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The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
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
alive ; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
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 Questionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and 81 bottles, but it is man
snfaetured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and, being we'll informeds You will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
STRUCK OIL ONCE.
That IL Why He Now Has a Fortnn"
Nearly Uncountahle.

That ~ Why He Now Has a Foftnn"
Nearly U~ncountable.
81 see petroleum has been discov-
cred up in Martin county and a COM
pany is buying up all the land in the
neighborhood," remarked a rancher at
a downtown hotel the other evening,
and it was noticed that there was q
tinge of incredulity in his tone.
Eyes: l believe they have struck oil
up hat way" was the corroborative
evidence of one Of his hearers.
"Well, I believe it when they com
mence piping it into tanks, and not a
minute before. | struck oil once"
as that the way you made your for
tune??"
"Yes, that's the way l made my for
tune, which at the5aoresent time just
lacks two thousand dollars of being a
blamed cent. Those are my liabilities;
assets nominal. as the papers say"
How did it happen?'
"Well, it was this way: ] had a
mineral spring on my ranch in Lake
county. and the gas that came out Of it
used to kill little birds that came to
drink. Natural gas says I, and com
menced poking around a little with a
spade. Then a yellow, greasy scum
formed on top of the water. Coal oil,
says I, and l commenced dreaming Of
tanks of petroleum and barrels OF
money. got a cheap drilling outfit
and bored a hole down about eightl
feet, and all the neghbors sat around
laurhinp at me- but 7 rcckOned on hay.
ing the last laugh.
One morning when I went to work
the hole smelt awful strong of coal oil.
and the first lift brought up a lot
of oil that burned for half an hour.
I've struck OIL says I to my
self, but l kept it quiet. ! let a few
of my friends in, we organized a
company, bought up all the land
around there, got ar expensive outfit
and commenced drilling. We punched
the ground full of holes for about six
months, and couldn't find oil enough
to make a grease spot on a silk dress.
1t broke the whole crowd of us"
How did you chance to strike that
little pocket OF oil in the first placer
II just found out that one of the
neighbours boys poured a fve-gallon
can of oil in the hole one night to
make me feel good, and, if anybody
should ask you, you can tell them that
| am feeling a blamed sight better than
he is right now, for his dad went
broke on it, too. and we took turn
about walloping him.'-San Francisco
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
re KEEP GOOD CIDER.
It Can BE Preserved in y Sweet State 10
Six Months.

It Can BE Preserved in y Sweet state 1of
Six Months.
The first point in preserving cider is
to have cider that is worth preserving,
says the American C~ultivator, Cider
from sound and well-ripened fruit will
keep good much longer than that
made from unripe fruit early In the
season, or from rotten fruit. A new
LIQUOR cask is better than an old cask
that has been used before, as the spirit
that has soaked into the wood in
creases the alcohol in the cider and
thus delays the second or acetous
fermentation, which would change
it into vinegar. An oil barrel is liked
by many, as the oil rises to the upper
surface of the cider and excludes the
air from it., which also hinders fer
mentation. But when the last OF h
cider is drawn out it has an oily taste.
If it is necessary to use an old cask
which has had cider in it before, 1t
should first be thoroughly rtnsed out
with clear water, and a handful OF
gravel stones should be put in along
with more water, and the barrel
should be placed upon one head and
then the other, then upon the side,
and well shaken in each position to
dislodge any dregs or settings that
may adhere there. Next put in a
pound of saleratus or baking soda,
and podr a kettle of boiling water
upon that and put in the bung and
shake it again, SO that the soda WAGER
will reach every part Of it. After TN
a rinsing out again with clear watyt
will probably leave a clean barrel ef
the inside. Some like to burn a ra
which has been dipped in melted SUI
phur in the barrel just before filing
allowing the smoke OF the birthstone
to all the barrel as much as possible
by standing it on one end and holding
the rag in the bung until it is half
burned, then reversing the barrel
This is of no use unless done just be-
fore the filling begins. Fill as quickly
as possible, and set the barrel in a cool
place to work, leaving the bung out,
but putting mosquito netting over the
bunghole to keep out insects and YER
min. When it has worked clear. bunR
up tightly aud allow it to remain SO,
only giving a little air when necessary
to draw it out. Cider so handled
should keep for six months, at least,
as sweet as it was when bunged up,
and the bunging may be fastened or
delayed according as one likes sweet
cider or some that has a little sparkle
to it. Those who want it perfectly
sweet bung it up without working at
all and strain their cider through
sand as they put it in. After it is two
or three months old. it may be bottled
and kept for years, if desired, growing
better by age.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
Do tho Bees Need salt9

