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The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
CULTIVATION PAYS.

Mr.. J. K. Reeve, writing in the Farm
er's Home, says: "Some one has been
asking whether it pays to go to the full
length of extensive cultivation. Won't
it really pay better to give just good,
fair c~ultivation2 Does not the cost of
excessive cultivation and fertilizlng eat
up the profits?" We recently put this
question to the head gardener at Mr..
Jay Gould's county seat, where it is
needless to say, there is no question as
expense or profit, but only an effort to
produce the best possible results. The
fruit and vegetable garden was an exam
Pile of t~hriftiness and produc.iveness
such as is rarely seen even with the most
advanced of professional market gar
deners, and the superintendent said that
if he we've gardening for profit he should
pursue exactly the same course as he did
then, because in his opinion it was the
maximum production, however obtained,
that gave the profit"
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
drawn is that fresh dung should not be
used on grain fields.

drawn is that fresh dung should not be
used on grain fields.
The above, should it be found true on
American fields, would constitute a good
reason why manure should be left in
heaps to rot, instead of being hauled out
and spread as soon as made, as is now the
practice of many farmers. It is, how
ever, worthy of inquiry, whether danger
does not arise more from smut-infected
provender consumed than from greenness
of the anure
An American authority quotes DIR.
Brefeld as saying that in nature the vi
tality of corn smut may be preserved in
definitely in the dung of animals that
have eaten smutty corn, and it is ready
to form myceliaI tubes and enter the corn
when the latter is planted in ground fer
tilted with such manure. According to
the botanist of the Nebraska Experiment
Station, smut spores may grow in manure
and liquids in the barnyard for al indein-
tie period.-Neg York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
NATURES

Notwithstanding all that is said about
caring for poultry and feeding them in
yards, they a never be cared for as
nature provides for her wild birds.
Compare chicks that have had only fair
care and their liberty with those under
the best treatment, but yarded, and free
birds will be found more thrifty and
beautiful every time. In the unlimited
range a variety of grasses, insects and
grit are obtainable which mans inge-
nuity cannot provide; also, that other
essential to all groUing and restless ami
mails, exercise and room for it.-Nev
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
FOOD For YOUNG CHICKS.

Fowls have strong digestive organs
and do not need their food ground.
Young chicks are no exception to this
rule. Because they are too little to eat
whole corn grains, the corn is ground,
mixed with water and fed. More than
likely the gizzard, having nothing to
grind, losses its power, just like any
other unused organ does. The moist
ened, mushy mess stays in the crop
until it ferments, while a feed Of small
particles of grain-cracked wheat is
best of all-would be ground up and
keep the chick in thrifty condition.
Cracked wheat is better for chickens
than brand or wheat middlings. 1t has
more nourishment and it gives the giz-
card something to do.-B0ston Cuttioa-
La.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
PRUNING BLACK cURRANrs.

N
In this operation it must always be
borne in mind that the black currant
fruits best ON wood of the previous
summer, it is therefore best TO encourage
q free growth by cutting out the old
wood after it has borne for two or three
seasons, and training your branches up
in its place. TO secure this end it is not
advisable t o grow black currants on short
stems, as is often done with red %currauts,
as they are all the better il they throw
up strong young shoots from the roots
occasionally. In pruning young plauts
raised from cuttings they should be cut
back until Eve or six good strong shoots
are obtained to form a tree. These
should then be left full length, and any
small shoots cut back to one bud. After
this all shoots that cross Others may be
cut out yearly, and the weakest shoots
cut close SO as to obtain a nice even
shaped tree, with an open center like q
teecup. All branches that droop down
lower than eighteen inches from the
ground should be cut off, as fruit that
gets spiashed with dirt is of no use in
The market, and only Git for wine max
ing. All old wood that is becoming
weak should be cut out, and If a planta-
tation begins TO fail from old age it may
he cut down to the ground aud given q
heavy dressing of mauure One years
crop will thus be quite lost and part OF
another, but the fruit will be much
larger afterwards on the young shoots
which spring up abundantIy from the
old roots. After pruning is over the
ground between black c~urrants should
always be forked over, putting manure
on first ii the ground is poor.-Jour7sat
Of Horticultgre.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
"The Substitution Evil"

At the late meeting of the National
Editorial Association a great deal of
attention was devoted to what is called
the ssubstitution evil" which is
probably a phrase without meaning to
most of our readers. Yet it is one in
which they are interested. A great deal
of money is spent in advertising by in
ventors and designers of every kind as
we'll as by dealers in all kinds OF articles,
dry-goods, foods, books, medicines.
The advertising extends widely the knowl'
edge of such articles and of their superb
ority. But this very fact opens a chance
for clever knavery.
The reader of the Weekly, for instance,
finds in its columns an advertisement of
the kind and quality Of article that he
greatly desires. But he will not be sure
of getting it unless he takes reasonable
care. For, upon fastening to obtain it,
the dealer to whom he applies will assure
him either that he has it, and-such is
the craft Of human nature-wilt then
show him a good imitation, or he will
assure him, with persuasive blandish-
ment. that he has something which is
just as good, and in fact q great deal
better.
This is the substitution evil. Now
the advertiser is entitled to III honest
return for his investment, and he can
obtain it and the customer can get what
he desires only by exercising due care,
and refusing to accept in place of what
he wishes and has seen advertised some
thing else which is called equally good.
To make sure of this, let him follow
strictly the directions of the advertise
ment, and when he buys, he will know
that he is buying what he means to buy,
and not a Substitute. "-Haper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
A petriRed Coon.

s. R. Shelton, while cutting up a tree
lap, which he had cut down for a rail
tree eight years before, cut into hollow,
exposing what he thought a squirrels
nest. Upon opening a large oritice he
drew from the hollow a dead coon, per-
fectly preserved from decay, which had
laid there for eight years. The tree had
fallen on the hole by which the coon
had entered. 1t had died of starvation,
aud the body was preserved from decay,
as is supposed, by the tan DOE of the red
oak tree 2oiagtoa (1ena.) Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
Distin0uish no sosss.ea.
Hoods SarsapariUa

TIL had taken three more, when stopped. ~ ID
now over q year, and ! am troubled but very little
with the eatarrh. I consider this q very remarkable
case HERMAN Hicks, so Carter st.
Iced Pills.-For the liver and bowels, act
easily yet promptly and eficiently. Price so.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
%A&assa4saq

Ten years ago, Leroy Payne,s Chicago
liveryman, leased some property OIL
Michigan avenue foS ninety-nine years at
an annual rental of 5000. Now he has
an offer of $24, 900 a year for IN eighty
nine years lease of the same property.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
Deaf for a Year

HeafSsaO Restored and Catarrh
Cured bW H0Od's SarsQpGrSEgG.
Rochester, N. Y, July 27, 1891.
"Three years ago, as a result of catarrh, I lost my
hearing entirely and was deaf for more than a year
I tried various things TO cure 1t, and had several
physicians, but no Improvement was apparent.
could
Distinguish no S0Msad.
specialist when some one suggested that possibly
Hoods sarsaparil.a would do me some good. Ibe
gan taking 1t without expecting much help. To my
surprise and great JOY I found when / had taken
three bottles that my hearing was returning. kept
on taking
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
Beware of Ointments for Cntarrh That
COntnin Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, OISo, by F. j.. Cheney e. Co.
~ Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Mala-
ria. Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

Maine continues to find, season after
season, 4 steadily growing market for all
the ice she can produce and ship.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

KANaAs CITY is promised foe at five cents q
hundred, as q result of competition.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

FITS stopped free by DR.. KL1NE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and 50 trial
bottle free. DIR. Kline, e31 ArchSt., Phila, Pa
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

Dr.. SWANS AsTILEs Cure female weaknesses;
his T-Tablets cure chronic constipation. Sam
pies free. DR.. Swan, Beaver Dam, Wis.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

THIS years crop of cereals is estimated as
B,215, 0OO, 900 bushels. y
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

MALARIA cured and eradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which en-
riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids diges-
Ill health. giving new energy and strength.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

AMERICAN-MADE shotguns are greatly In
demand abroad.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

A NEW excitement for Oklahoma is sup
piled by the discovery Of gold-bearing quartz
at Chandler.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

The broader the 4 the more people
you. will find travelling IN it.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

THERE are over nine hundred grain ele-
vators in North Dakota.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

THERE is an epidemic of forgery and coin
ing in Germany.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

SIR JOHN MAoDoNALD's estate Is valued
at 500 600
If afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30

&C. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury. NJ.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
The Battle of Life.

The ancients used to say that Vulcan
struck Jupiter on the head and the
goddess of wisdom jumped out, illus
trating the truth that wisdom comes
by hard knocks, writes Rev. DIR. Tai
mage in the May LADIES' Home Jour-
nal. There was river of difficulty be-
tween Shakespeare, the boy holding
the horses at the door of the London
theatre, and the Shakespeare, the great
dramatist, winning the applause of all
audiences by his tragedies. There was
river between Benjamin Franklin
with a loaf of bread under his arm,
walking the streets of Philadelphia,
and that same Benjamin Franklin, the
philosopher, just outside OF Boston, fly
ing a kite in the thunderstorm. An
idler was cured of his bad habit 10y
looking through his window, night aft
er night, at man who seemed sitting
at his desk, turning off one sheet OF
writing after another, until almost the
dawn of the morning. The man sitting
there writing until morning was indus
trious Walter Scott the man who look
ed at him through the window was
Lockhart, his illustrious biographer
afterward. Lord Mansfield, pursued
by the press and by the populace, be-
cause of certain line of duty, went on
to discharge the duty; and while the
mob were around him, demanding the
taking of his life. he shook his fist in
the face of the mob and said, "Slrs,
when ones last end comes, it cannot
come too soon if he falls in defence OF
law and the liberty OF his country.
And so there is, my friends, tug, a
tussle, a trial, a push, an anxiety
fore he comes to worldly success and
worldly achievement. You admit it
Now be wise enough to apply it in reli
gion. Eminent Christian character is
only gained by the Jordanic passage
no man just happened to get good.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
The Primer WaY to Sit.

A proper sitting position requires
that the spine shall be kept stralght,
and that the support needed Tor tne
upper part of the body shall be ielt III
the right place, says Caroline lie Row
in May Ladies' Home JOurndt: mere
fore. sit as far back as possible In the
chair. so that the lower end OF the spine
shall be braced against the back OF the
seat. If this back is straight the should
ers will also rest against it; II not, tney
will have no point of support, ana 10
will be found that they do not need 1t.
This position makes no STRAIN upon
the ligaments of the spine. allows
proper position of the shoulders, con
seuuently of the chest, consequently Oh
the lungs. stomach, and every other or
~an of the body. Their work is carried
on naturally and comfortably, as IS
also the circulation of the blood, which
in a wrong sitting position is seriously
| interfered with With the feet resting
souarely upon the floor, the hands rest
ing easily upon the lap, perfect equl-
librium, and consequently perfect rest
of the body, is secured. There is no
strain upon any part OF the BODY; no
muscle or organ is required TO 40 more
| than it's legitimate amount OF work
The arms should never be folded; fol
this position not only causes strain
upon the spine, and all the other evils
already referred to, but, i'll addition
places the weight of the arms upon the
stomach and the diaphragm, thereby
increasing the labor of digestion anc
respiration. Placing the hands behint
the back, or folding the arms behint
the back, if possible, is u good attitude
to take occasionally, giving, as it does
the fullest expansion to the whole up
per part of the body,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
DON'T BLAME THE WORLD.

Don't blame the world because the thorns are
found among the roses;
The day that breaks in storm may be all sun
shine when it closes.
We cannot hope to always meet with fortune
fond caressing;
And that which seems most hard to bear may
bring with it blessing.
The buried seed must rot in earth ere it pro
duce the flower,
And the weak plant to fructify must have both
sun and shower,
To man, to gain development, must struggle
with life's crosses,
And view with calm philosophy his trials and
his losses.
A deadly, pois'nous weed may yield salve ol
surest healing.
Tle sweetest blossom may pois'nous be al
though its bane concealing.
Things are not always what they seem, bu'
still twas Heaven designed them.
And we should class them ali as good ana tah'
them as we find them.
Little we know of this brief life, and nothing
of its sequel,
Then let us take in humble trust all that ma.
seem unequal.
Gods ways are not our ways, and He shoui'
certainly be trusted;
All that is wrong in His good time will surel.
be adjusted.
-ToqpIce's R0u Mem Zealand NelpS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
HER ANSWER.

They wandered through the woodland ways
One lovely Autumn night;
The groves beneath fair Cynthia's rays
Were bathed in silvery light.
The leafy carpet meath their feet
Was fiecked with red and gold;
The maid was timid, SHY and sweet,
The ardent lover bold.
He stole an arm her waist around;
She blushed, but did not chide,
And with her gaze bent.on.the ground
She with the zephyr sighed.
And as he marked her bushes red,
And heard her gentle sigh,
You're like an Autumn leaf" he said,
And can you.tell me whyt"
The maid in tones of melody
The pleasant truth confessed;
I'm like an Autumn leaf" said she,
because I'm being pressed;''
Cape Cod Item.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
Specimen Cases,

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tism, his Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming de-
gree, appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electrict Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had a running sore on his leg of eight
years standing. Used three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and well. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, O., had five large Fever sores ON
his leg, doctors said he was incurable.
One bottle Electric Bitters and one box
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him en-
tirely. Sold by Hughes & Bells Drug
store
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15

The third party call in Virginia not
only includes negroes, but endol ses the
st. Louis platform. That platform de-
mands that the three million federal
soldiers who laid waste the South dur
ing the war between the States. or their
heirs if dead, be paid the difference be
tween gold and the greenbacks they re-
ceived from the government, and that
the people of the land they desolatedi
and impoverished be taxed their full
share of the immense sun that would
have to be raised for that purpose.
There is no proposition too patiently
self-injurious that will not find sup
portets among densely ignorant people,
but how any southern mau, with any
interest of his own or his friends to re-
gard, with sense enough to keep out OF
the fire, can endorse any such idea as
that referred to-, passes common under
standing-AleG. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15

Lay the Innings on the floor, putting
a small tack here and there to keep
them in place. Put the carpet on the
floor, unrolling it in the direction in
which it is to be laid. Begin to tack it
at the end of the room which is the
most irregular. If there be fireplace
or bay window in the room, fit the car
pet around these places first. Use large
tacks to hold the carpet temporarily in
place; they can be withdrawn when
the work is finished. When the car
pet is fitted to a place, use small tacks
to keep it down. Tack one end of the
carpet, stretching it well; then side;
then the other end, and finally the
other side. Be careful to keep the
lines straight and to have the carpet fit
for if it be loose it will not only
look badly, but will not wear well.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
Now Try This.

