. After the hen has laid,
do not separate the cock from her, as you
notice that he will sit upon the eggs
equally with the hen. The hen sets from
3o'clock in the afternoon until 10 o'clock
in the morning. The cock sits the re-
mainder of the time.
As I have said before, do not modest
the pigeons during Matching time, for in
most cases they will defend their nests
by tapping their wings and pecking at
you, and in doing this may break the
eggs or trample on their young. Also
avoid making any unnecessary noise by
pounding or otherwise, as this may in
jure or kill the young in their eggs
FERN, Field and aockmGn.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

laundering in the darkness. You stand
wonder struck and amazed. You feel as if
all the loneliness of life were dashed out. You
stand gazing into the open ehasm of the
grave. Wait a little. In the presence of
your departed and of Him who carries them
In His bosom, you shall soon stand face to
face. Oh! that our last hour may kindle up
with this promised joy! May we be able to
say, like the Christian not long ago., depart
ing: Though a pilgrim walking through
the valley, the mountain tops are cleaning
from peak to peakr' or, like my dear friend
and brother, Alfred Goodman, who took his
flight to the throne of God, saying IN his last
moment that which has already gone into
Christian classics: II am sweeping through
the pearly gate, washed in the blood of the
Lambn
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01
Snails' Teeth.

A snail's tongue under a microscope,
Mr.. B. B. Woodward has suggested, re-
minds one of some marvellous piece OF
tesselated pavement. This tongue has
135 rows of teeth in the common garden
snail, and los teeth in each row, giving
a total of 14,175 teeth. But this as sur
passed. in the largest British land snail,
where the total of teeth is 21,14o, ds-
posed in 140 rows of Isl each; while in
one of the slugs the number is swollen tc
5000, placed in $50 rows Of $50 each.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01
aAyINs ELowER Seeds.


! Alarge part of the flower loving peo-
pie probably take nc account of seed saw
ing and depend each year upon the seeds
men for their supply of flowers. This is,
perhaps, jus. as well, provided care is
taken TO select only from the best. Choice
improved varieties of almost anything
have lost some of their seed producing
qualities by artificial growth or cultiva-
ton, hence, the best varieties of flowers
are always the highest in price. Besides,
It takes time in the selection, all of which
goes to make up the cost at which q thing
can be put upon the market. A seed
raiser roots out all poor specimens from
his beds as they show themselves, SO that
crosses from poor flowers do not occur.
II any new color, size, quality or other
popularity worthy of perpetuating is OBJ
servable, the seed is saved separately
from these. The next year, in Towering
the popularity, it is perhaps more pro-
nounced. This followed for time forms
q new strain and some distinctive name is
given to the improvement. All free
towering and seeding plants may by this
process be changed and improved from
their condition in q state of nature. Some
have the direction centered in one part,
others in another. The variation may be
that the color of the flower is satisfactory,
but the substance of the petals is too thin;
then the selection goes to such as are
firmer and thicker. Then, again, the
form perhaps is ragged and wants shape.
Breeding from the best looking to this
end will remedy this speedily. Both Of
these points may be all right, but the
growth Of the plant is too loose and un-
slightly; then the more compact and
dWarfer growers are the ones to save from.
Take the case of the old zonal, or horse
shoe geranium. For years it went by the
name of the scarlet geranium, and only
that color was known, and ragged at that,
with single flowers only. Now we have
scarlets, whites and pinks Of the ~clearest
shades, both double and single, with In
Vulnerable intermediate good qualities,
shades and bIendings. These changes
came one at a time. One year would be
d white, then d rose color, then d double,
and SO on. All has been brought about
by selection, and mostly d little alta time.
What has been done III one plant can Y
done In many others. The field is open.
Very simple flowers, as now grown, may
have many hidden beauties TO pay those
who pursue them. It is fascinating tc
those who enter the lists, and often com
bines pleasure with -proit.-Horfieakssrai
Times.
pAiPaRTSG BEES FoR gHE WINTER.
caassflI Wiilteriig of bees depend
aKasiaas made before cold
NeasE #cak col
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
METHoDs OF STORING CABBAGE.

