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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

JUDGING from the doings of Senator
PETER, the Peoples party sends repre-
fentatives to congress for the purpose of
speedily and effectively killing itself.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

The great powers Of Europe can put
p2,000, 900 lighting men into the field IL
emergency requires it. Think whst
could be done il this vast army was put
10 tilling the soil, and building up in.
otead Of tearing down!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

SENATOR STEWART of Nevada says he
can trust neither the Republican nor
Democratic party in silver legislation.
This feelingis undoubtedly reciprocated
by the parties referred to-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

HARRINGTON people know how to have
fun, as well as how to have good roads
and other rural improvements" as
witness the mock trial in that town
last night.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

LIEUTENANT PrARY and his exploring
party have reached their winter quar-
fers on the west coast of Greenland.
The next in order will be the organza-
tion Of relief expedition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

The thing for congress to do, when
the repeal bill is passed. and signed by
the president, is to go home and give
PETER chance to grow the foot OF
beard he cut of the other day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

SENATOR STEWART talked against time
yesterday in favor of free silver. He
probably realized that "Silence is
golden"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

1T is reported from Washington that
the state department will report against
the annexation Of Hawaii. which will be
lin accordance with common sense. the
facts in the case, popular sentiment in
Hawaii and the wishes of the American
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

Tom REED has more power in con-
gress now, as leader of the minority,
than any Democrat can boast Of.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

Col. HoNEy's steering committee is
not likely to be re-engaged for the jan
nary session of the general assembly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

BOSTON wants to borrow another
million. Providence could lend it to
her were she in the lending busi-
ness.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

Doc days ended yesterday, but
mosquito days are still with us. We
prefer dogs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

The News is on sale at
Chicago BY Wells 3. Sizer 1859
State street, where it can be
found during the Worlds Fair.

AS the old almanacs would say .
About this time expect the county fairs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

1t was ordered voted that it be placed on
file. The report Of the overseer of poor
William j. Wells, was next read,
showing the expenditure to tie
S3. 259.91; the average cost OF
paupers per head for the year Sl6l. Oh.
Ii was vote To levy a tax Of 80 cents on
each every one hundred dollars. to be as
sessed on or before November /, and TO lie
collected by Janu ry /, 1894 Voted to
appropriate for the support
of the public schools for the
ensuing year the sum OF $4,000.
Voted that the town treasurer pay to the
state treasurer one half Of taxes assessed.
Voted 10 have tax collector to appear
In seven D 2iaces in the town aud one In
Providencs to collect taxes before Dec. 1st.
Voted that l2c. on every oae hundred
dollars be assessed for evening" sch hools.
Upon motion OF Henry H. Greene it
was voted that the town treasursr be au-
thorized and direct to hire sum or sums
Of mouey not TO exceed $30,0J0 10 meet
the demand on the town treasurer levied
on the town treasurer till the town tax,
levied on Sept. /. 1898. becomes available
by collection.
The amount to be Appropriated for
public libraries in the town led to pow
WOW and several aired themselves amid
applause. IL was voted TO allow $500 for
the same.
The town treasurer's report was pre-
sented and showed that the receipts were
Sl63, l05Sl interest on daily balances,
S634.lS; loans, $4,000. In 1892. money ia
treasury, $40, ,347 75 in 1898. S. S4t Is; high
ways, SIG 387s5; day schools, $2),3609l;
total, si63, l05 81. Tue motion that $500 De
set aside to procure free text books in the
public schools was indefinitely postponed.
The question will the town advise the
town council to assent to the building Of
"a street railway from Phenix TO Arctic,
thenee 10 Crompton AMI also from Arctic
to the Arctic Centre line at q Iiduick at
once caused an excitement. The or Il nal
motion was voted upon aud gran cd, and
the meeting adjournei amid much excite
ment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06
CITY ADVERTIsEMEyTs
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Departme MT OF Public Schools. \
once ~ superintendent. :
City Hall. September .. 1898. y
The fan term Of the Public schools begins MON
DAY, September II.
Several OF TIC buildings. owing TO extensive
repairs and allegations. wall not be ready for
occupancy. but AL pupils will bc provided for
Pupils will be informed az heir respective build
ings on the morning Of the opcniug day, where
they az 20 he accommodated.
SEQ 90 II. 5. TARBELL, supt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06
Enforcement of the
Teeth.

