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St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
TIE FRAGRANT UELIOTROPE.

You may give heliotrope-and not q
very large plant-as much water as you
give gerauium and think you are Civ
ing all that is required, writes Eben E.
Rexford, in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Your plant will fail to make vigorous
and healthy growth, because it is not
moist enough at the roots. Examine it
and you will find that the tiny roots have
extracted the moisture almost wholly.
If not given more water at once some of
the young and delicate roots are injured,
and the plant takes on a diseased con.
dition from which it often never rccoy.
ers. Do not get the idea from what |
have said that the soil in which hello.
tropes are grown ought to be kept wet.
Not ut all. But because it requires more
moisture than many plants 1t
extracts it more rapidly from the soil
water should be given oftener to keep
the soil IN the proper condition.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
ONE WAY TO SHOCK WHEAT.

To set up a stack that will stand and
turn water is an art which every one has
not learned, and yet it is easy enough
when once the lesson is learned. Waldo
F. Browns plan, as tried by himself, is
TO set the bundles squarely against each
other and only slightly leaned from the
perpendicular. lie puts eleven bundles
in shock-four for the foundation, one
at each end and two at each side, and
single cap sheaf. He says that one cap
will turn the water as well as two If
properly broken and put on, is much less
likely to be blown off, and in long con-
tinued wet weather two sheavcs will be-
come so saturated as to twist the shock
by their ght.--New York World.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
SUCKERS ON YOUNG TREES.

To remove suckers from young trees
in nursery is large job, and any nurs-
eryman would be apt to decline to under
take it on account of the cost. He
might, too, disguise his unwillingness
under the excuse that these sprouts were
good for the trees, and he not thereby
give any good reason to adopt his belief,
which is wholly contrary to reason and
science of plant growth, for any sort OF
growth that is to be cut away afterward
must necessarily take so much from the
useful growth. But the advise given re-
ferred to did not apply to young trees in
the nursery, but to trees in the orchard,
large proportion of which are so badly
neglected in this way as to be almost
hidden by dense growth of sprouts that
are mere parasites. Sun scaldlng is
convenient idea to explain something that
is not understood. How is it that
it never hurts wild tree, and only
rarely trees in the orchard2 The sun
scalding of the bark is an attempted ex-
PLANTATION of injury happening from some
cause unknown. We had better say we
don't know than to blame the life giving
sunshine for injury to the bark of the
tree. The heat of the sun is as much
needed by the roots of tree as it IS
necessary to the leaves, and if the bark
is to be completely shaded how shall the
roots get WARMTH When the branches
and foliage of a tree are so dense as to
exclude the sun wholly from the bark,
the tree badly needs some liberal prun-
ing.-New York Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
A WORD AS TO SILOS,

The first silos, wholly of masonry,
were too expensive. writes NJ. II. Gard
ner, but the reaction to silos wholly of
wood was carried too far, and they will
in the end prove more expensive than
the masonry ones. The silo of to-day
should be composite, substructure OF
masonry, superstructure of wood. Such
one will be rat-proof, and If tho ma
sonry be high enough, neatly rot-proof.
would excavate three feet below the
surface and build outer walls and cross
walls at least six feet high (elght feet
would be better). On these place eight
by eight stills and wooden building
sixteen feet to the plates; floor grouted
and doorways left under the sill, so as
not to have to pitch the silage up over
four feet while standing on the bottom.
Earth to be banked on outside eighteen
inches high and have troughs to carry OFT
the rain. Sheathe inside the masonry
with a single wall, which Is easily re-
placed when rotten. As it is the lower
six or eight feet of siio that rots, If
the sills be put up high enough to be
kept fairly dry and so intact, and the
lower lining renewable, the life of the
sllo may be indefinitely heightened.
Such sllo will cost more in the be.
ginning, but be cheaper in the end than
the majority of the present atwood silos
of Wisconsin, which are destined to rot
down in the next few years. -Hoard's
Dairyman.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
How Rapidly We Think.

