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The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

Syrup

Here is something from Mr.. Frank
A. Hale, proprietor of the De Witt
House, Lewiston, and the Tontine
Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men
meet the world as it comes and goes,
and are not slow in sizing people
and things up for what they are
worth. He says that he has lost a
father and several brothers and sis
tiers from Pulmonary Consumption,
and is himself frequently troubled
with colds, and he
Hereditary often coughs enough
to make him sick at
Consumptlonhis stomach. When
ever he has taken a
cold of this kind he uses Boschee's S
German Syrup, and it cures him
every time. Here is a man who
knows the full danger of lung trou-
bles, and would therefore be most
particular as to the medicine he used.
What is his opinion? Listen! II
use nothing but Boschee's German
Syrup, and have advised, I presume,
more than a hundred different per-
sons to take it. They agree with
me that it is the best cough syrup
in the market" q
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
RATHER fisHY.

A FISH with two tails is the leading
curiosity at Madison, Ga. 1t is alive
and doing we'll
In Lancaster, Pa, there is on exhi'
bition perfectly white catfish nine
In .hes long and weighing over pound.
1t looks more like chicken than fish,
THE HEexplosion of a dynamite cartridge
to blow up an old ship near Mobile sent
to the surface a Jewish that weighed
more than two hundred pounds.
AT Dunedin, Fla, James Barnes and
Billy Marston succeeded in landing a
fish called the nurse, which was esti-
mated to weigh over three hundred
pounds.
WHEN a piece of ice taken in July
from an icehouse filed the previous De-
cember melted little fish was found
swimming merrily about in the water.
A correspondent of Nature vouches for
this fish story.
Mrs. GEORGE F. STAaa, of Frankfort,
KY, is credited with catching with a
hook and line tarpon weighing two
hundred and five pounds, the largest
silver-king fish ever caught. The fish
was taken recently near Fort Myers,
Fla, and Mrs. Stagg was one hour and
twenty-five minutes landing her catch.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
SOCIETY QUEENS.

Mrs. j. G. AVER is entertaining very
handsomely in Paris.
Mrs. JAMES g. BLAINE, JR., confesses
that she must be a cripple for life.
THE Grand Duchess Stephanie, widow
of the crown prince of Austria, has left
off her mourning.
Mrs. LELAND STANFORD has given
100000 for the permanent support OF
the five kindergartens in San Fran
cisco.
Mrs. OSCAR WILDE and Lady Hub.
berton are two of the noted English
women who have adopted the divided
skirt as part Of their everyday attire
EACH of the daughters of NJ. Blanc
the great Monte Carlo gambler, mar
ried well. One is now the Princess Rad
ziville, and the other married Prince
Roland Bonaparte.
Mrs. HARRISON has given orders thai
no foreign goods shall be used in re
furnishing and decorating the rooms Of
the white house except where it is i'm
possible to procure the necessary ma
terial in America.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

hood. Good fences make good neigh.
bors and ruly stock. Poor fences make
breechy cattle and quarrelsome neigh.
bors.
1t is IL mistake to try to keep all the
boys on the farm. They are not all
made for farmers. The farms do not
need them all The cities need many OF
them, and it is well they do. An OBJ
serving man of Terre Haute said of one
hundred boys he had known fifty-five
went to town or city and are doing
well; forty-fve stayed on the farm, and
there they stay, and that is about all
they are able to do.
| We can not let our stock winter in
stalk fields and woods, as our fathers
did 1t is big mistake now.
It is mistake to let any ground lie
idle. 1t does not increase by idleness.
If you have nothing else for it to do,
sow rye and plow it under in the spring,
or get early pasture for lambs and
calves
Such land plows better, pulverizes
better and gives better crops than that
left unused or uncovered by green
growth. 1t is a wise thing to Feep
all land under cover of growing crop
| Dixie Farmer
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
HERE AND THERE.