Society requires OF its members that they hail be
gentlemen and ladies' In all thlngs-and the teeth,
not less tina n the dress. languages and department
must be- beyond criticism. DIR IiLLlNGHAST
AT his parors, No. ego Westminster street, makes
speciality OF improving the appearances of. and re.
moving discoloratons FROM sound teeth. as well as
tn various mechanical opera tons required In re-
moving and eplacing decayed teeth. The Doctor
will be pleased to advise you. without charge, on
the treatment ana care OF the teeth at any time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

Nxwronr is rejoicing that IT has
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
Getting Married in England.

Getting married in Englead, to peo-
pie who are not able to buy a license,
is a very embarrassing matter. A IL
cense is expensive, while a marriage
by banns costs only q few shillings, so
most prefer the banns. You have to
be cried three times on three separate
Sundays, and if a fellow happens to
make a mistake and go to church on
the Sunday when his banns are cried
he finds the proclamation of his matrl-
monial intentions to be very embar-
RAISING, for, of course, he is unmercl-
fully grinned at by the rest of the
audience. Couples having their banna
cried usually stay away from the morn
ing service or prevail on the clergy
man to proclaim the banns at an after
noon or evening service, when few are
present. Very often, however, the
parson refuses to do this, arguing that
as the banns are designed to give pub
licity to the occasion the most public
time Of proclamation should be chosen,
so the afflicted man and his unfor-
tunate companion that is to be are
forced to bear the gibes of their &C
uuaintaDces for at least three weeks
Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
Fluctuations i'm the Honey Crop.

This has not been a good year for
the ~bee-keepers, as there has not been
half q crop of honey. There is a great
difference in seasons, so far as honey
making is concerned. Though flowers
come in about the same profusion each
year, they do not contain the same
amount of honey. Some years they
seem filed with the sweet nectar, and
the bees make frequent excursions, and
always return heavily laden, and other
years the busy little workers scour the
country far and wide and gather little
honey. II has been two or three years
since there was a large crop of the
product, but when there is, bee-keep-
ers make plenty Of money. In agood
year an average seasons work for a
stand of bees is 200 pounds of honey,
though a particularly good stand will
sometimes gather 500 pounds. The
product sells for $50 to $40 a ton, SO
that on a good year a person with a
hundred stands of bees would make
from 5000 to $1400. Ii every season
was a good one a person could not find
an "odd job that would reward his
spare time any better than keeping
bees.-Pomona (Cal.l Progress.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
rHE woon MUST BE FED.

