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The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

thrifty and growing from the start, be
made ready for n spring or early sum-
mer market, when lightweight hogs
always command good prices, and while
the fall litter may not return as much
net profit. as from pigs farrowed in the
early spring months, because of the
greater expense of food and care. the
income is quite encouraging and forms
one of the most remunerative branches
of the livestock interest. Spring pigs
with little extra feeding will thrive
and grow very rapidly during the sum-
mer, on the pastures and will be ready
for the butcher in the fall or early Win
ter following, at which time if well
fatted should weigh two hundred and
fifty to three hundred pounds, or more,
each.
Care bestowed i'll selecting the breed
ing stock and the utmost attention
given to all the details requisite for
promoting growth, health, comfort and
thrift will be rewarded proportionally.
These things are most essential, if any
high degree of satisfaction or success is
expected. Pig raising and pig feeding
are by no means an exception to the
invariable rule that to reach best re-
suits watchful eye and willing hand,
directed by skillful judgment, must be
constantly on duty and no single ele-
ment involved in the breeding or feed
ing system possesses greater influence
in gaining success rapidly and surely
than high quality in the breeding stock.
Indiana Farmer
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
HOG BREEDING.
Some of the Requisites for Successful Hog
Raising.

Some of the Requisites for Successful Hog
Raising.
Litters of pigs in midwinter, or during
the heat of summer-under ordinary
circumstances-are not profitable or to
be desired, and the average farmer
without conveniences for careful nurs-
ing and protection against extremes in
the weather is far better without
them, and it is better for the breeding
stock. March, April and September are
the months most favorable for the sows
to farrow, and the mating should be
timed so. al to bring them in at these
seasons of the year. The boar should
therefore be isolated from the herd, or
separated from the breeding sows, ex-
cept at such times as will produce the
desired results.
There is no better paying property
kept on the farm, if properly managed,
than good brood sow. If sufficient
age is allowed, say year to four
teen months, before maternal duties
are begun, and then generous
treatment given, both the sow and
the young pigs, two litters a
year is quite within the reasonable
possibility. The litter arriving in the
fall can by good management, it kept
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
SWISS SCHOOLGIRLS.
They Lack the intellectual Interest OF
Their American Sisters.

They Lack the Intellectual Interest of
Their American Sisters.
French and music being the chief
ends of each girls sojourn, there was
no grind of college preparation. No
body was studying for an examination.
This prevented a certain strenuousness
of tone and tensity of excitement
which are apt to exist with us in the
more earnest schools. On the other
hand, there was in the girls themselves
none OF that intellectual interest which
we find among bright American girls
who are pursuing classical studies to-
gether. They had among themselves
no such eagerness of conversa-
ton; they did not appear to dis.
cuss the problems of life or to feel per.
sonally answerable for their solution,
and as compared with set either
of clever or of fashionable girls
they seemed very young for
their years, though in some in.
stances very bright, and in an in
teresting way. If the school had not
the stamp of college preparatory,
neither had it the charater of our fash.
ionable institutions for young ladies.
Careful attention was paid to instruc.
tion iii manners and little niceties OF
social usage. The necessity for wo-
man of being womanly was frankly
dwelt upon, and taken for granted as a
basis of action; but trivial or petty
view of thing v25 strongly discouraged,
and the whole tone of the household
was that of rare simplicity and un.
worltlliness.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
Reckless Waste,

The long leaf pine belt of Georgia
covers more than one-half of the coun-
ties of the state. Well managed, it
would yield, it is estimated, $40, 600, 600
a year; but it is being recklessly de-
stroyed by the turpentine farmers. 1t
is claimed that forty per cent. of the
pine now standing has been killed.
There are now in operation, it is said.
stills enough to sap the remainder Of
the timber in seven years, and all this
for the price of seventy-fve cents to one
dollar an acre, which gives IS, 900, 900 for
the destruction of forests which in fif-
teen years of good husbandry would
have yielded $50, 600, 900 in lumber and
naval stores without diminution of
their own productiveness. Allan
Constitution.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
WASH SILK DRESSES.
A Stylish Material for Warm-Weather
sDresses.

