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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
is SALT A FERTILIZER?

what q German Agriculture Writer Has
to Say Thereupon.
The use of salt a fertilizer has
often been urged, and examples of APP
parently beneficial results have been
cited. But now comes q German writer,
3. Won Herff, and says:
"The use of salt for fertilizing pur-
poses is still prevailing to some extent,
and especially in such agricultural re-
gions where fertilizers have only re-
Gently been introduced and where the
principles of artificial manuring are as
yet little understood. -...
ut is true that salt occasionally pro-
duccs. upon some crops and upon GER
tain soils, a moderate increase of yield
for n season or two, but the apparent
benefit is not lasting; on the contrary,
such applications leave the soil in an
impoverished conditions: that is. Il con-
tinued application of salts is followed
by decreasing yields. The effect of
common salt is readily explained by
the fact that it acts a solvent upon
potash compounds contained in the
soil, and potash being plant food,
causes an increased yield. Salt in this
manner acts as n stilnu1ant and enables
the plant to draw from resources al .
ready present in the soil at n much
quicker rate than would be the Case
under normal conditions, and instead
of increasing fertility it promotes
rapid exhaustion of the soil. which be-
comes apparent as soon as the plant
food stored therein has been consumed.
''Any one familiar with agricultural
chemistry knows that salt does not
contain anything that may serve as
plant nourishment; it is simple com
pound of chlorine and sodium. Chic
rine, if anything. is injurious to plants
thence the disastrous effect sometimes
observed where salt is used at the time
of plan ting, or in too large quanti-
tie.), while sodium, though not harm
ful. can not by any means assist plant
growth. The small quantities needed
are always and abundantly prese Mt in
every soil, and it is no. any more adj
vautageous to fertilize with sodium
than it wou.d be to use sand or silica
as IL fertilizer.
s'Now, it has been recently claimed.
by one evidently not familiar with the
simplest agricultural principles, that
soda may take the place of potash, and
hc even went SO far as TO recommend
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
Breeding for Export.

There is little talk to-day about tho
poultry business being overdone. En-
gland alone last year imported from
other lands upward of sec, 600, 900 worth
of eggs and poultry, of which she OBJ
tanned less than $50, 900 worth from
her Uncle Sam. American hens.
watched by American heads, can pro-
duce eggs as cheaply as any foreign
bird that roosts, and there is no valid
reason why they should not do a large
business for our English cousins. This
is not Il question of low wages. The
reason why our trade has heretofore
been small is because our home de-
mand is always greater than the sup
Ply and that demand increases faster
than the supply. There is no industry
offering greater opportunities for live,
energetic, painstalSing men and women
than this of egg production. The
possible profits are large, because
the conditions are exacting. Maine
Farmer.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
HERE AND THERE.

This ''a1l-muscle'' view of farming
has done a great deal to detract from
the dignity of agriculture.
agriculture is full of science, no
other industry or profession furnishing
ss much food for thought.
"A good food for n sow with young
pigs is a mixture Of equal parts of corn
meal, ground oats and wheat bran.
Dry axles add double, sometimes
treble, to the labor of n team. Moth
ing pays better than frequently oiling
wagon axles
The man who is aroused to secur-
ing better stock soon wakes up to the
importance of better care and feeding.
The best way to get a good herd of
dairy cows is to raise them; then, if
they are not what they should be, you
know the reason why.
Poultry yards should be provided
with drinking troughs SO that the
fowls will not be obliged to drink wa
ter from contaminated and stagnant
pools.
The fact that the number of horses
produced in every country of Europe
is every year decreasing, should en-
courage our horse breeders to prepare
for the inevitable demand that must
soon come from that source. ra
The festive cut.worm has been
getting in his work in Tennessee IN
the most destructive wey. Whole
fields Of corn have been cut down and
had TO be planted ever. Fields of
grass and clover in some cases have
been eaten up as completely as if they
were burnt over by fire.
Now is the time to whitewash aud
get the houses cleaned before the hot
weather sets in; do it thoroughly and
well. see that every crack receives its
portion. Hot weather breeds vcrmin,
and every precaution should be taken
to have everything perfectly cleas
ABOUT the place.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
THE SociAeLE MOOSE BIRD.

