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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
A Oueer Relic.

Some wears since Lieutenant Peary, who
is now somewhere in the frozen north ; in
search of that unattainable, and it would
seem to the unscienti6c that equally uL-
desirable object, the North Pole, had
charge of certain Government works at
Key West. While the work was in pro-
gress he noticed on the bottom of the
barbor, near where a breakwater was be-
ing built, something that shone through
the water. He enquired what it was, but
he was able to get no response more salts
factory than the assurance that it had al
wavs been there. The boatmen of the
neighborhood had seen it there in their
childhood, and had in turn been assured
by their fathers that it had been there
all their time.
Although the inhabitants of that sub.
tropical cline might be content to live and
die with an unsolved mystery at their
very doors, 1t will easily be understood
that the temper of Lieutenant Peary was
different. He sent divers down to in
vestigate and after much difficulty sue
ceeded sn bringing to light small cop
per cannon of the 18th century. He was
able to satisfy all the claims of the Gov
eminent to the piece for the price OF old
copper, and the interesting relic became
his own. It was at that time his inten-
ton to build summer residence at Harps'
weall, on small island which he pur'
chased there, and he intended the cannon
as an ornament for the lawn. Whether
this plan ever was or ever will be carried
out is not Standardization Courier.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
Uses of the BAMBOO.

1t is hoped by the Department Of
Agriculture that the bamboo may yet
be cultivated in this country as it is
In China, where it supplies large
part Of the wants Of, the peoDle, be-
ing applied to more than five hundred
different purposes. In the Flowery
Kingdom it takes the place of both
iron and steel. The farmer builds
his house and fences out OF 1t, his
farming utensils as well as his house.
hold furniture are manufactured
from it, while the tender shoots
furnish him with most delicious
vegetable for his table.
The roots are carved into fantastic
images, shaped into divining blocks
to guess the will of the gods. or cut
into lantern handles and canes. The
tapering culms are used for the props
Of houses, the framework Of awnings,
the ribs of sails and shafts of rakes,
for fences and every sort of frames,
coops, and cages, and the handles and
ribs Of umbrellas and fans. The
leaves are sewed into raincoats and
thatches. The shayings and curled
threads furnish materials for stutfing
pillows, while parts supply the bed
Tor sleeping, the chopsticks for eat
Ing, the pipe for smoking, the broom
for sweeping, the mattress to lie
upon, the chair to sit upon, the table
to eat on, the food to eat, and the
fuel to cook it with, etc, etc. In
fact, its uses are almost without num-
har
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

With rotation comes knowledge Of
how to produce other crops, and hence
mixed farming is practiced by the best
farmers.
A small, thrifty tree, with good roots
when set out, will be good bearing
tree sooner than large one with mutt
lated roots.
1t is rarely profitable to feed grain to
yearling steers on good pasture when
they are not to be marketed until an
other season.
Winter prices for the products of the
dairy and poultry-yard have been such
as to encourage everybody who can do
SO to increase the supply.
After calf raised by feeding is a
month old it will commence eating
clover hay, and can always be fed hay
and bran to an advantage.
If good care has been taken in breed
ing and feeding, from twenty-four to
thirty months is the most profitable age
at which cattle should be marketed.
Skim-mllk is capital to feed the Calls,
colts and pigs-s great aid TO digestion.
With an abundance of grain it pro-
notes rapid growth and development.
One advantage in feeding a calf is
that it becomes so accustomed to han
ding that when the first calf comes she is
usually much less trouble to learn to
milk.
Calves raised on skim milk with some
bran, meal and hay, after they are large
enough to eat it, make very satlsfac
tory growth and prove good beef ami
mails.
When calves are fed literally when
young, they will make large, thrifty cat
tie with plenty of room in their stom-
achs for food and healthy organs Of
daaaatAeR.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
RAISING PEKIN DUCKS.

The Pekin duck is comparatively new
variety in this country, as the first speci-
mems were landed in New York in 1873,
after voyage of 124 days from Shanghai,
China. They are, however, as hardy and
prolific as any of the domesticated ducks,
and their bodies are so large and heavy
and wings so short that they ara readily
kept IN yards or other enclosures. This
variety of the duck can be raised where
ever other fowls succeed and with the
same care, except that they. need more
water for drink than hens. AS soon as
the ducklings are out of the shell re-
move them, with the mother, to a coop
set on fresh grass, and keep them con-
fined in small pen, say ten feet square,
until they are two or three years old.
Keep a shallow pan of water constantly
in the pen, in which the ducklings may
wade at pleasure. The water should be
changed frequently in order that it
may be kept pure. For the first
food give the yolks of hard-boiled
eggs, and if these cannot be had then
give boiled liver chopped up fine. This
food will answer for the first week, then
gradually change to scalded Indian
meal, wheaton grits, or rice. Bread
crumbs and sour milk may also be given.
AS the ducklings get older give them
more liberty, when they will get
greater variety of food, such as insects
and angle worms; also vegetables, or at
least fine grass and clover. If you do
not have pond filled with weeds, Or
good high land pasture, give CHOPPED
onions, cabbages, lettuce, and other
green and succulent vegetables. Always
have your ducks kept in yard at night,
and let this be their home, for when
they get enough to lay you will want to
gather their eggs, and as they are usu-
ally dropped early in the morning, and
almost anywhere on the ground, you
have only to look about the yard to find
them. If the ducks are allowed to roam
at will they usually seek some secure
spot for hiding their nests and eggs, and
this is why they should be placed in a
yard at night, and not let out until about
the middle of the forenoon each day
during the laying season. In feeding
the old ducks it is a good plan to scatter
the corn, oats, wheat, and other grain
given them in shallow water, and let
them pick it out as it becomes SOFT
New York Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
WThe Gnsnel of Wealth. "

Andrew Carnegie, the ''iron king"
delivered an address on the gospel of
wealth at the Church of the Divine Pa
ternity in New York City. He said:
Accumulated wealth, which by fiction
we call the property of one, has become
the slave of all, at work day and night
promoting the general welfare of the
community. Unless it is boarded in the
form of jewels or the precious metals, 1T
is impracticable to devise any mode OF
using it which will not promote the COM
mon goud. Small sums can be wasted,
but great wealth to-day, under our con-
ditions, must inevitably be kept at work
chiefly for the benefit of the masses,
whether its nominal owner desires it or
not. 1t was exactly the reverse in ancient
times, when riches were boarded for
selfish, misery ends, which aroused hos
tility to their accumulation. The oppo-
sition of the early teachers has little
bearing upon the question to-day, since
wealth is no longer primarily for the in
dividual, but for the people. The gospel
of wealth is comprised in few words.
Surplus wealth is sacred trust which its
possessor is bound to administer in his
lifetime for the good of the community
from which it was derived. The man
who dies possessed of available millions,
free and his to administer in life, dies
disgraced. Men must keep their capital
in business so long as they labor, for
capital is the tool with which they work
wonders; but, beJond that necessarily
so employed, the aim of the millionaire
should be to die poor. The use of sur
plus wealth for objects which commend
themselves to the administrator as best
calculated to promote the genuine i'm
provement of his fellows is believed to
be the highest possible solution of the
question Of wealth and poverty. Those
into whose hands surplus wealth flows
thus become the trustees and administra-
tors of the public. How, then, are the
hoarders who evade the gospel Of wealth
to be reached2 They must be let alone
during life, but after death the State
should step in and demand its share of
their hoard through graduated system
of taxation. Every fortune left by a
hoarder should contribute to the State in
proportion to its size, small amounts left
to those dependent upon the decedent
being exempt, but the scale rising by
steps until in the case of enormous for
tunes of many millions the decree should
be "one half to the privy Golfers OF the
State" This is what the laws of Venice
exacted from Shylock. Our modern
Shylocks should be made to contribute
at least as much.-New Orleans Plea
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
ENsILAGE IN STACKS.

The Scotch or English practice of
stacking hay and then subjecting it to
pressure by weights or by windlasses,
drawing together chains or ropes attached
to cross timbers under and over plank
foorings, seems to be successful there,
but it is not adapted to this country
with its variable climate and extremes of
temperature. Experiments made in this
State and Massachusetts showed much
loss in spoiled ensllage-in one case
nearly two-thirds of the stack; and this
wastage, even if much less, will doubt
less offset the cost of good silo.-Coun-
try Gentleman.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
WORDS or WISDOM.

He is we'll paid that is we'll salts
fed.
What makes life dreary is the want
of motive.
We cannot digest adversely if we do
not relish it.
Small things cease to be small, when
their effects are mighty.
Art is noble, but the sanctity of the
human soul is nobler yet.
No nation can ever be destroyed while
it possesses a good home life.
What makes old age so sad is, not
that our joys, but that our hopes then
cease.
He who saves his neighbours soul, as
we'll as his own, is the person who
doubles his talent.
One cannot move in this world with
out being suspected of an attempt to slip
q dollar into his pocket.
There is spiritual loftiness which
strikes an equal balance with any fan
cied or possible discrepancy in inches.
If ones ambition is to make his con-
versation spicy aad entertaining let him
select a dainty subject and dissect his
friends.
Monuments may be builded to ex-
press the affection or pride of friends, or
to display their wealth, but they are only
valuable for the characters which they
perpetuate.
If young lady has that discretion
and modesty without which all knowl-
edge is of little worth, she will never
make an ostentatious display of it, be-
cause she will rather be intent on
acquiring more, than in displaying what
she has.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

kdther 72SEy
the offer that's made by the pro.
prletors of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem.
edy. Risky for them. For you, II
you have Catarrh, it's a certainty.
You're certain to be cured of it, or
to be paid $500 That's what they
offer, and in good faith-they cure
you, or pay you, no matter how bad
your case, or of how long standing.
Butts it so much of a risk 2
They have a medicine that cures
Catarrh, not for time, but for all
time. They've watched it for years,
curing the most hopeless cases.
They know that in your case there's
every chance of success, almost no
chance Of failure.
Wouldn't any one take such q
risk with such a medicine
The only question is-are you
willing to make the test, if the
makers are willing to take the
risk?
If so, the rest is easy. You pay
your druggist fifty cents and the
trial begins.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
The Sacred Plants of the Druids.

The Druids held many plants sacred,
as, for instance, vervain, selago, mistle.
toe, and, among trees, the oak and the
rowan. There is, think, no serious
doubt as to the identity of any of these
except the second (selago), which is
generally thought to be the club moss.
Oak mistletoe is certainly rare, and that
may have been the reason why it had
an especially sacred character, but it
docs net exist.-New York Recorder
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
A Garnet That Lived Long.

The CARPET in one room of Lewiston
church is the same that was originally
nut into the audience room twenty-six
years ago, when the chu Oh was built.
The carpet has been in constant use
ever since, and there's not hole in it
vet. 1t looks as if they didn't attend
this church very largely.-LeWiston
lMe.) Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
Where Gloves Come From.

Two little islands furnish four-tifths OF
the cloves consumed by the world. The
islands are Zanzibar and Pemba, and a
little while ago Arabs found it very prof.
liable to bring slaves from the African
lake region to the coast and smuggle
them in the night over to Pcmba to work
on the Glove plantations. These farms
were very remunerative once, but the
market has been overstocked and the
price has fallen so low that the Glove
raisers have decided to diversity their
CROPS.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
THE LiNNE1
By note and word
NV sense is stirred

By note and word
NV sense is stirred
For never clearer song was heard
Than that the linnet sings.
Lying near it,
Full [ hear it,
From the briar where it swings
s'He kist her-kist her-kist he'll
Sweet-my sweet-
Sweet sister,"
1fgrief or glee
Imperils this free
Outpouring of its soul to me,
NV voice will not betray.
silent lie
The brier by,
And hear it sing and say:
''He k1st her-kist her-kist her-
Sweet-my sweet
Sweet sister,"
Think as you will,
Or we'll or i'll,
OF what it sings in swelling still
Upon the brier there;
1t may be glad,
1t may be sad,
But, oh! the sweetest air
''He kist her-kist her-kist her
Sweet-my sweet
Sweet sister,"
To me or you
1t says not who
This right or wrongful act did do
wonder if it could.
only hear
Its notes so clear
Go ringing through the wood:
HE kist her-kist her-kist her
Sweet-my sweet
Sweet sister"
Henry T. Stanton in the Century.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
A Garnet That Lived Long.

The carpet in one room of Lewiston
church is the same that was originally
put into the audience room twenty-six
years ago, when the church was built.
The carpet has been in constant use
ever since, and there's not hole in it
vet. It looks as if they didn't attend
this church very largely.-Lewiston
0&e.l Journal
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, -

STATE OF UHlO, IITY OF TOLEDO, { a,
LUCAS COUNTY, 70"
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner Of the firm of F. j. Cheney d
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of SlOG 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 my
presence, this 9th day of December, A D.. 1856.
49,, 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 test imonialS free.
F. j. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, 0.
s Sold BY Druggists T5c
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
Sanitary Walls and Ceilings.

Q. Does the Bible have anything to say
regarding sanitary WALSH
A. Read Leviticus, 1ith Chapter, 3S-n
verses.
0. What do modern sanltarlans say.
A. That wall paper and glue kalsomines
are directly responsible for much of the SICK.
ness, ignorantiy attributed TO other causes.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean, In an article
on papering walls under the caption
of ''Nssty Practice" has this to say.
sour Health Officer, DR.. DsWolte, says tho
free passage of air through walls of living
rooms is an important element i'll proper
ventilation. Tho practice of repapering
rooms by layer upon layer OF wall paper,
made adhesive by glue or paste, which adds
q accompanying material to the nasty prac-
tice, can rrcrs7e nothing but condemnation
from the sAn;tSrian. The perfect wall for
domestic hs ri.4tion is OF material which re-
sists decomposition in every form, and which
permits ths FREQ passage Of air. 1t seems to
me that Alabastine is admirably adapted for
the purpose"
The Doctor agrees with the Inter- Ocean,
that special law should be passed to pre-
vent the practic, of pasting repeated layers
of paper on the walls.
Write the Alabastine Co., Grand Rapids,
Mich. :, for supplement- from the report OF
the Michigan State Board of Health, entitled
s'Sanitary Walls and Ceilings"
Remember ths name. Alabastine, made
from alabaster rock.
A syndicate is going to cultivate tobacco
On a large scale in the Congo Free State,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

MANY persons are broken down from over
work or household ceres. Browns Iron Bit
moves excess Of bie and cnres n1aIaria 4
Splendid tonic for women and children.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
The Only One Ever Printed.

OAN fUu FIND THE WORD?
These Is a inch display advert isement in
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing each week. from The
" Harter Medicine Co This house p aces a
fish. Look for it, send them the name of the
word and they will return you BOOK, BxAUTI-
full LITHOGRAPHs or SAMPLES FIRE
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

Mr.. c. D. Payne, publisher of the Union
Signal, Chicago, ILL.,. writes: II never saw
anything that would cure headache like your
Bradycrotine." All druggists, fifty cents.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

For strengthening and clearing the voice
use BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHES. u
have commended them to friends who were
public speakers, and they have proved ex-
tremeIy serviceable. "-Reu. Henry Ward
RopfIp1.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

FITS stopped free by DR.. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER No Fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial
bottle free DIR. Kline N' Arch St.. Phila,. Pa.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

Eight thousand unknown dead were buried
in the Potter's Field of New York city last
year.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

LADIES needing a tonic. or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Bltters. 1t is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion, BliOHsness and Liver Conn
plants, makes the Blood rich and pure
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

Senator Stanford, of California. has re-
fused an offer of $4,000 for the stallion
Advertiser
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

The coal agents of New York have adj
vanced the price Of chestnut coal twenty-five
cents ton.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

Guiteau, President Garfield's assassin, is
declared to have been drunk when he was
executed.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

BEECBAM's PILLS are not a new remedy.
They have been used in Europe for 81 years.
all we'll tested nd excellent.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
German
Syrup

must say word as to the ef-
fcacy of German Syrup. I have
used it in my family for Bronchitis,
the result of Colds, with most ex-
cel1ent success. have taken it my
self for Throat Troubles, and have
derived good results theretrom. 1
therefore recommend it to my neigh
bors as an excellent remedy in such
cases. James 7. Durette, Earlys-
vile, Va. Beware of dealers who
offer you something just as good"
Always insist on having Boschee's
German Syrup. y
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

Hoods Pills do not weaken the system like other
eatharttcs but actually tone up and give strength.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and retfeshingto the taste, and acts
gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. ANY reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
- SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. VIEW YORK, N.Y.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28

A syndicate is going to cultivate tobacco
on large scale i'll the Congo Free State,
Africa.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
Church Lands in Danger.

New Orleans, September 20.-The Times Democrat Monterey, Mexico, special says that the news that Min ister Rosaro has presented to Con- gress a measure declaring to be good the titles for land formerly belong ing to the church but now owned by private citizens, has created a great sensation among the members of the clerical party Tn that city and throughout the Republic. There is a vast amount of property still held by the church in Mexico, and under the provisions of the new law it is liable to seizure. In San Luis Po- tosi and Saltillo the clericals are holding public demonstrations against the proposed law. and every effort will be made to defeat it's passage. The enmity of the cleri- calls against Presidents Diaz's ad- ministration has been greatly in tensified bv the nronoSe mensnra
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
A GOLD WATCH AND s2O4.

That is what every agent receives who gets up club on our $1 per week. Our 14karat gold-flled cases arc war ranted for 20 years. Fine Elgin or Wal tham movement. Stem wind and set. Lady's or Cents size. Equal to any $50 watch. To secure agents where we have none, we sell one of our Hunting Case Watches for the Club Price, $2S, and send c. o. D. by express with privilege of examination before paying for same. Our agent at Durham, N. O., writes: "Our jewellers have confessed they do not know how you can furnish such work for the money"
 One good, reliable agent wanted for each place. Write for particulars.
 EMPIRE WATCH Co.,,
 AS and 50 Maiden Lane, New York.
 noY19 '91 ly