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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
THE HOG Nv THE SOUTH

THE HOG nv THE SOUTH.
= The following excellent piece of
advice is taken from the Cincinnat ii
Tribune.
"The devotion of Southern far
mers to the one crop idea has been
shaken little the past year under
the advice of farm journals and AL
lance eaders. The habit of gene
rations has been to center every
thing on cotton. Necessary farm
supplies are bought in the North,
the cost of long transportation be-
ing added to the proper piece. Ba-
con and pork are shipped from Iowa
and Illinois to Alabama and Missis-
sippi, and hay from Indiana and
Ohio. Even corn is imported into
districts where local conditions are
peculiarly favorable for corn rails
ing. The very low price of cotton
which has prevailed favorable until
recently has shaken the system of
credits under which these supplies
have been purchased by mortgag-
ing future crops at enormous rates
of interest. The farmers have been
forced in consequence. into raising
their own supplies to some extent.
The result is the discovery that
cheaper cotton can be made with
home-raised supplies than with the
products of Northern farms i'm
ported at heavy cost. 1t is hoped
that the lesson will be needed in
next years planting. A reduction
of the area of each farm devoted to
cotton and an increase of that de-
voted to corn, hay, hogs and other
diversified farm products will tend
to increase the market price of the
cotton staple, while, at the same time
the cost of raising it is reduced. If
our Southern friends wish to get out
Of the clutches of the money sharks,
let them raise hogs,."
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
LEGZSLA u0N NEEDED.

The press of the State have been
agitating questions of reform that
should engage the attention of the
menlbers of the general assembly at
their next sitting.
First of all, railroad commission
should be provided. This is pres
sing need, especially to the people of
this section, who are at the COM
plete mercy, and have felt the op-
pressive hand of the most audacious
and soulless monopoly in the State.
The legislature should, also, pass a
law prohibiting members of that
body from accepting free passes
from the railroads. 1t should pass
a law against miscegenation. The
revision of the criminal laws is an
other matter of much importance.
1t should abolish the expensive court
of appeals, which is simply haven
for a few old political hacks. 1t
should prohibit the debasing and
degrading prize fighting. 1t sh ould
abolish the present inhuman con-
vict lease system. 1t should make
the carrying of concealed weapons
felony punishable by imprison-
ment at hard labor, and adopt the
most stringent measures for its en-
forcement. There is other legisla-
ton needed. but sh ould the legisla-
ture only adopt measures covering
the subjects we have enumerated,
they will have done good and faith
full work.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

A German journal states that in
the year 1889 the quantity of cotton
II, 4oo, 900 bales, whilst in 1870 it
reached only 6,2oo, 900 bales.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

If every community had the pow
er to levy on its own inhabitants a
special school tax we would see
schools nine months in the year in
every settlement, and in the course
of five years SO great would be the
change that one would think a revo-
luton in learning had passed over
the land.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

Now that the liquor business of
South Carolina has been turned
over to the State and the State is
allowed to make a profit of 50 per
cent. on sales, the Governor of
North Carolina is likely to find the
wait between drinks longer than
eyer
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

A practical joker, with tin can
and string, caused an excited can
ME to run amuck in a crowed Ken
lucky town court room. Judge, ju-
~, lawyers, witnesses, spectators,
and dog participated In wild SIAM
pedc in which the only clearly dis
tinguishable thing was the cry 'tmad
dog"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

A heavy snow storm in Iowa, a
destructive cyclone in parts OF
Louisiana, and beautiful weather in
Lafayette, all within 90 hours, in
dictate variety of weather that is
not often seen.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

Don't forget pretty soon to drop
a lump of gum camphor inside your
piano if you would ward off moths.
If you have never seen the inside of
your piano you had best inVestigate
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

Judge Chrisman and District At
torney Hudson, both of Brookhav-
en-, Miss, have made a reputation,
for courage, in saving the court
house of that town from the attack
of mob, that is apPlauded over
the entire country
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

At Stockholm, Sweden, the long
est day is 1871 hours; at Spitzber-
gen it is 81 months.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
BOSTON,.
Standard anv Ree,sterd,

