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The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
SHEEP AS WEEP KILLERS.

As eaters of brush and ~noxious plants,
sheep will do good service, but they
must not be kept at it steadily, or they
will grow thin, and their feeces will
suffer ia consequence. The flock must
be compelled to browse only a few days
at a time. After the qualification of this
diet ceases, there is no longer profit in
combining sheep to such food. No other
live stock demand more constant change.
If the sheep be divided into several
1ocks, n may follow another into a
field where brush or weeds are becoming
troublesome, and each returned again
after a weeks relief on grass. Most
plants can be killed by removing the
leaves during the summer. The bushes
should be cut down, that the docks may
destroy them by eating everynew sprout.
Briers are more easily subdued early in
the season. Large fields should be
browsed in small plats by means of
movable fences. When grass has taken
the place of brush or weeds in n divis-
ion of the field. it may be used profit
ably as an exchange pasture, every Sec
ond week. Several bells should be kept
on the flock browsing in tall weeds or
brush. Sheep are very social, and
nothing will so soon cause a cessation of
industry as a feeling of lonliness. Bells
also deter dogs from attacking the flock
hidden in an overgrown field. The flock
at this important work must also have a
regular anfe abundant supply of pure
water and OF salt, and be frequently wis.,
tied by the owner. That the cleaning
of the land is not the whole object of
sheep keeping must be borne in mild.
When sheen are changed to other fields
or to the fold. the time from sundownto
dark is preferable, as then they are sat
isied with the days exercise and food,
| and will follow with less trouble and lie
! more quietly than at noon or daybreak.
!; Never drive a flock roughly. The sheep,
which are always led, make the best
GRADE of meat, and the fieeces are most
uniform in texture and maket value
| American Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
CHOLERA OF FOWLS.

This disease may be known by the
yeilowness of the head and a drawn.up
appearance of the face. But the most
certain indication is the green and vel.
low droppings of the fowl. 1t is a dis
ease of the liver, and is due in almost
every case to over-feedlng, as in the case
OF those geese which are fed in close
coops for the production of the enlarged
hvers, of Ehich the popular pies known
as pate de fois gras, or strasburg pies,
are made. Similar gorging with food
has the same effect on fowls, but it goes
beyond the mere enlargement of the
liver, and ends in fatal Inflammation.
There is no remedy; prevention by mo-
derate feeding is the only cure.-New
York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

mare it should be fed, both through the
dam and by its own mouth. Beginning
IN a small way the ability to digest food
is cultivated and increased, and its first
growth is the foundation OH which after
growth is built. And as that is the
better, so this is. The stronger and
broader the foundation, the same will be
the superstructure. And as long as
digestion is perfect the quantity of food
gwen may be measured only by that test.
Corn is not a good food for growing
animals. Flesh Is more needed than fat.
The English farmers use beans and oats
ground together as the staple horse feed,
and the value OF it is perceived when the
composition of this food is understood.
The English horse bean has 251 per
cent. of 6esh-forming elements-protein,
as it is called--in it and only II per
cent. of fat, and oats have twelve per
ceut. of the former aad six per cent. of
Of the latter. Thus two measures of oats
and one of beans have 495 per cent. of
the protein and 134 of fat, a ratio of d
of the flesh-forming eIenents to one of
the fat-forming. This affords materials
for the abundant growth of muscle so
necessary to the futule value of the
young animal. But it does more. All
the great vital organs are made up of
muscular tissue, and thus the lungs,
liver, kidneys. heart and other dbrous
tissues are more highly developed, and
it is upon this development that the con-
st%itution, the future strength of the
animal, depends. With corr as the
principal foud this healthful structure is
not possible. There is too much fat and
starch and not enough nitrogen. The
muscles are soft and weak, and the vital
organs, upon which the work Or product
afterward depend, are not strong enough
to stand the wear, and the constitution
gives way at an early age. This ap-
plies as much to calves as to colts.
While the horse exnends its force in
motion, the cow does this in making
milk. Both these products require a
large expenditure of nitrogen, and o
highly heterogeneous food and tie ability
to digest and assimilate it are needed; and
this disposal of food is only possible
when the vital organs are well de-
veloped. This development is only
effected by the use of suitable food
literally provided, from the birth of the
animal.-American Dairvman.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
WHEAT AND RYE ON CORN sruBBLE.

