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The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
best honey plants are what are char,

best honey plants are what are char
acterized, in common language, as
weeds. But whether it will pay to
cultivate weeds for the honey which
they produce is a point that yet lacks
demonstration. Among thesssweeds
there is none that takes hlgheN rank
a a honey producer than the mother
wort. The bees make patches of
motherwort very busy during its sea-
son of poisoning. The fgwort is
another excellent producer. Catnip,
wild mustard, milkweed, teasel, bone
set, snapdragons, smart weeds, Span
ish needles, wild sunflowers, golden
rod, wild a~sters, horehound, sage, and
bergamont, are all honey producers Z,
varying excellence. In New Eng Ian
the goldenrod is esteemed for botl
the quantity and quality Of the honey
from its blossoms.
Of trees, the best honey producer if,
probably, the Eastwood. 1t blooms n
July, and a Eastwood tree is one c :
slant murmur, when in bloom, }-on
the numerous bees busy in its tor.
But there are few Eastwood trees
grown, and the supply from this
source is necessarily limited. The
sumac produces a good supply OF
honey, as also does the tulip tree.
Some willows, the silver, rel and rock
naples, aspen polars, 1ocusts and fruit
trees-peach, plum, pear, cherry, ap-
pie, ~quince--all are honey producers
but the honey from them comes Sc
early in the season as to be used, gen.
orally, in building up the broods.
They are rather an indirect than a dl,
rect source of supply Of stored honey,
for they produce the producers rather
than the product. For this reason
only is mention made of them in this
connection, for the fruit trees are
really cultivated, not uncultlvated,
honey producers. In some seasons,
from fruit blossoms, and particularly
from apple blossoms, a small amount
of d~elcately favored honey, of very
inviting appearance, is stored, but, as
a rule, the nectar and pollen thence
derived are used in strengthening the
colonies, so as to have q strong body
of workers when the real flow OF the
season begins. Without such a body
of workers to gather in the harvest,
the surplus store of honey would be
small.-American Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
A Curiosity of the Law.

Additions to rented premises, when
made by the tenant, should never be
fastened with nails, but with screws,
says a st. Louis lawyer. The reason
for this lies in the fact that should he
wish to move away and take with him
the boards and other lumber compos-
ing the improvements he has made, he
can simply draw out the screws and
take the planks. Ii he fastens them
with nails, however, he can remove
nothing, andt the improvements become
the landlords property. The fact re-
suits from a legal bubble, insisting
that articles fastened with screws are
fo-. temporary use, and if put in place
by the tenant are his own property.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES

Sheep. in prime order, yield the
strongest staple.
Fresh manures often excite the trees
to a too rapid growth.
With young stock, much depends
upon the first years growth.
Even the hardest strawberry will do
better if it has a winter mulch.
1t will pay to churn twice rather
than mix cream in different stages OF
ripening.
Don't sell off your best eve lambs if
you have any care for the future OF
your flock.
Cows that are for any reason imper-
fectly MIXED, soon degenerate into
worthless animals.
Sheep, like ell other stock, want
good food regularly to do their best
and return a profit.
IF the salt is not evenly distributed
the butter will present a streaked and
notified appearance.
Feed COWS twice a day-only twice.
Let them chew the cud well between
meals. They are built that way.
When a COW leaks her milk badly,
wetting with milk thoroughly after
milking her will sometimes stop it.
An old rubber shoe wrapped around
a tree Just above the roots Is said to
act as a preservative against grubs.
Wash and cook the potatoes that are
too small for market or table use.
They are good for pigs or chickens.
The comb of a fowl is a serious in
| dicator of the health of the bird. As
long as it is red and full size there is
| not much danger but the health Is
good.
Stone floors or those made from
| cement are not to be used in a hen
house, on account of it being too cold.
| It chills the hen SO as to retard her
laying qualities.
Never let any animal get in poor
flesh. If you do your profit upon it
is gone. The expense of restoring it
to good condition is greater than the
profit in any sort of stock will war
rant.
Too much washing of butter ocea-
sions q loss Of flavor. Freezing dam
ages butter, but if it is to be held long
in storage it is better to freeze it, as
it will go off flavor faster when held
unfrozen.
As q rule the potatoes grown far
north are best for seed. The reason
is that they have presumably grown in
8 shorter season, are less advanced
toward drying out when harvested, and
| in q cooler climate will not start to
grow in winter, thus injuring the eyes
from which next years growth must
come.
In selecting q brood SOW try to get a
good long-bodied, and rather coarse
and rangy animal, as she will make the
best breeder, giving the pigs q strong
constitution and good digestive or
gans. If finer hams and shoulders
are wanted select the boar with Al eye
to these qualities, and You will pro-
cure 3 good combination.
An experienced feeder says that
ouckwheat meal is better to mix
with skinned milk for hogs than any
other grain, making cheaper pork.
| Made into a thick slop it is the most
effective slop for brood sows he has
ever used. It tends to produce much
milk, and the SOW can be kept fat
while the pigs are making rapid
growth--a thing not usually easy to
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
An Expensive Trolley Experiment.

The attempt of the big Brooklyn
syndicate 10 popularize the trolley in
that towns becoming an expensive
natural prejudice against the trolley
as a means Of motive power in the
East, and the misfortune of it's advo-
Gates in having to pay heavy damages
Just ones, nevertheless-for infict-
ing injury to persons and vehicles has
discouraged attempts to introduce it
into other cities. Brooklyn is prac-
tically gridironed with trolley wires,
and the gigantic syndicate which is
pushing it all wei the country made
that city the proving ground for oil
its efforts, believing that if it were
successful there it would soon find ia
vor in most of the other cities in the
country.
After a years experiment it's success
is equivocs1. As near of furnishing
the City Of Churches, which is also a
city of homes, with rapid transit, it
has justified the expectations of its
| promoters. But in developing it to
this stage more than thirty persons
have been killed by the wild flight ot
the cars and 200 others crippled, in
addition to a general devastation Of
trucks and ordinary vehicles. These
casualties have erected a deep an
growing public aversion to the trolley
and the success of nearly every claim
for damages has all but wiped out the
enormous profits of the syndicate,
Almost evary claim for damages
against the trolley lines has been al
| lowed by the courts, and the proposed
extensions of the system have been
disputed at every point. The other
day in one of the Brooklyn courts a
woman secured q verdict of $12, 500
for injuries which, if they had been
inflicted by an ordinary street CDR or
even o transcontinential railway,
would not have yielded more than
$4,000 at she outside. This is a typi-
cal case.
It is estimated that the Brooklyn
syndicate has paid more than $3.50, 600
to settle claims, which fact in itself
will do mach to discourage the extern
sive use Of the cars hooked to tele-
graph wires, to say nothing OF public
sentiment.
Another reason which will tend to
restriction of the trolley system is that
new inventions are expected to speedi'
~ supersede the trolley. Two New
York inventors are working on a
scheme now to run cars without resort
to the trolley OF the cable, and it may
be that they will solve the problem. -
St. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
Cologne, Germany, has a 30o-year-
old rose tree.
&1OO Reward, &tn3.

The reader of this paper Will be pleased ~
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in ali It's
stages. and thai is Catarrh, Hall,s catarTh
Cure is the only positive cure known t,tEe
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease. requires a constitutional 'rea'-
ment. Halls CatarrV Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood an mucous SUI ,hs
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its. work. The
proprietors have so much faith IN ITS cqratlve
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F. CHENEY Co. Toledo, o.
T~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The first English shilling was minted

The first English shilling was minted
il 1903.
Pythons and several species of boas
have real legs ard feet.
A locomotive requires fuel and labor
to the value of $4,000 in the course of
ayear.
Switzerland sends to France every
YEA &c, 900 tons of milk and $1,000
Of cheese.
The mean annual temperature of the
Arctic regions is below thirty degrees
Fahrenheit.
The coal cargo of the Scotch ship
Ada Iredale, which was abandoned at
sea, burned for a year.
A man has been known to stay for
five minutes in an oven in which the
temperature was $50 degrees.
It is admitted by most divers that
twenty-five feet is about the limit at
which they can see under water.
Men attending the pans in salt
works are never known to have chol-
era,s smallpox, scarlet fever or influenza.
Australian salt bushes have been In
troduced into South Africa, and are
being largely cultivated there as forage
plants, to resit drouth.
The ostrich farmers of South Africa
suffer losses from the effects Of small
wire-worms which infest the young
ostriches in such numbers as frequent
ly to produce fatal results.
An Australian paper speaks highly
of the attempt to cultivate arrowroot
in tropical Queensland, and there is
every chance that the plant will be as
successful there as it is in the Bermu-
das.
Rock emery millstones are said to be
rapidly coming into use. 1t is claimed
that they are wonderful grinders. and
it seems quite natural that blocks OF
rock emery should cut faster and last
longer than anything else.
It is computed that the death rate
of the world is sixty-seven a minute.
and the birth rate seventy a minute,
and this seemingly light per centage
of gains is sufficient to give a net IN
crease Of population each year OF al
most 1890, 900 souls.
To get The oil out of a grindstone
make the stone as hot as safety will
permit, and then cover it with a paste
of whiting and water. The mixture
will soon become filed with oil, whau
il may be scraped off and the process
repeated until all the oil is extracted.
Infection from foul drains aud de-
posits often cause sore throat, sore
throat often merges in Group and Group
in diphtheria-with various grades OF
malignancy-and what is all this but
a ladder Of stages in the evolution OF
a pathogenic microbe from a harmless
one by the i~nteraction OF variation
and heredity under a noxious regimen?
An apparatus to register the time
taken by each person in using a teie-
phone has been invented in Germany.
1t is called q .stelephonemeter," n It
is the design of the telephone COM
panies to use it's figures as a basis for
their charges for the use OF tele-
phones. When this meter is at
tached to telephones talk over a teie-
phone, it can be predicted, will be as
concise as a telegraph message.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
Money yves its name ro monett, d
title Of Juno, in whose temple Ronsa
money was first coined.
An Imrnrtant difference.

To make it apparent to thousands, who think
themselves i'll, that they are not affected with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, is to bring com 'ort home to their
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

Highest of all in LeaVening Powel-Latest I. 5. Govt Report.
Re-! B FBSxdsz
ABssOcANR FgrE'EE:IY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Javanese Musical Instruments.

The Javanese musical instruments
are made mostly of bamboo. They al
SO played upon a pipe or whistle,
which was about three feet long and
six inches across. This sounded like
the hollow roar of a lion. Another
was a bundle of tubes of different
lengths, which covered the small boy
who carried it like a big saddle. A log
hewn out with two strings stretched
across it served as a drum. A either
of sixteen strings and a mandolin oj
two completed their outdoor band,
while inside one could hear other mn.
sic made by gongs of wonderfully pure
and beautiful tone.-Chicago Herald,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
Twentieth Century Agriculture.

The belief is gaining ground that
the model farm of the future will be
an electric one The necessary current
can be had by utilizing the wasted
forces Of nature-the waterfalls being
sufficient in many places, while in
others windmills can be used in con
nection with storage batteries. In
ventors are undoubtedly capable of
adapting electric machines to every
kind of farm work. With well-made
roads, electrically Lighted houses, and
a well-plsnned equipment of electric
Misunderstanding, possibly, cleo
trio carts and carriages-the lot of the
tiller of she soil will be greatly inn
proved.--Trenton IN. j. American.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
OF cows.

Is there such q thing as educating
cows to be rapid mixers? And can
al cows be educated thus? asks the
Farming World. When . boy the
writer worked on a dairy farm, the
proprietor of which had the reputation
Of being q rapid mixer. He broke in
q number of heifers each year, and al
ways MIXED these himself. His claim
was that it was this early training
largely that made the difference in the
time required for milking. His method
was simply to begin milking as soon
as seated, and continue rapidly and
uninterruptedly until all the milk was
drawn from the udder, and TO do no
stripping. The last part of the milk
was sometimes drawn by pressing from
the upper part of the udder down
ward, upon first M side of the udder
and then the other, with one hand,
drawing the milk from the CORE.
spending teats with the other. With
some COWS not even this was neces-
sary. He claimed that the habit Of
giving down milk rapidly and COM
p~letely, with no retention of the
strippings, was easily formed with
heifers if they were always MIXED
thus; that If the mixer daWdled over
his work the COWS would get in the
habit Of giving down their milk in the
same manner. His cows certainly snp-
ported his claim, and little stripping
was necessary in his herd. Occasion
ally . COW was found which was a hard
mixer, and q teat sitter was usually
employed to render the operation OF
milking easier. Isn't this part of the
snbject-the proper training OF the
heifsrs-worthy Of more attention
than it generally receives?
UxcuLrTvATED HONEY PRODUCERS.
VI -a-f.-%4.~A %In& wau~ - $kA
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

At a recent sale in England of shet-
land ponies from the stud of the Mar
quis OF Londonderry, 8 diminusiye
animal. only thirty-four inches high,
brought the top price, forty guineas,
vi two hundred and ten dollsrs.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
Grass md Clover seed.

Grass and Glover Seed
The largest grower of Grass and Glover Seed
IN the world is Saizer, La Crosse, Wis. Over
30 hardy varieties, with lowest pricesl
Special low freight to New York, Pa. and the
East.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT with
lac postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, you will receive eleven packages
grass and clover sorts and his mammoth farm
seed catalogue: flu Of good things for the far
mer, the gardener ard the citizen. A
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

There are about $50 hotels in Chi
eaco, which have accommodations for
15", 900 guests. This does not III
clude boarding houses, restaurants,
anl cafes, where at least 100, 900 more
can be daily provided for.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys-
tenn by Browns Iron Bitters. which, enr chts
the blood. tones the nerves. aids digest on;
Acts like a charm on persons in general i'll
health, giving new energy and strength.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and stomach dis
orders, use Browns Iron bitters-the Best
Tonic. It rebrilds the b GOD and strehsthehs
and debilitated persons.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

As A SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE REMEDY, foI
Throat Affections, "Brorn's Bronchial 1ro,ches'
stand first IN pubic favor, IN ane y are al1 T Tbso.u'ii1 ~
r~itations caused by Colds or use of the voice
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
BANK,Fa UP THE HOUSE FOR WINTER.

BASKTa UP THE HOUSE FOR WINTER.
In exposed, bleak situations farmers
and others find it very beneficial to
bank up the north and west sides of
their dwellings, as q means of keeping,
not only the frost out of the cellar,
but adding warmth to the rooms ad-
joining the banking. More ~particu-
larly is this advisable in old houses
that have not been provided with q
covering Of building paper, and in
which the cellar wall is more or less
dilapidated and open for frosty air to
enter. A clearly plan is to drive
down stakes eighteen inches from the
wall, attaching boards to a foot or
more in height, filling in the space
with clean straw, hay or yer corn
stalks, which should be firmly trodden
down and the whole covered with loose
boards. This looks better than half
rotten manure piled along the wall
for the chickens to scratch away.
There is also no staining of the
painted surface with which it may
come in contact. American Agricul-
turist.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19
FARM n GARDEN.
COLD BRrDLE BITS.

During the bitter, cold weather in
winter much suffering is thoughtlessly
inflicted on horses by putting cold
bride bits into their mouths If the
person WAC does this will apply his
tongue to a piece of iron or q frosty
morning he will understand at once
what the suffering to the poor brutes
liz. To slightly warm the bits before
putting them into the horses mouth
would require only q small expendi.
ture of labor. This can be done by
rubbing them with a blanket or other
cloth q m&ment OF two if other means
OF warming are not at hand. The ben
eficial results in the gentleness Of the
animal viii amply compensate it.
Detroit Fee Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

TIE Prussian budget shows a deficit OF
Oh, $50, 600, which is 50, 100, 900 larger than
the preceding years deficit.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

NEARLY all the Hebrew leaders Of EUROPE
have united on a definite policy regarding
the colonization of Palestine.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

FIVE towns have been annexed to Louis
vile, Ky, adding $1,000 to the population.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

Beecham's Pills with a drink of water morn
ings. R~eecham's-no others. rs cents a box.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

The rebel bands in Sicily comprises 3Oo)
women.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

Il aflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isa C Thomp-
son'sEye water Druggists sell at CSC per b TT .
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

DuNH's REVIEW OF TRADE reports con-
tipued industrial improvement.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