On account of the avidity with
which bees take salt, ! had supposed
1t as necessary to salt my horses. hogs
and cattle, says a writer. If one does
not keep a salt trough for the bees
they are apt to swarm about his stock
and well troughs and many are
drowned; but SO long as salt water is
given them they do not 60 or bother
anywhere else. Where there are
streams or ponds convenient. bees,
especially II not sailed, will resort to
these for water; but even there are
certain spots that seem to yield min
eral Of brackish water they 60 to
suck. This shows their need of some
thing o than ordinary pure water.
and since they leave all other water
ing places for . salty one. we can fair
~ conclude that 1t is best to give 1t.
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why we did not build them wider. |
answer that fifteen feet on each side
glfar enough to move the hay dropped
in the center, and a wider barn would
be harder to ventilate. Our hay doors
are in the end, are twelve feet wide by
fourteen feet high. and hung at the
bottom on heavy hinges, have a staple
and ring near the top on the inside to
which a rope is attached to fasten to
the ~hay-carrier to lower and raise the
door as needed.
Where stone and brick are scarce
and expensive, the barn can be all
frame except a foundation, which
should be as high as the manure is al
lowed to accumulate.
Twenty-four-foot posts al be used
and the first eight feet taken for the
sheep stable and the balance used for
the hay barn. If ensilage is wanted it
al be built longer, and as much at
one end used for a silo as is necessary
to supply the flock with a succulent
ration each day.
1t is a good plan to build in the form
Of an l., as this gives shelter from the
prevailing winds, yet there is one OBJ,
lection TO this-lsck Of yard room.
The thirty by ffty-foot barn with
three wide doors can be divided into
three apartments, with long feed racks,
or with movable panels of fence where
the round racks are used. Two or
three hay chutes should run up through
the cen.er Of the barn; these should be
boarded up, with doors on sides that
should be kept shut when not feeding;
these act as v%entilators and should
pass up to the ventilators in the cupolas
On the roof Of the barn.
To illustrate the ground plan of such
q barn l give the accompanying dia-
gram.
-AAA: Compartments of barn six
teen and two-thirds by thirty feet.
B B. Yards thirty by sixty feet.
THE middle one will be as much less
sixty feet long as is taken off for path
way to watering place-not more than
ten feet.)
CCC. Doors of barn ten feet wide
Dbl D. Gates to yards.
EE E E E E. Large windows.
FF. Chutes for hay and ventilator.
G. Well or watering trough for all
yards.
n Il. Better place for watering
troughs.
III. Round feeding racks if panels
of movable fence are used to form the
compartments.
In stormy and windy weather this
barn should be closed on the side or
sides from which the storm comes and
opened or the opposite sides, giving
plenty eft fresh air at all times
Our thirty by forty foot barn men
toned above, with eight and a-half
foot stone basement and sixteen foot
hay barn above, sided with matched
dressed sheeting, cost us about four
hundred dollars, and one ten feet
longer could be built for Ave hundred
dollars or 1ess.-George McKerrow, in
Farm, Field and Preside.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
DESIGN.

Plan and Description of Combined Poul'
try and Pigeon House.
A poultry house with a loft especial,
~ fitted up for the acco mmodation OF
pigeons is shown in the accompanying
illustrations from ske tches by Webb
Donnell. The poultry quarters have
an addition fitted with wire netting in
front in summer, as see in Fig. /. and
windows in winter which r as q
scratching and dusting-room, COM
m%unication being had with it from the
main poultry-room. The diagram Fig.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
Diwestion Of the Horse.

The digestion Of the horse is like
that Of the human being, very liable
TO get ont of order. It requires atten-
ton, and the rules which need to be
observed are very simple. In proper
tion to his size and the work required
of him, the stomach of the horse is not
half SO large Is that Of 9 human be-
ing. II work is required Of him when
he has had q full meal he feels incon-
venience, yet not SO much as other
q~uadrupeds. for his stomach is small
and the food passes rapidly through it
and descends to . part Of the intestines
distant from the diaphragm, and
where the existence and pressure of
the food cannot cause him any annoy
ance.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
G FOR


