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The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

one foot long. These are nearly all
buried in the spring in deep, rich soil,
leaving only four inches of the tips
above the ground. The soiLmust be
trampled down firmly arouil them.
TEey will begin to start almost i'm
medlately, and a young orchard of
trees or shrubs will soon prove a great
blessing. Not only fruit bearing trees
will succeed in this way, but nearly
all shade trees. 1t is probably the
easiest way of starting young trees
That a be devised.
Ounce orchards should be started
every few years if a good crop is ex-
oected annually, and there isno easier,
quicker and surer way than selecting
the cuttings in the winter months,
when there is plenty of time, and then
starting them out early in the spring.
Meanwhile, the land on which they
have been started can be planted the
same as usual for a season or two at
terward.-American C%ultiyator.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
Search the Patent Office.

It is somewhat amusing to see how
often an inventor will pursue n sub
iect that has been exhausted. One of
the shrewdest of this class very
cautiously told q friend while sitting
in the lobby of one Of the Leading
hotels uptown that he had struck
something, and. in fact, it was q de-
vice really needed i'll our civilization.
The friend smiled and said: my
hoy, I supposedly invented the same
identical thing fifteen years ago. Be-
fore l took out . patent ! had the
Patent ONCE searched and the reply
came back: Your device is old was
invented ten years ago. The Patent
Office ought always to be searched be-
fore big fees are rolled up.-Hard-
ware.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A cup of cocoa makes a very refresh
ing drink after one has been shopping
all the afternoon.
If, after brushing the coat or gown,
it is s~prinkled with spirits of camphor
and aired a few hours, it will be tidy
and graceful. Garments and belong
ings that smell of nothing are the
cleanest and most agreeable.
One can test a cakes baking by
drawing it to the edge of the oven and
listening for the faint, suffering
sound which will continue until it is
ready to take out. This is a better
trial than the broom splinter thrust
into the dough.
There is a false economy, which
costs more than it returns, such as
saving old medicine bottles, partially
used prescriptions, the tacks taken
from the carpet, or working days to
ave or make that which can be bought
for a few cents.
Here is the correct way to stone
raisins: Free the raisins from the
stems, and then put them in a bowl.
Cover them with boiling water, and let
them stand for two minutes. Pour off
the water, open the raisins, and the
seeds can be removed quickly and
easily without the usual sickness.
It is rumored that glossy hair is to
become the prevailing style, and to
produce the effect many things are re-
sorted to. Brushing the hair at night
will make it shiny, and it is said that
a soft silk cap worn at night will do
the same. First of all, however, the
hair must be kept perfectly clean and
free from oil or dressings"
Kitchen dado of linoleum is super
Tor to wood, because it does not crack
or have spaces for the harboring Of
bugs, and to things, because it is
cheaper and even more durable. It
should be glued close to the wall AMI
finished with a plain moulding. It
may be oiled or vanished or left in
it's natural condition. In natural
wood color it looks we'll with a wall
colored light blue above.
Table fruit will keep twice as long
if kept in separate lots. Contact
hastens decay. One bad apple will
spoil q barrel. It will pay the house
wife to have the peaches, plums,
lemons and other small fruit
wrapped IN paper when it comes from
the market and to separate the bunch
es of grapes. Street vendors preserve
them by hanging them up in a cool
place. The next best plan is to lay
them on a large platter or in kitchen
81 ers, with space between.
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SSwpct Eixfepu.',

Hoois calendar, always a welcome guest,
has made IFS appearance for 1894, and is
more beautiful than ever. The headis that of
"a lovely girl just "sweet sixteen in delicate
and natural colors. Besides being a thing Of
beauty, it is especially valuable for the gen
eral information presented.
The figures are plainly printed in pleasing
and harmonious colors. and the effect is most
satisfactory The calendars can be obtained
OF any druggist, or by sending six cents In
stamps for one and ten cents for two to G.. I.
Hood q Co., Lowell, Mass. Over eight mil
lions of them were printed to supply the
immense demand.
These calendars are issued by the pro-
prietors of Hoods Sarsaparilla, the we'll
known medicine which has gained such
renown by its wonderful cures in cases
where the blood was poisoned or impure.
The great laboratory in which it is made
has a capacity for fifty thousand bot
ties a day, and is the largest building in the
world devoted to the manufacture of a
medicine. The sales of Hoods Sarsaparilla
in all sections of the country are enormous.
The proprletors have never claimed that 1t
would cure every ailment, but they show by
thousands of testimonials that Hoods
Sarsaparilla puriies and v~italizes the blood,
builds up the system and cures those dis
eases caused by impure blood and debility,
such as scrofuia, salt rheum, catarrh,
AnOuiAa1iSm, otc. IL Is d great preventive
OF the grip, and 1t restores the wasted vital
forces after a siege of that dreaded malady,
certifying the system against future attacks.
The fact that great care is exercised in the
preparation of this medicine, and that moth
ing has ever been claimed for it except as
neutrality-suspicious. cures, has much to do
with the confidence felt by the public in its
curative powers. The motto of the pro-
prietors is, at is not what we say, but what
Hoods S%arsaparilla does, that tells the
story" and it is what Hoods Sarsaparilla
has done, as shown by the published state
ments of persons whom it has cured, that
has placed it at the head in the field of medi-
cine in the present day.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
A Music. loving Cat.

A young married couple uptown
adopted Il pretty little Maltese kitten
which strayed into the house the other
evening, and the innocent little feline
caused quite a sensation the first night
Of his stay. The head of the small
household was awakened by @ sue,
cession of strange, i~nharmonious
sounds late that evening, and after
alarming his better half armed him
self and slowly made his way to the
source of the disturbance.
Reaching the parlor he suddenly
struck a match and peered fearful'y to
find an intruder. He found one but
twas only the new four-footed inmate
of the home walking up and down the
piano keys, to which she had taken a
strange fancy, and she performs the
same feat whenever she a get access
to the instrument. -Philadelphi Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
FRUIT GROWING FOR PROFIT.

The best land for fruit growing is a
loan with some gravel in it, but good
drainage is indispensable for success.
Plums and pears will do better Oh
heavier soils than other fruits. There
is no doubt of the profit Of either oil
these two fruits, but both are difficult
Of culture, and skill and extreme care
are necessary to succeed. Both are
liable to diseases and attacks of injuri,
ons enemies that must be most care
fully guarded against. Then either
fruit may pay several times as much
profit as any other common kinds. The
spring Is the best time to plant these
fruits, but apples may be Santed in
the fall quite as well as in the spring.
In choosing varieties it is we'll to con-
suit the nurserymen from whom the
trees are purchased, as they will know
the best kinds for the locality and
soil. Otherwise any experienced fruit
grower of the neighborhood may be
consulted As a rule, it is best to
procure the trees from the nearest
nursery, and thus avoid the risks Of
delay in transportation. Pears are
set twenty feet apart, and plums need
about the same space. It has been
found profitable to set out dwarf pears
between the rows of the standard trees.
as they will begin to bear the third
year, and by the time the others be-
gin to bear they will have repaid all
the cost of planting, and, under
favorable circumstances, a respecta.
BILE profit. When the planter has the
experience and skill needed, there is
no more profitable agricultural enter
prise than fruit growing. New York
Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
ESSENTIALS IN STRAWBERRY GROWING.

Professor Lazenby, before the Co
lumbus Horticulture Society gave the
following summary of essential points
to be kept in mind:
The most profitable varieties for the
commercial grower are those not cas-.
lily Influenced by differences in soil
and climate. Those which succeed
well on wide areas are usually better
than those which have a more local
reputation.
Pistillate varieties, when properly
fertilized, are more productive than
the sorts with perfect flowers.
The value of a variety for f~ertiliz'
ing pistillate flowers does not depend
so much upon the amount as upon the
potency of its pollen.
The flowers of pistillate varieties are
less liable to be injured by frost than
the flowers of perfect varieties.
Varieties that are neither very early
nor very late in point of maturity, arr
the most productive and have the
longest fruiting season.
As a rule, varieties that have the
most vigorous and healthy foliage are
the least productive, while those with
a weaker growth of foliage and a
greater susceptibility to leaf blight
are usually the more prolific.
Winter protection may be dispensed
with upon we'll drained soils, but ap-
pears to be a necessity upon heavier
ones.
The leaf blight may be checked by
using the Bordeaux mixture, beginning
just as soon as the leaves appear, and
continuing the application every few
weeks throughout the season. Col
mans Rural World.
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IGHES PROFITS IN FEEDING

H1aHEsT PROFITS IN FEEDING.
Ten COWS were fed a ration begin
ming with eight pounds of grain and
twelve pounds of hay, and gradually
increasing up to as high as nineteen
pounds of grain and twenty-seven
pounds of hay per day and head, and
then gradually decreasing to the OF
iginal amount. Throughout this test
at the Pennsylvania Experiment Sta
ton accurate notes were taken of the
amount and cost of the food, the
amount of milk produced by each
animal and its butter value as determ-
ined by the Babcock test.
Perhaps the most striking lesson is
the demonstration given of the profit
there is in liberal feeding. The cheap
est ration used cost 1873 cents per day
and produced butter valued at 26.5
cents, making a net profit of ~ cents
per day per COW. An increase OF 2.9
cents per day per COW in the cost of
this ration made the daily value Of the
butter 81 cents, and the net profit 9.3
cents per day, or a difference of l.6
cents per day per COW in favor of the
more costly ration. In other words,
the farmer who attempted to econo-
mize by feeding the cheaper ration,
would, with a herd of twenty-five
COWS, save $217 per year on his feed
bills, but would lose 1897 worth OF
butter that he might have produced
with the more costly ration, SO that
his 1ll-judged attempt at economy
would result in a net loss of 1920.
The cheaper ration, moreover, is
what would ordinarily be considered a
good ration, and the majority o fdairy-
men would be likely to feelless, rather
than more, yet the results show con-
clusively that with such COWS as these
the more expensive ration was really
the more economical.
A further increase of the cost of the
ration, however, to 25.1 cent per day
gave no further increase in the butter
product, and the net profit was thereby
cut down to 40 cent per day, or 1.8
cent less than with the cheapest ration
of the three. In other words, the ex-
periments indicate that there is certain
medium ration for each COW which will
give the greatest net profit, and that
IL attempt to economic by feeding
less than this will result in a loss,
while, on the other hand, it is possible
to feed a COW too much as we'll as too
little. Generally, however, there is
much more danger of feeding too lit
tie than too much.-New England
Homestead.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
\
AFFAIRS.
A BOSTON S

Clean a fish and put it into boiling
water with a tablespoonful each ofsal-
and vinegar boil until the fish will sep
arate from the bone remove skin, bones
and flake season highly with salt aid
pepper. Spread it on a platter and
pour over it hot cream and sauce made
with IL quart of milk, three table
spoons of flour, one-fourth cup of but.
ter. Season sauce with salt, pepper,
onion juice and a tablespoonful of
finely-chopped parsley. Spread over
it n cup Of bread crumbs moistened
in one-fourth cup of melted butter,
and brown in oven.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
Catarrh CANNOT Be Cured

With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
it you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not aquack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by one of the best physicians in this
country for years, and is regular prescription.
It Is composed of the best tonies known, COM
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting di-
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price TIC.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
NIfIfions of Dollara

Are ANNUALLY lost because poor seed is planted
Now, when you sow you want tn rear. For
acres Of vegetables; II. Bey, Cal, cropped 12la
bushels Salz"r's onions per acre; Frank Close,
Mimi. 100 bushels Of spring wheat from two
acres; A. Hahn, Wis, 1lln bushels rotatoes per
acre; Frank Winter, Montana, PIG bushels 8
pounds oats from one hushel planted. This is
what Saizer calls ~reaping.
If YOg WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SIND 1T with
JOE to the John A. Safer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, you will receive their mammoth cata-
logua AMI ten sample packages of farm feeds.
Catalogue alone, &c postage. 4
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
FARM N GARDEN.
YOUNG CALVES MUST BE PROTECTED.

1VoNU CAHVEo MUST BE
The first year of acalf's life deter
mines to a great degree its value as IN
animal for profit. If it is permitted
to u with the COWS, steers and
older cattle, where it will be jostled
about and made to stand back from
the feed until such a time as it can
get to take up the refuse left after the
stronger have their choice, an I'M
profitable, stunted calf will be the re-
suit Plowman,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

; Tests of modern rifles are being
made by using human corpses for tar
gets. ''This sounds brutal" muses. the
San Francisco Examiner, ssbut it really
is less brutal than making the tests on
bodies that are not corpses in the be-
ginning"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
Their United Weight 15g Poun1.,

There is living in Elk Park, N. Ca
man named William Hill, weight sixty
pounds. Hill is o married man, has
two children, and is q boot and shoe
maker by trade. His wife weighs
ninety nine s.-Courier Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

OF preventing the grippe, colds, headaches and
fevers is to use the liquid laxative remedy,
Syrup of Figs, whenever the system needs a
gentle, yet effective cleansing. To be benefited
one must get the true remedy manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale
by all druggists in Soc. and 81 bottles
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

In 1879 there were not more than
ten sailing ships aaoat of 1000 tons
regists- in the British mercantile
marine.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

If your Back Aches, or you are all worn out,
good for nothing. it IS general debility.
Browns Iron BItters will cure you, make yon
strong, cleanse your liver, and give you a good
appetite-tones the nerves.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
A BILL to kill murderers by electricity has
been introduced into the Maryland Senate.

Ladies needing a tonic, OF children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Ritters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria
Indigestion, Bfliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

MATTHEW MARSHALL, the financial writer,
says the public is recovering from its dis
trustfulness and is buying the better grades
of securities.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

o yer 81, 500, 600, 900 of the people
money in Italy is invested in the royal
navy. arsenals, docks and harbora
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

"'BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHES' are ex-
cellent for the relief of Hoarsene5s or Sore
Throat. They are exceadin sly effective. -
CT, istian Wo7 Id. London, Eng.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

It il estimated that the worlds Gu.
cunbers are worth SO, 600, 900 annu-
ally to tbs gardeners who raise them,
md twice that sum to the doctors and
druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

HE Reading Railroad shows u deficit of
SSOo. 600 for the year, and liabilities of 3d.
600, 600.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

Tor MALLoN, ESQ said 1 could not get well
moment. NY wife sent for the priest, to pre-
pared me for death. While waiting for death;
I remembered reading of your Golden Medical
hope. When / had taken three bottles, l was
almost well. The swelling entirely disappeared
and l was soon able to resume work. MY
health is better now than it has been IN
twenty-five years."
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

Impaired digestion cured by Beecham's
Pills. Beecham's-no others. Is cents a box.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

THE beautiful blue Danube" is frozen
stiff.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

The Austrian savings banks are pa
tronized by 1850, 900 depositors, who
have OH derosit 4b13. coo. 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

New YORK STATE has 40, 1000 union liquor
dealers.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
The Most Pleasant Way

DETROIT merchants are asked to give IN
saleable goods to the b 0
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

REFORM is demanded in the Bank Of Eng
land. The bad management of the concern
is neutrality-suspicious..
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isa Thcmp-
son'sEye water Druggists sell at Csc per bott e
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

4 TERRIBLE CASE OF DRopsY CURED

JNO. MALLON, ESQ.,,
No. 81 Mclean st., Mt.
adams, Cincinnati, o.,
writes: II took sick
with dropsy, lost my ap-
petite, could not sleep,
became feverish; always
thirsty, lost all strength,
stomach became pain
full, breath short and
had to give up work.
The best physicians in
Cincinnati, failed to
help me. Ny limbs and
body were swollen to
enormous size, and /
was suffering terrible
agony. The doctors all
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-12
Stonum Bros. Cd"

Attention is called 10 the display
.ad'' of Stonum Bros. the well and
most tavorably known gents furn-
ishing merchants ofGaincsvillc. Thny
carry the most extensive stock i'm
their line 10 be found in North Texas
aud are noted for their fair dealing
with customers. They are anxious 10
extend their trade 10 Arlrnore aud
in seeking To do so assure the people
,hey can make il To their interest
when in Gainesville 10 give them q
call.
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LITERATURE UP TO DATE

The Retail Price Of This style n Fifty
DoIlArs-
He trimmed his finger naIlA On the
scat In front of him sat . lantern
jawed passenger trying IN read a
newspaper by the dim light of the
smoky and archaic car lamp overhead,
and the pulseleSs atmosphere was
vigorously conscious of "reminiscences
of orange-peel and Connecticut tObao
co. And he sat with his knees against
the back of the seat In front aud trim
med his finger nails
He trimmed his finger nails The
raindrops made slanting lines OF
moisture on tho windows Across the
aisle a sleeping woman, long past the
meridian of life, sno-ed dismally. lie
looked at the brakeman moving with
slow, perfunctory step through the
car, and yawued. lie yawned, aud
continued to trim his finger nails.
lie trimmed his finger nails AL
about him. were fellow-beinIs, the
orbits of whose existence were for the
time mysteriously 'co-incident with
hls own Should he ever meet them
agnin2 All. me! And he trimmed his
finger nails, and from his pale. tremb-
ling lips there came tho murnur:
Darn such a dull knifel"
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FINANCIAL AReIrRArIoN.

Daddy white Assures Man Th.t ne
Il Not bigger Than a Rank.
An angry discussion was taking
place between two colorcd men ON
Bates street. says the Detroit Free
Press. and ono of them was about to
lay hands on tho other when Daddy
White came down Cadillac square
and stopped TO ask what the row
was about
replied one OF the disputants.
81 don't deny it" said tho other
''Den why don't you pay mcP"
"kRse it's too soon"
elf you dOau pay dat half dollar
Tze gwine ter smash yer fine"
'.Hold on, Mister Simpkins-hole
on" said Daddy. as he stepped
between the pair. Lets sec how
dis yere case stands How long has
dis gem'lYn owed yo' half @ doilar7'
"'Bout 40 weeks"
"Has yo' dun Axed him for IL befo'P'
''No. sab"
"Den yo' hain't got no case and
oetter stop yo'r noise-n
''Doan he owe me dat money!"
''Of co'se he does; but aa yo' q
bigger man dan a tavin's bank? n
20 wants dat mOney yo' gin him
sixty days notis an do oizness In n
bizness way. Humphl De ideah OF a
whtte-washin' Guild man sottin' his
aelf up TO be biggcr'n q bank wild a
ntllyon dollars in it."
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Half Dollar to Know 1t An.

For only fifty cents YOU can get the
Semi Weekly News Galveston or
Dallas) every Tuesday and Friday for
six months.
This Will take yOu through and be-
vond what bids fair 10 he one of the
most exciting state campaigns ever
witnessed ia ToXas.
Hand 80 cents TO your postmaster
or the local Dewsdealcr, or send direct
10 a. IL. BelO ~ Co, Publishers, AMI
oct full proceedings of the political
,,roccssion in the best general news,
papcr in the south west-sixteen pages
n week.
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CONSERVATION MOST DIRE.
Unmarried Married Oklahoma PeO-
pie Want to Know Where
They Are at just Now.

Guthrie Lsader.
The dt cisiOn OF the supreme court
IN knocking out the probate divorce
court, has created CONSERVATION most
dire. Divorces are IN terrible stew
and all unprecedented rush is being
made 10 district court, which is little
different from. the probate court, so
lar as time aud publication are cOn-
ccrned.
Probate courts in every county in
tic territory have from Que TO 800
victims Oh the string. When the rul-
ing hit the Logan county probate
court there were 20 divorce cases
pending. They were dismissed yes
icrday by Judge Lawrence.
a fair divorcee call,d at tie Leader
"fIice Yesterday for paper. II had n
case pending in probate court here
said she, "aud wanted divorce so
much. | am engs9cd Ia he married
Oh Nmas day" such Is the experiences
Of maRv luckless married and un-
married people who, in order 10 avoid
publicity. went To Oklahoma probate
courts Instead of the district courts
for legal separations.
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room for few honrs this morning.
IIe.ezpccts by Monday to assume the
full direction of his school. lie rx-
presses himself as highly pleased with
:he outlook tor profitable aud in
ternsting scholastic term. The enro J.
mcnt has reached abont l5O pupils 10
date.
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IW. C. MULLINS, u. d.

Practice liaited to diseases Of tho
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.
VIII he in Ardmorc, at tho Wisnor
Hotel, second and fourth SUNDAYS
of each mouth.