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The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Never jerk OF whip Il colt.
Old fashioned perennials are coming
in again.
All weak queenless colonies should
be united with others
Pure cane sugar is one of the best
foods for wintering bees.
If honey is not sealed it is liable to
become thin and watery.
It is O mistaken notion that all
honey which candies is pure.
Now is the time to barrel the road
dust and keep it in a dry place.
It is best not to winter your own
cockerels for breeders, as a rule.
By increasing the yield per acre the
cost of production is diminished.
The number of eggs depends largely
upon the amount of feed and care given.
In raising a colt the feed should be
liberal and varied, but not excessive.
A colts education should begin
when the animal lis twenty-four hours
old.
The second year a hen only lays
half the number of eggs that she does
the first year.
The ideal diet for poultry should be
neither too soft nor too hard, but a
happy medium.
New raspberry n should be
pinched back to induce throwing out
side branches.
When the cat and chickens lie down
together the latter are always given
the inside place.
Because turkeysare good foragers it
will not pay to let them go without
proper feeding.
One pound of cut meat and bone is
considered the proper daily allowance
for sixteen hens.
Anything in the vegetable line, pro-
vided it is sweet and clean, will form
acceptable food.
Colts should be handled with kind
ness and may be halter-broken when
four months old.
Bran for chicks should always be
scalded and allowed to stand for a
time in order to soften.
Ounces do well in either sandy or
clay soils, the principal requirements
being fertility and good filth.
Generally, the smaller the farm the
better the cultivation and the greater
the profit for the expenditure.
Pigs should be taught to eat before
being weaned, SO as to make the
change from milk to feed easily
It is not desirable to give too much
red pepper and ginger to the poultry.
Once or twice a week is sufficient.
A good breed is not alone sufficient
to make money. Good care, good
food and good quarters are also neces-
sary.
It is cheaper to make your stables
warm than it is to supply your horses
with the extra feed necessary to keep
out the cold occasioned by cracks in
the stable.
For horses ensilage should be used
sparingly, as full feeding upon it
sometimes induces collie, but it may
be safely used to some extent in con-
nection with grain and hay.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
Take no Substitute for
Royal Baking Powder.
1t is Absolutely Pure.
All others contain alum or ammonia.
Best Diet for ~COnsumptives.

The respiration apparatus invented
by Professor Volt, of Germany. and
recently received by the Yale Medical
School. is the first to come to America.
Its purpose is to measure the oxygen
absorbed by the body and the carbonio
acid and water given off From the
data thus obtained the decomposition
of the body can be determined, and
the decomposition caused by the di-
g~estion of various KINDS OF foods com
pared.
Animals will be used for the first
experiment. They wiz be placed in
glass cases after having been fed on
particular kinds of food. and the varl-
alton in The oxygen, carbonic acid and
water within the glass cases IN twenty
four hours will be determined by
means Of the apparatus. Feom this
relative values of the foods, will be OBJ
tanned.
1t is hoped that the experiments will
result in the selection of diets that will
prolong the lives of those suffering
from consumption End other diseases.
New York Wt.rld.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
SELECT STRINGS.

Geography, as a science, was intro
iuced into Europe by the Moors about
1910.
The city of Benares, ,n the Ganges,
s to the Hindoos the no lest place on
earth.
A certain forest plant in Japan
grows to be about six feet high in
;hree weeks.
Prussian troops on the Russian from
;ier have used s~nowshoes with satlsfac-
ion for several winters.
The wild strawberry is found over
almost all the Northern Hemisphere
above the thirty eight parallel Of latl.
Jude.
The family with the longest known
pedigree is that of C%onfucius, which
forms the a%ristocracy of China. Con-
fucius lived $50 years B. c.
A pumpkin eight feet in circumfer.
ence and four feet in height is an i'm.
oressive object in the field in which it
grew in Saline County, Missouri.
The Grass Valley (Cal.l Telegraph
says: ga mining location notice was
recently recorded which reads: 4
hereby claim 1900 feet of this ground
up Big Squaw Ravine in a wobbly di-
rection.'"
The janitor of the Presbyterian
Church at New Richmond, Ohio, is
Thomas Perry, seventy-six years old.
He IS a descendant on his mothers
si!.o of Joseph Brandt, the famous
troquois chief.
The young handles of the Latin
Quarter of Paris wear tall stovepipe
hats whose brims have an exaggerated
downward droop, and whose high
crown has what an artist would call an
'sentasis," or decided convex curve.
No kissing ever occurs in Japan ex.
cept between husband and wife, not
even between a mother and child, no
shaking of hands in sa~lutation. Ii one
were to offer a kiss to q Japanese
maiden she would probably think she
wa going to be bitten.
The picked olives of trade are put
up very carefully by the packers. They
must first be picked by hand several
weeks before they are matured. After
being picked they are stepped in caus.
tic soda and water. They are then
soaked and picked in brine for several
days.
An interesting occurrence at the
Carlisle Indian School the other day
was the marriage of Otto Wells, a full
blooded Comanche, to Mary Park
hurst, an Oneida girl. After the cere-
mony they went to Wells's home, in
Bucks County Pennsylvania. where he
is a tenant farmer. He is graduate of
the school. which he entered as a
blanketed Indian boy.
The street money-changer is an in
teresting character in Spanish cities.
He stations himself at a principal
street corner early every morning and
exchanges o bag of coppers for silver.
By 10 o'clock his bag is exhausted and
he goes home. Ali the servants on
their way to market get their money
changed by him, as they r not skilful
in counting and afraid of false coins.
He gives them full count, his coppers
keing obtained from the bankers, who
get rid of their coins at q discount.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
OF TIME.

1t is a great complaint with farmers
that their time is wasted with una
voidable accidents. as sick animals,
escaped stock, insect pests, and what
not, writes Louise M. Fuller. It GER
tainly is true that weather means more
to the farmers than to any other class.
tsThe weather must lift the mortgage
on the farm, pay the taxes and feed
and clothe the family" The farmer
must deal hand to hand with all the
forces of nature as we'll as human ma
ture, and, however wisely, he cannot
count his time like other men, or say
positively what be will do on the NOR
row. Nevertheless, the farmers time
is worth as much as any mans from q
business point Of view, because of
the economy of nature, which seconds
every honest effort at economy of
time in her own way. [ learned this
by watching the way the best farmers
work, and, noticing that, like nature,
they are never in a hurry, but they
never lose any time; they find some
use for every sort of weather. That
weather which is too wet for anything
else is good for fence corners, which
the thrifty farmer car never consent
to leave to their accidental fate of
weeds and briers. A town lot 'gives
room enough for the experimental
proof of this theory. During the
worst season for rain that I ever saw,
/ managed to work my two hours a
day on all but one day outdoors. On
that day seed stakes, ETC., were pre-
pared indoors. / doubt If the time
ever came when it was profitable to
give up to complaining. While we are
bewailing something is sure to go un-
done.-New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
T BAcTERIUM.

So far as the quantity of the butter
is concerned, says Walter Thorp in
London Dairy, our old friend, the lac
ticacid bacterium, seems to be the
chief if not the only agent, but it does
not seem to be directly concerned in
the production of the butter flavor.
Out of the many bacteria occurring in
ripening cream Storch found only one
species which was capable of produc-
ing the true butter aroma; the rest
produced either Indifferent or bad
iavors. Since only this single species
from among SO many is capable of Civ
ing to the butter such a flavor as we
desire, the odds against it's overcrowd-
ing the rest are very considerable, and
we cannot wonder at the difficulties of
producing q high-class butter of uni
formly agreeable flavor. If by Guilt
yation of the ~bacterium, which is said
10 produce the true flavor, we can in
sure the success Of our cream ripening
as far az flavor is concerned by inocu-
lation with this particular bacterium
at an carly stage, then we ought to De
able to produce rec OF q uniform
and proper degree Of ripeness without
difficulty.
The bacterium found by Storch has
been cultivated and used in some OF
the German creameries, and 1t IS
claimed for it that it insures certainty
ia the results of the ripening. DIR. d.
w. Conn, OF the Wesleyan University,
also claims to have found q mIcro-or-
ganism which produces the true but
ter favor, bnt the result OF his expert
ments with it are not yet published,
and there is 4 great deal Of work TO be
done before We can attain the practl-
al results we are hoping for,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
Six Montsns, Food for Paris.

