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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
Tho Ring of Spiders.

Ceylon is the home of the largest
species of spider that has yet been made
the subject of Chronological investiga-
ton. This web-spinuing monster lives
in tho most mountainous districts of
that rugged island, and places his trap
not Il Rossamer snare of airy light
ness-but a huge net Of yellow silk
from five to ten feet in diameter, across
chasms and assures in the rocks. The
supporting guys on this gigantic net,
which in oil cases is almost strong
enough for hammock, are from five to
twenty feet in length las conditions and
circumstances may requlre) made of 4
series of twisted webs, the whole being
of the diameter of lead pencil. AS
might be imagined, this gigantic sillSen
trap is not set for mosquitoes, flies and
pestifcrous gnats, but for birds, Gaudy
moths and elegantly painted butterflies,
some of the latter having n spread of
wing equal to that of a robin or a blue
jay. Some extra fine skeletons of small
birds, lizards, snakes, etc, have been
found in these webs, with every vestige
of flesh picked from them. The owner
and maker of these queer silk traps is a
spider with \ body averaging four
and a half inches in width and six
length, and with legs nine to twelve
inches from body to terminal claw.
Some are spotted, others red with
greenish gold abdomen and legs.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
The Other Dear Charn1er.

"It is really a great pity" said
Esmerelda Ccrvantcs, the harpist, who
is on terms of intimate friendship with
the different memb ers of the Spanish
royal family, that Princess Isabella,
Eulalia's eldest sister, did not como
to America instead of Eulalia. She is
one of the most admirable and accom-
plished women l ever knew Hers is
indeed a noble character. She is n
widow aud devotes herself to good
works and the arts She is a thorough
musician and is the author of some very
fine musical compositions. It would
really be difficult to fancy two people
more totally unlike than are these two
royal sisters. Neither do they look
alike, as you can see by their photo.
graphs" and Nile. Cervantes produced
two inscribed pictures, one a very good
likeness of lnfanta Eulalia and the
other representing a sweet, dignifed,
refined woman, somewhat older but
much handsomer. princess Isabella
is greatly beloved in Madrid,'' continued
Mile. Cervantes. Had she come here
she would have won golden opinions
for herself and the Spanish people.
Unlike Eulalia, she is of cquablc tenn
per and is always to be relied upon. I
am very fond of her and consider it not
only an honor but q privilege to be
numbered among her friends. Chi
ca0o Post
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30

She Etas a Power that Is Peculiarly I1cr
How delight ul it must be to be the
only daughter of rich and doting par
ents. They toll not, but they spin in
the airy intricacics of the modern dance
Will, the springy lightness of a mole
Guile of atmospheric ether We con-
slider ourselves quite witty in the
presence of modest little Fanny, who
has but two new dresses year, and to
whom a walk in the park with us is
real ecstacy. but in the presence of the
rich mans daughter we are humility
itself.
Her wit is the rarest we have ever
heard.
Her beauty is the finest we have ever
seen.
We confess to her our follies, ctu-
ated by the hope that she may first
pity. tn en- embrace. We hardly Care
to think of her as nesting in our arms.
We glance timidly at her feet, which
are much smaller than Fanny's, al
though she wears larger shoe. If
her seal-sl<in cloak brush our arm in
the lobby of the theater we thrill with
delight.
We are sure we could make her hap
py for life, if she would only marry US.
But, hang it-she won't.-Brooklyn
Life.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30

very annoying thing IN any Kitchen
will occur. The coolest water falls to
the bottom of the box always, whence
it finds its way to the stove, and, being
heated returns. entering the top OF the
tank by the other pipe. The arrows in
the cut show the motion OF the water.
Instead of extensively drilling the side
or ok of the stove, a slot is merely cut
in the stovcpipc, which is easier, and
just as effective for the entrance
of the water pipes. Galvanized pipe
is not needed in the stove, and proba-
bly, it will be necessary to get a length
coi1ed for the purpose by a plumber, as
this is a difficult job to do without spoil
ing it. If one be fortunate enough to
own n stove or range with a water
front, of course the pipes may be simply
connected with it. Two pairs of pipe
nippcrs will be required to screw on
the joints, but these can easily be bor-
rowed where the pipe is bought. After
taking measurements, the different
lengths of pipe can be cut and threaded
in short time at the same place. The
only soldering required Will be for the
tank and lining and pi pc attachment.
If key be used, strong oak one
should be selected, and the pipe screwed
into holes bored Il trifle too small and
painted. When wet the wood will
swell and make 4 tight scam about the
pipe. Galvanized pipe, connections,
elbows and faucets may be bought SO
cheap that it is shame not to have
many country houses arranged for com
fort in at least the simple manner
shown, that the time and strength OF
the cvcr-too busy farmers wife may
be saved. One Will be surprised to see
how quickly and easily the work may
be done after the arrangements are
completed, and will wonder how he
ever lived previously with small a
supply of hot water. by using Il larger
tank, water for a bathroom may he al
ways warm and ready, and be conveyed
thither by Il separate pipe.-H. Sage,
in Rural New Yorker.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
Observation-Disclosures.
The HANDY MECHANIC.