Farming is the chief industry Of
ParaeuaY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-11
THE ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
A Reason Why the Viands ut Thls
Meal Are Cold.
[New York Times.l

The English breakfast is meal not
understood by u.s. 1t may be served IN
the dining room or in the library 1t is
more often ION calf than en- famllie,
and there is total absence, even IN lne
highest circles, of formality in dress or
in service The viands are, for the
most part, cold. The English Will tell
you that this is because they nave
learned that cold meats are more d1-
gestible than hot. and that it is vulgar
to eat a heavy meal early in the day,
but a shrewd observer attributes their
preference to a combination of lazy
servants and old-fashioned stoves,
which renders it difficult to get a
.heavy meal early in the day.
Where hot dishes are served they are
apt to be minced veal" or few tnln
crisp slices of Irish bacon. These, with
new-laid eggs. invariably boiled, or
steamed, which latter is done at table.
are all that are within reach. The cold
meats, consisting of ham, tongue. col
Jared head etc, are placed on tne
sideboard AS no servant is expected
to be in attendance at this meal, the
gentlemen of the family go back and
| forth from table to Sideboard serving
those who ask for helpings. The
| thoughtless. uninitiated American
might object to such confusion and IN
convenience, but John Bull delights in
an affectation of simplicity and accom-
plishes informality in his usual clumsy
! fashion. Such a convenience as a table
| bell is an unknown article of furnish
| ing. Should the servant by any cnance
! be wanted when out of the room, even
at dinner, the mistress will rise from
her chair and cross to the mantel, by
the side of which is an electric button
| or bell-punch, communicating with the
| kitchen
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REMEMBER
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To all paid-up
Herald Subscribers.
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Daily, One Year. $1,000
semi-weekIy, One Year. $3.50
Six Months. .$1.2o
wEBsTER's FAMILY WAGON.
It's Various Vicissitudes Make an In
estinS story.
TROcfO1 C,1Obp

Daniel Webster's old yellow wagon
now stand in a dreary spot on Petts'
plain in Greenfield. If it could speak it
could tell an interesting story. Once the
family wagon of the greatest states
man, then to be finally sold for a bull
terrier and allowed to stand on
dreary plain. filed with snow in win
ter and to be used as a roosting place
of turkeys, tells in a single sentence
some of the mutations of fortune that
have come to the old carriage.
1t was made for Daniel Webster
some where in New Hampshire about
1923 of 1880. 1t was taken to Marshfield
when the great statesman was at the
zenith of power and reputation. 1t was
frequently used by Mr.. Webster and
members of his family. 1t was then
that the name of yellow wagon" was
given it, presumably because it was
painted yellow. Years after Mr.. Web
ster's death it was found stored away
on some beams in an old shed. 1t was
sold to William Houton, Of Houton's
express. He had the wagon put in or
der and used it.
Something like a dozen years ago
there was a. craze for old wagons in
Franklin county. and the wagon was
purchased by George T. c. Holden.
now of Hudson, we'll known as a land
! lord, and who was tnen residing IN
Greenfield. The old wagon was made
to look as we'll as pazsible, and it ex-
cited much interest. 1t was used by
MI Holden for pleasure driving. and
was shown at various times when col
lections of antiquities were exhibited.
In time Mr.. Holden disposed Of his
livery business to Thomas Minis, now
of Athol, and the old wagon went with
the remainder of the stock Mr.. Minis
had no use for this old wagon, and
traded it one day tn Henry s. Wood,
receiving in return a bull terrier dog.
The dog was named Daniel WEBSTER,
and is still alive and owned by the
/ Minis family in Greenfield. Mr. Wood
used the old wagon until he tired OF
| it. and then allowed it to stand out OF
doors on Pettis plain. 1t now has for
company several broken down car
friages. and the turkeys that roam over
the plain use it as a roosting place at
night.
! One or two boards are missing from
the bottom of the body. but otherwise
than this it is capable Of rendering ex-
! ceIlent. service for many years to come.
The axles are entirely of wood and all
! the iron work is hand made. The
/ springs are of wood and are attached
to the body by leather straps. The
other day the old wagon was shown at
the field day exercises of the Pocom-
tuck Valley Memorial association, ana
was given the post of honor.