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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
THE VALUE OF MULES.
They Average Higher Than Horses in Al
most Every state.

They Average Higher Than Horses in Al
most Every state.
II nobility may be estimated in
dollars. the mule is noblcr animal
than the horse, says the New York
Sun. Yet there arc no autumnal mule
shows and even If there were IT. is
hardly probable that hower-adorncd
young women would make practice
of patting the prize animal. The only
way to pat a mule. according to the
Texas code is with Il fence rail or Il
board. The man who collected horse
and mule statistics for the cen
sus report shows that the av-
erage price of a mule is 81 more than
the average price of horse. The or
binary mule in South Carolina. which
owns about $1,000 of the long-eared
beasts is worth about 500; the average
price of a horse in the same state is
about SO. Texas probably has more
mules (about 100000, than any other
state The average price is ABOUT S4l,
or nearly twice the value OF a Texas
horse. In Missouri mules are worth
about 81 more and in kentucky about
s. more than horses. Only a few states
have no mules or SO few that the sta
tistician didn't make II note OF them.
One of these states is Rhode Island,
which the mule driver of Texas doubt
less would think is not any too large
a pasturage and playground for fes-
tive mule of southern birth. Oregon
is the only state where horses bring
higher prices than mules The Or
binary mule out there is worth SAC and
the horse Sal. The figures for Cali
fornia are: Mules, S67: horses. SAC. In
Pennsylvania. where mules, famous for
longevity, are much used in the mines
they bring about sS6: horses, $67. In
this state there are seventy times
as many horses as there are mules,
which number about $4,000. A New
York mule is worth SOL and horse
S1e. Mules are priced more in New
Jersey than in any other state, the av'
erage price being about SlO6, or SIC
more than horses. Illinois has about
40, 600 mules, more than airy other
western state
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
AMONG THE POULTRY.

OATS are excellent for laying hens.
STEAMED rice is good for young chicks.
GOsLINGs grow more rapidly than any
other kind of bird.
EGG eati ng Is apt to he developed by
too close confinement.
IT is necessary to feed meat in some
form during the winter.
The Black Minorca lays the largest
egg among Spanish fowls.
PUDDIEs are not the proper sources OF
water supply for chickens.
: SUGAR beets, carrots and turnips are
good winter food for poultry.
IF turkeys are carefully managed
they are prof BILE on any farm.
CocHINs mated with game or brown
Leghorn cocks make good crosses.
The white flesh of 1.-The LangshanS
makes them a desirable table fowl.
BRIGHT combs are a sure indication Of
good health and freedom from disease.
TIE water given poultry curing the
winter should have the chill taken on.
TAME chickens will lay more eggs
and take on flesh faster than half wild
ones.
CHICKENS cannot be crowded together.
in large numbers without breeding dis:
ease.
Your chicks are growing rapidly now.
and should not be crowded in their night
quarters.
DoRkINGs are valuable for crossing ON
other breeds where compactness .o1
form is desired.
WHEN hens are moulting the accInnu-
lation of feathers should be cleared out-
at least once a week. ,-ssA
Fec foods are those which ccntAin'
lime for the shell. a1bun,en for the white
and carbon for the yolk. so
GEESE feather more rapidly whero
they have an abundance Of fresh water
aud run on q green pasture.
AMONG ducks the Pca<in 81 tho largeat,
the Rouen the most bOaNtS1ul md IN
AylSsbusy Tie ~est pFolt1 ss
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
CHICKEN BEHEADER.

A Yankee Genius Invcnts u Guillotine for
the Barnyard.
A device for severing the head from
the body of "a chicken by simply pull
ing Il trigger, without torturiDg the
chicken trying the nerves. OF the
sensitive. has been patented The
barrel of the i,oplem ent, says the Scieu-
tifc American, incases a handspring.
and at it's rear end is clampcd by
breach block having upwardly extend
ing hanges, forming guides for the
knife, the fanges being recessed in the
center to afford space for placing the
neck of the chicken, and the beheadin2
knife sliding across this space between
the fianges-
The knife is inclined, and its lower
end slides in Il slot to the top of the
barrel, where it is secured to sliding
plunger, TO which one end of the main
spring is attached. the other end of the
spring being secured to the barrel. In
the front end of the barrel is a cushion.
against which the extended shank OF
the piungcr strikes, absorbing shock
and limiting the forward movement OF
the plunger and knife. The plunger
and knife are pulled back against The
tension of the spring by handles on the
sides Of the plunger, the handles pro-
jecting through side slots in the breech
block and barrel.
notch in the bottom of the plunger
receives pawl on the front end of the
curved trigger, by which the knife and
plunger are held in u rearmost posi-
ton when the device is to be used. A
depending hook flanSc on the front
end of the barrel may be hooked upon
some object to facilitate pulling back
the plunger. or to steady the implement
when it is used. When the neck of the
chicken is placed in the space provided
, therefor aud the trigger is pulled, the
plungeri is instantly released and the
knife drawn rapidly forward, the cut
| being effected with certainty, neatness
| and DISPATCH.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
THE FARMING WORLD.
SPECIAL FARMING.

tonne Things which tho Average AGrt-
culeurist Should Consider.
One of the most serious objections to
special farming is the difficulty in
maintaining tho fertility without either
purchasing foods or fertilizers 1t is. =
well-settled fact that any system OF
farming that does not return TO the
land in proper quantities those const1t-
uents Of plant food that are drawn
from it. by such system, must, IN the
long run. be ruinous one.
If situated where food or fertilizers
eau be secured at a price that 1T Will
pay to purchase and use, special farm
ing can often be made very profitabie
But in this the conditions must be IA
vorable. Soil. climate and market
must be favorable. The natural capac-
ity Of the soil must be considered. II
special fertilizers arc used one must
understand the nature OF the soil and
of plant growth in order to use them to
. good advantage.
Nearly all local markets are easily
overstoclSe and unless convenient to
a general market prices will usually get
low. The kind of prod uct must deter
mine this. Some products Will bear
TRANSPORTATION much better than 9th
ers. Generally the more condensed
and the less perishable the oetter they
will bear transportation
1t is true that in some cases sPcc'al
line of customers can be secured that
will consume all of the product we can
get ready for market, but this is the
exception. and one must be reasona ply
sure of them before undertaking a
special line of any extent. The natural
tendency of special farming is to grad
ual exhaustion of the fertility, al
though the results may not be seen Tor
some time. depending somewhat upon
the condition or amount of the fertility
of the soil. But with ordinary man
| agement the effect is sure to show eth
| err early or late.
Dairy farming is often followed with
profit but ordinarily this means the
purchase and use Of more or less mill
feed. Gardening or truck farming is
followed with profit, but this means
the purchase and use of more or less ma
nure as a fertilizer. Both require good
and reasonably convenient markcts
to he most profits bic. General farming
| admits of better opportunities for keep
| ing up the fertility and of taking adj
vantage of the markets and, under
| average conditions. of making most
| profit.-Prairie Farmer.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
Millinery Novelties.

Hats and capotes have very wide
strings. and they arc neither fastened
under the chin nor the hair, but come
down in front and make handsome
bows, to be fastened on the already
well-adorned bodice. Many of the
new felt and velvet hats are lined with
light-colcred satin, stretched plain to
fit the shape. unique little bonnet
has Il ground-covering Of tan kid, orna-
mented on the crown and around tho
edge with jet and bronze-colored beads.
Two rosettes of the kid ornament the
front, with small black wings extend
ing from them. Black velvet strings
connected at the back by two black
rosettcs complete the bonnet.-N. Y.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03

