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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Mercy and truth are the wings of love.
It takes more courage to endure than
to act.
Mercy is the touch of az mother dress.
ing wound.
The right kind of man!is never hurt
any by persecution.
The gold plating on aswire does not
make it any stronger.
The surest way to win the love of peo-
pie is to become lovable,
Whenever a wise man makes a mistake
it teaches him something.
Some of the organs sweetest notes
come from pipes that can not be seen.
Self-conceited people are very apt to
think they can get along without ANY
help.
On the day that man finds out that
he is fool he has became a, near neigh
Dor to wisdom.
The only people who are not made
better by giving are those who do not
give half enough.
The people who are trying the hardest
to get rich in this world will be the
poorest in the next.
No man can get wisdom enough to
keep him from seeing tomorrow that he
has been fool to-day.
Light travels at the rate of nearly'two
hundred thousand miles II second, but
it is small consolation to think of it
when you fall over wheelbarrow in the
dark.-Indianapolis Qnd) RAMS Horn.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11

4 spell Of sickness
is due when the SYSTEMS weakened,
and the blood impure. It's what
you must expect.
But it's what You must prevent,
too. And DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery prevents as well as
cures. 1t invigorates the liver and
kidneys, purities and enriches the
blood, sharpens the appetite, i'm
proves digestion, and restores health
and strength. For Dyspepsia,
oliver Complaint" and every form
of Scrofulous, Skin, or Scalp Dis
eases, as Salt-rheum, letter, Fry
sipelas, or any blood-taint, it's an
unequaled remedy.
It's not like the sarsaparillas,
which claim to be good for the
blood in March, April and May.
At all seasons alike, and in all cases,
the "Discovery" alone is guaraaa-
teea If it doesn't benefit or cure,
you have your money back.
It's the cheapeS blood-purifer, no
matter how many doses are offered
for a dollar, for you pay only for
the good you gee. But it's the
best, or it couldn't be sold So.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
Clever Horses and Cattle.

| That horses and cattle can commune
cate intelligence to each other, and are
| endowed with certain amount of rea.
soning faculty, the following facts are
pretty conclusive proof: once pur-
| chased station on which large num-
Der of cattle and horses had gone wild.
To get cattle in, fenced the permanent
water "a distance of twenty miles, leav-
| ing traps at intervals. At first this an
swered all right, but soon the cattle be-
came exceedingly cautious about enter
ing the traps, waiting outside for two or
three nights before going in, and if they
could smell man or his tracks, not 60,
ing in all. At last they adopted a plan
| which beat me. A mob would come to
the trap gate, and one would go in and
drink and come out; and then another
would do the same, and SO on till all
had watered. They had evidently ar
rived at the conclusion that I would not
catch one and frighten all the others
away.
To get in wild horses, 800 of which
were running ON a large plain (about
10000 acres), erected large stock
yard, with a gradually widening lane, in
hollow where it could not easily be
seen, and by stationing horsemen at 10
tervals on the plain, gaElopcd the wild
horses in. My first hunt (Which lasted
some days. was successful, the wild
horses heading toward the mouth of the
lane without much difficulty, but, of
course, some escaped by charging back
at the stock yard gate and in other
ways. My second hunt, about month
later, was failure; every mob of horses
on the plain seemed to know where the
yard was and would not turn that way.
| This seemed to show that the horses
that escaped from the first hunt told all
the Others where the stockyard was.-
London England Spectator.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
The Form of q Rainbow,

The form of rainbow depends on
the relative position of the sun and the
observer. It is caused by the light of
the sun passing through the drops of
rain, by which the light is refracted, as
by prism, when the rainbow colors are
perceived. Thus when the sun shines
through a shower of rain, in a parallel
direction, the rainbow is circular, but
when the rays of the sun strike the
shower at an angle, we see only a part of
circle, which is less as the angle is
less. When the sun is high and shines
through cloud, which consists of minute
drops of water, at great height, we see
the circle and call it halo. But it is
actually a rainbow. The compound
rainbows, sometimes seen at great
height In the sky, are caused by the
light passing through ice crystals in the
clouds, when the refraction is more COM
plicated. The double rainbow is due to
the action of the sunlight that is re-
hected from both sides of the raindrops,
as we'll as refracted by their passage
through the drops. These reflections pro-
duce faint colors which are seen within
and without the principal rainbow. The
phenomena of the rainbow have been
studied by philosophers since the Four
tenth Century, but it was Newton who
discovered the most interesting facts
concerning this curious appearance. The
so.called sun dogs which appear in hazy
weather are merely different exhibitions
of the same phenomena of the refraction
of light.-New York Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,

