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The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
WHEN 70 cur GRASS ron HAY.

During many years of careful observa7
lion. writes ]. M. T~rowbridge, of New
York. to the American Agriculturist, ]
have noticed that grass is rarely cut for
hay at that stage of growth which ls
most relished by grazing stock that the
stting is almost universally deferred
until It has attained a degree of maturity
which causes grazing stock, If they have
d choice, to avoid it, in their preference
for o less mature or younger stage OF
Growth. Everybody must have noticed
yhe patches in pastures where tbs grass
has matured, and how sedulously it is
avoided. Concurrent with this had been
the observation that great gain IN fieA
Ndfatness.. health and strength OF graz
lnu stock wa made mainly during tho
season Of those stages of growth proceed.
ing the common "haying' season, ana
that stock put to grass after the natur.
mo of the crop eft for haying' rarely
made any great gain, and never sucn
gain as is made when such stock are put
D o the young grasses OF the early
spring. Compare q COW from an Angus
nastIre with one from a pasture IN early
.lnne. See with what differences they
I'm themselves Notice the difference
With which they ill the milk pail.
Very few grazing animals on grass al
the season maintain in August the f1esn
gained in June.
These facts had produced with me an
impression that earlier cutting OF tne
Grass would be better. just then APP
reared. at d winter meeting OF the New
work State Agricultural Society IN Al.
hanv q farmer from Vermont with
aamnlea Of winter-made butter. lt had
aH IN characteristics In color, in flavor,
s frnorance and other qualities Of the
freshest Of MAY or June butter. After
,,nanimo1s approval the question was
ra;sed How was it produced2 What
feed ID used to make spring butter I'D
midwintera The maker repiled that the
stock from which the butter had been
made had been kept exclusively on nay
and water. and the butter was produced
from their milk in the ordinary way no
colorino. no favoring and no az luyants
of anv kind were used. AT length afteI
sot,ch bantering and badgering the
maker explained. my nay, ne salo,
ssmay differ somewhat from the ordinary
article. It is cut at the time when stock
seem to relish it most, and gain on y
most raridIV. r do not see why timothy
straw should be any better than oat
sfrav or wheat straw. and that is what
ra,,r Grass becomes If you let it go too
m Z cut nv grass long before i i
rnt ~ rav hIossoming. and ais
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
Hail lin Europe.

The record of injury from hail in
Wurtemaerg for sixty years Q828.871
has been investigated by Herr Buhler.
The yearly average OF DAYS with hail IS
found to be thirteen, July having the
largest number OF any month and June
the next. About o.92 per cent. Of the
cultivated land was affected, damage be-
inc done to the extent Of $500, 600. OF
seventeen hail.storm paths made out,
one very often taken is from scheer to
Ulm on the Danube. forty-hve miles long
and ten wide. The paths are all con
necsed with the co~nfguration OF the
ground. Slopes with q western exposure
suffer o than those with an eastern,
while plains are much less affected than
hilIy ground. No evidence appears O
increase in the fall of hail in the course
Of decades, and the much mentioned N
fuence Of forests Is not distinctly proven.
-Trenton en-. ~ american.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
.nic,de Brought Tom Thumb Fame.