Helmholtz showed that a wave of
thought would require about minute
to traverse mile of nerve, and Hirsch
found that u touch on the face was
recognized by the brain and responded
to by manual signal in the seventh of a
second, while that of sight required only
one-ffth of second to be felt and sig
nailed. In all these cases the distance
traversed was about the same, so the
inference is that images travel more
slowly than sounds or touch. 1t still
remained, however, to show the portion
of this interval taken up by the action of
the brain. Professor Donders, by very
delicate apparatus, has demonstrated
this to be about seyenty-fve thousandths
of second. Of the whole interval forty
thousandths are occupied in the simple
act of recognition, and thirty-fve
thousandths for the act of willing re-
sponse.-House and Home.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
Tame Wild Geese.

Wild geese, under certain conditions,
when caught, become quite domestic.
In Meeker, there are three owned at the
Meeker Hotel, which have been there
nearly five Years. They were caught
when young, and for while after being
grown their wings were kept clipped.
Afterward no attention was paid to
them, and they were left to take care of
themselves, but they have never attempt
ed to leave, though they ramble about
the town unrestrained.
The supposition usually prevails that
wild geese usually build their nests in
the long grass and bushes draining the
ISOLATED streams and lakes, where they
usually congregate to rear their young.
Such, however, is not the case, for their
aests are often found in the tops of
;rees. Quite resort for wild geese is
found at the headwaters Of the Yampa
River, and year ago two boys living
near Steamboat Springs found nest
On the the top of cottonwood tree.
The goose was sitting on the nest, and
the two boys shot her off, and then
climbed up to inspect the nest. 1t con-
tanned quite number of eggs, and the
next thing discussed was how to get
them to the ground. First they tried
dropping them, the boy on the ground
holding his hat, but after breaking two,
that plan was abandoned, and then the
boy up in the tree thought of novel
plan that worked to perfection. He took
off his boots and socks, and placing the
latter inside the boots to form a soft lin
ing, carefully placed the eggs within,
then fastened the boots to the waistband
of his trousers by loosenlng his suspend
crs on either side and passing the ends
through toe tinger-straps of the boots,
and again buttoning them to the waist
band. Thus arranged he successfully
descended the tree.
The eggs, it seems, are next to inde-
structible, and will stand plenty of rough
usage. In the present case the boys
were on horseback and rode around ali
afternoon with the eggs strapped in a
coat or saddle. They were placed that
night into pan until the morning fol-
lowing, and then it occurred to one of
the boys to place them under hen,
which was done. Seven of the eggs
were Matched, and the gosiings grew to
be ful!-grown geese. They would go to
the river every day and return to the &C.
customed roost every night regularly,
and wait around for their breakfast be-
fore going to the river again in the morn
ing.-Denver (Col.) Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
A NOVEL COMMENCEMENT.

One of the women's medical colleges
an this city at its commencement exer-
cises this year adopted an innovation
that is decided step in the right direc-
ton. Instead of putting their parents
to the expense of costly dresses, which
are of little use afterward, and going to
the trouble of hiring q hall, these pru-
dent young sawbones held their COM
mencement privately in their own COL
lege. Not even their friends were ad.
United, and the graduates, attired in
every day costume, received their pig
skins without any of the noise and blus-
ter that go to make UP the conventional
commencement. Subsequently the grad.
yates gave reception to their friends,
which answered every purpose, and
proved even more enjoyable than the
usual commencement. This very sensi-
BILE way of graduating is likely to grow
in favor, especially among young women
who have chosen a profession. The re.
cent action Of those women's colleges
where the cap and gown have been
adopted was the first step toward cut
ting down the useless expense: attend.
ing graduation, and it will not be long
before the commencement exercises will
be regarded seriously rather than time
for merriment and the display of fine
dresses. While we will all miss the
sweet girl graduate and her beautiful
dream of a dress, which was often more
of poem than the manuscript she held
In her hand, we cannot help but feel
pleased to see her start out in the world
with the full realization that life Is q very
earnest thing.-New York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
Sierra bling for Life.

The ascent Of Adams Peak In Cey-
Ion is not only difficult but extremely
dangerous. Lawrence Oliphant, who
WAS a Trustworthy pilgrim" not likely
to manufacture "hair-bicadth sCapcs, :"
gives the following account Of his
own ascent which, it is easy to be-
lieve, one would not care to repeat:
"The path at one point was cat In
the precipitOus hillside; at least 300
feet below roared a torrent of boiling
water My foot slipped on a root,
and pitched sheer over the cliff !
heard the cry Of my companions as |
disappeared, and had had quite time
to realize that all was over when
was brought up suddenly by the
spreading branches Of bush which
was growing upon projecting rock.
There was no standing ground any
where except this rock.
Looking up I saw my companions
and the natives peerlug over the edge
above, and to their intense relief
shouted that | was all right, but
dared not move for fear the bush
would give way. They, however,
strongly urged my scrambffng on che
rock, and this, with dizzy brain, /
succeeded in doing
"i'he natives then undia their long
waistcIoths, and tying them to each
other and to a piece OF cord taken
from the packages, made rope just
long enough to reach NE. Fastening
this under my aFmplts, and holding
to it with the energy Of despair, |
was safely hauled to the top,
"This adventure was not a very
good preparation for what was in
store for us when, not far from the
top, we reached the one really dan
gerous point in the whole ascent.
Here again we had prccipice with a
torrent 1T the bottom on the one side,
and on the other an oyerhanging cliff.
This was not mctaphOrically over
hanging, for it's upper edge literally
projected some distance beyond the
ledge on which we stood; it was not
above forty feet high, and was scaled
by an Iron ladder.
The agOn1z1ng moment came when
we had mounted this ladder to the
protecting edge, having nothing be-
tween our backs and some hundreds
Of feet below, and then had to turn
over the edge, and take hold Of
chain which lay over al cXpanse Of
bare, sloping rock, to the links Of
which it was necessary to cling firmly
while one hauled ones self on ones
knees for twenty or thirty yards over
surface by no means smooth. Yet
we did it, and lived to tell the tale.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
FASHION NOTES.

Shirred hats of China silk or null are
worn by tiny girls.
Dainty aprons of silk, with ruffles or
chiffon, or deliberately embroidered in
colors, are now the fancy,
Fancy belts of enameled leather, in
white, blue, scarlet, or any color fancied,
are very fashionable.
The most fashionable china is pure
white, with scolloped e1ges, and has the
monogram or initial engraved on one
side.
The sailor hat is now worn in enlarged
dimensions, with high crown, wide brim,
and ribbon band and fiat bow the color
of the straw.
Wool dresses for small people are
made of cashmere, Henrietta cloth and
similar fabrics, and are finished with
shirring or embroidery. A puffy sash is
frequently worn, although many dresses
have belt with fancy buckle or buttons.
Military straps, bretolles OR bertha ar
engagements of lace or the material are
seen on the dresses worn By larger girls.
A pretty and stylish as well as some
what economical fashion is that of max
ing the overskirt of lace houncing and
blouse of the same material. The blouse
is in Russian fashion, the skirt portion
about twelve to eighteen inches below
the belt, the sleeves full and the collar
trimmed with rlchings of edging. With
this blouse aud overskirt, the most ordi-
nary plain skirt is transformed into a
dressy costume.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Are the lima beans poleda
Never allow surplus feed to lie around
and get sour.
Plant sweet corn tor succession OF
"roasting ears"
Use plenty of COW manure for melons
and cucumbers.
Liver fukes are called by some West
ern shepherds "leeches" and are treated
with charcoal and salt.
Mixing pyrethrum with four or five
parts of flour makes good insecticlde to
sprinkle or dust over the foliage of the
plants.
One ounce muriate OF potash in one
pint of water is recommended as sure
cure for the green fly, cabbage maggot,
and this class of pests.
A pound of bran given to lamb ju-
diciously, while it is still sucking, is
worth five times as much as it is when
given to it next winter.
Peanuts should be grown in light
sandy soil, and the stems covered lightly
with earth when in flower, as the seeds
ripen only under ground.
In making grape cuttings the best
practice is to make them from ripened
canes in the autumn when the vines are
pruned and it is advisable to take them
before the canes have been exposed to
very severe cold.
Proper care and encouragement in
feeding will almost always insure profit
in hog growing. Good breed is impor-
tant, as with all other stock, but with
hogs more depends upon the owner
than upon the animal.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Worry is the highway to chaos.