low He Can supply the Farm Kitchen
with Hot Water.
A friend of mine has not only carried
water into the kitchen in pipes, but
with his own hands has made conncc-
ton for the kitchen stove, which heats
an abundance of water for all houss-
hold purposes without lifting and with
out any danger of explosions from
steam.
A box holding to 20 gallons OF water
must be mounted near the sink ard
lined with copper or tin; or a strong
iron-bound l<eg will do. In either case
it must not have tight-ftting lid, or
an explosion of confined steam would
result. To fill the tank, a short piece
of pipe or trough is placed SO that water
will run from the cold-water faucet into
it. (See in CUT Another faucet for
the water from the tank makes the
work easier than dipping it out. The
heating is done as follows: The water
tank is higher than the kitchen stove.
pipe connected with the box at the
bottom is carried along the wall to the
back Of the stove, enters it through the
pipe above the collar, turns in several
coils just over the oven, and passes out
as it came, ending midway in the side
of the box close to the wall. With
tight joints all the way, no leakage
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
A NEW BONANZA.
Doubling the Price Of Wheat ~ Convert.
Ing 1t Into Hogs.

Ing 1t Into Hogs.
The low price Of wheat, and the tom
dency to still lower prices, seems to
present an opportune time to call the
attention of the farmers of the wheat
districts in northern Minnesota and
the Dal<otas to the high price of hogs.
At the present prices of hogs recent
experiments seem to demonstrate that
by fattcning hogs on wheat, the farmer
may realize more than 81 per bushel
for his wheat, now worth at the farm
40 to 50 cents. and which, after freight
has been paid to Minneapolis or Duluth,
is worth only about GO or 63 cents. At
present prices, the largest car load OF
wheat u,ooo bushels) in St Paul is
worth only bout 1920, while q car load
of hogs of the same weight 100000
pounds) would be worth 81, 36O
The hog natures at the age of six to
nine months. Hence if it is true that
5O-cent wheat when turned into pork
the business of raising hogs by the
wheat farmer promises large prohts
and quick returns.
Now let US see what evidence there
is upon the value of wheat for fatten-
ing hogs.
| ncnt = S been made: "a farmer in one
of the best corn and wheat counties in
central Illinois was so reluctant the
past season to sell his wheat at the pre-
vailing prices that he thought he would
convert it into pork. He was greatly
pleased at the result. He had $1,000
worth of hogs, and fattened them al
most on wheat, using a little corn. His
method was to soak the wheat in warm
water twenty-four hours before feed
ing. In cold weather he let the water
come to a boil in the kettle and then
poured in the wheat and put out the
fire. When it cooled it was soaked
enough and ready to feed, which he did
Immediately. He weighed the hogs be-
fore commencing to feed and kept
strict account of the weights of all grain
fed: also figured the corn at SIS cents
ana the fat hogs at a. cents Said he:
The wheat just brought me S1.O1 per
bushel.'''
From this statement it would seem
that wheat is worth S1.O1 per bushel to
feed when hogs are worth = cents per
pound. The present price of hogs in
St. Paul market is SO cents which. on
the above basis. would make wheat
worth sl.25 per bushel.
The writer is informed that during
the last few months twenty-four full
carloads of fat hogs have been sold at
the South st. Paul market which were
raised in northern Dakota and fattened
entirely on wheat, sometimes fed in the
manner pointed out by the Illinois
farmer and sometimes converted into
rude graham -four before feeding.
The unanimous testimony OF the ralsers
has been to the effect that by feeding 1t
they bad realized over one dollar per
busl1cl for their wheat. The quality OF
the product of such hogs is said to be
superior to the product of the corn-fed
animals. If this is true. it seems to open
up the possibility to the wheat farm
ers of introdu cing to the markets of the
world Il brand of American pork which
in time would become as famous as
Minnesota hard wheat, and, like 1T,
command the highest prices and the
best markets.
It is certainly matter worthy ct
consideration.--A. Il. Stickney.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
A GOOD RING OR NONE.
There Is Peril in Having . Poor Stone in
an Engagement Solitaire.

