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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
Rich and Poor Milk.

Any one who has attended dairy
convention, or who carefully follows the
dairy literature of the day, must have
come to realize that milk testing is the
leading question before our dairymen.
The rank injustice of paying for milk
or dividing money between patrons on
the pounds-delivered basis has been
tolerated only because it could not be
avoided. When the system of paying
for milk upon weight is new in
community, it works fairly we'll for
a short time, but soon patrons
learn to take advantage, and the
result is that as time goes on more and
more milk is required to make pound
Of butter or cheese. Of course, there
are always few who water or skim;
these are occasionally caught and fined
or expelled, but the difficulty does not
end here, for there are other ways of
getting ahead. The greatest trouble
has been through buying and breeding
cows which produce the greatest num-
Der of pounds of milk without any re-
gard whatever to the quality. Be
tween the cows giving thin milk
and the patrons who skim or
water, dairymen producing good
milk and factorymen have had
a hard time of it. Factorymen have
come to realize that their best friends
among the patrons have been the poor
est paid. Going from bad to worse,
matters have come to point where,
unless some more equitable. system is
adopted, we must expect the factory
system to drag out u miserable exist
ence, if it is not driven to the wall. Is
it any wonder, then, that intelli-
gent factorymen have come to the con-
clusion that milk must be paid for on
merit only?-Prof. Henry, in Breeders
Gazette,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
THE FOOD PROBLEM.
The Philosophy of Feeding to Get the Be,
Results. 81.


The Philosophy of Feeding to Get the Best
Results.
During the last six weeks the pigs
that are being fed for the market may
be fed exclusively upon corn. 1t is rich
in fat-forming elements, and we have
now reached that period in the lives of
our pigs where our sole ambition is to
lay on as many pounds of fat as possible
in the few remaining days that they
shall be upon our hands before selling.
If we grind the corn and make a slop of
the meal one bushel will produce more
pounds of pork than will the same
amount if fed in the ear, and if we are
prepared to cook the meal cheaply we
will he able to extract still more nutri-
meat from it, but whether enough to
justify the added expense of time and
fuel is matter that each and every
man must decide for himself. Our Kan
sas farmer could not afford to cook his
fifteen-cent corn, but the farmer of New
England would reap rich return from
cooking his sixty-cent corn.
While corn is the proper food for the
fattening herd it can not be depended
upon as food for the young growing
pigs. They require food rich in bone
and muscle-forming elements, and corn
does not contain these to any great
extent. Oats, after milk, is the best
food that we can give pigs that are
growing rapidly, and who does not wish
to have their pigs grow as fast as posi-
BILE without endangering their health.
Milk Is natures own food, and every
particle Of milk that can be spared from
Tho dairy should bs tod to tho pigs, com.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

--Croquettes of Fish: Take dressed
fish of any kind, separate it from the
bones; mince it with little seasoning;
an egg beaten, with a teaspoon OF flour
and one of milk; roll into balls; brush
the outside with egg and dredge 1t well
with bread and cracker crumbs, and try
a nice brown.
Black Walnut Cake: One cup sugar,
butter size of an egg, one teacup milk,
one egg, two cups flour, two heaping
teaspoons baking powder. Filling:
One large cup milk, yelks Of three eggs,
one tablespoon cornstarch, one table
spoon sugar, one large cup of black
walnut meats. Cover the frosting also
with walnut meat.-Detroit Free Press.
"A novel fashion for cushions is to
make them oblong and cover each half
lengthwise with different materials OF
contrasting shades; the top half silko-
line, the lower half plush or velvet.
They are intended for hanging on the
back of chairs, and are made of the size
suitable for this purpose. A cord, tho
length of the cushion, is attached to it
at each end, and is finished with loops
and soft silk tassels.-N. Y. World.
Pumpkin Pudding: Take a quart
of stewed pumpkin and rub it through
a sieve; mix it with six well-beaten
eggs, quarter of pound of butter,
half pint of new milk, teaspoonful
of ground ginger, half a grated nutmeg,
with pound Of brown sugar. Pour in
pudding-dish and bake. Serve with
butter sauce. This pudding should be
sufficiently firm to slice when baked
Farm and Fireside.
Every cook can make oyster soup,
but broiled oysters are not SO common,
and require talent at a high order to do
them justice. Select the largest and
finest, wipe dry and lay on clean cloth,
have a lot of clean, red-hot Goals, over
which heat your gridiron to an intense
degree, lay the juicy pivalves- on this,
and as soon as the edges begin to curl
they are done, and must be quickly
transferred to hot plate and eaten
with salt, pepper and little butter.
Boiled Chicken: Prepare the chick
ems as for roasting, emitting stuffing;
bind them closely and put them on to
boil in water enough to cover, bring
slowly to the boil and skim the broth
very carefully; then add salt, and let
them simmer as slowly as possible,
which will give them a whittier and
plumper appearance when done. Re-
move them carefully to hot dish, cut
away all the bindings, and pour over
them little drawn butter with chopped
parsley added, place thin slices of cold
tongue round the edge of the dish, and
serve.-Boston Herald.
Brown Soup: Cut three pounds
beef and two pounds veal into small
pieces. Brown one-half of the beef in a
little fat. Put all of the meat into a
soup kettle, add four quarts cold water
and simmer eie hit hours. Fry one table
spoonful each of chopped carrot, onion
and turnip in one tablespoonful of but
ter ten minutes and add to the stock;
add also one bay leaf, one sprig parsley,
two cloves, eighteen pepper corns, and
two teaspopnsful salt. Simmer two
hours, then strain. When cold remove
the fat. Take two quarts stock.
.Moisten one tablespoonful arrow-root
in a little cold water and add to the
stock. Simmer twenty minutes. Sea-
son with salt and pepper. = Boston
Globe.
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mencing as soon as they can be induced

mencing as soon as they can be induced
to eat it, and when they get SO they will
eat the milk readily mix handful or
two of ground oats with it, and pour
down in some clean, dry place where
the sow can not get at them, guam.
tity of whole oats. If you have never
tried this you will be surprised at the
quantity a litter of pigs will eat in
a days time. Until old enough to
wean we should contine our pigs to an
exclusive milk and oats diet, with the
addition of good clover pasture. or, in
early spring, plat of rye should be
provided for them.
At from eight to ten weeks old we
wean our pigs; they have now reached
an age at which we may gradually
change them to food richer in fat
forming elements, but we should per-
sistently stick to the milk, and feed
them all of it that we can get; besides,
or in addition to the milk, take corn
one part, rye or wheat one part and oats
two parts, grind this and mix with a
like amount of middlings or bran, and
make it into cruel or slop, feeding
three times day all your pigs will eat
up clean. Many commence right, but.
from wrong notion of the needs Of a
pigs stomach they make a-nistake by
allowing this slop to stand after being
mixed, until it sours (putrefies is the
proper term to use for much of the slop
fed topigs). Feed you slop while sweet,
and avoid the dreaded cholera germ.
Common sense should teach us that
sour, fermented, putrid, rotten slop
should have no place in the bill of fare
of our swine.-F. D. Beck, in American
Swineherd
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
YOUR MONEY, Or YOUR Inn,

This question is q "perts one m, :,
mean it. WIN l you sacrifice ils aferp phi,
allow your blood to become taintad Y.
your system rundown, unit, flnsll,' =
arc laid away in the grave? Bolt,s,. XII \.
in time, and "hold up" your hands1 = .
Dr.. Picrcc's Golden Medical Dj,sar,--ss
a guaranteed remedy for al scrutpss
and other blood-taints, from wh,t., ,
cause arising. 1t cures all Sim s., -
Scalp Diseases, Ulcers, Sores Svels,,.ss
and kindred ailments. It q pos s
fully tonic as well as Alternative = )
blood-cleausing, in its effects, hcne. I /
strengthens the system and r,,ts, :
vitality, thereby dispelling III hs
languid, stirred feelings expe,,.n.s
by the debilitated. Especially il, 1
manifested its potency in curing Nh
Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysipelis BdI
Carbunclcs, Sore Eyes Goitre, q nm
Neck, and Enlarged Glands. Woilh
Dispensary Medical Association, m,
ers, No. 6G3 Main Street, Buffalo, ]. Z
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

rapidly the development of new terri
tory follows public knowledge Of its
resources in these go-ahead days. A
given portion of country may be SEEM
ingly a bowling wilderness to-day, yet
twelve months hence the hardy pioneers
of settlement will be firmly established
in it, and five years hence the wilder
ness is gone forever, transformed into
an agricultural region of inestimable
value.
This story has been told over and
over again upon the American CONT
nent, and is now being repeated once
more upon the great fertile prairies of
Western Canada, where the millions OF
acres of valuable lands open for settle
ment are attracting an ever-increasing
army of colonists from every civilized
portion of the Globe.
Only few years ago the prairies of
Western Canada were simply vast
game range, yet to-day towns, villages,
settlements, farms and ranches are dot
ted all over what is unquestionably one
of the cry finest agricultural sections
of this continent. The prairie region
of Canada extends from the eastern
boundary of Manitoba westward to the
foothills of the Rocky Mountains, q
distance, roughly speaking, of about one
thousand miles. Within this vast ex-
panse are comprised the great wheat
province of Manitoba, the fat lands of
Assiniboia and the noble pastures Of
Alberta, Offering homes to all who
choose to claim them, and unrivalled
facilities for following every branch OF
agriculture with profit. The official
crop returns for 1890 are splendid testi-
mony of the capabilities of these natur-
al grain fields and pastures, and no
matter whether the newcomer prefers
horse, cattle or sheep raising, wheat
growing, mixed or dairy farming, he
can easily find land admirably suited
to his purpose within these broad limits
and simply for the trouble of selecting
for himself what appears to be the most
desirable locality.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
A wood-caryine machine which M

"A wood-carving machine which pos.
sesses many radical improvements has
been brought out. The machine is de-
signed specially for use in furniture
factories and IN car, organ and piano
factories and other establishments
where wood-carving is done. 1t will
carve four duplicate pieces any length
at one operation if not over ~ inches
wide, or it win make two duplicate
pieces any length if not over Is inches
wide, and if a greater width is desired
one piece can be carved Of any length
md from Is to 80 inches wids. The bits
can be handled conveniently and in any
direction within N angle Of 70 dsggesk
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
H0wsa This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Ct Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West Il Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
Walding, Kinnan Il Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
setting directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Testimonials free
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

PHYSICIANS informed me that, l was
threatened with paralysis or apoplexy. 1
suffered terribly with pain on the right side
Of nv head, especially when l would read
or write, and on rising tony feet would be-
come perfectly blind and had to hold to
something to prevent my falling. am
happy to say that Bulls Sarsaparilla has
entirely relieved me. My appetite is good
and for the first time in a long while enjoy
my dinners.-Mr. B. G. Rivers, Louisville,
XIV
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
To the Pacific Coast.

Go to California via the through lines Of
The Burlington Route, from Chicago or st.
Louis to Denver, and thence over the new
broad guage, through car lines of the Den
yer Il Rio Grande or Colorado Midland Rail
ways, via Leadville, Glenwood Springs and
Salt Lake-through interesting cities and
unsurpassed scenery. Dining Cars all the
way.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
n,.honored Drafts.

,,oda mnon IL bv the rest of the system, it is
Necessarily because its fund Of strength y
very low, Toned with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters it soon begins to pay out vigor in
the shape OF pure, rich blood, containing
The elements Of muscle, bone and brain: As
a sentence of the new vigor afforded the
stomach, the bowels perform their f1nc-
tions regularly and the liver works ike
clockwork, Malaria has no effect upon
system thus reinforced.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

THOSE of YOU who are weary and heavy
adened with sickness and care, weighed
down with the intirmities that beset the
human system, can find the one thing nee.
essary to restore you to bright buoyant
healt6 in shermans Pricky ASH M B dae;
tated organs, aids digestion, and dlspels the
clouds arising from diseased liver.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
Man Of the United States,

A large, handsome Map Of the United
States, mounted and suitable for office or
home use, is issued by the Burlington
route. Copies will be given free when 1t
can be done without expense for transmis-
sion; or they will be mailed to any address II :,
Eustis, Gen'l Pass. Agent, G. B. q 9. R r.,
Chicago, Ill
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
ooFF's
BRAID.

Whenever you visit
the shops in town,
Looking for Braid
to bind your gown,
Secure the Clasp,
wherever found,
That holds the Roll
on which is wound
Thu Braid that Is known
the world around.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
T1nREE. Miss. Oct. 6, 1885

MEssRs. A. T. SHALLENBERGER & Co.
Rochester, Pa. Gents:-The bottle OF
Shallenberger's Pills sent me in February
last gave to w. G. Anderson Of this place;
q long standing case of chills and fever. He
had tried everything known without any
permanent good In less than ten days
after taking your Antid3te ne was wa. sound t!
season without any return Itseems to have
effectually driven the Malarious poison from.
his system. Yours truly,
v, A. ANDERSON.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
Your
Worst Enemy

Ia that scrofulous numor in your blood which
manifests itself In testers every time the skin is
scratched or broken, or In hives, pimples. boils
and other eruptions, causes salt rheum, or
breaks out in occasional or continuous running
sores. Get Rid of 1t at Once, some time
when your system is weak 1t will become your
master. Hoods Sarsaparlla is the remedy which
will purify your blood, expel all trace Of disease
and give you strength.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

WORM medicine! The very name puts q
bad taste in child's mouth, unless her
mother has been kind and given her DR..
Bulls Worm Destroyers. These little can
dies taste good. 81
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

If eyery ,roman in this land knew for her
self the actual quality of Dobbins' Electric
Soap, no other washing soap could be sold.
Millions do use it, but other millions have
never tried it. Have vouF Ask your grocer
for it. fH.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

.WHI-hellol You are the last person ]
expected to meet" "Well, l am tho last
person you have metz = Smith, GRAY Il
Co.'s MONTHLY. -.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

If women are as sweet Us they would like
to have tho men think they are, why is II
that they have such keen fondness for
confectioneryl-Somcrville journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

LADY writes at the end of letter to a
friend: "Now, l must conclude, for my
feet arc so cold that can hardly hold my
pen, "-Pick Nc Up,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

Iryou are tired taking the large old fash
toned gripping pills, try Carter's Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort A man can't
stand everything. One pill dose Try them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

YOU'VE just the man Pm laying for" q.
the 6rickmason said to the contractor
Bling hamton Leader. - -,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

THERE are lots of people in this world
who wear silks and velyets on top, with q
. carefully covered garment of saclcloth
and ashes underneath. -Atchison Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

The color line, as applied to the sugar
problem, is matter Of refinement Hutch
inson News.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

LITERARY men do not, as a rule, have a
head for business, and SO, paradoxical Us IT
may seem, they do not get ahcad-Somer
vile Journal
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

LITTLE BoY-"Papa, tho papers say the
miao owners arc going to coalesce. What Is
the meaning of coalescel'' Papa-"It means
less coal, my son. Grip,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
PLAYING Cards.

