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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

EACH field is adapted to some special
crop. Study the soil and the needs OF
the crop.
SWEET potatoes contain a large pro-
portion of sugar, and are more fatten'
ing than corn. The smallest sizes are
equal to the best for stock.
THE fruit market was not overstocked
with choice fruit this year, and good
prices were obtained despite the dull
times and low wages
If not already done it is now time to
cut out all the old stalks among the
raspberries and blackberries. Leave
out three or four of the strongest of
the new canes and treat the rest rs
weeds
The seed corn for next year cannot
be too dry. Let the select ears remain
on the stalks until the leaves turn
yellow and the kernels are hard and
dry; then hang the ears up in dry
place.
WHEN young and immature stock is
used for breeding purposes year after
year, and the older animals sold. there
is liability of loss of stamina. The
best specimens are procured from ma
tured parents
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
ABOUT ESSEX SWINE.

Some Merits and Defects OF One of the
oldest breeds.
This is one of the Oldest English
breeds of swine. It's merits have OBJ
tanned for it vell-deserved popular
ity in this country. as well as in its
native land. The modern Essex breed
is the result OF a cross Of the original
stock on the Neapolitan. 1t belongs
to one of the so-called small breeds.
Essex swine are black, or, ra ther,
ash-blacl< in color: they have n short
dished face, broad between the eyes;
erect. thin ears, full jowls, short.
thick neck, body of medium length,
broad, deep and straight, with heavy
hams, bones fine, but sufficiently
strong to support the body; hair fine
and soft. but thin; no bristles; legs
short and fine, but straight and set
wide apart: hoofs erect.
When matured, the improved Essex
will weigh from three to four hundred
pounds. They mature carly. are pro-
life and possess great vigor of consti-
tuition. They fatten easily, range
well and, not being troubled with
mango sun-scald, are a peculiarly
valuable breed for the south. The
Essex are excellent as a cross, being
sure to give quality and early maturity
to any breed. When crossed upon
common or coarser swine they will i'm
prove them almost beyond recognition.
The objection urged against them il
their tendency to fatten rapidly. which
causes the carcasses to lack the de-
sired proportion OF lean meat. This
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
FRUIT IN TRANSIT.

Modern Methods Have Eliminated All
Danger from Freezing.
A bulletin which has just been sent
ont by Prof. Mark w. Harrington,
chief of the weather bureau, gives the
Opinions gathered from many ship
pers of perishable products throughout
the country in relation to the proper
protection of fruits and vegetables
from heat and cold during transporta-
ton. These men generally concur in the
statement that the danger in transpor-
tation from freezing has been elm
mated by modern methods The So
called lined car, which has a partition
of tongued and grooved boards at the
sides and ends, placed so as to leave
an air space of about four inches.
answers for spring and autumn and
during most winter weather. while
the Eastman heating car in extreme
weather has proved perfect protec-
ton. Perishable goods can be shipped
with safety in ordinary freight cars
when the outside temperature is TWEEN
ty degrees Fahrenheit, ard in re-
frigerat tor cars when it is ten degrees.
Fruit wrapped in heavy brovT* paper
will endure fifteen degrees more cold
than if it is not wrapped. Damp
ness is very injurious, and products
which are shipped in a dry condition
can endure much lower degree OF
temperature without injury than I'M
der moist conditions. 1t should al ways
be RENE mbered that the kind Of pack
ing which keeps out the cold will keep
in the heat, SO that there is often more
danger from heating by process of de-
composition than from injury by the
cold. When north wind is blowing
on the prairie, cars which contain
fruit are often covered with canvas on
the north side. Oranges that have
been frozen may be thawed without
injury by putting them in cold water
or in tight barrels immedia tely after
arriving. allowing them to thaw out
gradually. These are some of the
points picked almost at random from
what is altogether a most instructive
circular.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
SIMPLE WAGON BRAKE.

it on with. Put a one-half-inch hard
wood washer behind the lever and one
in front of it. Put the chain on the
wooden lever as marked; put on the
iron lever ~, fasten the other end OF
the chain on it. and raise it up until
the check blocks are just off the
the open link until it is tight. Screw
the little piece of iron (S) on the
wooden lever with three-fourth-inch
screws; bolts would be better. The
iron lever goes on the rod across the
hounds. as usual. except it is put up
side down, and underneath the axle.
When going with empty rack, the
wooden lever can be taken off and
bo1ted on to the wagon standard, as
shown by dotted lines
1t can also be used for wagon with
bed off or on, as with empty rack.-W.
s. Kline, in Farm and Fireside.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
SHEEP FARMING PAYS.
H Properly Managed It 70 sure to Return
Fair Profit.

