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The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
MAKE a coon GARpEN.

! No man should spend his labor and
time over so large an acreage as to fail in
making a frst-class garden. In this much
OF the satisfaction and often no little
part Of the profit of country and farm
life consists. It is rather disheartening
for the city resident who goes into the
country during the summer for fresh ar
and fresh homegrown small fruits and
garden vegetables to look into back yards
and find tin cans carelessly thrown away,
which show that even for such common
table luxuries as tomatoes, green corn,
and often green peas. the farmer and his
family have nothing better for him thaa
he could himself buy at the retail
grocery. Ii farmers wish to attract other
men to their business, as it is clearly
their interest to do, they must In every
way make farm life as pleasant and en-
iovable as possible. Labor-saving ma.
chinery enables the farmer to take HE
easier if he will. He complains that low
prices for staple crops take off all ms
profit. Grow less of these crops then,
and devote a larger share of time to fruit,
esgvusally the small fruits, and to garden
vegetables. So soon as the farmer grows
enough Of all kinds Of vegetables for table
Use il their season, he has procured2lux-
uFies that only wealthy men can aitord.
AS he thinks over what he would have
been obliged to pay for such table deli
eacies, tie harder lines of his life fade
away. 1t seems worth while to live on
i farm, aud when he gets to feeling this
wav it is ten to one that he falls into the
habit Of marketing supplies he does not
need, and thus after a few years de-
velops into market gardening the natural
way. First make a garden that will
supply your own table with all garden
delicacies, and il there is u surplus u
will be sure Of a profitable rnarket.- -
Boston Cutirator.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
Making Diamonds Luminous.

ttDid you know that diamonds, or
rather, l should say, some diamonds,
have the quality of being luninousf"
asked William N. Kindell, of Boston, at
the Hotel Imperial. cit is a thing that
has only recently been discovered. Out
of $50 diamu-ds which l saw rubbed on
pine board at a college experiment, only
three were found to give out light.
These showed their luminous quality il
rubbed on a piece of linen or rough
cloth, but the hardest surface of the
board made the light appear more dis
tinctly. "-New York Teleqram.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
Leanncss and ~seIF-KeIiauca.

The razor back, hog, the yellow dog,
the lopsided Thomas cat, despisei OF the
world, the hard featured billJ-goat who
~nervously chews his tough quid and looks
at the world N nanatigatel disgust AL
these earn their own living. The fat
shoat, the fat dog, the fat tom-eat, the
fat biily-goat. the which we have never
vet seen, arc wholly without self-rellance,
have no object ID life, keep no move on,
they can't sing, they can't fight. they
them nothing on earth except fat, which
thei il masters have put there. Let us be
lean and independent.-Ns0 York Jour-
nal.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
IN irritation of MakNre

<1N tHEIEnEtoIS " 1F"tFtfG
that's the result you want
to reach. With DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, you have it.
They cleanse and renovate the
whole system naturally. That
means that they do it thor
oughly, but mildly. They're
the smallest in size, but the
most effective-sugar- coated,
easiest to take. Sick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Con-
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements
of the Liver, Stomach and
Bowels are prevented, relieved,
and cured. Purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless, and gently
laxative, or an active cathar-
tic, according to size of dose.
AS a Liver Pill, they've been
initiated, but never equaled.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
STRAWBERRY BEDS.

When picking comes to end, remove
all the mulching and stack it in veil
made stacks, SO that they will shed the
rain. 1t will answer for another year.
and will be cheaper than a new cutting.
In every other balk Tor In every one if
the rows are two feet apart SOW upland
rice very thinly; or, better, plant it in
hills ten inches apart, with three or four
grains to the hill. 1t will, with a little
cultivation, shade the soil sufficiently to
keep down the crabgrass and AVE the
plants. But be careful not to get it too
thick or it wall make the plants so tender
that, when the rice is harvested in the
fall, the sun will kill them. If it comes
on too thick during the summer, cradle
It off a foot high Oh more. 1t will sprout
right up again, but you will lose your
crop of rice. This is better, however,
than to lose the strawberry plants.
Try one bed with cowpeas and see
which preserves the plants best-peas or
rice.
Try another bed with castor beans,
plant six feet each way.-NeD Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
TREES e1RpLEp BY NICE.