1t is so often true that when a SOW
comes to her best days she must be
fatted off on account of her unruly dis.
position, bad habits that she has fallen
into, such as opening gates, breaking
fences and other bad traits. How does
she come by these bad traits? They
come partly on account of the careless.
ness of the owner in having poor gates,
doors insecurely fastened and bad
fences, but the most prolific source OF
these habits is insufficient feeding
Dixie Farmer.
Bad drivers make bad horses. A
horse can not be screamed at and
Cursed without becoming less valuable
in every particular. To reach the high
est degree of value the animal should
be perfectly gentle and reliable, but if it
expects every moment that it is in har-
ness to be scolded and struck, it will be
in constant state of nervousness, and
in its excitement is liable, through fear,
to do something which is not expected.
Southern Cultivator.
Ground peas, rye bran, finseed
meal, cotton seed-meal, potatoes and
| hay. from low, sour meadows, make
the butter hard Ground oats, wheat
bran and clover hay make soft butter.
Straw makes white butter; oat straw
makes it bitter. Hay Timothy and
clover) beets and carrots give good fla
vored butter, while turnips cause dis
| agreeable taste.-Rural Canadian.
The larger part of the swine feed
ing should be done in the summer or
early fall-that is, if the feeder wants
the greatest gain for food consumed.
| This should be the greatest point aimed
| at-Sle greatest gain for food con-
sumed. A feeder is always safe in
making this one Of his objects, whereas
when he feeds for certain time and
price his calculations may not be real
ized.-Southern Cultivator.
"A gentle horse is worth more than
it would be if not gentle What is
termed viciousness in horses is frequent
ly nothing but sheer timidity, and al
most invariably is the result of rough
treatment. Horses would not give way
to fear when man approaches them if
| they had been accustomed to receive
always kind and humane treatment
Dixie Farmer.
"A Louisiana farmer is reported to
be the possesser of COW, perfect in
every other particular, which is only
the size of a good-sized Newfoundland
dog. Whether of not it tgives condensed
milk is not stated.-Dixie Farmer.
The best place for the young colt,
when the dam is at work, is in good
box stall, or in small pasture lot, in
company with other loose horses-in
the latter case after the colt is past sis
weeks old.-Dixie Farmer
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
WHAT ONE BOY DID.
And What One Did Others May Dc

And What One Did Others May DO.
We can not refrain from telling the
boys and the girls what gentleman in
this city told us not long since about his
boy. This account is such an apt illus
tration that we will give it to them.
At the age of ten years this boy be.
gan keeping poultry. His father built
him fowl-housc for which nothing
was ever paid by the son, but this was
the only expense which was not borne
by the young fancier himself. He kept
White Leghorns and his spare time out
of school hours was devoted to caring
and enjoying his flock. He worked at
the business and it was good for him.
It taught him, says the Poultry World,
regularity, and involved responsibilities
in seeing that his pets did not suffer.
When he reached the age Of twenty
he went into his fathers office. His
bank book at that time showed bal
ance in his favor of 1000, cleared from
his poultry while he attended school.
Those who think it mot worth the
trouble" may ponder this result with
edifieation to themselves.
That one thousand dollars was worth
more than one hundred thousand cents
to the lad. 1t represented more than
money. 1t was the material evidence
of much that could not be expressed in
dimes and dollars 70 begin with
is associated health and vigor
with the owner. Business habits
also were necessarily formed in the
course of this decade which would be
useful in future. Independence was in
culcated; sense of being Of some inn
portance and the means of doing for
himself were accompanying features.
All these are worth much, and many a
worried father and distracted mother,
who wish that the boys had something
to do that they liked to do and
amounted to something" would do well
to follow the course adopted by this fa'
ther.--Southern Cultivator.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
HIS INTENTIONS WE'RE GOOD

He Took to Sucking Lemons When He
Lost His Wife.
In the waiting-room of the Pennsyl-
vania depot the other day was middle
aged man with fresh weed on his hat,
and quite number of people must have
whispered to themselves that he had
lately lost the companion of his joys and
sorrows. Among those who observed
closely was man of about his own age,
who had five or six parcels on the seat
beside him, having evidently been doing
considerable trading. After few min
utes he walked over to the other and
remarked:
II don't mean to be sassy, but / see
you are in mourning?"
"Yes?"
"Wife ?"
"Yes."
"How long since ?"
Just week"
'Um Here take this lemon" con-
tinued the questioner, as he drew one
from his coat-tail pocket.
"I-1 thank you, but
"Cost me three cents, but you needn't
worry about that You orter keep 'em
with you right along. Lost my wife
two years ago and went to sucking
lemons, and III be hanged if didn't
forget all about my calamitious loss
and pitch game of quoits within two
weeks! Try dozen or two, and I'll
bet an acre of garden sass agin straw
hat you'll be huntin' for number two
within six months '-M. Quad, in N. Y.
World.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
FooLHARDY FEATs.

Two MILWAUKEE girls in their teens
climbed by means of outside ladders to
the top of the tallest chimney in that
city, waved their handkerchiefs to the
crowd and descended on the ladders.
The chimney is 225 feet tall.
A LABoRER living in New York, while
in the throes of delirium tremens, re-
Gently jumped from a fifth story win
dow. He struck and bounded from
three successive tiers of clotheslines
and when he struck the ground he was
da2ed, but not hurt.
HARRY K. REcHEB, of Hagerstown.
Nd, rode bicycle over the roof of the
German Baptist church from the caves
on one side to those on the other. The
pitch was 45 degrees. Beneath him wat
the soprano rehearsing. Her pitch was
the only one that nearly made him lose
his balance.
A YOUNG lawyer Of Savannah swan
across the Savannah river five time.
one day last week for wager Of $50
The river is 205 yards wide at the point
and twelve feet deep. He accomplished
the task in one hour and was only
slightly exhausted. Fully 5000 people
watched tho affair.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.
Black pepper, mixed with cream
and sugar, will destroy flies.

Black pepper, mixed with cream
and sugar, will destroy flies.
Never sun feather-beds. Air them
thoroughly on windy day in cool
place The sun draws the oil and gives
the fathers rancid smell.
A mixture of powdered charcoal,
one pound to four pounds of plaster OF
paris, sprinkled under porches or in
damp corners will prove an excellent
disinfectant.. Good Housekeeping.
Shirts to be laundered should be
first starched in thick boiled starch.
Allow them to dry, then starch again in
thin cold starch, to which has been
added a teaspoonful of solution OF
borax.
-IndianCake: One cupful of flour, two
cupfuls of Indian meal, one-haf cupful
of molasses, small piece of butter. Mix
with cold water one and one-half tea
spoonfuls of yeast-powder = Good
Housekeeping.
Snow Cheese: One pint Of thick
cream. on quarter of a pound of white
sugar, juice of two lemons, peel of three
grated; let this stand for twenty-four
hours, and then serve with cakes
Boston Herald.
German Cream Puffs: Make a bat
ter for a sponge cake and bake it in
round gem pans. While they are hot
cut off the tops and take out all you can
of the soft inside, then replace the cover
and set them where they will dry. just
before tea time fill them with whipped
cream and little jelly.-Old Home
stead.
TO skin fish: Cut thin narrow
strip down the backbone, taking off the
dorsal fin. Then open the lower part
halfway down. Slip the knife under
and up through the bony part of the
gills, and hold this bony part between
the thumb and finger, and strip the
skin off toward the tail. Then do the
same on the otter side. Small fish, like
mackerel and white fish, when dressed
for broiling, should be split through the
back.
Floating island is simply a boiled
custard served in glass dish and dotted
with a meringue of the whites. A very
delicious custard is made with pint o1
milk, half pint of cream and a half q
pint of strong coffee. Use eggs in the
proportion given for plain boiled Gus
tard and rather more sugar. Chocolate
custard requires a quart of milk ant
two ounces of chocolate melted ovel
hot water to smooth paste. The
other ingredients are the same al
above.-N. Y. Advertiser.
For frying use four ounces of drip
ping to apound of fish. Put the dripping
into frying-pan and test it with {
crumb of bread to see when it is ho
enough; then put in the fish and fry
a minute or till nicely colored. The
fish (well cleaned and wiped and with
the fins and tail cut eff is prepared fol
frying by dipping it into flour or corr
meal or by dipping it into beaten egg
and then sprinhling with fine breat
crumbs. Serve on a hot platter. Fol
sauce mix an ounce of butter with al
ounce and half of flour, season with
salt and pepper, and stir in gradually
about pint of milk. Let it boil W
and serve.-N. Y. World
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
Characteristic of Sporting Men.

The trade mark and sure sign of a
sporting man is in his use of the words
win and lose. No sporting man, how
ever thorough may have been his
schooling, ever says he won any money
or that he lost any. All say 81 win" so
much or VI lose" such and such a sum.
They rarely mention the word dollars,
but leave it to be supposed, and simply
say that they lose fifty or they win
hundred. This is the strongest pecul.
isrity OF the brotherhood that haunts
the race track.-N. Y. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

-Ringgold, Ga, was visited by a
wonderful phenomenon recently. Mill.
ions upon millions of fireflies issued
from neighboring mountain ridges and
took down the course of the Chicka.
mauga river, which skirts that city on
its southern border. The pyrotechnic
display was grand. Trunks of trees
skirting the river were plainly visible a
quarter of a mile distant, and the en-
tire mountain side was illuminated.
The horde of freaies was fully forty
feet high and it took quarter of an
hour to pass down the stream, extend.
Tug over mile along its course,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
MISTAKES IN MANAGEMENTs
Some Mistakes which, If Corrected, Will
Enhance Farmers Profits.