Boston was sired by Baden-Baden, he by
Equity. Baden-Baden the sire of Boston is
a Kentucky derby winner. Boston will stand
the present season at lie Teche farm of Or,
H. P, Guilbeau & Son, at Breaux Bridge, at
SIS Cash for the season. with return privi-
lege.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

In China there is profession for
ladies, who go from house to house
of rich people announcing their
coming by beating drum and offer
Ing their services to amuse the ladies
of the house, which, if accepted,
they sit down and relate the latest
scandals and on dts, and are re-
warded In proportion to the saltiness
of the gosips related.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

{ The teacher who bears in mind
that the true meaning of educate on
is to lead out, not to pour in, is
alone successful.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

An artesian we'll 1910 feet has
been bored in Galveston. with out
reaching water or penetrating rock.
The work cost the city SIS, 700.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
FOR SALE.
Valuable Town Lots.

Lots Nos. 81, 1876 and 2IS, situated in
the Mills addition, measuring 1ooxI4o feet
also improved property on Main street OPP
posite J. E. Martins place. Terms reason
able For further particulars apply to
THE GAZETTE.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

How women do love weddingi
1t doesn't matter much whose. Who
can explain the why and the
wherefore :?
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

Up in Chattanooga the school
board has decided that after this
year no married woman need apply
fol-, position as teacher. Evidently
the Chattanooga commissioners
have no sympathy with the modern
custom of wives supporting their
husbands.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

The progress of our town depend
on the efforts of her own people.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

Good grammar in writing is good
as far as it goes; but it can never
take the place of good common
sense.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
THE GO EERNOR and TIE
PRESIDENTS.

New York Sun.
Gov. Pennoyer, of Oregon, is
Justly criticized for the tone of his
telegraghic reply to Mr.. Cleveland's
message of May 3. The President
through Mr.. Gresham, earnestly
hoped" that the Governor would
look sharp after the execution of
the laws OF Oregon in SO far as they
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY,

N. x00COgf0phy 10 wonderful art. 1ncr0d.
!n 3 az e may seem, tits now possible by the
OF q bird In 1t6 night. q horse at itS svVifteS1
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
Journal of Education.
Boston. Mass.

- published weekly at $2 year. or $I.as for 6
months Many OF the ablest educators in the coun-
large amount Of every day, practical matter Tor
teachers Of all grades Its departments every
branch of educational work.
. A four page supplement to the Journal is pub
form Examination Questions and Answers
TRIAL TRIPF,H7 Fer IS Gents. stamps taken. we
months postpaid. Sample copy freee.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
Have you seen a copy OF ,he
ROCKY MOUNTAIN nEws7

The weekly News is the SILVER EDUCATOR of the
world: Every number ~iil contain information on
the silver This is the vital question the
age to the farmer. the manuf.eeursI. the stock
serest to the family vcll-seleced nisceany. illus
trated articles. and many other features. Send s
The News, Denver. Col.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13
PROD/G/OUS.

The Worlds Fair is opened-the
opening, according to all reports,
was prodigious, like the Fair, but
the spectacle abounded in rawness
and ragged edges. The President,
on May I, by pressing the button
set mass of machinery in motion,
and formally announced that the
Fair was opened, but this was a
Formally pure and simple, since there
is no complete Fair, as yet, and
it is doubtful, SO reports assert, if
there will be before June. There
are many unfinished buildings, the
promise of really great EXP osition
but as the Boston Traveller notes,
but as yet promise unfulilled.
The Fair is certain to be sue
cess, but what it wants is time.
During the middle of June every
thing will have been completed, and
would be best time to visit the Fair.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-13

Turning of Banisters, Scroll Banisters,
Fancy and Plain Mantcls, Fancy Glass
Doors of all kinds, Brackets, ETC., etc.
Lafayette, La.
The herald., 1893-05-09
A Queer nuslness j IN China.

In China baldheaded man of almost
any age can within the space of 48 hours
be transformed into blooming youth,
as far as the hair is concerned; or a
beardless youth of IS can be made to
look like 60 within the same length of
time by having planted upon his face a
genuine gray beard four feet long; or an
old maid without eyebrowscan be trans
formed into girl of sweet 10 by being
fitted out with.a beautiful pair of brand
new eyebrowssor eyelashes.of any color.
1t is not a very scostfy'eperation in any
case, althonghitis a little painful, but
then as it is only temporary, what mat
ter does it maketo have beauty restored
to you if you do have to suffer little
pain for only "a hours or even as hours.
Without it yon may have to be poor and
homely all your life.-Wong Chin Foo
in st. Louis POST Dispatch.
The herald., 1893-05-09
Government Printing.

Some prodigiously; large volumes have
been printed at the government print
ing Office in wonderfully short time.
For instances the Revised Statutes, which
constitute volume of 1,o9e closely
printed pages, were set up, proof read
three times, printed and delivered in
bound form to the house of representa-
tives between o'clock, p. M, on a
Wednesday and 12 O'Clock, noon. ON the
following Saturday--an interval of only
67 hours. Perhaps the greatest work of
printing ever undertaken anywhere was
the publication of 10000 copies of the
records of the war of the rebellion in 1870
royal octave volumes of 800 pages, each,
at a total cost of 81, ,26o, 600 for printing
and binding.
This single publication viii require
over $4,000 printers realns Of white pa
per to print it, and the composition will
probably exceed 100000, ,000, 900 ems.
There will be when the work is finished
not less than 200, 900 actual books Of
800 pages each. These figures dwarf
those of the largest encyclopedia ever
published in any country or in any Ian
guage.-W Washingtun Star.
The herald., 1893-05-09
outpost Duty In the Russian Army.

In the German army every soldier is
taught to act intelIigently on outpost
service and in scouting operations, and
this is not too mnch to require in coun-
try where every soldier reads and writes
and can readily understand map and
compass. In Russia, however, where
nine-tenths of the people cannot read or
write and have lost the faculty Of think
ing consecutively, the army cannot teach
the soldier much more than to move as
with amachine. In order to have aforce
of good men for picket work and ad-
vance skirpishing they have adopted
this plan:
Each company sends four of its most
Intelligent men to o select body called
the scouting corps, and as the Russian
regiment has four battalons, with four
companies. each, that gives q regimental
scout force of 64 This service Is very
popular, for it is full of variety, and
though the hardship is great Che food is
good, for hunting and fishing are in the
programme. The men are practiced in
every kind of woodcraft and are expect
ed to develop as much ingenuity and
self reliance as an Indian scout in our
service. They must sail, row, swim,
climb, find their way by map and COM
pass, slip through the enemys lines,
procure every variety of information
and escape capture at all hazards
Poultney Bigelow in Harper's.
The herald., 1893-05-09
THE MISSING LINK.
Professor visc1aDw krys Tlisxt 1t Ia ms Re-
mote from discovery as Ever.


Professor virclsow fsrys Tilszt 1t Is ns Re-
mote FROM discovery as Ever.
We know that man existed in the
quaternary epoch, that he lived through
long ages miserable and depressed, while
stone, wood, horn ana bone constituted
the material of his arms and of his few
Instruments. We,a arc convinced that
long interval separated the age Of stone
from the age of metals and that only in
particular places was the use Of stone
Immediately replaced by that Of metals.
These are the3data which now malepart
of the general knowledge acquired by
civilized nations since the foundation of
the congress, but further stutfies respect
ingth origin and the regions whence
thedifferent branches of civilization have
sprung haveadvnnced. relatively butvery
little. We sesk In vain for the missing
link" connecting man with the monkey
or any other animal species.
There exists definite barrier separat-
ing man from the animal which has not
yet been effaced--heredity which trans
mits to children the faculties of their
parents. We have never seen o monkey
bring man into the world, nor anan
produce o monkey. All men having a
si1nian appearance are simply patholog
ical variants. 1t was generally believed
a few years ago that there yet existed
few human races which still remained
in the primitive inferior condition Of
their organization. But all these races
have been objects of minute investiga-
ton, and we know that they have an or
ganization like ours, often indeed supe-
rior to that of supposed higher races,
Thus the Eskimo head and the head Of
the Terra del Fuegians belong to the
perfected types.
Some races have the same skulls very
small, Of about the same volume as the
microcephalous skulls. For example, the
inhabitants of the Andaman islands and
the Veddahs of Ceylon have been re-
garded rs microcephalic. A moro exact
study has, however, shown difference
between them and the real microcephalic
races. The hoad ofsan Andaman islander
or Of Veddah is very regular, only all
its parts are little smaller than among
men of tho ordinary races. Nanicephalic
heads dwarf, as | call them, have none
of those characteristic anomalies that
distinguish really microcephalic heads
A single race, that Of the Orang- -Sima-
inrs and the Orang- -Cekai of the peninsula
of Malacca, still remains unstudied. The
single traveller who has penetrated into
the mountainous country Inhabited by
them, the bold Russian Miklukho Mal1lai
has ascertained that certain isolated in
dividuals among SSirnaings are. small and
have curled hair. A new expedition has
been sent into that country TO study the
anthropology of the Orang-C Cekai, from
which have received askrlll and a.feN
locks of hair. Thostoclris really hlael
race with curly hair. the brachycepha
lous head Of which iss1istinguished By
very moderate interior volume, but i
does not offer tho most trihing sign ot
bestial development.
Thus we are repulsed at,ezeryline O
the assault upon the human question
] Al the researches sundeEtaken with thi
The herald., 1893-05-09
The Population osthe Moon,

There is plenty of authority for be-
heving that there is a man in the moon;
in fact, thareis authority for believing
that there are women and other animals
there. Dante declares that Cain was
banished to the moon, and that he can
be seen there at any time. Chaucer de-
clares that the man in the moon was
guilty of larceny, and that he carries a
thornbush. Shakespeare loads him with
thorns and gives him dog. Accord
ing to the general version, he was ban
ished there for gathering sticks on Sun
day, and the Germans have amplifed
this theory by giving him woman who
had been caught churning butter on
Sunday.-New York Telegram.
The herald., 1893-05-09
Valuable Insects.

Perhaps there are few substances con-
tributed by animals to the materia med
lea of greater value or more extensively
beneficial than certain species of insects.
OF these there are none more highly es-
teemed for medical purposes than those
beautiful, shining, green colored insects
known as blistering beetles, or cantha-
rides. Their corrosive action is so great
that they frequently infame and excori-
ate the hands of those who collect them,
and on this property their chief medici-
nal virtue depends.
They are generally used in the form of
plasters or ointment, and in cases of vio-
lent visceral inflammation their exter-
nal use can scarcely be supplied by any
other medicine. Toms Of these insects
are yearly imported, principally from
southern Europe Tit-Bits.
The herald., 1893-05-09
Over the Telephone.

He--Hullo.
She-Hullo.
He-Is that you, Miss Barker1
She-Yes I'm me. Who is this1
He-Shall you be at home this even
ingP
She-That depends on who you are.
Who are you?
He-Don't you recognize my voice2
She-I don't know. It sounds like
Charlie Higgins voice. Areyou Charlie
Higgins2
He-No. I'm not Charlie Higgins. I
am Mr.. Browne.
She-Jimmy Browne?
He-No. George.
She-Yes, I'm home. Are you coming
aroundp
He-I don't know. Shall I?
She-Oh, don't care. Very glad to
see you if you come.
He-Then I'll be there about 8.
She-All right. Come early.
-Yes-ef--do you think you'd care
to go to the theater with my mother
and he2
She-I don't know.
-Well--if you'll say you'll go, I'll
stop on the way up and getthe tickets.
She--Well--I--I can't say, Mr..
Browne. don't think II don't think
l can, but -h1llo--say, George, you
might get thetickets anyway.-Harper s
Bazaar.
The herald., 1893-05-09
a WONDERFJIh FORCE
AN UNKNOWN POWER THAT MAY
REvoLuTlONlzE OUR IDEAS.