You can obtain pack OF best quality
playing cards by sending fifteen cents in
postage to p. 8. Eustis, Gen'l Pass Ag't, c.
B. Il Q. r. R., Chicago, ILL., SIR a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

WE suppose woman may be- said to bc
ia ~ IN her way when she tries to pass
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

WIEN o woman goes to invest in sealskins
she soon realizes that fifty dollars will no,
20 fur-Boston Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

lFy you wish to have your portrait taken
on ivory, facc On enraged elcphant-Texas
Siftings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

you devote great deal Of your time to
pedestrianism. yves, 1t is my sole diver
sion. "-Washington Post
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

If O counting match is not declared of Il
must end in ten. o. Picayune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

AN EXTENDED POPULARITY. BRowN's
BRONCHIAL TRocHEs have for many years
been the most popular article in use for re-
lieving Coughs and Throat troubles.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

EXPLOSIONS of Coughing are stopped by
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

FIRST CLASS securities - Handouts and
timelocks -Boston Transcript
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14

THE man who doesn think his baby is
tho prize baby hasn't got any baby.-Bing
homton Lender
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DURIFY YOUR
\ BLOOD.

But do not use the dangerous alkaline
and mercurial preparations which destroy
your nervous system and ruin the digestive
power Of the stomach. The vegetable king.
dom gives US the best and safes! remedial
agents. Or. Sherman devoted the greater
part Of his life to the discovery Of this reia.
bic and safe remedy, and all Its ingredients
are vegetable. He gave II the name Of
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
Prickly Ash Bifters !!

name every one can remember, and to the
present day nothing has been discovered that
Is so beneficial for The BLOOD, for The
LIVER, for the KIDNEYS and for the
STOMACH. This remedy Is now so well
and faWrably known by all who have used
II that arguments as 10 It's merits are use.
less, and II others who require correct.
I've to the system would but give II a trial
the health Of This country would be vastly
improved. Remember the nams-PRIcKLY
ASH BlTTERS. Ask your druggist for Il.
PRlCKLY ASH 2lTTERS CO.,
ST. LOUIS, MO-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-30

have to do so any more. write down
my confession that did go with much
sorrow and regret, but cannot conceal
it any longer,
The play is said to have a beautiful
moral concealed in it. There was no
concealment in the play with this ex-
ception, though. The story is on the
order of train book now meeting with
large sale, called 1.-THE Sin of the Straw
berry Blonde; or, Drowning Out the
Gopher in Ny Grandmother's Grave"
by Pearl Studebaker.
The heroine is strangely beautiful-in
her lithogra phs-and poses as an artists
model in one of the acts. 1t was very
still during this scene. You could al
most have heard cough drop. After it
was over, and the artist threw a piano
cover over the shoulders of his model,
the entire audience turned around and
looked at me with keen, searching
glance.
l looked around also, as who should
say, Whom is it?' but that did not
work. was discovered. 1t taught me
a lesson-this little incident 1t was
that he that adyertiseth and billeth a
town should not seek to conceal himself
in an audience, especially if his litho-
graph shows a marked resemblance to
him.
The Knights Of Pythias held con-
clave at Dallas while | was there. ]
wore badge in order to be sociable, and
by that means learned Of different grips
and signs of distress. think now that
| could work my way into lodge if ]
could have time and large corkscrew.
In shaking hands with many strangers
during the past year or two while tray
cling, and making wide acquaintance,
looking to any accidental turn in affairs
in 1892, am struck by the large and
varied number of grips given me which
am not able to classify.
longed to most all of the secret societies
must have very little time to devote tx
his business after successfully remem
bering all the grips, signs, passwords
explanations, signals, rituals, work o.
degrees, constitutions, bylaws, reports
of committees, limitations, communica
tons and new business, good of the or
der, violation of obligations, opening
odes, manual Of arms, laying Of corner
stones, and funeral services. If | hat
all these in my head could just abor
remember the combination of my safe
put would not be mentally adequate K
anything further than that. If it rained
some good friend who had my best in
terests at heart would probably have Il
take me by the hand and bring me in.