Aspiration is the path to inspiration,
The humble are rarely Inundated; the
proud often.
An intellect contented with incongru-
GUS opinions is immoral.
In the battle of life valor is our sword
but patience is our shield.
The finest aspirations of one who is a
slave to the pipe go up in smoke.
When man gains knowledge of the
infinite he achieves true freedom.
There is only one shrcw in the world,
and every husband thinks he has her.
Women must have their wills while
alive, for they make none when they die.
He who marrles widow will often
have q dead mans head thrown in his
dish.
So long as we remain imperfect tho
most regretful thing of all would be that
regret itself should cease.
To cherish a personal enmity Is to
make an altar of a hateful thought and
ncritice your peace of mind on it.
The conqueror of death can never be
the love of life. And does not the soul
shed the limits of time in thinking
sternityS
Inspiration is the simultaneous recep-
lion of light and energy, the ilIumina-
ion of individual faculties and their
impulsion to universal goals.
We should carefully sttune our souls
10 that triuue chord of reason, love and
liberty whose reverberations compose
The harmony of the universe.
Not sound has ever ceased to vibrate
through space; not a ripple has ever
been lost upon tho ocean. Much more
IS it true that not a true thought, nor
pure resolve, nor a loving act, has ever
gone forth in vain,
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
DAISTILY ATTRACTIVE CURTAINS.


The woman whose artistic ability has
to compensate for the slmness Of her
purse is never more successful than when
she is arranging the draperies for her
usual daintiness and pretty effect were
made by such woman the other
day.
Fine cream-color cheese cloth was
bought for eight cents yard, whicl
was to be used for bath curtains. The
deep hem across the bottom was outlined
with three rows of gilt thread. Ox-eyed
daisies, bright yellow ones, with their
dark brown centres, were painted with
water color paints here and there over
the curtain, which hung in graceful
folds from O brass rod. The side was
caught back with a cord formed Of
twisted gilt thread. The curtain was
light and airy and of just the shade to
temper the glare of the sun.
Home made curtains of white French
lawn are pretty. Dainty ones have q
design of forgetme- nots painted across
the bottom. At each side they are held
back with blue and white ribbon cord
formed of No. l ribbon twisted to form
a rope effect and finished with ribbon
rosette
Curtains with narrow ribbons rim
through deep hem al the bottom are
also new and prctty.-New York u ord.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
Salmon Going the Way of the Buffalo.

1t looks as though the salmon fish
cries Of the Columbia River, which
have added enormously to the wealth
of the Northwest, would in the course
of a few years become exhausted.
The fate of the Columbia will proba
bly, be that of the Sacramento River,
from which stream the salmon have
almost disappeared. Fish laws may
be passed and an attempt made to
enforce them, but it is not thought
that anything can be done in this
way that would suffice to save the
fisheries. 1t seems that the salmon
will not remain in rivers the waters
of which are frequently disturbed by
steamboats, and that flow through
thickly inhabited countries. The
salmon fishing of the not very distant
future will likely be almost entirely
confined to British Columbia and
Alaska. Denver Republican.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
August
Flower

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be-
came burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one Of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like a charm. My wife received i'm
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs I65 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. c. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. Q
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
Iruit IN SlreYOn.

Fruit-growers in the far West are
enthusiastic over the possibilities OF
Oregon as a fruit-gTowjng region,
and especially for prune culture.
One fruit expert says that Italian
prunes, grown in the willamette
Valley. are superior to those grown
in Italy. The climate, he says, is
like the great fruit region Of Asia
Minor. One grower has planted
about Is, 600 prune trees in $50 acres
in the Willamette, and it is said that
prunes and other fruits are being
planted in thousands Of other farms.
That part of the State promises to
be vast fruit orchard in the near
futnpa
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
Tho Origin Of the Name California.

The name California (hot furnace)
vas given by Cortez to Lower Cali
fornia and part of Arizona about
the year 1875 The title was prob
ably an adaptation from a name ap-
piled In Spanish romance to an
Imaginary island in the Indies, which
was supposed to contain gold mines
OF fabulous wealth. This explana'
ton is the one most commonly ten
dcred. but it Is more than probable
that the name was applied by Cortez
to the southern parts Of Arizona on
account of the intense heat peculiar
to that country, and that the title
was at alatcr day extended to include
most of the North American Pacific
cnast Glnhn- Dpmnrrat
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
DRESSING ON $50 A YEAR.

