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The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-09
FARM AND ARDEN NOTES.

ECAtItatO l1S '1&AG SSAiats
Have the fruit in a cool place.
Big acres do not always make success.
full gardeners.
Glycerine will take the frost out OF
frozen combs.
Tuberous begonias appear to give
general satisfaction.
Everybody is saying n good word for
the bush lima bean.
Charcoal is a good corrective of bowel
disorders in poultry.
Save the poultry droppings. Store
them where they will be dry.
Shake the diciduous and evergreen
shrubs after each heavy snowfall.
Remember that pelargoniums thrive
in a warm situation with air and sun
light.
Give the fowls all the range and exer.
else the weather will permit during the
winter.
Re nenber that the sheep will thrive
we'll upon oat straw, if it has not been
thrashed.
Fasten a small box 10 the side of the
hen house to hold oyster shells, ground
bone or grit.
If raw meat is given to the fowls too
often it will caus bowel diseases. Once
3 week is enough.
When making out your f1owcr-seed
list include a package of double white
pElox drummoudii.
Broad backed, full-brcasted, large.
boned turkeys are the best for brae1iny.
Have them we'll matured.
Several farmers each with small fiocks
of sheep will usually make more money
than one farmer with a large flock.
Grooming the cows is not often done,
but it would add to their spirit aud COM
fort, however, as well as promote cleau-
| illness.
One advantage with ducks about the
yard and garden is that they do not
scratch, although they are ~voracious
eaters.
Tho farmers' troubles will not be
| solved until we educate our children to
see and feel and understand and love the
world of life that concentrates in every
bit of land we cultivate.
When fowls, apparently well cared
for and properly fed, grow poorer and
poorer and waste gradually away, look
out for the large head louise, and grease
their heads and necks with melted
lard.
Hiram sibley, of Rochester, N. Y, who
made much of his money in earlyl life upon
a farm, once said there never was a dollar
made fattening an animal. If you make
any money it must be on the growth and
not on fat.
Pumpkins are an excellent thing for
fowls. Split into halves and put in the
poultry yards, and watch them Ego for
it, They will eat out the seeds in a
hurry and will pick at the meat many
times during the day.
Thomas Smith, of Hampton, Conn.,,
kills ticks with snuff. He lays the sheep
on its side, opens the wool, shakes the
snuff on the skin in places three or four
inches apart, and closes the wool, and in
about three days the ticks and nits will
all be dead.
When cuttings are being rooted by
amateurs in small tin or earthen vessels
| placed in sunny windows, the process
can be forwarded by painting the re.
| eentacle black. the color absorbing the
heat and irapartiug it to tho sand or
earth, thus facilitating the starting OF
| the roots.
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from the granary. The squads are thus
practically raised at no expense at all,
and they ~freqaently bring as high as
fifty cents a pair.
There is a prejudice against keeping
pigeons on the farm among many, but
this is generally founded upon some little
failure IN the work which does not ap-
ply universally. Pigeons are useful on
the farm in gathering and destroying
countless weeds and seeds. In the sum
mer and fall they pick up their living in
the grain fields, gathering the shelled
grain that would be lost, and not picking
it from the pods. There is no better
fertilizer than pigeon manure, and when
laEge tiocks of them are raised they pro-
duce considerable. When the hay is out
of the NOW they should be allowed to fly
D in there, and they will pick up a great
deal that would be lost. They do little
or no harm, while they destroy countless
numbers OF weeds in the gardens and
fields. Of course, if corn and grain are
spread out for them daily IN abundance
they will devour it, but If ~ot given this
they will pick up their living.
A flock a easily be sts ted and kept
at home. 1t is only when poorly treated
or the focks become too crowded that
they leave their homes and settle else
where. Provide good nesting-places and
homes for them, scatter a little seed
around inside daily and protect them
from enemies, aud the pigeons will stay
at home.
Cats, owls and night hawks will often
drive pigeons away from home. If these
animals and birds are around, the doors
to the pigeon lofts should be closed at
night, or some trap set for the marauders.
There are patent alighting boards and
doors now which automatically close after
the pigeon goes inside, and open again at
the will Of the bird. These are good
devices for keeping the enemies out, but
the shotgun must often be called into
service. In the fall Of the year there is
quite a demand for old pigeons for shoot
ing clubs, and the old stock, which may
be too tough to sell for their flesh, a
often be disposed of in this way. The
focks should be increased as large as
possible every year, for they like com
pany, and it gives more life and interest
to a place to see pigeons flying around
IN iocks.-Ameriq p Cultivator.
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d ON THE R

loft may be an adjunct to
the poultry business, and a considerable
profit may be obtained from it. There y
generally a good demand for old pigeons
and for SQUADS, but the latter are always
the most profitable if quick returns are
expected. Young squads sell for a good
price in the winter, when they are used
II the cities very often for partridges and
quail. and none but the epicure can de-
feet the difference. The cost OF raising
them is very little, for they eat very little
orain Or other food before they are dig
enough for the market. The parent birds
feed them, and practically they s'pick
mn their living ID the fields and woods,
demanding only q very little extra fooa
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The Private and the Bear.

Private Mcnamara, OF the Fourth
Cavalry, stationed in the Yosemite
National Park, got leave to go hunting,
and went over to Devils Gnlch, the
toughest in the country and the
best hiding place for big game. Nc
Namara had good luck, and Filled about
a dozen gray squirrels, which he sluug
to his belt. He had turned homeward,
and was picking his way through fallen
timber, when a grizzly arose from behind
alog about fifty yards away. Mcnamara
raised his carbine and fired. The bear
howled and started for him, and Nc.
Namara felt in his belt for another cart
ridge, but none was there. He had fred
his last shot.
Mcnamara realized that he had to
trust to his legs TO get him out of that
scrape, and he turned and ran faster than
he ever sprinted in his life. But the
bear was the better runner, and gained
rapidly. The dangling squirrels i'm
peded McNamara's action, and as he ran
he tried to get rid of them. He pulled
two loose and dropped them, aud Che
grizzly stopped to Investigate. Bruin
found them good, and he ate them in
two gulps and resumed the chase.
McNamara dropped some mole SOUR,
rels and gained several yards. He re.
peated the trick until he had a COOL
lead, and then he unlocked his belt and
dropped all that were left. and when the
grizzly finished the lot McNamara was
out of sight across the river and getting
his second wind for a long run home
New York Sun.
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ALWAYS on Time.

Washington had many admirable
traits worthy of imitation, and n of
them was rigid punctuality. This was
well illustrated by an incident during
his visit to Boston, Mass, one hundred
years ago. Having appointed eight o'clock
in the morning as the hour at which he
should set out for Salem, he mounted
his horse just as the Old South clock was
striking that hour. The company of
cavalry which was to escort him did not
arrive till after his departure, and did
not overtake him till ne reached Charles
River BI.dge.-New York Observer.
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Denrness Can't be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have a rumbling sound or imper-
deafness is the result, and unless the fnflam-
nation can DO taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness caused by catarrhl that we
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY D Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, 75o.
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1881

Il picture
of health-tho woman who has
faithfully used DR.. Pierce's Favor,
tie Prescription. She feels well and
she looks so. It's q medicine that
makes her we'll, whether she's over
worked and Rundown" OF afflicted
with any of the distressing diseases
and disorders peculiar to her sex.
It builds up-and it cures. For
all chronic weaknesses, functional
arrangements, and "female COM,
plants" of every kind, it's an I'M
failing remedy. !
And it's tho only one, among,
medicines for women, THAT'S quar-,
anteed. If it doesn't give satisfac-'
ton, in 2any case, you have your
money Back.
Can Anything else be "just as
good?" 4
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"They're about as bad as the
disease |" Not all Of them, though,
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
pleasant both when they're taken,
and when they act. They cure per-
manently Sick and Nervous Head
aches, Biliousness, C~ostiveness, and
all arrangements of the Liver,
Stomach and Bowels. =
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-09
15O,O 600 Peach Trees For Sale.

Besides this we have an enormous stock OF
every variety of Fruit and Shade Trees, Vines,
Plants, &C.. best quality, in any quantity at
contagious diseases. Catalogue and bestterms
free TO all readers of this paper. Address
Frederick Nursery, Frederick City, Md.
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For Dyspepsia, Indus stion. and Stomach
disorders, use Browns I'm Bitters. The Best
Tonic, it rebuild the ST EN-, cleans the Blood
'ic for weak and debilit persons.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-09

The National Library, in Paris, France
with its 1000, 600 printed books and
160, 900 manuscripts, is the largest itar-
airy storehouse j ntha-Horld.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-09

A SLIGHT CoLpiansneglected, often attacks
the lungs. BRoye CT BRONCHIAL TRoCHES
give sure and iimInts, Gte relief. Sold only in
bOreS. Prices rs ~ct,lves\
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Fo. pure of thin Blood, Weakness, Mala-
ria Ne tlgia, Indigestion, and Biliousness,
take b ms Iron Bitters-it gives strength,
making d persons feel ~young-and young
persons Ong; pleasant to take:
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"A V NANO ALE N
These Is a 8 inch display advertisement In
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alik except one word. The same Is true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This house places q
Crescent OF everything they make and pub
lish. Look for it, send them the name of the
word and they will return you BOOK, BEAUTE-
full L~ITHOGRAPHs or SAMPLES FREE.
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In the beetrsonar district of Germany tho
men in mmos nfn but thirty-fve cents O.
day and boardIy daselyes.
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MEXICAN bricklses antcan only lay 500
bricks in a day ofinaftel hours, while au
American can lay ART in q day of nine
hours. -
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MALE Truman glass workers get but
observation-disclosures and the women eighteen
cents a dame
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BEECHAM'sabLLLs have been in popular use
gentle remedy ans cents a box.
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FITS stopped free by COT KL1NE's GsBAr
NERVE REsToRER. No fitsacqer first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatisey bd g trial bottle
free. DR.. Kline. 931 Arch ~SessPhfla.. Pa
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Tt steel rail makers of this country now
have rders on hand for 10000 ton Of
railSpl
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IF you would be cGurna In pr~onouncing
Manitoba accent the las Pd,able
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Life has been a burden to me for the past
30 years on account of great suffering from
very severe and frequent headaches. Brady
crotine has done wonders for me. / am now
q new man, and shall proclaim the merits Of
your medicine to all can REACH George p.
Fowler, Attorney-at-Law, Palatka, Fla. Fifty
cents at drug stores.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-09
The Only One Ever Printed.

PADEREwsKr, the Polish ytrtuoso, says we
make the best pianos.
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THE Denver Col clerks are fined City
cents fer smoking n%on-union cigars.
The morning call., 1892-01-15
At Zoe.

81 dozen CENTS FOUR-IN-HAND AND
TECK SCARFS. all silk special offer
ing, good value for 35c, will be closed
out at Zoe each.
The morning call., 1892-01-15
THE CIGARETTE.
4 Confession Which Shows How Smoking
Becnme a strong II abit.

4 Confession Which Shows How Smoking
Become Strong Habit.
Some day l aCl going 10 write the con-
fessions OF a igarette-sm0ker."
The speaker, a young man, stood before
the open fire at the Denison, says the
indianapolis News. He was looking at a
sixteen-year-old boy who was iuhaing a
cigarette by the newsstand.
81 know all about it. l was regular
slave to the habit, and the struggle had
with myself before l quit it was as terrible
as any drunKard ever went through to quit
drinking,
Il had smoked cigarettes continually
during my sophomore and junior years OF
college and my health was suffering from
IL. IL is the iUhaliug that is the dangerous
part Of the habit. If smokers wouldn't in
hale the cigarette it would be almost harm
less, except for the disgusting OdOr, but
ninpty-nine out Of every 100 do inhale
had inhaled until it had brought on a severe
throat and lung trouble. l knew l ought to
stop, but l couldn't. / would stop for days
ala time and then 90 back to the Old in
diligence.
81 was the summer Of 1890 that / made my
final resolve to quit and succeeded. l had
been 10 Mackinac Island, and returned via
PetOskey and steamer to Chicago. l knew
that the boat would head right down the
lake for Chicago without a single stop. l
also knew that there was no place 90 buy a
cigarette on board and that l would have a
terrible battle to fight out for thirty-six
hours. / deliberately did not lay in the
usual supply of cigarettes.
''As the steamer backed out in the bay l
looked into my case. There lay three cigar
cites. | went up on the pilot-house and
smoked one slowly; then | threw the other
two into The lake and the struggle began.
After dinner | went up on top Of tie pilot
house again and tried to read But l could
think Of nothing but my usual pOstprandial
smoke. Ny nerves got all unstrung. My
throat was dry l longed for those two
cigarettes | had tossed into the lake as a
starving man longs for food. / started down
to see if there was any one from whom l
could borrow. But gave that up and sat
down again on my lofty post l had an
idea that it would be better 10 keep in the
fered fedrfllly all the afternoon. l
regretted a hundred times my folly in
not laying In my usual supply. Toward
evening felt better, but could eat no SUP
per, merely drinking a great quantity of
almost undiluted coffee. That night tossed
IN my birth till dawn The second day my
suffering were not so severe, but they were
bad enough. l slept most Of the afternoon,
and we reached Chicago at o'clock.
Il was afraid to trust myself about hotel
0fi1ce SO l went right to theater ana then
to bed. The next day l felt much better,
and, except Immediately after my dinner,
. had little desire to smoke.
Il have not touched a cigarette since.
The 0dOr Of them now is unbeatable to me.
When / look back upon what / went through
| think IL can truthlnlly be said that no
habit is more dangerous and hard to leave
off than the smoking OF cigarettes. "-lndi-
annapolis News.
The morning call., 1892-01-15
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.

ViscOunt George lie Beughem Tells why
lie Joined the Army.
A 81. Louis POst-Dis latch reporter called
at Jefferson Barracks recently and requested
Major Young to have the Belgian nObleman
who recently entered the cavalry service
sent for. In a short time good looking
young man appeared, saluted the Major,
and stood at attention. He readily admitted
his Identity, although he had hidden the
title from his comrades, and told the story
Of his life and the reason for his enlistment
in an unaffected manner.
Il enlisted in the United States Army be-
cause that was the only way ultimately to
secure a commission. / nave always desired
10 enter the army ana passed my eXamna-
ton in Belgium, but before / could 20 into
the service my father died and that upset
my plans. My father was NiSCount Henry
de Beughem Of Brussels, and he died in
1859. l was four years midshipman III the
French navy and then spent two years
travelling around the world Tor pleasure. A
good part of this time | spent in the United
States. When got tired of travelling | con-
Guided to come 20 this country and try to
get into the army.
My cousin is Baron Nrehil, Secretary of
the Belgian Legation. He married Miss
Cutting OF New York, you know. He adj
Vlsed me 10 enlist as private when | talked
with him and he stood sponsor for me.
have been IN this country six months this
time ana am studying English diligently
l found that If i served two years IN the
army / might 60 up for examination for q
Second Lieutenancy. have all the educa-
ton necessary already and could pass the
examination to morrow. The law perm
any nOn-cOmmisSOned officer who eau Sc
cure the recommendation oil his superl0rS TO
apply for examination. | hope TO 90 up,
aud know that | shall pass. | prefer the
army IN this country TO my own, because
the life Is more active here and | want to
see active service, | have no immediate
relatives save my mother, and shall always
remain in this country. l shall take out
my first papers as soon as the law permits
and become citizen OF this great
country. l am informed that
man does not need to be citizen to hold a
commission in the army. Twenty-eight is
the limit of the age in securing a commits
sion. When | entered the army | gave my
profession as that OF student, for | have
been one all my lie. | am delighted wi tn
my duties, and although the army is not an
easy LIE | knew what | was doing. | am
satisfied, and look forward to two years of
activity and cOntentment The men are
good fellows and l get along well with
them"
Private de Beughem is of medium
height, cOmpaCtlv built although not stout,
has distinctly foreign air and would be
distinguished looking in the garments Of
man OF the world. In a soldiers blouse he
would be undstinguished from his c0mpan-
ions. lie is a good converSationaliSt, has
the language, and is said to be Il musician
OF talent. lie is modest, retiring and pains
taking and has already gained the good
opinion OF his SuperlorS.
The morning call., 1892-01-15
MINERS CONVENTION.
Nearly Every County in the State W
Re RenresPDted