METHODS OF STORING CABBAGE.
The easiest way of wintering cabbage
is as follows: On a dry day pull up by
the roots, wrap the outside leaves care
fully and snugly round the heads and
place them in a row, roots up; then
cover with soil, lightly at first, adding
more as the season advances. In order
to secure free access to the supply inmid-
winter the ridges may be protected from
freezing solid bysome litter being thrown
over them.
Another good way is to sink an empty
barrel into the ground and fill with the
cabbage, properly trimmed. Put leaves
and straw on top of them and keep the
rain and snow out by a suitable covering.
In this way the cabbage are accessible at
any time during the cold winter.-Farm-
ers' Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01
There is more Caterrh in this section OF tbs

There is more Caterrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supp set to
be incurab'e. For a great many years doc
tors pronounced it a local disease. and pre-
sciibed local remedies and by constantly fail.
ing to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it lrcurable. S -ience has proven catarrh to b.
n constitutional disease, and therefore re-
qni es constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured by +. j. Cheney &
Co., T,le!o, Ohio, is the only consti' utionai
cure on the market. It is taken internally
in doses from i drops to a teaspoonfu'. 1t
acts directly upon the mucous surfaces of the
system, They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. S nj for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
f J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
IL Sod by Druggists, 15c.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01
The penpla

ara not slow to understand that, in order to
warrant their manufacturers in guarantee
in them to benefit or cure, medicines must
possess mo e than ordinary merit ami cura-
tive properties. nr. Pierca's Golden Medi-
crl Discovery is thu only blood medicile
soil through druggists under a posittra guar
dntee that it will benefit or cure CT m ney
pal for it will be returned. IN all Ill cd,
Skin aud scalp di eases, AMI for all scrofuloUs
alEe, tiUhs, it is spec tir.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01
LAST Winter

was troubled so badly with rheumatism in my
right shoulder and joints of my lega as not to be able
TO walk. l took Hoods Sarsaparilla, and now l
don't feel any aches or pains anywhere. l sell
newspapers right in the middle of the street every
Gay in the year, and Lave been doing so for five
years, and standing on the cold stones amt no
picnic, 1 can tell you. And IL Hoods Sarsaparilla
cured me it certainly ought to be good Tor those
people who don't stand on the cold stones. lean
be seen every day in the year at corner Tompkins
and DeKalb Avenues.-WLLIAM w. HOWARD,
BROOKLYN, n. Y. n. B.-Be sure to get
Hoods ~SaYsaparHla
Sold by all druggists, 81; six for S.. Prepared only
by c.. l. HOOD s CO, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

Agents Bonanza, Hills Champion Steam
Cooker. Nice work. Large profits. Hill
Whitney s Co, Boston, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

500 Reverb offered Ivy the proprlnt,rs Of
DE-. S gets Catar!l Remedy for an lncurabie
case.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

Pears will not grow on wet ground. Ap
pies will thrive on moist. but not springy
soil.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01
A Russian sigh-Siberia.

Tie old smokers delight-"Tansills Punch
Americas finest sc. Cigar.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

Il love liss dream;ng, can he tl n.y.
en- be isawake8
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

Oregon, The Paradise OF aFmars.
Mild, eq1sb'e elm lte, certain an | abuui-
ant crop. Best fruit, grain, grass an stock
country in tbs worll. FAll ati IN
free. Aliress, OregonI nnigtati,n Board
Portland, Ore.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

The author Of "Old Oaken Buckle "
Gently did rot believe in letting veil enough
hlCna.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01
9 H. SO
Thermometer below Freezing

and a farce storm OF Gazing sect which strikes the
face like a thousand needles. Wind forty miles an
hour. You say a man couldn't stand such ex-
posures No. he couldn't, without just the proper
clothing. And there's only one outfit that can
that is the "Fish Brand Sucker" They are
guaranteed storn-froof, waterproof, and wind:
proof. Inside one of them, you are IS much out of
the weather as if indoors. They are light, but
warm. Being REINFORCED throughout, they never
rip; and the buttons are wire-fastened. No rail-
road man who has once tried one would be without
it for ten times its cost. Beware Of worthless I'm:
i~tations, every garment stamped with " Fish Brand"
Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat when
vou can have the i" Fish Brand Sucker delivered
without extra cost. PARTICULARS and illustrated cat
aiogue free.
a. ). TOWER, j.. Boston, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-01

