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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
THE WINNING CARD.
How a Dimdent Young Man Turned tho
Joke on His Old Teascr.

How a Dimd~nt Young Man Turned tho
Joke His Old Teascr.
There's very pious and diffidcnt
young man in Detroit who is so very
sensitive that certain gentleman with
a good-loolzing daughter is forever teas
Ing. him on all sorts of subjects, and
the young fellow has never been BILE
to get even until now. The other day
the old one met the young one in n
crowd of men.
:.Ah, my boy he said, "you weren't
at the club last night?''
NO. sir: was the response; 81 was
ma king a few calls
'O--ho,'' laughed the old one, with
great significance, making calls, were
you? What kind of hands did you
hold?'' and he winkcd and laughed
again, and nudged the young man in
the ribs
Then the inspiration came to the
young man.
''They were just too lovely for any
thing he said, with a smile. Your
daughters was one, for instance" and
somehow the old one hasn't felt SO
much like teasing the pious young man
since that.-Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
The Indian Hornbill.

A hornbill is something like a big
magpie in all its sly tricks and ways.
1t catches little ball of food, if thrown
to it, with a sharpness and precision
worthy of a cricketer. On one occasion.
when Mrs. Hornbill had made herself a
nest in a hollow in the trunk of the tree
in their house and deposited her eggs
in it, Mr.. Hornbill came and plastered
up the opening with mud, leaving only
a space sufficient for him to insert his
bill and feed the female and the nest
lings. He feeds them in a very affec-
tionate manner, by throwing up from
his own stomach pellets of food, envel-
oped, something like a sausage in ''giz-
gard sacs'' formed of portions of the in
ter Tor lining of his own stomach. This
is perhaps more curious than NICE
Lon gman's Magazine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22

It was unanimously pronounced time
ly, useful and pcrmanent-uscful not
only in preparing the garden, but in
digging horse-radish, setting out small
fruits, pie-plant. young trees, and do
ing a dozen other jobs where even a
fork would not serve well. In dig
ging post holes, it performs a most
useful mission.
Many another old shovel might be thus
Transformed, and many Il farmer who
does not know the usefulness Of the
English slane could easily provide him
self with one of these tools by bending
the broad blade of an old shovel at an
exact right angle with itself. shown
in Fig. 2. For the rapid getting out of
peat and muck, this tool has no equal.
as it will cut two sides of each block at
one stroke, and when the bog is once
opened, every motion produces com
plete briclx.-COuntry Gentleman.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
A Bavarlan Railroad Device.

An automa tic device for loca ting and
clearly marking track defects is now
in use on the Bavarian state railways.
The principle of the apparatus is based
on the fact that every low point or
other similar defect in a line of track
causes a shock of greater or less in
tensity in car passing over it. The
arrangement of the apparatus in the
inspection car is such that if the shock
exceeds a certain degree of intensity a
squirting device is brought into opera
ton. from which either red or blue
liquid is squirted over the roadbed,
making stripes from one foot to seven
feet long and about two inches wide.
The track sections requiring attention
are thus very plainly marked. Tho
apparatus, it is claimed. will locate de-
fects which can not ordinarily be de
tected by the track walker and will
afford evidence of imperfections in the
roadbed long before these will show
themselves by such signs as battered
rail ends at joints, etc.-Philadelphia
Record,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
NEW GARDEN TOOL.
Designed by . Bright Boy In an Hour Of
Need.

DeslEned by . Bright Boy in Hour Of
Need.
A iacw tool made from an old one
would have been considered an impos-
sibillty few weeks ago. but necessity
is the mother of invention. The garden
fork got broken. It was Il beautiful
late spring morning, the garden was in
fine shape to be planted. and the seeds
and their mistress impatient to have
the work go-forward. 1t was miles to
town. We had no substitute for Il fork
but clumsy stable shovel, not even a
gardeners spade. just when ready to
give up the job for still later oppor-
tunity, one of the boys was heard Wig
orously using hammer and coal-chisel
at the barn. In few minutes he came
into the garden, flushed with success
and pride, bearing aloft what appeared
to be Il short, stiff spade. A few words
of explanation showed it to have been
made of an old shovel which had lain
idle for 4 number of years because
the point was worn OF it. He had
merely cut off the sides, leaving the
stiff back and middle portion of the
shovel, about eight inches wide Gig.
~. A tlcrisive laugh met his presenta-
tion, but when the new tool was tried,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
FEATHERS AND EGGS.
Utility of More Importance in Fowls Than
Graceful Shape.