Nearly Every County in the State VIII
BE Represented.
The arrangements for the Miners Con-
vention in Pioneer Hall on Wednesday are
completed, and everything is in readiness
for the work in hand. It's understood that
about 400 delegates viii attend. represent
ing almost every county in the State. Much
confidence is expressed that J. II. Neff of
Placer County will be chosen President of
State Miners Association, which be formed.
Word was received yesterday by w. c.
Ral5ton, Secretary OF the San Francisco
delegation, that Marposa County will send
30 delegates, Fresno 4, San Luis Otispo 5,
Sierra 20 Shasta 80, Yuba 30. Tuolumn u.
III DOrada 20, Nevada 30 Siskiyou and
Trinity 80 each, Butte % Amador 90 and
the following 80 from Colusa County: John
Boggs, q. f. Packer, A. II. Rose, S. w.
Boyer, l.. +. MOulton, George Iagar, Will
lam Ash. A. J. FULLY, w. ). Green. j. c.
Bedel. J. 3. de Jarnatt. w. II. Hubbard,
George b. Harden, George NJ. Sutton,
James Basd0n, Joseph FarnswOrth, J. w.
Goad, j. w. Browning, w. Il. Tuly, j. F.
Argyle, l. n. Cain, w. j. Clarke, J. c. Sto-
vail, K. Clark, j. w. Cutchuer, L. Ii. Har-
Ian, 4. A. Harrington, Z. Z. Peart, L. w.
Jones w. =. Harrington
The morning call., 1892-01-15
A PRETTY HOME RUINED.
Had a Cyclone Ragged the Wreck Could
Not Have Been More Complete.

Had Cyclone Ragged the Wreck Could
Not Have Been More Complete.
The New York detectives are searching
for an unknown Vandal who recently
wrecked a Thirty administered fiat &. a.
Kitchener, an employe Of the II. ". Johns
Asbestos Manufacturing Company, SOuth
Brooklyn, WAS the victim. Mr.. Mlchener
occupies cosy apartments on the third moor
Of 119 Thirty street When he le1C
home on a recent morning few men OF his
means could have boaSted prettier or more
comfortable quarters They were nicely
furnished and CHEEKY. POrtieres hung from
the dOOrways and pictures adorned the
walls. There were brica-brac and cuIIQS
tastefully scattered about and three little
canaries chirruped and Warbled IN their
bright brass cages. Early IN the afternoon
everything was found in confusion
The fiat consists Of four rooms, parl0r or
sittDg-ToOm in front, two connecting bed
rooms and a kitchen and dining-roOm. JC
was only too evident that some mlscreant
had obtained entrance 10 the apartments:
Everything they contained bore evidence OF
vengcful spite. Had a western cyclone
concentrated and spent its wild fury In JhO5e
rooms the wreck could not have been more
complete.
The pretty p0rtieres had been jerled from
their hangngs and torn into shTeds. Inc
furniture was overturned and the cane anu
upholstered chairs and seats had evidently
been jumped upon and broken. Looking
glasses and piCture-frameS and their con-
tents were demolished ana mutila!ed ana
the fragments scattered about. y marble
top comfortable, that had adorned the par
l0r, was overturned and splInteled, and the
bric- a-brac had been trampled under loot
The carpet had been cut and ripped as
though with heavy shears IN hundred
places. A cTayOn portrait, which hung over
the parlOr mantel, was punctured and torn
N 10 tn ufh q
scissors had been left sticking through
portrait and into the thin wooden back.
Clothing aud shoes had been mutilated in
like manner, and the two feather beds had
been ripped open and their contents strewn
upon the floor. Into the openings had been
stuffed remnants of broken crOckeTy, lamps
and cooking utensils.
Not even the sweet featheIed warblers
were spared. Their cages had been
destroyed, the four frail sides crushed to-
gether, cruelty mangling the little singers.
Mr.. Michener said he could not imagine
who could have erected such havoc IN his
house.
II have not an enemy in the city," he
said, land am on the best of terms with all
my fellow employees. l do not owe any one
a cent and have no idea who could have
done such mean, dastardiy piece OF bust
ness"
While Mr. Kitchener was generally sup
posed to be a widOwer by his neghbors, a
World reporter learned that he has wife
living in Philadelphia. They are separated,
and have been for some time.
One day last summer Mrs. Kitchener visit
ed Brooklyn aud called at the factory
where her husband is working. lie, II is
said, refused to see her.
Kitchener is said to lave expressed suS-
piciOn as to who is guilty of the vandalism,
and is alleged to have telegraphed 10 Phlia-
delphia to learn II his wife was in that city