''Is it possible to dress on $50 a
years" was one of the questions dis
cussed at the Working Girls Club the
other night. One of the girls said:
give done it-good reason why,
though-I've had to. I've had consid-
cradle hustling at times to get even $50
a year since l came to Gotham to take
course in technical designing. The
worst of it is I've never got over my re-
spect for good clothes. Lots of women
who come from little towns, where clothes
are badge of probability, prosperity,
or disreputable poverty, fall into cosmo-
politan ways and say: 'Oh, pshaw, no.
body knows me; it don't matter how l
look But l can't. must have good
gloves and shoes or feel that I've lost
my last vestige of responsibility, and
honestly believe if | ever get to the
point where I can't have these things
shall lose my self respect. I believe in
clothes. / think new set of nice
clothes will transform the character of
man or woman.
''How do manager Well, just like
everything else, had to. I studied It
up, made an exact science of it. If you
think of trying it, the first thing to be
done is to get little account book;
write few maXims on the fly leaf and
live up to them. Buy nothing but stand.
ard goods for your dresses; cashmeres,
henriettas, fiannels; serges in solid col
ors are always in style. Only rich wo-
man can afford novelties. Your dresse:
will have to last you three seasons and
be made over once at least, perhaps
twice; SO you see if you buy striking
colors or plaids, however pretty, they
will be genuine antiques the third sea-
son, and give you hopeEessiy dowdy
look. Be girl of three dresses, one
for the street, one for tho house and
one for nice. One new dress
year will keep you in three. Make
up your mind to skip bargain
sales. Buy your things between
seasons; you can get winter CLOAK III
December or January much cheaper than
you can in October. A good heavy
short black coat, which ought to last for
two seasons may be had for $40 or SIS,
spring coat ditto only as to cost, which
should not exceed 81. 1t pays to buy
pretty good shoes. That's an item that's
hard to regulate. Some people wear out
more shoe leather than others. One pair
of heavy shoes and a pair of ties last me
year. Gloves make an awful hole;
two pairs kid at $l.25 pair, two pairs
silk at fifty cents, wooden, Isle thread,
lace mitts, $3.50. AS to hats, my limit
is four. manage to get them all out
of ten, but l make them myself. A
supply of underwear will last for two
years at least. 1 hope you won't'thinl1
put that question in the basket, but I've
got little list of last years expendi-
lures which may be interesting. Here it
so.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
The Easiest Way to Die.

It may not be desirable to die at All,
but scientific writer claims that til.
easiest way to die by a fall. 1.-The vic
tim suffers no pain and no terror. Gentle,
soft tunes sound in ones ears, and die
away at last when Inconsistencies set
in. One hears the fall of the body, bu
does not feel it. "-Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
Curious WAY of Catching Seals.

Mr.. Dyer lives on small island near
Seven Hundred Acre Island, Islesporo,
Me. He takes a pole several feet in
length to which is attached number of
common Goldfish hooks with Ianyards sew
eral feet in length. The hooks are baited
18th herring. This continuance is
anchored and buoyed, the hooks being
just below the surface. The seals in
swallowing the herring become hooked.
Mr.. Dyer has taken a large number in
this manner.-Eastcrn Argus.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08

Comments to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. 1t is
the kidney, liver and bowels 10 cleanse the
system effectually, it promotes the health and
comfort of all who use it, ant with millions 1t
Is the best and only remedy.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
SMOKING FISH.

Fish that are dried for use are first
sailed lightly, and then smoked by hang
ing them in a smokehousc and burning
bark or wood under them. But little
smoking is given unless the fish are in
tended for long keeping. The smoking
preserves the fish by means OF the pyro-
ligneous acid produced by the smotherod
combustion of the wood and deposited in
the flesh Of the fish as the smoke cool5.
New York Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-08
The Only One Ever Printed.


These Is 3 inch display adver' isemant in
this paper, this =" eek, which has no two words
aliT e except one word. Tie same is true OF
each new one appearing each week. from The
UI. HarteE Medicine GO. Thi. house places a
crescent on everyt hing they make and pub
Hsh. LooS for 1t. send them the name Of he
word and they vii return you BOOK. BEAUTI-
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