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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
Rice is King.

Success In rice culture in this section is
| the rule, and failure the exception. IL
seems hard for the Western farmer to
| realize that the same labor he expends on
! a crop of wheat if applied to rice Will
yield profit the money value of which IS
| five times greater.
We might fill our columns with instances
of Western men who have started with
| pair of native cattle or ponies, and soon
achieved independence and competence by
| growing rice. But these facts are already
| known to our readers. 1t has not taken
them long to learn that the farmer who
makes good crop of rice will have money,
besides fat horses, cattle, hogs and poul-
try, even if he has forgotten to plant a
corn field Many of the natives grow only
corn enough for meal and hominy, de-
pending largely upon rice for the subsist-
ence of their families and live stock.
Rice may be sown from the last of
March to the first of June, but the best re-
suits are not obtained by sowing very
early or very late, There is no cereal
grown in the world whose range of use
fulness is SO great. Its value as food for
man is unequaled. 1t constitutes the prin-
cipaI, and often the entire subsistence of
many millions of people in China India
and Japan. 1t is staple article of diet on
every Southern table, and it's use is rap
idly extending throughout the North.
The production, although increasing, does
| not keep pace with the demand; hence,
| large quantities are annually imported
from foreign countries
Our farmers carefully stack the straw
after threshing, as they find ii better feed
than hay.
The rice bran and rice polish are much
relished by horses, oxen, mich cows, hogs
and poultry of all kinds, and chemical
analysis proves it superior in nutrition to
the best wheat bran made, even before the
patent process.
We hazard the opinion that the rice
grown on one acre is worth more to the
farmer than the corn from three acres.
Some of our Western farmers turn their
stock into the rice fields after harvest, and
they keep fat all winter on the luxurisnt
young rice which springs from the shoots
of the old stubble. Others allow the sec
ond crop of rice to grow until it is headed,
and cut and cure it in the dough" state,
before frost. Fed in the sheaf, they pro-
nounce it superior to oats.
Rice is grown so easily that many are
disposed to continue the slovenly culture
of the past, but it will pay to pillow and
pulverize the ground thoroughly, as for
wheat. We do not believe in scratching
the ground with bull tongue pillow, drawn
by little grass ponies. Flowing should be
done with good team of horses or oxen,
or better still, mules, in this climate.
Rice planting offers a fortune to ener-
getic young men. Those owning nothing
but good team can rent the very best
rice land within one mile of Jennings.
The landlord will advance seed and all
supplies necessary to make the crop, taking
one third of the crop for his share.
Let no man, North or South, continue to
do women's work in q little town while
there is chance to march to fortune to
the music of Speed the Plow !"-Jennin0s
Rpn07te7
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
Relief for Western Farmers.

A petition is being circulated in Kansas,
and thousands of farmers are signing it,
calling upon Gov. Humphrey to call an
extra session of the legislature for the
purpose of amending the law and extending
the time in which lands sold under fore
closure of mortgage may be redeemed and
also the passage of law fixing maximum
tariffs for the railroads.
1t is thought by many that the pressure
brought to bear upon the governor will be
so great that he will be almost compelled
to call the legislature together.
The situation of vast number of West
ern farmers is indeed pitiable. They are
grooming under the burdens OF excessive
taxation, while their homes are mortgaged
so that even with bountiful crops at the
present prices they see nothing but ruin
in the future. Corn 10 cents, oats to II
cents, and wheat 45 cents per bushel. Is
it any wonder that the farmer looks around
for some avenue of escape.
Very many from Kansas, Nebraska and
iowa are selling out their farms for what
little they can get and are coming South
where they can raise crops that offer a
larger reward for the labor expended in
producing them Southwest Louisiana
bids them cordial welcome and guaran-
tees substantial return for both labor and
money invested in her virgin SOIL
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
light of romance, and his name is blended

light of romance, and his name is blended
with them forever.
He died on the night of August "a, A.
d. ITO, exactly four months from the day
he left Bristol for London, after a short
life of only seventeen years. verdict of
teI0-de-se (suicide) appears to have been
returned over his body, which, enclosed
in common shell, was inferred privately
in the burying ground attached to the
Shoe Lane Workhouse. His grave is en-
tirely obliterated at the present day, but
the piety of his native place has raised
him monument at Bristol And surely
as we commend Chatterton to that loving
Kindness and tender mercy Of the Al
mighty Father, we can most earnestly say
Of him all that he uttered of another, ia
the closing verse of his ballad, 'The Brs
towe Tragedie':
Thus was the end of Bawain's fate.
God prosper long our king.
And grant he may. with liawdns soul
III heaven Gods mercy sing"
Rec. Albert UUnker, u. d., in Christina
mt IVu7,I
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
Sprinptine in Louisiana.

Readers of NorM and S0uth do you
know that one of the tairest spots in this
broad land is the State of Louisiana? 1t
will be springtime there in about a month,
and while we in the North are shivering
in the bleak March winds, the farmers of
Louisiana will be blowing their corn and
planting cotton, and cutting winter grass
"knee high for their work animals, while
their hocks and herds feed abundantly
upon the luxuriant wild grasses which
cover prairie, hillside and common.
By this time in Louisiana nature will
have awakened from her light winters
slumbers, and spring spread her bridal
garments over the earth. The orange
trees will be white with blossoms, whlc h
blend their perfume with the tea, olive,
magnolia, fruscata, yellow jesamine and
roses. and other sweet shrubs, vines and
thousands of flowers The birds have al
ready commenced housekeeping, and sing
glad songs in harmony with all the ami
to that lovely lard.
Do you ask why we have in the past
heard so little of the wonderful climate of
louisiana 1t is because until within a
few years past no efforts have been made
to induce immigrants to settle in that
State. No glowing advertise ments by
railroads and land companies, for the rea-
son that they don't own public lands,
Those immigrants who have found their
way to the State have acted upon info,ma-
ton obtained from general reading, friends
living there or travellers. Over $4,000
foreign born citizens reside in the State
They have found country in all respects
equal to their anticipation, and have set
up their household gods in louisiana
Buffalo IN ~ NORTH and South.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
Passes for Two.

ri want pass for myself and wife to
Chicago" proclaimed q cattle shipper, as
he entered freight dice in this city last
vening.
Chow many cars of stock? ~
"Four'
"Humph that entities you to passes
for two persons, but they have to ride in
the caboose of the stock train and get out
and feed and water the animals"
"Can't take no other train7'
''Not any other. That's why passes are
given to sh1ppers-so they can look after
stock"
'Well," said the shipper with sigh,
''you can make 'em out Mirandy won
be much stuck on the caboose, but it's
better than paying fare, and l guess I'll
rustic around the steers alone. But you
bet don't take her around Chicago when
1 get there. She's got to stay in the depot
while I take in the sights. "-OmaAa World
Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
North Dakota.

The State commissioner of Agriculture
of North Dakota, Hon. b. T. Helgeson has
issued an address to the public explaining
the situation in the drouth stricken coun-
ties and makes an appeal for assistance.
He reports the suffering for want of pro-
visions, clothing and fuel in several coun-
ties unprecedented. The d7stitution is
almost exclusively confined to the new
portions of the State that have been set
tied during the past three or four years.
The report shows that these new settlers
were people whose resources would have
been largely taxed to succeed and keep
themselves above want with favorable
seasons. Just as they were becoming
started in their new homes an unprece-
denied train of disasters overlook them and
swept the result of their labors. The crop
of 1887 was good. The crop of 1888, was
promising until nipped by severe frost
in August, which left many even without
seed, and no means of support. These
people hired themselves out and worked as
best they could to support their families
through the winter. Again in 1889 good
acreage of grain was sown and everything
staked on the crop and lost. This made
the second entire failure in succession and
left many people entirely destitute.
The area suffering by this drouth is about
so by 100 miles. North Dakota has many
acres of land that has been settled recently
tnat is not yet taxable, as homesteaders
are allowed seven years residence before
patents are issued and property is not tax
able until it is proven up. This being con-
sidered her resources are not available for
the present emergency, hence the generos-
ity of the people of sister States is highly
appreciated. It is estimated that fully
5000 people are dependent ON outside help
until another crop can be grown. Such
failures as have occurred in North Dakota
and other Western States has never been
known in any part of the State of Louis;
lana
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
A Slip of the Tongue.

An agreeable young man whom I often
meet, was calling with due ceremony on g
nice Auburn girl the other evening, when
her brother Tom, just arrived home from
college on the evening train, rushed into
the room and embraced his sister.
"Why, how plump you've grown Edith. y
he exclaimed. you're really quite an
srmful p
'Isn't she y exclaimed the agreeable
young man, and then he felt chill racing
down his spinal column.
That is he stammered. eve no
doubt of tt"
The brother looked carving knives at
him, and the maiden blushed furiously.
81 mean-er," said he, II should Judge
SO. "Leso6ston Me) Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
Don't Rub the Eye.

When you get cinder or speck of dust
or other offensive particle in your eye,
don't rub it. Don't touch it. Don't pull
down the lid. Don't put your hand near
it, Let it alone. This is very hard advice
to follow, and in nine cases out of ten you
will find yourself rubbing your eye before
you know it. But if you can refrain from
touchingssyour eye at all the action of that
organ will itself cast out the offending
mote in much quicker time and with far
less irritation, while your efforts would
only hinder it and perhaps fasten the in.
truder so that it will stay a long time. OF
course if it is particle of metal you will
consult surgeon or oculist at once F; but
ordinary substances are best treated as
above indicatnd. Some people say, club
the other eye," but this is of no use
Good Housekeeping.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
Treatment 70, Stammering.

It is said that stsmmerers rarely, if ever,
show any impeachment to speech when
speaking in whispers. On this fact new
method of treatment has been advocated
by DR.. Coen, which is as follows: In the
first ten days speaking is prohibited. This
will allow rest to the voice, and constitutes
the preliminary state of treatment. Dur
ing the next ten days. speaking is per
missible in the whispering voice, and in
the course of the next fifteen days the or
binary conversational tone may be gradu.
ally employed Med6caI Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
The Bug and the Lady.

A bug, having fallen into the meat dish
NC beIned ont BY the lady of the house.
s'Thank you, kindly" said the bug, as
Il stood up and wiped the grease OF us
"You are evidently laboEing under
INSTRUMENTATION of the exigencies OF the
occasion, answered the lady, who was
trom Boston. at is my immediate pur-
pose to annihilate, extermlnste' pafsiNyA ~
and otherwise send you to the gieas w.
Vet" And she dropped the bug in'o 'n0
fire.
MORAL.
Jails and penitentiaries are ior tne VII ~.
fit Of the public. not the CRIMINALS -0"'
caqo Ledger.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
"A Reckless Experiment.

Mrs. Gotham-Mercy on usl What has
happened9 Were you run over2
Mr.. Gotham (much dilapidated) Worse.
There was terrible panic in Patriot Hall
tonight, and got caught in the rush for
the doors.
ssHorrorsl Did fire break out1"
s.No; but just as the vast assemblage
came to order, and the Chairman had an
nounced that the meeting was in aid of the
Worlds Fair, some crazy fool jumped up
and began to pass around the hat. "-Neu
York WeehJy.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
,17hv blind Persons Seldom smoke'

A popularity about me. Inc 0 who smokes.
there '; Is s snd sailors accustomed to smok-
=; snd who have lost their sight IN &C.
t ito. t eonp gve u up the habit They say
that IL II. e sss the smoke and some have Sala
can nt ths sv can not taste the smoke unless
they can se tbst if YOU blindfold man in
the sa sngol n Il of smoke and put Lighted
and an unlighted cigar IN ms a I0 ths differ
ately he will not pc apie " '0''
snce-H. Louis Republic
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07

Professor-"Well, Roberts, have you
selected your subject for sophomore eS ;,
ercise YET ?" Sophomore - e5, SIT.
P.-"Thats good. Now let me give you
a piece of advice Whatever your suoJt Gu
is let it become for the next two montn 5
a part of you. Saturate yourself with II;
S.-"Yes, sir. Thank you, sir" P.-n y,
the way, may l ask what your subject ), IS
S. -" 'Alcohol and Insanity, Sir,
Rurlinaton Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
An Unpardonable OHense.

ssWhat's the matter between you and
johnson p he queried, as they dropped of
the car.
ooh, we don't speak, was the reply.
money matters ??
ono"
''Politics or religion ?"
ono, You see we were both after the
same girl. | drew off and let him mar
nv her, ard he has never forgiven me
for it, 49,
"Why, he ought to be greatly obliged
to you p
Had he? Well, perhaps. He's had to
support her family ever since, and car
load of her relations came in only yester-
day. No, don't expect he will ever for
give me. "-Detr0N Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07

of Sabine to express contrary line of
opinion, it would be in my line of argu-
ment to admit that the thing is impracti-
caple and to say that twenty five miles
further east is a practical harbor on the
Calcasieu river and to prove it by quoting
from official authority, the report of
Assistant Engineer Thomas L. Raymond,
in 1886:
"Calcasieu pass, the outlet of Lake CAL
casieu, is something over seven miles in
repgth, with an average width of 900 feet
and good channel sixteen feet deep for
the greater part of this distance, inter-
rupted by oyster reefs about four miles
from the gulf. Neither time nor oppor-
stunity was had for current observations
during the examinations, but in ali SINH
larly situated waters currents of from two
and one-half to three miles per hour are
produced by the head of water remaining
in the lake when the gulf level is suddenly
lowered by the action of wind and tidal
causes. These currents, when confined
sufficiently in the pass, have produced
depths as great as twenty five feet" = \
''The slope in the gulf beyond the
twelve feet depth is about one foot in $50,
giving depth of eighteen feet one and a
half miles from shore"
This is showing by official authorit
of pass in state of nature which Gal
weston never could have made. By this
showing the construction of jetties one and
one half miles out, with proper dredgings,
would make pass to Calcasieu lake of
twenty five feet. This lake is about four
teen miles long by an average of about six
miles in width. This lake is capable of
being made harbor with comparatively
little expense, or might be constructed into
river. Above the lake for many miles is
beautiful stream of water of great depth,
frequently sixty feet. The land is not
subject to the objections made by the engi-
neers to Sabine for the banks of the pass
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07

from appealing to his relations and friends
who could have saved him. Wandering
about the streets o. London in state of
| feverish excitement, writing, up to the
small hours, without rest or sleep, no
wonder that overstrained brain and nerve
gave way. The faint of hereditary insan-
ity was in the blood, and now neglect and
want had pushed him over the line. All !
those pavements and streets that he trod
in those last wanderings are haunted with
associations that never can perish from re-
membrance.
1t was only few years since that had
lodgings for several weeks in the Strand,
not many blocks from the house, 80 Brooke
street, Holborn, in whose upper chamber
"this marvellous boy" breathed out his
life; and it affords me now melancholy
pleasure to reflect how had traced the
desolate footsteps of Thomas Chatterton,
where he had walked so often-through
Fleet street, the Strand, beneath Temple
Bar, along Paternoster Row, and Holborn
Hill-the haunts of some of the most emil
nent names in English literature. 1t has
been said by metaphysicians that ''the
spiritual life of man leaves its influence in
the pl ysical objects by which it is sur
rounded" Coming home alone, as some
times did at night, through those ancient
quarters where had my abode, the old
city, with it's silent and dim streets, i'm
pressed me as invested with an atmosphere
of dark and sad human experience. There
came upon the soul an oppressive sense of
the scenes enacted, and suffering endured
in it's quaint houses and melancholy streets
And think now, with a fearful heart, of
Chatterton's deplorable career in that great
capital, and his struggles to achieve hui
man applause, made terribly vivid from
personal contact with those localities.
They have torn down the old houses on
Brooke street. in the attic of one of which
the poet died. His very tomb is unknown,
but his presence hovers about these regions
still his strange and touching story
tinges those lanes and highways with the
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07