Many farmers plant corn stubble to
wheat and rye, and are usually in such
a hurry that three rows of shocks are
placed together and the balance of the
field sowed. This plan necessitates run
ming over the seeded land to secure the
corn and stalks, but the worst feature is
in leaving unseeded strips across the
field, which are useless to the crops.
Weeds are allowed to take possession Of
the strips, and, until the crop of grain
is gathered, the field indicates the shift
less farmer. 1t is not much trouble to
haul off the shocks to the barnyard or to
an adjoining field, setting them up in
rows. They are then more easily
husked. The husked CORE is nearly all
in a body, and is more easily secured.
The stalks and all litter Of leaves and
husks are then more easily gathered up
and saved for further use. The grain
and straw that car be produced on these
strips will repay many times the ex-
pense of hauling of the stalks. If pos
sible, haul the stalks to q pasture, or
meadow lot, and thus insure cleanliness
in husking, Stock will eat the broken
ieaves.-American Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
The Equinox Doesn't Cause Storms.

The facts are that the equinox has
little or nothing to do Nasn autumn
storms; and, excepting that the weather
is in a general unsettled. condition,
caused by the changes that are taking
place in the atmosphere, there is no
more sense in expecting a series OF
storms at theltime the sun 'tcrosses the
line" than dt any other season Of the
year. Mete5rologists and weather ex-
perts in general, who have worked for
years to uproot this popular fallacy, de-
serve the greatest credit; in fact, there
is hardly a standard by which we can
measure our Indebtedness to these men
who work untiringly to discover and root
out popular errors and establish scientific
truths in their places.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

DAvD G. COOK. and sometimes tw 0
mission schools of the West Side, meet
ing at different hours, until the
great fire Of 1871 changed his plans,
and marked the beginning of his work
on the North Side. Seeing the dis
tress and pressing need for help, he left his
home and rented rooms in one of the poor
est and toughest neighborhoo1s of the burnt
district, where, with three other young
men whom he persuaded to JON him, he
gave himself to relief and mission work.
Here on North avenue, in a German theatre
and beer hall, Yves started his "EveryhoIy's
Mission" afterward removed to a building
of its own near by. This mission, with at
tendance of $50 to $50, he started, built up
and sustained without aid from any church
or society for five years, until Others were
able to occupy the field. he also organized
and superintendent on the North Side, North
Avenue Mission, Lake View Mission and
Lake View Union schools, and, in Elgin, the
Grace Church School, besides several smaller
enterprises elsewhere.
His first publications were prepared only
for his own schools, then, to divide the cost
OF type-setting. he asked orders from others.
No one could he more surprised than he at
the demand thus created. Afterwards his
schools afforded a place for first testing new
helps and new ideas. 1t is to this love for
the work, ami close application to it, that
schools are indebted for what he has dona
for the cause of Sunday-school literature.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
nAK1ra BurrER ON THE FARM.

For making good butter on the farm.
writes Mrs. B. M. Caldwell, a great deal
more than is commonly supposed de-
nands on having COWS that give rich
miIk. The difference between rich. and
poor milk not only appears IN the guam
tity of cream raised but also in the
quality and appearance Of the butter.
There are many gooosnatlye COWS ana q
great many poor ones. When ma That
one of our cows gives poor, thin milk,
I want her sold for beef, for l don't
want to try 10 MAXI butter from uch
cows. Cows with the Jersey blood are
the most profitable for butter, and make
butter of the best quality ana color
They don't give as large a quantity as
some OF the other breeds, but they make
up for it in a richer quality. In setting
the milk | use four quart pans and fill
them about three, quarters full. My mIik-
room is in a clean, sweet, dry cellar.
and I skim as soon as the cream has all
raised. mix the different skimmings
thoroughly and churn just as the cream
has become a little sour. use the oia-
fashioned dash churn, fill about halt
full and churn regularly and not fast
end hen slow. The COWS are given q
little salt every other day, and this l
think quite important. for when it IS
neglected for several days the butter WIN
he allow in coming. ! work the butter
slowly until I get out most OF the butter
milk. then salt it and let it stand over
night. then work it over again and pour
off the milky brine. With good COWS
aud 4 clean, cool milk there need
be no difficulty in making good butter
on any farm by any y who will attend
to it properly.-New York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
THE A B AND GARDEN.
PRESERVING THs CARRIAGE.

The preservatSn of a carriage denands
largely upon the way in which it il
housed, says Good Roads. The barn or
sned should be airy OF dry, with a mo.
oerate admission of light. Do not let
the vehicle be rolled near a brick wall.
The carriage house should not be con.
nected with the stable or next to the
manure pit-the ammonia fumes arising
from the manure ruin varnish. Do nor
allow mud to dry on a newly vanished
carriage; spots and stains will be the 70.
suit II you do. Do not permit water to
dry OF itself on a vanished surface, but
remove all the moisture with a chamois
leather only after the soft sponge has
been used.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
Imported BEmb'c Bees..

Red clover grows in Sew zsaland
with great luxuriaccc. but until irccttly
it was necessary to import oil see from
England. Darwin showed that inc
plants could be fortified arr made to
produce seed only through lie aJeScy
OF bunble bse1, ani, as these Creatures
were unknown in New Zc;aasd, they
were finally, about ten years ago. cs'rae6.
the entire journey af;vs while IN Q tsfpia
state. in freezing cAaElbers.-Est1os
Fres Preas.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
ONB ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches ana feyers and cures habit
constipation. Syrup of Figs Is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
daced, 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 commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
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 m SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW H0RK. NV
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
Paint for Ont Door Work.

A useful paint for farm buildings OF
board fences is made by adding sis
quarts Of water to four pounds Of fresh
lime. Tbs is mixed when properly
slacked with an equal quantity OF lin.
seed oil, not boiled, and sifted WOOD
ashes ID maze soft gray color. It may
be reduced with water if too thick. II
darker color IS desired. add brown umbei
N raw sienna to make the desired shade.
New York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
EVERY LITTLE L

she-You'd better stay and ask papa
tonight.
He (sadly)-What would be the use,
She-Well, you could stay to dinner,
ron know, and you'd be ahead q square
meal anyway,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
REARING 4 coon COLI.

To rear . good colt, these two things
should be understood and acted upon:
Feed makes the animal and training
makes the disposition. The very best
food should b supplied the colt IRON
tbs 6rst, and even while i is with the
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
soC1ALIsT1C INTELLIGENCE.

Teacher-Who was it that first said
property is robbery"
Boy don't know, l suppose it was
some fellow who didn't have any
Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

a Methodist minister,
and from q child an
earnest and devoted
member of the church
and ~Sunday-school.
He began teaching
in Wards Rolling
] Mills S~unday-scaool, in
Chicago, at the age of
II, helping also in one
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

Renfrew, Penn, has a new industry
in the form of a plant for the manufac-
ture of lampblack. One barrel of oil
will yield thirtY-seyen pounds fof lamp
black.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion. and Stomach
disorders, use Browns Iron Bitters. The Best
Tonic, it rebui!ds the system, cleans the B.ood
and strengthens the muscles. A splendid tom
10 for weak and debiIitated persons.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

There are very few cases of color
Blindness among Indians. They occu,
more frequently as man becomes moro
highly civilized.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

There is a village on the Northern
Pacific Railroad which has filty.four in.
habitants and two churches, both Pres.
byterian.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

Chile is said to number among her
population more poets per capita than
any other Nation in the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

On the icy peaks of the Him olayas, in
India, there is a ''snow ma sgot," weigh
ing nearly a pound, aud excellent to
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

For impure of thin Blood, Weakness, Mala-
ria Neuralgia, Indigestion, and Biliousness,
take Browns Iron Bitters-it gives strength,
persons strong; pleasant to take.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

The leaf of the banana Is usually six
feet long and two feet wide, and the
flowers mink in color.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

A Florida silver half dollar Of 1850 il
worth $40.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

Rev. H. P. Carson, Scotland, Oak, says:
tive bottles of Halls Catarrh Cure completely
cured my little girl" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
Have Ven Asshma 2

Dr. r. Schjffmann, st. Paul, Mimi, will mail
a trial package of Schiffmann's Asthma Cure
ne to any sufferer. Gives instant relief In
worst cases, and cures where others fail.
Name this paper and send address.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

Durable brick, formed of Clipped
granite and clay, is a recent Scottish in
vention.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

A field of corn in Kansas is reported
to have grown thirty-nine inches in
fifteen DAYS.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

Good for children as well as adults, Small
Bile Beans. .
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

IL you are const}pa:ed, bill Gus or troubled
immediate relief. OF druggists. Is cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

Guaranteed to cure Bilious Attacks and
Constipation, Small Bile Beans.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

md make your Fowls earn dollars for you. The
roint Is, that you must lie able To detect trouble 10
the Poultry ! ard as soon MS it arpeaTs, ana Rh""
how 10 remedy It. This LOOK VIII tratn W. tx
1t tells how TO detect and cure disease toleed ~
eggs sud also for fattening; which rows sosa - ~
brer,ispg purposes; and everythiis, iaaeg9, soa
shGud En5ys on his SUBJECT 20 make X ptohlane' o,
Sent Iostita fer twenty-five cents IN iC y So
Book Publishing House,
49, LEONARD sTa " J. Cry
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

A sea turtle Weighing l5o pounds has
been captured near San Diego. Cal.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

The railways Of the United Kingdom
pi Great Britain hare 16, $50 locolnos
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
The Only One Ever Printed.
CAN VOC FIND THE WORD?

These is a 8 inch display advertisement IN
this paper, this week, which has no two words
ali 9 except one word. The same is true OF
each new one appearing each week, from The
Crescent on everything they make and pub
lish. Look for 1t, send them the name Of the
word and they will return you BOOK, EAU
Full AUTOGRAPHS or SAMPLES FREE.
In India there IS d species o! crow That
1a.nhn i,,ak Lilo q human hainr
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
DAVID C. COOK.
The Pioneer Pubiisher of Snnday-scho :,
Literature,

David C.. Cook, of Chicago. whose nam
has become a household word through his
Sunday-school publications, is but AZ years
old. He was born in East Worcester,
n. Y, in 1850, a son Of Rev. E. S. Cook,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

To aid Digestion take one Small Bile Bean
after eating. SIC per bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

OUR OLD RELIABLE EYE-w AFTER cures weak or
infamed eyes. or granulated lids without pain.
Is cents. join +. DICKEY Drug Co, Bristol, Va.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

AmgNERH Morphine Habit Cured in 30
# to 90 days no pay till cureGs
ga HSEsa DR. J.STEPHEhS, Lebanon, ONO
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

"ANTED-Young men to handle adTertiSingIen
w close stamp.lNTER STATE ADv-Co. Corning iowa
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11

I am a farmer al Ed0n1, Texas. I
have used German Syrup for six
years successfully for Sore Thr5at,
Coughs, Colds, H~oarseness, Pains in
Chest and Lungs and Spitting-up of
Blood. have tried many kinds of
Cough Syrups i'll my time, but let
ne say to anyone wanting such a
Northumberland Syrupisthebest
We are subject to so many sudden
changes from cold to hot, damp
weather here, but in families where
German Syrup is used there is little
trouble from colds. John F.Jones.9
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-11
Stitching is again in vogue.

sashes are once more in favor.
Buttons are very much in evidence.
Wool velours is a fabric in high favor.
Corduroy velvet is to be largely worn.
nloth covered bonnets are to be much
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-15
Not in the Theatre.

Mr.. c. Nillanueva, proprietor of
the Bella-Union theatre, informs
the LIGHT that the fights and rows
reported on the west side We're not
in the theatre, but was started by
some drunken lOafers in the corner
saloon, and they were promptly
''fired" out into the street, where
all the fighting occurred. The only
connection with his theatre, was
that his policeman of the house
was called upon to assist in sup
pressing the trouble. Mr.. Villa
nueva says he will positively not
allow any "hurrahing" or fighting
at his show house.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-15
BELKNAP PLUME DRILL.
Dukes and McAdoo Take First apd
Second Medals.

Last night one of the most sue
cessful plume drills of the season
took place at the Belknap armory
on Houston street. The team was
a good one and the commands were
responded to promptly and correct
ly for thirty minutes, when one by
one by the boys dropped out until
there remained but two, Messrs.
Henry Dukes and Scion McAdoo.
After hard fight McAdoo dropped
out and the first medal was de-
clared won by Dukes, and the sec
ond by McAdOo.
After the plume drill the floor
was properly busted and a dance,
participated in by large circle OF
young folks, was then INDUCED in.
The committee in whose charge
the drill and dance was, consisted
of the "Three Macks, "Messrs. Nc
Adoo, Mccormick and McElroy,
who deserve credit for the able
manner in which the event was
conducted.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-15
A Disastrous Runaway.

Yesterday evening a runaway
occurred on Cincinnati avenue,
West End, which resulted serious
ly. Mr.. w. f. Fitzgerald was
driving a team of spirited horses
attached to buggy, when trace
broke. The animals became fright
ened and ran away, dumping Mr.
Fitzgerald out and badly wrecking
the vehicle. Mr.. Fitzgerald, in
falling, struck his head on barbed
wire fence, and cut a deep and
ugly cash on his lip.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-15
Newspaper Man to Wed.

The LIGHT has received an invi-
tation to attend the wedding of f.
G. Meyers, this business manager
of the Dallas Times-Herald, to
Miss Louise, the daughter of Col,
and Mrs. J. X. Holland, at Austin
Texas, August 23rd 1898. The new
couple will make their home in
Dallas at No. 100 William street
The LIGHT extends cOngratula'
tons.