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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
OF GENERAL Interest.

II is said the city of Pittsburgh now
stands on ground once given in ex-
change for violin.
TANNING is done in this country in
about one-quarter of the time usually
allowed in Europe
The origin of the geysers at Sonona
Cal, is supposed to be a volcanic crater
filled by a landslide.
THE earliest chest was merely the
trunk of an oak tree, scooped out and
cut down the center, one-haH serving as
q lid, which was first kept SHUT by q
strip of leather, and later by strip
made of iron.
ONE gets an idea of the Loneliness OF
the Pacific when learning that the City
of Pekin, SO long overdue, having
broken her shaft and taken to wing,
covered 1870 miles without seeing a
sail. She went out of her way in the
hope of meeting sister ship and re-
ceiving aid.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01


part OF illus ira ton
this purpose. The roosts in the lower
16xl6 arc placed over a sloping plat
form ten feet wide and fourteen long.
partition which reaches from the
floor to the platform divides the living
room into two equal parts Under this
platform is situated the laying-room.
furnished with fixed nests.
The light only reaches this from the
open entrance from the feeding-room.
An abundance of dust is kept stored in
the laying-room and is used all times OF
the year to scatter under the rOosts
aud prevent decay and bad smell of the
Wy, - There is special box OF
>E,-s placed in a sunny corner where
the hens can dust the nselves at pleas
urc There are absolutely no lice in
my chicken-house, and the hens keep
themselves free from body lice by dust
ing. Neitheris there any leg scale dis
case among my fowls. nor have they
ever had cholera. My argument in
brief is perfectly dry dirt floor, plen
ty Of room and plenty of dust. 1 never
set hens until June and want the chick.
ems Matched in July. Hot weather is
Just the thing for them. At five months
old the pulle,s are laying and continue
to lay throughout the winter. The
profit is in the eggs.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
THE ART OF REEOlNG.
To Master 1T Eequires Intelligence and
Hard Work.

To Master 1t Requiree Intelligence and
Hard Work.
1t seems poor economy for farmers
to attempt to pose as breeders and es-
ia blish IL herd of thorough brcds on the
simple know ledge of how to feed hogs
for market yet hundreds of mon are
doing it annually. AS rule, unless
thew are men who have that spirit in
them that will not submit to a failure,
they generally retire from the business
the second year. TO become a
breeder means more now than 1T did
years ago, says the Swine Breeder
The business has advanced, it is out Of
sight of the time in which the owner
ship of a pig sired by prize winner
signitied the breeding of fine stock. To
do this a knowledge of the entire
science is necessary. One must know
pedigree. the standard feeding and
not as his forefathers, but fully up to
the advanced knowledge of the active
men of to-day. The signs of the time
in everything point towards a record
In the breeding ring as In the speed
ring. to be success one must have a
record and that record must mark
high. The best records in the speed
ring are made in front of the pneu-
matte sulkies The best records in tho
| breeding ring are made by those who
employ every means to obtain knowl-
| edge: no one can to-day make much
| progress in the science of breed unless
| he takes advantage of all means that
| are now offered for studying the bust
ness and acquiring the work of the
| past wears. and upon that foundation
| build up a business that will be in har-
| mony with the standard and progress
| of the times
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
Trained skirts.

Long trains must have silk bala
yeuse and a deep interlining half
way ~ of canvas. better still OF
cross Ia rred crinoline, which gives the
stiffness without the weight OF can
vas The full trains for very cere-
monious occasions, are trimmed indie
pendently of the front of the skirt, or
to correspond with it. Full trains re-
auire four widths of silk. which are
gathered to the belt, or nowadays, the
two center often are extended to
the toy, of the low neck, whence they
fall in Vatican plaits or gathers Demi-
trains, like longer ones, are cut round
ing on the lower edge. The trains OF
white satin wedding dresses. if the silk
is of an inferior quality. are lined wit h
n light weight of Canton flannel be-
tween the silk and cotton lining t.
give them a rich appearance. A stylish
demi-train lies on the floor from twelve
to eigh teen inches
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
THE BRITISH ISLES.

ENGLAND has eighty miles of tunnels
AT Norwich, Eng, a tbirty-five ton
weight stone has been quarried- It is
the largest on record.
ENGLISH women who devote them
selves to the Somerset hunts have I'M
qualificdly adopted the mems saddle
and don divided skirts, ma nnish hats
and blouses. Some appear in long rid
ing coats and boots. Englishmen are
said to favor this innovation on long
established customs.
PROPOSITION has been made to con-
meet Scotland and Ireland by tunnel
under the north channel OF the Irish
sea at its narrowest part between
County Antrim in Ireland and Wigton
in Scotland. The length of the tunnel
would be twenty-seven miles, and
eminent engineers have pronounced
the project entirely feasible.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
THE FARMING WORLD.
ExcELLENT HEN HOUSE.

Co1plste Description OF D1ssaso ana
-. vernla-Iroof Structure. y
RI. Roberts, Woodwork. Wis, /
writes to the Orange Judd Farmer: My
hen house illustrated here with is 1894
feet with II foot posts. This gives two
stories with Is much floor room above
rs below. It stands on q stone under
pinninR laid up solid with mortar.
Each story is divided into two rooms,
one 16x16 feet, the other sx16 feet The
lower floor is of clay and is raised
inches higher than the level of the
ground outside. This insures its per-
feet dryness and in fact it is dusty
every day in the year. The 16xl6 room
below is the roostinG. laying and feed
ing room. When the ground is not
frozen they are fed outside. The Sxl6
room IS the sitting-room or hatchery.
It is often used for other purposes. For
instance AS soon cold weather came.
we put in three stolen broods about
q quarter gown. 1t was a nice place
for them and they were better separat-
ed from the rest. The outside door OF
this sittingroom opens into yard.
15x24 feet, closed by pickets So when
a few cockerels are kept over to be
slaughtered for the table, the hatch
ing-room and yard make a convenient
place for them. The upper floor is
divided into the same sized rooms as
those below. The large one is used in
winter for what might be called a
calisthenic gallery or exercising room.
An inch or more Of sawdust covers the
floor. If ''tailings" are fed, some arc
scattered on tho sawdust- Ear corn is
usually kept on the floor all the time
for the hens to pick at. They seem
to enjoy themselves scratching in
the sawdnst- During: summer the
hens use it more or less to lay in. a few
loose boxes with nest eggs being placed
around the sides. The Sx16 room above
is used as a storeroom and in winter is
q good place to Jail broody hens. lr
summer a rectangular coop twelve fee'
long and three feet wide is used fol
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
OUR AMERICAN MILITARY.

TIE militia Of the United States; a ag-
gregates liz 49e mee1 Every state and
in the union has an organized
militia except the territory of Utah.
FoHrY-roUR guns are fired for ma
tional salute, one for each state. Inc
national flag is saluted with twenty
one guns, the president with twenty
one and the vice president with nine
teen.
SEVERAL soldiers were executed dur
ing the war, for dcsertion, treachery'
murder, and so on, but Lieut. A. V.
Wadhams, of the navy, says that not a
single sailor on the union side was
sentenced to death.
GEORGE YERKEs, of Philadelphia, is
the possessor of a sword and pair OF
gold link cuff buttons that belonged tc
Gen. Howe, who commanded the
british forces at Germantown. Gen
Howe left the place in such n hurry
that he forgot to take them with him
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

Syrup

Mr.. Albert II artley of Hudson,
N. c., was taken with Pneumonia.
His brother had just died from it.
When he found his doctor could not
rally him he took one bottle of Ger
man Syrup and came out sound and
well. Mr.. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk
with Druggist ]. E. Barr, Aurora.
Texas, prevented a bad attack of
pneumonia by taking German S yruP
in time. He was in the business
and knew the danger. He used the
great remedy-Boschee's German
Syrup-for lung diseases. o
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01


Everthia9 IneaaAoA Ie Costs Lsss Tha0
Nsae HIaoAred Dollars. --5
This barn Is 36xb0 feet and 20 feet to
the square. -. s--..5- = g = S
The wall is from to e1S feet above
the surface outside. The stables are
on each end, and run crosswise OF the
building The cow stable Is Is feet
wide. Sd feet long. and feet high. de
vided into stalls feet Q inches wide,
and a box stall feet inches wide.
The stalls are just long enough to keep
the animals heads apart The cattle
are fastened with chains around the
neck. We feed them from the barn
floor; the grain and mill feed being fed
through doors, 1xlH feet near the hoor,
directly into the trough which runs tho
whole length of the stable Except
door at each end of COW stable to per-
NIT passage between stable and barn
floor). The trough is partitioned of
opposite each stall We feed the hay
aud fodder.in a rack directly over the
trough, the small holes at the bottom
having slide doors and the opening to
the rack falling doors, SO the stable
can be closed entirely IN front.
The floor is first filed with dirt or
10 inches deep and then with stone and
gravel, inches deep, we'll tamped-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
AMONG THE POULTRY.

POULTRY should have plenty of grit
They cannot grind their food without
it.
WHEN fattening fowls DO not let
them run with the fowls that are not
fattcning.
KEEP the hens warm at night, If
YOU wish then to lay, and do not crowd
them.
ONCE in awhile STIR spoonful of
sulphur into the feed. 1t tones up the
system.
If the hens show disposition to get
too fat, with proper feeding, fatte n
then to the full extent and cat or ar
ket them.
AN exchange says that charcoal - a
good fattcning food for turkeys Ie is
good only because il helps diges m
and absorbs the gases Charcoal is
frst-rate for fowls. but in itself it bas
no fat,ening properties. Farmers
Voice
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
or ,t,TEREsT TO WRITER'S.

IT So said that lola, the French novel;
list, has made 100000 from the sale of
his novels during the psst. twenty
years = - - :, IS -. i .-::ss5 s,
p OxE of the daughters of the late Fan
ME Kemble il the wen-known trans1etor
Of German novels, Mrs. Wistar, OF Ger
mantown, Pa
THERE il a movement on foot to buy
Walt Whitman's humble home as his
most fitting monument. The Boston
Globe says it is one of the wisest fam
cies in current monumental enterprises
THE s'Brotherhood of Minor Poets" is
the largest English organization, Of
which the cable gives us any informa-
zion. The combination is announced
to be for purposes of defense and pro-
lection. -.
FRENCH novelists recently decided to
found a society for the protection o.
their interests. which they consider
compromise by the attitude of their
publishers. This society is now estab-
'ished, and among it's sixty-odd mem
3ers are MN. lola, Alphonsc Daudet,
Leon Dandet and Edmond de Goncour.-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
Economy in Feeding.

When dairymen feed for quantity
and quality they will get better re-
turns from sales than when they try to
economic the feed and let the result
be what it may 1t is the profit of
each dollars worth of feed that a
dairy COW makes. and the more feed
we can &c. her to eat the more Prolt
we get The liberal feeder, who looks
to the comfort of his cows. that they
are we'll shell tered and well watered, is
sure to procure liberal returns for all
the care he cen Pestow upon them
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
Crude Petroleum ON Roo.tS.

Crude petroleum should be applied to
the roosts occasionally in order to
guard against lice. During the few
warm days that are liable to occur in
winter, with the animal heat of the
bodies of the hens. the honse will
someti be warm enough to ena BILE
lice to work. Kerosene is irritating
to the feet of the fowls. and for that
reason we suggest the use of Grade Pc
troleum instead
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
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LARGE FARM BARN.

The manure gutter is 16 inches wide,
inches deep at one end, and inches at
the other end, with conducting spout
running to the manure pile, where the
liquid manure can be run into reser-
voir if needed. The gutter is covered
with strips of strong timber 1x115 inch
cs, and placed l = inches apart They
are made into doors opposite Zach stall
SO that they can be raised up to be
cleaned. There is also a board, 10
inches wide. nailed on the side of the
gutter under the hind feet of the ami
mails, thus making the gutter, or drains
age rather. really 20 inches wide. This
kind of gutter has many advantages
over the open drain. The cows are
kept as clean as possible, we think;
and there is no danger of a COW, heavy
with calf, being injured by stepping
backward into the ditch. The ditch
receives all the water and great deal
of the manure, which is tramped
through; and it can be cleaned out
every other day.
The horse stable is II feet wide and
St. feet long and feet high, di-
vided into five 5-foot stalls and ono
box stall. The floor is graded SO as to
slope back behind the middle of tho
stall into shallow gutter. They are
all fed from the barn floor.
The barn floor is 10 feet wide, SO feet
long, and IA feet high to loft 1t is
laid double: the floors overhead arc
single. There is platform feet high
running across the rear end of tho
floor. Under this platform at one end
is the cistern; at the other end are the
stairs to the loft. Under the middle OF
the platform is a door 10 feet wide to
drive out at, and on top of the platform
is another door l" feet wide for pnttx.1I, :. :.
the straw out of tbs Darn. The
machine dror me straw on this plat
L9edG14XXif and it can either be put out or
into the NOW. The stock can all be
fed and watered from the barn floors
| The tables can all be cleaned with
out wheelbarrow sled, once hand
| ling the manure with the fork You
can hitch and unhitch your horses on
| the barn floor aud take them directly
! into the stable. The doors into the
| stable one on each corner OF the barn,
| arc all hung so as to open inside. thus
| preventing wind from breaking then
The stock can be turned out to the
| straw stack behind the barn on nice
days and watered from Il trough which
| is filed from the cistern inside. Nc
floors to rot: no rats to bother; every
| thing handy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

~~ ~sD ~ As~
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs Ii taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels,s eleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches aud fevers and cures habitual
constipation Syrup of Figs il, the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
,duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
'ceptable to, the stomach, prompt in
it's 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.
cAkhf0RNH rio syrup ca!
SAN FRANCISCO: cAl:
L0UySvhkLE. ~. AEw y06k. w.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

tonic that's peculiarly adapted TO their
needs.
puaranteed remedy for al! the functional
s Wea1m es Of Womanhood In. :: female
complaints" Of every kind, periodical pains,
bearinc-down sensations, internal nnaIIiIna-
ton and kindred ailments, If 1T ever tails
to benefit or cure, you have your money
back
Something else that pays the dealer better,
NAV b, offered as /" Just as good" Perhaps
Is Is, Tor him, but it can't be, for you,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

CUR8 your cough with Hale's Honey of
Horehound and Tar. -:
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
s'No, NJ aude, dear, Joan, of Arc, was not
Noah's wife. Record.
THE phreuologist goes ahead without
waiting to be sure he is right-Picayune.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

A MAN feels proud when he is worlxin
his way up to the top, but he feels dihIeren
if his neclktie undertakes to do the sam
thiuR.-Youkers Statesman.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

The frame timber is all SKIS inches
The other timber is undressed except
the doors and ventilators which are all
dressed and painted. BY using smaller
mber the cost could be reduced to $50
or $500 at the outsicie.-J. l.. Gillespie,
in Ohio Farmer.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

REV. H. P. CARSON, Scotland, Dak says:
1.-Two bottles Of Halls Catarrh Cure complete
ly cured my little girl.
w. II. GRIFFIN, Jackson, Michigan, writes:
.'Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years, Halls
Catarrh Cure cured me-.
ALBERT BURcH, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
.'Halls Catarrh Cure saved my life"
CoNDUcroR f. D. LOOMS, Detroit, Mich,
says: 1.-The effect of Hall Catarrh Cure is
wonderful
E. A. ROOD, Toledo, Ohio, says: Halls
Catarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she has had of it. It's
a cure"
E. B. WALTHALL s. Co... Druggists, Horse
Cave, KY, say: Halls Catarrh Cure cures
every that takes it,"
]. A. JOHNSON, Medina, N. Y, says:
''Ha's Catarrh Cure cured me-"
F. J. CHENEY & CO., TOLEDO O.
Testimonials Sold
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

| .How does Il taste, Pata' Pat-sFaith, it
| tastes if my fut was asleep.'-Harvard
La
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
...,,ELY'S.,.. -, -,
CREAM BALM

I had cdtd,1ih %
bad there apc,-e great
sores in my ,,ose, este
place acds ca ten
through. Ny nose
and : hsdd are srclI.
Too battles Of Eay's
Cream Balm did tbs
Uo'k- c. S. Nc NIL
en-, Stbley. No.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

ssPAPA,'' said Willie. edo they name tina
place in the Sand witch islands Honeylul1
because there's 30 much sugar theres"-
Harper'0 B2zar. 81 i'ias g.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
THE WOMAN WHO WORKS,

and is tired, will find q
special help in Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. Perfectly
harmless in any condi-
ton of the female sys-
tenn. 1t promotesan the
natural functions, and
builds up, strengthens,
regulates, and cures.
For women approach
ing confinement, nurs-
ing mothers, and every
weak, run down, deli
cate women, it is an in
MIGRATING, supporting
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

IAD Virtue - 3FoDDesfUdO
u 81 aothinG more forcib!y shown than =
the escape from disease Of Those VINO need
it, Warn1nR1. Foresight 10 wtsely Practiced
BY pors0aS who, Observing that their Md
neysrwant activity. iunpart TO them q health
full impulse with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tW& By 20 doing they. aSc6d sB!a9hEs d1s~
ease and other Destructive renal maladless
sChi)ls and fever, ndi8eStion, constipeSion:'
liver trouble, rhonmnkaam should be 01ppoo
In tho bud by the Bitters. So. u
8oa9B Of the most valuable lessons sol
dom reReh those who need them most Tho
man who does it seldom has 2 chance 70 70
fact on the folly oftrylng to thSw out dy0ae
smito.-PhiladeiphiA Tines - 49, .''''E
UsE Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs 4oe
Coughs, Colds and all other Throat TROUBLES.
z.'Pre-eminently the best-"-Hep. HeHTS
Ward Beechsr. - ,
or11H-.'Ameriea Is good enough Tor me
"A country where every right IL gwen 70
deed. The meancr he il the more he makes. -
indianapolis Journal -!
OxE dose Of Beecham's Pills relieves sick
headache in 20 minutes. For sale by all
druggists. Is cents a box.
IT causes confusion to call comets ssceles-
tial tramps," and to talk of their striking
the earth. Tramps never work. and there
fore can't Observation-Disclosures Times.
s.PAPA' said Willie. edo they name that
place in the Sand witch islands Honeylulu
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
Cancer on the Face

s'I wish to make this statement for the oeneds
Of people that may be suffering with that dread.
ed disease, cancer. For Ave years have had
one coming on my face. tried having it burned
OuG and several other remedies, but all OF no
avail until was induced to try Hoods Sarsapa-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

OxE dose Of BeechAn's Pills relieves sick
headache in 20 minutes. For sale by all
druggists. Is cents a box.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

xflla, While taking the first bottle could see a
marked change and the third bottle almost OF
entirely removed the cancer. 1 can't say 100
nauch for Hood Sarsaparilla: For years had
TO be careful about my diet but now can eat
night and IN fact feel like a new man" ELMoRE
y. SHELF, Akron, Ind.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

IT causes confusion to call comets
tial tramps," and to talk of their
the earth. Tramps never work. an
fore can't ke.-Philade lphiA Tim
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-05
THE SMITH CASE.
The Coroner CONTINUES Examination Of Wit
nesses. but Develops Nothing New.

The coroner continued his Investigation
in the mysterious deaths of Moses Smith
and his son. yesterday. but found no evil
dence bearing directly on the sudden
taking of of the two men. All witnesses
who have testified advance theories that
would lead TO the belief that Mrs. Smith
has perhaps acted indiscreerly. tut
none have yet made state
nent that might implicate her in the
awful tragedy or accident George CrIst.
q neig Dor of the Smith family. testities
that ne entered the death chamber early
after the bodies bad been discovered. but
IL positive that there was no odor sugges-
tive of natural gas. He thinks there was
an atmosphere about the rooms which
might have been caused by q burning
lamp. He thought that in view Of the sur
rounding circumstances the men were MUIR
dered. Samuel Myers also advances the
theory of murder, but sets forth no reason
for the assertion. He boldly accuses Mrs.
Smith and the man Yancy of intrigue.