The beginning of Tom Thumbs career
of almost u~nexampled prosperity was
NOT without vicissitudes, said the London
TeLeqraph, in its BaTnum obituary. lie
made his first bow some hvesand-forty
years ago at the Princess's Theatre, IN
oxford street, but the patrons Of a house
then dedicated to the performance OF
English aud foreign opera could sec
nothing worthy of applause in the clumsy
antics Of a diminutive brat dressed up as
a caricature of the Great Napoleon.
The aGeneraln was a complete iasco
on the stage CT the Princess. The show
was transferred to the Egyptian Hall,
and there, by what appeared to De q
stroke of i'll luck, but which practically
turned out to be an extremely fortunate
| contingency for the dwarf, he unwlt-
tingly came in collision with the brave
but hapless English painter Hayden.
The huge pictures of this Il-under-
| stood artist we're being exhibited in one
section OF the hall. and attracting only
d few shilliags, while the aGeneralP' IN
another part of the building was draw.
ing a hundred pounds a dag. Shortly
afterward Hayden, in a paroxysm of in
sanity, engendered by sheer despair, de.
stroyed himself.
According to the fitness of things, this
lamentable catastrophe should have beel
the ruin of Barnum and his exhibit on
In the newspapers of the time he wa
held up to e~xecration as assYankee show
man with s.yawning pockets, and til
] diminutive urchin whose popularity hat
/ maddened the poor painter was de
nounced as "a disgusting dwarf" TIL
takings at the turnstiles, nevertheless, in
creased daily, and Tom Thumb only sus
pended his crowded seances in Picca
dilly to make q triumphant tour in tn
provinces, and nm equally ~remuneratiy
Continental round.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
WISE WORDS.
the wart on language.

elaau Is the wart on language.
ssn have sight; women insight.
hroken silence is neve repaired.
noad humor is the blue sky of the
a;Is,,cc Is less injurious than q weak
rssray is the sand in the craw of en-
sprise,
aTsry kind Of work that we cant do
aoskks easy.
"a take less pains to be happy than
appear 70,
Nil i cold as ice to truth, but hot as
IS ID falsehood.
little woman "a tell just as big a
IL u d big woman can.
pistrust OF yourself really mean con-
ssaIiousness of wrong.
Van can't climb a telegraph pole by
mining up ! fence post,
shallow men believe in luck; strong
81 believe in cause and effect.
your bank account, unlike yourself,
nsssr Gets tight by getting full.
othing but q mule occupies less space
his hind foot and makes less noise.
Dpery life is a center, and all things
made for it as if there were no
aef.
Tie d towards hand behind him and
I'll give him an additional reason to
h1asss.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
Nature Did It.

There is a curious freak Of nature to
be seen along the road leading from At.
GLEN to Cochranyille, Penn. Two good
sized streams of water meet at right
angles on almost level ground, each hay-
NC i heavy fall in reaching the point.
The water Of both streams meet, but
neither is impeded in its course. They
cross like two roads and continue in their
respective beds.-Dstqvit Frs Press
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
OLE CORN.

Tile drains are good manure for corn.
There is profit to every corn raiser in a
special seed patch.
Corn for ensilage should have just as
much care in planting and cultivating as
field corn.
Look out for the corn-worm, and when
it appears take prompt measures for its
destruction.
The variety is important, but the best
variety can make only a poor crop with
poor cultivation.
II corn ground is rolled either before,
or after planting, the harrow should fol-
low close after the roller.
About one-half the work of cultivation
can be done, and done most easily and
effectively before corn is planted.
Fine earth is a good mulch for corn,
and is most economically supplied by a
frequent stirring of the soil with a cult
vator.
Whether for siiage, or for grain or fod-
der, the man with clean land can grow
the most corr with the least labor, by
planting in drills.
It very rarely, if ever, pays to stir the
ground when it is very wet. In unusu-
ally rainy weather it is better to use the
hoe and seythe than the c%ultivator.
Brace-roots are not different in 0
struction or Office from the roots starting
underground. Hence, deep, close Gull
t~ivation destroys valuable root growth.
Two hundred and ifty-four bushels Of
shelled corn have been raised on n
acre of ground by Colonel Drake of
South Carolina. Every one should try
to get as near to this as he can
II one-third of the cor ] must be re-
planted to get a perfect Sand it is best
to cut up the fold with the disk, or
Acme harrow, and plant it all again, UNI
less it is quite late in the season.
Do not put strawy stable or barnyard
manure on light soils for corn. The
manure will increase droughty conditions
TO such an extent that it will do more
harm than good unless the season is I'M
usually wet.
It is more economical to have a turn
ing-row'' or headland nicely seeded to
grass than two rows of corr crushed
| down by the team and cultivators in
turning, or much time lost in the eff
fort to turn without crushing the corn.
If your team crowds together in the
~cultivator, trampling the corn, tie the
outside ring Of each bit to the end of a
stick four feet long, using a string Of
such length that the stick will hang just
under the jaws. This will draw the
horses apart.
If the ground and air are dry, COM
press the soil above the corn but if the
ground is wet amt drying slowly do not
compress it. If compression is unavoid-
BILE, as it is when the two-horse planter
is used, loosen the ground with the
smoothing harrow.
The man who plants his corn by hand
will do well to soak it in warm water
over night Just before planting. This
will bring It to the surface at least two
days earlier, desirable as the season ad-
vances toward lateness. and equally de
sirable early in the season, as it reduces
the amount of rotting.
The frequency Of cultivation should
not be measured by dys, but by condi-
ton Of soil and atmosphere. Cultivation
should be often enough to keep weeds
below the surface, to prevent the forma-
tion of a crust on the surface, and to
keen broken near the surface the con
tinuity Of the c~reyices between the sol
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
THE FARM AMI Il
LIME As A pisrnrEcrArr-

The common and indispensable disin-
Iectant, fertilizer, and sweetener of pen.
stable and henhouse is lime. After clean,
ing any OF these places sprinkle a little
lime over the floors. The application Of
iime as whitewash is indispensable. An
ADDITION OF sulphate of iron and carbolic
acld to lime as a d~isinfectant either as
whlteWash, or for sprinkling oyer.
2 memories, stalls, or stables, eel
lars OF house or barn is made advantage.
ousiy.-lAmeriean Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
nusa TI,ia 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cura.
F. ]. CHENEY e Co, Props, Toledo.O.-
We, the undersigned, have known L; j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transae-
tions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
O..
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
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U0pmdn


iaftinsville, NJ. Methodist Par
My acquaintance with
geuF remedy, Boschee's German
was made about fourteen
PATS ago, when I contracted Cold
which resulted in a Hoarseness and
Cough which disabled me from
Alllng my pulpit for a number of
ahbaths. After trying a Physician,
HlEhout obtaining relief cannot
now what remedy be prescribed
saw the advertisement Of your
lasdy and obtained d bottle. /
eeived such quick and permanent
from it that whenever we have
aa Throat or Bronchial troubles
nse II our family, Boschee's Ger
Syrup has been our favorite
sneay and always with favorable
suits. have never hesitated to
my experience of its use to
|eaees when I have found them
aabled in like manner. REV.
HAGGARTv,
3 tho Newark, New ii safe
lie. Confer
ass April rs, 90. Remedy
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- nniuarsifY nas s65. GOO bound

Harvard University mas 565. u00 bound
volumes ID its library Yale has 20O, o00i
rornell. 80, 900. Columbia, 90,000s
svraeuse. II, 600, Dartmouth, 6s, SOC;
Ish;gb. 81. 600; Brown, Sc, 600 Prince.
toa. 10000; Union, 60 ,0oo Bowdoin,
$4,000, University d Virginia. 4esooo,
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

LADIES needing a tonic. or children who
want building UP, should take Browns iron
Bitters. 1t is pleasant to take, cures Malarls,
Indigestion, Biliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

MANY persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Bit
ters rebuiIds the system, aids digestion. re-
moves excess Of bile, and cures malaria a
splendid tonic for women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

The valuable copper wire used in out
side electrical work is a great temptation
to thieves, and accounts of arrests for
stealing of this kind appear in papers all
over the country.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

bush fire in the Lismore district,
Victoria, Australia, swept over a tract
E6ff dive miles long by five to fifteen miles
Wsae. About 81, 900 sheep were burnt.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

Sunday is the fayorite wedding day il
lid ENGLAND.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

rr Vou would be correct IN pronouhcIng
Manitoba accent the last syllable.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

He deserves not the sweet vino will uot
Z ST. the sour.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

rY asHicfed With sore eyes use Or. Isaac Thomp-
SONS Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

Bride the appetite with reason and save
Tho rAopaooh
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