HO Camps with Hunters and Shares Til cir
Meals. -
have had other but more brief ex-
periences with this interesting bird of
the north woods. He is a nomad. He
claims no. particular locality save the
great eyefgreen forests as his home.
Tie impuAse of migration is evidently
an Anlsn0yvn experience to him.. You
.ea1np down for the night and he quiet
lNs9rcets you, spending the nightEnear
By that Ne may lose no time in Rlean-
ing er the OF your breakfast,
writes Frederick Howard in Nature's
Realm. ~
he is Immediately interested In your
prepasatfousfo for depasture, and, IF he
can spare 49, time from his search for
q breakfast, will come down to the
cam1e to see You on. ae well as to get
an foea u thu way you are heading,
and h EN- You Ire gree4cd at your next
11amping pl6ce "a a simfl6r manner you
re ats lsse4o kno y 9shethef. it is the
s6cial4 hdiyidual Of the previous hight
or a counterpart. 3s =
The woods of Maine, dear to me by
pleasant Associations, would lose half
their charm to me without this bird.
He II Ia koApiAk with the souaberghad
ow or til spruce and henlocle Per-
ssistent IN his presence a& the Plant
stfee that reafs its lofty form Above
Your t.shalkedoSvn." yetas unobtrusive
AZ its shpdoSvs SO closely does he har-
monte 18th the spirit q the silent viii
C3APMASS.sSt -f--i.sS 5.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
FOWL LORE.

Thinss to be Avoided-Practscal suREes-
ttOns Worth ConsiderinR.
To imagine there is any profit in
poultry half cared for or that which, is
fed damaged and chea p foods
To trust to the hired man to care for
and feed the flock, when it should be
known that the owners interest only
insures proper attention.
To lay mishaps or poor success to
"bad luck" when there is no such
thing as luck in poultry raising. unless
it is pluck.
Not to carefully Gull over the fiocl1s
early in the fall and sell all the surplus
young roosters and the hens that are
three years old.
To keep too large a flock for the ac-
comnoda tions afforded, and thereby
endanger all to the ill effect of undue
crowding.
To conclude cleaning the hen-houses
out once a week is sufficient. This
method compels the poultry to breathe
the atmosphere odorous with their
droppings for six days in the week.
10 wait for the hens to become lousy
before using any means to keep down
vcrmin, when it is known that the
keeping of the flock free from vermin
is the price of almost constant vigi-
lance
To doctor fowls that are badly at
fected with roup, canl<er or any con-
rather than subject a fine flock to such
diseases.
Not to study the cause that bring
many ailments to the flock and adopt
preventive methods to avoid them.
To feed corn as. hSconstant diet fol
weeks and then wonder why the hens
lose their appetite, stop laying or lay
soft-shelled eggs.
Not to know that the hens that have
good, comfortable winter quarters do
not require much food as those
poorly housed, and will proba bly,
yield some eggs during the winter.
Not to know that poultry powders"
are not required for foclks that are fed
and cared for properly.
Not to have good supply of leaves,
road dust, crushed oyster shells and
scratching material for sheds, for win.
ter use.
Not to be as regular and have q
stated time to feed the flock as you do
in taking your own meals.
Not to understand the Importance
and value there is in having the poul-
try tame. and thereby realize how
much more profitable they are than
when wild.
To have high roosts, which cause
cases of bumblefoot, accidents and
places where mites become snugly en-.
sconced, where they can not be easily
dislodged. Have the roosts low and
all on one observation-disclosures Sun.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
a kABYLE MARRIAGE.
An Interesting Gore mony That Ia Not Al
together Unique.

An Interesting Ceremony That In Not Al
together Unique.
The ceremony among the Kabyles is
interesting because of it's comparative
resem blan nee to the customs Of the old
Greeks and Romans, and even to those
which still prevail in sequestered parts
of France. Here is the girls father
who exacts wedding portion. a sum
Of about eight pounds, for which the
bridegroom has generally to rely upon
the advances of his friends. Often,
too, the young man has not a house for
his bride, in which case his friends set
to work and build one-no very diff
cult matter. 500 l-l $ 'fzf1
On the wedding day the bride is led
through the villages in the neighbor-
hood, noun ted on a mule, and escorted
by friends and relations; who shout
and fire guns again and again. The
various householders hasten forth to
offer her a sieveful of beans, nuts, or
dried figs. OF these she takes a hand
full. which she kisses and then replaces
in the sieve. All the offerings are col
lected in sacks by the old women of
the procession as contributions to the
young peoples larder.
At the bridegroom's house the girls
hands are washed with liquid hutter.
Then they give her some fresh eggs,
which she breaks on the mules head
and inside the unhappy animals ears,
thereby, it is believed, counteractin9
any evil designs against her and her
husbands happino IS. Before entering
the house she drfnlSs milk, fresh aud
sour, and also water, and scatters. over
her shoulder a handful of barley. wheat
and salt for the good of the family. -,
The husband then approaches ! her
and fires a pistol above her head, to
signify that thenceforward he has the.
power of life and death over her. Not
infrequently he makes the symbol even
more emphatic by firing into. her head
dress and setting her anAme. This
done, little remains except for tho
youth to lift the lady in his arms and
carry her bodily into his Shouse--All
. the Year Round. Sss
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
RAINY DAY IN A oARRET.

2 -
wp could aot1'ay 1t tennis. le eercls or GRO
We coull not venture out of doors that rainy
., summer day:
But yet By me UNDECIDED was the shndow IN the
skies,
saw bus sunny weather in the srnlle OF We
5do'a eyes -'a@
rv1th3n the roemy attic such Jolly games We
played,
why should NJ the pattcr OF the raindrops be
dismAyedy -r=.-.zsr .s-.-s b.
And in my Joy often thought II she would only
share 1t,
I'd have my life one rainy day with veda in .
s--s7 0a1ret 7--ss~--aas~
The years o SCORE have hurried BY since that
Gln1 aftcrnoon. e
,Which she and 30 sgaylyapassed with heart
and heart in tune;
The sunny locks th.tlay ACROSS her brow arc
sffeaked with gray. -
But love Is just as young and glad within our
hearts to-day * So 49, =
Sometimes tho clouds have CROSSED our paths
and hidden all the blue
Yet oil the Whilc affections was shining
warm and true
A yoke is light and easy with two stcadfast
hearts to share IT, d
And lovo can make life's rainy days delightful
in . garrett
Nixon Waterman. in Chicago journal.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
.Enrland'a F1owers.s

80 the 500 kinds ofafowers RrowinR
anx atopas oely4 $40 arc olorieerous
! ES6S S4han nfx6 of 11s9 whft1 kinds
which number 1,194-are fragrant,
a Of the i951 yellow kinds, "a of the s23
red kinds. 81 OF the 6o4 blue kinds, IS
of the sos violeteblue kinds and % Of the
$40 kinds with combined colors. -
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
Very Punctual.

Jimson-Is Mr.. Noodles in?
Boy-Not yet, but expect him every
minute.
'Its ten o'clock, isn't it?'
Most. The clock will strike in half
a minute, if not sooner. There she
goes!'
''All right promised to be here at
ten o'clock and pay him some money.
Tell him called and he wasn't in"
brushes of. IN. Y. Weekly
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30

Simplicity OF manner Is the last at
tainment. Men are very long afraid OF
being natural, from the dread of beius
taken for ordirary,-IeHrey.s
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
A Yerx serlous Case.

Doctor-Mrs. O'Tagan. your husba nd
is nervously FRUSTRATED. He needs per-
feet quiet and more sleep.
Mrs, OFagan-Shure, doctor. I'm =
realizin' of that fact, but whin Patrick
shapes he SHORES SO loud he wakes his
self right up agin.-Arl<ansaw Trav-
A1Ar
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-30
A Con,in uous Performance.

Mrs. Passay-Shakespeare says man
has seven ages. At first
Jack Gaylord dnterru a
woman has only three. s.s- -t...s
Mrs. Passay-Indeed. What are they.
pray?
Jack Gay ford erimly)-Sixteen, niue
teen and tventy--hree. They never get
past the latter.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14
FLOWERS OPINION
OF tho Resusoitation Cnse-Tho Attorn ey
Generals Opinion Awaited.

or tho Resusoitatlon Cnse-Tho Attorney
Generals opinion Awaited.
New York, Now lS.-The Associated
Press reporter called on Governor
Flower at tho Windsor hotel this even
ing. and showed him copy OF DR.. ?.
]. Gibbons Syracuse letter requesting
permission to attempt the resusCitation
of Charles F. Wilson after he is electro
cuted IN Auburn prison.
Governor Flower read the letter care
fully aud said:
~ have not received the letter and
will not until my return to Albany on
Friday or Saturday OF this week. The
letter will probably be referred to the
attorney general for his opinion as to
whether such permit can be granted.
can conceive OF only one objection to
the superintendent Of prisons granting
such request. The point may be
raised that when person has been SEN
fenced to be electrocuted and If he
should be resuscitated it might not be
possible to punish him again, would
he not be free man on the ground that
his life could not be put in jeopardy for
the same crime more than once? This
is question which the attorney gen.
eral will be asked to decide"
The governor would not say more in
reference to the matter, and excused
himself from being further questioned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14
AMERICANS IN NICARAGUA.
Tho Condition OF tho Central American
Republic Discussed.

Tho Condition OF tho Central American
Republic Discussed. X
MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI, Nov. &c. E.
Rogers. superintendent. OF the Pearl
Gays Canning Company, of Bluefelds,
Nicaragua, now in this city, declares
that many of the recent dispatches from
BluefeldS have been colored by clique
posing as the AmericaI colony at Blue.
flelds. He declares that the charges Of
disrespect shown the American flag are
false and inspired by the clique, Of
which one OF tho leaders is tho express
company cmbezzler, Crawford. Said
Mr.. Rogers:
"The Americans down there got on
the wrong side OF the fence. Instead of
supporting the Nicaraguan government
which almost humiliated ltselfto please
the American residents, they sided
with the Jamaica negroes who were
doing all the dirty work against the
government. The Americans at Blue
fields arc practically colony ofpersons
who left their country for that coun-
try's good aud arc entitled to no con-
sideration. The Nicaraguan govern
ment ia most kindly disposed toward
Americans.
"Therc is but one question before
Americans there now that is really SER
ious. That is whether the government
will recognize the Mosquito land titles.
The government has been extremely
fair with Americans and will otter all
sorts OF concessions for Americans to
engage in business"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14
THE JOURNEY ENDS.
The Remains of Alexander Reach
St. Petersburg.
STREETS LINED WITH THOUSANDS
Who Assemble to Mourn for the
Dead Emperor-The City is swathed
in Grape as a Mark of Grict
Sympathy for the Czarina-NIar-
rIage of Nicholas-Nihiltsts Feared,
But No Trouble Occurs.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1S.-The funeral
train, with the body Of the late czar on
board, arrived at the Nicholas station at
midnight. and was shunted upon sid
ing until this morning, in order to enable
the imperial family and their relatives
to finish their nights rest
As soon as all preparations for the
procession were completed, at about
1920 a. m, the imperial train re-en-
tered the railroad station, the body was
transferred to the hearse in waiting and
was conveyed to the cathedral through
the densely crowded streets, guarded by
thousands OF troops.
The facade of the Anitchkof palace,
in which Alexander II lived, was COM
pletely draped with black aud the Hotel
Deville and the Newsky prospect were
shrouded in mourning emblems Of the
most elaborate description. The high
tower OF the Hotel De Vile was mantel-
led with black, not stone showing.
and the building itself was a mass OF
black streamers. Throughout the city
emblems OF mourning were profusely
displayed. The weather was dull and
foggy but this did not prevent masses OF
people from turning out into the streets
as early as possible and taking up posi-
tions near the route to be followed by
the funeral procession on its way from
the railroad station to the fortress.
Owing to the sudden arrival OF win
ter the pontoon bridge across the river
Neya, which was originally intended for
tho passage OF the funeral procession,
was removed, and the cortege, there
fore was compelled to make long de-
tour and cross over the Nicholas bridge,
at tho English embankment This
change in the route disappointed many
holders Of expensive window seats and
entailed much longer and more weary
ing Journey from the depot to- the fort
ress of st. Peter aud St. Paul. The
route OF the procession was the most
heavily decorated. At every point OF
vantage pillars for lighted braziers were
erected between Grape drapod masts,
which supported funeral banners.
In many Of the windows along the
route were marble or plaster busts Of
the dead emperor surrounded by droop-
lug Russian flags, half hidden by Grape,
and here and there appeared portraits
Of his successor or OF the czarina, who
has become very popular owing to the
devotion with which she nursed her
dying husband.
An immense funeral arch was erected
close to the statue OF Peter tho Great,
on either side of which were black clad
columns bearing funeral urns.
The United States embassy, though
not situated on tho line OF march, was
decked with black, and the flags Of the
United States, which were displayed on
it's two balconies, were heavily draped
with crape.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14
rEMpERANOM ALLIANCE.
Tho Non.Pnrtlsan W. @. r. a. in Session Mt
Washington, Pm.

