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St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Mushrooms and TOadst0Ols.

Mr.. Kyle kindly undertook to explain
the difference between the edible mush-
room and the poisonous ad-stools"
or "fairy caps" as they are commonly
termed. "The table mushroom" said
he, ''or agaricus compestris, is usually
white on the outer surface and has q
skin which readily peels off, which is not
true of the unwholesome mushroom. II
the second place, the gills or under ra-
dlants are of beautiful salmon pink, but
the gills, as we'll as the whole plant, turn
to mahogany brown after it has been
exposed to the sun and air for day or
two. Here, however, is the definite test:
The inner ends of the gills are not joined
to the stem in the wholesome mushroom,
but they are joined in all that are not
edible, and you will remember right
here that there are many varieties of
poisonous mushrooms whose general ap-
pearance are calculated to deceive the
very elect. The flesh of the compestris
is solid and the perfume sweet and nuttv.
Among poisonous varieties the one above
all others to be avoided is the sgaricus
fastilibus, as it looks almost exactly like
the edible fungus, but the gills are
joined to the stalk, though many of them
are of salmon pink on the under side.
st. Louis Republic.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
BAD HANDLING OF HORSES.

Most, if not all of the tricks and vices
of horses are either caused or aggravated
by bad handling at some period in the
lives of the animals which have them.
Probably the greater part of the mischief
is done when the animals are young,
though old horses have been spoiled by
carelessness, or by injudcious action, on
the part of their drivers or keepers.
Tht trick of pulling back when tied is
almost always learned through some
neglect or want of care on the part of
the persons having charge of the horse.
The colt that is tied with small
or weak rope, may, if little fright
ened, break away from its fastening.
When it has once learned this way of
getting loose, it is not particular about
the time or place in which to show its
knowledge and skill. A stronger rope
may be put on, but the chances are that
1t will 60 the same way the weaker ones
went. The horse gives stronger pulls as
the strength of the rope is increased, and
when large ropes are used he is liable to
do himself serious injury. Care should
be taken not to scare horse so that he
will give strong pull upon his halter or
bride but from the first time he is tied
as colt till the last time he is ever tied
as an old horse, the hitch should be SO
strong that if he does pull he will not
break away. Prevention of bad habit
is cheaper and better than attempts to
overcome it after it has been formed
american Agricuhurist.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Won MOitke's Motto.

When, one day in 1870 Count Won
Moltke was told in his Office that hos
t:lities between France and Germany
were inevitable, he quietly touched an
electric button, and taking a speaking
tube in his hand, spoke into it one word,
"Mobile!" That one word set in IN otion
a million of men perfectly equipped and
armed. An hour later, the great stra-
tegist was taking his usual stroll, when a
diplomatist came up to him, and shaking
him hurriedly by the hand, muttered
something about not trespassing on his
time at such crisis. He was about to
withdraw, when Moltke said, in his
quietest manner: 81 have really nothing
to do" It was the simple truth. All
preparations had been made years ago in
accordance with his favorite motto: "To
be ready is everything" Here is an il
lustration of how We should prepare at
once for death, which we know to be in
evitable, so that when we actually do
face it we may have "really nothing to
do. "-New York Observer.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Selfshness makes men blind,
pain and Gin rralIr nrn, :.

Selfshness makes men blind.
| Pain and sin walk arm-in- arm.
The furnace is friend to gold.
! Where the love is little the trust is
little.
No man can go right who does not
look right.
Wake up loafer and you will stir up
grumbler.
The worst robbers are not those who
carry clubs.
The golden calf never becomes a COW
that gives milk.
Too many people worship a god of
their own making.
People very often get rich by minding
their own business.
The most dangerous sinners are the
most respectable sinners.
Whenever man does anything wron.
something good in him dies.
A coward can fight in battle, but it
takes hero to patiently suffer alone.
The man who behaves himself keeps q
good many other people out of mischief.
The world is full of people who tire
themselves and Others nearly to death in
trying to rest.
The man who weeps that those he
loves may smile, do5s something that
angels would like to do.
When an heiress elopes with coach
man,lt is seldom that anybody ever SYM
pathlzes with the coachman. --Indiun-
opolis (lnd.) Rams Horn.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
A "Lauglling Jackass" Bird,

The Central Park menagerie has re.
ceived present of a ''laughing jack.
ass" ,
The present is not donkey whose
keen and vivid sense of humor causes it
to laugh, but bird from Australia. Mrs.
Henry Abbey is the doner, and she
brought the bird with her on a recent
voyage from the Antipodes to New
York.
The 'laughing jackass" was hopping
about cage in the aviary yesterda? in
company with some magpies and jack
DAVIS. He is sort of feathered clock,
for at sunrise he laughed, and at 8
o'clock he laughed again; at noon he had
another fit of laughter; at 8 o'clock P.
NJ, the humor of life was too much for
him, and he laughed again, and at sun
set he laughed once more. This is his
regular laughing programme every day
in the year, and in Australia he is known
as the "settlers' clock"
He is large bird, with big beak, is
olive brown in color, and has dark
brown crest. One name for him is the
giant kingfsher. A visitor to the park
yesterday took out his watch at three
minutes to nine o'clock, and began to
read a funny story to the ''laughing
jackess." At 9 o'clock precisely the
biro laughed. The visitor declared to
group of amused spectators that the bird
was laughing at the article.-Neu York
.ZoLrnn2
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Unknown Tongue.

Those who have learned 4 rnrr7gn
language with an approach to thor
oughness often find in the dialects 50
many new languages to master. Al
most any one who speaks English
might be put down successfully in
half dozen places where English is
supposed to bc the mother tongue,
and hear as many dialects spoken. not
one of which he would understand
until it was interpreted.
An old BrOughtOn worthy and an
English lady, says an English paper.
were one day occupants Of a railway
carriage. The train had been wait
ing long at certain station and
there was no appearance Of its start
ing. when the worthy remarked:
"Thcy'rc gly tanglcsomc lot
here"
Il beg your pardon, Sir" said the
lady.
Am sayin' they're a ely daidlin'
lot here"
Il really beg your pardon, sir"
cam observin' they are a vera
dreich lot here the nicht.'
Il do not quite understand yO1l.H
I'm wonderful if they're cltlin to
saunter here a NIGHT"
Greatly | must again beg your par
don. | don't comprehend YOU"
II was just tyin' to say that your
train was late"
"Indeed, sir, it is very latc," agreed
the lady, and then collapsed.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Dangers of Hvngotisu,.

Many medical man could tell of
alarming conditions resulting from
improper attempts at hyDnotfsing by
the unslilled amateur. One such
case has quite recently Deen reported
by DR.. Scion. An amateur at a
friends house volunteered to hypno-
Else another visitor, and after two
trials succeeded so well that the sub
ject became extremely excited, lost
the power of speech, and then passed
into the condition Of catalepsv; subse-
quently he had severe convultions.
He had simply been hypnotised bv
being made to look at diamond ring,
ana afterWard the sight of anything
gllStenlng threw him into a state of
violent excitement. The floor of the
room in which the physician dis
covered him was covered with cush.
ions, as he frequently threw himself
from the sofa onto the floor and was
In condition of grave hySteria with
manlacal excitement. He was treated
with full dose Of sedatives, choral.
sulphOnal, brOmides, and morphine.
but at first showed no improvement,
After ten days the cOnvulsive attacks
were replaced by periods during which
he sang persiStently; he would sing
every song he knew without stopping.
After fortnight of this he had high
temperature for several days, and al
together was very i'll for three weeks.
Such cases are not so uncommon as is
generally Supposed THE Hospital.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
FASHION NOTES.

Lace founces are much used on even
ing toilets Of velvet.
MORE is used in combination with
cloth for visiting gowns.
Cornfower blue felt shapes are
| trimmed with black velvet.
A novel design in bengaline shows
muEic scrolls among flowers.
Sleeves of plain cloth in a gown OF
shaggy plad goods are novel.
Among the new designs in brocades is
medallion of blossoms enriched by
waving ribbons.
Fancy vestings, with dark ground,
patterned with spots or dashes of bright
color, are gaining in favor.
The added coat pieces worn with
round waist and girdle are now seen on
misses as young as twelve years.
Long capes of velvet aud fur, with
the inevitable and becoming high rolling
collar, will be much worn this winter.
Felt hats have the brims futed in fan.
like punches, or pressed in fine, straight
crimping all around. The crowns vary.
Many are quite high.
BY the fall fashions nearly all the
tailor dresses for general wear have two
substantial pockets, one on each side.
Dress skirts retain their sweeping plain
ness despite the prediction of panniers.
They are made with single seam down
the middle of the back, and small train.
Some lovely evening cloaks are made
of tomato-colored Lyons velvet elabor-
ately trimmed with cut jet passementeries
of the richest description. The cloaks
are lined with black plush, and there is
the merest roll of black fur at all the
edges.
The new princesse dresses, cut with
low corselet bodice, like peasant waist,
are very striking in effect among the ar
ray of dinner and reception robes, but
the most charming Of all appear in the
exhibit of French house dresses and tea
gowns.
The light weight silks will all be fash.
ionable for home wear all through fall
and winter, the darker colors being
chosen. Dark blue, green and brown
foulard will all be popular, with rather
large and highly but artistically colore1
flowers, and some few scroll and polka
designs.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
A Valuable Turtle,

The true turtles inhabit the sea an,
can be distinguished from allied specie
by the form of the legs, which are NOR
elongated and fattencd, enabling then
to swim with great ease. These reptiles
spend almost the whole of their time il
the sea, seldom coming ashore, except
for the purpose of laying their eggs. The
Rev. J. G. Wood gives IN Golden Days
the following interesting information
about them:
The common green turtle is found off
the shores OF the West Indies. The
usual mode of capturing it is by watch
ing it go ashore, and then fitting it on
its back by levers which are thrust
dexteriously beneath it. Much practice
is required in the art of turtle turning,
for the reptiles are very heavy, very
strong, and when they take alarm scuttle
off seward with wondrous speed, kick
ing the sand and stones behind them
! with such force that the hunters are
often half blinded before they can secure
their prey.
Another valuable species is the hawks
bill turtle. This is the creature from
which is obtained the beautiful material
SO familiar under the name of s'tortoise
she'll" In this reptile the thirteen plates
of the carapace are directed backward,
and overlap each other like the tiles of a
roof, as may be seen in the figure. These
plates or ''scales," as they are termed,
are separated from the shell by placing
the turtle with its back downwards over
a clear fire. The heat loosens the at
tachment of the plates and enables them
to be removed. The turtle is then re.
placed in the sea, where, in process of
time, fresh set of scales will be pro.
duced. In Celebes, however, the turtle
is first decapitated, and then the plates
are removed by placing the animal in
boiling water. When the scales are first
removed from the animal they are rough,
brown, and unless held to the light,
give very little indication of the beauty
which lies concealed.
The manufacture of tortoise shell is a
rather complicated process. The reader
must be familiar with the common tor
toise shell combs. These are of equal
thickness throughout their length,
whereas the plates from which the bs
are made are thickest in the middle and
diminish in thickness towards the edges
and points.
No one plate could furnish material
for one of these combs, so that if there
were no means of uniting the plates, such
objects could not be made. Fortunately,
the tortoise she'll is amenable to the
joint influence of water and heat, so that
when we'll steamed, any number Of plates
can be pressed together, and look as if
they were single piece.
This valuable turtle frequents the
warmer seas, its chief home being in the
tropical Pacific, and the inhabitants of
the many islands which stud that ocean
makes various uses of it.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Smallest Locomotive I'm the World,

Henry Case, of Gloversville, N. Y,
has, after spending his spare time for
fifteen years on the task. completed the
smallest locomotive in existence. 1t is
made of gold, silver, steel and brass,
contains 1916 separate pieces exclu-
sive of 66S screws and bolts and
1858 rivets. 1t runs ON a track with a
gauge of L. inches. The locomotive is
81 inches in height and weighs II
pounds, and with the tender two pounds
2t ounces. It is St inches long OF
twelve with the tender. The diameter
Of the cylinder is SIG of an inch, and its
stroke of piston is ! inch. No. so
cotton thread is used in the cab lamp
and head light, which burns after being
lighted about twenty minutes. The
whole is beautiful and perfect working
model of the modern iron horse, Kash.
inaten atass
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

Occasionally the good missionaries
to the Indians in the far West have
little joke among themselves at the
expense Of their converts. Said an
Episcopal clergyman to his Presby-
terrain friend:
Gone of your converts was up be-
fore a magistrate recently charged
with intoxication, and the latter said:
'Uncas, you ought to be ashamed of
yourself; you are a Christian and
should know better Ino Christian.
Mr.. Judge, said the Indian. Uncas
only Presbyterian. ,"
"Ihat reminds me-" responded the
Presbyterian; 81 was at your Santce
mission, not long ago, and called on
the Episcopal minister in charge, and
while we were talking the door opened
and in stumbled a top-heavy Sioux
chief with, How, preacher, how!
come to see you (hic) and two or three
other good churchmen with me-"
-lNew York Sun.
AT recent wedding, as the newly
married pair were marching down the
aisle, the organist played Coward
Christian soldier, marching to the
war"
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Poultry houses should face the soutl
or southeast.
Turkeys and guineas are great for.
ayers for insects.
A good range means everything fol
the growing stock.
Get all the poultry to roost in the
houses from this on.
Take pains to destroy all the caterpil-
lars nests you see, whether on.your OWL
grounds or by the roadside.
It is estimated by good authority that
good average comb will yield from sixty
to eighty per cent. pure bees wax.
Fowls that are healthy: and thrifty are
| always early risers and should be fed as
soon as they fly down from the roosts.
If the hens are expected to lay regu.
larry during the winter the quarters
must be SO warm that water will not
freeze.
Put away your surplus bee supplies
where moths will not destroy empty
combs-and they should be kept in d
dry place.
When the butter is gathered in the
churn in the form of granules it is never
overchurned. Gather it, wash it and
salt it there with brine and the most fas-
tidious customer will be pleased.
The best floor for dairy houses is of
cement, because there are no cracks in
which milk can be secreted and become
tainted. When cracks come, through
accident or other causes, they can easily
be repaired.
The excellence of the Lima bean is
not confined to its use in summer. If
the vines produce more than be used
green, they can be gathered and kept in
a dry state, having, when properly
cooked, much of the rich nutty taste
which makes them so popular in their
proper season.
Without doubt every insect pest has its
parasite, and one of the most important
things for farmer to know is what are
the parasites of his insect pests, and also
what insects feed on other insects. Thus
a large Fart Of the insect world will be
found to be the friend and not the enemy
of the farmer.
Many trees would bear fruit if they
had about one-half of the limbs and
branches cut out, so as to allow the sun
to act on the leaves and assist in pre-
venting nildeW. Too much top and too
many branches draw from the soil the
nourishment that should he used for
fewer branches.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
sHOEING A YOUNG COLT.

1t is necessary to shoe a young colt
with great care at the first. Only the
lightest kind of shoe should be used.
The shoe may be made of an old one
brought to the shape of the foot, and
without calks, being quite level and taper
ing to fiat points at the end. 1t should
be fastened on with no more than three
nails at each side. The toe of the hoof
should not be touched by the rasp, but
the shoe made to fit the foot exactly.
The frog should not be cut, as it forms
a natural cushion for the foot, and as the
pressure of the foot comes on it, it
spreads out and SO keeps the hoof elastic
and prevents shrinking Of the CRUST
NeD York 75mss.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
TOmallaWk Found In a Tree.

A rare curiosity has been found at
Moree, Wis, In the centre of saw log
thirty-two inches in diameter, in the
shape of an Indian tomahawk. 1t is six
inches in length and has two and one
half inch blade made of roughly forged
iron, showing the rough workmanship OF
a century ago. There were ten inches OF
solid timber over the head, showing the
indenture of portion of the handle in
the timber, which was of different tim.
Der from the tree.
Judges of the growth of pine timber
say that it has been in the tree two cen,
turtles, as it was twenty feet from the
sround,--Nsw York Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
REQUIREMENTS OF YOUNG STOCK,

Notwithstanding the increasing use o
green soiling and its proftableness, es
pecially in the case of dairy COWS, oul
animals are so largely raised upon grass
gathered by themselves that of all other
methods of feeding, this must always
remain the most popular in its season.
Usually the land that can be best devoted
to pasturage is that portion of farm,
which from its unevenness, is not special
ly we'll adapted to tillage, and if it is sup
piled with springs or running rivulets NO
better use can be made of it.
An English authority recently de-
scribed typical pasture for yearling
animals as one where the grass is only
moderately rich, but where there is a
regular growth of young grass, constant
supply of running water, and ample
shade either from trees or artificial shell
ter. When young stock are placed I'M
der such conditions they grow steadily
and keep in good order. 1t is astonishing
on how small quantity of food the ami
mails will keep up their growth in dry sea-
sons, provided the pasture in which they
are placed is watered by a running
stream, and nothing seems more essential
to their welfare than plentiful supply
of water, and it is all the better if it is
in the form OF stream rather than of
pond.
A fair range is desirable, but where
space is limited it is an advantage to
have more than one Enclosure and use
these alternately, but the grass should
not be allowed to get too large or too
old before the animals are put upon it.
Yearling cattle are the most suitable
animals to feed off young or newly laid
down pastures, as they Craze sufficiently
low without biting out the hearts of the
plants as sheep are liable to do, and they
do not trample as heavily as do older
cattle.-Neao Orleaas Neao Delta.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Heavy Cattle.

The owner Of two of the hcayiest
cattle ever seen in kansas-tWO steers
weighing together S,04O pOunds-has
refused an offer OF so cents per pound
for them, and proposes to take them t.
the Worlds Fair. The larger one. weigh
ing 4,O40 pounds, is exactly twelve
feet long, and they both stand about
six feet HIGH,
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, [ 90

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is tbs
senior partner OF the firm OF T. ]. Cheney &
20, doing business in the City of Toledo
county and State aforesaid, and that said firm
Will pay the sum Of 500 for each and every
case Of catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use OF Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK J. CHENEY
sworn to before me and subscribed in INV
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D., 1886.
isrAI A. w. GLEASON
Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system: Send for testimonials, free
f: j. CHENEY d. Co., Toledo, o.
Eg Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Nine men out of ten love women the
tenth loves woman.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

OF health and strength renewed and Of ease
and comfort follows theuse of Syrup of Figs,
as it acts in harmony with nature to effectual-
For sale in Soc. and 81 bottles by.an leading
druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

BRowN's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma
laria, Biliousness and Genera Debi ity. Gives
Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves
create appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers. weak women and children.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

MALARIA cured and eradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which
ton. Acts like a charm on persons in general
Ill health, giving new energy and strength.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

NRRl REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bottle
free. DR.. Kline, G3l Arch St, Phila, Pa.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

DR.. SWANS PAsTILEs Cure female areaknesses;
his T-Tablets cure chronic constipation. Sam
pies free. DR.. Swan, Beaver Dam, Wis.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
German
Syrup

| Martinsville, NJ >, Methodist Par
sonage. My acquaintance with
your remedy, Boschee's German
Syrup, was made about fourteen
years ago, when I contracted Cold
which resulted in a Hoarseness and
a Cough which disabled me from
filling my pulpit for a number of
Sabbaths. After trying Physician,
without obtaining relief cannot
say now what remedy he prescribed
I saw the advertisement of your
remedy and obtained a bottle. ]
received such quick and permanent
help from it that whenever we have
had Throat or Bronchial troubles
since in our family, Boschee's Ger
man Syrup has been our favorite
remedy and always with favorable
results. I have never hesitated to
report my experience of its use to
others when I have found them
troubled in like manner" REV.
w. H. HAGGARTY,
of the Newark, New a Safe
Jersey, NJ. E. Confer
ence, April rs, go. Remedy.
&C. GREEN, Sole Nan'fr, Woodbury,NJ.
"All she lacks of beauty
is little plumpness."
This is a frequent thought,
and a wholesome one.
All of a baby's beauty is
due to fat, and nearly all off
woman's -we know it as
curves and dimples.
What plumpness has to do
with health is told in a little
book on CAREFUL LIVING; sent
free.
Would you rattle r be /
healthy or beautiful? "Both"
is the proper answer.
=, scoTrG BOVINE, Chemists. 1sa South 9Th Avenue,
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion of cod liver
oil-all druggists everywhere co. 81.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

Boston G arment workers will use union
label
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

Adams. the express man, was stable boy,
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

Viscount Dudley is insured for sc, 600, 600
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

Any scheme will figure out right on paper.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

II afflicted with gore eyes use Dr.. Isaac Thomp-
on's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle