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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21

Inc M0lhef o. AaAeAlhn.8
gold rings and nifty brooches The
total value Of the contributions is esti-
mated AZ So, 600. This the largest do
nation ever made by this church, is
believed 70 be the largest ever made
BY any religious society. Over 30 per
cent Of the donors are persons that
work every day for what they get
But tins il only portion Of the dona-
,ions made by these Jealous people.
The most Of the members regularly
give one.tenth of what they earn
every week for the support Of the
church Besides this they contribute
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21

eaten the SOunu OF approaching NhN-
mics.
But the hands grow, for they are eN-
poncnts Of the brain, and the great
soulful eyes,
Prof lIolzlopf goes ON TO that
gloomy time when allanimal life shall
have been superseded by mechanical
contrivnnces. on TO the time when the
earth cools aud the human tadpoles
burrow in the earth for warmth,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21

DNENrISTS o i
Battle Creek be
lieye that the end
Of the world is near
at hand. They pre-.
diet "a grand cata.
clysm AT no distant
day The IN IS /
powerful reason for
this reckless fore,
cast IS that Mrs.
Ellen White. the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21
LEGENDS OF THE FIRE
OLD STORIES OF ITS AccI-
DENTAL DISCOVERY.
The South Sea Islands and the Great
Fire whsie-The Chinese Superstition
The Ute Indians Have a Remark
able Belief.

OR SIX THOU
sand years at least
man has pondered
over the phenom-
ena of fire. To day
no one knows much
more in regard to
its origin, discov-
cry and first use
than does the super
stitious Parsee, who
will not approach
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21
AN ENGLISH BEAUTY.
Charming Lady Southampton, Daughter
OF the Marquis OF ZetIaDd.

Lady Southampton is the brown-eyed
beauty who constituted one of the
principal ornaments of the Court of
Dublin during her fathers tenure of
office as viceroy of Ireland She was
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21
RELIC OF OLD TIMES.
WASHINGTON'S CRIST MILL IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
It Still Stands To-day After Weather
ing the Sunshine and Shadow of One
Hundred and Thirty-Nine Years
Quaint Old Town.

ROBABL Y THE
oldest mill in the
United Sta t e S
stands to-day in the
quaint old town of
PerrYopolis, Pa and
is now about one
hundred and thirty
nine years old. 1t
was built by direc-
ton of George
Washington after a
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21
GABRIEL'S TRUMPET.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
WAITING ITS CALL.

Belief that the End OF the world is
Close Al Hand Battle Creek. Mich.
Believers Preparing for Final Judg-
nIenI.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21

Founder 81 the Advent church
cnmc from the Overlooking hearts OF
the worshipors OF this peculiar faith
Those who had IL gave money those
who had no money gave personal prop
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21

Battlc creek lMlchl Correspondence.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
COWS FOR

None of the thoroughbred breeds OF
COWS have the exclusive production of
fine butter. What are known as COM
mon cows, if well selected and fed as
they should be, will make butter in no
way 1nferlir to the best. The first
premium has gone far more times to
the skill of the maj or woman who
made it than the breed of COWS.
Seventy-fve cent butter is more nearly
a fad affected by the rich than a re-
ward for any noticeable superiority of
the butter. The skill in making, the
dainty manner of putting it up, and
the exact regularity Of supplying the
fastidious customer, are about the only
differences. Some recent tests e to
show that the milk of a herd of mixed
bloods, we'll fed and cared for, is the
source of the finest favored butter.
Where the high bloods excel is in per-
sistant milking and high grade of milk.
American Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
Electricity for Cocxing Purposes,

In the last issue of the Electrical
World reference is made to a series of
calculations intended to determine
the eficiencies Of coal and electric
stoves for cooking, and although the
calculations are necessarily only very
crude they are of some interest. The
cooking efficiency, that is the ratio of
the heat used in cooking to the total
heat in the Goa, was found to be
three hundredths of one per cent.
Adding to that the heat used in heat
ing the water in the articles them
selves, as well as for washing, the
total all day efficiency was found to
40 per cent. Professor Tyndall OBJ
tanned six per cent.
Similar calculations are made for
an electric stove to do the same work,
and it is found that rs far as actual
cooking ~isconcerned electrical cooking
is about ten per cent. cheaper, but it
becomes thirty-fve per cent. more
expensive if the water is also heated.
Heating the water in a coal heater is
therefore suggested, which will have
an efficiency Of fifty per cent, and
then do the cooking. in an electric
stove, in which last there will be
practically no difference in efficiency.
In conclusion it is stated that the
electric oven is bound to I'M
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
Changes in tho Interior 0, the Earth.

Observations recently announced in
France suggest that changes involving
the displacement of immense masses
within the earth are going on. 1t has
been found that the force of gravita-
ton, or the weight of bodies, under
goes daily variations. These are rem
dered sensible by placing in the earth
q tube containing column of mercury
balanced by the pressure of hydrogen
contained in a closed vessel connected
with the tube, and registering by means
OF photography the alterations in the
level of the mercury. After all cor
rections have been made for the effect
oil changes of temperature, it appears
that certain sudden variations in the
level OF the mercury r only to be
explained on the theory that they are
due to changes in grayitation. These
variations last from fifteen minutes to-
an hour. They are, of conrse, very
small amounting at a maximum to only
one-twentieth Of q millimeter, but it is
thought that they may imply very.
great displacements of matter in the
interior oil the globe. New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
Spool Making.

Here. for instance. are huge stacks
of timber, and our ears are greeted
with the hum and birr so certainly as
sociated with a saw mill. This long
range of buildings is entirely devoted
to the making of spools. The ma
chimes employed are various. Here
the wood is being cut into short
lengths; there a hole is being punched
through the small round pieces while
Wonder, a machine shapes the rough
wood into a smooth spool in one swift
stroke.
1t is by means of the wood required
to make these spools that we get some
conception of the enormous output of
this factory. Each day there is as
much thread finished here as would
wind round the world several times,
and in order to produce spools for the
thread, it is calculated that an extent
of forest planted with birch trees
covering $50 acres has to be cut down
every year, while, on an average,
twelve ships of large-carrying capacity
are employed each season in bringing
the wood across to this country from
America and Canada. Good Words,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
Largest Range Light in the World.

The Lighthouse Board will shortly
BEGIN the construction of the largest
range light in the world on the pres
ent site of the Waackaack Beacon, just
east of Sandy Hook. The lens, which
was on exhibition at the Columbian
Exposition, is six feet high and three
feet in diameter. The lens cost S12.
900, and is of the best French make.
When placed on exhibition a small
light was put behind it, but the rays
were so powerful that it had to be re
moved and shown without q light. The
light from the new beacon will be
equal to that of a search light. The
light is a very important one, as 1t is
used by mariners entering the MALL
ship channel after rounding Sandy
Hook bound in.-Scientihc American.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
WISE WORDS.

%self-conceit is one of the first gods
men worship.
The party who refuses to forgive is
the one who is wrong.
The only way to have constant peace
ID to have constant trust.
There is hope for the man who is
conscious of his own faults.
The only thing that keeps a stingy
man from stealing is the risk of the
thing.
Love and hope always live together,
Kill hope, and love will bring it to life
again.
1t will be time wasted to undertake
to preach any higher than your own
experience.
It will not help your W crop any
TO throw stones at your neighbours
truck patch.
Many a mans religion, if boiled
down, would be found to be nothing
more than notion.
One reason why some 1nen do not
have better wives is because they are
such poor husbands.
The sun keeps right on shining, no
matter how much men have to say
about its black spots.
The man who has a kind word for
everybody will not need a brass band
to draw mourners to his funeral.
It is about as wise to sit on the limb
of a tree and saw it off, as it is to worry
about things we cannot help.-Ram's
Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
Commercial Importance of Peanuts.