Bran softens butter, corn hardens it.
The best churning temperature is sixty
degrees.
Professor Bailey says that tomatoes do
not mix in the field.
Dark feathers usually cover dark skin !;
hence dark colored chickens are urpop-
ular at the table.
If a cows toes get forced apart by
quantity of manure, corn cobs, or any
thing else in them, take it out and re-
lieve her pain. She will then give more
milk.
The cows will soon begin to shed the
hair into the milk: To prevent this
brush them off on the side over the
udder where your head rubs against her;
also. brush the udder.
Bulk is great desideratum in grain
fed to poultry. This is obtained by mix
ing bran with corn-meal, and feeding
oats rather than much corn. Corn
meal alone is far too heavy. The di.
gestive organs cannot extract all the
nutriment contained in such solid sub
stances. Mix the same however with
light bran and the case is entirely
different.
There is nothing like keeping fowls
busy. Idle hens as truly as idle boys are
sure to "get into mischief" which in
the case of the hens consists very often
in the acquisition of that very annoying
and troublesome habit, ''egg eating"
Keep the hens scratching most of the
time, thereby giving them something to
do and promoting their general health
and proliicness.
A half dozen small "hen coops" are
much more useful than one massive
structure affording an equal area. We
all know that coop of ten or twelve
hens is usually profitable, whereas null
tiples of the same are rarely satisfactory.
This is the great secret of running
large poultry farm. Divide up so that
each individual bird may have "as good
a show" aud as much room as upon the
ordinary farm, where. not more than
score or two of fowls are usually bred.
Never omit oyster shells, charcoal,
pounded bone aud lime from the "bill of
fare" Shells furnish "grit, SO neces-
sary for the proper digestion of the food
of all binds Charcoal is a grand alb
sorbeut, keeping the crop sweet and
healthy. Bone also supplies ''grit" and
consists largely of phosphate of lime,
which is doubtless available for the for
nation of shell, as we'll as other parts of
the egg. Common lime is composed of
carbonate of lime to considerable ex-
tent, and this is also shell-formlng ma
terial.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11

Syrup

am farmer at Edom, Texas. I
have used German Syrup for six
years successfully for Sore Throat,
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Pains in
Chest and Lungs and Spitting-up Of
Blood. I have tried many kinds of
Cough Syrups in my time, but let
me say to anyone wanting such
Northumberland Syrupis the best.
We are subject to SO many sudden
changes from cold to hot, damp
weather here, but in families where
German Syrup is used there is little
trouble from colds. John F. Jones. @
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
Horace Greeley's Daughter.

In her new home at Westchester,
New York, Mrs. Clendepin finds her
sphere of usefulness somewhat en-.
larged, as her husband is rector OF the
ancient parish of ''the Episcopal
Church of Saint Peter" a parish
which has any number Of guilds and
organizations for charitable work,
the problem to meet Of holding In one
beautiful church all classes and con.
ditions Of wealth and poverty, and the
great city near it fast coming to Its
boundaries, writes Frances E. Smith
in the series Of Clever Daughters OF
Clever Men" In Ladies' Home Journal.
While Mrs. Clendenin enjoys lunch
cons and dinner parties and all social
functions, she is also perfectly happy
and satisfied in the quieter duties Of
her home life She is fond of reading,
although she seldom reads a news.
paper, and says she never takes up
book for more than an hour at a
time. Kingsley, James, Dickens and
Thackeray are her favorlte noyelists.
There is a tradition that she learned
to read in the works Of Thackeray,
spelling out the words Of "Henrv Is.
mond." Scott, keble, Tennyson and
Robert Browning are her especial ia.
vortes among the poets, and DIR.
Neale and Barring Gould among re-
ligious writer's. 'John lnglesant" is
her pet character in romance.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
A Quick Witted Expedient.

