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The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
CANADA THISTLES.

q writer in Garden and Forest de-
scrlbes the novel and effective method
he took for clearing some neglected
land OF Canada thistles. AS an expert.
ment he took a c~lod-crusher, made o:
two-inch plank, loaded it with as
much stone as the horses could draw
and broke the thistles down fat and
then plowed them deeply under.
The plan succeeded perfectly. It
seems that their entire vigor, vitality
and substance we're then in their tops,
as they were ready for scattering the
seeds. They were entirely destroyed,
and a market gardener raised vege-
tables on the land the next season.
Not d sign Of a Canada thistle has
been cen on the ground to this day.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
SELECT sIFTINGs.
In 1881 Paris had es5.ooo a.ts.

In 1882 Paris had 6S5,000 fats.
The onion il one Of the oldest Of
edible vegetables.
One of the curious laws o the Koran
forbids the faithful to read romances.
There were 400, 900 men on the field
Of 6sdowa, Of whom So, 900 were killed
or disabled.
Masked men in Mansfield, Mass,
entered a house and carried of it's
parlor organ.
Down to the year 1875 Krupp had
delivered to various European Nations
over Ii, 900 cannon.
Two hundred and eighteen thousand
tons of phosphate have been mined in
South Carolina during 1893.
In 1854 the Royal Library of France
contained twenty volumes, and was the
largest possessed by any King in
Europe.
! An employe of Washington hotel
is able, it 10 said, to wash and dry over
1000 dishes an hour and put them in
their proper places.
The diamond, though hard, is one
of the most brittle stones. A fall on
. wooden floor will sometimes crack
and ruin q fine specimen.
The only instance of perfectly sue
cessful collaboration in English litera-
ture is found in the dramatic works of
Beaumont and Fletcher.
The manuscripts of Tasso, which
are still preserved, are illegible from
the immense number of erasures,
changes and emendations.
Virgilius, Bishop Of Salzburg, was
declared a hereto in the fourteenth
century for publishing a book to prove
that there were antipodes.
France, as shown by the window
tax, has 2,047, 900 houses of one win
dow each, 3,65S, 900 of two to four,
and 1916, 900 of five or more. -
One of the most thoroughly original
works in English is stBedlam," a play
in twenty-five acts. 1t was written by
Nat Lee when confined in a madhouse.
In 1888 the civilized countries, that
is, Europe, America and the European
colonies and dependencies, produced
241 600, 900 tons of various grains, just
ayear's supply.
Cedar City, Utah, boasts of over
sixty young men who are over six feet
tall, and the girls of that town are very
proud of their stalwart protectors.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
Caring For Horses in the Far East.

Some of the oldest equine habits
which horsemen ever imagined are to
be found III lands abutting on the
home of the Arabian, but where he
himself is not to be found; though,
indeed, the Arab himself has enough
of oddities. The kurds ride a tree
covered with plated straw, quite fat,
and padded with blankets. This they
never remove from their horses,
except occasionally to dry it out. The
horse is kept ssddled day and night,
summer and winter. This seems in
credible, but is literally true.
In Turkistan the horse, under his
saddle, is covered with the biblical
number of blankets, seven, which he
likewise wears at all times, and which
are supposed to sweat him out and
keep him in condition.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE BEST COW.

The best COW is the one that yields
he greatest amount of butter fat in
the course of the year at the least ex-
pense to her owner. The very prev
alent idea that a thin COW is neces-
sarily a good dairy animal is a mis-
taken assumption. Some COWS remain
poor in flesh because they use their
feed TO make milk and fat, but a good
m~any*others which are equally hearty
feeders remain thin because they lack
the power to properly assimilate and
digest their food. The same rules
and exceptions hold good with animals
as with people. The largest eaters are
not necessarily the biggest or strong.
est. q
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
A GOOD FERTILIZER.

A very cheap and Easy way to pre-
pare bones to supply as a fertilizer is
by the use of ashes. Break the bones
as small as is possible. Then cover
the bottom Of a barrel or box with q
few inches of ashes, then put in layer
OF bones, and so on until the recep-
tacle is filled. The time required for
the decomposition Of the bones de.
ponds upon the strength of the ashes,
the size of the bones and the amount
Of moisture in the mixture. The mix
ture should be made quite damp by
pouring water on it, but not enough
water should be used as ~to.cause it to
drain. Hard wood ashes which have
not been exposed to the weather are
best for reducing bones.-Americen
Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
BULL POWER.

4 mn E y H%E
There are many good reasons why
bulls should be worked more than they
are. and no good reason that we are
aware of why they should not be, ex-
cept that they are sometimes unruly
and hard to manage. When wprkin,
in a treadmill, however, this objection
is of little consequence, and it a little
tact is used in feeding his majesty with
a few oats after his work is dorcs he
will soon become reconciled to the
drudgery and take to it kindly.
The bull has advantage Of the horst
for this kind of work i'll that he is not
likely to be in demand for other wori
and can be depended upon wheI
wanted. - #
The improved coaveniences of thu
modern dairy farm demand the S o!
q cheap power of some sortfofrunnine
the separator, the churn, pumping
water, saving wood, etc. The wind
mill is admirably adapted to doing
many of these jobs, such as pumping
water and saving wood and cutting
fodder, which can be done whenever
the wind blows and occasion demands.
But a power that can be depended upon
for moderate work daily, without re-
gard to wind, and that shall be less ex'
pensive and troublesome than steam,
is in demand on many dairy farms, and
the bull seems admirably qualified t.
fill this want.
There can be no question that mod
crate daily exercise is q good thing TO,
the bull; it makes him more vigorous
and sure as a sire, more tractable and
less dangerous to handle, and greatly
diminishes the risk of his suddenly be.
coming treacherous. The testimony
of many farmers who have tried it is
unanimous on these points. -Massa'
chusetts Ploughman.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
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 besS. products to
the needs. of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principle embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to lis presenting
in the. form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lag
alive efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver ard 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
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

place the mixture will be of an amber
color. Next place in a cask 80 pounds
OF unslaked lime, pouring over il
enough hot water to thoroughly alake,
and while it is boiling add the IL
pounds of salt. When this is dissolved
add to the lime and sulphur in the
boiler and cook for half an hou,
longer, when the necessary water te
make the go gallons should be added.
New England Homestead.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

2i6 Bus. 3 Lbs. Oats From One Bus. Seed.
This remarkable, almost unheard-of, Yell
La Crosse, Wis, by Frank Winter, of Mon
tana, WIN planted one bushel of Great North
ern Oats. carefully titled and irrigated same.
and believes that in 1894 he can grow from one
bushel of Great Northera Oats three hundred
bushels. It's a wonderful oat. If You WILL
CUT THIS OUT AND END IT with Sc postage to
the above firm you will receive sample pack 1ge
of ao we oats AMI their mammoth farm seei
cata >
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
Money i'm a Rabbit Ranch,

It Is not generally known that a rab-
bit ranch exists near South Bend on
what promises to be quite an extensive
scale, observes the Journal of that
place. j. B. Baumgsrtner and Mat
thias Foerg are the owner of the ranch,
which is located above the Narrows,
aad already have a barn forty feet long
and divided up into stalls, all of which
are now occupied by bunny and his
numerous progeny.
The rabbits are of the lop cared "a
riety. a breed exceedingly a and
held at fancy prices in the United
States. MI. Baumgartner imported
two pairs from Switzerland a year and
a half ago, paying 5000 for them. He
now has over sixty rabbits from those
two pairs, which shows that in rabbit
farming, at least, two pairs beat three
of a kind. The rabbits breed seven
times a year and have from eight to
ten to a litter. When full grown they
weigh from fourteen to eighteen
pounds. They are most delicious eat
ing, their flesh being considered supe-
rior to chicken. AS they command
from fifteen to twenty cents perpound,
rabbit farming is much more profit
able than chicken raising.
Like ordinary rabbits, they are prac-
tically omniverous. They are beauti-
full animals, with their long, silky ears
and fluffy fur. Unlike other rabbits,
they do not burrow exceptat breeding
time, and are exceedingly tame by ma
ture and easily kept. Messrs. Baum
gartner and Foerg say that they have
only made a fair beginning in the
business and are already planning to
enlarge their building and ranch.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
Largest snake in the World.

Naturalists say that The largest ser.
pent OF which-aceurate measurements
have been taken IL mouerns times was
ID. anaconda which Dr. Gardner found
dead and suspended IN the forks. Of a
tee III Mexico. sMa6a dragged out
into open ground BY two horses and a
careful measurement with . tape line
proved that it was thirty-seyen feet in
length.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
Over ak hundred thousand cattle
are annually slaughtered to make beef
extract
How. Thisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
gny case Of Catarrh that annot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f.. ]. CHIMNEY & Co. Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per
fectly honorable In all business transactions
md financially ahl, to carry out any obliga-
ton made by Their firm
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
Ohio,
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Hasfs Catarrh Ours il taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the binDi an | mucous sur
faces of the system. Pri, e. 55e. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
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shortened. It also promotes the secretion OF
an abundance of nourishment for the child.
Mrs DORA A. GUTHRIE, of OGkley. Ouerton
Co. Tenn. writes: when / began taking
your Favorite Prescription I was not able
to stand on my feet without suffering almost
death. Now l do all my homework. Washing,
Of eight. am stouter now than / have been
70 six years. Yonr .Favprite Prescription 'is
the best to take before confinement, or-At least
it proved SO with me. I never suffered as little
with any of my children as | did with my last,
and she is the healthieet we've got. Have in:
duced several to try 'Fav0rite Prescription
and II has proved coed fQF. them"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
POULTRY NOTES.

Chickens should be given warm, but
never hot food.
Il In winter noon is the best time tc
feed green food.
Meat is apt to III bowel trouble
If given too freely.
A stinted fowl will never make a
good market chicken.
The earlier :he pullets are Matched
the sooner they will lay.
The eggs from q pullet are usually
smaller than those of a hen.
The newly-hatched chick needs al
most rs much are as a baby.
Barley is an excellent poultry food.
II is largely used in England and Can.
ada.
It is said that eggs will keep for a
long time if kept ceoland turned every
other day.
Russia s crop of rye xkess, oats and
barley is $50, 900, 600 bushels large,
than last year.
White leghorns are a tribe heavier
than the brown, and their eggs are
slightly larger. . :
E Six or seven weeks must elapse after
the hen has begun to lay before she
al be expected to sit. .
If red pepper is given too constantly
the birds become accustomedto its use,
and it then does harm instead of good.
1t is estimated that six tons of bak.
ing powder are daily used in this coun-
try in the manufacture of the staff OF
Puss1ey, 1ambaqHarter, beet-root,
weed, @watercress- ands plantain and
dandeIion are all excellent food for
fowls.
Give your hens food that will pro-
mote the appetite and assist digestion
if you wish them to repay you with
eggs.
As artificial incubation becomes
simplifed and the results more GER
TAIN. it will be: more. generally
adopted.
It is the small holes that cause roup
in a flock. Apot of paste and a lot Of
old newspapers Z the best preventive
of this disease. sttss
A difference of ten degrees. in the
temperature Of the poultry house may
be the turning point between .laying
and non-laying.
The Longest artificial water course in
the world is the Rengal Canal, 900
miles /; the next is Erie, 3369, Each cost
nearly $40, ooo, 900. "
Liberal feeding is necessary in cool
weather, but liberal feeding does not
mean giving the fowls all the corn they
will eat twice a day.
If you keep food constantlysbefore
the hens they will grow too fat and
cease laying. Exercise and egg pro-
duction go hand In hand. ID.
The laying hen is always a working
hen. The farmer who understands his
business and wants eggs will see that
she gets the needed exercise.
Yellowstone Park is sixty five miles
north and south, ifty-fye miles east
and west, contains 1915 square miles
and is 5000 feet above sea level
Thirty thousand frogs are brought
into the Buffalo IN. " market each
week, and a large, proportion OF them
are exported to New York City.
Antiquarians generally consider the
Mantz PsaItHr 1,rintnd IN vai1um in |
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
NEW ONION CULTURE.

I would call attention to the new
method Of raising onions, says G. T.
Ahearn in the Epitomist. Having
tried it myself I know it to be far
ahead of the common mode of culture.
The new way consists in sowing the
seed in q hot-bed six or eight weeks
before the usual time of sowing in
open ground. Prepare the ground rs
you would for planting in the old
way. The ground cannot be made TOO
rich and fine and must be rs free from
stones as possible. A sandy loan,
with plenty of decaying vegetable
matter and well drained, is the right
kind of soil for onions.
Transplant the onions into rows one
foot apart and three inches apart in
the row.. While the transplanting
takes . good deal of time and labor,
il makes the after cultivation SO much
easier that there is a real gain, as it is
much more labor to put a weedy onion
bed in order than it is to transplant
young onions. BY this method OF
raising onions they have a much
longer season in which to mature,
consequently they will grow larger
and produce . heavier crop. -t makes
onion culture almost q sure thing.
If the season is late, the onions can
be kept growing in the hot-bed until
the ground cen be put into prope..
condition, as they are easily trans
planted a. any time in their growth
before the Dnlb begins to swell. :
A hos-bed thr-e by six feet viii t5aae
sbont one and q helf ounces of seed,
which win produce enough onions for
eight or nine square rods OF ground.
4 wIETER REMEDY EOR PEACH mLDEw.
California peach growers have found
that the use Of lime, salt and sulphur
wash in the winter. when. the trees are
dormant, prevents mildew during the
summer. This wash, il
properly prepared BY . long boiling,
Is q very active fungicide, and de,
stroys the spores of the mildews where
resting upon the bark during the win
ker. The application OF dry sulphur
during the spring will also check mil
dew, but the use Of lime, salt and sui
phur meets the double purpose Of
Killing both scale insects and fungus
spores.
CaIifornia peach mildew is not the
anne q the common form Of the East,
md IL has been found that bordeaux
mixture will not be effective enough
destroy the peach mildew which oc-
III that State. Bordeaux mixture
i ) good application TO kill spores,
but il will not stop the mycelial
Of oil fungi.
The following formula is used: On
Lime, 10 pounds; sulphur, 20
pounds; stock salt, Is pounds !; water
make so gallons. Place 10 ponnds
II Lime and 90 pounds Of sulphur IN .
,ciler with 20 gallons Of water and
,oil over : brisk fire for an hour ano
/ half. or until the sulphur is thor
dissolved When this takes
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Mala-
ria, Biliousnees and General Debility. Gives
strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women n children.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

COSTA RIGA win levy an export tax Of $50
per 100 pounds on coffee to raise revenue to
pay her foreign debt.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

The 'tborer," about the size of q
small strawberry, is working great
havoc among the oyster beds of Della
ware Bay.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

SUDDEN CHANCES OF WEATHER
Throat Diseases. There is no more ~effectuai
bronchial Iroches." Sold only IN bolss. Price Is
cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

Many persons are broken down from over
work df household cares. Browns Iron Bit
tiers re- lids the system, aids digestion, re-
moves 0cess of bile, and cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

In Alabama all school and church property,
Is exempt from taxation.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

Grand Haven, Mich, reports the
temperance of white fish in lake
Michigan.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

RUssIA's standing army, which comprises
SOC, 600 men. is the largest in Europe.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

FoREIaNERs in Paris, for business psr-
poses, must hereafter declare themselves TO
the police. .
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

A NEW Kruppg gun recently tested at Essen,
threw a projectile thirteen miles in seventy
seconds
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

A wonderful stomach corrector-Beecham's
Pills. Beecham's- no others. % cents q box.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02

Syrup

! simply state that.1 am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
tore IN 4 position to judge. ! have
fr1ed many Cough Syrups but for
zen years past have found nothing
equal TO Boschee's German Syrup.
nave givenit "a, my baby for Group
With the most satisfactory results.
EHeEN mother should have il. J. III.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmastef;
Moffat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts. Of to-day Bosciee's
Derf1an Syrupgives strength 70 the
Take ne substitute =
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and those soon to BE-

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come mothers, should
know that Doctor
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birth of its ~tortures,
terrors and dangers
to both mother and
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system for par
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period of confne-
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Hoods Pills are carefully prepared and are
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-02
CASE OF A GREENHORN.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle Tells a Good Story for
Ambitious Boys.

In the early seventies, J. Q. Van Wrinkle,
now general superintendent of the Big Four
line, was the clerk of the agent of the Bee
line at Anderson, Ind. One day, he says,
a tall, awkward boy came into the office
and said he wanted to learn t~elegraphy.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle referred him to the man
at the telegraph instrument, who held him
self in high esteem and was inclined to
trife with the feelings of the green country
boy. The young man left the office look
ing as IL he felt he had not been treated
in a kindly manner. Mr.. Van Wrinkle re-
marked after he had gone that there was
something in that young fellow" and
that he rather liked his appearance. Sixty
days afterwards the young man had
learned the art of telegraphing. On leav-
ing the Bee-line office he hunted up a sec
ond-hand telegraph instrument and settled
down to business, determined to learn the
business. and he succeeded in doing so.
His faithfulness and perseverance soon
created a demand for his services, and he
has been promoted from one position to an
other until he is now general manager of
an important Western road. The operator
who made fun of the greenhorn, as he
called him, last week applied to Mr.. Van
Wrinkle for a job as telegraph operator. and
his application brought the case mentioned
above to mind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-02
CHIMES OF NORMANDY CAST.
Comic Opera to Be Given by Light In
fantry in October.

The members of the Indianapolis Light
Infantry are pioneers in amateur opera in
this city. Over fifteen years ago they gave
a public performance at English's Opera
House. with "Pinafore" as the bill. The
opera was rendered in excellent manner
with a cast and chorus of fifty local favor
ties. Over A,S0e was realized by it's first
presentation, and a repetition added 81, 900
more to the reserve fund of the company.
Two years ago the thrilling dramatization
Of Lew Wallace's 'Ben-Hur" was given
by the membership, and 1t was a success,
both artistically and financially. The In
fantry is again asking for public recogni-
ton in the amusement line. During the
first week of October the beautiful opera,
the Chimes of Normandy" will be given,
with a cast and chorus of fifty voices, un-
der the direction of Mr.. r. r.. Buchanan.
The principal roles will be taken by new
a~spirants in the amateur line. The cast is
as follows:
Serpolette, the Observation-Disclosures.
............ .......Miss Cora Alternately
Germaine, the lost marchioness
-. Miss Josephine Bremmerman
Henri, Marquis of Corneville...........
......... ...........Mr. r. r. Buchanan
Jean Granicheux..-..-....Mr. avery HaSsler
Gaspard, a miSer...............Mr. Ed Nell
Assessor. Oliver W Isensee
The first stage rehearsal will be given at
the Propylaeum next Monday evening, and
from that time on the rehearsals will be
held there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-02
SUES HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Joseph w. Connolly Wants Reim-
bursement for Lost Affection.

Joseph w. Connolly Wants Reim-
bursement for lost Affection.
Joseph w. Connolly yesterday filed suit
against his mother-in-law, Alice K. Bing-
ham, asking damages in the sum Of 5000
for the alienation of his wife's affections.
He alleges in his complaint that on Jan.
81. 1888, he married the daughter Of the
defendant. He says he was abundantly
able to and did support his wife until Aug.
p of this year. when she was induced TO
leave him by false and slanderous repre-
sensations which were made against him
by his m~other-in-lav. The plaintiff says
that he and his wife resided separately
and apart from his mother-in-law until
April of this year, when at the request of
his wife's mother they moved into and oc-
cupied her home. This he was induced to
do upon the representation of the mother
in-law that she intended going to Cali
fornia and desired to have him occupy the
house during her absence to take care of it.
He alleges that after he and his wife
moved into the home of the defendant she
continually postponed making the trip to
California and prevailed upon her d%aughte
TO believe that the plaintiff was unfaithful
TO his marital vows and that he was unable
to support her. The plaintiff alleges that
by reason of these representations to his
to refuse him admission to the house and
to bring suit against him for divorce. He
values her affections at 5000, for which
he asks judgment.