H Properly Managed 1t 70 sure to Return
Fair Profit
Sheep farming requires the least
labor of any kind of farming. and is
one of the most profitable if properly
managed. 1t is the least la borious be-
cause sheep are more easily kept than
other animals. They will eat food
that no other kind of stock will touch,
ton, besides being more hardy and
less liable to disease.
They are the most profitab BILE because,
in addition to the foregoing, they are
the sources of two valua bic products,
while with other stock but one is
looked for. Even though wool is low,
the fleece will bring enough to pay for
the keep of the animal, and the NUT
ton will be the profit.
Formerly sheep owners bred simply
for WOOL and as the highest develop
ment in the wool-bearing capacity is
incompatible with the perfection of
mutton-prod ucing ability, the latter
suffered to such an extent that the
flesh Of the animal was practically un-
salable. Nutton-eatinR was steadily
discouraged, and the genuine lovers
of this meat had recourse to Canada,
where mutton sheep were reared.
That this belief in the inferiority of
shown by the fact that Canada mutt
tom signs are still exhibited in tho
butchers shops and wagons in New
York.
hut with the discovery that the pro-
auction Of both flesh and fleece in a
high degree is compatible in the same
animal, the demand for mutton has
grown. At sight of this delicious.
juicy meat prejudice has faded and is
fading away. 1t has become q i'd
able rival to beef, and its consumption
may readily be increased hundred
per cent.
And yet many men are talking as If
the business were ruined aud are get
ting out of it as fast they can, ig-
Moran of the fact that it is the best
farm property they have to-day. These
are the men who forget that condi-
tions have been reversed since they
went into the business Mutton is
now the staple and wool the by-Prod-
uct. If the wool pays expenses, that
is all that should now be asked of it
D. Florens, in n. Y. World.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
Money In Winter EgEs-

The practical farmer knows that
there is m ore money in winter egGs
than in those produced in summer. He
likewise knows that if he allows the
fowls to roost in open sheds and cold
places and feeds nothing but corn he
cannot secure a winter egg crop. He
yet. ahead of the average farmer by
having good, warm houses, by feeding
the very best grains for manufactur-
ing eggs, by keeping the birds ut work
in scratching pens while the ground In
covered with snow, by Matching his
pnllets in April and May and bringing
shsn 10 profit 1T the right time
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
A PuNcTuAL SCHEME.
9Tr. Flldur Puts Up n Job His Wife
Which Reacts Himself.

which Reacts OF, Himself.
Mr.. Pildur is passionatelv fond OF
cycling, but his wife, who also rides,
believes that the best method of loco
motion is to follow her husband. Mr..
Pildur, who likes to take a spin in COM
pany with his friends can scarcely con-
ceal his delight when his wife remains
| at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Pildur are seated at the
breakfast table and have nearly fin
ished. A window is wide open and the
sun shines into the room.
Mr. Pildur Qaying down his napkin
and rising from the table)-1t is going
to be fine day.
Mrs. Pildur Gnsinua tingly)-How
pleasant it would be to pedal in the
shade of the large trees of the park.
Mr.. Pildur (slightly troubled, in an
astonished tone)-Yen ride a cycle this
morning?
Mrs. Pildur-"Yes, certainly, my
dear. If do not go when the weather
is fine, when will go?
Mr.. Pildur (rnanifcstly put out)-I
think
Mrs. Pildur-What, my dear?
Mr.. Pildur Gronically)-Don't you
expect your mother this morning, my
excellent mother-in-law?
Mrs. Pildur (touchcd)-This after
noon; you know very we'll. And do not
make fun of mamma.
Mr.. Pildur (starting away grumbling)
We'll, do not stop. put on your clothes
and do not be long; will go and look
at the machines.
Mrs. Pildur (coaSingly)-What hat
shall 1 wear, my white or blue one?
Mr.. P;ldur (Which
ever you wish, it's all the same to me.
Mrs. Pildur (going away)-Really:
you are not very good-natured this
morning.,
NJ. 1S;1l,,- /,,oo .l,,o +.,1,,. ~ 1,;,,,
self)-What luck! My little spin with
the Rapid club spoiled! 1t was a great
mistake when I taught my wife to ride
the bicycle. My wife is handsome on
the cycle. My friends have told me SO.
I have four pneumatics to look after.
two machines to verify, two machines
to oil, surely ] was insane when !
bought her splendid bicycle. I have
no liberty. I could weep. The men,
bcrs of the club sayI am not one of
them. Suddenly Mr.. Pildur strikes
his foreheaD. POUNDS know what
will do, a neat little trick; I will go
with the club. OHe goes out quickly
and returns in few moments}.
Mr.. Pildur (calling)-Marie! Marie!
Mrs. Pildur drumming surprised) -
What is it my dear?
Mr.. Pildur {aside)-Itis mean trick.
Noudly)-Poor dear! How vexatious;
your pneumatic is Debated! What a
deuce of an invention arc these pneu-
MATES; you think you are ready to
start when crack. there's Il puncture.
Mrs. Pildur bursting into sobs)-Oh!
Oh!
Mr.. Pildur (aside much moved by the
despair of Narie)-Her tears make me
regret the pneu1naticide. Uoudly)-
The pneumat tic is a horrible invention!
Mr.. and Mrs. Pildur go out to look a t
the machines and examine the pneu-
matte.
Ms. Pildur (rhile weeping, examines
the pneumatic of her machine. presses
it and finds it hard and fully intlated)
What did You say, you wicked man?
1t IS all right. Look at it.
Mr.. Pildur (uneasy)-What? Gle looks
at the wheels of his own machine. }
Thunder. am wrong! 1t is my own
pneumatic that have punctured!:-Le
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
CENTS ARE LEGAL TENDER.
In Amounts of Twenty-Five or Under They
Will Go Anywhere In This Country.

In A Amounts of Twenty-Five o Under They
Will Go Anywhere In This Country.
There is one story utterly ridicu-
lous that it seems incredible that it
should ever have been printed, which
in one form or another makes the
rounds of various newspapers of the
country annually. Look for it and you
will sooner or later see it crop up gain.
This tale is always based upon the un-
popularity of the One-cent pieces in the
extreme west and southwest. In it's
most common form it tells of some east
ern traveller who attempts to dispose of
a hundred or so one-cent pieces in San
Francisco, Ell Paso or some other place.
The tradesman is always represented
as looking at them curious]y and de-
Ginning them.
The writer's of these senseless tales
may have been III the west or they may
not. 1t matters 1ittle-their story is
pointless. They seek to brand the
mythical tradesman as of the same cat
egory with themselves.
The cent is les.al-tenderi in amounts
of twenty-five and less. If an eastern
man in San Francisco or anywhere else
owes Il debt of twenty-five cents, and
tenders twenty-five o1Ae-cent pieces in
settlement, the courts will susta in him.
OF course, the coins are not popular
in the extreme west and south, but no
one need carry a hundred of them in a
cigar box or anywhere else as useless
metal. If you are in a city that has 1,
United States sub-treasury. go to the
post office, dump in twenty-five cents
and see if you will have any difficulty
in obtaining stamps or postal cards of
like amount. If one is refused, (, let
ter of complaint to the postal authori-
ties will soon work the removal of an
employee who would discredit United
States money.
1t is we'll to bear this matter of the
legal tender of cent in mind. No
one for spite can make a person take
more than twenty-five of them in any
single transaction involving the settle
mcnt of debt. One need have no
fear, then, of receiving one hundred
dollars in cents from some embittered
dcbtor.-N. Y. Herald.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
PRIZE ESSEX HOG.

objection can be largely overcome by
limiting the amount of food and COM
polling exercise. Being good grazers,
they should be allowed unrestricted
run of pasturage and no corn or other
fattening food until it is desired to
finish them off. On the other hand,
their tendency to fatten is great
recommendation where roasting pigs
are desired. The meat can be made fit
for pork at any age, from month up
ward. In England these hogs are
marketed in great numbers when from
five to eight months old, for light fam
lily pork, and for that purpose there
arc none better.-N. Y. World.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
A RARE CASE.
The Heroic Deed OF - Bad Man In the
Southwest.

The Heroic Deed OF Bad Man In the
Southwest.
1t isn't often that one finds among
the mountai1ieers of the southwest a
hero of the highest type, but they do
exist, and IL year or SO ago I met one.
I had beeen in his neighborhood for
three months, and I knew that he
}1ad killed Il man or two and had the
reputation of be ing the earnest man in
the mountains. He was extremely
handy with 4 gun, too, and everybody
gave him a wide berth whenever there
was a prospect of row. One day.
however, he got into Il difficulty with
!, man from an ad Looming county, and
when the shooting began he cut and
run like whitehead, leaving the
field in possession of the other party.
Two days AFTERWARDS I met him on the
road and we talked about the late dis
turbance.
II was rather surprised at the way
you acted said mildly as l could,
for even then had no wish to stir him
UP.
81 reckon most folks w11z," he re-
piled briefly.
II know they were, and they don't
understand it. Neither do l."
>'WeN,:' he said, half apologetica1ly
~ reckon L jist run. and that wuz all
thar ~uz to hit.
''There was more than that: you lost
your reputation by it,"
''Mebbe I did, colonel and he swal-
lowed lump in his throat: but that
thar Teller had seven little children de-
pendin' on him, an kinder had idea
jist afore pulled trigger that mebbe 1
could git along better without my rep
pcrtation than they could without thcr
daddy, so run
He stopped as if uncertain what to
say next, and I took him by the hand
and shook it with a vigor that I knew
he appreciated by the look that came
into his cyes.-Detroit Free Press.
The Last First.
Childish simplicity sometimes looks
like deceitfulness without being it. 1t
was d perfectly honest little girl who
was asked by her father:
''Well, Emily, have you got along
nicely with your knitting while I've
been away? Which stocking are you
on now?"
ION the second. papa"
"Wel1, where's the other?''
"Oh, 1 should have told you, papa.
began on the second one!'-Youth's
Companion.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
Feed the Young stock.

Lambs, colts and calves should be
kept continuously growing. whether
they are to be kept over winter or sold
in the fall. When they go into winter
quarters the observer should be able,
to note their sleek, fine, healthy, 70.
bust condition. Such growth can only
be obtained by judicious management
and attention. Good pasture, pure
water, perhaps a little grain during
the droughty season and frequent salt
ing re needed,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
SIMPLE WAGON BRAKE.
fts Inventor Conslders 1t (sOOd and Cse
full Continuance.

its Inventor Considers 1t y Good and Css-
full Contrlvance.
have made a brake like the one il
1ustrated, and it is such a good thing
that think 1t my duty to show it TO
others. The iron pieces can be made
by any blacksmith. The wooden
lever (2} should be made of some
tough wood. about three inches at the
thickest part, shaped down Is shown.
to one and one-fourth inches thick.
The ratchet can be put on by means
of bolts, one at z and one at Y. which
holds the rack pieces together. The
chain should be ten or fifteen inches
long. with an open link to shorten
with If necessary. If You have not q
chain suitable, you can use a piece OF
wood by boring several holes SO as to
bring it to the right place The hole
(H) in the wooden lever should be
about ten or twelve inches from the
end CE). Use half-inch bolt to put
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
Potato Exports aud Imports.

In the year ending June 1, 1903, we
imported potatoes to the value of 81
O66, $50. The heaviest importationa
were at New York, $1.497. 1913: Boston.
$500, e57. and Philadelphia, SIG, s7e. In
the same period we exported 800, OS2
worth of potatoes. The bulk of this
trade was with the countries south of
us. Cuba, 1854. 15S; Mexico, S27.5O4;
Venezu ella. S21,697.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
In u Quandary.

Mr. BECKER Ito colored scrvant)-You
do as I tell you. I'm the master of
this house.
Mrs. Becker-And I'm the mistress
of it, SO you'll mind me before anyone
else.
Rastus-Dat's all very we'll. l doan
care a picayune witch is de mas'r or de
missus. What wanter know is, who's
dc boss?-Philadelph ia Press
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08

$50 this is your studio, Mr.. Dobb?''
eyes"
"And these are your brushes?'
eyes
"And where do you keep the trowel
with which you lay on your color?'-
Judge
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
He Went shortly After.

Miss Amy (at 1910 a. M, after Goslin
mas related an anecdotel-That story
reminds me of you, Mr.. Goslin-
Goslin tpresumptuous1y)- use it
is bright, 1 suppose.
Amy-Not at all. Because il won't
ro-Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
He Was.

II beg your pardon. sir said the
commercial tourist but you are a
travelling man.?
Yes. sir chccrfully replied the
Methodist preacher on his way home
from the annual conference. Got to
pack up and move again this year, just
as usual
And lie looked cut OF the ear window
and softly whispered: Il .vouid not live
alway."-Chicago Tribune.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
He Would Live Alwavs.

A man who was deeply lin debt was
sick unto death.
"Ah," he sighed, elf I could only live
until had paid off my debts
''Hulnph!'' sneered the doctor, blunt
ly, ".you want to live forever, do you?'
-TexaS Siftings.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08

Judge-You are charged with assault
and battery: what have you to say?
Pri,oner-Not a word, ycronncr. 1t
was sayin' too much got me into this
scrape Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08

THE scraps from the table are as
prof ia BILE when made into eggs as II
fed to tho hogs. Perhaps moro 80,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
THE YACHT RACE.
1t Was Post l,oned and Postponed But 1t
Finally Came OF.

1t Was Post l,oned and Postponed, But 1t
Finally Came OF.
He went to sec the yacht race when
his life was young and fair, the bloom
was on his morning brow, the gloss
was on his hair; but when he came to
where the yachts We're anchored in the
bay, they said the race had been post
poned and couldn't come off that day.
The next day wild storm arose, the
winds blew wild and free: the next day
not a ripple moved upon the dreaming
sea; the next day was a day of fogs,
and still the people say: 1.-The race has
been postponed again and can't come
off to-day
But still he waited, like "a tree that's
firmly taken root, his hair was streaked
with early gray, his whislers grew a
foot; and while the moss grew on his
back he heard the people say: The
race has been postponed again and
can't come off to-day"
With one lone eye he watched the sea
and never looked behind, with one lone
eye he gazed and Eazcd the other eye
was blind; and after many years grown
deaf he could not hear them say: 1.-The
race has been postponed again and
can't come off to-day
The whisl>ers grew down to his feet,
the grass grew in his ears. and he died
looking out to sea-he'd waited seventy
years-and reverently his aged form
within the grave they lay-the race
came off, great event, upon his flu
neral day.-N. Y. World.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-08
yyhy Slang Is POPULAR.

'Charley,'' said young Mrs. Torlius,
''what does the phrase talking
through your hat mean?''
1T MEANS was the reply, that the
person in connection with whom it is
used is in the habit of speaking with
out bestowing due amount ofthought
upon the topic on which he has under
taken to discourse. or that he has Sc
lected one which even with a reason
able amount of application he would
be utterly incapa BILE of comprehend
ing
And when she had caught her breath
she murnured:
.sCharley. don't think that slang,
in moderation, is SO very bad after all,
do vou?'-Wa shington Star.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-02-06
SILVER SEIGNORAGE.
Mr.. Bland Expects the House to Make
short Work Of Passing the
Democratic Measure.

Washington, Feb. 6.-The silver ques
tion will be taken up in the house to-day
or tomorrow, according to the plans OF
Mr.. Bland. He expects the debate on his
seignorage bill to last two days, 90 that
the final vote can be taken by Thursday
at least.
No special rule will be reported giving
Mr.. Bland the right-of-way, as his coin
age committee has special privilege under
the rules to secure immediate considera
tion of its reports.
"There is no doubt as to the passage of
the BILL" said Mr.. Bland. "The feeling ia
far different now from that at the time
of the repeal of the Sherman act. In
fact, il that repeal was considered again, it
would not be likely to pass. Many gem
tlemen have heard from their constitu-
ents since then. The present bill is
restricted to the silver. seigniorage, and
is designed to give the treasury tenn
pora:y relief. 1t is likely to bring out a
general discussion of the bond ques-
tlon."
Representative Stone, of Pennsylvania,
who wrote the report against the bill, is
preparing for sharp contest against
the measure. In fact, the east will op-
pose the bill, and it's passage or failure
will be regarded by many as fair test
of the strength the west has in the lower
branch OF the present congress.