Dropping the wool is a frequent
trouble with sheep. There are many
different explanations for this annoy.
ance to the flock master, but few OF
these hint at all at the fact that wool
must be fed, or it cannot grow, and
any failure in its nutrition must result
in such a weakness that the fleece fails
to keep up it's connection with the
skin, and thus drops off as If it were
seyered-as it really is-at its root.
The fleece of q hundred-pound sheep
makes up ten per cent, or more, 0.
the animals weight, and it consists OF
4 far greater proportion OF the most
exactinp elements of nutrition than
the flesh of the sheep does. Flesh has
seventy-fve per cent. of water In Il
wool has only fifteen per cent. me
flesh has in its dry matter the follow
ing elements, and wool has the guam.
titles set opposite TO them. Thus the
composition of flesh is: Carbon, 5l.o5
Der cent. hydrogen, TOT; nitrogen,
1901; oxygen, 21.37; ashes, 40.
Wool. Carbon, 40. 65 per cent. ny
drogen, 6.93 nitrogen, IL. 81 oxygen
%. Ii; ashes, 20; sulnhur 30. :.
Taking into account that the WOOL
has only one-fssh as much water in It
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Avoid the pruning of large limbs.
The water vessels should be cleaned
out daily.
Poultry requires good food If eggs
are desired.
Be careful to provide dry quarters
i'm wet weather.
Many young trees are killed every
year by overbearing,
Ducks will suffer from rheumatism
if they have damp quarters.
At eleven weeks old a Pekin duck
should weigh at least five pounds.
Sunshine should be admitted into
the poultry house whenever possible.
Turkeys consume more food than
chickens, but they also bring better
prices.
It is to the interest of the poultry
keeper to supply food which will pro-
mote laying.
Soft shelled eggs, double yolk eggs
and other Irregularities Indicate that
the hens are too fat.
Watch the fruit trees, and when
any insects appear spray with Paris
green or other insecticides.
When pruning protect all large
wounds with a coat of melted grating
a or a coat Of coarse paint.
A young queen will begin to deposit
eggs ten days from birth, and is cred
tied with laying 5000 eggs daily
Sort all fruit before Offering for
sale. More can be obtained for fruit
of uniform size than for that which ia
not graded.
II is generally conceded that July is
the best time to prune trees, although
many prefer doing it at other times
Poultry anure is n of the most
profitable crops. It should be NIKE
with other manure and spread broad
| cast through the garden.
Hens that are set during the sum
mer should have their nests made IN
cool, quiet place. If there is anything
eatable to be found, the black Spanish
and the Leghorns will find it.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
Relics of the Race at the Fair.

The Archaeological and Arch@olo'
eical and Historical Building at the
Fair was designed to show to the peo'
pie who live now what and who were
their predecessor, to settle disputed
questions of ped, rec and to prove
that family histories should only be
traced q few thousand years backward.
Beyond that even the four hundred
are apt to find their ancestral blood
boiling in the veins of II murderous
savage from the north or lazlly sleep
ing within the naked flesh of q Jungle
native. With these remnants of the
oldest and. therefore best families OF
other days came their tombstones also,
a really comforting thing for the col
lectors to do, since with these hewn
monuments at the head of the pile OF
sand the skeleton feels at home save
for tho lack of green to cover the
grave In other cases the rock cottins
were also shipped, these clammy
things adding greatly to the general
cheerfulness of the tout ensemble.
Bones and graves are not the only
attractions here. The races which
formed the basis for yourself have also
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
HANDLING OF COLTS.

There are many ways of handling
colts at weaving time. Some of these
methods are good and some are bad,
but the one that is most common, and
at the same time the worst of all, is to
remove it to some back pasture, where
it can u with other stock and be out
of sight of its dam. There it is de-
prlved of its prepared food, expected
to thrive on grass, fight flies in the
sun and get water with the other stock
at the spring or trough. The result is
that the colt goes into winter quarters
thin in flesh, stunted in growth, with
dropped ears and a rough coat of hair.
1t holds its own through the winter if
extra feed and care be given it, but
good, thrifty growth is out Of the ques-
tion. New York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
GETTING TREES FROM THE WOODS.

AsAN AA'oAA 1AA 'SoDS
Laws against obtaining money under
false pretences might well be enforced
at this season of the year against those
who dig in the woods small or large
trees and sell them to unwary village
or city residents for transplanting to
decorate the streets. The trees may
be true to name, but even the most I'M
skilled forester ought to know by look
ing at them that there is very small
chance of any of them making a useful
growth. A long pole, the size and
length suitable for a hop pole, having
at its lower end a few pieces of roots
the size of ones thumb or finger, gives
little promise of making a fine tree.
It may be done by carefully leaving
three or four buds, ma sprigs, at the
top where the future branches are to
be. Usually, however, the top is either
left only slightly trimmed, OF else
every bud is cut clean out, and the
tree takes it's chances of nature push
ing some buds out of the wood just be-
low the cuts. This is an exhaustive
process, and the buds do not make
much growth the first season. At the
best, a forest tree thus managed is far
inferior to the nursery trees that have
had the advantages of frequent Guilt
walton, have symmetrical tops and
plenty of small roots rear the trunk,
making transplsnting SO as to insure
rapid growth a comparatively easy
matter.-Boston C%ultivator.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
Sounding the Deep Sea.

A method of sounding the deep sea
without a line has been devised by
John Munro. It consists in dropping
a lead containing a cartridge which
ezplodes on striking the bottom. The
sound of the explosion is received by
a submerged microphone apparatus
communicating with the ship. The
depth is estimated by the time occu-
pied by the leadin sinking to the bot
tom. A very ingenious method OF &C
complishing the same end was EN-
ployed in Sir William Siemen's bethy..
meter. This instrument was intended
to sound the deep sea without a line
through the varying attraction Of
gravity on a mercury column produced
by the different depths of water I'M
derneath it. The bathymeter was
tried on a cable ship, but given up be
cause it was too sensitive to the sur
face waves. Chicago Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
The "Raising" of Bread.

What is meant by raising bread
is worth a few words. The introduce
ton of the yeast into the moist dough
and the addition of heat when the pan
is placed near the fire produces an
enormous growth of the yeast fungi
the yeast germ" in other words
These fungi effect a destructive fer
mentation of a portion of the starchy
matter of the Aour-one of the most
valuable nutriment elements IN the
flour. The fermentation produces car
bonic acid gas, and this, having its
origin in every little particle Of the
starch which is itself everywhere IN
the -four, pushes aside the particles OF
the dough to give itself room. This is
what is called raising the bread. Chi
a g Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
An Extraordinary Will,

Mr.. Thullesson, a merchant who
died at the close of the last century.
left estate of the value of So, 600, 900,
and of this $500, 900 was bequeathed
to the widow, the testator directing
that the rest should accumulate till the
death of his three sons and all his
grandsons, when the eldest male de-
scendant should inherit. The case
came into court in 1856, on the con-
struction to be placed on the phrase
sseldest male descendant" when the
cost of deciding the rival claims re-
duced the property to about its orig
inal value. Thullesson's case gave its
name to the act which limits accumu-
lation to t~wenty-one ,rears after the
death of the testator. New York Dis
patch.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04

as the flesh, 1t is easily seen that it re-
guires five times as much of the ele-
ments of nutrition for each pound
weight as the flesh, and thus, if the
fleece of a merino weighs fifteen
pounds and the carcass after shearing,
weighs seventy-fve bounds, equal
quantities of food arc required for the
production of each. This is, perhaps,
never thought of by any feeder of the
flock, for, so far, it seems to have been
completely ignored by all writer's
upon sheep husbandry; and yet the
Importance of it is paramount. The
common ignorance of these urgent de-
mands of the fleece for special nutri-
ments is, doubtless, the cause why the
sheep suffers SO muchfrom the exhaus-
tive requirements of the wool. As the
fleece must be supplied after the ami
NAL itself, the wool suffers while the
sheep escapes, at least to some extent;
and as the wool cannot exist without
its necessary accompaniment Of the
yolk and grease, which natural
" protect it from injury by the rains,
heat, or cold, this is to be considered
as calling for requisite nutriment as
well as the actual body Of the animal.
It is worthy of note, too, that as wool
contains considerable sulphur, this IS
also to be provided in the food.
Every time the sheep is underfed,o O.
suffers from any other cause, 1t appears
in the wool, the fibre of which shows
a thin place in it, and each of these
weak spots represents a fault in feed
ing or other part of the management.
This weakness in the fibre is ruinous to
the wool, as it causes it to break in the
carding or combing, and thus become
too short for the spinner, and fit only
for felting. This defect is known by
the wooden manufacturers and buyers
as "break," and makes it unstable.
Consequently, the matter Of feeding,
and the regularity of it, are special
points to be regarded by the shepherd.
Yet it must not be supposed that the
wool only suffers; the sheep must
necessarily suffer, for the damage to
the wool is only M Of the visible
signs of injury to the whole animal.
In estimating the amount of food
necessary for a sheep, all these points
are to be taken into account, and the
gross weight of the animal is to be in
creased, for estimating the allowance
of food by the proportion to be added,
| on account Of the extra dry substance
| of the fleece. To be on the safe side
it will be reasonable to add to the live
weight of the sheep fully 100 per cent.
that is, to double the weight, and esti
mate the ration accordingly. The
| normal allowance of three per cent. OF
dry matter 100 pounds Of carcass may
thus be doubled, without any fear OF
overfeeding.-American Agriculturist
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
FRESH AIR FOR HORSES.

A bright scheme is being executed
by a New York horseman, who has q
son or two carrying on business in the
country. He buys horses at a low
figure that are young and promising,
but are in poor condition, and suffer
ing from heat and harsh treatment on
the paved streets. He sends them by
boat at small expense to his sons, who
use them from a month to two or three
months on earth roads, give them
abundant green food, and not q great
deal of grain, and treat them to every
liberty and comfort which the country
affords and their suffering natures de-
mand. At the same time the horses
are not left idle. The young men are
workers, and find it necessary to work
the horses, but this does not seem to
interfere in any way with their COM
plete restoration. When the horses
have improved sufficiently they are re-
turned to the city, and others taken
in their place, the father and sons
reaping a handsome profit between the
purchase and the selling price, as such
horses rested, refreshed and in good
flesh are sometimes sold for double
what was paid for them.
Here is a feasible opportunity for
farmers who desire cheap work horses
and do not wish to winter them. Men
who know what horses are a buy to
advantage animals such as have been
described, from early spring to sum
mer, work them iudiciously until they
are in q salable condition, and let them
90 for more than enough to compen-
safe for any annoyance they may have
made, and for their board, having Their
labor gratis. Two or three horses can
be returned and sold, and perhaps q
single one brought back to the farm to
use through the winter and sell in the
spring. Many horses that are some
what stiffened and famed from I'M
proper using and excessive pounding
on the pavements can be completely
cured by driving without shoes for
season. By watching the feet for
week or two after removing the shoes
that the edges are kept filed smooth,
almost any horse can be driven most Of
the year on country roads without that
appendage commonly termed Q shoe
New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
4 Queer Horned Snake.

Some time during the first or second
week of June of the present year, the
children of Mr.. Sol Benson IA well
known farmer who lives seven miles
north of Knoxville, Iowa, and whose
n~ostofice address is at the above named
place) came home from school and
made the startling announcement hat
their teacher had killed q snake with q
forked tail. Sol does not claim to be
cup" in ~"snakeology," but he says 1t
struck him that this particular ophld-
ian must be "crriously and wonder"
ouslv formed" to say the least, yet he
did not take sufficient interest IN the
matter to walk over to where the
plucky 'sschool marin" had dispatched
the m~onstrosity to make an examlna"
ton OF it's bind candaL termination
The next morning, however, he was
riding past the place with one OF his
sons who was present when the creature
had met the school teacher and the ak,
and concluded to take a lesson IN de-
formed h~erpetology. Arriving at the
place he found to his great surprise a
snake four feet eight inches IN length
with a perfectly formed horn on the
end of it's tail. Closer examination
disclosed the remarkable fact that this
horn was split from base to point, and
that it would open like the beak OF a
bird! 1t had probably been open
when the children examined it the day
before. which caused them to infer 1t
was q fork-tailed snake. st. Louis
Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-04
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet"
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas"
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax.
stive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevera
and permanently curing constipation;
L has given satisfaction to millions n
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufsctured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered