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The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Fermented soft feed for poultry
often induces disease, especially ehol-
era.
a young duck is easily choked if fed
upon dry feed alone. Water should al
ways be supplied to them when fed.
The moulting season requires from
eighty to ninety days, and the hens re-
quire good care while this is goingg on.
All poultry intended for market can
be improved by feeding heavily IN
fattening food q few days before sell
ing.
One advantage with stone.drinking
vessels is that they will leep the water
cool much longer, while they are easily
kept clean.
In selecting out the roosters to keep
for next seasons breeding take those
chat are compact, Of medium sizs AMI
very active.
Ii young turkeys can have the run Of
| the wheat and oat stubble fields they will
pick up much grain that would other
wise be wasted.
Al good nest egg can bemade bY max
inc q hole In the large end, and letting
the yolk run out and filing the shell
with plaster of paris.
The Missouri Beekssper claims for the
C~arniolan bees that the gray type IS the
only pure one, any showing OF yellow be-
ing a sign Of admixture-
Bees have claws by which they can
stick to q board upside down, explains
DR.. Miller Lii GseaBinqs n Be O3lt1res
but ii it's glass the claws will not hold,
and then an oily secretion of the foot
allows them 10 stick. Wet the glass and
the oily foot will not stick, and down
comes your bee.
Mrs. AtchIey tells ID the Bee World
how she treats worlnE combs: SOAK ~
clear water t~wentysfour hours and hang
out 10 dry, or throw water out with the
extractor and hang 50 they don't touch.
Dr. MilIer's comment is that # this set
ties the fat old fellows an inch long Il
beats birthstone.
Joseph YuilI, Of 0atario, Canada, says
he milk his cows right up % the time Of
caiving, and since he adopted this prac
lice he has net had d case OF milk fever,
and we presume none Of garget. H
used to have i great deal of trouble when
be LET his cows 60 dry two months or less
when THE milk gets bad for domestic
consumption be feeds It 70 the pigs.
No dairYman should purchase ready
ground feed. He may not be deceived
But II e i chance out Of many that b
will not. The waste Of che oatmeal mills
the hulls only, are largely used for mix
ing III ground feed and the rest consist
mostly 81 the poorest corn and mil
screenings. The very best Is the cheap
est III buying feed.
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eoafession of d paraohatist.

Il young man has been entertalning
dropping from ! balloon e aa attitude ,ss
of between 1000 and 5000 feet Tho
young mai simply ciings e : par g
stout rings, aud i parachuts does 2
rest. He was asked the other gay Is ~
did not get nervous sometimes az ens
thought Of being suspended nall 9 me-
- s mile above the earth. He repliei:
ono. sir: j don't let myself think q e.
i lust beoin counein. when the balloon
starts inward, and wasn ! counts ! hsla-
dred [ let %. Sometimes ! shuts my
yves and keeps en- shut ill ! feel myself
coming down slow This young man
has s partner, who, when asked how
many times be had dropped from az
ascending balloon, replied, With genuine
modssty, s0aly shout y thoaaaila
Nes Yerk Times
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
Curious Case Of Color blindness.