A good story is told of ths late Bishop
Loughlin's quiek-witted expedient for
Kidding himself of a tiresome crank who
wanted to teach military tactics In the
parochial schools of Brooklyn. Leading
the man from the library into the ball,
where the door stood open, the Bishop
said: "I'd like to see how we'll you
march. Put on your hat, and march up
and down the hall" The man put on
his hat, Strengthened up and waited for
orders. "Forward, march," said the
Bishop. OFF started the crank. The
Bishop walked briskly behind him ap-
plauding his step, and urging him on.
When the crank had passed through the
doorway, the Bishop quietly shut the
door and went back to his work. New
York Observer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
PANNIERS MAY RETURN.


Wouldn't wonder at all if we arrived
at Planners before the season is over.
MANY skirts now have suggestion of
drapery about them and to others grace
full touch is impaired by puffs OF lace
about the waist. Sometimes the lace
takes the shape of what used to be called
postillion, and is added only at the
back and sides Of the waist. An awfully
pretty way of making an old waist new
is to sew the lace underneath quite
straight and plain and turn it up on the
outside, or else apply it in a girdle shape
in hi gh point at the back. A few yards
OF nice lace laid in at the beginning of
the season is a positive economy, because
it can be put on one gown for an occa-
sion and taken right off and be ready for
the next one, and it always gives touch
of refinement to the most commonplace
toilet. Why, even a bit of lace fulled
around the cuffs and falling over the
hand gives touch of old world grace to
everybody and is the most becoming thing
in the world to anybody's hand. 1t
brings out all the beauties of pretty
pair and throws the dearest little veil in
the world over ordinary ones. The new
point de jene, or coral lace as it is usually
called, is a perfect blessing. Three
quarters of yard of lace about quarter
of a yard deep, either plainly gathered
or run on bit of crepe of some pretty
color, fastened at ones throat and falling
down over ones gown in front simply
gives a new air to the whole costume and
it's dainty air too, and looks just as if
you felt that way all the time and loved
to be SO, and hadn't just put it on be-
cause some one was coming.-American
Dairyman.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
Revelations of an Artesian Well

The story of the earth may never be
fully told, and most of its particulars,
though guessed at with much intrepid.
ity, will probably be held subject to cor
rection to the end of time. But now
and then, when the crust of the planet
is more deeply penetrated than usual, as
when an artesian well is bored, frag.
ment of the record is disclosed, and all
the old and cherished chronologies are
irreparably damaged.
Such a we'll was sunk recently at Gal
weston, Texas, and from depth of 1910
feet specimens of wood came up which
learned professor believes to be 20o,-
900, 900 years old. With the wood
there we're brought up seeds resembling
those of the apple and blackberry.
Apparently the remains of somebody's
fruit farm have been disturbed by the
borers, and considerable interval has
elapsed, according to the professors
estimate, since the owner made his last
shipment to the antediluvian market.
1t is but charitable to presume that he
has passed it in the company of that
shining but extremely select band of
2lori6ed horticulturists who gave good
measures, and whose berries "grew big
ger downward through the box. Me
chanlcal News.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
BREAKING COLTS.

A subscriber wants to know how to
drive colt five years old that has never
been driven single:
Put him into the shafts, get into the
wagon with the reins we'll in hand, a
good whip in right hand, and bid him
60.
would have my colts driven before
they were five years old.
do not want colt all broken down
before he is horse, but l think it best
to begin while he is young, for know
by experience it is less work, does not
take as much time, and does not take as
much strength.
AS for colt five years old that is we'll
broken to drive double on both sides,
there is not generally much trouble to
drive hun single unless he is naturally of
bad disposition; if SO, would advise you
to get some good man to help you for q
few times. First, put on good strong
harness, and then be sure your shafts are
strong.
Give the colt good tight check (at
the age of fvel, then buckle strap
around nigh fore foot, just below fet-
lock, then tie a rope to strap; let it run
up under girt to harness, back into
wagon for the man on left side to hold.
Now, put your colt in shafts, hitch tugs
first, while the other man has hold of
colts head. Be sure the hold backs are
all right. It would be safe plan to
put strap over the colts hip, and fasten
around shafts so colt cannot kick.
Now, the man with reins in hand
should get in on right hand side, then
the other man steps back, gets in on
left hand side, and at same time picks
up rope. Let the man with the relns do
the driving and talking.
If colt starts to run or kick or do any
thing out of the way that the man with
the reins cannot control, pull your rope
up and then down; do not try to hold
the colts foot up in the afr, but your
business is to throw him off his guard so
the man with the reins can control him.
You watch your colt and you will soon
be able to manage the rope In good
shape.
The man with reins wants to watch his
colt close and keep reins well in hand,
but do not be afraid. Keep quiet; do
not get excited.
When you are putting your colt into
shafts, if he does not want to stand, take
hold of bit with left hand, at the same
time grab tail with the other and say
"Come here!" and you give him whirl
about as long as you can stand. When
you stop, say: "Whoaa" and the colt
will be sure to stand for while, for be
will become dizzy.-Farm, Field and
Stockman.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
Tt REQUIRES Skill to Make a Derby.

