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St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
A DRESS OF SPIDERS WEBS.

Mrs. White mentions as a great curl
osity the dress made from spiders webs
presented to the Queen by the Empress of
Brazil in 1877. Most certainly it is, and
to most British minds such thing might
seem Incredible; but if your correspond
ent were to visit Fiii-whlch is famous
for its magnificent spiders-he might per-
haps have less cause for wonder. The
web made by the big yellow spider here
is very large and strong; but in addition
to the wcp proper, in which flies, mos
quitoes, etc., are caught, it spins cocoon
of orange colored, silky, gossamcr-like
stuff, which, if taken up in the fingers,
requires quite al effort to break. This
stuff, can conceive, might be woven
into material for dress. Might not the
dress in question have been composed of
similar material made by the Brazilian
spiders2
can hardly, even now, beileve that it
could have been composed Of what we
understand to be the ordinary spiders
web. 1 can quite imagine, however,
that such material might be of some
commercial value, as one frequently hears
complaints at the present day of want
of fneness in flores or materials used for
scientific purposes.
I may add tina: our cockroaches ar
hugh, too; but by merclful dispersal
ton Of Providence, our spiders are in
proportion. The particular enemy of
the cockroach here is not the big yellow
spider above mentioned, but Il long
legged, formidab looking brown spider,
called the ''hunting spider" I cannot
find out that this species spins any web,
but apparently depends upon its great
activity for securing its prey. / know,
however, that it can bite pretty sharply,
as I once saw one draw blood fro the
finger of a doctor friend of mine who
was capturing it for me. 1t is often to
be seen hugging a large, iatteued, cir
cular, cream colored bag, which, take
it, contains its eggs. We never kill
spiders in Fiji The natives venerate
them as much as the Dutchman does his
stork, and perhaps with more reason.
Since writing the above l have been
told by friend of mine here that on
one occasion he had carefully examined
the long line stretched between two
points from which the web of the big
yellow spider mentioned above was sus-
pended, and found that it had a beauti-
full golden, silky appearance, and was so
strong that be was able to wind it round
q piece of cardboard. If this can be con-
sidered part of the web proper, then in
all probability light, silky material
could be woven from it, and the Brazilian
dress be not quite so extraordinary as at
first sight it might appear.-Notes and
Queries.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
WORDS OF WISDOM.

The richest people are those who give
the most away.
If there were no little sins there would
never be any big ones.
1t never helps US to walk any straighter
to watch another mans feet.
Whenever you talk about water some
body is sure to want a drink.
For every failing man can point out
in others he has two Of his own.
The less a man amounts to the proudcr
he is of his ancestors being big people.
The man who seeks his reward in this
world, never gets price that suits him.
There isn't a poor man in the world
who would carry millionaire's load for
the pay he gets.
The blindest people are those who
never find out that they cannot be happy
in their own way.
The best farm in the promised land is
always the one which has the biggest
giants living on it.
If sunshine had to be paid for, there
are people who would declare that candle
light could beat it.
If some people had the faith to move
mountains, they would soon make all
their neighborS' land very billy.
There are people who sing, II care
not for silver and gold,' who always
come out ahead in a horse trade.
Convince some women that it viii
make them better looking, and they will
almost be willing to starve to death.
If folks could see themselves as others
see them, there are a good many people
who would soon be wanting to commit
suicide.
When you fnl woman who thinks
he- husband is the wsest man who ever
lived, you find one who hasn't been to
school much.-Indianapolis Und. } Rams
Horn
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
The Latest Thing in Agriculture.

The 161st census bulletin is devoted tC
that branch of farming which consists in
the raising Of tropic and semi-trop;c
fruits and nuts. For ms lance, there are
sixteen counties in Florida suited to pine.
apple growing. This country has, all
told, 446, 4S1 acres adapted to bananas,
3,Ol3,S99 for cocoanuts, 2,075, 800 for
figs, 1902, 142 for lemons, besides no
end of territory adapted to oranges and
raisin grapes. During the census year
the value of this line of production was
something over fourteen million dollars,
the orange crop supplying the sum OF
$6,602, O99.6. 1t is estimated that on
the basis of present prices, with all the
non bearing trees already set out in
actual fruitage, the total annual value of
these products would be, by the openin :
of the next century, not less than fifty
millions of dollars. The chances are that
the development of acreage will he so
great that this estimate will fall short of
the actual facts. The number of acres
devoted to these trees and plants, inclua-
ing the non-bearing, is 271, 425, and esti-
mated number of acres suitable to these
purposes is given at 24,71o,s79. The
actual cultivation is less than two per
cent. of the total. Some idea of the
enormous extent to which these products
could be raised may be formed from
these figures. The States of Georgia,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas raise
some of these fruits and nuts, rs does the
Territory of Arizona; bu2 Ctiiioruia and
Florida are the States t. winch the
farmer should look who WAITS to 60 into
the latest thing in farming. California
has the largest acreage, with It's two dis
tinct belts, the northern and SOUTHERN
Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
A Madagascar Festival.

"The capital of Madagascar says
Frederick Taylor in the New York Sun,
lis city ofso 100, 900 people, of whom
not more than thirty are Europeans.
There are some fine buildings, notably the
palace. The Queen keeps a standing
army, miserable wretches who are Obliged
to uniform themselves, but who are well
provided with arms. They are fairly
good shots. In their uniforms they pre-.
sent rather amusing spectacle. Some
of them have shirts, some of them simple
wraps of cotton cloth, and let me say
that | frequently saw gong to the
churches established by the missionaries
men with no other garment than piece
of white sheetlng bea1ing the familiar
blue label of one of the American cotton
mills, and also wearing a stoveplpe hat
of very ancient make, of which they
were very proud.
"It was my good fortune to be in the
capital at the time of the n-drona fes-
tival, which, in other words, is nothing
but the sacred festival of the Queen an
nual bath. On the day before the festi-
val the mobiles and the invited guests, of
whom was one, were assembled in the
room in the palace and were seated Turk
| fashion upon the floor or ground. Then
there was feast, and IN the evening
torches were lighted all around the city,
and in such manner as to indicate the
tradition of the ancient fire worshippers.
On the following day there was another
feast. The Dobles built a fire, cooked
rice, and put in the pot the meat which
was left over from the feast of the year
before, which had been carefully pre-
served by jerking. 1t is a sacrliege to
allow bit of this meat to be wasted. In
addition to that they brought bullock
meat, and they cut bit Of flesh out Of
the flank of live bullock and brought il
to me as a special honor, and it was then
cooked, and Of course, out of courtesy,
was obliged to cat it. During the feast
the Queen sat on her throne, presiding
over the ceremony with great dignity,
and by her side was her husband, man
sixty-tive years of age, although he
looked much younger. Alter the feast
the Queen retired to an apartment ad Join
ing the feasting hall and there she took
her bath in silver bathtub. A half
hour later she returned, bearing in her
hands large silver bowl perforated like
the nozzle of watering pot, and then
she went around sprlukling every one of
the mobiles and guests, and blessing the
water as she did so. When she came to
me, rs mark Of special favor my inter
prefer said, she not only sprinkled me-
but she tilted the vessel SO that I was
we'll drenched with this sacred water.
This is the great sacred festival of the
year, and although it is the festival of
the Queens annual bath, it is not just to
infer that her Majesty takes only one
bath year, but she takes only one
sacred bath. The Queen has no children,
and when her reign ends the throne will
pass to the next in line, person who is
now boy of some eight OF nine years of
aoen
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
SHEEP FITS.

The right sheep in the right place is
the only profitable one. The greatest
obstacle to success is the ignoring Of this
fact by would-be shepherds. There are
wool sheep for localities where the sheep
itself is a secondary consideration; and
there are lamb breeders for farms neal
large markets, and mutton sheep where
the land is cheap and good for pasture !;
IN fact, there is place for every sheep il
every sheep is only kept in its place.
Early lambs have the most money in
them, but it is only possible to rear these
within few hours of a market. The
wool bearers are for the distant prairies,
where it costs little for feed and care
and transportation Of the wool. The
farm sheep is the mutton, lamb and wool
producer; and having these three pur-
poses it is the most profitable of all.
But sheep differ III their qualifications
for this purpose, and for various loca-
tions, and different persons have differ
ent tastes in the choice of the kind they
may keep.
The Shropshire, Hampshire and South,
down may perhaps be justly SAID to be
the best kipa Cf farm sheep, in the order
named. Tie first is a medium sized
animal, having good fleece of clothing
wool, an excellent carcass for mutton,
rears fine lamb or two of them, and is
extremely hardy and docile. Its black
face and legs give it favorable intro
duction to the butcher for lambs or NUT
ton, and this Is well deserved, for the
black face is always associated with
sweet, tender, juicy mutton. This is
due to the fact that the Southdown is
the finest mutton sheep in the world,
and all the black faced kinds have been
bred from it. But its fault is that it is
small and has light fleece. The Shrop-
shire is larger Southdown, the Hamp-
shire larger still. while the little South
down is best fitted for the farmer who
can afford to rear small sheep for its
fine quality, without regard to profit
New York Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
FASHION NOTES.
The styles of 1880 are in full force.

The styles of 1880 are in full force.
Baby blue is in the very height OF
fashion.
Long Jackets are likely to remain in
style the remainder of the year.
Artificial flowers are so true to nature
this season, and so perfect, one cannot
help being disappointed to find the
fragrance wanting.
Gray seems to be gaining in favor, if
that were possible. Silks, cam5rics,
canbreys, millinery wraps, draperies
and luncheons in gray, are the rule.
Sunshades are blossomlng cut in end
less variety, and such tempting styles, so
opposite in effect and so novel and
dainty, render selection something of
task.
The prettiest trimmings for French
ginghams, batistes, zephyrs and similar
fabrics are of openwork embroideries,
point de Gene or the light and delicate
Irish linen laces.
Gray gloves bound aud stitched with
black are new. As usual there are some
startling eccentricities in gloves; green,
q medium blue and purple being among
the new importations. All the same, my
lady doesn't wear them.
Round hats, in very mannish styles,
are effected by young ladies for street
wear. They are particularly liked with
tailor-made costumes, and will undoubt-
eddy be as popular as the Alpine, which
had such run some seasons ago.
One of the new French bonnets in
black is merely very large butterfly of
real lace, pair of spreading lace wings
lying fat upon the waves, of hair. The
very slender body is of black plush, and
the head and antenns are in sparkling
cut jet.
The old Greek fileted couture is again
revived. This classic style is very
delicate one to adopt, but fearless women
rush in where only Grecian featured
angels should dare to venture, and furth-
ermore evince their temerity by mixing
I'D the ages ludicrously, appending as a
finish to the sold Greek coil" nine
teenth century bang, with don't.care
twist at the end.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
MAMMOTH wOMANs HOTEL.

-One of the latest schemes of Chicago
women, who are not less wide-awake
than the men to the possibilities of their
big fair, is to build and run mammoth
women's hotel on a protit-sharing plan,
The use of the land has been contributed ;
the material, the projectors hope, may
come out Of the wigwam which is being
constructed for the National Democratic
Convention; and the expense of con-
struction is to be borne by subscription,
to start at IS share, from women all
over the country. Mrs. Matilda B.
Carse and Mrs. Potter Palmer are work
ing out the problem, and hope that
during the Exposition 5000 working
wo len may be entertained daily at the
hotel at cost of thirty cents day for
each one. If there are any profits the
stockholders will divide them. Boston
Transcript.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
EVER BLOOMING ROSES.


Every lover; OF flowers likes to have
something dainty and choice to give a
friend, now and then, to place among
his or her floral treasures. Such per
sons ought, by all means, to have bed
of ever-blooming roses, in which general
title are included the tea, bourbon,
noisette and Chinese sections of this
most popular~of all flowers. For rich
ness of color, deicacy of form, fragrance
and general beauty, nothing exceeds a
fine rose. The list of desirable roses for
summer blooming is so extensive that it
would be impossible to name them all in
the limits of this article, but a few of
the best are: Meteor, dark scarlet; sun
set, apricot and fawn; perle des jardins,
clear yellow; niphetos, white-used al
most wholly for its buds; hermosa, pink
10 france, si)very rose, and cornella
cook, cream white. These will give fine
colors, and perfect flowers and buds.
with the perfection of fragrance, and
they are all free and constant blooners
if given proper culture.
In order to secure flowers in quantity
throughout the season. the soil must be
made very rich, to begin with. Spade
up we'll, and work in a liberal quantity
of old, thoroughly rotted COW manure.
Spade up your bed about May LIST, but
do not plant yourroses before the middle
of the month. Nothing is gained at the
north by very early planting. Set the
plants about a foot and half apart.
Take particular care to make the soil firm
about the roots when the plants are put
out. Many fai! with roses because they
plant them loosely. Cut the plants back
to within six inches, or less, of the
roots, if you happen to get large plants.
Most of those sent out will be less than
six inches high, and will mead no cutting
back.
Growth will soon begin. Each new
shoot will be likely to bear flowers. As
soon as these have developed, and faded,
cut back the shoot bearing then to
within few inches of the roots, or
main branch If the soil is rich new
growth will be encouraged promptly,
and as the plants, by this time, will have
become pretty we'll cstab;shed, several
new shoots will be likely to start.
These will bear flowers, and should be
cut back, like the first one, after bloom
ing. 10 having rich soil, which en-
courages constant growth, and in per-
sistent cutting back, lies the secret of
success in growing ever-blooming roses.
By giving them proper care and atten-
ton, flowers can be had until the COM
ing of cold weather. If you have bed
of these beautiful flowers this season,
you will never willingly be without them
again. For cutting for table use, for
the button hole, and the corsage, they
are more desirable than any other
flowers. They are grown in such enor-
nous quantities by dealers that good
collection can be had for small amount
of money,-American Agricuturist.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
military Men OF tictinn.

Armies in fiction are much moro
interesting and consistent than they
are in reality, the Listener thinks.
In the first place, officers Of the same
grade always have the same general
characteristics, so that one can see at
glance the part they are destined
to play in drama or story. Here,
for instance, is your general Of fiction.
He is always very grand; hasn't very
much to say, and generally wears
mustache and white sidc-whiSkerS.
He is not, however, so strongly indi-
yidualizcd as your colonel. A colonel
in a stOry-is always very tall,
spare, elderly, and generally stiff in
the knee joints Sometimes he is i'll
natured, but is capable Of great mag
nanimity and generosity. Always
bestOws his blessing en- young people
at the right place-and is frequent
~ imposed upon by them. He inva-
riably has resources outside Of his
pay, and is never disslpated. Your
major of fiction, on the other hand
there are no lieutenant colonies in
=
way. He is much given to the flow
ing bowl and always has a tlorid
COuntcnancc as a result. He is short
Of stature, and given to strutting. Ia
terrible talker brags a good deal
and says "Egad.' on all occasions
He fights, but in comic way; he
sneerS at civilians, and is always in
need Of money. Captains are Of two
sorts, in novels. One sort is the
somewhat elderly captain, who does
not get on very well in the service.
He is always bluff, generally good
looking and frequently dissatisfied
with things. He is Of medium stat
urc. The other kind Of captain is
dashing young fellow, a sort Of glori
fed lieutenant. The rank Of lieu
tenant is the most important in t1c-
ton. Economically, heroically, the
lieutenant Outranks the field mar
shall. In point Of physical beauty he
SURPRISES all the rest of the army. In
battle, the duty Of "leading charges
falls upon him in a special way. He
is generally poor. but always wears
good clothes, Of course. In horse
manship and magnanimity he excels
all other grades in the service. Won
en- seldom fall in love with any officer
but a lieutenant, though the ma jor is
the prey of designing widows. As
for the commissioned officers.
there are great differences between
Sergeants and COrpOrals Sergeants
are Unidentified and solemn and cor
porals efficient and witty Armies
could not get along at all without
cOrpOrals. One gets the impression
that they rather run things, and that
commissioned officers are merely for
social purposes and for leading
charges. Thus the army in novel
and drama-a pretty picture on the
whole.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
August
Flower

Cone of my reighbors, !.r. John
Gilbert, has been sick for 4 long
time. All thought him pactrccovcry.
He was horribly enacia5ed f7o1i, the
inaction Of his liver and kidneys.
1t is difficult to describe lis appear.
ance and the miserable SIT. q his
health at that time Help from any
source seemed impossible. lie tiled
your August Flower and TIC effect
upon him was magical. Itrc5to-ed
him to perfect health to tic great
establishment of his family and
friends John Quibell, Holt, Ont. .
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
The ALPACA and the Llama