sDresses.
The so-called wash silks make charm.
ngly cool morning dresses when sim
ply made with j. belted waist and near.
ly straight skirt A plated frill trims
the neck and WRISTS, and double frilI
is down the front of the waist; a wider
plating FORMS fiounce at the foot
open-patternedswh white embroidery or the
new sguare-meshed laces are sometimes
preferred for trimming. A white silk
belt or a sash .of black velvet ribbon
completes the dsess. The pink or gray
blue wash silks striped with white are
prettily worn with white jacket Of
Bedford cord, made single breasted,
with deep square collar and stitched
edges. There are also darker blue
wash silks striped with red, and cool
lavender grounds with green penciled
lines. While these silks will not endure
hard usage in the laundry, those of good
quality can be lightly washed with
tepid water and white CASTLE soap.
They should be dipped up and down in
WIG ou'o, nop iuopcu VI Wiuug, tnen
well rinsed, and dried in the shade. An
old rule is to add handful of salt to
the warm water in which fabrics of
delicate colors are washed. Those who
fear so trust these thin silks to the
hom~ laundress can have them perfect
ly cleansed by the dry process used by
professional scourers, the color pre-
served, the softness retained, and the
dress really made as good as new
Harper's Bazar.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
A Very Useful Book.

"Health and Pleasure on Americas Great
est Rairoad'' is the title of charming lit
tie volume issued by the Passenger Depart
ment of the New York Central u Hudson
River railroad, with new and attractive
features added to the publication of former
years.
The frontispiece is fine view Of that no.
BILE structure, the Washington Bridge across
the Harlem, but that is merely hint Of the
beauties that follow. No one who glances
over the book can fail to get comprehen-
sive idea of the wealth of scenery through
which the road passes, not to mention the
valuable information that is systematically
arranged throughout the book in regard to
the hotels and boarding houses, the prices
Of board, the fares, the distances, the posi-.
BILE excursion, and, in word, all that that
usually inquiring person, the Summer tour
ist, can possibly think of desiring to learn.
Copies of the book will be forwarded free
to any address upon receipt of ten cents
postage by George Il. Daniels, General Pas
senger Agent, Grand Central Station, New
York, or W. B. Jerome, General Western
Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
MUSEUM HORRORS.

Dried Heads, Human Scalps, Necklaces OF
Fingers and other Edifying Sights.
The National museum does not 60
in for horrors, but some gruesome
things arc to be found there neverthe-
less.
For example, there are two human
heads from the upper Amazon, dried in
weird and extraordinary fashion.
The natives on the high slopes of the
Andes delight in chopping off the heads
of their enemies and preserving them
for ornamental and other purposes.
Their method is to make cut with a
knife around the lower part of the neck
and draw the skin over the head, TAX
ing care to preserve intact the nose,
mouth and other features.
Next the skin is turned right side out
and the lips are sewn together with
coarse twine. such as grocers use, leav.
ing fringe of string hanging down for
length of two feet from the chin OF
the departed foe. Finally the head,
thus bereft of its kull, is filed with hot
gravel, which causes it to shrink. The
hot gravel is renewed as often as may
be necessary until the head has shrunk
to quarter the size of that of new.
bord child.
The appearance Of head thus treat
ed is grotesque beyond describing. It's
face is that of human being reduced
TO a scale Of four-months' embryo.
The features are perfect, and the nos.
trils and lips are as in life, though the
color is inky black. Perhaps the lips
are knit together so that they may not
reply when spoken to, for the custom
is to hang these cheerful tropics by
their long black hair from the rafters
of the family domicile and address to
them vituperative jibes on occasions o.
festivity.
The museum has very large collec.
tion of scalps, and it is wonderful to
think what tragic tales they would
have to tell if they could only speak.
One of them is crown of real golden
hair with circle of skin attached, reft
from the head of a little German girl
hD bllC NlCtttiOW udSSdClC. Ill
spots it is stained with the victims
blood-a pitiful reminder. Of the same
party of honest pioneers may have been
the man from whose caput shock OF
black curly black locks was torn; i,
forms part of the exhibit
There are many other scalps Of white
people and Indians-the former mostly
curly and readily distinguishable from
the straight black hair of the aborig-
ines. The long tresses of women,
blonde and brunette, suggest to the
mind imaginings none too fearful of
tragedies, with outrage and torture as
Il preliminary. A single warriors
trophy bears pendant twelve scalps,
each representing a murder.
One of the most unpleasant of these
tragic memorabilia at the museum is a
necklace of thumbs, fourteen in all.
They are all thumbs of the right hand.
Washington Star.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
Death to the Cabbage Worm.

The agricultural department. at
Washington is propagating a kind of
bacteria that are exceedingly destruc-
tive to the cabbage worm. AS soon as
the bacteria fastens on worm, it be-
gins to destroy it by sections, and con-
tinues until nothing is left but little
spot. The worm dies almost immedi-
ately after it's attack. The bacteria is
preserved in gelatine and can be sent
thus to any distance 1t propagates so
rapidly that when once introduced it
soon spreads all over ii fields, and n
year or two through an entire neigh
borhood. Rural World.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
Death and Taxes

Are not surer than the fact that if you are
constipated, the most efficient, as well as the
least painful laxative, is Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, gentle and thorough, not vio-
lent and weakening like drastic cathartic.
Together with the bowels, the liver and
stomach are regulated and invigorated by
this genial reformer, which also subjugates
malaria, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous
ness and disorders of the kidneys.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
COnSOlafion.

DR., Thirdly-Your loss is a sad one,
my dear Mrs. Youngwidow, but you
must not give yourself mp to despair
Try to find consolation in your grief
Mrs. Youngwidow,-Oh, | do, doctor.
I'm trying to think how very becoming
mourning is to me- Munsey's Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
GO AND VIEW THE LAND.

Three Cheap Harvest Excursions.
On August 25th, September 10Th and Sep
tember 18th Low Rate Harvest Excursions
will be run from ALL STATIONS ON the WA
BASH RAILROAD to the Great Farming Re-
gions of the West, Northwest, South and
Southwest. Tickets good returning for
thirty days from date of sale.
The crops were never SO good as this year,
and the Railroad Rates, via Wabash, never
so low. Whatever section you wish to visit,
be sure and write to or call upon the nearest
Wabash ticket agent for particulars as to
rates, time of trains, accommodations. etc.
II you do not live adjacent to the Wabash,
write at once to
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

"A substitute for leather, suited for
making trunks and for other like uses,
has been devised by German inventor.
1t is made in sheets consisting OF panels
of wood with wire-netting between. the
whole being glued together under heavy
nrasaura
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

IMPURE Blood is the primary cause of the
family is subject. The blood in passing
through the system visits every portion Of
the body-if pure, carrying strength and
vitality; If impure, disease and death.
Blood poisoning is most dangerous. Prickly
Ash Bitters will render the last impossible.
and will regulate the system so that health
will be sure result.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

lie 3nadtLeSt IS me 0eSI
in pills, other things being equal.
But, with DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets, nothing else is equal. They're
the best, not only because they're
the smallest, and the easiest to take
but because they do more good.
They cleanse and regulate the liver,
stomach and bowels in way the
huge, old fashioned pill doesn't
dream of. Think Of trying to regu-
late the system with the ordinary pill.
It's only good for upsetting it.
These are mild and gentle-but
thorough and effective, no pain-no
gripping. One little pellet for laxa-
tive three for cathartic. The
best Liver Pill known. Sick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks
and all arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels are prevented,
relieved and cured.
Put up in sealed walls perfect
vest-pocket remedy, always conven-
lent, fresh and reliable.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re.
turned. It's a plan peculiar to DR..
Pierce's medicines.
You pay only for the good you
get. Can you ask more?
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
The Only Ono Ever Printed. Can You Find
WorJ9

Each week. different 3 inch display is
words alike in either ad., except One word
This word will be found in the ad for Dr.
Harters Iron Tonic, Little Liver Pills and
Wild Cherry Bitters Look for" Crescent
trade mark Read the ad carefully and
when you find the word, send it to them and
they will return you a book, beautiful litho-
graphs and sample free.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
A Pleasing Sense

OF health and strength renewed and Of ease
and comfort follows the use of Syrup OF
Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature to
effectually cleanse the system when costive
or bilious. For sale in SOC and $l.OO bottles
by all leading druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

No REMEDY has saved so many sickly chill
dren's lives as DIR. Bulls Worm Destroyers.
They never fail and children like them too.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

FLANNEL next the skin often produces q
RASH removable with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SO cents.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

PEOPLE who wear tight shoes may not
take tho prize at cake walk, but they often
secure the bun-i. @. bunion.-W ashington
Ratchet.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from
adisordered liver and spromptlyrelieved by
Carters Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

A TREE is green when in foliage and a
boy is green in his folly-age. .-Binghamton
Republican.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

aTH1s is very well put" remarked the
editor, as he dropped the poem into the
MastehnSket t-WAshinctop Star
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

If woman would change her sex, what
would be her religion! She would be q
he then, of course. e.-National Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

THERE is one remedy that has saved many
adebilitated, blood poisoned mortal tc life
of happy usefulness and robust health. It
will save you if you will give it trial. It
is DR.. John Bulls Sarsaparilla. Any medi-
cine dealer will supply you. You do your
self injustice if you. fail to use it.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

THE spoon craze pervades the watering
places 1t takes only two to make full
set.-Boston Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
IT, C11ANUIETt,
Gen'l Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Sr Or,,c Mo

IT is no wonder that tho spring chicken
can boast of a large crop when he takes
everything in by the pech.-Baltimore
American
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

JAesoN says he has found more grass
widows in clover than in weeds. .-Elmira
Gazette.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

Where Is my heart!
It's place of rest is not within mine aching
Whcrc docs 1t dwelli
It is not in the glittcring hall.
Where the glancing sunbeams brightly fall
Meath pleasures spell.
Where is my hearth
Not IN tho crowd. mid nirth and wine and
revel loud
1t is not there;
Nor is it where the summer sky
Gives birth to flowers of brightest dyo,
And balmy air.
Where is my hcarti
Upon the sea, where dwell the joyous and the
free,
It has not gone;
My truant heart, 1t hath not flown
Wherc love or hope or joy is known.
Or pleasures dawn.
Where is my heart!
'Tis in thy keeping, and silent alone am
weeping
To thee tits fled
Yes, where tho form it worships sleeps,
Ny loving heart its vigil keeps
Round thy bright head
"A. j. Dwycr. in N. .. Times Democrat
The Picnickers.
The morn Is bright and fair
And crystal-li!ie tho air;
Ard mon who're mostly mild enough
Go hustling round, norose and grufi,
For picnic to prepare.
They're planning for q gay
Delightful holiday,
And so begin by getting mad,
To which tho heat end cinders add
In their own pleasant way.
All day each fans and pants;
The PIC is full of ants;
Tho grass is full o; dust: the shade
Is thinner than the lemonade;
He's met by 'won'ts'' and ''can'ts.''
They como back home in woe,
All angered, too, to know
That, though they sought her oil the day
Fond pleasure chose at home to stay
With those who diGn't CO.
columbus Dispatch
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

THE latest humanitarian proposition is to
chloroform criminals TO death. While this
may net be practical it is certainly an es-
thetic way Of settling the business.-Phila-
delphia Times
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
august
Flower

For Dyspepsia.
A. Bellanger, Propr., Stove Foun-
dry, Montagny, Quebec, writes: II
have used August Flower for Dys-
pepsia. It gave me great relief.
recommend it to all Dyspeptics as a
very good remedy"
Ed. Bergeron, General Dealer,
Lauzon, Lewis, Quebec, writes: 81
have used August Flower with the
best possible results for Dyspepsia. "
c. A. Darlington, Engineer and
General Smith, Sydney, Australia,
writes: August Flower has effected
a complete cure in my case. It act
ed like miracle"
Geo. Gates, Corinth, Miss. writes:
II consider your August Flower the
best remedy in the world for Dys-
pepsia. / was almost dead with
that disease, but used several bottles
of August Flower, and now con-
slider myself a we'll man. I sincerely
recommend this medicine to suffer
ing humanity the world over" o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. 5. A.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