Utility of More Importance in Fowls Than
Graceful Shape.
consider the utility part of a fowl of
far more Importance than the graceful
shape or the handsome plumage. The
best layers l have on my place are the
ngliest in plumage, and possess all the
dsoualitications of the standard called
for. Vet would rather have one such
fowl than half a dozen of the average
prize winners at the poultry exhibit
tions. believe in pure bloods. The
only departure I make from strictly
thorough breeds is the first crossing. I
know that where two breeds are
crossed the offspring are more hardy
and more profita able than when closely
bred in their purity.
My plan is pick out the best layers
each year and raise young stock from
them. BY carefully following this plan
an excellent laying strain can be built
up. 1t pays to closely watch the laying
hens and to kill off all that are but
ordinary. The same food that will feed
n flock of Indifferent layers would sup
port Il flock of profita BILE ones. Fan
cicrs cannot follow out that plan. Very
often the poorest layers arc the best
marked and the best adapted for the
matings he wants, and his prime object
is to furnish prize winners. 1 believe
in points, but I want these points to
mean eggs'-Germantown Telegraph.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
1t Takes Many Pounds of Bullets.

Old war eagles are wont to tell young.
er soldiers that there is no real danger
in a battle; that cit is mostly all roar
and little WOOL that lit takes mans
weight in lead to kill him. etc. This
last statement seems rather broad, but
statistical tables even more than prove
the verify of the assertion At the
battle of Solferino a comparison of the
number of shots fired on the Austrian
side with the number of killed and
wounded on the part of the enemy
shows that 700 bullets were expended
for each man ~ounde and 1900 for
each man killed. Now, as the average
weight of the ball used was 80 grammes,
it must have required at least 126 l<ilo-
grams or 227 pounds of lead to kill a
single one of the encmys men! In the
last Franco-Prussian war a whole COM
pany of French chasseurs fired 400
shots at mounted German sentry on
a hillocl< at a distance of less than 200
yards without even SO much scra tch-
ing either horse or man.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
LAMB cREEPs ILLUSTRATED.

used. but they are expensive and give
no better service. The grain trough
represented at A is the one used at the
Wisconsin station. Its peculiar fea-
ture is the movable fender or ridgepole,
which prevents lambs getting into the
trough to lie down or stand. Sheep are
rather particular about their food, and
lambs are quick to refuse grain not
fresh and clean. Anyone can make a
lamb creep and trough after seeing our
do without one on his farm.-O. Judd
Farmer.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22

case of his illness ut any time his tur-
quoise became paler and palcr. and if
its possessor died lost it's color entirely,
but recovered again on passing into the
hands of a new owner. Other precious
gems seem of late years to have lost all
claim to the former marvellous powers
aScribed to them, but the turquoise
still retains one of its mysterious prop
critics, and parades it to the present
day.
Sometimes slowly, sometimes sud-
denly, it turns pale, becomes spottc ed
and finally changes from blue to white,
and specimens of this kind arc rare nd
valuable.
Turquoises are found in Thibet. China
and Mount Sinai, but the handsomest
ones for jewelers. purposes come from
Persian mines. They are found inn
bedded in masses of rock and the mines
arc more than one hundred and fifty
feet deep. and many laborcrs are en-
ployed in them, the Oldest of whom buy
the gems and sell them in turn to trav-
elcrs and merchants. Other men buy
the rough stones and polish tn en- be-
fore selling. These, of course, COM
mand high prices.
The stones are divided into three
classes-first, second and third quail
ties. All stones of perfect color and
shape belong to the first class, but a
tiny speck of green, which only con-
noisseur can detect, will consign a hand
some stone to second-class matter.
Then there is that undcfina BILE proper
ty of a good turquoise, like the water
of a diamond or the luster Of a pearl.
In a turquoise it is called Sat" A fine
colored turquoise without the ''zat" is
not worth much. Among the finest
Jewels of the shah there is a fine tur-
quoise valued at four thousand dollars.
The third-class stones are those with
decided flaws and unstable in Persia.
The small prices offered for such there
are more than doubled by the time
they reach Europe. They are cut by
hand and polished on Rne-grained
sandstone, and then on piece of soft
leather with turquoise dust 1t is quite
the fashionable stone of the present
day, and when set with diamonds no
gem can equal it in beauty. An ultra
society woman is not happy until she
is the possessor of such a jewel.-Cin-
cinnati Star-Sayings.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
A HOMEMADE MARKER.