though 1 found no trace of second
wife or even of one, barring the one he
buried years ago."
II will guess no more" I said. peni-
tently, land am most anxious to hear
you out
Young Mr.. Merrick had given me
the name of his fathers private bank
ers and his stockbroker, and the first
strange thing . that 1 found out
was that when the stockbroker
sold stock for Mr. Alexander Mer.
rick, he, at the request of the old mnns
always paid him by an open cheque. =
found out that these cheques were
cashed across the counter, by old Mr..
Merrick, and that the money was never
passed through his own bank"
THAT looks very fshy," said I, but
the man could not have been swindling
himself
mo. He was not svinclling himself
or ANYBODY else. The money is all in
one of the strong rooms of the Steel
Safe Co., and old Mr.. Merrick is mad
a monolnaniac. He is quite sane on
every other point but that of the Sc
curity of money. When the great
crashes took place in the city years ago
the old mans reason must have got un-
hinged. Anyway he now thinks there
is no safe place for money but the
strong room, and when his secret was
found out he became violent and
had to be put under restraint in
his own house. It's about the queer
est case i ever had said Bracken, As
he rose and babe me good night
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
NOT THOMPSON or xen,A.
The Lop-9houldered Man Made an Eros
Of JudguAent.

the Lop-slsouldered Man Made an Eros
Of Judgment.
One Of these corpulent, benfgn-loolk-
ing old chaps, with long, gray Eoates
flowing down from his chin, was walk
ing up and down the depot platform,
and we noticed that the cross-eyed man
with the lop-shoulders kept his eyes ON
him as if deeply interested. Now, any
man who. is ''up' on human nature
knows that one of these old coons with
q perpetual grin on his face and ia
therly demeanOr toward the public is
a bad man to tackle, but the cross
eyed man hadn't travelled. He shifted
around uneasily for quarter of an
hour, and then intercepted the benign
man in his walk and said:
Excuse me, but arc you . teller
named Thompson, who lives over
around Aenia SOnlewherc?'
'.Do you, mean to ask me if my name
is Thompson?' quericd old benign as
he halted and looked the other man up
and down in a contemptuous way.
eyes
'.No, sir-no, sir: Ny name is not
Thompson, sir!'
"Wall, I thought you might be, yo,,
know. They say Thompson is fat
man, and always looks as if he wanted
to obleegc somebody, and
''Sir! Are You speaking to me?' de-
manded he of the fatherly demeanor.
Eyes ! never saw Thompson, but
they say he wears just such whiskers
didn't know but"
.'Why. sir, do you mean to insult
me?'' shouted old benign as the color
came to his face. Didn't 1 say my
name was not Thompson" If you are
doing this to get up quarrel with me
I warn you to look OUT
Quarrel? 1 never had a fight in my
life. 1t struck me that you might be
Thompson of Xenia. You've got the
same grin on your face-the same goa
tee-the same
You miserable loafer!'' Kissed old
; benign he made a pass at him and
missed.
| '.Here, hold on" shouted the cross
eyed mai a S he backed around. There
amt nothing to get mad at! Stop
:; that or I'll call the police! You've got
: Il goatee like Thompson, and I've heard
over II hundred people say
The fat and fatherly man seized the
! anxious inquirer after Thompson and
i damned him against the depot with
| terrific force. Then he whirled him
| around and cuffed him twice. Then
he Strengthened him up and booted
him five boots and yelled after him:
"You drunken old loafcr, but if you
. even look at me again III break every
bone in your body
| While old benign was cooling off on
d salt barrel at the other end of the
platform the cross-eyed man returned
TO the group Of passengers who had
seen and heard ali and said:
'I;entlcmen. I'm a. licked man aud
feel bad about it. but what hurts my
inward feelin's the most is the ide:
that took that old four-ply rhinoc
eros over there for n Teller so blamed
soft and nice and l<ind-hcarted that
vas going to tell him d sure cure fol
rleuma tism and not charge him rec
eent'-Dctroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
Meat Juice.

Raw meat juice is prepared by mine
ing the best rump steak very fine and
then adding cold water in the proper
ton of one part of water to four of
meat. Stir the mixture thoroughly
nd let it stand in a cool place half an
hour. Press through muslin or a coarse
napkin. This process is recommended
by a physician who gives it as the re-
suit of many experiments for obtain
ing meat juice that has the greatest
nutritive value. It is one of the foods
often found excellent for children four
or FIVE years Of age, who have not yet
learned the art OF chewing well enough
to get uusiment from aaeAt-N y.
Pest
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
Ny SoHooLMA.AM.

Her face waa dfmpled, rounA and fair
Her eyes weFo brown aud milo,
And when I saw her reaching there
longed 70 lDe child
Eut, whom p yOungstef failed 70 nina
And thoroughly was spanked,
That youthful days were far behind
= Mx lucky stars Thanked
lshe set ma In . lofty place.
And handed me . book,
Behind whose pages 1T her feCo
ventured OFT to look.
: And, as her pupils spelled or read
I took Q passing part.
Permitting them to leave on head
The while left on heart.
Now. I'm candidate, / feel
A curious eloti0n,
a wondering 'twixt woe and veal
IS Ger my examination.
On passing tt my heart IS SGT,
And hardly eau visit
TIL she and together get
A joint certificate.
RI l. Hendrick. In PUCK.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
a NEBRASKA IDEA.
VeA o. Lumber Poultry /
Large Flock.

The poultry house illursrated here
with is exceedingly practical and COM
venient. It is SO feet long by "a vide
and can be made of sod or lumber. AZ
shown in the ground plan the space -
divided into four main parts The:
principal room occupies the entire
right side of the building as shown in
the ground plan in which + F. are
roosts II feet long: b, box SKIS feet
for straw in which to throw grain in
winter to induce exercise, and II.
coop 4x6 feet for shutting up setting
hens. I&the left hand upper corner OF
the ground plan is the layin&.room
1Ox1e feet with nests all about the
sides. Just below tits the room 6x19
feet for setting hens, while in the lower
left hand corner is room 10x12 feet for
chickens I, is q bog in which to put
lime and oyster shells. l.. l.. L, arc
feed boxes and troughs: y, U, receptar
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03

cles for green feed: NJ, NJ, NJ, are drink
ing vessels: A, A, are nests Is inches
suuare Windows and doors can be ar
ranged as shown in the illustration or
to suit the tastes of the builder. There
is a partition in the room for chickens.
divided into two parts, one for those
quite small and the other for larger
ones a lath door between this room
and the main room allows the little
chickens to pass back and forth
Orange Judd Farmer
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
Lime for Egg shells.

All foods con tain lime, but it is more
abundant in some than in others. The
best way to feed lime. to the hens is to-
give them ground bone, aox. bone in any
form. Liine.is also abundant in clover,
and If clover is portion OF the ration
the hens will secure all the lime from
that source and from bones that they
need. Grain contains very little lime,
and when the hons lay eggs with soft
shells it Is a. sure indication that they
src receiving too mNsA Grssn
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
SIMPLE SNOWPL.OW.

It Does Its Work W~l as Moro
Costly Implement
Winter>is at hand, and snowstorms
may soon be upon us. A. Il. L., West
vile. O., sends to the Ohio Farmer a
sketch of a snowplow he has used for
ten wears or more It is shown in the
cut, and is made of six-inch fencing
lumber, ~ feet long, sawed beveling,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
A Chronological Correction.

''Good-night," he whispered passion
ately at the front door, ''good-night.
goodnight, goodnight, good
Excuse me, said an elderly bass
voice over the baluster, "but it's been
good.morninG for the last two hours.
Thought you'd like to know.
Gfee Press,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
A Hope FULFILLED.

Carric-May used to be fond of Ian
guages and used to say that she hoped
to marry some great linguist. and here
she has gone and married old Rocksby
Scadds.
Millie-Then her. hopes have been
fulfilled. She has married money. and
It can talk in all languages.-N. Y.
Herald.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
eNOwPLOw.

nailed together, and held in place by a
strip nailed on, eight inches from the
front. With this, one can clear as
much path in five minutes, with a
horse, as he could in an hour with a
shovel. heavy weight must be used
on this sled when snow is deep.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03
But Not Getting Better.