1t will cost you nothing and will
surely do you good, if you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to give
relief, or money will be paid back
Sufferers from La Grippe found it just
the thing and under it's use had a
speedy and perfect recovery. Try a
sample bottle at our expense and learn
for Yourself just how good thing it is.
Trial bottles free at Hughes 4 Bells
Drug Store. Large size soc. and $1.O0.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
A Case in Point.

The telegraph brings the news of
hanging in West Virginia under the
judicial dispensation of Judge Lynch,
and the victim was Negro, a circum-
stance which is so common where the
Negro population is large that our
Northern contemporaries have been
constrained to preach great deal
about the barbarity of this sort of
thing. Southern testimony generally
and particularly which is worthy any
thing, has been that the administration
of lynch law is confined to the colored
man in larger proportion only because
the deeds which bring about summary
punishment like this are confined in
greater proportion to that race. This
is the fact, and a fact easy to be estab-
lished, if the census were taken. The
hanging reported from Huntington,
West Virginia, supports the testimony,
and shows, moreover, that it is not the
white people alone who are impelled
to take the law into their own hands
occasionally and violently. This report
says that Saturday last, in Logan cOun-
ty, Jim Smith, notorious negro des-
perado, was lynched for killing and
robbing colOred boy, 10 years ago.
The significant feature of the thing
is, as the report shows, that the mob
which did the hanging was a mob of
Negroes, and they took the prisoner to
the nearest tree and swung him up.
Smith had previously killed three men.
This is not the first time that the col
Ored people have resorted to lynching
for crimes among their race of similar
character, and we recommend this piece
of news, which is fresh and to the point,
to those of our Northern contempora-
ries who have been disposed to com
ment severely upon the lynching pro-
pensity of the white citizen of the
South as exercised toward the cOlored
citizen.
The simple truth of the matter is that
in the South, as in the North, very few
people, comparatively, lose their lives
by lynching, whether they be white or
black; but when they do, it is, rule,
pretty clear that they deserve to be
dealt with by a shorter and more sum-
mary method than is afforded by the
ordinary course of law, and it may be
set down by all men as almost automatic
that lynching will go out of fashion
as soon as a certain class of crimes,
which do not need to be described, are
no longer committed; but as long as
they are, the white man and the black
man who commits them will, without
discrimination, meet an equally deserv-
ed and sudden Fundamentally
Landmarks.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
RuckIIn's Arnjca SaIve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required: 1t is
money refunded Price 25 cents per box.
FOR SALE BY HUGHES & BELL.
ian27 1872 ".
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
Female Weakness Positive Cure.

To THE EDITOR PLEASE inform your
readers that | have a positive remedy
for the thousand and one ills which
arise from deranged female organs. l
shall be glad to send two bottles of my
remedy FREE to any lady if they will
send their Express and p. o. address.
Yours respectfully,
DIR. A. G. ANARCHIST, UTICA, N. Y.
june 1-4ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15

She-I never loved any one until l
met you.
He-And never kissed girl before
in my life.
And little Johnnie, who had been
behind the portiere, tripped softly
away whistling. II am something of
a liar myselfn
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
An Arm and Several Ribs Broken.

Mr.. w. E. A. Carter, of Collierstown,
fell from tree on Thursday and sus-
tanned serious injuries. He was hunt
ing squirrels and shot one in tall tree.
The squirrel lodged in the tree and
Carter climbed to get it. He slipped
and fell a distance of about forty feet
to the ground, his body striking ON a
log. One of his arms and several of
his ribs were broken and he was other
wise injured. He is now doing WE'LL
ROckbr5dge Ne1OS, June 2nd.
S. B.Durfey, mate of steamer Arizona
had his foot badly jammed. Thomas
Eclectric Oil cured it. Nothing equal
to it for quick pain reliever.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-15
"How to Cure All Skin Diseases"

Simply apply ''SwAYNE OINTMENT" No in
ternal medicine required. Cures letter. ecZe
ma, itch, all eruptions on the face, hands, nose
&C., leaving the skin clear, white and healthy
It's great healing and curative powers are pos
sessed by no other remedy. Ask your drug
gist for SwAYNE'S OINTMENT.
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