The London Lancet publishes q curl
i case Of color bIindess. The patient
Was al engine.driver in Russia, about
forty Years Of age, whose vision was per.
feet until 1889. Then he began to suffer
rom violent headaches, due to over
exertion and insufficient sleep, which
we're followed BY a loss Of all power to
distinguish colors. Everything appeared
to him to be red, and ae was obliged
10 throw up his position. DE-. N Reich,
Who examined him, could discover 10
disease, but found bis sight, focus, and
sensation Of light normal. n May, 1890,
the man again submitted himself for ex
animation, declaring that his sense Of
color had been restored. This proyed
to be the fact. The Lancet thinks that
ssthis cas- seems to Snow that sensation
Of color IS perfectly Independents q
physiological Junction
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success ~ the sole use of fertilizers. But
yet 1t IS a doubtful thing Ii recon-
mend, because so many conditions may
prevail taat might prevent success.
When loss would be ruinous, as N this
case, any unqualified advice would be
ill-judged. All that can be said safely
is that 1t has been done, and IN this
way The quantity of mineral elements
taken from the soil being known, it is a
mere matter of calculation to apply to
the soil the fertilizers called fer, and to
use them in the ordinary manner.
For instance, thirty bushels of wheat
being desired, an0 it being known thai
this quantity of grain with the stra =
takes from the soil forty-6ve pounds of
nitrogen, which is equivalent to nearly
fifty pounds of ammonia; twenty three
pounds OF potash, which is equal to sixty
pounds of the muriate of potash about
twenty-five pounds Of phosphoric acid,
which is equal to 159 pounds of the
best superphosphate; all the other Gle
ments required are supplied with these
fertilizers. Three hundred pounds Of
nitrate of soda would supply the nitrogen
required in another and perhaps the best
form. Now, il is to be supposed that
the soil will contain some fertility that
would make up for any possible failure
that might occur with the fertilizers,
and thus the expected results are reason
able to be looked for.
But 1t may turn out that some adverse
circumstances may occur and disappoint-
ment result. This is the uncertainty
that may mar all ones hopes. and the
contingency is to lie prepared for. Can
this be met without Inconvenience This
question is the main consideration which
renders it SO difficult to give any GER
tain advice in the matter. The risk is
to be under almost any circumstances,
and if the experiment is first tried for
one year with a small part of the crop,
its success d failure viii be d guide for
further attempts.
AS the cost Of these fertilizers will be
SIT o. more, it is clear if thirteen bush
els of wheat can be grown in the ordinary
way, it will be about the same thing,
except that the land may be SO well fer
tilted that the products may be in ex-
cess of the yield mentioned, or the whole
of the fertilizers named may not be re
quired, half as much may be sufficient
and the result will be 80 much more ia
vorable. It is most probable that on!
trial of the method may clear the way tt
d more extensive attempt, which might b
found satisfactory. Five acres, for in
stance, may be put in wheat this season
and the result will be a guide for futur
work There viii be no difficulty il
continuing the method of growing thi
crop If the requisite supply of fertilizer
that may have been found necessary ar
used for each crop grown.-Nsu For
Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
FERTILIZER FOR LAWNS.

Sulphate of ammonia is an excellent
temporary fertilizer for lawns, stimulating
the grass into a vigorous growth for a
few weeks, but it does not last like bone
dust and phosphates. When the grass
on a lawn becomes brown in summer a
top dressing Of sulphate Of ammonia
during a shower will give It a good
color in a few hours, but it is soon
wished out by heavy rains. If the sui
phate is mixed with fine dry muck and
left in the heap until it is all dissolved
and absorbed BY the muck and. this APP
piled as a top dressing to grass, its effects
will be a little more permanent .-Neso
York SIN.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
A Gtanf Sunfower.

There is growing on East Walnut
street. near Jefferson, a sunfower that
has attracted much attention on account
Of its great size and beauty. The stalk
has now attained the height of fourteen
feet, and the plant is crowded with forty
Eve separate and perfect blossom. As
this magnificent bunch of flowers leans
toward the rising sun fresh from It's
dewy bath, the giant plant t~estifes elo-
quently to the fertility OF the soil OF the
0zarks, Kansas should send to spring
field for her floral emblem Springfield
{Mo.@ Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
sCTENTIFICAN INDUSTRIAL.

A Troy IN. " electric car cost
SO, 1000.
Water power runs the Dover {N. h
electric plant.
Harvard College is having constructed
the largest and finest Photographic tele-
scope in the world.
The electric light plant at the palace
of Vienna is to be extended SO as to
make a total of 1000 incandescent lamps.
A resident of Evart, Mich, has III
vented a device whereby brakes applied
to- locomotive will operate every brake
on the train.
A new Swedish glass is claimed to
have important advantages for microscope
and other fine lenses, giving greatly IN
creased power.
A chair propelled by electricity from q
storage battery placed beneath the seat
is the latest luxury for the invalid. One
charging will last for fifty miles of travel
The telephone between Paris and Lon
don having been SO successful it is pro-
posed to connect Brussels and London.
For that purpose a cable will be laid
between Ostend and Dover.
A Frenchman has invented an i'm
proved method of t~elegraphing so thatit
Is practicable to transmit $50 words per
minute on a single wire. The message
when delivered from the machine is type
written.
Artificial grindstones, which outwear
by years any natural stone known, are
made of a mixture of ~pulverized quartz,
powdered flint, powdered emery or co.
rundum and rubber dissolved By a suit
able solvent.
Owing to the rapid destruction OF the
pinions, the running of armatures at 1Oot
or more revolutions per minute is being
done away with. Slow speed motors,
with 8 normal speed of 400, are nov
considered the best practice.
The longest shaft in the world in one
piece, or il any number of pieces, is In
the Washington Navy Yard, Washing.
ton. District of Columbia. It Is III
inches square, 460 feet long, and trans
mits power to travelling ranes Il run
at 100 revolutions per minute.
Il has been estimated that one ton d
coal gives enough ammonl to furnish
about thirty pounds OF crude suiphate
the present value of which Is about FL;
per ton, and there being 10 1000. 600 ton
Of coal annually distilled for gas, no les
than 1873. 929 tons Of sulphate, of tn
money value of ST., 607, las, are pro
duced.
The question why q piece Of solid lro
floats on molten iron has been satisfacto
rily answered by DR.. Anderson and Nj
Wrightson. The cold metal is reall
heavier than the molten, and when fr;
placed in the latter it sinks by virtue Q
its weight; but growing warmer It es
pands, and thereby becoming speciacall
lighter it rises to the surface. After
time, however, it again shriuks an
melts into the fluid mass around it.
Some Of the most prominent iro
founders are introducing . new and sim
pie practice in order to secure strongt
castings, the method in question consist
ing in placing thin sheets Of wrough
iron in the center OF the mold previous {
the operation Of casting. This metho
was first resortea to, it appears, in th
casting Of thin plates for the ovens /
cooking stoves, it being found that
sheet Of thin iron in the center Of
!. ouarter-inch oven plate rendered t pra'
tically u~nbreakable By fire.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
Curious Plants Gommon to Dry Places.