When trees are completely girdled by
mice the injury is irretrievable. If the
damage could be discovered at once and
before the wood should dry it might per-
baps be possible to save some of the trees
by cutting the bark from others and fit
ting it accurately to the damaged portion
md wrapping the part in moist clay kept
moist by wet bandages. But the chances
are 8 hundred to n against this during
The winter, when the sap is not flowing,
while later, when the sap is in motion, it
might be done. Prevention is the only
cure, and this is easily secured by wrap
ping paper around the trees in the fall
and taking it off in the spring, when
there is no more danger Chicago Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Sell eggs fresh.
Whitewash the nests.


Whitewash the nests.
Fowls will eat a large quantity of
clover.
Feed young fowls literally while
growing.
Be careful to avoid draughts, especial
ly on the sitting hens.
Hens will eat the parings of any kind
of vegetables if cooked.
Copperas Is a good medicine to keep
on hand for the poultry.
Chickens once stunted never regain
their vigor, no matter how we'll fed.
From one bushel of corn a hen will
produce ten dozen eggs, worth at least
Hens will keep in better health if they
are obliged to scratch for a part of a hv-
ing.
Feeding the ducks too much corn and
getting them too fat viii keep them from
laying.
Test your fields and see what fertilizers
they need. It is useless to put on fertiIi-
GERS not needed.
It looks as if hard work, of itself, does
not count as much as how that hard work
lis accomplished.
The irisrs, English, Spanish AMI Per-
sian, ought to be transplantei eyery sec
ond or third year.
One advantage in keeping q good
breed of fowls is that generally they vii.
| receive better care.
The advisability of asking the Legisla-
ture to pass a law with the object OF con
ltroling the plum knot is discussed bJ
/ Michigan horticulturists.
IT ia told in the american Garden that
the fuchsia ssStorm King still holds lts
own as the leading dwarf, double whit
VARIETY. It is probably the earliest flow
ering variety there is among the double
| ones.
For market gardeners the following
early cabbages are recommended IN
bulletin from the Pennsylvania Experi
ment Station: Early Wakefield, All Sea
sons. Henderson's Summer, Early Fla
Dutch.
carnmeal mixed with sweet milk ane
hard boiled eggs chopped up fine make 2
an excellent ration for young turkeys. l
well fed from the start, a turkey shoule
he ready to market by the time they arr
seven months old.
Young strawberry plants should hav'
white roots. Any plants with dark roof
should Be thrown away. Set them ou
q early as the ground is ready. Gfoun'
hone will be found an excellent fertlllze
for Young strawberry plants.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

Inc cultriator, however, can be run shall.
iowef' and makes a better seedbed, and
II the previous crop was kept clean of
weeds there will be less to spring up if
the ground if not reversed. 4 large per
cent is often taken off a crop of oats by
low wet spots, which preclude early
ploWlng, or make necessary two jobs
OF seeding. Such spots should be tile
drained. Finally, the average crop of
thirty bushels or less per acre at the
average price of thirty cents or less per
oushel gives little OF no profit. while a
crop OF seventy or eighty bushels per
acre gives a clear gain of $15.-New
York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
Entitled to Inc Rest.

All are entitled to the best hat tn cir money
will buy, SO every family should have, at once
a bottle of the best family remedy, Syrup Of
Figs, to cleanse the system when costive or bill
ious. For sale in soc. and 81 bottles by all
leading druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
THE A r AND GARDEN.
rrrprNe FARMS CLEAR OF WEEDS.

KEEPTNG CLEAR OF WEEDS.
oneimportant point in keeping a farm
clear from weeds is to see that those
germs. are not imported in purchased
seeds. Weeds are often introduced by
III farmers own animals. Horses that
baye been fed at the town stables, and
cattle that have been allowed to run on
fhe highways, may each be the means of
bringing obnoxious weeds onto the farm.
CHicGqo Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
HOW TO HIVE A SWARM OF srEs.