The peanut has a great commercial
Importance aside from its roasted
state. The seeds contain from forty.
two to fifty per cent. of oil, which is
easily obtained by cold or warm ex.
preston. The first method yields q
superior oil, which none but an expert
can detect from the true olive oil, and
it may be used for the same purposes,
both on the table and in pharmacy. In
the latter method the beans are but
slightly heated before being submitted
to pressure, and the yield is much
greater; but the color is darker and
the odor more pronounced and less
agreeable. This second quality of
Arachis oil, as it is known, is used for
fine soaps, cerates and ointments.
Perfumers use it as the basis of their
cold creams and pomades ; and it is
also used for delicate machinery. The
west coast of Africa produces an al
most incalcuable crop to supply the
European demand, Marseilles alone
importing in one year I'VE 1C, 600, 900
bushels for use in the manufacture of
chocolate, while billions of bushels are
yearly carried to London, Hamburg,
Berlin and other places for oil. Very
large quantities are grown in India, for
home uses. Brazil, which is the true
botanical home of the plant, does
little more than supply her W mar
ket. Besides the use of the vines rs
fodder, a very valuable feeding cake
is made of the ground beans. 1t is ex-
ceedingly rich in f~esh-forming ele-
ments, has an agreeable taste, a mod
crate amount of oil, and is very di-
,sestible. New York Telegram.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
CLEAN CULTIVATION OF CORN.

There is a good deal of common
sense in the suggestions of a CORE
spondent of the Country Gentleman,
W. Il. Stewart, who writes from Ma
con County, North Carolina, on the
clean cultivation of corn. His es-
perience serves to show that care and
cultivation pay. This is what he says:
The past year Ihave made III more
of many experiments, tending to show
the results Of clean and frequent culti-
walton of corn. It is too commonly
considered that the culture Of this and
other similar crops is needed only to
keep down the weeds. And when the
weeds are subdued the corr vii! go on
and make a full crop without any
more attention. Thus tina habit OF
.slaying by the corn has come into
practice generally when the crop is SO
far advanced as to keep ahead of the
weeds, if possible, or at least has vigor
enough to grow in spite Of them.
This / have always contended is q
mistake. The corn needs all the food
it can get out of the land, and al
though there may be no weeds to
rob it, yet the frequent culture of the
land is indispensable to the full supply
of food for the crop. The feeding
roots of corn are to be found very neal
the surface. I have seen them ex.
posed by washes, between the rows,
after heavy rain, completely filling
the ground and have traced them
across three rows on each side of the
plant. This gives a spread of roots
for at least nine feet on each side of
the plant, and spreading in q fine net
work not more than three inches deep
in the soil. It was this experience
which caused me to contend vigor-
ously against the practice once advised
to corn growers, to prune the roots SO
that new feeders might be forced into
growth, and thus increase the vigor of
the plants. ] never could understand
how the destruction of these active
roots could be otherwisethan a serious
check and damage to the crop. by ar
resting Its growth at most critical
time. and thus denounced the error as
q delusion and d snare. But it fortu-
natelY had q short life, and we hear
nothing Of it now.
That these tangled, matted roots are
the real feeding organs Of the corn
plant is shown by the result of frequent.
shallow culture OF the soil. The effect
Of this is undoubtedly to hberate
food from the soil oy aiding in the de-
composition Of the organic matter IN
it, by that well known ability OF porous
substances to take in oxygen IN great
quantity, and thus become decom-
posed. This function Of matter seems
to be provided for The very purpose OF
rapidly decomposing dead organic
matter and turning it to useful pnr-
poses in feeding plants, and II Is very
evident that ne can aid this very much
by fitting the soil TO absorb the largest
possible quantity Of oxygen, which i
done by this frequent culture. This
loOeeps and opens the soil. and per
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
POULTRY NOTES,
A lazy hen is never a laying one.

A lazy hen is never a laying one.
Fresh eggs are heavier than stale
ones.
Glover will supply all the lime a hen
requires.
Common dust is the best exterm1n-
ator of lice.
Laying hens should be separated
from non-layers.
If you crowd your hens you must
expect fewer eggs.
Hens and cows should not be given
the same quarters.
Lime in some form should be sup
piled to the chickens.
Grit should be kept where the fowls
can get it at all times.
The eggs from fat and clumsy hens
are generally infertile.
1t is harder to fatten fowl in the
winter than in the fall.
When grain alone is given it is the
most expensive of all feed.
Inbreeding tends to increase infer
tility and to weaken the offspring.
Make the nest boxes warm at this
season by using plenty of cut hay.
Egg formation cannot go on when
the hen is suffering from cold or dis,
comfort.
1t is claimed that it is as profitable
to use land for pasture for poultry as
for COWS.
Dry-picked poultry keeps better
than scalded and always commands
high prices.
Save all your refuse bones and break
them up for the fowls, who will repay
you with more eggs.
Green food is greatly relished by
poultry and is of great value in pre-
venting constipation.
A lump of stone lime in a corner of
the poultry house will do much to-
wards absorbing moisture.
Apoplexy is caused by overfeeding.
Many poultry-keepers attribute it to
the use of too much corn.
Wood ashes in the poultry yard de-
stroy the color of the legs of the birds
and often make them sole.
The non-sitting breeds laya great
many eggs because they are of an ac-
tive habit and do not get fat readily.
If eggs are cheap in summer, on the
other hand the hens will cost little or
nothing to keep, SO that it will be all
profit.
After sulphur has been used to fumi-
gate the hen house the building should
be well aired before the poultry is re-
admitted.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
Curious Anatomy of the Snake.

The anatomy of the snake is pc
culiar, and has much to do with its
peculiar motion. The ribs are loosely
articulated with the v~ertebr@, and are
movable. BY bending the body in
lateral curves, which is the only mode
Of motion, and not the vertical bend
ing, as many think, the scales, which
are attached to the ends of the ribs,
are separated, and, by their free
edges, take hold upon the ground.
When the body is Strengthened out,
the ends of the ribs approach each
other, and so force the body forward,
then, by the bending of the other side,
this movement is repeated, and SO the
snake glides along. The same move
ment of the ribs and scalesforces the
animal through the water, as it swims
with the head above the surface, and
with it's body slightly submerged
New York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

mlts the air to circulate in it, and sup
plies this oxygen for the rapid decom-
position of the plant food in it. What
may happen to the nitrogen thus sepa-
rated from It's equivalent of oxygen no
n knows as yet but as we haveilall
along believed that the nitrogen of Che
air is absorbed by plants in some way,
and now we have learned how it is
done to some extent, why may not
this released nitrogen also be taken
up by the roots and made available
Tor plant food, after it forms combine
lions at present unknown to us?
1t is a matter of experience that
this culture of crops, Of whatever kind
they may be, does greatly stlmutst,
the growth, and the past season has
only repeated what I have seer every
year for thirty years, that the growth
OF the corn is increased and the ma
tsrlty OF the crop is fastened at least
two weeks. One-half of one Of ny
fields has been cultivated eight times,
the other half four times, another
field has been worked only three times,
and the most frequently worked part
Of the land shows to-day the good
effect of the frequent stirring of the
soil. 1t will easily make ten bushels
per acre more grain, and that will re-
pay the extra work several times over.
This is very important in this locality
1000 feet above sea level; and hav-
ing a short season for corn. as with
the larger growth, the crop SO cult
waited was mature for gathering the
fodder-the custom of the South
two weeks before the other fields are
ready, and every ear of cor in the
field, even that replanted where the
moles destroyed the seed, is ripe and
sound.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, " more promptly
adapting the worlds bess products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect Lax
alive effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts On the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the pane, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
Sued For Belling a Rat,

Troubled by rats a householder in
he Avenue de Neuilly, at Paris, man
aged to trap one Of the swarm, and,
being of a mechanical turn of mind,
slipped a collar furnished with q small
silver bell around the rodents neck
and set it free. The result was that
the rats disappeared from that special
house and migrated to another a few
doors off, where a studious man of
nervous temperament resided. Wax
ened in the night by a curioustinkling
sound, which came itfully, apparently
from every corner of the room, he be-
came convinced that his house was
haunted by day and by night, and lost
his health through anxiety and terror.
Having at length discovered the cause,
he has now commenced a lawsuit
against the man who belled the rat,
demanding heavy damages. - New
York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
August
Flower"