Some Mistakes which, If Corrected, Will
Enhance Farmers Profits.
We are hardly through one mistake
before me make another. The com.
mon mistake which keeps down profit
is not draining enough. This is most
apparent in wet seasons There is not
enough fertilizer used. Save and make
all you can, and buy more if you have
not enough. There is no profit in light
crops.
AS a rule we plow too much. More
grass and less blowing will increase in.
come, reduce the outlay and keep up
soil.
Too poor stock is kept High grade
horses, cattle, sheep and swine are the
only kind that pays to feed. Start with
the best you can get, and keep it up and
improve it if possible. Use only full
blood males. Any otheris delusion and
going back.
1t is a mistake to buy poor tools be-
cause they are cheap. The best is the
cheapest. Good tools and good teams,
both kept in good order, are the only
kinds which pay.
Next to the inferior stock is poor
seed. We can always have good seed
by little timely care in selection and
storing. All seed should be kept in a
cool, dry place, and properly tested be-
fore you risk the years work upon it.
We make mistake in not providing
full variety of fruits and berries on
the farm. They cost but little, and are
source Of pleasure, profit, health and
refinement. No family improves on
corn-bread and pork every day of the
year. A pleasing variety of fruits and
vegetables is means of health and civ
ilization.
Neglect in making repairs of fences,
tools and harness at the right time is
wasteful and often disastrous There
is time and season for everything, and
all these should be attended before cul-
tivation of crops begin. 1t saves time,
money and loss.
1t is mistake not to have tools for
making such repairs The boys will be-
come more handy and skillful if they
soon learn to use the square and saw.
brace, bit and plane, and awl and ham
mer. Provide tools and encourage the
boys. They will spoil some material
and break some tools, but they will
form habits of industry and thrift, and
get training of hand and eye that will
be help all their lives.
Neglect to keep up fences is source
Of loss and demoralizing to Q peighbor-
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
pfckniCkero,

Excursionists on the "briny," yachtmen,
commercial tourists, sojourners in the
tropics, mariners, miners, emgrants to the
far West, provide yourselves betimes. with
the finest defense against fatigue, the eff
fects of wetting. malaria, unaccustomed
diet and exposure in existence The world
knows it as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
sovereign for dyspepsia, biliousness, cos
tiveness and rheumatism.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
a PETERTOWN PROPOSAL.

A PETERTOWN PROPOSAL.
Hanks Hard Time In Bringing Susie to
the Point.
Miss Susie Tansy-Doyou know what
time it IS Hank Stoner?
Hank Stoner-No, nor don't care.
"Oh, you don't? Well, it's time all
good little boys were at home and in
bed
"You don't say?"
''Yes, do, Smarty; and you'd better
be going"
'I'll go when git ready"
"Sass box"
"Say, Susie"
"say it yourself, while your mouths
open"
"Pshaw now, Susie; I'm in earnest. "
"Well. what am doing?"
"You know what; you know | been
going with you long time, Suse.'
"Pugh! what if you have? Guess
never asked you to go with me, and
eleren o'clock! You going to stay here
all night?"
"Pshaw, Sue! you're ticl1led enough
to have me stay, and you know it!'
"A-a-a-w, Hank Stoncr! As though
care whether you go or stay-Pugh!"
"Oh, guess l amt such fool as l
look. But say, Susie?'
"Well, say it, then, you ninny! My
land O. rest, amt hinderin YOU"
"You are, too"
'Tee, hee hee, hee!'
Honest Injun now, Susie; rs in dead
earnest. | amt been your shadder six
months for nothin.''
my shadder La Hanlt!'
"You know amt"
'IIow should I know? I amt a
witch"
You act like one"
You're polite, | must say!"
81 meant it as Il compliment"
Smart compliment"
~ think the world and all of you
Susie"
La, Hankr'
81 amt foolin'."
"'Tee, hee, hee hee"
did You ever happen to think that
you and me was old enough and big
enough to git married'"
'P-o-o-h, Hanki"
"We air. ] amt thought of much
else of late"
"You rcdickerlus thing
"Well, amt. You ike me purity
well, don't you?'
"I'd be smart to say SO if did,
"Well, you might when we're going
to git married"
"Who suit we were going to git mar.
ried? 1t takes two to make 1t bargain,
Mr.. Smarty."
'But you niH, won't you, susie?"
'1'li think about it."
"Pshaw, Susie; why can't you say
yes right out?''
''Oh, you're too anxious, and-let go
my hand.'
81 shan't do it, and you can't make
me, either"
you mean thing! I've notion to
the idea OF you putting your arm around
my waist like that and-now, you dare
to kiss me again! What if pa or ma
should come in?'
Pooh! They're in bcd where they
ought to be!'
Nice way to talk about my pa and
ma. It's good thing for you they are
in bcdr'
'Yes, think so myself. I'd rather
have 'em there than here"
''Tee, hee, hee! you mean thing!"
Come, now, Susie, say yes. I love
you like all possessed |"
"Aw, Hank! Take your mouth
away from my cheelS-g way'
II won't do it, unless you say yes
first"
"Well-if must-yes."
"Hooray !"
shut up. Good heavens! You want
to raise the dead ?"
I'm so happy, Susier'
well, don't go crazy if you are
goose "-Munsey's Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

WHEN the fair skin is disfgured with
ugly eruptions, when boils, carbuncles and
sores make life miserable, VIXEN the whole
system feels weak and feeble. and mere ex-
istence is painful, do not hesitate but COM
mence at once use Of DR.. John Bulls Sarsa-
parilla. It will drive out nil blood impur-
ity aud make you well and strong.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
ONE ENIOv,s

ONH ENJOYN
Both the method and re,nl..
Syrup Of Figs is taken; Il S ;s n,..s sas
and refreshing to the taste. az p,sias
gently yet promptly on the K;S,.' S;s g
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tsa.! H.
tenn efecttually, . dispels colds Il ~,
aches and fevers and cure, b,l;sa isae |
constipation. Syrup Of Fip. .i.''s,l !. y
only remedy of its kind eve, ev : =. .
duced, pleasing to the tssts s's' ssa 20 .
ceptab!e to the stomach, promn. INV : :
its action and truly beneficial K < !. :
effects, prepared only from tba : -. =
healthy and agreeable substance. c :. :
many excellent qualities commend !. !.
to all and have made it The a ~, !.
popular remedy known. '
Syrup Of Figs is for sale !, "a.
and 81 bottles by all leading ! d,rs =
gists. Any reliable druraS|tu : =, IS
may not have it on hand PI Vim ~ ~
cure it promptly for any one 4. ,ls
wishes to try it. Do not accent =, IS
substitute. =
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP M
fRAHciSco, oAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky Asw ioax. III
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29
You Don't Get what You Want,

You Don't Get what You Wants
If you expect to buy DR.. Pierce's genuine
medicines at less than the regular prices.
You can buy counterfeits, limitations, dilu-
tions, and substitutes, from unauthorized
dealers, at what are called "cut prices, " but
the genuine guaranteed medicines cost more,
and are worth more.
If you do get the genuine, they're the
cheapest medicines you can buy, for they're
guaranteed il every case to benefit or cure,
or you have your money back.
But you 1con't get the genuine, except
through druggists regularly authorized as
agents, and at these uniform and l0ng-es.
tablished prices:
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
(the remedy for all diseases arising from
a torpid liver, or impure blood),. :. -.
DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription (the
remedy for woman's chronic weaknesses
and derangements), !. $1.0O per bottle
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets (the original
and best little Liver Pillsl, IS cents per vial
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, =.
The genuine guaranteed medicines can be
had only at these prices. But remember
in buying them, yow pay onlytor the good you
get. There's value received, or there's no
pay at all,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills
Forty pills in vial; only one pill dose.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

PooR little child! She don't look well.
She don't eat well. Papa, she needs box
of Dr. Bulls Worm Destroyers
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

BEAUTY marred by bad complexion may
be restored by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

The best cough medicine is Piso's Cur
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. Is,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

THE seashore and the mountains are In
Tor their annual fight, and 80 far the sea-
shore is showing the most sand.-Elmira
Gazette,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

BuDoLEY says the most difficult part Of .
drinking song is the s'refrain. bingham
ton Republican.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

Donor suffer from sick headache moment
longer. 1t is not necessary. Carter's Little
Liver Pills will cure YOU. Dose, one little
pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

No, ETHEL, you are mistaken. The phrase
"a literary treat" has no reference to the
setting up of books by the printer.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

TIE "crank" is the only man who is al
ways what he is "cracked up to be."-
Columbus Post.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

ADVICE to stage-struck young ladies.
think before you act..-Peck's Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

In aquatic disturbances the sculler is apt
to be an oAr-sTuck man.-Boston Courier.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

TIE clerk who had been stealing for
long time finally got it-Elmira Gazette.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-07-29

The guitarist can tell you all about tn,
frets OF musicians life.-Binghamton Re
publican