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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
One Horses sirief For Another.

There is pathetic story about High
Tariff, the colt that fell dead in the race
for the American Derby at Chicago, and
Poet Scout. The latter was to make the
running for High Tariff, which he did,
but High Tariff fell dead at the end Of a
mile, and Strathmeath won the race. Mr..
Easton said that High Tariff was the
best colt he ever owned. He thought
that he could have won the race sure.
Poet Scout and High Tariff were nearly
full brothers in blood, and were never
separated from the time they were weaned
They ran in the same lot, and were kept
in adjoining stalls, with board removed
so that they could see each other. In
the evening after the race Poet Scout
looked for his dead companion. He
would not eat, but would walk around
his stall and look out at the door. He
whinnied all night, and for days would
look in vain for his mate. When his
feed was put in his box he would take a
mouthful of oats aud run to the door and
whinuy, but High Tariff never came.
Poet Scout is changed horse, and all
connected with the stable say that he
grieved as much as any human being
grieved at the death OF brother. --Yess
TorE Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
TO GET RID OF RATS.

To Danish rats, take cayenne pepper,
ground to file powder, and sprinkle
plenty of it in their holes and runways.
1t is an elegant article for keeping rats
out of a place when you have once got
them out. 1t operates by creating vio-
lent distur bance in their breathing appa-
ratus. Boat be afraid of putting too
much IN their holes. Apply it literally,
and remember it must be ground exceed
iDgly fine and be very dry to produce
the best results. You might look around
day or so after introd icing it to see if
there are any rats lying about with their
heads sneezed Oft.
Here is another: Mix equal parts OF
chloride of lime with blue vitriol, pow
dered fine, and apply it the same as the
pepper. 1t is rather rough on their Or
gans. It is safe to say that a consump-
tive rat running over it few times
would soon kick his little bucket.
A particularly acute little article fol-
banishing rats and mice is moist caustie
potash. 1t will be found very useful il
some places. Spread thin layer of il
around their holes. 1t sticks to thei
feet, eats off the bark, and lays them OF
the shelf
When hole is in the ground, place {
board with hole in the centre over the
rat hole and spread the article on tn
board. In passing over the board, the,
will apply the corrective nicely. Whel
their feet begin to tingle, they try to LICK
it off, and get dreadfully sore mouth
1t is very severe medicine, and play
smash with them generally.
Tar, used in the same manner, is ais
very good. 1t annoys rats sadly. smea
their holes with it, and they will 500
settle their bills and 60 off mad. W
find it advisable to apply it three or fou
times to insure their departure for gooo
Massachusetts Plosonsan.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
The Youngest United States .Co1sal.

J. Lamb Doty, whose claim to dlstlnc-
ton lies in the fact that he is the young
est Consul in the service of the United
States, is in the city on his way back to
his post at Tahiti. -.
The young Consul lacks inches as we'll
as years, but he dresses up to the latest
fashions and has pronounced Boston
accent. "Tnere was a tremendous row, "
he said to Chronicle reporter, "wnen l
was appointed to the consular service.
don't think the Government will have
the same kind Of trouble again very
soon. was only twenty years old when
was made Consul, and | believe am
still the Junior of the service, 80 far as
age goes.
"Tahiti is an important station, the
duties of the Consul being, in a way,
diplomatic. Another thing about it II
that it is one of the two foreign consul
ates of the United States where Uncle
| Sam owns outright the land and the
building on and in which his representa-
tive lives. The other place is Bangkok,
Siam. In Tahiti we have a one-story
four-room house-frame, of course
where the Consul lives and works.
San Francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
nTha Star-SuanCled Hammer

In Hastings Pictorial Field Book Of
the war of 1912" it is recorded that the
"Star-Spangled Banner was first sung
in a restaurant in Baltimore, next door
to the Holiday Street Theater, by
Charles Durang to an assembage OF
the patriotic defenders of the city, and
after that nightly at the theaier.
This statement is slightly inaccurate,
and, though it is one of no great his
torical importance it involves a matter
of sufficient interest to justify a cor
rection, says writer in Kate Fields
Washington. The first person to sing
that spirited song-wlich, though given
O. foreign air and commemorative a
single episode in our country's history,
has filled millions Of American hearts
with patriotic emotion-was a lad IL
wears of age, the scene of his childish
effort being neither restaurant nor 8
tleater, but the open street in trout Of
Capt. Benjamin Edes' printing ofiice IN
Baltimore, on the second day after the
bombardment of Fort McHenry. 1t is
worthy of record too, that the person
who first "set up" the song, printed it,
and distributed it to the citizens O.
Baltimore was also boy-an appren
tice of Capt. Edes-the whole thing
being done while the gallant captalr
was still out Of the city with his req
ment, the Tweuty-seyenth Marylane
infantry, which three days before hat
acted with conspicuous bravery at thf
| battle of North Point.
The name of the apprentice boy
then II or IS years old, was Samue
Sands. He lived q much respected
citizen of Baltimore, to very old age
This little singer was James Lawren
son, who afterward for nearly sevent..
years was connected with the postoffic
department, and was also employed TO
probably half that time as writer TO
the National h1telligencer, the Phila
delphia Ledger, and the Baltimore Sun
He died last year. nearly 80 years old
at his home in Baltimore, UNIVERSAL,
| loved and honored.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
RUSSIAN LADIES IN COMMERCE.

Il is announced from st. Petersburg
that Nine. r. o. Tvaschintzef has OBJ
tanned ministerial permission to establish
ladies' commercial school in the the
capital. Ladies and young girls seeking
admission to the new commercial lnstl-
tute must produce certificates showing
that they have completed the full courses
in the ordinary ladies' gymnasia or in the
provincial colleges for the daughters of
The nobility. In the new establishment
the curriculum will extend over two years
and includes instruction by qualified
teachers and professors in financial and
commercial calculation, the routine du-
ties of the counting house, commercial
correspondence, commercial law, gen.
eral knowledge of the national products,
commercial geography, political economy,
thorough knowledge of English, French
and German and regulation style oil
plain caligraphy. There are, it is stated
already surprisingly large number Of
fair aspirants seeking admission to the
new establishment, which will be opened
very shortly.-Ohicago Post.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
WORDS OF WISDOM

The way to come out right is to start
in right.
Wrong living is caused by wrong
thinking.
The things which cause us the most
trouble never happen.
No man can become rich by never
giving away anything.
There are millions Of taskmasters VINO
never cracked whip.
If some of us would look up more we
would see more sunshine.
Sin is only limited by ability. A
flea would kill an elephant if 1t could.
When everything else seems to be
giving away, try standing on promise.
There is nothing which man SO much
hates as to be told the truth about HIM
self.
Az long al man secs some other
man who is worse than he IS, ne 1ceis
safe.
Teaching children to be stingy is
only another way of teaching them to
steal.
There are no drawer men than those
who are never afraid to speak the
truth.
The world is full of people who are
very pleasant as long as they can have
! their owl way.
The longer a man has his own way,
the stronger the probability that he will
never give it up.
Remember that an ounce OF example
with children will weigh more than ten
pounds of advice.
Ifsome people could always be as prom
inent as the church steeple they would
be Just as fruitful.
If some men took as much interest III
their children as they do in their pigs,
their boys would all be preachers.
There is a native savagery in ever.
breast that loves to sit in the dry itself
and watch those who are caught out II
the rain.-Indianapolis (Ind.) Ram'
Horn.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

After the chicks are three weeks old
the cake may be omitted, the food be.
ing scalded instead, but the quantity OF
bran should be reduced one-half.
During the summer, especially, there
is no better grain to feed the laying hens
than whole wheat. If they are given
good range, however, only light feed
will be necessary.
After the chickens are old enough to
be given free range the feeding coops
should all be gathered up and stored
away until needed another season. A
little care in this respect will save ex-
pense.
Spring blowing is always advisable,
but there are occasions when the pull
verizer will not only serve the purpose
of the pillow, but also save labor in the
rapidity with which the land can be
rendered fine.
|. A large proportion of the poultry sent
to market from now on until colo
/ weather will be in very poor condition,
and this is one leading cause for pool
prices. A little better@feed and care
] would greatly improve the quality.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21

THERE can be no greater torture than
to be conscious of imperfectlons III our
selves.
ROMANCE is one thing, but making an
honest living and paying your debts Is
another.
If we have any right to pray, we have
o. riebt to believe that our prayers Will
he answered.
Cop will not be a Father to the man
who insists on picking out MS own
brothers and sisters.
THERE is no better way to help the
devil than to destroy faith IN the In
SEPARATION Of the Bible.
MORE men would he rich if they were
not afraid to trust their wives with the
care Of their money.
TIE man who has made up his mind
that he will trust Christ will be sure to
overcome the devil.
WHEN you find yourself in danger OF
back-slid1ls, sit down and try to count
up the mercies of God.
ONE of the hardest mon IN she world
to get along with is the man whose re
ligion is all in his head.
| WHEN tie devil can't get some men
in any other way, he shows them no"
to make money rapidly.
LIFTING on somebody else's burden il
the best thing in the world to do t(
make your own lighter.
IT won't help your own crop any t.
sit on the fence and count the weeds II
your neighbours field.
IF the devil couldn't make lie bette
locking than the truth, the way to th'
pit wouldn't be so crowded.
"BLEssED are the merciiul." Don
forget that when you have mortgag
on the home Of poor widow.
TIE best way to get rid of the blues
is to try to push the clouds away iron
the windows Of other people.
The man who starts out in life deter
mined to keep the ten commandment
will soon find out that their maker
God.
THE reason that some of the churche
are so dark spiritually is because tn
people themselves want to do th
shining.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
LAUNDRY WORK Is UNHEALTHY.

Official records of public hospitals
show that in almost every case the lam
dry woman's case was phthis, or con-
sumption of the lungs; the few excep-
tions were bronchitis and heart disease.
As to the connection between phthisis
and laundry work, the resident medical
officer expressed an emphatic opinion
that any woman with predisposition to
phthisis who undertook laundry work,
either as washer or ironer, would in a
comparatively short time become serious
ly affected, owing to the bad ventilation
and the sudden changes of the temper
AZURE. The same causes might generate
bronchitis in a healthy subject, and,
added the courteous physician, "if any
one wanted to make out case against
the laundries they might plausiblY argue
that the heart disease is also due to laun-
dry work. For the most frequent cause
of heart disease is rheumatic fever, and
that might easily be induced by the con.
slant moisture in laundry.-Ne~ York
World,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21

AfOt"tHy tNfe No o'~''~
in favor of the best medicine in the
world that may not be said of the
most worthless. In one case, it's
true; in the other, it isn't;--but how
can you distinguish?
Judge by what is done. There's
only one blood-puritcr that's quar-
antecd It's DR.. PieTce's Golden
Medical Discoyery--and this is what
is done with it; if it doesn't benefit
or cure, in every case, you get your
money back. Isn't it likely to be
the best?
All the year round, as we'll at one
time as another, it clcansos and pur-
ifes the system. All blood-poisons
must 60. For Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, Scrofula, Salt-rheum, letter,
Erysipclas, or any blood-taint or dis
order, it is an uncqualed remedy.
It's the cheapest, too. With this,
YOU pay only for the good you get.
And nothing else is Just as good"
It may be better-for the dealer.
But he isn't the one that's to be
| hclDcd.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
No Doctors Bills in japan.

When rich man calls in physician
he does not expect that he will be pre-
sented with bill for medical services,
saws a Japanese doctor. In fact, no
such thing as doctors bill is kuown in
Japan, although nearly all the other
modern practices are in vogue there.
The doctor never asks for his fee. The
strict honesty of the people does not
make this necessary. When he is through
with patient a present is made to him
of whatever sum the patientor his friends
may deem to be just compensation. lh'
doctor is supposed to smile, take the Tee
bow and thank his patron.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
FASHION NOTES.

Sailor hats of white felt are revived.
Beaded sets of girdle and collar end In
a train" fringe.
Tiny wraps Of lace have deep Y Of
lace, back and front.
Rustic ecru hats are trimmed with
cherries and red ribbon.
Many gray suede Oxford ties are worn
with silk stockings to match.
For bedrooms and boudoir there are
silver futed twisted candlesticks with
carved standards.
Scissors with silver handles that fold
over and protect the sharp points are
made for carrying in ones pocket.
Silver boxes beautifully chased and
decorated with medallion portraits OF
historical persons are greatly admired.
The fashion of wearing haudso me coat
bodices of material distinct from that Of
the accompanying dress skirt is gaining
ground.
Jewel boxes of rock crystal mounted
in silver are counted among other high
art articles that find place in the
boudoir.
Cream, pink and ecru batiste gowns are
very popular this year, the fabric being
barred, striped, lowered, dotted and
bordered. The bodices are made In
many ways, both simple and elaborate,
Int all the skirts are hung or draped
over soft silk petticoats of tho same
shade as the outside material, the patlste
gown having no foundation.
Aspecialty is made now IN the max
inc up Of outside mantillas. Ordinary
straight-ftting sacques are no Longer
allowable. A butterfly dolman with lone
pointed sleeves. long Alpine shirred
cape, tight-ftting jacket with Norfolk
pleats or an Elepin jacket with Gretchen
nuffs tied with velvet ribbons, are some
Of the late summer importations.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
HOW TO FATTEN HOGS.

The following is summary of expert
ments made at the Illinois experiment
station at Champaign during the years
1888, 1889 and 1890:
In eight trials in which corn only was
fed aside from salt and coal slack, pigs
varying in average weight from sixty
five to 200 pounds and kept in pens or
small lots without grass gained at the
rate of from 1916 to 14.73 pounds per
bushel, tifty-six pounds, shellea corn,
the average gain being 1886 pounds.
The rate Of gain for food eaten and the
food eaten in proportion to weight de-
creased after four to SIX weeks feeding
with corn only. The corn eaten per day
varied from 3.4l pounds eaten by pigs
averaging 65.5S pounds to 1911 pounds
eaten by pigs weighing 311 pounds. The
corn eaten per day per 100 pounds live
weight varied from 1875 pounds eaten
by pigs fed eighty-four days and averag-
ing 2O7 in weight to $40 pounds eaten
by pigs averaging 65.5S pounds.
In four trials, pigs fed all they would
eat of shelled corn with blue grass pas.
ture ate 4216.5 pounds Of corn and
gained 905 pounds, which was at the
rate of 1904 pounds gain per bushel OF
of corn. Pigs under like condi.
tons. except that they were fed but halt
as much corn, ate 2190 pounds of corr
and gained sos pounds, which was at
the rate of 1898 pounds per bushel
Pigs in dry lots fed shelled corn ate
42O7 pounds of corn and gained 1903
pounds, which was at the rate Of 10. 81
pounds per bushsl.
After periods varying from six to nint
weeks the pigs which had been fed a hal
ration of corn on pasture were given
full feed of corn, the others being fec
as before. In three trials, lasting -four
or five weeks each, the pigs which hao
had full feed of corn throughout ate
1895 pounds of corn and gained 81.
pounds, which was at the rate of 1O.11
pounds per bushel. Those which hat
been fed half feed of corn in the first
part of the trials ate 2075.5 pouu is O
corn in the second part and gained 49,
pounds, which was at the rate OF H.
DER bushel. Those fed corn only at
| l624.5 pounds of corn and gained ~:
pounds, which was at the rate OF z 4
pounds per bushel.
Two pigs in two-acre pasture il
which three yearling steers were fed cor
gained in twenty-four weeks 1875 pounds
In second trial two pigs with like con
ditions gained 231 pounds in thirty-on
weeks. In neither case was the gan
large. In each case the pigs at the clos
of the trial were in good condition to
full feeding and made large gains whe'
so fed.
A trial of apple pomace as food 70
pigs resulted unsatisfactory. III
pomace kept well; chemical analysis O
It showed an apparently good compos
ton for feeding purposes, but the pig
ate very little of the pomace.-chsea5
herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
ATCHISON GLOBULE5.

We would ell be good Il our bread
and butter depended on it
How FEW people there are who haven't
something again" shem.
WITH some peoples religion, there Is
moro hobby than principal.
THE most inveterate sober man IS the
man who was drunk the day before.
EVERY man is suicide: he has some
habit that is shortening his life.
A MAN has six temptations to one day
for repeutance six week days and one
Sunday.
GIVE a man dollar, and he will
finally hate you because you do not
give him another.
II is very hard for man to recognize
any genins in @ man whose years are
less than his own.
THERE is one consolation in being
wicked: oppressively good people won t
associate with you.
MAN might build boat to tide him
over his troubles, while waiting for his
ship to come in.
SOME men who totally abstain from
the use of evil things, make hogs Vi
| themselves in good things.
| IF a woman has n good husband, she
! should not fail to take good care OF nm.
! Good husbands are so rare.
/ No MAN knows when he is acting tho
i fool, but lie usually has funny feeliA8
! in him that tells him of it afterward.
IT is strange how much faster time
flies when you hear a man abusing an
enemy than when you hear him pralslAg
friend.
MANY young people become dis
neartened on discovering traits III
humanity that the world has always
accepted.
You will very often find it the case
that the man who is good in big things
makes up for it by being very mean III
little ones.
DURING the earlier part of an affair Of
the heart, the man makes most OF the
love; after that, the woman does good
deal of it.
A GIRL should not marry man she
does not know very we'll, and the
chances are that she Will not marry
man that she does.
WHY do nvl never tell Of trouble
or misfortunes without exaggeratlH+
them? Are not troubles and mis-
fortunes large enough?
No MORE truly does history repeat 1t
self than does human experience. :
life is but a REPETITION of some othe
life that has gone before.
J THERE is one time " hen every DO.
! doubts that his mother is telling tn
truth, and that is when she saysit hurt
, her worse to punish him than it doe
him.
8 THERE is no enjoyment in imposing
on others. You may think it greo
pleasure for awhile to receive favor
from others, but the time will com
! when you will change your mind. !
G is equally true that there is no enjoy
J ment in being imposed upon by others
! there is very little enjoyment IN any
= thing, as matter Of fact.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
Group.

W \ y
Croun. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children i'll the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fidence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
In 7, Wy1I17s, of Mrs JAS. w. KIRK,
Alma Neb. I give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harrodsbufg' ny.
tronb1ed with Group have depended upon
aud never saw any it in attacks of Group
nrenaration act like with my little daugh-
it. 1t is simply NIL ter, ara ma II an IN
racu1ous, valuable remedy.
: Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee, Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
! little folks must be a treatment tor
the sudden aud terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, d1ph-
liberia and the dangerous lntianma-
tons of delicate threats end lunos. 6D
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
FARM AND GARDEN.
TOMATOES AFTER A PEA CROP.

With care to choose moist time
stocky tomato plants may follow a crop
of green peas. If the vines are dried it
is better to pull them than to pillow them
under, as they might make the soil too
dry even for tomatoes. Few crops stand
drought better than tomatoes, and they
are less likely to produce dccayed fruit
when the weather is dry. Early tomatoes
cannot be grown after pea crop, but
quite often late tomatoes have as good
sale as any, except the very earliest, and
even green tomatoes are marketable
most years at fair price. -Baston Cutti-
rGF1T-
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A MANS HEROINE.

A MANS HEROINE.
Some girls are extolled for their beauty
And some for their knowledge and wit,
And others for doing a duty,
OF hardship ana courage and grit
And some for composing sonnet
Or acting and filing hall,
But the girl who can trim her own bonne'
And makes her own dress beats all.
Miss Patti more music may MARBLE,
Rose Bonheur excel her with paint,
Miss Hosmer carve better on marble,
She may not be half Of a saint
But If she can make her own dresses
And trim her own bonnet, we hold
She is-for the husband she blesses-
Worth more tnan the others. all told:
A girl who can make her head pretty
AMI, also. hsr figure look sweet,
Is, either in country or city,
A prizs which no genius can beat;
And when in addition she's able
To care tor the babies aud cook
We set her right up on the table
And call on creation to look.
Hurrah for this girl and no other
We shout her unlimited praises
To win her away from her motaer
And wed her we're trying always;
She makes man happy forever
By helping-as Nature or1ains-
While those who. alas, are too clever,
But add to mis- troubles and pains.
H. G. Dodge. in Gooddtps Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-11-21
RAMS HORN RELIGION.
Soma Upmistakabie Truths Clearly Sent

HE love tn a t
never speaks I'M
tilt doesit on the
gravestone don't
moan much.
AS LONG as you
dishonor God in
your business you
cannot honor Hin,
in the church.
The man who is
willingto obey his $
God will soon find
out that no has
a God TO obey.