NJ" 10 HIVE A SWARM OF BEES.
TO hive a swarm Of bees successfully
and in a systematic manner, writes a bee
Keeper, requires presence of mind, cool
ness OF nerves and fearlessness. To note
the vast difference of the ways in which
bees are hived throughout the country
would be very amusing. l think it is
sufficient to point out the correct way.
1t is the usual custom on discovering
a swarm leaving the hive to begin throw
ing water on them; this / do not do.
When | see u swarm in the air, / at once
set about to prepare a hive for them. If
| know which hive they have come out
of ! remove Fit to a new location and set
the new one. in its place, and spread on
the ground just in front of it a sheet
doubled twice.
The new hive should contain a full set
of frames with a narrow strip of founda-
ton as a starter, and if it is during a good
honey flow and after the surplus arrange
ments have been put on, I would remove
the latter from off the old hive and place
it on the new one by this time the swarm
has settled. If low enough. l sprinkle
them a little to prevent them flying when
Jared. Now get your swarming basket
q find that n holding a half bushel is
the most conveniently; to the handle of
this tie a pole; a piece of pine one and
one-half or two inches square is just
right. Now reach up with the apparatus
just described and place the basket un-
der the cluster; the end Of the handle
should extend beyond the basket a foot
or SO; strike the limb on which the bees
have settled a sharp blow, at the same
time keeping the mouth of the basket
where the bees will fall into it. If the
first jar is hard enough the queen will
fall into the basket together with the
larger portion of the bees. Hold the
basket in the same position until the
bees have settled, and if any settle on the
limb continue to jar it until they have
all settled in or on the basket.
You now have them captured and car
do anything you with them.
have carried a swarm a mile in this shape
without any trouble. If your hive is in
readiness carry the bees and pour them
down in front of it and assist them to
enter by taking hold of the corners OF
sheet and raising it; after they are all in
see that the hive is shaded from the suns
rays, and you can then leave them to take
care of themselves. Farm, Field ana
StocknaGn.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach
disorders, use Browns Iron Bitters. The Best
Tonic. it rebuilds the system, cleans the Blood
and strengthens the muscles. A splendid ton
10 fer weak and debilitated persons
KANSAS CITY is promised ice at five cents a
bnndred es a. result of competition.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
cept on Prescriptions from reputable e9 physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, o contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, and acts directly upon
The blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney 81 Co.
~ Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
IF you would be correct in pronounclng
Manitoba accent the last syllable.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

For impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Mals-
ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness.
take Browns Iron Bittcrs-itg gives strength.
making old persons feel young-and youns
persons strong: pleasant to take
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

FITS stopped free by DR.. KL1NE,s 9REAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bottle
free. DR.. Kline. 931 Arch st. Phiin~. Ia.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

The shower Of rice upon bride and groom
9 prayer for copious prosperity and fruit
illness,
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

# YOU wish to be entertaining Just
forget Yourself long enough to talk te
somebody about himself.-DaAas Aens.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04
Gladstone 8 Hats.

Mr.. Gladstone has three hats, and
three only. One is black and very old.
The second one is white and is used only
in summer. The third is a soft felt and
his constant travelling companion. Its
age is not known, but certainly it wa
not new in 1860.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

He fosts enough whose " ite scoi!s at din
,pr time.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

Flower .

Perhaps you do not believe these
statements concerning Green's Au-
gust Flower. Well, we can't make
YOU. We can't force conviction in
to your head or med
Doubling icine into your
throat. We don't
Thomas, want to. The money
is yours, and the
misery is yours; and until you are
willing to believe, and spend the one
for the relief of the other, they will
stay SO. John H. Foster, 1922
Brown Street, Philadelphia, says:
"My wife is a little Scotch woman,
thirty years of age and of a naturally
delicate disposition. For five or six
years past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia. She
Vomjt became SO bad at last
that she could not sit
Every Meal. down to a meal but
she had to vom1t it
as soon as she had eaten it. Two
bottles of your August Flower have
cured her, after many doctors failed.
shecan now eat anything, and enjoy
it; and as for Dyspepsia, she does not
know that she ever had II" %
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

In Australia recently a remarkable Tea,
in strengthening took place. Forty,
seven men in one day of eight hours took
The Aeeces off 1878 sheen.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-04

The Congo River j. fifteen miles Waoe
Ia some places.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18