The Frenc1w Commissariat and the
Minister of War have been figuring on
another siege # Paris and the amount
of food that S.2uld necessarily have to
be laid In for man and beast. Here
are the figures Breadstuffs, 1890
tons, neat, 15s, 100 tons; salt, IA, 1913
tons; dry vega tables, 3d. 4o tons pc.
tatoes, 1885, 6'vs tons; milk, 6,6O2,9o
cubic metersA coal, 1000, 900 tons
hay, 6ss, $40 N|ns; oats, 5o,o52 tons
straw, 6s, 1874 ions.
The above De given as the very low,
est estimates ON q six months food
supply for thS3, 800, 900 human beings
and the 2,7ao,00O domestic animals
now within Hhat is known as "the
would cost Zoo, 900, ooo.-st. Louis
Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
Deafness Cannot he Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
famed ondition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Trhe. When this tube gets in
famed you have !. -umbling sound or imper-
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition. hearing viii be
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Sem for
circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY e. Co., Toledo, @.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c. 0
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
The yfay of True Love IN Greenland.

Since the Danish missionaries have
Gained the confidence of the natives
Of Greenland, marriages in the far
North are celebrated by the repre-
septatives of the Church. In a recent
issue of one of the Danish papers one
of the missionaries gives the following
account of the way courtship and
marriage are brought about. o
: The man calls on the missionary
and saws, II wish to take unto myself
q wife"
"Whom?' asks the missionary.
The man gives her name.
"Have you spoken with her" !
As O rule the answer is in the mega
tive, and the missionary asks the
reason.
Because" comes the reply, ''it is
60 difficult. You must speak to her.
The missionary then calls the young
woman to him and says: 81 think 1t
is time that you marry
But she replies, 81 do not wish
to marry"
tsThat is a pity" adds the mis-
sionary, 'sas l have a husband for
you" oe
"Who is he ~ asks the maiden.
The missionary names the candidate
for her love.
"But he is not worth anything. I
will not have him"
'"However," suggests the mission
ary, che is a good fellow and attends
we'll to his house. He throws a good
harpoon, aud he loves yon."
The Greenland beauty listens at
tentively, but again declares she will
not accept the mar as her husband.
every WELL" goes on the missionary,
81 do not wish to force you. [ shall
easily find another wife for SO good
a fellow"
The missionary then remains silent
ss though he lookedupon the incident
as closed. But in a few minutes she
whispers, "But if you wish it"
"No," the pastor, 'sonly if
you wish it. I do not wish to over
persuade you"
: Another sigh follows, and the pastor
expresses the regret that she cannot
accept the man.
"Pastor," she then breaks out, II
fear he is not worthy"
'tBut did he not kill two whales last
summer while the others killed none
Will you not take him now?"
: ssYes, yes; I will"
"God bless yGu both" answers the
pastor, and joins the two in marriage.
New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
How The Indians Trade.

AS the furs-American furs in gen
eral-are brought in by the Indians
they are traded by the person in
charge of the trade shop. Ii an In
dian brings 100 skins of different
sorts, or all alike, he trades off every
skin separately, and insists on pay.
ment for each skin as it is handed
over the counter. Hence it oftel
takes several days to barter q batch
of skins. The skins, as purchased, are
thrown behind the counter, and after
ward carried to the fur room, piled
in great heaps, and constantly turned
and aired. In the spring, as soon as
the snow is gone, generally in April,
the skins are put into eighty pound
bales, tied upon horses, and shipped
to market Chicago Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

Syru;p" 3.

JUDGE J. B. HILL, of the Superior
Court, Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When men of rank
and education thus use and recon-
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
It is above suspicion. II have used
your German Syrup he says, "for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Lungs. l can recommend it for
them as a frst-class medicine. p
Take no substitute. q
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing
effects of Syrup of Figs. when in need of a lax
ative, and if the father or mother be costive or
use; so that it is the best family remedy known
and every family should have a bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

frequently a Kind of beryl was used
in place of glasses, hence the German
me of brille. The manufacture OF
spectacles was first carried on in IsalY,
afterward in Middleburg, in Holka nd ;
but as early as 1882 We have spea .cle
bakers mentioned at Nurembura.*
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

English is spoken by 80, 0oo, 900 of
people /; Russian, by IS. 900. 900; Ger.
man, Sc, 900, 900; French, 40, 000, 900;
Spanish, SO, O0o, 900; Italian, 20, 000,-
OOc; Portuguese, IA, 200, 900, and
Scandinavian, 1900, 600.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

Last year the people OF the Unsted
States consumed GAO, 900, 900 pounds
Of coffee, worth 1923, 900. 600 at inn
norters' prices. This was an average
Ii over fifty pounds to the family.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

A swarm Of flies will make their ap-
pearance at a car window and easily
keep pace with a train, even though it
be rushing across the country forty
miles an hour.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Mala.
ria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
strength. aids Digestion, tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

: FIVE New York companies have paid out
an aggregate of $3.50, 09e for losses occasioned
by the late cyclones and high winds.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

SIXTEEN persons attempted to commit sui
eide in indianapolis, Ind, in one week, and
Eve were successful,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

CouGHs AND coLDs. Those who are suffer-
ing from Cou chs, CDlds, Sore Throat, etc,
should try BRowE's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs.
Sold on{y in b0reS.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

BRowN UNIVERSITY has an enrolment OF
667 students and a faculty of sixty-ive.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

Captain Anderson of Yellowstone
Park estimates thst there are $500 elk
and 500 buffalo in the park at this
time.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

CLEVELAND (Ohio) policemen will give a
portion of their salaries each month to aid
the poor.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

Beecham's Pills with a drink of water morn
ings. Beecham's-no others. Is cents a boz.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

Many persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Bit
tiers rebuilds tho system, aids digestion, re-
moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

The Liverpool market is receiving
small lots of Australian oranges.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

= The Missouri State Treasury holds $500 600
Tor distribution among unknown heirs.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
scABBY LEGS AMONG CAGE BIRDS.

The of scabby feet and legs
among canary and other cage birds is
the same as among domestic fowls, that
is, the presence of mites, which breed
and live in the scabs or scales on the
feet and legs. The development and
multiplication of these pests is due to
want Of cleanliness and thorough clean
ing of the birds cage. Your bird may
have been infested with mites when
you bought it, OF they may have been
in the cage, and from it reached the
birds legs and feet. To kill the mites
and remove the scabs you have only to
anoint the birds legs and feet daily for
perhaps a week with flowers of sulphur
mixed to a thin paste with common
kerosene. Apply with a soft hair
pencil, merely painting the feet and
legs with the mixture. The scabs will
soon drop off and leave the feet clean.
The cage and roosts should also be
thoroughly cleaned with boiling hot
water. New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17
IMPROVED METHOD OF FATTEN1Na FOWLS.

Some time ago a method of fatten-
ing poultry practiced among the
French was described in some Of the
American papers, its novelty giving
interest to it. The method consisted
in forcing the food down the birds
throat by mea of a pipe and a sort
of force pump, operated by the per-
sons foot, by which a certain quantity
of the soft food was pushed into the
throat. The birds were confined in
boxes in a large circulating frame,
which was turned as needed to bring
all the nests in turn in front of the
machine for feeding. Nothing came
of it, and probably the method has
been abandoned by its inventor by
this time. The method of f~attening
geese in Strasburg, Germany, for the
sake of the enormously large livers
thus procured, is somewhat similar to
this. The food is rolled into a sort of
pill, long and narrow, and these are
pushed down the throats of the birds,
confined in coops for the purpose.
This method has long been practiced
and still exists for producing the large
livers, made SO by disease, for the
making of a very popular kind of pies
called pates de foie gras. New York
Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

Only forty-five per cent. of Vassar
graduates marry.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-17

II aNiicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.p per bottle
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-07
THE cLAYToN-HuLwE TREATY.

b"iph's Joint Resolution Providing for
Its Abrognston.
WAsnrSoTos.-The Joint resolution in
'roduced by Dolph to abrogate the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty reads as follows:
Resolved, BY the Senate and House
o! Representatives of the United States
in Congress assembled, that the conyen.
ton concluded April 10. 1850. and pro-
claimed July 8, 1850, between the
United States and Great Britain, rela.
tive 10 slip canal by way OF Nicaragua,
Costa RIGA, the Mosquito coast, or any
part Of Central America. commonly
known rs the Clayton Bulwer treaty, lie
no longer in force"
Mr.. Dolph, speaking upon his resolu-
ton. said:
The introduction OF this resolution
does not indicate any opposition on my
part TO the Nicaragua canal. On the
the contrary, am in favor OF il. When
ever we have made an attempt TO do
anything in this or similar matters this
treaty arises like bugbear to confront
us. The treaty is not in force. and never
has been. Great Britain has violated il
tine and again. and believe that We
ought by legislation set it aside and alb
rogate it entirely. Then we can go ahead
with these projects untrammeled by any
conventions oil this sort.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-07
CALIYORNIA's CAPITAL.


The Bill for Its Removal 10 DECLARED
Unconstitutional.
SAN FRAScisco.-The Supreme Court
has rendered lite decision in the suit Of
II. p. Livermore vs.. E. G. Waite, Secre-
tary Of State. The decision is . most
important one, involving the question Of
the right of the Legislature TO order the
removal Of the State capital. II will be
remembered that during the closing
hours OF the last session an act was
passed deleeating the power in question
to the Governor, Attorney-Genera and
Secretary Of Stats. In the decision lust
given the Supreme Court holds that the
act lie OF no force and effect. 1t lie mop
erative for the reason that the Legisla-
ture could not delegate its power to any
individual or set Of individuals. The
sovereign power rests alone in the hands
OF the people, and it is for them alone 10
settle the question involved. The deci-
sion was written by Justice Harrison,
Justice Paterson filing concurring opin-
ion. The views taken were agreed TO by
all the other members Of the court
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-07

PRESCOTT, A. T.-Articles Of incorpo-
ration Of six different telephone compa-
mics have been filed with the Recorder
OF this county, the outgrovth Of the ex-
piration Of the patent on the Bell tele-
phone. The parent company is called
the Standard Telephone Company, and
the subinoorporations cover all the States
and Territories. The incorporators are
Thurlow Weed Barnes, Allen T. Nye and
Charles Strause OF New York. The COM
panies are incorporated under the laws
OF Arizona on account Of their being
more favorable and less expensive than
any other State or Territory. The stock
OF interpretations ID not taxed in this
Territory.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-07
NOTES..

1t does not pay to doctor very sick
fowls. Uee simple remedies in the be.
ginning Of the disease. II, however, the
disease has rooted itself, il 10 generally
advisable to kill the bird and bury it
carcass.
1t has never been found profitable to
convert the apiary into . curiosity shop
filled with job lot Of hives Of all the
different patterns. Endeavor to have
all or nearly all hives Of the same pat
tern and fitted with the best improve
ments.
In growing rape the aim should be TO
secure q thick growth of medium plants.
Thinning will make heavier yield, but
there will be more waste because Of the
heavy stems. This crop should be more
widely experimental with. Il grows
well on any reasonably good coil.
A smooth meadow makes easy NOW.
ing. 1t is good plan 10 roll the land a
early ~ possible in spring. using heavy
roller and carrying . box upon Il in
which 70 put all surface stones. II pays
better to pick these up than TO leave
them 70 break your mower knives on.
The branch Of agriculture which has
the very least Of . speculative nature
about ii il to produce such things a can
be consumed on the land and marketed
on the hoof. Even II man has mot
much business talent, he cannot 70 very
far wrong II he sticks 10 this course right
through.
II h Just - important 10 adopt labor.
saving devices for the house a. for the
field. The separator is one Of the things
that will relieve the women folks i'm.
mensely II even the smallest part Of .
dairy 10 operated. And We believe that
the machine not only ssvss labor, bat
money ~ we'll. .~----