Few plants are more curious than GER
tain species Of the genus Coaster, or
earth star, which are common in dry
places throughout the greater part OF
North America, Europe and Asia.
Since the earth stars ere leaiess n
destitute of the green coloring matter OF
foliage, they belong to the great group
of fungi, which includes mushrooms,
puff-bail, molds and innumerable micro
scopic sorts. All plants from which this
coloring matter is absent depend for their
nutriment upon a supply of organic
material, and it is therefore a puzzle at
the 6irst sight to know how the sand
loving Garth stars can obtain such food
in the localities they frequent.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
THE FARM AND & D
UTILIZING COAL ASHES.

One of the best uses for fresh coal
ashes is the hen house first, while fine
and powdery as a dust bath, and after
ward to go in with the fowls droppings,
removing offensive odors and absorbing
ammonia when the mass begins to heat.
Put the droppings into a barrel and
sprinkle coal ashes on the surface. To-
wards spring mix several barrels to-
aether IN a box, and with a sieve it can
be made fine enough to drill readily, or
be distributed in hills by old tablespoons
good for nothing else.-Boston CuItiea.
iur a
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
German
Syrup

We have selected two or
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents VITO have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantia1 people, happy IN finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine CONTAINING no evil drug, which
mother can administer with ON
6dence to the little one IN their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through. !,
ED. L. Willis, of Mrs. JAs.W KIRK,
Alma, Neb. / give it Daughters CoAegs,
to my children when HarrodsbuTg, NJ. !
tToTbled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks of Group
arenaration act like with my little daugh-
!, r. i simr3Yy mi ter, and find it an in-
rscuIous valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee.s Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment Tor
the sudden and terrible foes Of child
hood, whooping cough, Group diph-
liberia and the dangerous infiarnma-
tions of delicate threats and lungs. %
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
THE mras1on oE WEEDS.

No one should disclaim against weeds.
They are certainly troublesome to the
careless farmer, but when rightly con
sidered are a gentle reminder by benef.
cent nature that we are neglecting work
which should be done. And as virtue
Is its own reward, that Of careful atten-
ton to business opportunities always
pays the farmer handsomely. Weeds
are thus an inducement for the farmer to
do his whole duty in the thorough cult
walton of the land, which would be apt
ID be neglected otherwise. -Amsrscan
Agr5cultWria.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31

@FcHfOSS
in favor of the best medicine in the
world that may not be said Of the
most worthless. In one case, it's
true; in the other, it isn't;-but how
can you distinguish
Judge by what is done. There's
only one blood-puriGer that's guar
aatee7. It's DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discoyery-and this is what
is done with it if it doesn't benefit
or cure, in every case, you get your
money back. Isn't it likely to be
the best?
All the year round, as well at one
time as another, it ~cleanses and pur-
ifes the system. All bl~ood-poisons
must 90. For Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, S~crofula, s~alt-rheum, letter,
Erysipelas, or any blood-taint OF dis
order, it is an uneqraled remedy.
It's the cheapest, too. With this,
you pay only for the good you get.
And nothing else is Just as good"
It may be better-for the dealer
But he isn't the one that's to be
helped.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
EXPERIMENTS III p1e rEED1ka.