Ody1ic Force--Itz Relation to 5Tnzmarism,
Magnetism and Hyrnotism.--An Entiina-
tion of What xhis Force May Mean In
Surgical Operations.
In tho history Of civilization frequol
a1lusion Is made to an occult and wci.yl
force, seemingly possessed by q few
people of unusual temperamenGal devel-
cpment, called odylic force. This force
was first systematically studied and
taught as well as exhibited by DR.. Mes-
mer a Suabian, in 1773. AT laterdate
Baird Of England took up the subject,
and after long and patient study made
still further advance in its application to
benefcent purposee, and DIR. Carpenter
Of London followed up the study Of what
had already been named as hypnotism
and made it to some extent useful in the
cure of disease.
Like electricity, tho mesmeric, mag
netic, hypnotic or odylic force is still a
great mystery. Nobody knows its true
origin or its essential character. They
are both occult and known only by thoir
phenomena. While electricity is being
daily harnessed to the car of civilization
and progress and compelled to serve
mankind in q multitude Of ways, mag
petism or mesmerism has como Il O.
slowly into tho service Of man,
The odylic force is vastly more
and elusive than the electric, and
fore yields far moro tardy respop
the question of science: "What art
Whence comest thouY" On accor
its great power for evil as well as
many governments have forbidden
practice and PRONUNCIATION, not
those Of France Rnd Germany. 1t
always been discountonanced by tae
church as a species, OF herosy and witc
craft, and until about so years ago it w
practically under ban everywhere.
Since tho inductive method has be
adopted for finding out natures mos.
sacred secrets, she has begun to whisper
her occult mysteries into the souls of her
most inquisitive children, ana wo como
to know more aud more of her fine sor-
ceries. For the most part this fine force
has been devoted TO the grotesque. and
through its influence men and wornc
have been madeguYs and merry andre,
instead Of loving devotees and faith
seryitors.
Yet many thoughtful men see in
strange force a subtitle power for
and are betakiHg themselves to it's stl
with devotion and purpose that see
surely bound to divorce nesmerisrn frol
monkeyisn and harness ono moreof IT,
fine forces Of nature to the triunlpha
car Of science. Jugglery and jingoisn
fasten themselves upon two many unde
veloped RESOURCES Of the raoe and hsvet (;
be shaken off sometimes with tho energy
that piled the pillars Of tho temple upoI
the devoted head of Samson and his per
secutors. But that energy is now active
iy at work clearing the hypnotic field o
the phihstines. that have infested.it.
The herald., 1893-05-09
Where Asbestus La Found.

Asbestus, which has come to be largely
utilized by electrical engineers, is one of
the most interesting substances employed
in the arts. Many new beds of this ma
terial are being discovered, but except
from the Canadian and Italian beds the
specimens secured are practically useless
for manufacture. Large quantities of
floss and powder asbestus are obtained
from the district of the Susa valley,
Riedmont, and in the second district,
about 30 miles long, in the Aosta valley,
the deposits are said to be practically in
exhaustible. A third district, which is
still more important, centers at Valtel-
lima, the route to which passes Milan and
Como to Colico. The Canadian deposits
are in the Black Lake district, between
Quebec and Sherbrooke.-New York
Telegram.
The herald., 1893-05-09
Aunitl 1annIanations.

One bit of wisdom may be condensed
into a pithy sentence. Avoid explana-
tons In some families nothing is taken
for granted. Every action, every deci-
sion. every newdepaEture, every accept
ance or rejection of an invitation must
beendlessly taIioedsmd fussed over, ex-
planned and re4explai1ied In tllataway
lie all sorsssof ea1sznbfing blocks. AS a
rule. beyond. your pfzrea1ts' or your ahus-
hand tsmresis 11oaosty -whosha the right
10. de1na11d of yun explanjstiuns rat each
step.of your onzuard pafh. Doss; give
them. Establish asEeputation for1zeep-
irtr~vsrur counsel It willserpe you
well ia. .1nsa.ysa crisis and, ,benao end OF q
sc,,rIxfn -Izxnzpezas lBskzat..