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Asheville daily citizen., 1894-10-25
IN THE OLD NORTH STATE.

Key. DR.. J ]. O'Counell died at
Mary's Help Abbey, n. e., Tuesday. lie
was n years old. lie spent 90 years IN
the priesthood. Monsignor Joseph
O'Connell of Brooklyn is his brother,
and Monsignor d. O'Connell, president
of the American college at Rome, is a
nephew OF the deceased, He was the
founder, almost, 1t might be sa'd. OF
Catholicism in the CarolinaS and Geor-
gia. He gave the land at Belmont, Gas
ton county, this State, tor the founding
OF a religious order, The Benedlctines
took possession OF it, and now have a
magnificent abbey, college, and church.
The social event of the week at Kali
eigh was the marriage, at Christ chufcn
Tuesday evening, OF Mayor Samuel
Fowle Telfair, private secretary to 10Y
ernor Carr, to Miss Mildred Badger,
only daughter of the late Major Richard
[. Badger, and granddaughter OF the
distinguished Hon. George X. Badger OF
Raleigh.
I'll exhibits at the fair are much the
best ever seen at any iair in the state,
this applying both to quantity and
quality.
senator Pctlrr'- Trout Leaders.
From the New York World.
"Terrapin Tom Murray SAYS tha! to'
long time it was mystery to Sen
ator Blackburn's friends where he OBJ
tanned his leaders for fishing. Senator
Blackburn would only say that lit wa'
private snap" MURRAY says tina
Col Dick Bright, sergeant alarms o
the Senate, solved the mystery when h
saw a page crawling on his hands ant
knees about Senator PETERS desk.
What are you doing there, my son ?
asked the Colonel.
The boy without looking up replied
"Whle talking Senator P.iier stroke
his beard ana in this way pulls out
great many strands. have been gath
ering these up, tieing them in bunche
and selling them 20 Senator Blackbur
for trout leaders"
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-10-25

Car load of bananas just received
very cheap-at Aliens.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
FArrEN1Na POULTRY.

No operation connected with the
poultry yard requires greater atten-
ton and experience than ~fattening
fowls in coops. Oatmeal and barley
meal alternately, mixed with milk,
and occasionally with a. little drip
ping, is 4 good food. The feeding
troughs, which must be kept constant
" secured, should be placed before
the birds at regular intervals, and
when they have eaten sufficient it is
better to remove them, placing q little
gravel within the reach Of the coop to
assist digestion. Oats and rice are far
inferior to oatmeal in their fesh-form-
ing properties. Keeping the birds
without food for some hours after they
are put up frequently induces them to
take it more readily afterward, but
sufficient attention is rarely bestowed
on the various details Of preparation
and supplying the food hence, the
complaints of the fowls deteriorating
IN the fattening pen are far from I'M
common. Access to water should be
Allowed NJ III times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly Used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy lie 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 perfect lax
alive e~ffectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions anu
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 Objectionable substance,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
eccept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
Fight Between Two Bucks,

Few people are aware of the desper-
ate character of a fight between two
ferocious deer. At Hardin Springs
recently two ~two.year-old bucks met
in an Enclosure and for about half an
hour the fight was most furious. They
tore up the earth and gored each other
in a frightful manner During a part
of the time, and while the combat was
the hottest, the air was filled with dust
while they struggled for advantage. A
short distance away stood q doe and a
fawn surveying with IN expression of
interest and wonder a contest which
was to decide which would rule the
family. All doubts we're soon set at
rest, as one of the bucks made a tire
mendous lunge that landed his oppon-
ent fifteen feet away; this he followed
up with a rush that pinned the other
against the fence, from which he
shortly afterward escaped, only to be
caught again by his angry foe aid
tossed into a spring and gored until he
beloved, which was a sign of sur
render. The fight was exciting while
it lasted, and was witnessed by the
guests of the Springs and quite a num-
Der from town who we're visiting there.
Middleton (Cal.) independent.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
Edicts Against Coal.

It is said that when coal was first
used in England the prejudice against
it was so strong that the House OF
Commons petitioned the King to pro-
hibit the further use of the s'infernal
and obnoxious fuel"
A royal reclamation having failed to
abate the nuisance a commission was
appointed to ascertain who burned
sscoles" within the limits of the city
of London; to punish by branding for
the first offense and by demolition of
the furnace for the second. Finally,
when minor punishments had no effect,
a law was passed making coal burning
a capital offense. In the records of
the Old Tower there is an account OF
a man who was hanged there for no
other crime than that of using coal
for fuel contrary to royal edict ; this
in the time of Edward I.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
THE HIGHEST AWARD,

Royal Baking Powder has all the
H~oners-In Strength and Value 20
per cent. above its Nearest Com
petitor.
The Royal Baking Powder has the
enviable record of having received the
highest award for articles OF it's class
greatest strength, purest ingre-
dients, most perfectly combined
wherever exhibited in competitor with
others. In the exhibitions of former
years, at the Centennial, at Paris,
Vienna and at the various State and
Industrial fairs, where it has been ex-
hibited, judges have invariably award
ed the Royal Baking Powder the high
est honors.
At the recent Worlds Fair the ex-
animation for the baking powder
awards were directed by the chief
chemist of the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington. The chief chem
lists official report of the tests of the
baking powders, which was made for
the specific purpose of ascertaining
WHICH WIS b1c Dobt. 5uOWS UuO 1CnvOA
ing strength of the Royal to be $50
cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce
of powder. OF the cream of tartar
baking powders exhibited, the next
highest in strength tested contained
but 1873 cubic inches of leavening gas.
The other powders gave an average of
Ill. The Royal, therefore, was found
of twenty per cent. greater leavening
strength than it's nearest competitor,
and forty-four per cent. above the
average of all the other tests. It's
superiority in other respects, however,
in the quality of the food it makes as
to fneness, delicacy and wholesome
ness, could not be measured by fig
ures.
It is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the ONE of the coun-
try for SO many years, that have
caused the sales Of the Royal Baking
Powder, as shown by statistics, to ex-
coed the sale of all other baking pow
ders combined.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
SELECT SIFTINGS.
loroest bird ia the condor.

The largest bird is the condor.
Wasps get intoxicated on the fer
mented juices of rotten fruit on the
trees.
About 81 per cent. of the men in the
| English army are unable to read and
write.
Envelopes were first made in 1889
| and sold for ten cents to twenty-five
cents apiece.
The Australians have more churches
in proportion to population than any
other people.
Cashmere goods were invented IN
| the celebrated vale of which Moore
| sings in "Lallah Rookh."
A Maine man used the profits of his
pumkin field to pay the expenses of
| himself and his wife to the Worlds
Fair.
In the fifteenth century the bishops
and monasteries of France, England
and Germany did an extensive bust.
ness in coming money under royal
sanction.
An interesting find is a library OF
500 volumes, including seventy manu-
scripts Of the tenth and eleventh, and
some with wonderful miniatures of the
fourteenth centuries, which were re.
Gently discovered in a franciscan
cloister near Rieti, Italy.
A coon, with q leather strap around
it's neck, which was lost by q young
woman at Chester, W. Va, about
fifteen years ago., was found the other
day by a hunter in the woods near
Chester. The animal still had the
leather collar around it's neck.
Wings we're originally teamsters in
Scotland, who used the term whiggam
to encourage their horses. Opponents
of the Government in the restoration
period were derided as fayoring the
Scotch covenanters, and hense were
called Whiggems, afterwards wings.
In the earlier periods Of life trees
increase much faster than when adult
the oak, for instance, grows more
rapidly between the twentieth and
thirtieth years-and when old the an
nual deposits considerably diminish,
so that the strata are thinner and the
rings proportionately closer.
Relics of the battles that accom-
panied Washington retreat from New
York are still found in the Washing
ton Heights region. A police officer
long stationed in that part of the city
made an extremely interesting collec-
ton of cannon balls and military but
tons and buckles picked up on the bat
tie field.
In the west of France a ssra is put
around the neck of geese, and to this
cord is suspended horizontally in front
of the breast a long and heavy stick.
Goats in the same region are brldled
if, indeed, we may call it %bridling-
exactly in the same fashion. The OBJ
ject in both cases is to keep the ami
mails from passing through the hedges
and eating the grass of neighbors.
The black kings of the African coast
press your middle finger three times as
a sign of s%alutation, the Japanese takes
off his slipper, while the Laplander
pushes his nose vigorously against you.
In Hindostan they salute a man by
taking him by the beard, while the
people of the Philippine Islands take
your hand and rub their face with it.
The King of Ternate rises to receive
his subjects, and they sit down to
salute him.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
August
Flower"

For two years l suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by a
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said my stomach was
worn out, and that l would have to
cease eating solid food. On the rec
ommendation of a friend / procured
a bottle of August Flower. Itseem-
ed to do me good at once, / gained
strength and flesh rapidly. l feel
now like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me"
Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.9
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
Heroic Work by a Servant Girl.

The heroism of . servant girl saved
& spa Of valuable horses for John
Moser, of Perkiomenville. The large
barn on the farm was set on fire, and
the men, when they discovered the
flames, feared to enter the stables to
release the horses and four head OF
cattle. The daring girl, however.
dashed into the burning building and
freed the plunging horses and was
burned on the hands and face, though
not seriously. She was greatly cheered
by the men who watched the brave
deed. The barn was destroyed.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
Pail Mall Was q Game.

Pail Mall, the celebrated London
street, derives it's name from on ath-
letic game once very popular in Eng.
land called pail mall. It consisted OF
q ball being driven through an iror
ring with q mallet that strikes the ball.
The game was played i'll the neighbor.
hood of St. James Park in the time oil
Charles II on the street running along
side of this park, later called Pal
MalL-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

LEAVES FOR THE GREENHOUSE.

Leaves from the forest when rotted
make a most excellent material to mix
with soil to be used for greenhouse
plants, but whether it will be profta-
BILE or not TO- gather the leaves for
such purposes dependsver much upon
the circumstances. The cost of labor
in gathering the leaves, the distance
they are to De hauled, and other items
of expense should be taken into con-
s%ideration in order to get at the actual
cost of the material when it is ready
for use.-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
WHAT ONE HERD DIsCIosEs,

Very recently there was published
in an article on TIE care of dairy COWS
statistics which fully prove that a man
feeding at random, and keeping COWS
that have never been tested, is working
absolutely in the dark, and if he sue
ceeds it is merely through accident.
Facts very startling to the thinking
a were disclosed Out of this herd
of sixty cattle, some Holstein, some
Jersey, some grades, and some com
mon cattle of unknown ancestry, the
cow returning the greatest amount Of
butter according to food eaten was
the common native. Undoubtedly
prior to the test the presumption was
all against this COW. This shows that
breed does not always tell, and is con-
.soling to the farmer who is not able
to stock up entirely with thorough
bred or even grades. The second
native COW beat all of the Jerseys, SO
that even the rich farmer cannot
afford to rely entirely upon blood.
An average of twenty-seven pounds of
food was consumed for one pound of
fat, ranging from seventeen to forty
seven pounds. The larger COWS con-
sumed a smaller amount of food in
proportion to their weight than the
smaller ones. The best yield of milk
gave the best yield of butter.
The entire test shows us what an in
dividuality thereeis in cows, and that
breed and color and good marks and
appearances in general must not allow
US to lose sight Of the paying qualities
OF one and the losing qualities of an
other. American Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
CLEAN PIGsTIEs AND CLEAN PIGS.

Pigsties should be cleaned and
scrubbed at least once a week, writes
a correspondent. Give the pigs a
good scrubbing with a scrubbrush or
an old broom, and plenty of clean
water every day if convenient. Pigs
enjoy a good cold bath and appreci-
ate a good scrubbing and a clean pen,
with something for a nest on which to
lie. I give them oat straw for a bed.
1t smells sweeter in the pen than hay.
Never give pigs buckwheat straw it
gives them the buckwheat itch. Clean
l.ness among the pigs produces
healthy porkers New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

of cells or molecules produced sensa
ton, as the same kind of vibrations
produce light, and that when a man
sees stars as the result of a conclusion
of his brain matter the excessive vi.
bration thus CONN unicated to the
6bres of his brain is the cause of the
sensation of light in his eyes or at
least in his optic nerve. New York
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
THE srRIrED CUCUMBER BEETLE.


This insect may be driven from the
plants it i~nfests, which are of the
melon, or gourd tribe, by busting them
with fine wood ashes or plaster in which
a little carbonic acid has been stirred
SO as to give it a distinct odor. To-
bacco stems, that may be procured of
the c~igarmakers or dealers, spread I'M
der the plants, or rags dippedin kero-
sene, will also drive away these pests.
The cabbage worms may also be kept
away from cabbage and ca%uli1ower by
scattering -four on the leaves; bran is
said to be effective, but hand picking
is the safest and most certain remedy.
To do this easily take a pair of spring
nippers, which may beused more con-
veniently than the fingers. New York
Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
GIVE THE COLTS GOOD STALLS.