There Is Peril in Having . Poor Stone in
an Engagement Solitaire.
"NNhata beautiful ring:' young lady
exclaimed, admiringly, to her brother
the other day. 'You might let me
wear it! don't sec what you are car
ryins it for. You never put it on"
"WeI," the young man replied, ''you
see I'm thinking of putting it on some
one. I've noticed if you can once get
an exquisite ring on girls hand you
can usually get the girl. There's per-
sonality about ring someway that
does not cling to any other article OF
jewelry, and it has quite mysterious
power over the one that wears it,
The sister laughed maliciously.
81 think you will find there are sew
eral things about a ring apart from the
PERSONAL---VERY. it's owner that may in-
fuence the svcarer," she said; Its price,
for instance
''You do not understand at all, he
explained. suppose, for instance.
offer a diamond ring to young lady.
I have gone into Il jewelry store and
bought the biggest diamond ] could
find, and then want to give it to a young
woman who knows as clearly the DIFF
ference between a yellow diamond and
Il stee1y white one as you do between a
Worth dress and one made in Il slop
shop. 1t may not have shown SO plain
~ at night when she slipped it on. and
it looked big and bright, and she did
not care to examine it very closely;
but wait until daylight. Then, as she
turns it around on her slender finger.
she sees it's yellow col0ED it's old
fashioned setting and the feather
in it's heart, and, sensible girl
that she is, all these things set her
thinking. That old setting startles
her. She can't help wondering how
long ago George bought the ring. and
if some other maid has worn it before
it came to her. Then it's size! Every
one will notice it, and of course every
one must see it is not perfect stone.
There is that ugly flaw nesting away
down in it's heart. George had said
the ring was an emblem of his love.
She knew he meant amending and
precious, but now she wonders it there
is Il flaw, too, in his love-if time will
prove him daylight has the ring, not
half precious as he first seemed. In
the end it is very discontented and
worried girl the rings owner has to
face when he calls that night, and he
has only himself to thank if-hc gets
the ring back entirely. It's my own
opinion the youth concluded sagely,
s'that many an engagement is broken
because of so small a thing as the en-
gagen1ent ring. Chroni-
cle-Telcvra p1.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30

the empty tray for the next one to be
turned.
In the illustration, A A is the body
Of the case, ]; d II Il are strips, one
inch square, nailed four inches apart.
on which the tray slides. and X is one
OF the trays. This arrangement is
great labor-saving one, as the eggs in
each tray may be easily turned in half
n minute. 1t is best not have the case
too large. Trays holding fifty eggs
each are handled with less difficulty
than larger ones. It is important to
turn eggs at least three times a week
when saving them, and the egg case
should be in cool place. If eggs,
from hens not in yards with roosters
arc used. they will keep several months
in this case. Simply lay the eggs on
the trays, as no packing Or egg-preserv-
ing materials are necessary.-Farm and
Eiresids
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
HUMOROUS.