The making of Derby hats requires q
great deal of skill and judgment. The
first operation is to coat the lnsideof the
rough felts with shellac so as to make
the body stiff. Then they are placed in
the drying room, which is kept at TEN.
perature Of 1875 Fahrenheit by means of
steam pipes. Five or ten minutes suf-
fees to dry and thoroughly 1mpregnate
the felt with this stiffening. When the
rough hats come out of the drytng-room
they go to the fnishers, who place
molding blocks inside and proceed to
work off the hair and make the outer sur
face smooth. The body is deity man
ipulated with huge irons, which are
kept uniform heat by gas jets in the
interior-a new device which is far su-
perior to the old method of heating Ga
stoves. AS the iron passes over the felt
its rough surfaces gradually disappear
and the hat begins to take on its COM
mercial shape. A few revolutions on a
lathe, while the hand of the workman
applies bouncing paper to clear off un-
necessary fur and protuberances, beauti-
fies it still more. A greasy cloth adds
lustre to the surface while on the lathe.
Then the iron is used again, bouncing
paper is deity used by the finisher, who
also holds the hat for few seconds over
a coal oil singer to remove the shine i'm.
posed by the grease and obliterate the
remaining imperfections on the surface.
The rorndinp machine ia next used to
trim the brim, which is still jagged and
ragged, and then the hat is ready for the
curler.
The curler, who has to have q quick
eye and mind ready to grasp all the in
tricacies of style, is the autocrst of all
stiff hat establishments. His tools are
ingenious pieces of mechanism, which
under his deft manipulation speedily pro-
duce the necessary curve and shape to the
brims. From the curriers' the hats 90 to
the trimmers and fnishers, who are nim-
ble-ingered girls, who put on the bind
ing, sew on the feathers and tips, and
put the finishing touches on tue work.
Then the hats are placed ON the Hanging
blocks, pressed by heavy sandbags heated
to high temperature, brushed by rotary
bristles, dropped into boxes and are
ready for the warehouse. The whole
process is interesting and requires great
amount of mechanical aud artistic knowl-
edge, for the stiff Derby as now made is
intended to be thing of beauty if not a
joy forever.-Chicago Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
LITTLE.KNowN WIDOWS.

Some of the richest widows in the
country the world knows the least of,
writes John A. Cockerill. And among
these are some who do the world great
deal of good, too. Every city has its
wealthy widows and if you look over the
glittering galaxy they will in most cases
be found to be women of rare good sense,
managing their affairs with judgment
and bearing themselves in a very proper
way before the world. The fact that a
woman is rich mans widow is always
something to her credit. Men who do
not have good wives to help them in the
worlds strife rarely have the chance to
leave rich widows. How often do the
people of New York hear of Mrs. Schen-
ley, of Pittsburgh Yet she is worth
$40, 600, 900, according to the estimates
of those who know where her property IS
and the value of it.
Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, of Philadel-
phia, is modest woman, notwithstand-
ing her $5,OOO,000 or more. Our
neighboring city of Hartford has two or
three rich women, and one of them, Mrs.
Leonard Church, worth 81, 600, 900, is
not above taking her outing IN turnout
worth at the outside figure about sos. l
used to hear occasionally, through some
clever business turn she had made, of
Sarah Gates, of Kansas City. She is a
widow and away from her home is
reputed to be worth 100000 all
realized from a real estate Investment of
less than $1,000. | have not heard lately
of Mrs. Gates, but unless she pinned her
faith and her bank notes with too much
tenacity upon Kansas City's future, l
presume she is still accommodating money.
The world hears nothing of Mrs. Rachel
Calf, of Cincinnati, nor Mrs. OLIVER
Perrin, of the same place, and yet each
of those ladies is worth from 81, 900, 600
to $3,000,O00. Mrs. Joseph Harrison,
whose husband built the first railroad in
Russia, is worth 100000, but her
name is rarely seen in newspapers. In
striking contrast with these women just
named, in the matter of avoiding the pub
lie gaze, is Americas own Mrs. Josephine
NJ. Aver, the patent medicine widow,
who continues to dazzle Paris with her
diamonds, swell equipages and princely
entertainments. Mrs. Aver is our best
example of lady who is away from
home, very rich, and doesn't care who
knows it. A reception which Mrs. Aver
gave last winter-it was but one of sew
erals said to have been a marvel of
expenditure, even for Paris. 1t is not
unlikely that her future efforts In this
direction may eclipse the greatest of her
past achievements. -New York Recor-
der.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
FASHION NOTES.

Moire antique is fashionable. Ombre
effects in MORE are introduced.
A loving cup with curved sides and
plain surfaces has four handles.
The most stylish princess dresses have
the half low cut round aud are worn
with Russian guimpe of rich material.
Antique belts and girdles of silver
have lost nothing in popularity, and bid
fair to keep all they have.
A favorite fashion of the hour for din.
ner gown is a Vatican plat of lace.
These plaits are attached to gowns OF any
handsome material, and are rich and
graceful addition.
Vatican folds at the back of gowns
are very much the mode. frequently a
bow with very long ends is used instead
of the fold both on high necScd and
decollete gowns.
Among the new silks and satins are
those figured in polka dots of various
sizes. These made with full skirts and
baby waists with a full frill of chiffon
dDUuI 1HG 1OW Sub hCSA otS ~
pretty for young girls.
The best modistes use silk lining both
for the bodice and skirts of gowns. Lin.
ings of silk fit so much better and are so
much lighter than the ordinary lining
that they are invariably preferred by
those who have once had them.
Among the recently imported gowns
are those with glove fitting, seamless
round waists, with sheath skirts. They
are designed expressly for slender wo-
men. Length is given to the waist
when needed by adding sharply pointed
girdle of silk or velvet.
The new polka-dotted silks and satins
make charming gowns for young girls,
when these are made with rather full
skirts and baby waist, with deep frill of
chiffon or point de Gene around the
open neck, and black velvet girdle with
velvet ribbon ends ct one aide.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.

This valuable vegetable requires long
season of growth, and the earlier the
plants are started the more productive
they become. In order to save time the
seed ought to be sown either in boxes
and placed in greenhouse temperature
or else in frame with gentle bottom
heat, rather than in the open border.
Prick the seedlings off as soon as they
can be handled land when sufficiently adj
vanced, plant them out in rich but firm
ground and an open, sunny situation. A
considerable number of varieties bearing
extra large sprouts have been introduced
during the last few years. but, on the
whole, these are inferior to those pro.
ducing greater number of medium
sized compact "buttons," and for the
average grower, a good type of the or
binary "imported" sprouts will give as
good, if not better, return than any.
Plants from seed sown in March must
be pricked off directly they can be
handled. New York World
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11

Not the same Nam @.

A lady who prides herself upon al.
ways remembering the name of a
person whom she has once met, had a
hroll experience the other day.
At a railway station she encount-
cred a man whose face was familiar
TO her, and whom she soon remem-
bered having seen at the house Of a
friend some months before. With
the utmost graciousness of manner,
she turned to the stranger, and said:
.Isn't this Mr.. Tombstone, whom
/ met at Mrs Lyman's?"
The stranger looked at her with a
battling expression of countenance.
II may have met you at Mrs,
Lyman's," he said, "but you have
somewhat twisted my name. I am
Mr.. Stonegrave.