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St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
COMMON SENSE PLANTING.

l.-o farmer who plants few apple or
Ir"r trees, or ten or dozen grape.
ncs, will probably not have much fruit
I" :e', but when they come into hvar-
Ing &c wil have the best food for his
family dat the largest capitalist in the
world longs Tor and cannot surpass.
Ills I'o It may not come in the selling,
e,;. it will surely come in the added
pleasure to his family and their better
health. The more good fruit We have
TIC better OR health, the higher our
enjoyment, the better out teupers and
, The less necessity is felt for the decor
aud lis medicine. By all means have
IN ample supply Of fruit on the farm
end as we'll on your own table. Col
mans Rural World.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
a DOZEN DoNr's.

Dou'i Try to grow choic. roses in the
house If you have never made any study
OF the habits and wants of the roses.
Don't begin with roses if you have
never had any experience growing plants
In tho house.
Don't try to get along withouta good
Thermometer in the room In which your
plants are, and don't forget to take the
trouble to look at it once in a while.
One cannot succeed without paying some
attention to the temperature Of the rooms
in which they are kept.
Don't forget that the midwintef sun
coming through CLASH too hot for some
kinds of plants, aud that they should
be kept out oil il in the middle OF the
dav.
Don't give all your plants the same
amount of water. Find out through in
qury and observation the needs of the
plants In this respect.
Don't buy plants you never heard of
before simply because the advertised
pictures OF them are so pretty. Novel
tics are often the destruction of all the
enthusiasm of young flower growers.
Don't try to force your plants too
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
insect Foes.

Leopard moths, which are com
parativcly new insects in our country,
appearing first in BrUoklyn some five
years ago, threaten to become as de-
structive as the Gypsy moth. and it is
feared that they will be more difficult
to eradicate. as they are not leaf eat
ers, and not easily reached with in
secticides. The moth is easily rec
ognized, being white with black dots,
and the larva is also marked in the
same way She deposits her eggs
usually in or near the crotch ola tree,
and the eggs hatch In June, and the
young then begin boring into it,
usually at the crotch, going either
upward or downward, but always at
the heart Of the tee, so weakening it
that the limbs are broken off by a
slight wind, or even by their own
weight. Thus far the work of the
leopard moth has been chiefly upon
the NAPLES, but the elms, lindens,
white oaks mountain ash, hawthorns,
en,uhperry, tulip and at least one va
ficty OF hickory have shown their
presence. as also have apples pears
and CurrantS.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
\ A Wise E'recaHtion,

A Southern druggist has invented
contriyance to prevent seri-
Gus mistakes in filling prescrip-
tions. His invention is a BOTTLE
just like others, except in one
particular. 1t has a glass stopper
covered with innumerable sharp
points that sensibly prick the hand If
one IS not careful in removing it from
the bottle. All poisonous and dan
gerous drugs are kept In bottles like
this. The peculiar contriyance Will
make the druggist careful, no matter
how great his hurry, and If he is made
to be cautious In handling bottles he
will make no mistake in filling pre-
scriptiOnS.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,

Watch out for sickness in the flock.
A sickly fowl gives no profit in tn
poultry yard.
Do not give the morning mash to the
fowls in sloppy condition.
-ror Z si ii carry i spfriiny brofters:
Dampness is the cause of many of the
diseases in the poultry yard.
If the hens are late in moulting give
them as free range as possible.
Young fowl need bone meal to de.
velop good blood, flesh cad feathers.
When the hens are laying regularly
lime should be left before them all the
time.
Select your turkey hens for breeding
by their style, Development and move
ment. +
Many orchard men note q great in
crease in the crop of apples when a hive
of bees is kept in the orchard.
Rich food for milc:l COWS makes rich
MANURE heap, and that makes rich and,
which ought to make rich farmer.
A scrub may yield profit, but pure
bred animal would have yielded larger
profit, under the same circumstances.
Make wheat the principal food now
and corn little later. Wheat is the
best grain for eggs, and corn to main
tain animal heat.
Very often good butter is spoiled by
the quality of the salt which is worked
in it. 1t is better to pay few cents more
for good salt and use that.
There are good many animals in the
dairy which are excellent mixers, but
they do not possess the power of trans
mitting this quality to their offsprings.
The thing for the dairyman to do is
to learn how to breed COWS according to
the laws of the dairy, just as rcadsters
are bred according to the laws of the
trotter.
Agriculture is beneath the dignity of
no man. One of the best truck farmers
we ever knew was college professor,
who was equally at home aud equally
capable In the classroom and in the gar.
den.
A large COW always consumes more
food than small one, but does not al
ways produce more milk aud butter.
Upon the whole, the chances are most
in favor of the small COW paying best for
her board.
The farmer should always allow his
grain to get thoroughly dry before send
ing to market, and he has no need to
hurry it now, as prices are not likely to
be much lower, and they may be higher
later in the season.
By feeding rightly the dairyman may
produce cows rivaliDg the racehorse, but
this method will not make mixers; nor
will horseman make roadster by feed
ing green fools and corn with linseed
meal and clover hay.
One of the greatest mistakes made by
dairymen is the neglect of winter dairy
ing. It is hard to maintain an even tenn
peraturc in the dairy during the warm
summer months, but IN the winter time
this can be easily done by heat.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
Would Give No Bond.

The railroad editor Of the Indi.
annapolis News is responsible for the
following:
There is little station on the Gin.
cinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis,
not many miles from this city, where
an eccentric and wealthy old farmer
acts as agent. He Is noted for his
honesty and square dealing, as we'll
as for the fact that many of the sur
rounding acres belong to him. He
is also express agent at the station
named; and not long ago the express
company notified him that he must
give bond. Not that his Integrity
was in question at all, but it was the
rule Of the company that all of its
agents should give surety. AS the
agent paid no attention to the re-
quest, a route agent called to see
him. The old farmer promptly re-
piled that he would not give O bond.
"Butyou must, answered the route
agent
''Must I? Well, won't do any.
thing of the kind. l never gave a
bond in my life, and won't begin
now"
But the company requires it, and
we are not asking any more Of you
than of the Others"
''It makes no difference tome what
you require of others | will ask no
one to 90 security for nkc. See all
those fields, those hills woGls and
ravineS?' and he waved his hand
toward the surrounding country
''Wcll, they are my bond They
all belong to me, and there is not Il
dollar Of incumbrance on the M
THAT'S all we'll enough, but tic
rules"
Il don't care a COMMUNICATION your
rules. And | want you 10 take your
confoindel old express business out
Of my building This dcDUt belongs
to me, and if you send any more
stuff here III pitch it down tho hill"
The route agent attempted to pia-
cate the exasperatcd farmer, and it
took him some time to do it. Shoald
he refuse to act as agent or allow the
goods Ia the building, it meant con.
siderable loss to the express company,
and the route agent finally left, tell
ing the sturdy farmer to go On as he
had been doing until further notice.
The officials, when they were tokl OF
the state Of affairs, concluded that
the broad fields and deep woods were
bond enough, and never asked for any
other
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
KEEPING CELLARS SWEET.

About the time vegetables and fruit
for winter use arc being stored in GEL
lars, the prudent housewife removes
milk, cream, and butter upstairs. She
usually says it is because it is not now
70 hot above ground as to do injury, and
thy make better butter and butter thaS
will keep better than that from the Gel
lar. 1t Is really because when vegcta-
b!cs and fruit are put into cellars they
begin at once to give off odors that are
Injurious TO milk, cream and butter, in
jlr:ous Gre long to the health OF the
family living above. Guilt.
Ns,tr.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
Devastated by Mice.

For some time past the hill graz
1nZS and rough pastures of six Scot
fish counties-Dumfries, Roxburgh,
kirkcudbright, PEBBLES, Selkirk, and
Lanark-have been devastated by
mice In Roxburgh and Dumfries,
from so, 600 to 80, GEO acres says re-
port recently presented to the Board
of Agriculture, have been oyerrun by
fhnnl
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14

THERE are turkeys carved on the
frieze Of the Worlds Fair Agricultu-
raj building. Funny that turkeys
could be carved and still have every
joint and feather In place, but mod
,ern art has no Limitation.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
A Child Eat0ys