what have you really learned in
college, Harry, that is useful to you?"
81 learned that I don't know how to
play pol<er.''-lsrooklyn Life.
-He-''Don't~you think it wrong for
people to marry their intellectual infe-
riors?'' She-''Y es, always wrong, and
in some cases quite impossible. Rose
leaf.
I'm winter VIC kick and we srowl and we
But in summer we pay just get it put there;
And rave if it fails: Well now. rather.
Buffalo Courier.
What made Jaggs leave the lawn
party just after the fireworks began?'
'.Wcll, you see, the fiery serpcnts that
were sent up looked SO natural they
started him to hiccoughing."-In
Ocean.
-Belle-"I was supremely happy
the day I was sixteen" blanche
mo doubt. I've always insisted that
the last generation enjoyed them
selves much more than the present.
n. Y. Herald.
ligious except at twilight, when l have
time to sit before the fire and smoke. -
Mrs. Union Club-'I suppose the fire
and smoke make you dwell upon your
future, dear. '-Club.
Still in Doubt.-First Little Girl
HAS your sister begun taLin' music
lessons yet?'' Second Little Girl
''She's tal<in' somfin' on tn piano: but
can't tell yet whether its music or
type-writin'. '-Daily Traveller.
Junior Partner-'.While I was talk
ing down that buyers order this morn
ing. I told him one of your funny
stories.' Senior Partner-"Ha. ha!
Did he laughs Junior Partner-''No-
He counterr1andcd the order. Clio
thier and Furnisher.
Not Good Plan.-Cne Rich Ia
tl,er-.'I think it is the best plan fol-
your son to marry my daughter, and in
that way we can keep the money in the
family" The Other Rich Father-"My
dear friend, you don't know my son.
Detroit Free Press.
An Experimental got tired OF
riding home in crowded cars, so l
bought a bicycle $50 you arc going
to ride home on that hcreafter?''
"Well, I don't know. I got it only
Yesterday, and last night rode home
in an mbulance. ''-Chicago Record.
Young Nvife-''This talk a bout m n
being so impatient when a WON an is
getting ready to go anywhere is all
nonsense" Friend-,''Doesn't your hus-
band complain at all?" Young Wife
mo indeed. Why last evening I
couldn't find my gloves, and I had a
long hunt for half-n-tlczen other things;
and vet when l was finally dressed and
went down stairs to my husband, there
lie was by the fire reading and $mol>-
ing as calmly as if l wasn't half an
hour late. Friend-''Well, 1 declare!
Where were you going3" Young Wife
ITO praycr-rlce ting. buffalo Com
merciaL
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
When Clover Ia Best as ne.d.

The time during which clover as feed
is at it's best is very short. Only n week
or two while the plant is in full bios
som. Before that the clover is poor
and tasteless, and after it has dried
standing much of its best vvtriment is
washed out of it by summer .'ains. Add
to this, that clover, more than any of
the grasses. is injured by being tramp
eled over, and we might almost make Il
rule that clover ought never to be pas
tured. But as a soilinE crop, from the
time the blossoms begin to appear,
clover is one of the best. On rich land
successive cuttings may DC made, cs-
pccia!ly if the first cut is made some
what carly.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Justice Blatchford's wealth was
partly inherited. His father once lost
$50, 900, it is related, having set a valise
containing that amount down in Full
ton street, New York, to buy some pea
nuts and gone off forgetting it. But
he was so wealthy that the loss did not
hurt him much.
Sir Leonard Tillcy completed two
years ago his second term as lieuten-
ant-governor of New Brunswick and
he is still serving because partisan
politics there is very bitter and the
government has avoided the danger of
exciting the animosity of one faction
by failing to select his successor.
Mrs. Frederick Macdonald, a we'll
known English writer and lecturer,
and Mrs. Annie Desant, who holds
Nine. Blavatsl<y's scepter, engaged in
a pu bile disputation in London recently
about the merits of theosophy and Bud
dhism. The debate resulted in a drawn
battle, but was most interesting to the
audience, each disputant made an
animated argument to support her
thesis.
Pierre Lott, who is about to start
out on n tour to Egypt and Palestine,
appears to be n great favorite with
some of the feminine readers of his sto-
ries. In n lecture which she lately de-
livered about the novelist, Nine. The
nard said that ''at receptions they over
whellned him with adulation, and had
he partaken of all the ices and wines
they pressed on him he would have died
ere this
1t is the distinction of Rev. Mr..
Elodgett, of Greenwich, Mass, TINT
during his long pastOra te of the village
church there he has buried more pec-
pie than the town contains. He has
officiated at 6a4.funerals, while the en-
tire population of Greenwich at the
&c rr1S al
Blodgett is seventy-eight years old, and
for half IL century he has been the
towns only clergyman.
There were great rejoicings among
the pupils of M. Benjamin Constant
upon his election to a membership in
the French academy. A reception was
given him at one studio by the men
there and a triumphal arch of roses and
laurc1s was erected by his girl pupils
in his studio in the Passage DIES PIANO.
ramas. Besides this, the staircase to
the street was lined with young girls.
each of whom held aloft long spray
of flowers or 4 palm branch as the
painter descended, forming a floral
canopy over his head.
AThe prince of Wales not long ago
was one of a large house-party, his
host being Il very wcll-known peer.
After dinner, the royal guest the host,
and the other male visitors repaired to
the bi11ard-rOOm. On Il ia bic at the
side were two three boxes of cigars,
and the prince was helping himself to
one, when an ambitious millionaire ap-
preached him, and taking from his
pocket Il cigar-case, held it out to the
prince, saying: 81 think, sir, you will
find these better" 'Mr. -" replied
the prince. ''if Il mans dinner is good
enough for me, his cigars are good
enough for me- The millionaire was
unexpectedly called away to town next
morning on business.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
How to Wash sheep Tags.

First sort the tags to get the cleanest
ones by themselves. If you get two or
more grades YOU will save time in
washing Take tub of soft water, as
wern as you can work in. Put one
grade of the tags in, stir them up, don't
leave them soak to exceed ten minutes.
Wiring them out. A common cloth
xvrinEer is the best Get another tub
of warm water to rinse the tags
in This water will do to soak
tsae second tub Of tags in. Place
the tags in the sun to dry and
stir them up once or s.vice q day. Be
careful not to let it rain on them. In
this way you will have nice white wool
from your tags. If they soak too long
it will stain the tags Wool and Nut
Ton.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

REV. q. c. Tenny has been sent
out from Michigan as an Adventist
missionary to India.
REV. DR.. w. Pope Yeaman, of Column
bia, Mo-, has accepted the presidency
of Grand River Baptist college at Gal
latin, Mo.
lin Pennsylvania, women belong
ing to the Protestant Episcopal church
not only vote for yestrymen, but are
elected to that Office.
The Lords Day union has been or
eanized in India. 1t was suggested by
our Rev. r. w. Warne, of Calcutta, and
is designed to agitate in favor of Sun
day observance.
Rev. Henry A. Adams, formerly
rector of St. Pauls Episcopal church
of Buffalo, and later of the Church of
the Redeemer of New York, has joined
the Roman Catholic church.
Mrs. George William Curtis has cs-
tablished Il free scholarship fund in
memory of her husband in the Staten
Island academy. 1t is the proceeds of
the edition of ''Prue and L." published
last Christmas.
A bill providing for freedom of pub
lie worship has been introduced in the
Hungarian parliament. 1t comedies the
right of everyone to choose the form OF
religion each may prefer. Its practice,
within the requirements of public order
and morality, is guaranteed.
I'm one hundred and seventy years
after the death of Christ the whole
Bible had been translated into Latin
by some unknown author into what is
now known the old italic version.
BY the year 900 it was extant in Greek,
Syriac and Latin, and by the ninth
century in thirteen languages
A conference has been suggested
of Conqregationalists, Christian or
Disciples, and Free Baptists, to pro-
pose basis for practical alliance be-
tween the three denominations, the
representative bodies of each denomi-
nation for discussion and possible rati-
fcation.
Rev. DR.. f. r. Knowles of WorceS-
ter, Mass, has declined a request to
take charge of the Gal1ican church in
Paris from which Pere Hyacinthe has
retired. AS the church is now in the
jurisdiction of the archbishop of
Utrecht Father Hyacinthe can not
longer act rector, because he mar
ried after his ordination to the PRIEST
hood.
The Massachusetts Home Mission.
airy society last year received $152, $50.
OF this amount s54,S2 came from the
SWEET fund, and s97, 766 from all other
funds. There were sent to the Amer
lean Home Missionary society in New
York sl7S, 400; s76, $50 of this through
the Massachusetts society, and s9s,94
direct. There was spent in home mis-
sion in Massachusetts, SOS, 543.-Chris-
tian at Work.
Application has been made to the
Worlds Gospel union for an envangcl-
ist under the following conditions; A
small country church in Illinois has be-
gun to plan for special revival work the
coming fall. They are now praying
earnestly that God may send them a
chosen worker as an evangelist at that
time, and one of the workers has given
ten mcmbe rs of the Ladies' Missionary
society a pig each. These women are to
take in washing, sweep the school
houses, etc, to get corn to fatten the
pigs, and in the fall the pigs will be
sold and the money used to pay the
EVANGELIST.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-30
SPLENDID EGG CASE.


1t Docs Away With Packing or Preserv.
ing Materials.
For those who have eggs to save we
give design of egg case by Mr..
Thomas c. Hope, of New Jersey. 1t
may be made of any size preferred.
The eggs are turned by taking out
tray Of eggs, placing an empty tray
over them, grasping both trays tightly
at the ends and then turning them
over, which brings the lower tray on
top and leaving it free to be used o.