Clarkson: Assistant Secretary Bussey crit
icised for allowing young Raum to resign
with so days pay. Harrison gets down to
work. Blaine still improving Ben But
ler's client, Mrs. johnson, rearrested by Or
der of United States Judge.
Pittsburg street bills will be signed....
Bishop Potter asked to investigate Rev. K.
Heber Newton. . A Frenchman at Utica, n.
Y, weary of poverty, attempts to murder his
family. Coke shipments now almost at
their normal figures. Day laborers at
West Superior, Wis, demand S. Two Off
GERS shot by a Florida negro. Ingalls, says
he is not going on the platform. How the
Philadelphia bank examiner was fooled....
The Tobin case still further a mystery.
Florida may not exhibit at the Fair. The
Railroad Federation decides against the Chi
cago switchmen =. Chambers prevailing near
Dayton, o.. Mayor Shakespeare, of New
Orleans, warns the Italian leaders to respect
the law. wv. f. Dillon, a Wheeling travel
ing man, missing :. Boys attempt to set fire
to the Philadelphia High School. "A New
York Irishman turning into a black man. =.
A registered mail pouch, valued at $4,000,
taken from New York mail wagon, but is
recovered.
Local.
Fares not reduced on the Pittsburg Trac-
ton line unless passengers buy ticket book
costing So Colonel Culyer says it will take
10 years to work out the original design in
Schenley park. Fifty appeals taken by at
torneys for wholesalers whose licenses were
not renewed. The Covenanters denounce
the judges for issuing liquor licenses. "A man
sues saloonkeeper for selling him liquor,
as person of known incorporate habits. =.
Two doctors use horsewhips in q quarrel
over a lot. The Amalgamated Association
counting on trouble July 1....National
Butchers Association to meet in Allegheny
next week. :. Master builders anxious to
get their men to return to work. DID,. Second
district speak-easies raided.. Railroad ex-
cursion season opens. Attorney j. P, Hall
sentenced to two years. Tennis growing
rapidly in popular favor. Close Of the May
Music Festival.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
STEAMERS AND EXCURSIONS.

CUNARD LINE-NEW YORK AND LIv-
y ERPOOL VIA QUEENSTOWN-From
Pier 40, North river: Fast express mail SER
vice. Aurania, May %, $50 An; Gallia, May
q, ga. NJ; *Umbria, May 30, 1880 A. M.;Servia,
June g. $50 A. M; Bothnia, June 10, A. NJ;
*Etruria, June l3, 10 A. M; Aurania, June 20,
3P. M; Gallia, June "a, IA. NJ. Cabin passage
$50 and upward; twill not carry steerage;
according to location; intermediate, $35.
Steerage tickets to and from all parts of
Europe at very low rates. For freight and
passage apply to the company's office, 4
Bowling Green, New York. Vernon H.
Brown b Co., j. J. MCCORMICK, 639 and 4O1
Smithfield street, Pittsburg. my1s-D
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
1T WAS FULL OF NEWS.
THE SUNDAY DISPATCH WAS A MOST
ATTRACTIVE NEWSPAPER.

Something About Everything Going on in
the World to Be Found in It-Twenty
Pages Divided Into Three Parts for the
Readers Convenience.
THE DISPATCH of yesterday was first-class
newspaper in every respect. Each of its
various departments was full of the most in
teresting reading matter. The news was up
to the usual mark, as was also the selected
matter. Following is a resume Of the news
features:
Foreign.
Englishmen want from Brazil concessions
similar to those granted by the United
States. .Spain's reciprocity treaty with
America makes it impossible for her to
negotiate with European powers. E. England
said to have a rifle pronounced to be the
best small arm in the world. :. .Hurlburt
coming to America to find Wilfred Murray.
-. demonstrating the Portuguese cabinet
The Czarewitch to blame for the attack
made upon him.. Neither Italy nor the
United States have proposed arbitration. ID.
Owing to the death of Madame Blavatsky the
Theosophists are likely to split. .Balfour's
tactics delays the Irish land bill. Glad
stones condition not at any time considered
serious Marie Antoinette's earrings for
sale in London. The case against Duncan,
who tried to murder his wife, has been taken
in charge by the Public Prosecutor. -. En-
glish physicians fear the grip will be an
annual spring visitor. Stanley insulted
while speaking at Sheffield. Tories likely
to capture Captain Verney's seat. Efforts
to reconcile the Irish leaders. Hebrew
refugees pouring into London. .Daressalauni
has been made the German capital in East
Africa go. English players disappointed
over John Drew leaving the DAILY
Company go. Labor unions in En-
gland preparing for big strike. .Afri-
can missionaries not pleased with the gift of
land by England to Portugal "A French
physician offers $40 for the birth of every
poor child The Manipur disaster caused
by British stupidity.
Domestic.
Twenty blocks of Muskegon, Mich, de-
stroyed by fire. Chicago labor importers to
be prosecuted John L. Sullivan's wife's
name likely to figure in a divorce suit. -.
Nashville to erect a monument to jeff Davis
... .Thirty-one cadets graduate at the Naval
Academy -. Sister Rose Gertrude weds "A
new effort to secure A. T. Stewards millions
=. .Huckleberry gatherers burn forests in
order to increase their crops. The wife of
B. F. Tiffany, of New York, secures divorce
....The Chilean insurgent steamer Itata
still on the ocean. :. Steamer Fuerst Bis
marck breaks all maiden voyages Civil
Service Commissioner Roosevelt attacks
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
ANCHOR LINE,