II.
II is we'll known that corn IS the chief
~fattening food for pigs ii q large part of
the United States. Experiments which
were made during three years arc REL
ported ii full BY the Illinois Station,
showing the feeding value for pigs of
corn, Of corn and grass, Of grass alone,
the comparative value of soaked and
dry corn, The value OF droppings from
cattle and Of apple pomace IN feeding
pigs, n eight trials Il which corn alone
was fed, aside from salt and coal slack
pigs varying ID weight from sixty five to
500 pounds, kept ia pens Of small lots
without grass, gained at the rats Of from
a0.46 pouad to I4.73 pounds per
bushel, the average gain being 12.3s
pounds per bushel of sheIled corn.
The rate IF gain for food
eaten and the food eaten Ia
proportion 4 weight decreased after four
Or six weeks feeding With corn only
There seems 80 De no constant relation
between the weight Of the pigs or the
season of the year sud food eaten OF the
gains made.
IN J0t1F 4ItaAS pigs t6A aSthe5
cal Of sheliea cofn, With blue grass pas
ture, gained ii the rate of 1904 pouads
Der hushel of corn. Pigs under like
conditions except that they we're fed but
half Is much corn, gained st the rate ct
1903 pounds Der bushel. Pigs ii dry
lots fed sheIled corn, gained At the rate
ofIO.55 pounds per bushel. II no case
did pips make d satisfactory gain after
six or eight weeks feeding on corn alone.
In two trials pigs fed soaked corn ate
more and gained more than those fed on
dr. corn, bat the difference was nos
Freat Two PIGS HI 1 two acre pasture
lot ID which three xealliug steers were
feed corn, gained iii twensyrfour weeks
1g5 pound. In 5 second trial under hke
conditions Two pigs gained 23l pounds
ID Ehirfyso6s weeks the gain II neither
case bsssia lArgs trial of appia po-
mare as food for pigs resulted ainsatas
laosorfs fhs pon Kept WELL but ths
pszs as but little of Il saore ex:
pertinent made Ii ID evident that # i
n~aproatab 6 cpnans pigs o gras'
dist solely that further trials n thai dl
Fsesioa w rot maaan Kers
World
vsrH AaFsFleAAt FEREstEzaRs
aaa. has been kraNa wish antir'
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31
PINE FoR A DEEP WELL.

For a well 225 feet deep 1 special
pump is required. One of the kind
known as the centrifugal pomp would be
the best for the purpose, as it throws a
powerful stream the whole size of the
pump tube. With q stream eight inches
ID diameter and flowing 200 feet per
minute, the supply will amount to seventy
cubic feet per minute, Or enough for 200
acres of land at the highest estimate. As
the velocity Of the stream is Of great
importance, it would be most desirable
to use a steam engine for the pumping.
This would bs the more necessary with
the propeller pump in which the velocity
is a matter Of importance, if the capacity
OF the well Is sufficient. One inch of
water per day would be a sufficient sup
ply for fifty acres with an eight-inch
pump. Aaix-inch pump would give one
inch Of water per day to twenty eight
acres. The probable cost of an outfit
for this purpose would be not far from
$500. # only one acre is to be irri-
gated d small windmill would be suffi-
Gent with a pipe of two inches diameter.
The cost Of al outfit of this capacity
would not be mora than $150.-NeU
Fork Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31

FITS stopped free by DR.. KLINE's GfaAT
NERVE REsToRER. No Ats after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bottle
free. DIR. Kline. 931 Arch St. Phila.. Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31

SOME Of the small shopkeepers of Paris
have appealed to the Pope for protection
from the big concerns that are driving them
out Of trade.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31

A.. NJ. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyvil1e, Ind,
saws: Halls Gatarrh Cure gives the best OF
satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials,
as It cures every one who takes it." Druggiste
sell it, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31

SMoKELEss powder was used for the first
time in this country the other day in an
eight-inch rified gun at Sandy Hook, N. ",
with surprising results.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31

II afntcted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp-
sonss Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-31

REMEDY FOB CHICKENS WITH THE CAFES.
Mrs. K. r. Taylor, Kentucky, writes
us The authorities say the best remedy
Is prevention, but in a wet season this is
dificult Of application except by the few
scientific poultry ~raisers. When prevent
ton has failed, the thing TO do is to take
3 long horse hair and bend it, twisting
the loop 30 il can be probed into the
chickens throat with . spiral motion.
Catch the chicken with the left hand,
press its wings TO its sides, hold its head
back, open the bill, put out the tongue
until q coarse Irvine can be hooked over
the raised portions at the base Of the
tongue aud held beneath the bill firmly.
while che horse hair loop Is worked into
the windpipe gently TO the depth Of two
or two and q half inches of the loop.
With q spiral motion twist II out, and
repeat until you bring several punches
Of small, bright, red worms. After all
nave been extracted, the chick will, per
haps, froth a little, but II ten minutes il
will eat its food. Ii Ia twelve or TWEEN
ty.four hours 1t still throws its head back
and gasps, repeat the operation. Old
hands sags blue grass IS better than horse
hair. but the latter is always available,
ThB Is the preventive Of SURE death
Anseric0n AgirultMris6.
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time gazing at the floor. Presently he
looked up quickly. almost resentfully
and said:
81 shall tell your father and Resale
myself
She started Il little.
81 believe | would not" she said,
speaking slowly As if thinking with
great care; You might make it all the
worse for everybody concerned
"But n-.t" u urged: no other
course would sans', my conscience.
II suppose you are right, she said with
q sigh, but dread the result. Wouldn't
il be better to wait awhile and"-
No, at once. | should be afraid to
brood over it; the temptation to hide the
whole thing might overcome me. But
you, Miss Chenier-what shall | ever do
to win back your respect? | cannot al
low you to hate me if can help 1T. |
feel your situation, and"-
Let us not discuss that further" she
hurried to say: I'VE cannot change the
past
But we can mend the present-we
can make the future. Miss Chenier,
cordially like you, and want you to be
my friend Will you?"
Whatever can | shall do for you"
she responded And so they parted
The situation had the effect to rouse
Julian from his lethargy. and forthwith
he set about trying to overcome the OBJ
stacies in his way.
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rniiS bCHidC tie road.
Mrs. Roosevelt saw that something
rad gone wrong. 1t was plain to her
that .Julian's retura to her house could
have but one meaning, and she had
topped to see Eosahe become his wife, if
she loved him. She did not inquire into
rhr cause of the trouble winch seemed
"y~,Errly at work, thinking that it
would probably be of short duration
One morning Mr.. Roosevelt invited
JUu%n to drive with him TO a certain
4. ;"ivigi business affair demanded his at.
tcutluu Tn veh!,.r was IN open buggy
;rawu oy a span OF last bay horses. Mr.
It1wTyeIt drove
II shall show You some wild jungles
add some beautiful open country" he
LA as they started from before the gate
ut Roosevelt Place If it were not so
late IN TIE season we might take the
yl:us QuailS are abundant in the old
iIeids."
- shouldn't care to shoot today" said
Julian: somehow feel averse to exer
else Of any active sort This climate, it
seems las enervated me.
Tint is what all northern men say
after they have been here awhile. How
- y,u account for it,"
u ,;:I not feel it when | was a sol
.,... Ie,ponGei Julian
.'i-Ct then yuu We're not this far south
were YOU"
oh. yes: vas here with Sherman S
raiders, prowling about III the city for
several DAYS
IN, | was not aware
60! i.ad forgotten to tell you," said
'G,aI. Il ought to have told you al
nr.;. - that You coC!d have exercised
'oC" ut to refuse hospitality to one
,vuu -
''A,, at all. sir-Go not mention it. O."
I'D Mr RooseveIt quickly. Il hold no
>la.i2r against Il Union soldier; respect
ana. assure you. sir
y" n&yuy things Were done by our
&c, ~. responded Julian; "thingS
| c.,.rUi..ted 10 MAKE southern folk bit.
| trr.y ,.,t,r Us.
| 'Oh, yes; but an army is scarcely ex-
1 ~ W. " It6lES NlbN NIX TOOTH manners
Il w"n!d he wicked folly for us to allow
wn.,' Il man did as a soldier to BE-
,:...,la,l against him as IA citizen and a
| friend
Yours is noble view, MIR. Roose-
| welt, sud Julian. Il cordially agree
with you. but there were special cases.
like burning houses and destroying
| nomeS
Il know, / know, MIR. Roosevelt
hastened to say, "but where one does
not hesitate to kill a man, why ought he
turn aside from burning a house or sack
ing town: Murder is said to be a
higher crime than arson.
True, but doubt if 1t is ever more
bitterly resented"
Our southern people, | believe, have
thought more of their homes than the
northern people have Of theirs; and the
reason may be found in the fact that we
are not so thicNly settled, and conse-
quently live more exclusively domestic
lives"