Tiny, little, sugar coated
granules, are what DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are. The best
Liver Pills ever invented; &C
tive, yet mild in operation;
cure sick and bilious head
aches. One a dose.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25
There's a patent medicine

There's a patent medicine
which is not a patent medicine
= paradoxical as that may
sound. It's a discovery! the
golden discovery Of medical
science! It's the medicine for
you--tired, run down, exhaust
ed, nerve = wasted men and
women; for you sufferers from
diseases of skin or scalp, liver
or lungs-it's chance is with
every one, it's season always,
because it aims to purify the
fountain of life-the blood
upon which all such diseases
depend.
The medicine is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
The makers of it have
enough confidence in it to
sell it on trial.
That is-you can get it from
your druggist, and if it doesn't
do what it's claimed to do, you
can get your money back,
every cent Of it.
That's what it's makers call
taking Me risk Of their s00rds.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-25

academy OF drum fish Will sometimes
proceed up a river, drumming like a
New York drum corps, and leading the
fishermen to think that an invading
army is approaching. This drumming
is q peculiar noise which the fish makes
under water. New Yorl Journal.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-08
MINISTER FLEECER.
He Encounters IA Snag in the Person of
Rev. Clarke Wright of New
York City.

NEW YORK. June THE following an
nouncement was received from the fremont
police late tonight: At o'clock Saturday
afternoon an unknown man attempted to
shoot Rev. Clarke Wright at One Hundred
and Seventeenth street and Washington
avenue. We have arrested William NIOnSie
on suspicion.
The minister referred to in the police
slip is Rev. Clarke Wright, pastor of
fremont Methodist Episcopal church. He
lived at the place where the attempt to
murder was made 1t is said that Monsie
has been calling on the minister lately. say
ing that three or four years age he was
connected with Wright's church. He told
Il storyof poverty and wretchedness and of
4 family actually starving for want of
money. He called on the minister Friday
and was told to come again the
following day Saturday. Mean
while the minister made inquiries
and found the man was fraud.
On that account, when NIonsie called Sat
urday afternoon Wright refused TO give
him any money. The fellow then whipped
out revolver and fred at the minister and
without waiting TO see if he had hit him or
not, ran away. Fortunately he did not hit
him. The man was foolish enough
to come around again yesterday and
was arrested. When asked in the
station house where his revolver
was he said: That's all right did not
shoot anybody"
Nobody had up TO that time told him why
he was arrested. He apparently had been
doing business OF collecting money from
ministers, as he had the names aud
addresses of $50 ministers OF this city.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-08
MACD0NALD'S FUNERAL.
The Dominion in Mourning Over the Loss
of Her Greatest States
man.

OTTAWA, on. June OTTAWA is a city
of mourning to-day. Everywhere are seen
the signs of general sorrow felt at the loss the
nation has sustained in the death of Sir John
Macdonald. one of her greatest sons Flags
are flying at half-mast from the parliament
and other public buildings, and also many
private houses. some of which are draped
with Grape. The United States flag is at
half mast over the United States consulate.
The remains of the dead leader were
embalmed this morning. The casket
in which the remains will be
inferred was made in West Aleriden. Conn.
It is of rolled steel and is painted rose
color. The massive handles consist of solid
bars of oXidized silver and extend along
both sides of the coffin. On the lid
are three large silver figures emblematic
of the fight of time. The Inscription on
the silver plate has not been engrossed.
The official programme of the funeral ars.
rangement is rs follows: The body will ba'
privately moved from Earns Clife TO the
parliament building and will lie
in state there from 10 O'Clock
Tuesday morning until the hour
Of the funeral. The state funeral
will leave the parliament building at II
O'Clock a. m Wednesday for Saint Alban's
church, and thence TO the Canadian Pacific
railway station whence the body will be
conveyed to Kingston. The body will lie
in state at the city hall in Kingston until
Thursday noon when the interment will
take place.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-08
FLOOD SWEPT.
Approaches to the Santa Fe
Bridge Washed Away.
THE BRIDGE ITSELF ALL RIGHT.
Destruction of Property III the Red River
Valley Has Been Great-Horses,
Cattle and Human Lives
Lost.
Red River Ia ging.
Special to the Gazette.

Speclal TO The Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX.. June Red river is
on the rampage and all of to-day has been
threatening, angry stream and away
above the high water mark Information
comes from above that since yesterday the
stream has carried death and deStruct non in
ITS path. The rise was very rapid and I'M
expected, and many people barely escaped
with their lives. No damage has occurred on
this side of the river but on the other side
farms are overiowed and destroyed. The
Santa Re bridge is still intact and believed
to be IN no danger, but the approaches on
the other side are washed away. All com
munication with the Indian Territory BY
rail has been cut off and it will be several
days before the damage can be repaired.
General Superintendent Irvine and Division
Superintendent Downs are both here
and repairing will begin as quickly as pos
Sible. Telephone messages from Burling-
ton state that the river is running wild on
both sides in that section. and destruction
TO property has been fearful and some lives
lost north of Dosa Astaden, on the Missouri
Kansas and Texas railway. J.T Harris, big
StOckman. hes lost 400 head of beef cattle and
tifty-fiVe horses. His farm is ruined damage
done in the Territory can only ne SurmiSel
as all communication has been stopped
This afternoon the Santa F'e run several
excursion trains to the bridge and thousands
of people took 4 look at the angry waters.
The weather is still cloudy and there is
every indication of more rain tonight. but
il is believed the worst has passed The
rains through this country have been heavy
but as yet no damage is reported but OF
that done by Red river. This evening the
river is reported to be slowly falling
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-08
Partisan Anarchists,

The Anarchists attempted to make 4
demonstration this afternoon in front OF
the Basilica. Two hundred men carving
banners and numerous others We're assem-
bled near the BaSiiica for the purpose OF
LAYING Wrc2thS on the spot where Varlu.
The Communist. was shot i'll ISL The
police stopped the raiders and tried TO seize
their wrcdths. The ensuing tumult
alarmed i crowd of worshippers within the
Blsilica. and the services were suspended
until Cuict outside was restored. The
police succeeded in disposiug OF the anar-
chists. six of whom are under arrest.
Col. Lebel, inventor Of the Icbel rife, is
dead
Catulla AIeudes fought a duel to-day
with NJ Hubert. editor Of Giblas. The
weapons were pistols and two shots were
fired by both mcu, neither OF whom was
hit.
The workman's pension bill has been re
ceiPed with exclamation throughout the
country and viii undoubtedly strengthen
the government. Under It's provisions the
WorI.meD pays cent or TWO cents daily. ac-
Cording 10 whether his insurance Is for $50
or $40 yearly. After thirty Years special
fund VII! reimburse him. In case Of acct
deu' OF illness a numberof Deputies propose
Il similar provision for worllwCmen.
Baron Mohrenheim. Russian ambassador
TO France at the request of President Car
not. sounded the ear as TO how he would
receive an invitation to visit Paris It is
reported that the ear responded BY asking
Baron Mohrenhe whether the NihiliSt
ro.uny in Paris had disappeared Since the
murder of Gen. Silsiverstof. The snub
was kecrlv ielt at the E,lySee
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-08

RoME. June 7.-Lombardy. Venitia and
part OF Tuscany We're visited early this
morning by repeated shocks of earthquake
The worst shock occurred about = O'Clock in
the morning. The shocks were felt in
Venice and Milan. The center of the dis
turbance was Verona. \ subterraneau
noise was heard like the roar of artillery
which was followed by three strong
shocks. The Inhabitants rushed into the
streets in terror. All AIarieniego three
persons We're killed. and at BaDadia. Cal
Venia. seventeen were badly injured by
falling houses and chilnneyS. At the latter
place another shock was felt at O'Clock in
the morning ANA much additional damage
was done The movements We're undulat-
ing in character ana We're more or less
over the whole of North Italy,