Stea1ners Leave NeW lOrk Every SATURDAY
For Glasgow via Londonderry.
Rates for Saloon Passage
By s. 8. CITY OF ROME, $50 and upward,
according to accommodation and location of
room. Other Steamers of the Line $50 and
upward. Second Cabin $50. Steerage 500
Passengers booked at through rates to or
from any city in Great Britain or on the
Continent.
DRAFTS ON LONDON SOLD AT LOWEST RATES.
Book OF information, tours and sailing lists
furnished on application to Agents
N. Y, or J. MCCORMICK, $50 and 4Of Smith,
field st.; A. D. SCORER & SON, AIS Smithfeld
ST., P1ttsburg; F. NJ SEMPLE ITO Federal St,
Allegheny. ap28-4lMwF
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ANTHONY MEYER
HARDY ROSES TN POTS.

Bedding out Plants. Flower Seeds.
Lawn mowers. Lawn Seed. Garden Seed.
Fragrant Cut Flowers.
Telephone 239.
JOHN r. & A. MURDOCH,
my%MWF COS Smithfield st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
Other Spiritualists in Oil.

Titusville is stronghold of Spiritualists
in the oil region. Several of the wealthy
and prominent citizens are among the mum.
Der. The most conspicuous of these, in
connection with oil, is Jonathan Watson,
whose active career is pretty well known.
Mr.. Watson was one of the pioneer oper-
ators on Oil Creek and became very wealthy
as an oil producer. He always asserted
that he owed his success as producer to
the guidance he received from the spirits.
Mr.. Watson also drilled very deep we'll.
over $500 feet-near TitusYille by advice
Of the spirits.
1t is said to have cost him S25, 900, but
nothing worth while was found at the bot
tom. In August, 1889, Mr.. Watson CON-
pleted spirit well, " on the old Brewer,
Watson & Co. mill track, mile south Of
the old Drake well, on Oil creek. AT the
depth of 45O feet an oil vein was tapped
that gave promise of being very rich. The
well created considerable stir, as Its terri
tory had all been drilled over years before
and left as exhausted. For day or two it
produced in the neighborhood of 100 barrels
day of 40 gravity oil Along with the
oil was about 900 barrels of salt water
Notwithstanding the spirits were in it,
this was not very happy sign, although
Mr. Watson was quite sure that he had a
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-06-19

Change OF the methods employed by
those most successful in some par
ticular line of instruction, thus are
the teachers made more proficient
and the children throughout the
county will reap Of the good results.
Our Public Schools are the nurseries
OF our intellectual natures, and
parents should look we'll to their
children's interests there. Whoever
may DO your teachers let suitable
material, phi!osophic methods, and
much enthusiasm characterize the
work.
In conclusion We have one request
to make of parents. Regularity in
attendance of children at school is
particularly desired. An absence
that interferas with any school exer-
else, except when unavoidable should
not be allowed. 1t not only inter-
feres with the progress of the pupil
who is absent. but with that OF the
whole class to which the absent one
may belong, and with the good order
and discipline Of the scnool. Please
see to it. when school is again con-
vened, that your children are regular
in attendance.
JAMES DEwXR,
WILLIAM Snow,
j. A. MCBRIDE.