Mike Roonan was as honest an Irish
man as ever carried hod. He had n
family of nine children, who were al
ways hungry and whose shoes were al
ways out at the toes: so when the hard
times struck his ward last summer and
Mike found himself out job. he felt
that fortune had dealt him pretty
hard blow. However, Mike was not
wholly disheartened, and he hustled
about to find some honest employment.
The prospect was discouraRing, but
he kept boldly at it. and was at last
rewarded by securing a place with a
gang of street PAYERS. His particular
duty was at the stone-yard loading the
cart with stones.
Mike had not been at work more
than an hour when his next-door neigh
Dor happened along, and stopped to
give his greeting.
.sThe top o. the mornin' to yez.
NIoil<e," said the latter. Grinning
broadly.
"Samc to yez.'' returned the other.
col see yez arc worrEin', Moike."
Wis"
"And how is br,siness, now?'
s'Och." gruutcd Mike. rs he reached
down and tugged away at an extrsr
large stone. ''surc, now, its pieasin'
up."~-Rosten Budget.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03

Augustus was not the public bene.
factof 10 IL represented. Hc was tho
naost exactine tax collector the Roman
world hNd w t. tais time sycv seen.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03

The oldest known ruins are those
of the Birs Nimroud.- The great mound
called by this name Is supposed to DO
the tower of Babel mentioned In the
book of Genesis.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-10-04
DinsmOre and Hunt on the Stump.

Huntsville, Ark, October l.
Hon. H. A. Dinsmore, Democratic
candidate for Congress, Fifth Dis
trict, and Hon, T. j. Hunt, Repub-
lican candidate for Congress, same
district, addressed the people at
the court house today,
Col. ]. c. Peel, the Populist can
didate failed to put in his appear
ance, Col. Dinsmore is regarded
as the ablest orator in Northwest
Arkansas, and on this occasion
maintained his former reputation
as a speaker and no doubt in his
effort today greatly strenthened
the Democrats of the county.
Col Hunt represented the Repub-
licans side of the question fairly
well, but he is no match for Dins-
more, and Dinsmore's election is
conceded by many in the district
by a large majority if the voters
turn out and vote. The vote in
this county will be close with the
chances in favor of Dinsmore by
from 80 to 100 votes. Arkansas
Gazette.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-10-04
That joyful Feeling

With the exhilarating sense of re-
newed health and strength and in
ternal cleanliness, which follows the
use of Syrup of Figs, is unknown to
the few who have not progressed
beyond the old time medicines and
the cheap substitutes sometimes
offered but never accepted by the
well informed.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-10-04

enough to consider whether we
should cheaper the cost of produc-
tion by cheapening labor in order
to gain access to South American
markets after we had tried the ef-
feet of reliable steam communica-
ton, which was a euphemism for
steamship bounties. Mr.. Blaine's
reciprocity amendment was buried
in the Senate Committee on FL
nance, and another drafted by Sem
ator Aldrich, of very different tenor
substituted For all that the Aid
rich reciprocity has been continual
ly heralded as that of Mr.. Blaine"
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-10-04
THE THEORY EXPLODED.

The Gazette recalls the fact that
Mr.. Blaine's vaunted scheme for
reciprocal trade relations between
this and other commercial countries
has only recently been ventilated
by the Louisville Courier Journal,
and that too in way that is not at
all agreeable to the admirers of the
late Mr.. Blaine, and at the same
time does not reflect very much
credit upon Mr. Harrison, "When
Mr.. Blaine wrote his celebrated
letter of July 4, 1890, it was coldly
received by the administration of
which he was member" says the
Courier Journal. Mr.. Harrison
sent it to Congress fifteen days la
ter, the delay not being calculated
to give evidence of much enthusi-
asm in the case. The message of
transmittal was distinctly hostile
Mr.. Harrison said it would be time
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-10-04

child. The number of persons in
jured by the storm, more or less
seriously, has been swelled to thirty
three, including several well known
citizens, 1t is, of course, impossi-
BILE to say if this list contains all the
injured