If tastes didn't differ restaurants would
have an easy time Lowell Mail.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

A MUSIC dealer advertises stThe Smokers
Song" A spit tune, probably.-B
Commercial Bulletin.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

IT costs the American nation about one
million dollars year to stop their teeth. It
would probably cost a great deal more to
try and stop their tongues Smith, Gray 4
Co.'s Monthly.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

IT is stated that in many of the seaside
hotels the chief end of the walters exist
ence is becoming the tip Philadelphia
Times.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

CAN q man intoxicated by music be said
to be air-tight2-Texas Siftings.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

UNDERTAKER Ito dying editor)- -"What
epitaph shall we place on your tombstonel,i
Editor fcebly)-''We are here to stay."-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

ALL cases of weak or lame back, backache,
rheumatism, will find relief by wearing one
of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonna
Backache Plasters. Price 25 cents. Try them.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

SLANG was not common in the DAYS of
Gov. William Penn, else the boys would
have called Penn ''his nibs"- o. Plea
yune.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

ENGAGED couples may not average larger
than other people, yet they are often distin-
guished by their sighs.-Lowell Courier.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

A CAT concert on the back shed by moon
light is rather amew-sing. Texas Siftings
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

BIRDS never quarrel over difference of
pinion.-Y Yonkers Gazette
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

WAX 1w0rk-Candles.
UGLY mugs-Yacht cups.
-
ALWAYS on decls-Oalsum.
IMPRESSIONS of the -Blotting paper.
Nor necessarily hymeneal = Parlor
DARNED good work-Mending stockings.
BLUEr1surSG Not getting bite.
OFTEN left without shilling-London
waiters.-Mail and Express.
BEST recipe for catching husband
Don't try.-TrOy Press.
OLD age tells on one and so does youth
Dallas News.
THE bounded man usually goes to the
dogs.-Pittsburgh Post.
A CAT concert on the back shed by moon
light is rather mew-sing.-Texas Siftings.
BIRDS never quarrel over difference Of
a p1ni0n. Yonlers Gazette
IT is stated that in many of the seaside
hotels the chief end of the walters exist.
ence is becoming the tip pend-Phlladelphia
Times.
UNDERTAKER Ito dying editor)-"What
epitaph shall we place on your tombstoneln
Editor fcebly)-"We are here to stay.''-
Atlanta Constitution.
SLANG was not common in the days of
Gov. William Penn, else the boys would
have called Penn "his nibs. IN o. Plea
yune.
THE latest humanitarian proposition is to
cbloroform criminals to death. While this
may net be practical 1t is certainly an es-
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

THE bounded man usually goes to th
dogs.-Pittsburgh Post.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

BEST recipe for catching husband
Don't try.-Troy Press
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02

OLD age tells on one and so does YOUTH
Dallas News.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
Where 7, nv Heart?

Where is my heart!
Its place Of rest is not within mine aching
breast.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-31
How Cloth IL Tested.

When the cloth arrives. it is slowly
passed over double roller which meas
ures the yards. and carefully examined
for the purpose of discovering any de-
fects in the manufacture If there are
any-brOken threads or loosely woven
spots-they are indicated by sewing II
string in the margin. and the cutter is
thus able to avoid the defective portion
Then we cut off a small piece of the
goods and put it outside on window
sill. where, for ten days, it is exposed to
the sun and the rain If it fades. it is
rejected Then we test by chemicals to
see if the dye stuff is indigo. which in
the surest dye that can be made II tn
color produced by the use of this test il
a bright orange. it indicates that the dye
AIS an indigo basis
After that piece of the goods is pu:
in a solution Of caustic potash. which
has the effect of eating up the animal
fiber and leaving the vegetable fiber
Some cloth manufacturers nowadays
instead Of making their goods of separate
threads of cotton and of wool. take cot
ton and wool and mix them in such n
way that no one, by merely feeling. can
tell whether or not there is cotton in the
piece. The only way we can know Is
by boiling piece of the goods In this
solution, which has the effect of eating
up the wool and leaving the cotton
Interview in New York Epoch