Tho Non. Partisan W. q. r. a. In Session ut
Washington, Pm.
WASHINGTON, Pa, Nov. 13.-The first
session OF the fifth annual convention of
the National Non.Partisan Woman's
Christian Temperance Alliance was
called to order in the First Presbyterian
church OF this place this evening.
Following the formal opening OF the
convention Rev. j. D. Motlat, OF Wash
ington and Jefferson college. delivered
an address OF welcome in behalf OF the
college.
The vice president, Mrs. H. G. Camp
bell, then made the annual address OF
the president, speaking touchingly OF
the enforced absence OF Mrs Phinney
and going into general outline OF the
work OF this convention. Five state
presidents were then introduced and
each spoke ior three minutes OF the
work In their respective states. They
wero Mrs. L. NJ. Hinman, Iowa; Mrs. 9.
Q. Aliors, Massachusetts,; Mrs. Mary
Laird, Ohio; Mrs. Agnes 9. Paul, Maine;
Mrs. Sheldon, Missouri.
Tomorrow morning tho convention
will get TO work in earnest. Tho crod-
entails committee making its report at
$3.50 o'clock. Following that will be tho
appointment OF committees on resolu-
lions, business and finance, after which
standing committees will report. These
reports will continue during tho after
mann
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14
LOOKS STRANGE.
Kansas City Residents Startled by the
Danouoment of tho OficInl Count.

Kansas City Residents Startled by the
Denouoment Of tho onicIaI Count.
KASsAs CIrY. Nov. l3-The voters
Of all parties received shock to-day.
From election day until now they all be.
lieved W. I. Jameson, Republican, and
]. William Slogan, Republican, had
been elected prosecuting attorney and
county marshal respectively. The re-
turns as announced by the record Of
voters said 80, bat the official returns
gives different results, which turn jam
iason's plurality Of 1853 in the city
TO plurality Of twenty-three for ]. II.
Bremmerman. Democrat. This sudden
change caused amazement, but con-
sternation struck the town when the
announcement was made that Slogans
before unquestioned plurality had
dwindled away, and the count actually
gave Joseph Keshlear, Democrat, SO
plurality. Justices Shannon and Haw-
thorne completed their comparison OF
the vote yesterday according TO law and
found no change from the result before
announced, excepting in Bremmerman's
count, who was credited with an extra
hundred because OF wrong addition.
This, however, had no effect, excepting
to lessen Jamieson's plurality. Until
the official announcement was made,
the two parties would have staked their
lives that the Republican candidates
were elected.
Nobody knows how it all happened.
Z 80
independently publishes a scare head
declaring the election has been Stolen"
The Journal (Republican) declares the
boldest Of frauds had been sprung at
the last moment. Judge Hawthorne
mas wired the secretary of state that
the returns have been manipulated,
aud advising him not 10 issue commits
sions to Bremmerman and KeShlear.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14
SHIP CANAL MEETING.
Interesting Figures Regarding tho POpu-
IntIon Surrounding Pittsburgh.

Interesting Figures Regarding tho POpu-
IatIon Surrounding Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, Now lS.-The pro-
visiona committee on tho Lake Eric
and Ohio River Ship Canal held its
regular monthly meeting to-day. The
report of the finance committee showed
that during thetwo weeks in which the
subscription blanks to the guarantee
fund have beon in circulation $4,000
have been subscribed. 1t was resolved
that, should the fund not reach $4,000
within a week. solicitors he appointed
to hurry matters.
Colonel Thomas 2. Roberts displayed
table showing that according to the
census Of 1890 the population within Il
circle OF sixty miles surrounding II
number OF the largest cities which de.
monstratod that Pittsburgh exceeds any
other in this respect. The cities named
are: Chicago with 1865, $50; Pittsburgh
l.GOS,0G Cleveland S00lSl; Buffalo
gi7O2s; Cincinnati |, los. sos; Milwaukee
5Sl,7lS; St. Paul and Minneapolis 644.
800; Detroit 66l, 1872.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14

MONROE, La, Nov. 1S.-Hon. Alexan-
der Benoit, Populist candidate for Con-
gress at the recent election, to-day mail.
cd to Hon. Charles ]. Boatner formal
notice that he will contest Mr.. Boatner's
right to the seat in the FifIy-fourth
Congress.
In his letter Mr.. Benoit claims that
gross frauds were perpetrated in some
OF the parishes, and that many persons
who voted for Boatner and many who
did not vote, but would have voted for
himself. were deferred through intlmi-
dation and fear OF ostracism. He claims
that he received a majority OF legal
votes in the election.
Mr.. Benoit claims that he received
1000 more white votes than his oppo.
nent