Have box stalls for the colts by all
means, but do not make them cells of
solitary confinement. Put in good
windows to admit the sun. If
opening into the paddock, have al
extra door two-thirds size, SO he can
stand and put his head out and enjoy
the air, and sac and familiarize him
self with what is going on. If open
ing into the barn, have the door in
halves; on the under half put a slat
work that he can look through, hav-
ing it SO the upper half can be shut
tight, in cold weather or at night.
/ had a young stallion last winter
that could not see what vas going on
from his stall. He was kind and of
good disposition, but when I went to
take him out would grab a halter and
chew it and nip at one who came near
/ had two extra hinges put on the
door, and sawed it in two at the
middle, making two half doors. From
the lower half I built a slat work top
that he could see through. It changed
him at once, and now have a quiet and
pleasant colt to handle.
Do not have two half doors by any
means; it is dangerous. If the upper
half gets unfastened the colt will
reach through, and is likely to have it
swing SO as to catch his neck, aad in
struggling to get free get hung. Chill
dren are often round to open the
lower half to see the colt and not
fasten it again. He stoops down to
get out, and when part way through
Strengthens up and is caught by the
upper door in the small Of the back
and is ruined for life.-New England
Homestead.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

f1OW'6 This
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fol
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, O.
hey for the last Is years, and believe HIM per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm. "a
Ohio.
NALDING, K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, OHIO.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
W all Druggists. Testimonials free.
THERE are 90, 1856 locomotives in use on the
railways of the United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

There is a bold ridge OF gray vol
canie mountains in the Cape Verde
Islands the crest of which is said to
form an exact likeness Of George
Washington.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

The edible dogs OF China are known
BY their bluish-black tongues. They
never bark, and are very ~taciturn.
Four million and q half are slaughtered
annually to titillate the palates Of the
celestials,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

The largest park IN the United
States is the Yellowstone. 1t is sixty
five miles north and south, tifty-fve
east and west, contains 1915 square
miles, and is 5000 feet above the sea
level.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

A farmer who lives near Salem, n.
c., became violently insane after eat
ing a quart of ice cream.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

All of the Egyptian paintings were
executed according to a code Of RULES
laid down by the priesthood.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

Ladies' needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Browns IRON
Bitters. 1t is pleasant to take, cures Nialar.a
Indigestion, Biliousness and Liver RlnpIaihts,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

There are more illiterate people in
Roumania than in any other European
country.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

If your Back Aches, or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it is general debility.
Browns Iron BItters will cure you, make you
appetite-tones the nerves.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

CuBA's latest revolution was quickly
quelled.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
H0w's This !

OVER 800 lynchings have taken place in the
South during the present year.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

Use Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCIES for
Coughs, Colds and all other Throat Troubles.
:" Pre-eminently the best.''-Rsr. Henry Har9
B6Ccter.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

GEORGE SHAW, a prospector, was foun(
frozen to death at Telluride, Col.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

A wonderful stomach corrector-Beecham's
Pills. Beecham's-no others. Is cents a bog.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

Fattening must be completed in ten
days, for after that period they begin
to lose weight. The best age for table
birds is when they are from four to six
months old.
The coop should be three feet high,
two feet wide and four feet long. This
will admit from six to eight birds,
according to their size. The bottom
and front should be of bars, three
inches apart. A board outside the bars
in front, six inches wide, will serve as
a stand for the food and water troughs.
The coop should be in a well-venti-
lated clubhouse, and if kept dark be-
tween the times of feeding, all the bet
ter.-Poultry Book for the Many.
New-York tribune., 1894-04-21
REAL ESTATE.
BUSINESS AT THE EXCHANGES

As might be expected toward the end of -.
week. the auction market dropped off yesterds~
and what little property was offered was bou.,.
by the plaintiffs in the several proceedings
Smyth e. Ryan offered Nos 332 and ga f..
Sixty -hrst-st two fve-story brick fats with z,or
on plot 40xl00: they brought $2S60o from Io,''
We'll and Bernhard Mayer, the plaintiffs in 'ss ,ss
The sale of No 4O6 East Twenty -fourth.s, :.
nve-story brick tenement house on a full lot v,
adjourned sine die "as
William Kennedy offered Nos. 1886 and la w..
Twenty eighth-st.. brick and frame houses aI
land 5Ox9S9 The plaintiff in the proceedirssn.a sna
Catharinc D'Angemont. was the buyer FOR "a; tssSS
Randolph Guggenhemer and Soloman Marx bav.
purchased the warehouse property, Nos. POS and IN
Wooster-st.
Staber & Smith have sold for Mrs NJ G. Rusb.,
No 32S West Eightyseventh-st n three.stor,
brownstone house. 2Ox56xloo, for about $4,000 ~
". f. Dler has sold to J. Shomberg, a foD,
story brownstone dwelling 2lXs7, lot 1922 No n
West Sixty -ninth-st., for about $4,000 Henry p
Cook architect. has purchased from Mr. Open
hemer three lots. south side Of Seventy second
St just west of West End-aye and will build
front dwellings. J. +. Kerwan has sold for Gordon
Brothers the two ive-stUry brick and stone fs,
houses Nos 2D2 and 2i West Elghty-second.st
near Amsterdam-aye.. each 'JX92XlO22.
New-York tribune., 1894-04-21
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