Miss G. G. McCLAvE, School
teacher, 753 Park Place, E1mira, N.
Y. "This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term in a
country school 1 was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that l
take August Flower. The very next
day 1 purchased a bottle. I am de-
lighted to say that August Flower
helped me so that l have quite re-
covered from my indisposition." @
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
FARM N GARDEN.
THE ~ovERwoRKED HORSE,

The trouble with the farm horse at
present is that he is suffering from a
spell of hard work, following suddenly
upon one of rest. The transition from
the do-nothing of the winter to the
rush and hurry attendant upon the
spring on a farm has been too much
for him. The change has been too
abrupt. The animal is worn out, and
will be injured permanently. if more
care is not given him-New York
World.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

Wisconsin raises every year s1o5,-
coo, 900 worth Of farm products. The
oat crop is 43, 900, 900 bushels; corn,
2s. 900, 900; wheat, 21 1000, 600; bar
lev. II, OOO, coo. The live stock is val
ned at 80, 600, OOo. Over 0 1000 square
miles arc underlaid by mineral de-
posts.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
Some Queer lullabies.

Such lines as these the Chinese
mother chants over her infant:
Snail. snail. come out and be fed.
Put oat your horns then your head,
And thy mamma will give thee mutton.
For thou art douoly dear to me.
The Arab tawny treasure seems to
be easiest sent into dreamland with the
following bucolic verse:
Sleep. my baby, sleep;
Sleep a slnnber hale.
Sweetly rest till morning light,
Myiittle farmer boy, SO bright.
And the little Zulu goes to:
Hush thee, my baby,
Thy mother DER the mountains n
There she will dig the little garden patch,
And water she'll fetch from the river.
The ancient Romans had a number
of lullabies. One began:
LalIa, lalla, lalla.
Aut dormi. aut lacta.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

Cotton has been cultivated since
time out of memory. One OF the
presents received by Jacob, Joseph's
father, from the royal hand of Pharaoh,
was a sscotton rope"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
PORE PICKLE.

bchk ftChLE.
A "Subscriber" wants "a recipe for
picking pork sweet the year round
A Subscriber" to another farm paper
says: Have your pork barrel perfect
~ tight-if it leaks the brine your
pork will be ruined. Begin by put
ting a good layer of salt on the bot
tom, then cut your "side meat into
pieces of a convenient size and make
a tight, closely fitting layer of meat
on this put another layer ofsalt, pack
ing all the crevices full; then another
layer Of meat, and so on, alternating
with salt and meat until all is packed
or your barrel is about full. Don't
put on a particle of water, or sugar,
or syrup, Or anything except salt.
The juices Of the meat will dissolve
the salt and make q pure, sweet brine
that should completely cover the meat.
Put a board with a stone on the top
to hold the a firmly down
and your work is practically
done. Remember, on no account
should a particle Of joint or a
bony piece go into this barreI-the
joint fluid will within even a day or
two ruin the brine. If all this has
been properly done-your meat per-
fectly clean and free from all bloody
pieces, as it should have been-noth-
ing more remains to be done. Bnt
usually it is safest after about six
weeks to pour the brine off, heat it
until it comes to a boil, then care
fully skim off all impurities, let it
cool and then pour it back again, and
if at any time there should not be
enough of brine to completely cover
the meat some must be prepared and
added. 1t should be borne in mind
that the great essentials to success
are strong, pure brine, plenty of it,
keeping the meat covered with it, and
the exclusion of all joints, bones, and
bloody pieces of meat. Pork pre-
pared and kept in this way will keep
sweet and good for years.
For making bacon the curing pro-
cess is the same as that above de-
scribed, the pieces to be taken out as
soon as sufficiently sailed, and then
smoked the same as the hams. Farm,
Field and Preside.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

a Canadian has made a collection Of
the l,nitons of officers Of every fegi
nsens and department q the British
army.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

Sea signals were invented and put in
operation during the reign OF james
1T