one ourt', inch strap iron passing loose-
ly around the front pole, but bolted to
the blocks G, which are twenty inches
long and six inches through, and pinned
above the back pole. The holes for the
marker pins should be bored where
needed. Wood pins need one and one
half inch holes, iron pins one-half inch.
These holes should be SO bored that the
pins will slant back while marking.
The pins. d, which fasten the back pole
to the connecting blocks e should be
made six inches longer for this purpose.
A double tree can be attached to the
tongue in the usual manner. By using
2 heavy back log, an excellent clod
crusher, lcveler, or weed and cornstalk
breaker can be made American Ag-
riculturiSt
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
A Rhode Island Experience.

The Homestead tells of a farmer in
Rhode Island who turned over five
acres of old ward land in May, and put
on a liberal dressing of stable manure
MIXED with slaughter house refuse. He
sowed it with fodder corn and raised 20
tons of fodder, which it cost him $40 to
cut and stack. As his cattle will leave
the best upland hay to clean up this
fodder, he considers it worth at least SO
a ton, and his whole outlay was about
800, which he presume does not in
cl,;dc cost of the manure. But the land
ought to be in much better condition
than before,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
PRECIOUS JEWELS.
Ono of the Most Scrviccab1e and Popular
Stones Is the Turquoise.

One Of the Most Scrviccable and Popular
Stones Is the Turquoise.
There are few gems more commonly
.een in jewelry than the lovely blue
turquoise. Its beauty. it's service. its
pleasing contrast with gold, all explain
ordinary stones.
Only a few exceptionally fine speci-
mems of the stone rank with the ''rich
and rare gems" Much and widely as
the turquoise is used for personal adorn-
ment, the supply has for some time
considerably exceeded the demand. eN-
cept for fine stones of an uncommon
size. But. as is the case with all pre-
cious stones, unusually large pieces of
this stone. when of good quality, are
eagerly sought after and have very
high value.
The turquoise has been used as gem
from a very remote period, as it is most
plentifuliy found along the shores OF
the Caspian sea, within the space be-
lieved by many to have been the era die
of the human race.
1t is asserted by historians that the
ancient Grecians used it in almost all
the finest and most delicate of their
work in gold. Want of certainty about
the name by which this stone was
known in ancient times prevents our
being able to tell what mystic virtues
were attached to it, but in the middle
ages it was supposed to have wonderful
qualities. Indeed, it was credited with
MANY supernatural virtues.
The vearer of a turquoise had his
strength increased and his sight pro-
longed. If he happened to have Sc
rious fall the consequences were avert
ed from him by the cracking and sub
sequent crumPliug OF the gem, and in
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
How to Preserve EGGS.

We have often given replies to in
quiries in regard to how best to pre-
serve eggs, and though many methods
are given, yet the following rules will
enable one to keep eggs from three to
four months if followed:
1. The eggs from hens that are not
with males.
2. Keep the eggs in racks, using no
packing material.
g. The eggs should be turned half
over three times a week.
4. Keep them cool, which is the most
important of all.
s. Use only fresh eggs, as one stale
egg may injure the others.-Farm and
EireSide.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
KANSAS ROW MARKER.
Device for InsurinS Straight Rows
Field Garden.

Device for InsurinE Straight Rows in
Field Garden.
To secure straight rows in field or
garden the ground should be marked
before planting a convenient imple-
men for this purpose is shown in the
accompanying illustration, from a
sketch sent us by John c. Umsted, OF
Kansas. a six-inch pole twelve feet
long, of red elm whit oak, a, has q
tongue pinned below it and bracsd by
an old arch of a tvvo-ho rse cultivator
mortised through the pole and pinned
above the tongue. A second pole, b,
four inches through, is attached to tho
first by pieces of one-fourth by one and
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22

The pig that is narrowed in the spring
should be large enough for slaughter in
the fall. Small sizes are preferred. The
day has passed for raising pigs for lard
only. The clover patch is now consid-
cred as important as the corn csib II
the feeding Of pigA
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
Muni6cent.

Hokelspiel-Davy, you vas a pravo
poy.
His Clerl<-Danl<S.
Hol>elSpiel-You safed der shdore
from burnin' oop, unit I rewards You.
Here vas a silfer tollar. You can look
adj id all tay, unit you needn't gif id
pack till glosin'-ooP timsy~-Indke.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22

THAT'S queer fancy of Smiths.
putting six gates in his front fence"
t>Jerusalem, man! Don't You know he
has half a dozen daughters, and all Of
them engaged. Ocean.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22
That's why.

Harl<ins Ito the Waiter)-Would you,
saind telling me Just why this is called
spring chicken?
Waiter-'Case dat am its name, sah,~-,
Truth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-22


they'll come first to me. And I don't
mean to be taken unawares.''
Mrs Martin poured the fragrant tea
and served the hot, buttered biscuit and
honey in the comb. Phebe choked back
the tears that would come and tried to
eat something.
evil you go to your room now?'' said
Mrs. Martin.
Eyes, pleased" faltered Phebe.
It was a spacious, low-ceiled room,
full of the sweet scent of dried lavcn-
der, and furnished with shining cherry
wood presses and high-baclked chairs.
II hope you will rest well,'' said Mrs.
Martin.
'.ThanlS you," said Phebe.
Mr.. Upton was hanging up his lam
tern in the back kitchen, when Mrs
Martin came downstairs.
''Wen,' said he, did you tell her she
must 30 home to-morrow?''
'sNo, did not
''Humph!'' said Mr.. Upton. you
might as WE'LL
AS Mr.. Upton lay asleep that night
he dreamed that he was a boy again at
an old-fashioned huslxing-bee; that the
corn was all husked and the barn floor
cleared off, and that he and Stella-not
pale, silent Mrs. Martin, but the gold
haired, laughing Stella of twenty years
hgo-werc going down tho long links of
the Virginia reel to the mad music of
''Rory O'More.".
He sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes.
Was it real music or a dream? Or was
tt
Burglars! Burglars!" squeal<ed
Hester, banging at his door. 'Please,
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

ID. YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL:

ED. YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL:
You have from time to time called the
attention of the public to the benefits
arising from our Free Reading Room
No one in Miles City will deny the fact
that the Reading Room has been the
means of supplying an acceptable place
where young men and boys may pass
their leisure time. Provided with all
the latest newspapers and magazines
with entertaining and instructive books
well heated and we'll lighted and cen
trally located, it certainly appears to be
an adjunct to our city that should ap-
peal to every citizen to keep alive and to
sustain. The local lodge of Good Temp
lars has, for the past few years. assumed
the charge and management of the
Reading Room, and under it's auspices
and the generous labors attendant there
to, do We owe the present favorable con.
dition in which it is. am informed
that this burden is rather more than the
Good Templars are able or willing to
carry for the future, hence it becomes
necessary that some immediate steps be
taken to devise ways and means Of keep
ing up this worthy undertaking. To
this end in view, being personally inter-
ested in the movement. l take it upon
myself to invite all who are likewise in
terested to meet at my office in the
Stock Growers Bank block, on Friday
evening at s o'clock to discuss the stu
alton and perfect plans for the future.
Very respectfully yours,
j. b. COLLINS.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02
STATE OF ONO, CIrY OF TOLEDO, !

STATE OF ONO, City OF TOLEDO
Lucas COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner Of the firm Of F. J
Cheney d Co., doing business bushes in
the city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS S
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and sub
SEAL. scribed in my presence this
49, 9Th day of December, A. d.
1856 A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
lay. and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials free.
j. r. CHENEY a. Co,
Toledo, Ohio.
-Y Sold by druggists, Is cents.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02
]. B. COLLINS,
Heal Estate
00neCt1on0,
Live Stock Commission.
Office:-Stockgrowers Bank Block
Room No. 2, Correspondence solicited

Has the following property listed:
4 comfortable four room dwelling with
summer kitchen attached. lot 35xl5O;
price, $50.
\ neat four room dwelling, stable in
rear, desirable location, 30 feet front;
price 81 100.
A commOdius six room dwelling, ex.
cellent cellar artesian well on premises,
stable and hen house, small fruits and
vegetable garden attached, prime bar
gain; price. 81 600.
A neat one and one half story dwell
ing house Of four rooms. southern ex
posure; price $500.
A fine two story dwelling house. six
with large commodius stable in rear.
fifty feet front, centrally located; price
81 200.
An attractive Pleasant street dwelling
one anu one-half stories, fifty feet Of
ground, southern exposure; price $500.
\ large two story frame dwelling
house, northern and western exposure,
brick stables in rear. fifty front feet. easy
walking distance from Main street; price
$500.
4 snug brick dwelling house. four
comfortable rooms, southern exposure,
delightful location. fifty front feet;
price $50.
4 comfortable five room dwelling
house. southern exposure, fifty front
feet; price $500.
A five room frame dwelling house. fifty
front feet. convenient to Main street,
northern and western exposure; price
500.
A large number Of other choice dwell
lngs and building lots in the city and in
the different additions to the city, for
sale cheap and on satisfactory terms.
Parties desiring good city property a.
an investment. where same is paying il
rents over u per cent on the amount
invested, can be accommodated.
First class Main street lots for sale,
suitable for business purposes. and o.
terms to suit purchaser.
have for sale tract Of land CON.
prising some GO acres, near the city.
tulip timbered. that can be purchased
at $500 per acre. Have also a choice
tract of some s4 acres, lying under the
ditch. that hold at $500 per acre.
Having complete block book" Of ali
city property. revised up to date. shall
be pleased to have any one interested
call and inspect same. Full information
given on all properties. Clear title givea
to all property offered by me.
Select bands Of sheep and horses for
sale. City collections promptly Of.
tended to.
y. II. COLLINS,
Room 2 Stockgrowers Bank Block.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

Ayers sarsaparilla acts directly and
promptly, purifying and enriching the
blood. improving the appetite, strength
ening the nerves and invigorating the
system. 1t il, therefore. in the truest
sense, an Alternative medicine. Every in
valid should give it trial.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

1t 10 reasonable to suppose that as
Ayers sarsaparilla has benefited others
1t will benefit you. No other medicine
b 30 effective in producing q radical
change in the blood and imparting re-
newed life and energy to the whole sys-
tenn, both nervous and physical.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

W. b. Jordan has sold to Mrs. Florence
Anderson 80 acres Of land lying under
the Tongue river ditch, in the vicinity Of
the Kircher farm. A good portion. IL not
all a 1t. will be put under cultivation
next season.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

We put our Entire Stock of
these goods on sale today at SI.oo
and give you a splendid assort-
ment of colors and sizes to choose
from. ...
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

Strong nerves. sweet sleep, good appe-
tite. healthy digestion, and best Of all,
pure blood, are given by Hoods sarsapa-
rilla.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

er to fix bond for the defendant to
give, ensuring his appearance before the
U. S. grand jury at Helena, and after
considerable discussion between the at
torneys, the commissioner announced
that he would fix the amount of the
bond at $1,000, and thereupon the pro-
ceedings before the commissioner closed,
it being stipulated that nothing would
be done in the way Of preliminary ex-
animation on the charge Of embezzle-
ment.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

Every lady in Miles City should
be on hand early to secure a pair
of gloves at this sale.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

prevent serious
consequences.
Indigestion,
cOstiveness, 8,
headache, nau-
sea, bilious.
ness, and ver-
tigo indicate
certain func.
tional derange-
ments, the best
re m edy for
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

The eagerncss with which our
special offerings have been wei
coined in the past is a most power
ful incentive to greater efforts.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

You know the price in the low
est market is sI25 for 5 hook,
I.5o for 7 hook.
The Yellowstone journal., 1893-11-02

As the name indicates, Halls Vege-
table Sicilian Hair Renewer is q renewer
Of the hair. including its growth, health,
youthful color and beauty. It will please
Won,