-
WINTER protection should be given
all fruit canes and plants grown where
the temperature falls below zero i n
winter.
WHEAT is being shipped from Mis-
souri, and Iowa into Nebraska tstrange
as it may seem), 1t being used to fat
ten hogs.
WHEN holding back a crop for higher
prices do SO only with a knowledge of
the condition of the markets. It is
possible to hold back for a lower price
unknoYingly.
FEEDING wheat to hogs Is claimed to
be selling the wheat at 81 per bushel,
in the shape of pork. At the western
stock yards hogs are now selling at a
higher price per pound than steers.
EVERGREEN hedges add value to q
farm. The American arbor vitae is
hardy, and grows on nearly all soils.
They are more ornamental than fences,
and also serve as windbreaks if allowed
to grow up as small trees.
GoosEBERR1rs and currants NAV be
PAopuS oUCu AAO" CutklAkS, Uut IL Is
easier to get them rooted by burying
the tips. This may be done now.
Make the ground soft gnd loose, and
they will roo more rapidly.
The Russian thistle is coming east,
as did the potato beetle. It is now at
st. Paul, and will be carried over the
Mississippi by the cars. In fact, it
has already been reported at Illinois,
though in only one location.
A DAIRY writer says that you had
better begin dairying with two COWS
and a strong desire to thoroughly learn
the business than with ten cows and q
confident feeling that you can sue
coed as well as old hands in the bust
ness.
BEErs and carrots can be kept in
bins packed in dry dirt. They should
be perfectly dry before packing, and If
exposed in q close place TO the fumes
Of burning sulphur they win keep a
year If the. dirt in which they are
packed Is clean.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
STEALING A DINNER.
How a Millionaire Enjoyed Doughnuts and
Cheese and Apple Pie.

How a Millionaire Enjoyed Doughnuts and
Cheese and Apple Pie.
If boys knew how much the circum.
stances and almost the privations of
their lot are envied by prosperous ell
Derby men, they would perhaps be more
easily reconciled to some of the hard
ships that they meet. An exchange
relates a curious story which illus
trates the envy which ven rich men
may have for some simple things which
poor boys enjoy.
The wealthy head of a great corpo-
ration. which employs many people,
was one day wandering about the
premises of the concern. 1t was near
midday. He happened to ON upon a
dinner-pail, standing in a cool corner
He surmised that it might belong to
the office-boy; and so it did.
The dinner-pail somehow exercised 4
fascination over the man. He could
not resist the temptation to lift the
lid. Within he saw a slice Of home.
made bread, well buttered; two dough
nuts, brown and fresh; a slice Of new
cheese and a piece of apple pie.
The millionaire at once felt very
hungry-hungrier than he had beenfo,
many a day. The d~inner-pail carried
him back to a time, sixty years ago,
when he had carried just such a pail,
when he had had in it bread and but.
er and donghnuts and apple pie and
when these things had tasted very good
to him.
He became a boy again, and he could
not resist the temptation to eat out of
this pail. Squatting on the floor, he
fell on to the bread and butter and
then on the doughnuts and cheese, and
was just eating the apple pie when the
ofice-boy came running up.
"Look here!!" the boy cried out.
''That's my dinner you're eating there!'
Eyes, l suppose it is" said the mill
liouaire. But it's a first-rate dinner
for all that. / haven't eaten so good a
one for fifty years"
He finished the pie and then, rising,
took out his pocketbook and from it
handed the ofice-boy a fve-dollar bill.
There" said he, "go out and buy
your dinner. 1 couldn't have got for
five dollars a dinner that / should have
enjoyed so much. What I've eaten is
well worth it"
Then he babe the wondering boy
good-by and went to his office. --Chica-
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
FOR SALE.

T WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol,
i lowing described property, viz:
i. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sfxfy-six arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbuildings,
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
containing four hundred and forty-two and
u. 100 arpents, about sixty arpents under pienx
ana wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and Outbuildings. The rear of
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
.. Several tracts of wood land on the BAYOU
Ieche. situated between Coulon's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
tageousiy for the year 1894, aud il sold l will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
w. G. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08

School Boy (~wcarily)-What's the
use of learning all this stuff?
Teacher-It is chiefly to cultivate the
memory.
school Boy-Don'tyou think it would
b nor sensible to buy a phonograph?
Good News.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08

GESr-"I have called on the recommends
ton of a friend to have my portrait painted.
| But I should like to know if you can take
me in my fur coat" Artist-'Oh, certain
ly. Fact is, you know, l used to be an ami
| NAL painter. '-Humoristische Blatter.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
Use OF Dulcin.

Recent experiments with dulcin, a
new sweet, indicate that more than or
binary care must be exercised in its
use. Dogs upon which experiments
have been made die from blood destruc-
ton, and seem quite sensitive to the
effects Of the drug. Cats die from pa
ralysis Of the brain. as do frogs. Rab-
bits appear to be entirely unaffected
by dulcin. AS a medicine or an article
OF food il is of course, taken in exceed
ingly small quantities. It is highly
spoken of MS ~sweetening for food for
those who desire to reduce flesh, also
TOR diabetic snfferers.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08

PRos. HENRY thinks that silage is
NOT suitable for hogs. Too much OF ii
certainly i not A little is coed
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
b.

b. BL0s ENFIELD,
Commissioner u. s. Circuit Court for the Vest
ern District Of Louisiana.
Commissioner U. S. Court of Claims throuehout
the United States.
Notary fubllc In and for the Parish Of st. Lam
dry. Once with Hon. John n, Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
to Final Proofs. Collections In the Parishes Of
st. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
tensions secured; Patents. Caveats, Trade
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08

u1 TELL, YOU. women ave coming to the
front :" said the woman's-rights man.
That's a fact" said the baid-headed man;
stthere was one in front of me at the theater
| last night, and never saw the stage once"
N v Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08

In breach-of-promise suits a man Is very
frequently like a boy learning the alphabet.
He gets stuck on a l~etter.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
The bustard has ! pouch unde

The bustard has . pouch under his
chin 50 capacious as to contain six or
ven quarts Of water. When sudden
u attacked, and with no time for es-
cape. he will turn on his enemies q vio-
lent stream from this natural reser-
voir.
The penguin has used its wings so
little than 10 the course of ages these
members have become dwarfed, and
can no longer be employed for flight.
They are, however, an important aid
to the bird when swimming or diving.
He that Is q drunkard is qualified
tn On Yice.-Qnarlss.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
a Natural Result.

superintendent (moodilyl-We will
have to abandon our trolley to Branch
vile.
Presidcnt-What's the matter?
Superintendent - No passengers.
The people living along the line have
Ill been killed.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
FIG. PLAN.

FIG 2.-GRoUND PLAN.
from the ceiling, but not reaching to
the floor. The warm air from the
bodies of the fowls is thus kept around
and above the birds while on their
roosts.-American Ayr iculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08

JAspER-''Why are you roping up your
trunks You are not going away till to-lnor-
row. ~Jumpuppe-.'So I'll have time to
find all the things I have forgotten 70 pus IN
it. One never finds those things unIal al.ss
his trunk is locked and roped.'-Harpers
NyaalxJv
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08

FIG. RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF CoMBINA-
TON POULTRY HOUSE.
2 shows the inside arrangement when
the building is used for two breeds.
Such an arrangement secures exceed
ingly warn roosting quarters for both
focks, as the recess occupied by the
roosts can be shut off from the main
room to some extent by placing parti-
tions in front of the roosts, extending
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08

ssTHEnr was a lovely lot of fellows doWn
| at the beach," said Jeanette. "Nhy oldn,t
YOU come home engaged, then2" asked her
friend. II did; that's my engagement
ring" "Why, my dear, Just let me con,
graduate you. Which of the men is lt!'
ats all of n. They dubbed together and
bought this solitaire. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-09
EYE AND EAR INF1RMARY.
MONDAY JULY 9.

The address of the executive committee
of the Maine Eye and Ear Infrmary,
published elsewhere, shows undoubtedly
that the institution is doing a good
work, but of that there has never been
any denial. That is not and never has
been the question at issue. The ques-
ton is whether the city has legal right
to take money raised by taxation and
give it to this institution The city So
licitor has given an opinion that denies
the existence of any such right. He is
the law officer of the city and on mat
tiers of law the city officials would seem
to be under obligation to follow his
opinion until it is shown to be wrong
by the decision of some, competent court
1t WAS evidently the opinion of the city
solicitor that decided the action of the
Mayor in this case. The objection that
an appropriation for this institution
would have created dangerous
precedent was one urged by us,
on the assumption that it might be le-
gal. AS the city solicitor decided that
it would be illegal, there was no occa-
sion for the Mayor to consider it and he
probably did not consider it. The appro-
priation was vetoed undoubtedly solely
upon the ground that it was beyond the
powers of the city council. Therefore
even if it can be shown that our object
ion was unsound it would not affect the
matter
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-09
THE RIOT ON THE wANE.

Evidently the back bone of the Chi
cago riot is broken. The crisis came
Saturday afternoon in an encounter be-
tween the troops and the mob in which
many of the latter chow many will
probably never be. known, were killed
or wounded. The lesson of this encoun-
fer was soon learned by the lawless ele-
ments of the city, and yesterday quiet
prevailed When the authorities ceased
temporising with the mob and taught
it that they meant business the mob
melted away as mobs almost invaria-
bly, do under such circumstances. We
are inclined to think that the authorities
were culpable in putting off the de-
cislve action so long, and that many
lives and much property have been sac
rificed on account of it. Now that quiet
has been restored and the men who de-
sire to work can do so without danger
to their lives, the railroad will soon
probably have men enough to move
their trains as usual The strike failed
as Il strike several days ago-that is to
say there were men enough TO supply
the places of the strikers if they could
be assured protection. That protection it
viii now be possible to fol, and in
the course of few days it is probable
that traffic will be restored to its Normal
condition.