of exhilaration, followed by disastrous re-
actions. To help us understand the joy Of
heaven, the Bible takes us to a river, We
stand on the grassy bank. W esee the waters
flow on with ceaseless ave But the filth
of the cities is einptied into ii, and the banks
are torn, and unhealthy exhalaSions spring
up from it, and we fail to get an idea of the
river of life in heaven.
We get very imperfectide ideas Of the reunions
of heaven. We think of some festal day on
earth, when father and mother were yet liv-
ing. and the children came home. A good
time that! But it had this drawback-all
were not there. That brother went off to sea,
| and never was heard from. That sister-did
| we not lay her away in the freshness of her
| young life, never more in this world to look
| upon her? All! there was a skeleton at the
| feast; and tears mingled with our laughter
on that Christmas day. Not so with heavens
reunions. 1t will be an uninterrupted glad
ness. Many a Christian parent will look
around and find all his children there. "Ahw
he says, lean it be possible That we are all
here-life's perils over? the Jordan passed
| and not one wantingP Why, even the prod
| igal is here. I almost gave him up. How long
| he despised my counselsi but grace hath tTl-
umphed. All here! all herei Tell the mighty
| Joy through the city. Let the bells ring, and
the angels mentionsit in their song. Wave II
from the top of the walls. All herep
No more breaking of heartstrings, but face
10 face. The orphans that were left poor,
and in a merciless world, kicked and cuffed
of many hardships, shall join their parent:
over whose graves they so long wept, and
gaze into their gloFiffed countenances for
ever, face to face. We may come up from
different parts of the world, one from ths
land and another from the depths of the sea
from lives affiuent and prosperous, or from
scenes Of ragged distress; but we shall al
meet in rapture and jubilee, face to face.
Many of our friends have entered upon tina
JOY. Afew days ago they sat with us study
ing these Gospel thames but they only say
/ dimly-now revelation hath come. You
time viii also come. God viii not leave yos
Arizona silver belt., 1890-10-11
All Roads Lead io Globe.
lFlnrnnce Enterprise l

Gen. John B. Allen returned from q trip to Globe last Saturday evening. Although his limited time while there did not permit as full discussion of the proposed wagon road to this place ns he desired, yet he met several promi- nent citizens of that place who became deeply interested in the matter and gave him considerable encouragement, MT Kellner stated that if good, prac- ticable freighting road should be built, all the Globe freight would be diverted this way, but it must be road over which heavy teams can haul reasonable loads He thought considerable aid in its construction could be had at Globe, and thut the several mining companies would contribute literally. That DOT ton of the road from the summit of the Pinal mountains into Globe would be built by Gila county.
 Last Wednesday, hearing 2 rumor that an effort was being made by Tempe parties to secure all the freighting for Silver King Pinal and Reymert camps, Gen. Allen at once went to the latter to learn the fnct8. He was informed that favorable proposition had been made  from Tempe, guaranteeing prompt de- livery of freights at satisfactory rates, and that it would probably beacceptea. He also learned that road from Tempe had already been selected By direct line past the Superstition mountains to Queen creek, thence up that creek nearly to Hewitt's ranch, and by box canyon to the Reymert; that l; was to be continued to the summit of the Pinal mountains at the head of Pinto creek, having an altitude of 5000 feet above sea level, and into Globe, over route whose entire distance is estimated at eighty miles between Tempe and Globe; that provisions had already been made for its partial construction and that the Mormons would contribute largely thereto in labor
 Gen, Allen thereupon hurried back to Florence to urge upon the people the necessity of taking immediate steps to push the building of the road from this place and, although every person to whom the subject was broached fully agreed that no time should be lost in pushing the project ahead, an attempt to secure their attendance at public meeting to more fully discuss matters and to formulate a plan of operations, failed through the apathy of the people.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-10-11

One-third of a letter carriers time is wasted st the front door, waiting for somebody 60 cone cut and take the mnil. The department is going to try and stop the loss. 4 remedy is pro- posed in the form of general system of private boxes. Postmaster Harlow, of St Louis, is in Washington. He viii join the postmasters from several other cities in passing judgment upon the boxes which have been submitted. There are now nearly 2e0 samples at the Post Office Department. The Post mastcr General wishes the opinions of the postmasters as to which ones are best. There is fortune in sight for the inventor whose box is recommen- ded by the department.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-10-11

Electrically deposited copper is now exhibited in London in the shape Of copper pipes of all sizes, from six to eighteen inches in diameter, and about ten feet in length; some are little more than one-sixteenth of an inch thick, while others are three-eighths of an inch They are all prepared by El- more's Patent Copper Depositing Com pany, Limited, which is now working on commercial scale from common Chih bars without any immediate pro cess.. The bars are placed as the anode in an oIectrolvtic bath, and the tubes are deposited direct in Q rotating man drel, each individual atom of metal being rubbed into those surrounding it by an agate bnrnisher. The result Is Q metal having q tensile strength of twen- ty-fve tons per square inch, with 20 per cent. elongation, and of such purity that, when drawn into wire, it has an elongation of 104, or f per cent. better than the standard. The metal is so ductile that it can be drawn down till il takes forty miles to weigh pound; this can be done without any annealing whatever, and the final product resem- |
 bles hair of most brilliant flame col ored hue:- Engineering.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-10-11
Fighting Machines.

It is becoming more and more ap- whether on land or sea, will be largely contests of machines with machines. The development of modern wenpors has gone on at such pace that it seems not unreasonable to predict that before long what will be required of men who fight battles will he, more than any thing else, thorough knowledge of mechanism; in short, they will be, to n great extent, mechanics and engineers. Already the modern naval vessel has become what may be called simply . fighting machine, all its space not re- quired for the men and officers being taken up with intricate and complicated machinery for doing things which ia the old days were done by the men, OF left undone. Indeed, the modern war ship has grown so complicated, and done It 80 rapidly, thai It IS said many of the older officers of the navy are meeting with considerable difficulty in keeping abreast of the improvements, and that the younger men, fresh from the etudy of science, and with more ambition to spur them on to further study, are coming rapidly to the front in consequence It seems that future naval victories are to be won not by the side that has the strongest and brayest men necessarily, but by the side which has its men best protected from the machines of the enemy, aed is itself provided with superior machines. All this, of conrse, will inevitably bring more and more into prominence the machinist and engineer, and ii is begin ming to be recognized that some ad dihonal effort must be made to secure the best of both on WAT vessels
Arizona silver belt., 1890-10-11

That the special gun used in the An napolis test should have pierced all of the plates was no more than experts expected It was the comparative re- suit that gave the trial worldwide significance. The compound plate has misernbly failed, while under the same conditions of stress the two steel plates have signaily withaood their trial
 There can be no lodging the meaning of this victory. Compound armor by the thousands of tons that now clings to the sides of existing English battle
 ships must come of; compound armor in equal amounts now designed fer English battle-slips will never go on. The French steel plates are the yictors, and the designs for the French navy are proven superior to those for tue English. In this country NC had plan ned for the use of all steel plates. This trial shows that VIC need tRke no steps backward. It also means a blow to British naval supremacy whose effect can be estimated only when we sllall know how the British admiralty intend to act upon it. It makes English armor back number until English ship de- signers and slip-huilders shall conform to the dew knowledge secured in the Annapolis trials, New York Herald
Arizona silver belt., 1890-10-11

Great news is at hand Zulick has left his New Jersey home and is now on his way to Arizona. He would not have come So soon, but then if he had delayed he would not have been able to get registered. He will be in Marico- pa county month during the campaign and by election day will have lived" in Maricopa county altogether just about three months.- Phoenix Republican.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-10-11

Capt, Bulls, of San Carlos, who has has charge of the Indian Agency at that place was passenger on last Saturdays stage, returning home from Texas, where he had been on business trip. He reports that the Apaches on the San Carlos and Gila rivers within the reser- yation, have the largest corn and wheat crops this year ever raised by them. Capt. Bulhs is one of the most hard working and eiiieientagents ever placed in charge at San Carlos Graham County Bulletin
Arizona silver belt., 1890-10-11

N 4. Gilman, who has been manager of the Western Union office ill Wilcox for nearly six years past, has resigned the position. and will be succeeded by Charles ". Pugh, who had charge of the Signal office tere for over two years lIr. Pagh has resigned from the Signal service, and will arrive here from Fort Thomas, where he is at pres ent stationed, about the sth inst Mir, Gilman intends heneeforth to give his entire time to his stock interests, and Bill reside at lis ranch in the Grahams, He will be much missed when he leaves Wilcox, and by no one more than by the editor of this paper. - Wilcox St6ckman.