The pleasant flavor, gentie.action and sooth
ing effect of Syrup Of Figs. VIII en- In need of a
laxative. anil If the fatheror mother I've cos
tive or bilious, tho most gratifying results fol-
low its use; so that it is the best family rem
edy hnown and every family should have a
bottle.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14

told by Gen. Lew Wallace, s one scrap from the
voluminous and superb programme OF eminent
writers and interesting articles which IN
Yr1t'hS Communion announces. It retains its
place in $4,000 families by the versatility aud
the instructiveness OF it's general articles, the
high character Of all its stories, the brightness
of its illustrations. Then it comes every week,
and one gets a great deal for Sl.7i q year. The
price sent at once will enttlc you to t3le pane?
to January, 1894. Address TIE iOU2H's COM
PANIoN, Boston, Mass.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
Hcwsg This 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case Of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Hall'e Catarrh Cure.
+; J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o..
We. the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business TRANSACT
tions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm
VI EST & fRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.
wALpIse, .K1cNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
DrGEsifts, Toledo, O.
E4t / ali rrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces q the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 'oc. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14

Nantaha1a. --$l0op per share Every asla res Sc
cures q town lot. Fortunes in the South. Send
&c. for prospectus. a. J. Mcbride, Atlanta. { 10
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
August
Flow %

lone of my neighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. All thought him pastrecovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction Of his liver and kidneys.
1t is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state Of his
health at that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible lie tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical Itrcstorcd
him to perfect health to the great
establishment Of his family and
friends.' john Qujblll, Holt, Onts
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14

An American railroad franchise Is tied II,
IN the French canal wreck on the Isthn aus oi
Panama
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14

SORE THROAT OR COUGH, if suffered to
Progress often results IN an incura' HE throat
OF lung trouble. D." Br0rn'S Bronchial Troches y
give instant relief.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14

Mrs. Ann Davis died at Schuylkill Haven,
Penn, at the almshcuse, the other day. aged
lUl yfnlS
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14
now TO GROW BIG POTATO CROPS.

Some wonderful results with regard
to potato culture have been obtained
by gentleman farmer in France. This
farmer, who is also distinguished
chemist, has been, according to a recent
c2nsnIs: report -fEa.a==NNantes, for some
The following U. S.'iments with
elected this week Quable result
! sylvania; Gray, Dem ,21rins the
Hale, Rep, in Maine and7pns per
was again .iDaugurated as . care.
Texas. 10y VIZ
The N. 0. Picayunc, :; depth and
chronological orders planting the
ord of the notol'soaked for about
1899 and has in mixture composed
have als~-d sulphate of ammonia,
60. rsulos of each salt to twenty-five
gallons of water. After this soaking
the tubcrs are allowed to drain. aud
they ti.en stand for tweaty-four hours
longer, in order that the germs may
have time to swell. Chambers Jour
nal.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14

For sick headache. dizziness or swimming
in the head. lnin i'll the 5ack. body or rhcu-
matism, take Beecham's Pills.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-14

lfD fHicted with sore eyes use DR. IsaacTh0mp
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c a bottle
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
A Fine Crop Every Month.

e. Chauvln has a place near Del0no
watered by an eight-inch arteslan we'll
7Ol feet deep. This well has a flow Of
three and one-half inches Of water, all
of which runs into a reservoir, from which
it is drawn for irrigation purposes as
needed
He has a small alfalfa field, and when
it's first crop was cut three years ago the
yield was about one ton 20 the acre. Now
its regular yield is from two and one-half
to three tons 10 each monthly cutting
1t grows so dense that it is difficult 10
NOW 1t, and he thinks II should properly
be cut every three weeks.
Its yield thus far this season has been
az follows April cutting, 2 tons per acre;
May, ID tons; June, 3 tons; July, "a
tons; a total Of 10 Ia tons, with three
cuttings yet TO hear from-namely, Au-
gust, September and October. Presumably
they will average IL tons per cutting,
thus making a total yield from that body
of land of II 81 tons Of alfalfa per acre
for the season.
And there are thousands Of acres in that
vicinity which will yield equally we'll il
only water be obtained. II is estimated
that a well 800 feet deep, costing about
$500 will irrigate 80 acres.-Bakersdeld
Californian.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
A Neryy Sheriff

Deputy Sheriff w. H. Johnson Is a
new appointee Of Sheriff Sharvis. Of Du-
luth, Mimi. and has proved that he Is as
brave as lion. While on the Mesaba
range looking for blind pigs Johnson dis
covered a notorious character named Har-
rington, alias Mcdonald in the act OF
selling liquor without a license TO Wolf
& Kings men at Columbia Junction on
the Duluth. Missabe and Northern road.
and in moment jumped on him and put
the handouts on him. In less than five
minutes a crowd of laborers swarmed into
the frail shanty. broke down the door.
and rescued the prisoner who started to
run with his Guns on. Johnson drew his
gun and shot the man on the head. graz
ing the temple and stunning him. John
son recaptured him and dragged him into
a shanty where there were six kegs Of
black powder and twelve boxes Of dyna-
mite. The fnaddened crowd gathered
about shouting that they would blow up
the building. Johnson answered back as
he bravely stood his ground: BLOW and
be Id; my prisoner goes with me-" AT
TINS Juncture the foreman came to the
rescue and said he would shoot any mem
Der OF the mob If any attempt was made
10 rescue the prisoner. Johnson brought
ms prisoner TO Duluth this morning.-St.
Paul Globe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
Too Much of n Craze.

The women Of Brooklyn have taken a
craze for embroidery on linen, and for
the time being this fad has eclipsed china
decorating, cushion collecting ana SOU
venir spoon hunting. Every dish upon
the dinner table reposes on fringed or
hemstitched dolly embroidered in delicate
silks In all shades Of the rainbow. y
South Brooklyn man whose wife is an
especially ardent embroiderer told some
Of his friends the other day that his
home was becoming q sort of nightmare
to MIN. There were hard, knOtty mono
grams on all the sheets, the bath towels
were inscribed with sentences advocating
cleanliness and maYims were freely
sprinkled about the house in all conceiv-
able shapes. But the climax. he says,
came the other evening when he took off
his coat TO enjoy a game Of billiards.
lie wore a white waistcoat, and across
the back Of 1t was embroidered in yellow
letters
don't care what the daisies say,
know I'll be married some fine day.
He was so mad when he discovered IT
that he went home and tore up cheese
dolly that had yellow mice embroidered
all round the edges and refused TO sleep
upon a pillow which read: sleep that
knits up the travelled sleeve Of care"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
Humanity In Woman.

The woman who through trouble OF all
hind can wear a smile, is the one VINO
ls going to keep young. The woman
y,bo closes I'D her heart TO every human
omotion. who never weeps. and VINO
never laughs, is going to present TO the
world at large a face like a mummy
I, is enioving, Il is suffering, II Is being
human. that keeps people young. II
is the woman Of many emotions VINO does
not grow old ] have cited these women
of the stage because we all know thcii
or the very few with whom am per
eonallv acquainted, / can say that cach
80 bos mad her share OF sorrow and
Gov and that she has borne 1t bravery
Reautv hooks may tell you never 10 shille,
meyer IN grieve; TO battle your face IN not
water and cover it with grease, ana that
WRINKLES will stay away, and mat you
will look young; but l say no. GU
measure your years by your heart. for
every good deed you loose a year or an
solute days. for every bad one, you gam
five i'm appearance. What are you soin6
10 do? Cultivate your heart? / would
IL I were vou II IS a land where II
crop Of good deeds spring up they sow
fresh seeds and another crop comes,
and every year you look younger anu
younger. and you show your youth IN lhe
brightness of your eyes. In the sweetness
Of your speech, and in your knowledge OF
humanity We women who are Simply
on the stage Of life are not diiiereht from
the women who are on that mimic stage
and whose names we know. II they nave
kent their youth, IT is because they have
been loving women, kind women and big
hearted women. What do you conclude
from thatT
rbat ELLEN Terry would give up the ap-
nlause Of the public to nurse a sick
friend? She would.
That Sarah would give her last penny
and pawn her diamonds to help a friend
in trouble? She would.
That Mrs. Langtry would trouble her
self a great deal to make a little child
happy? She would.
That Mrs. Bancroft has been a kindly
woman, a considerate one, and loving
wife? She has.
That Lolita loves her own people, and
is good TO them? She does.
That Fanny Davenport is generous TO
her friends, just to her enemies. and de-
voted to those Of her own household?
She is.
That Mrs. Bowers has been a good
woman, a good mother, and is a gentle
woman? Yes.
There are so many others about whom
I know nothing personally, but for all
of these l can vouch. and every one Of
these are women who will look young
forever. You don't believe it? Come back
in your astral body nifty years from now
and hear your grandsons raving about
them. Then you will know what IT means
when l vouch for anything and sign it.
Bah.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21

roo rod from the arm. but all over the SUI
,erar,s body the impression OF the IN
sec,,s sting broke out In angry marks.
20 burnt I'm, and remain exceedingly
no,rtL and raw. Mrs. Lastenhow Is
stIi ,nsensIble. and has to be kept under
,ba inauonce OF drugs. as she manifests
a dIsnosition 10 indulge In craving
q which Is said TO bear hioeous
rasenblance TO the sliding action OF 'he
insect and will snap at and attempt 10
D' Ter senses seem affected, particularly
har SIGHT. which appears to be nearly
- physicians can only explain her
s,,,,,n,oms by the supposition that the
,,oi"an ~ the insects bite has affected her
lain through the blood, which has re-
,,roJuced the marks Of the sting All over
Re bodv. A day or two ago. during one
~ her paroxysms. she seized DR.. stem
IocE.e hand between her teeth and gave
a, a severe bite. which soon began TO
h,,rn and swell. and II was only by
,,ron,ntlv cauterizing the wound that the
r,,,crobcr was saved. II is thought mat
:, ,s only question Of very short time
holore death will bring relief TO the I'M
fortunate lady Philadelphia Times
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21

Disordersd Liver set right with Bee
cham's Pills. ~
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
BITTEN BY A CENTIPEDE.
Mrs. Lastenhow Displays Several Chara'
teristics of the Insect.


teristics of the Insect.
Mrs. Julia r. Lastenhow. the wife OF
r. NJ Lastenhow, a well-to-do farmer Of
Brennan, Texas. was bitten a few days
ago by a centipede, and is so singularly
affected by the bite as TO puzzle all physi-
clans who have seen her. The insect
was introduced into the house in a log
of wood, which, being placed on the fire.
became too warm a hiding place. and 1t
ran from the hearth under an article of
furniture Mrs. Lastenhow tried TO find
IL. and after several days search con-
cluded that It had escaped and gave her
self no further uneasiness regarding Il.
But on retiring n few nights after,
the lady, altering the position Of the pill
lows, discovered a small object beneath
one, and. not detecting what IL was. put
out her hand to remove 1t, when the CEN
tipede bit her on the palm and wrist.
II was with difficulty that she succeeded
in detaching the insect from its hold
on her flesh, and was just able to kill
IL when she tainted from the agony OF
the wound
When first inflicted the sting resembled
the red appearance Of place scared
by hot iron, but in few hours II be-
gan TO swell, until the entire arm was of
a size equal TO the rest Of the lady's
body, and 10 turn a livid purple. with
spots or nearly white. with a quantity OF
corruption beneath them. Mrs. Lasten-
how now lost consciousness and began
70 foam at the mouth. uttering cries OF
intense pain. until opiates were admins
tered
After day or two the swelling disap-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
IF YOUR BACK ACHES.

Or you are all worn out. really good for moth.
ing, 1t Is general debility. Try
BKOWN'S IRON BI7TERS.
Nwiu cure you, cleanse your liver, and give
O good appetite.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21

II q HOLDERS OF VIRGINIA BONDS.
Il The announcement has just been re-
ceived from London that the lnterna-
tiOnal Committee, appointed TO fix the
rates at which the new VIRGINIA CEN
TURY BONDS are 10 be distributed 10
the holders OF the several classes Of old
VIRGINIA BONDS and COUPONS UNI
der the debt settlement Of February,
1892, has at last made its report, and IL
is expected that the exchange OF Pool
Certificates for the new bonds will very
In our Virginia Circular. of November.
1891, we said After "A careful study OF
the case in all its bearings, we have
prepared the following table, showing the
result Of funding the debt at the rates
therein suggested by us, which we think
would be an equitable and successful
solution OF the problem" The cables
thus far received Indicate that the figures
at which the two most important classes
and "lO-4Os," are 10 be exchanged Tor
the Century Bonds, ARE PRECISELY
THE SAME THAT WE SUGGESTED
IN OUR CIRCULAR ABOVE RE
FERRED TO SOME EIGHTEEN
MONTHS AGO.
we shall be pleased 10 furnish holders
Of the Pool Certificates representing Nir-
Cinia bonds or coupons, upon Application,
any further particulars in regard TO the
conversion or exchange OF their certlll-
Gates that may be obtainable, and we
ere nrenared TO arrange for such holders.
the exchange Of their certificates FOR the
new "a per cent. Century Bonds.
Correspondence invited. $500
JOFIN l.. WILLIAMS q SONS,
Pankers, Tenth and Main streets,
RICHMOND. VA.