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The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-03

pAeGv KNEEc POSITIVELY REhEDIED.
Adopted BY students at Harvard, Amherst. and oihes
Colleges, also, BY professional and business mel eNesy-
Ware. If not for sale in your town send 25e. to
B. J. BRIEFLY, 7i5 Washington Street. Boston.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-03

druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-03

floor. or on this platform, or in these boxes;
or in these great galleries! WhsTe aIe 49,
lift vourright hand. Ihayea message from
home. Your father is anxious about you;
vour mother is prayiug for you. Your reg %
Is calling for YOU. Or will you wait until ~
falls haek lifsiess esa Tie sg Is us ] ssH'ns " n IL .
- al IN ets,nity that you killed herr
s W. - : e 1 vert that catastrophe!
But 1 turn from this Shiloh of Els sud
Ian decease rnder bad news from his boys
and find closa nv what Is called the meadow
81 the Feast While this ancient city vas
n fha height Of its prosperity on this "Mea-
dow of the Feastn there was an annual ball,
where the maidens Of the city amid clapping
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
poULTRY N WINTER.
How to Keep the Hens Warm With@aa ahe Aid of Stovss.

How to Keep the Hens Warm With@Ha the Aid of Stovss.
 1t Is not necessary that poultry houses should be expensive. .ssore failures have resulted from the attempt to make poultry houses have all the modern conveniencesn than from any other source. In cold climate, where snow covers the ground portion of the time. and where the cold wind whistles into every crack and crevice, the great difh- culty, says Mirror and Farmer, and we agree with 1t, is to keep the hens warm and comfortable without the aid of stoves, which may be expensive. Yet, in the face of the fact that it requires very close walls to keep out the cold, a majority of those who build poultry houses put in ventilator. which is left open all tho season, to assist in freezing the fowls on the roosts at night.
 Ventilators to poultry houses have done more damage to poultry in winter than any thing else. If the air of the poultry house in the winter is foul, some excuse may be made for the venti- lator, but the severe cold seals up all sources of odor, and in short time turns all liquids to solids. The poultry house can be amply purified and venti- lated by leaving the doors and windows open during the day and using dry dirt on the roost board and floor as an ab- sorbent, but the ventilator at the top of the poultry house should never be left open after cold weather sets in
 It is well-known that fowls object to being exposed to winds, or cold draughts of air, as the combs are easily affected by cold draughts, and they are at all times liable to colds, which lead to roup tor distemper, as some style it).
 No ventilator can be arranged that will prevent the draught on the fowls. for the reason that ventilation is con- trolled by the direction of the wind to a certain extent Adraught may comein at the bottom of the house and pass out at the top, and in so doing all the warmth and heat of the house goes with it. Next the wind may, at some time in the night, change direction, and the cold air will come in at the venti1ator in frequent gusts righ down on the fowls. and the result will be swelledA heads, eyes watery, and. h few days, ronp in it's worst form.
 Let your object in winter be to secure warmth first. Ventilation will take care of itself, and you will have more difficulty keeping tho cold air out than to let 1t in. We have never heard of fowls dying for lack of fresh air in the winter season, but we have seen hum dredsl die from having cold draughts of air blow over them at night, under the mistaken supposition that a ventilator
 must be attached to the poultry house. Our advice Is to let all conveniences that stand in the way of warmth be dis- carded.
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
TIMELY DAIRY NOTES.

Dr. Detmers says: The man who adulterates food should bo in the peni- tentiary, but the man who adulterates milk should be hung. And this be- cause the milk is used by the, infants. the weak and the sicksas we'll as by the wei, and any injurious matter in tho is sure death to the person who drinks'it
 When the cow's hind legs are so close together that you can not have full view of the udder from behind, or rub against 1t so as to make the udder swing back ward and forward, you can depend upon 1t she is not correctly built for first class cow. The teats should be full size and set we'll apart t-American' Dairy man.
 Many 2 farmer is daily ensiously com planning because he has not money enough to buya lot of pure bred COWS. To improve what he has by better feed ing and care, the use of green fodder crops when the pastures fail and good winter keeping, and so on. would be better for him in the end than a herd of cows costing $1, ,0o0 North western Agriculturist.
 Feeding favors all animal prod ucts, more especially the fatty parts of them, says the Practical Farmer. This is due to the fact that the fats and oils of food are not digested, but are absorbed in position or change. Hence the great importance of using foods devoid of ill favors or of impurities of any kind.
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
Clover for ;pos,itry. ]

,. Clover is an excalaent poultry food,
 not to be fed alone. but with grain. Is
 takesgthe place. to, . great sdegrees Of the green food which poultry get for
 themselves when allowedrto run on the
 farm in summer. Pack a few baerefst of 3itaway and see if Ait doesnsS pay in the increased number of eggs fands bet ter general healthsof your fowls. Green
 second crop clover should Sb Eused 4the
 younger and atenderar thek betteref Pack
 lt ina zyy.ftron- bound barrei, sucksai a vinegar or cider barrel Trandpg athej clover in. little by littles pressfnk ais
 tightly as possible sswtthbA heasy ptSse: of wood--a piecatof corawood. for Sffs
 stance Pound and jam Midtown uissl1 every bit of space in She hasfcE Afulls
 then ptitson . covers aud aous s4op 6tsttaS
 . heavy stones and lesS yout si0heeS6s
 stand for . month. ! The stons cuRh4 co weigh skwo shnndfsd ponnds and thena your clover will come ont n s61ida ablocies
 that cansbe cus ins sliceA z Wken you want to feed 1t, take ths sbaskelaapa1st and d.put your clover caare 0nsa bet S6rs8n
 some dry place Shaves of thin 6ltc62s
 with a asharps katfe, and feedsto8A 2Ae&6A as'noonsinsseadgo of grain AHnck ehcu&b of the clover soi last 'yon eanSsiess your hens out ,a4ainsln thesspftnes and
 after feeding it seaR $enE rscelptsf ana eggs don't fully pay foE afh sour tnouhass1 The heAssre as Risdrto rat alalnRzoed. ashorses are to hayeshay: Farna. Efsaa: and &&ockmaN. 4 y.aaR fFN s7s n < f
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
Ss05,Oii,,0oo.

That is the neat sum the farmers of Kansas propose to save the state by re- ducing salaries, cutting down fees. abol- ishing useless offices, and cleaning house generally. Won't there he cursing and hlssing, and sighs and groans among the old Republican office holders whose terms have not yet expired ?
 Twenty-Five thousand dollars will be saved annually by reducing the number of district judges from 35 to 25. The clerks in each state officers employ will be reduced both in number and in salary, and many boards now in existence will be abolished, and public institutions will be prohibited from entertaining guests and boarding officers and employees at the expense of the state.
 Already a. senate committee has for mulated bill in answer to the farmers idemands.-Ex.
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17

 ural products which Is lnvefvedf h +hsI habit which some hens havsa 6f eatf1kH their own eggsca Aasfaisss sbotson ls fastened an the nestsb0xs cchsxS&ing of' two boards, sloping to the center. Wfsh' a space between just wide enough to admit an egg When the hen turns Co cackle oversthe new-iatdc egg and then to devour 1t, she is naturally astouisheds to dnd snaapparentlyl empty nest It is not expected that this win work Hp0nr her feelings~so much that she will re- sume her place and lay another egg, but it will at least place the one already laid beyond the reach of her beak.~-o American ARriculsurist
 Bloating is q dangerous form of indi- gestion in cattle. The enlargement of the stomach by the pressure of gas in 1t interferes with the action of the lungs and .provokes suffocation. An English remedy is to dash cold water over the animals back. This reduces the tenn perature of the stomach and condenses the gas and favors it's escape by eructa- tion or through the bowels. Western Rural
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
AL AROUND THE FARM.

TEE wide-awalxe farmer visits other farms than his own. When he finds methods and crops bet- ter than at home it improves his farm ing.
 MANY Abandoned farms have been $ abandoned because they were too large to bs proHtabIy culti ivated, It is very seldom that 2 small farm ts abandoned.
 IF on dairy farm where full force of hands has to be kept through the winter, some time may be given to get ting out stones. stumps and other ob- structions in the plow field or pasture. E ONE of the cheapest remedies for les sening the ravages of potato rot is to dust the leaves with air slacked lime. wet season next year and rot strikes your crop.
 THE first cost of working land to Q proper depth Is considerable, but when once done and the impediments--th -thas Is, rock. stones or stumps disposed of, there E annual sewing of time and of tools n the work. .'# l'f x {.
 BUcKwHEAr isl given less attention than any other farm crop F It is less, commonly grown than any other grain crop, and yet there are over S72,000 acres devoted to it I'm the United States each year. On this area over II. ooo, 900 bushels of grain. worth g, o0o. oon gre produced. Two-thirds of the sntirS buckwhsat crop of the country is grown In New York-and Pennsyivania
 ExPEEIMRNrs on .the farm need net always be snccessfulgto bs.usefpl. They often teach what not to do, which Is tuss as tmportantaas as knowing what to do. All the experiments that may be made by scientists In the interests 6f ths farmer are not as valuable to him as those scoming under his experience on his farm. and the farmer who failst toiexperinent will deprive himself of much useful knowledge. ks5t E
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
Keepanx c.lasr awees.

A writer in PopnlaS Gardening says: We know of no drug that can be. vused with safety which will keep cider per fectly sweet. Salicychcacid, one or two ounces to the barrel, is sometimes used and recommended, but we would not care to use sweet cider" thus doctored as a beverage. A pound of mustard seed put into barrel of cider will keep It in tolerably fair condition as long as kept bunged up tight and not disturbed otherwise. The only practical way of keeping cider perfectly sweet is by put ting it in bottles, heating them and their contents to near the boiling point, and then sealing up air tight.
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
POUtTRvs snfMrx

-
 Bn on the lookout foHfeathes-eat hens. Ifa bird shows any signs of hs- ing plucked, watch until you detect shs offender; then the best and easiest way ;tossettle the trouhis Is to fatten and eat her.
 POULTRY displays at State and county fairs should always be under the exclu- sive control of poultrymen. Good ac- commodations, good judges and a lib eral premium list should be guaran- teed; under such conditions fairs would always have good poultry display.
 DoN'T forget to get some sunfiower seeds for your birds this winter. Ifyou grow them, they should be cut ere this and hung up in ashed to dry. If left to dry on the stalks the birds will be apt to get them. If the birds are not troublesome, they will dry better If hung on the fence or somewhere in the open air.
 BEFORE you mate up your yards for the breeding season, examine carefully for '.scaly leg" and treat those showing the least signs of having it. This is disease well known to all poultry rais- CTS, caused by gathering of infini$esi- mai parasites. which come imperceptibly at first in the crevlces between the edges of the leg scales, and which in. crease rapidly, piling up on themselves, forming apparently greyish-white warts or rough punches. Anoint the legs with coal oil and lard and the trouble will disappear after 8 few applications. Poultry Monthly.
 You want early eggs for setting; fo Tr0 oxvoxy a1l HC xxhN x1o net want in the hocks. Remember some of our best poultrymen claim that hen which has once mated with a cock never after gets rid of his blood. If you want to raise fes& &choice specimens this year do not try to raise too many" The idea contained In this item has long since been exploded. You can let adozefi diHereElt breeds run together, then separate and make up each breed alone, and fifteen days after the separaa tion no sign of the former contaminar ton will show itself in the chicks.
 TIT Is an old adage that you should never judge by appearances,' yet we think the saying needs considerable amendment, especially when applied to the poultry interest, for many q would -be purchaser is led by the pleasing appear. ance of breeders yard, houses and surroundings to make . considerable outlay of cash for. fowls, which it Is very likely he would not have done If the buildings and yards were slovenly in appearance. A person is apt to com clude, and not altogether unjustly. that the breeder who is careless in regard to his poultry houses and yards is In the habit of treating his birds in the same way. An air of neatness abouta breed- er's premises is sure to convey favor. able impression to all who visit him. whether for business or for pleasure. and an advertlsement of that kind we have known to be the direct means of securing fayors which could not have been secured if the reverse had been the case. After the things are once fixed up 1t takes but little extra timas labor or expense to keep them looking neat and attractive; while we leave tho sauswer with our req aders who have tried it whether it does not pays in solid cash, to pay | strict attention in all de. partments to neatness- Esas
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
A eass1y mSsaestNsss.

Our illussrat ati6n,cf enKrsyed from, d skesehs fnrnisheda nby SGeorgs Alien,
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17

nearly as big as such glove with John [. Sullivan's big fist inside of it. It was grown on the sandy loam of Albert " Adams farm near Almond, in Port age County, Wis, and weighs one pound eightAounces, about the average pota- toes there yielding 250 bushels to the acre. MT. Adams, we are informed, be- longs to the well-known family of that name which gave two Presidents to the United States, and his wife is sister of Charles Francis Adams, of Massa- ;husetts. MT. Brown assures us that some of the potatoes occasionally sent him by his Wisconsin relatives weigh IS much as two pounds six ounces.
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
a queer TPoeafo 7rom WTsooua

Here is an Irish potato that was
 shown to the Republic by Mir. Charles w. Brown, of St Louis It t1ooks enoegh like 8 boxinR-glove to be mistaken for
 one by a professional sluggeH and is
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17

f< S4sR~ n Pa.. is Ia ssc- tionaa view of a device :, thoukh not new, Is qui ts ensctive ri m preventing thef anproftab ply prompt consunPt AIrH GH an aItf
The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17

An old family physician first recommend- ed Johnson's Anodyne Liniment for colds, coughs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-30


In TIE TIMES Of Thursday. August 9th
Weekly appeared an article from the ST.
Louis Globe-DomOcrat which states that one
Of tie most interesting chapters If Benjamin
+. Buffers forthcoming book Will toll tho
story OF General Robert T.. Lees attempt 70
resign.
What the story will DO when all tho state
ments Of the Forthcoming book shall be
before the reading public we cannot under
take to foretell. Strange rnmors on the sub
iect have already mado some noise. But 10
seems certain that Butler Is IN
doubt about tho exact wording Of
General Lees letter That letter M
authentic form is among tho materials ot
history Il has been furnished among items
Of Secret History by Colonel Charles G..
Jones. Jr.. who was in the Confederate army
and well known. The contents Of that letter
aud of the reply Of President Davis have
been fully given and commented ON in tho
Students History OF the United States by
Robert X. HoWisOu, which la, stated m TIE
TIMES Of July Is, lo2l) Is now N course OF
publication in Richmond Va, and VIII APP
pear during the coming fall
1t is worthy Of note. however, that the
Southern copy Of the letter Of Jefferson Davis,
dated August II, 1868, intentionally leaves
out a whole sentence Of the original. giving as
an excuse for the omission that the sentence
does not affect its general significance.
But no such methods are safe m tho sacred
domain IF history. We are entitled % the
whole truth no matter what nay be rs sig
nifcanco. The sentence omitted, and which
is characteristic ana str ngly suggestive u
feeling. well or i'll founded is az follows.
Il say / wish / could feel that tho public
journals were not generally partisan or
Venal." SoUTH.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-30

THE British Government has recently re-
duced the duty on tobacco. and yet the rove
nue. for the last fiscal year from that source
exceeded by 81, $50, 900 the receipts of the pre-
yious year. The report of the Customs Com
missioner points our that the increase was de-
rived almost entirely from the ordinary cut
tobacco consumed by the working classes,
whose improved wages has undoubtedly as
sisted TO bring about this satisfactory and
gratifying state Of revenue. Whereas in 1877
the consumption of the weed per hundred of
the population was LAG, it was last year I.5I,
against Las III 1889.
The state of affairs is regarded with much
satisfaction by Her Majesty as indicative of
general spirit Of contentment in her domin-
ions She seems to regard tobacco as quite a
reliable political barometer, and reasons that
so long as her subjects smoke oomplacently
they. are not meditating broils and turmoils.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-30

Latest news from Chill. II true, show that
the revolution in that country has been sue
| cessful and that Balmnceda has been deieat-
cd by tho Congressonalist forces. Valparaiso
| tho capital. is said 10 be in the hands OF the
insurgents, whose victory seems 70 DC COIL
plete.
If this is really so, it will produce very gen.
cral satisfaction in the United States, and es-
pecially in tho South. since the rising against
Ralnaceda was a rebellion of friends OF Con-
sttutonal liberty and Republican principles
against Capitalization and the one man
power IL was exactly for the establishment
Of such principles as these that the colonies
rebelled against the tyranny Of Great Britain
and for tho maintenance of which the south-
ern States took up arms against the North
when that section, in 1861, banded together
10 make war upon them and upon their
rights. thereby menacing the freedom OF tho
States which they had wrested from tho
mother country at the point of the bayonet
Bamaceda. having been elected President OF
Chill. proceeded 20 usurp TO himself dicta-
torial prerogatiyes. setting aside Congress
sional limitations and seeking to establish
centralized Government of which be should
be the supreme head. The patriots of the
plucky little South American Republic took
alarm at this, and arose in their might 10 de-
fend thor Liberties against their threatened
destruction.
This victory therefore, means TO Chlh
continuation Of the blessings of Republican
government and opens to that most stable
and enterprising of all the South American
nations q bright and promising dture. Had
Balmaceda been successful there would have
been established dictatorship which could
easily have been transferred into an empire
in reality, even though the name Of Republic
might have been retained. Future unscru-
pulous leaders who would seek to advance
their personal ends and ambitions at the cost
of popular sovereignty and freedom will learn
q useful lesson from this CHILEAN uprising and
its results, and it will, in all likelihood, be
the last time, certainly in this generation,
that another attempt like that Of Balmaceda
will bo made The Chilian patriots are to be
most heartily congratulated upon their brave
struggle for sef-protection and the integ-
rity Of their Constitution, and upon the in
portant victory they have achieved.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-30

ACCORDING to the Chicago Mail. the man
agement of the Columbian Exposition are
determined that visitors to the Fair shall get
full value for their money. That paper says
that every can-can dancer in Paris expects to
get an engagement in Chicago during the ex-
position; q company Of Frenchmen propose
TO reproduce Monaco and Monte Carlo; tie
Egyptian Government promises to send over
company of whirling dervishes Indias
Nautch-dancers already are booked, and the
house of Ananias viii be reproduced for the
edifcation of the tin-plate enthusiasts"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-30
HEALTH or AsnBAyD.
Reports Of Fever and Diphtheria Greatly
Exaggerated.
Editor OF The Times:

Editor OF The Times:
ASHLAND, August 2s Especial IA special
sent you from here on the Goth reads
ashland Drowning. Ashland is covered
with water this morning. The rain fell
steadily during the night. commencing to fsll
about o'clock.
There are several cases Of typhoid fevor
here-the town needs looking after. There
should be something done TO get the streets
drained"
Again, in local on the 27th, in writing up
the account Of the death Of Dir. HickOk's SON.
| find: His two children. who were in tho
habit OF playing around an old abandoned
well. were both attacked with diphtheria. and
the well is the supposed cause Of the disease"
There was heavy rain on the ZJth. but
there were no signs Of "the town being GOV.
cred with water but, on the contrary. the
streets were particularly free from II. The
writer was about as early as o'clock the
morning after the rain. and no failed 10 find
whore any deluge bad been or even any stand
ing water IN the streets Now, 10 settle tho
typhoid fever question: There IL single
case in town, and this young lady has been I'll
for five weeks. but now is improving.
Everybody in Ashland regrets the death Of
young Hickok, but when the facts are known,
then the idea that has gotten abroad about
Ashland being full of disease will be under
stood. have It from reliable authority that
the little one who died had been treated in
Richmond before it came here for the same
disease. Only one Of the children has had
it. and not two. as reported. The old well re-
ferred TO is outside of the corporate limits,
and is not so the doctor says, the cause Of tho
trouble.
The streets and sidewalks Of orr town. we
are free t. say. are not as good As the streets
IN front of LEWIS or other large stores IN your
city. but | venture to say that they are as fine
of Virginia villages.
Feeling that you do not wish to do Ashland
snd-its people any injustice. 1 trust you viii
give this letter place in your columns
Very respectfully, T. L. O. S.