There is annually imported into Brit
ain 100000 pounds of alpaca and
llama wool. 1t is proposed to introduce
these unique animals into the English
colony of South Africa, where suitable
conditions may be selected for them
Large focks are grazed on the Ande,
Mountains, where centuries ago the In.
dams found them a source of wealth as
beast of burden, source of only sup.
ply for blankets, ponchas, and cloaks.
They were sacred animal and offered
in sacrifice to their gods. Their flesh is
good for food. The hair is now used for
coarse textiles. Farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
rs fiUng IN the face

rs .fy5ng ~ the face
Of Nature TO to kc the ordinary pill
Just consider how it acts. There's
too much bulk and hustle, and not
enough real good. And think how
it leaves You when it's all over
DR.. Pierco's Pleasant Pellets acs
naturally. They help Nature to DO
her own work. They cleanse and
rcnovatc, mildly but thoroughly, the
whole system. H"gnHafe it, too.
The help that they give, lasts.
They're r'r"Iy vegetable, pcrs
fcctly harmless, the smallest, easiest,
and best to take. Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, In
digestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
arrangements of the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels arc promptly relieved
and permanently cured One tiny,
sugar coated Pellet for a gentle
laxative - three for q cathartlc.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good you
get.
This is trae only Of Dr.. pierce's
medicines.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
GRADUATING DRESSES.

Graduates were allowed this year to
have more latitude in dress material than
in previous years. Instead of the dead
white, which has always been the proper
graduates dress, there may be worn
gowns of pale pink, pale blue or any of
the wonderful new shades which are so
beautiful and SO becoming. Delicately
lowered silks, fine challies and sprigged
muslins were likewise in high favor for
graduating costumes. New York Corn
merclal Advertiser
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
To Cleanse the system

Effectualy vet gently, when cOstive Or bill.
to permanently cure habtual copstipa'i on.
to awaken the kidneys an liver to a he by
activity, without irritating weak enins
them, to dispel headaches, cold or fevers use
Syrup of tigs
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

At Gotta, in Saxony, persons who
did not pay their taxes last year are
published in list which hangs up in
all the restaurants and saloons of the
city. Those that are on the list can
get neither meat nor drink at these
places under penalty Of loss Of license
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
The Only One Ever Printed.

These Is o 3 inch display advertisement IN
this paper. this week, which has no two words
shke except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing each week. from The
Or. Harter Medicine co. This house places .
Crescent' on everyt hing they make and pub
Itsh. Look fOrit. send them the name of the
word and they will return you BOOK, EKAUTI-
EUL LITHOGRAPRs or SAMPLES FRRk.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

It is said that Rev. Dr. Conwell, Of Phil
adelphia, had a law practice yielding a rev
enue of $50, coo year before he entered the
ministry.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

MALARIA cured and eradcated from the
system by Browns Iron Bittrr', which en-
richie, he blood, tones the nerves, alds dlCes-
ton. Acts like /. charm on persons IN general
Ill health, giving new energy and strength.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

RRowN's Iron Ritters cures Dyspepsia, Ma
lara. BiliOusness and Genera Delhi 1ty. 'IlNes
Strength, lids Digestion. tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers. weak women aud children.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

VIM. Spragre Smith. Providence. r. L.,
writes: 81 find Bradycrotine always cures
headache All druggists, fifty cents.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

Herbert S, enCer was rendered a nomlna
ton for alderman III London, but he de
clined it,
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

Senator Ransom, Of South Carolina, is sup
posed to be the best dressed and most polished
man in the senate.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

Queen Eirtoria has made the khellve OF
of Egypt knight of the Order of Bath.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

BEECHAM's PILLS are painless and effectual
remedy for all bilious disorders. p cents a
box. For sale by all druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

Colonel Seadman, who has just been
made commander of the Grand Army, de
partm ent of Iowa, is only forty three years
old
St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30

lfaffiiCted with sore eyes use DR.. IsHacThOmp-
sons Eve water. Druggists sell at &c a bottle.