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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

There are many prescribed methods
for the resuscitation of drowning per-
sons, but one of the most efficient means
is the pulling of the tongue. This IL
also applicable to asphyxiation from
gases. The tongue must not only be
pulled out of the patients mouth, but it
must be twitchcd rhy thmically in imita-
ton of the breathing rhythm. The
effect of this method was recently verb
fed in the province of Orel, Russia A
peasa Mt named Sophron had been drawn
out of a river; all methods to revive him
were fruitless- Then an old peasant
named Pctrucha resorted to this meth
cd, and in five minutes the man was no
stored to consciousness
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
DAIRY COW FEEDS.
How to 0ttain the Best Results 1t ths
Least Efpense.

Least Expense.
1t is fair to say that a cow must pay
for the feed she eats, and return a 1iv-
more profitable for tho owner to raise
the feed. and make yet another profit
between tho actual cost of the COW
feed, as raised on the farm. and what
tho same feed would cost if another
man raised it, and his living and profits
came from it's sale. Oats, at forty
cents per bushel, are too expensive q
feed, when the results are compared
with good bran, or, what is yet better.
with seconds, the grade of bran that
has quite showing of -four in it. and
is yet in most markets cheaper than
the bran. Corn meal, at sixty cents
for ffty.six pounds, is a good food in
part. for butter dairy, and especially
SO. if it is to be fed with clover hay,
which is largely a1buminous, and
needs the starchy foods, like corn meal.
to balance it. rather than more a!bu-
minous matter, which is SO largely
represented in bran.
dance I feed largely of that, for from
every ten dollars worth of tho hay
there is made nine dollars worth OF
fertility. To balance the clover hay. !
| would get corn in the car, and have it
ground fine and feed with the clover
AS
| matter. Ear corn should be ground on
! the cob, and not shelled. For milk,
the fourteen pounds of cob in a hun
dred weight of meal are worth more, as
| a promoter of digestion, than would be
the fourteen pounds of pure meal in its
place. A cow in good flow of mi Tx will
need from twenty-five to thirty pounds
! of clover hay each day. with eight
pounds of the meal. In my dairy
4 reverse this by feeding fifty
pounds of silage. made from fairly
| we'll cared corn, and Gve to six pounds
| of seconds daily, and what clover hay
the COWS will conSume-Some five
| pounds daily to each COW. In the same
| way cows, to do their best, seem to
need d bulky food, largely on the
carbohydrate side of the ration, rs
| mixed hay, we'll cured corn fodder, and
tho like. The albu minous matters
should come in smaller amounts,
though clover hay is an exception, as
| it is a loose, bulky, misunderstanding
| food, and the corn meal balances it in
| starch to some extent Cows eat as
| they were born to do, some more, some
less, and to produce milk the same rule
holds good.
| sumo is no indication of what she will
produce in milk solids, that the
good dairyman has to feed as circum.
stances indicate, the milk pail being
the indicator. Wheat straw is not a
good promoter of milk yield. nor an
economical factor in the feed line.
Wheat straw is far better under a
mich COW than in her stomach. A COW
needs to eat so much straw to obtain a
minimum amount of nutriment that
| the stomach is overtaxed, and there is
q shrinkage of the milk. If the straw
is cut fine, and moistened with small
amount of water, and then fine mid
dlings mixed through tho mass. the
straw will he improved and made
more digestible. Cut straw and linseed
meal are useful for young stock.
Gould, in American Agriculturist.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
Yf6. ..
GUIDING BOARD.

can make one from an old fork. Gut
tings are usually placed about four
inches apart in the row. Hence, have
a three-tined fork made with straight
tines four inches apart, five inches in
length, threc-eighths of an inch in
diameter and pointed at the ends. The
operator walks by the side of n line or
mark and forces the fork into the
ground, four inches apart, at any IN
clination desired. If the ground be
hard the foot is used to press the fork
down. A uniform depth can be secured
by running the tines through a light
strip of wood shown in Fig 2.
After the cuttings are in place, the
dibble should be again pressed into the
earth within two inches of the cuttings,
and moved slightly to press the earth
firmly against the cutting at the bot
tom. Test this by trying to pull out
the cutting. Walking along both sides
of the row fills all interstires, and
growth is assured as far as proper set
ting is concerned.-Americ Agricul-
turiSt.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
Gardens for Isoys and Girls.

1t is an excellent plan for the boys
aud girls to have n vege table garden Of
their own and sell the vegetables to
the family, as is the custom very fire.
quently in good English families.
This should not be a mere matter of
play. The vegetables should be pur.
chased on their merits alone and 1t
.hc prevailing market prices, inferior
ones being thrown back upon the
young gardener in order to teach him
practical methods Of business Such
simple vegetables as radish and lettuce
may he easily raised by young
sardener,-Rural World.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
LAFAYETTE La, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1893.

through which tho river flows to tho
sea. Tho edges Of the gap near the
rivers mouth lie about 1900 feet apart
and gradually approach each other un-
til near the top Of the first reach, when
they are about 800 feet asunder. They
rise in abrupt forest-clad sleeps, and
FROM tho edges on both sides of tho
river platenus extend until on either
side other precipitous cliffs rise and are
visible from ships decks leagues away
the st. Johns River" Inside the
Coates the river is broad, with scarce
ly q perceptible current, aud the banks
are covered with forest trees and tan
gled underground of vegetation.
Owing to the abundance of water and
the constant supply of fresh vegeta-
ton and succulent grass throughout
~ a favorite resort for wild game.
Nearly every variety of wild animals
peculiar to southern A frica--with the cx-
ception of the ELEPHANTS found here
and consequently it ia Iuuch frequent
ed by the class of hunters and sports
men who are not averse to roughing it,
for luxuries beyond what nature affords
are unknown in this wild region.
It was here that the writer had his
first full view of a wild African buffalo,
and he has ever since devoutly prayed
that it might be the last. In company
with an Englishman named Phillips.
we landed from a small coaster at the
mouth of the St. Johns, bent on ten
days hunt. Phillips was familiar witt.
the country, and for two or three days
We worked our way back from the
coast, meeting with good sport in
shooting small game. One afternoon
W, spied native hut in thiclkly
wooded copse, and entering it found the
entire family, consisting of father,
mother, two grown-up daughters and a
son of about 20 years, squatted around
q big wooden basin filed with an
odorous stew of buffalo meat and
green Indian corn. Phillips, who spoke
the Pondo dialect, soon placed US on
good terms with the household by pre-
senting the old native a plug -f tobac-
co and 4 clay pipe. We soon learned
that a herd of buffaloes had been seen
in the vicinity few hours before, and
the old man and his son had bagged
one. We were further assured that if
we chose to rest over night the entire
family would accompany us on a buffa-
10 hunt on the morrow.
Before daylight the next morning we
sailed forth in Ill force, and at sun
rise had reached the spot where the ma
tives had killed the buffalo the day be-
fore. Hero we found a plain trail, and
we stopped long enough to lay out a
plan of campaign. The natives dc.
ployed so as to act as q sort of slzir1nish
line, while Phillips and stood close
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
PONDO FAMILY.

together as we proceeded in the direc-
ton the herd had taken. We followed
a sort of blind trail along the side of a
mountain which rose on our left hand
at an angle of about forty-five degrees.
We had proceeded thus far about thirty
minutes when Phillips, who was a little
in advance of me, suddenly stopped,
raised his ride and quickly fred. Stimuli
taneously with the report Of the gun
I heard n loud snort aud then q crash
ing noise like tornado rushing down
the side of the mountain, and then I
saw, not moro than scvcntyfive yards
away, a huge. darlx-colored beast, bear
ing right down upon me. I did not
hesitate, but sprang for a tree a few
steps away, and, seizlng lower branch.
was rapidly launching myself out of dan
ger, when the branch snapped from the
trunk and fell heavily to the ground.
Then, hearing Phillips laugh, looked
up and saw the dead buffalo lying
about twenty yards from me. Phillips
shot had penetratedsit its heart, but the
savage brute had charged in the direc-
ton of its foes till the last throb was
still. j. w. S1.ER.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

perior, but gave up his keys and FER
mitted one of the strangers to go for
his books without thinking there was
anything unusual in the request and
action.
us that your handwriting, young
man." asked one of the strangers,
blandly, pointing to a portion of the
open ledger.
''Yes,'' replied poor Volto promptly.
Look more carefully at it, young
man. Now, are you quite sure?''
II think so," again replied the CASH
er, not SO positively as before.
''You are fool, young fellow, and
might have Jagged yourself with that
answer of yours. !" said the stranger,
conte mptuously, ''only that you have
had guardian angel near you since you
came here
''Lavina!' murmured The young man,
and then he blashed. wildly.
mo, donkey, your guardian angel
didn't go by the feminine title of La
VIVA; he's a male. and answers to the
name of Jack Ridgeway, detective
that's myself
'Officer, what is the meaning of all
this balderdash?.. Arrest that young
scoundrel at once" shouted the mana
ger, impatiently. yet with a frightened
glimmer in his small gray eyes.
1T means that I have been watching
your little game for a long time now,
Mr.. John Agar, bank manager and
thief, aud that this person may thank
his lucky stars that 1 was on the spot,
otherwise his filtration with pretty
Lavina might have cost him dear
enough. jim, look after the lady while
1 attend to the MASTER"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

with wave in a mad rush to reach the
depths, tho whole surging, writhing,
liquid mass lands in weird con-
fusion below, where it forms a huge
basin-shaped lagoon, which makes a
favorite habitat for tribes of hippopot-
ami, crocodilcs and other amphibia-
But perhaps the grandest and most
romantic landscape scenery on tho
continent of Africa south of the equator
is to be found on the st. Johns river,
as the Umzimvubu is known from the
eastern border Of Pondoland to the
sea. At the mouth of the st. Johns,
were itdebouches into the Indian ocean,
the view is a notable object of interest
for oil who arc SO fortunate as to trim
the coast near enough to observe its
outlines, and those who once view it
will scarcely fail to recognize its picture
aftcrward. Here a lofty table-topped
mountain appears to have been cleft to
Its base. leaving q wedge-shaped gap
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
Compositton of Grating Wax.

The bulletin Of the experiment
farm at Ottawa in Canada, where
much grating is performed, especially
of the cherry. gives the composition OF
the grating wax there employed. A
wax for outdoor use is made by melt
ing together five parts of resin and two
parts of beeswax; to this is added ono
and half or two parts of linseed oil
For winter use in the grafting-roon,
less oil and beeswax make a more soit.
able com position.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
ElephaOtine Joke by Dante.

Dante, meditating apart one day in
the Church of Santa Maria Novella, was
accosted by a bore who asked many
foolish questions. After vainly endeav.
oring to get rid of him, Dante at last
said: Before l reply to thee, answe,
me this Which is the greatest of all
beasts?"
The gentleman replied that on the
authority Of pliny he believed it to be
the elephant.
me in peacer' and SO saying. he turned
and left HMM. Y. Times.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

>AAsA-
inR.room, looked after them for a mo-
tnent or two, and then with q grunt
went back again to his work.
For the next hslf-hour the murmur
Of their subdued voices came waiting
in with the parfume OF the exotics, q
large spider compile ted the web he had
begun before they left and which, ere
they could enter again, they would
have to break through, for he had bar
ricaded the doorway, and as the dew
fell upon his web it looked like q close
curtain of silver and gems
Inside the bank the manager had also
completed the task which had occupied
couple had been sentimeutaliAing out
side, and had carefully replaced the
caSAier's key to hisroom, after locking
the desk where he kept his set OF
books A delicate task Mr.. Agar had
been en9n9ellsSapon, which required a
SIN all bottle Of acid and asRpod deal of
practice of Reginald's handwriting;
however, it wns at last very ne atty ac-
cotnplished, and tho manager reap
peared again at the vcranda and
called out with those stridcnt, hon
est tones of his: : ~
..Wherc are you. Lavipa?''
Here. John!'' came back the liquid
accents of his youthful spouse.
''All right, dear, don't disturb your.
self: l am going into the town for a
little while, but Ill be back for sup
per-
way, 'Nina' and ''Volto'' returned by
the front, and, after ruthlessly dcmol-
ishing that foolish spiders web, they
made themselves comfortable in the
drawing-room, she sitting. down to the
piano while he leaned over her tender
ly, feeling as nearly happy as it was
possible for sinful mortal to feel at
on 7, OH MIA ri.
to him and looked at him now and
again with the tender glance which
made him so completely her slave.
They did not speak much during that
interval of waiting, and only when the
sound OF her husbands loud footsteps
was the spell broken. STOPPING
quickly over her, he kissed her and
whispered:
II love you, Nina; I love you.''
''Hush! Volto-or Bruno will hear
you
John Agar came in. loudly slamming
the door behind him, and sat very
grimly all through the supper; SO that
Reginald Cleaver hardly dared to look
at him and shortly afterwards retired
to his bedroom ina tumult of remorse
and passion which kept him awake
nearly half the night. He had kissed
her for the first time, and she had not
resisted. so she must love him al
though she had not vet said SO. How
beautiful she was-on the morrow per-
haps she would give him the assurance
he wanted.
At breakfast, however. Nina did not
look at him. neither did she speak, but
kept her lovely head bent over her
plate in confused, shy way that was
very charming, and when afterwards
he was asked into the managers room
and found there a couple of strangers
watching him curiously, he was SO en-
crossed with that charming picture
that he hardly looked at them or list
encd to the loud coarse voice of his 81
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
SETTING CUTTINGS.

The Device Here Illustrated Will Expe-
tlite the Operation.
In setting grape, currant or other
cuttings in the open ground u trench is
often plowed or dug, the cuttings
placed in pos ition, and the earth thrown
back. Many make the ground as mel
low as possible. and with pointed
stick or sharpened iron rod make a hole
of the proper depth and inclination.
and insert the cutting. The operation
can be greatly expedited and cheapened
by the handled foot dibble shown in
the illustration, Fig. l. A blacksmith
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
"Remember that dog I sto1e?''
The Warning Taken.

Jack Billings-Do you think it right
for fellow to kiss n girl suddenly,
without warning?
May Cooings-No; I do not.
Jack Billings-Neitl1er do I. But how
Is he going to war her?
May Cooings-I don't know of any
better way than to ask some question
like yours Just now.-Puclx.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

Especial South African Lctter.l
In great majority of the narratives
of African travel little mention has
been made respecting the natural scene
ry Of regions through which these re-
spective authors journcyed. Whatever
the cause of this omission may be, 1t
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
A NATURAL DEFECT.

BE careful, Mr.. Snobly, that is tho
fifth glass of punch I have seen you
take
.sAh, my dear Miss Winston, you don't
know me; can drink any quantity OF
liquor and never have q head on me-.
"Oh no; no one would ever accuse
YOU of that."-Truth
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
"A Lesson In Etiquette.

In q kitchens:
Nothcr-You shouldn't dip your -
ers into the gravy that way. Mary.
It's very vulgar.
Mary-But how else can taste It,
mother? You surely don't want me to
soil one of the plates!-La Lanterne de
Cncorico
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
V'nR0lIltcra ted.

The Buffalo News has an old joke
with a slight variation:
Nimrod-Any good hunting round
here?
Farmcr-Ycs; oceans of it.
Nimrod-Nhat kind of game mostly?
Farmer-Nevcr seed any game. Just
plain hunting.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
THE DARK CONTINENT.
| Grand Mountains and Romantic
| Landscape Scenery.

\ Twin waterfall Ia Southeastern Africa
Fully High NiagarA-Tho Gates
OF st. Johns ftlver-A Bas-@
IalO Iy1nt.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
Honesty Pay0.

Jim-Honesty is the best policy arter
all
Bill-How?
"Remember that dog stole?''
''Yep.''
"Wcll, 1 tried two hull days to sell
i'm, an no one offered more N a dollar.
So went, like honest man, an guv
him to tn ole lady what owned i'm. an
she guv me five dollars-''-N. Y. Week.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

Miss Tootyfrooty - Mistah Raxzer'
strope, you recl<'n rs gwine walz wild
. gemman wild his 'spender hangin'
outen his cloes dataway2
Mister Razzerstrope - Deed, Misa
Tootyfrooty, yo's mistaken bout dat.
Das no 'spender. das nah new fob
chain.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
Isoth side. of tho Family


She-I took the present You gave me-
to nv aunt and she thought 1t WA
lovely. But she wants to know what
we will do with it after we nrc mar
rietl.
ue-That's very simple, dearest. Tell
her shall take it to my uncle.-NEoos-
lyn Life.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

1t is an easy and very profitable busi-
meas to smuggle rifles into Morocco. A
weapon may be bought in Gibraltar for
ten dollars and sold in the interior for
FIVE or six times that sum. Smugglers
ore continually running over in feluccas
and Bleaching these arms somewhere
between Cape Spartel and Tangier, and
curious are the devices by which they
accomplish their transport.
One smuggler told Il traveller that he
ran his cargo into Tangier bay after
dark, and unloaded the rifles on the
beach, not a quarter of a mile from the
custom house.
ssNNho assists you in unload;nR?'' asked
81 generally employ the porters of tho
custom house," was the innocent reply.
Then, noting the surprise and amuse-
ment of his nearer, he added:
"They are more skilled in unloading
than other laborers.''
1t had evidently neither occurred to
him nor to the porters that they might
betray him.-Youth's Companion.
Radically Dimcult.
Two things may look very similar on
the surface. but be entirely unlike at
bottom, as in this case reported by the
Memphis Observation-Disclosures:
The land1ady of a clearinghouse in
this city has an eight-year-old son who
is remarkably precocious- Not long
ago he went uptown and had his head
tleman whose hair long ago babe hin,
farewell. This gentleman came to the
table the next day, and said:
''Why, Charley, you haven't any moro
hair now than I have
Eyes, sir,'' said Charley. that's SO:
but you see have lot more roots than
you have"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

The tooth puller was right up with
the times in youth, style and cheek.
"Have you all the latest appliances7"
asked patient in the chair. holding on
to his jaw.
''Oh, yes" replied the artist, I'm
fang dc Steele" and the tooth few out
against the window pane and smashed
it.-Dctroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

Order Countcrmanded.
Foreman dob ofice)-What are you
working At now?
Boy-Runnin' off some business cards
of a young woman who wants 70 do
mending for gents and families
Foreman-Gee whizz! Didn't you get
word not to PRINT 'em? The order ia
countcrmanded. Quick as the boss saw
that girls card, he rushed OF and mar
ricd her.-N. Y. Weekly.
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A Problem.

Mr.. Daddy-I wish our baby could
talk more plainly; Browns baby II
month Younger, and one can under
stand almost every word it Gays
wonder why it is?
Mrs. Daddy (offended)-I'm sure
don't know. (To the baby.) Comesey
tooty mommy lite swccty. Does 90
wicked pepper scold 90 dear title popsy
yyopsy dodlxins?-Pucl<-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16
FALSE TO THE PEOPLE.

The congress just closed appropti-
ated over a half a billion the first
session and even a larger amount
the last session. The Reed Con-
greSs was dubbed the billion dollar
Congress. but the Democrats have
beaten the ..Republicns at extravi-
gance. The politicians try to excuse
this by saying that the last Congress
had to appropriate money for laws
passed by the Republican Congress.
That is all bosh. If those laws
were wrong the Democratic Con-
gress should have repealed them in
stead of voting the money. They
cannot escape the responsibility for
the peoples money would never have
lett the treasury for the political
jobs, if the Democrats had not en-
dorsed it. And besides the amount
voted, on account of Republican laws
of the preceding Congress, was less
than seventy million dollars of the
nearly even hundred millions voted
away. The Democratic party has
been false to the pledges it made to
the people. The recent State Leg
islature thought it had to ape the ex-
trayigant Congress, SO it has voted
away immense amounts Of the peo-
pies money. The Legislature is now
posing as the million dollar Legis-
lature. 1t too has been false to the
people.
just think of it: million dollar
Legislature and a billion dollar Con-
gress, and the poor people taxed to
pay this enormous amount.