property.
A resolution was adopted at the Penn,
sylvania encampment of the G.. A. R. at
Shamokin, Pa, requesting the United
States Government to prevent the erection
of Confederate monuments on the Gettys@
burg battlefield.
Albert P. Miller, colored pastor of Dix
well Avenue Congregational Church at
New Haven, N. Y, was awarded $500
damages against an Albany steamboat
captain for discriminating against him on
account of his color.
The Iowa State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion which convened at Des Moines, de-
cided to ask the General Assembly to take
some action regarding the present pharma-
cy law, especially in reference to the re-
strictions on sales of liquor.
s. H. Jones, Lincoln Dubois, and George
nj. Brinkerhof were chosen delegates at
Springfield, ILL.,, by the Black Eagle Re-
publican Club to the State convention for
the election of delegates to the National
Convention of Republican Leagues.
The Board of Aldermen of New York
City has instructed its counsel to report
whether the city can pledge its faith and
credit for bonds to be issued for the pur-
pose of holding worlds fair, without
first obtaining the consent of the Legisla-
ture.
At large meeting of the Western Dis
tillers and Cattle Feeders Trust, at Peo-
ria, 1t was decided to form corporation
under the laws Of Illinois. A vote of
thanks was rendered President Greenhut
and the Board Of Directors of the old or
ganization.
Judge Sutton, receiver of the defunct
Topeka (Kan.) Insurance Company, fled
his report in the District Court, Presi-
dent Hines and Secretary Fuller are
81 o ged with manipulationg the books and
making false statements, and warrants
have been issued for their arrest,
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
CuESS NEWS

&c. f. Barber one Of the vice-presidents OF the
Glasgow Chess Cub and the chess editor OF The weekly
CltizenD has iust won the West Of Scotland ChlehRe
Gun for the third year succession and in accordance
with the conditions Of competition. 1t now becomes MS
property. Mr.. Barber who IS favorabT known as a
proben composer has lately developed very cons!der'
ble abilities AS Il player. Four years ago he won the
Scottish championship and two years later, when Cap
tain Mackenzie gained the title passant MI Barber
played a strong game against the captain and tied for
second place with Mr.. Mills.
Al the next monthy reception Of the Brooklyn Chess
Club. which will be held the 10th inst Mr. Demar,
the champion the New York State Chess Association.
will give simultaneous performance against twelve
opponents.
We deeply rget to learn Of The death Of Mr.. J. IT,
Bauer, young Vienna chess master OF the highest
talent. Mr. Bauer earned his spurs In the Frankfort
Congress of 1887, where he qualified himself As mas
ter by winning the chief prize in the Hauptiurfe',' y
which Is sort Of preparation school for competitions
among experts. Already IN the next master tOurIa-
ment for which he entered namely that of Bresau IN
1889, he distinguished himself by tieing for the last
four out Of prizes with Won Barteleben, Guns
berg and /. Paulsen. Last year he won the second
Prize al Vienna in tournament for which Baroness
Won Kolisel offered the prizes. The competition was
restricted to local masters who. however. comprise
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
SPECULATION IN SUBURBAN PRoPERTf-boSi-
NESS OF THE LAST WEEK.

SPECULATION IN SUBURBAN PRoPERTf-Bosi
NESS OF THE LAST WEEK
q steadyp is the word that may properly oe useo "
exnress the condition Of the real estate Market e'
week. without being active the market mas peer oeeh
strong. Transactions on the Exchange ana In 'e rno
81. auction room amounted to Seo2'o7o IN u'e hVe
days ending Friday. The dscomforts. cares anu SoA
atoms Of May moving kept many probable sellers ana
buvcrs away from the salesrooms, and on tnaO nc
onnt the sales showed falling of. OF private sales
tbere were many Of which the public have hearo ana
will hear nothing. Much suburban properly mas
changed hands, and there exists hrn' penei 'naV
speculation In such property will soon be exoeedlnsy
brIs,,. The ball was started aroins by the sale Oh
un,mproved lots in the Twenty-third and twenty
tourth Wards belonging the estates OF Denis sahner
and Jacob Held Everything was disposed OF at
satisfactory price Other sales largo in amount anu
imporant in their bearing the general Market may
bo closed soon. Improvement companies are at work
In every direction, laying out new settlements anu
~ all signs do not fail In coming season Is going 10
be an unusual one. ,. -,
The convcyances and mortgages, as comphed oy
aThe Record and Guide" for the week ending April
on are nc follows: