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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-13
ADIVINELY FAIR TRIO
THE HANDSOMEST THREE WOMEN
 IN NEW YORK CITY.

They Are Actresses and Have Lately Come Before the Pub1ic-Whether They Can
 Act or Not, However, DepOnent Does Not
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-13

day New York was in total ignorance ol her being, the next her picture was in ev- cry paper, her name on every lip. Curios. ity concerning her was rife, for she was soon to make her debut in farce comedy.
 She came; she appeared; she conquered. She is indeed beautiful woman.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
The Quail Looked U%nutterable Disgust.

Talk about your expressions on
the faces of animals" said the artist,
reaching for the tobacco jar. II saw
a quail once that exhibited disgust on
its c~ountenance as Enthusiastically as a
man could. I was out in the woods
%sketching, when 1 heard a quail give
its whistle Of challenge. T. returned
the note and soon got an answer.
Then I gave the birds focking signal.
I kept up my whistling, giving first
one signal and then the other, and
getting replies every now and then
which came nearer and nearer.
81 kept or with my sketching and,
in fact, didn't pay much attention to
the bird. I was sitting against a rail
fence. Suddenly the quail, which
had been following up my signals,
few on the fence just a little way from
me. I looked at it and the expression
on it's face was too funny for anything.
1t had been expecting a good, rafting
fight, and instead of finding an enemy,
had come upon me. [ was certain
from its look of disgust that it uttered
mentally a string of quail profanity.
If it met another quail within a u hour
I miss my guess if there wasn't a fierce
battle. New York Tribune. 90
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
HOW TO COOK GAME.

A great many h~ousekeepers are
chary about cooking game, as though
there were some mystery in its proper
preparation, and a good deal of non
sense has been talked about s'rare'
game which has perplexed and warned
off the ordinary person, who has no
appetite for raw flesh. As a rule, all
darh-feshed birds, like ducks and
grouse, should be cooked about as rare
as roast beef. so that the blood runs
from the knife. Birds with white
flesh, like partridge, should be as we'll
done as a barnyard fowl. A simple
rule for time allows eighteen or twenty
minutes roasting for either canvas
back or redhead duck, fifteen minutes
for teal, eighteen or twenty minutes
for grouse, twelve or fifteen minutes
for doe-birds. ten minutes for either
plover or woodcock, and eight or ten
minutes for English snipe. Tender,
plump quail require from fifteen to
eighteen minutes, and the average
plump partridge from t%hirty-6ve to
forty minutes. This implies the brisk
est heat the range oven can give, a
heat that will turn a sheet of writing
paper dark brown in ten minutes. =
New York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
WISE WORDS.

The breath of prayer comes from
the life of faitn. :
1t is laziness of mind which takes
away the taste for good books. 1.
The blue heaven is larger than all
the clouds in it, and much more last
ing.
Liberality consists less in giving
much than in giving st the right NO
ment.
One seldom repents of having said
too little, often of having said too
much.
A man is born for great things
when he has the strength to conquer
himself.
Nothing else is 50 pleasant as a good
and beautiful soul it shows itself in
every action.
Modesty is to merit what shading is
to the figures in a picture; 1t gives It
force and expression.
What is more glorious than to be
conquered, Oh rather to be willing to
be conquered by the truth.
Perhaps to suffer is nothing else than
to live more deeply. Love and scr
row are the two conditions Of a pro-
found life.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
HRAN AS POULTRY FOOD.

One advantage possessed by bran is
that it contains a fair proportion OF
the phosphates, and for that reason
may be used with the ration in orde,
to render it more complete. We d
not approve of feeding it in tt soft
condition if it can be used by sprink-
ling it on cut clover that has been
scalded, though a mess of scalded
bran and ground oats, early in the
morning of a cold winter day, IS very
invigorating and nourishing. Even
when the food is not varied some al
vantage may be derived, by way OF
compensation for omission of certain
foods, by the use of bran and linsee'
meal. Two pounds of bran, mixet
with n pound Of linseed meal and g
pound of ground meat, fed to the hens
once a day, allowing half a pint Of the
mixture to ten hens, will greatly add
to the reproducing materials. AS &
food for chicks, bran should always be
scalded and allowed to stand an houl
or two in order to soften. AS a ma.
terial on the floor of brooders to alb.
sorb the moisture, it is excellent, and
for packing eggs it serves we'll as a
protection against 3!rreakage. Farm
and Fireside.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
Stock Exchange Lingo.

On the Stock Exchange a s'bear" IS
o person interested IN having stocks
60 down in priee-he bears them
down. 4 "hull" wants stock to 60 up.
To sscornar' u stock or a commodity
is to get c~oetrol of all of Il, and so
put the pr1ce mp to persons Who wish
to buy. A person who has contracted
to deliver stock at q certain price Is
''cornered' or ''caught in q corner"
when other persons get control oftbat
stock. When a person has plenty Of
stock on hand, he is long Oh If,
when he has little, he is "short, and
a MANS sells short when he sells stocks
which he doesn't possess, intend
ing to buy it, and so fulfill his on
tract; q mar who sells short is a "bull
always. When you bay ION % mar
gin" you give your broker enc tenth
of the face value of the stock Won want
him to buy, and he carries it for
ysu if the price of the stock goes up,
you make money if it goes down yoa
lose. If it goes down more than "ten
points you lose the money you have
put up as ''margin," and. unless you
put up more margin, you lose al
claim on the stock, wen though the
price should advance again immedia.
tely. In England they call buying
con a margin buying con cover."-
New York Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
DONT's FOR THE WINDOW GARDEN

Don't forget that the plants will re-
quire plenty of fresh air on sunny
days. or thew viii resent the change
from their summer quarters.
Don't leave the door or window
open too long, unless the weather is
very mild, or the plants will become
chilled.
Don't allow a direct draught on the
plants, especially if the air is cold.
Admit it through q door or window at
some distance from the plant shelves.
Don't give too much water or try to
force the plants. Give them time to
become accustomed to their winter
quarters.
Don't forget to search for the cracks
that will let in the keen air. Stuff
them with folded newspapers.
Don't be sorry to give your only
rose or geranium blossom to your
sick neighbor. 1t may do her more
good than medicine.
Don't fail to keep a kettle of water
on the top of the sitting room stove or
the water pan filled in the %furnance.
Don't worry about the moisture
being unhealthy when it is necessary
to sit in the room with the plants.
You will be benefited as we'll as the
flowers.
Don't TAIL to use stimulants on your
Gala, and plenty of warm water if you
want quantities of the beautiful lilies.
Don't forget to look at the bulbs
which have been placed in the dark to
form roots. Some Of them may be
ready to bring into the light for
blooming.
Don't be discouraged if you can't
make the plants bloom while the days
are short and there is little sun. You
will notice 8 great change in a few
weeks.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BITS OF LAMP LORE.

Lamp wicks should have theleharred
part rubbed off with a rag kept for
that purpose. They should very sell
dom be cut. They should not be used
so long that the webbing becomes
tight and non-porous.
Lamps should be kept filed with
oil. It is bad for the wick and burner
when the oil left over from one even
ing's reading is made to do duty a Sec
ond time.
The tank should be filled again.
About once a month the wick should
be removed, tn burners unscrewed
and boiled in a little water in which
common washing soda has been dis
solved. This will remove the almost
imperceptible. coating of dust and
grease that forms on the brass.
The lamp chimney should be washed
in warm, soapy water each day, mop
made especially for such work being
used. When dried it should be pol
ished with soft newspaper or chamois.
Philadelphia Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03

Any kind of poultry may be i'm
proved by g. careful selection and
breeding. \
When fowls are clos ~ confined the
runs need spading up occasionally to
prevent them from becoming too foul.
Early broilers usually prove very
profitable Push the growth until they
will average two pounds and then sell.
Even in winter, if the hens are ex-
pected to lay regularly, care must be
taken not to let them become too fat.
The principal reason why cooked
food fattens the fowls more rapidly IS
because it is much more easily digest
ed.
AsmalI quantity of sunfoEer seed
given occasionally will add to the gloss
of the plumage !; a handful to a dozen
fowls will be enough.
If early broilers are to be raised,
especially if they are Matched in an in
cubator, a good brooder will be foun =,
almost indispensable.
It will pay to sell all the comm I
turkeys and make g new start with
some Of the better breeds like the
Bronze or Narragansett.
Bran, ground oats and cornmeal
make one of the best rations for grow
ing chickens. 1t NAV be improved
somewhat by baking and then crumbl-
ing.
Poult-y is generally cheap at this
season on account of the large quaint
! ties of it sent to market. Often it will
pay to keep and feed until a little
later.
The nests should be dark, warm and
supplied with good nesting material
which should be changed regularly,
| even in winter, to prevent its becoming
too foul.
In selecting out the hens, if there
are any that have proved themselves
exceptionally good mothers, it will pay
to keep them over if they are past two
years old.
Setting hens are scarce in winter, SO
if early chickens are wanted a good In
cubator will be necessary, the size de
pending upon the number Of chickens
to be Matched.
Leaves or chaff make a good litter to
| scatter on the floor, and by throwing
grain among it the fowls will be kept
busy scratching it over, aud in this
way take exercise.
One of the principal itemsin raising
chickens in the brooder is warmth. If
they get chilled they will crowd to-
gether in a brooder SO closely that
| some will be smothered.
Wheat is one of the best grains for
laying hens. 1t is rich in material for
growth, while stimulating to the egg
functions. At present prices it can
hardly be considered an expensive
feed.
With good treatment pullets Matched
in February will lay in September !;
those Matched in March will lay in
October, while those Matched in April
will usually begin layingin December.
st, Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
tsTbrOWl.g the Dart"

The City Of Cork, Ireland. still OBJ,
serves the ancient custom of 'Ethrow-
ing the dart It is performed once
in three years by the Mayor, in &C
cordance with the clause in the city
charter, to show the Mayors jurisdic'
ton over the harbor as admiral of the
port. At the ceremony last week the
Mayor invited nearly 500 guests, repre-
s%enting all classes and creeds, who
we're conveyed on two special steamers
from the custom-house quay right out
to sea till the limits of the jurisdiction
were reached, Mt a line between Poor
Head and Cork Head. Then the
Mayor, in his robes, after making q
short speech, advanced to the prov OF
the vessel and cast into the sea the
dart, which is made of mahogany,
tipped and feathered with bronze.
Both vessels then returned to harbor,
and the party landed on a small PENN.
suls called Paddy's Point, where
spacious tents were erected and
an entertainment provided. Chicago
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
{ PROMINENT PEOPLE,

EEMILH lola, the French novelist, Is fifty
three.
Y The Princess of Wales has been suffering
from influenza.
- D1Az, the President of Mexico, is sixty
three years of age. 8.
SARAH BERNHARD, the actress, was early
IN life a dressmaker's apprentice.
; SIR PHILIp WADEHoUsE CuRR1E has been
appointed British Ambassador to Turkey.
Miss M. E. B%RADDoN. the authoress, began
life as a utility actress in the English prov
inces.
SINCE the birth of the daughter of Count
ess Herbert Bismarck the ex-Chancellor' is a
grandfather six times.
THERE are three khans-Khiva, khokand
and Bokhara-who date the origin Of their
families back to- the Turkish invasion OF
Europe.
MURAr HALsrEAD, rudy, portly, white
haired and blue-eyed. young as he was
twenty years ago, continues TO give at least
twelve hours out of every twenty-four 20 his
Journalistic and literary work.
SENATOR WoLCorT. of Colorado, went to
Paris to be treated for double hernia. His
trouble was found more serious than was an
ticipated, bat the operation performed was
successful, and he is rapidly improving.
The Empress ofRussia is very fond of the
Danish black or rye bread, such as is baked
for the soldiers. During Her Majesty's Wis.,
its to Denmark she eats this lind of bread
every day, and when in Russia a loaf is sent
to Russia every fifth day.
NATHAN PARKER, President of the Man
chester On. H National Bank, is said to be
the oldest bank officer in active service in
the United States. He celebrated his eighty
fifth birthday recently by giving a dinner to
the employees Of his bank.
FERDINAND DE IEssEPs was eighty-nine on
November 19. but November 10 is not the
only anniversary of his life. His browning
work. the Suez Canal. was completed on No.
vember 19, and the highest honor he has at
tained~@that Of the Grand Cross of the Lee
gion of Honor-was conferred upon him on
the same date some years later.
Mr.. CRUMps the city editor of the London
Times, who has just been retired on a hand
some pension, looking back over his long
connection with that paper, reckons the OBJ
tanning of the exclusive announcement of the
crisis in the affairs of the great banking
house ofthe Barings for his paper rs the big
gest heat he ever accomplished.
= ONE of the favorite ideas of the late EN-
peror Frederick of Germany has just been
realized through the aid and money Of his
widow. Shortly before his death he planned
the establishment of a children's home at his
country seat, Bornstedt. His widow deter
minea to carry out his wishes. and a few
days ago the home was opened with impos-
ing ceremonies. .
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
Petroleum for Diphtheria.

In the village of Neuville-C Champ
d'Oisel, about nIne miles from Rouen,
France, a malignant type of diphtheria
broke out last Y ear. The country
doctor, NJ. Frederic Flahaut, treated
the cases in the usuaf way, but the
deaths were numerous. Remembering,
as he says, that the English use petro-
leum as an anti-spasmodic and an anti.
septic, he determined to try it as an
experiment.
His fret trial was IN the case of a
little girl seven years old. He had al
ready given her up and proposed to
the pare hts to MAKE the experiment,
which consisted in swahbing the throat
with common petroleum. He had
little hope Of the success of his new
! method, but to his establishment he
| noticed an Improvement after the tlrst
application. He continued the treat
ment and the child recovered. Then
he tried it successfully with his other
patients.
This year he had forty cases OF diph-
liberia to treat, and he was successful
in every one. In order to be perfectly
sure that the cases i'll question we're
mes OF malignant diphtheria, he had
the e~xpec+orated matter submitted to
the analysis e Professor Francois Hue
Of the Rouen College of Medicine,
and the professor reported that he
had clearly discovered the presence i'll
it If numerous baccilll of diphtherls
Moreover, his diagnosis was confirmed
by Drs. Leshaves, Lerefrit and Bailey
Of Rouen, the last named being the
physicIan-.n-chIef IN thst city.
The treatment presents little diff
Guilty or danger. The swabbing is
done every hour or every two hours,
according to the thickness of the mem
hranes, which become, as it were,
| diluted under the action of the petro-
leum. The brush, after being dipped
in the petroleum, should be shaken to
prevent any drops falling into the
respiratory channels. The patients
experience relief from the very first
application. The disagreeable taste
Of the petroleum remains fer q few
moments only.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
The Compliment Was Justified.

The other day a man of gentlemanly
appearance called at a house in a we'll
known suburb of a provincial town.
In answer to his knock the housemaid
came to the door
els MI. P in ?" said the gentle
man.
"He's just gone out, sir"
els Mrs. P at home?"
"No, sir ; she went out with mas.
ter"
"Dear me, how unfortunatel ]
wanted particularly to see one of them.
Can I leave a note?"
ooh, yes, sir. Come in, please
replied the girl, ushering the visitor
into the dining-room. But, instead
of leaving him alone, she rang for an
other servant, whom she desired to
bring writing materials.
The gentleman wrote his note, in
closed it in an envelope, addressed it,
and left it on the table.
This being done, he departed with
q p~rofusion of thanks to the maid,
who escorted him to the door.
On returning home, Mr.. P found
the note awaiting him. 1t a thus:
"four servant is no fool!"
This compliment was fully justified
by a paragraph in the next days
paper, giving an account of the
plumber of neighboring mansion by
a similar visitor.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
Elephant Shooting in Ceylon.

Our first attempt at elephant shoot
ing was in s'the Park" Appu Sinhu
made an excellent stalk, and H., who
had the toss, had the satisfaction of
shooting our first elephants bull
with short tushes. Next day it was
my turn i'll the thorn jungle. Appu
Sinhu took me up a game path to
within twenty feet of the herd-one
offered a fair shot, and down he went.
With screams of terror the herd fled.
My elephant struggled up again only
to perish by the left barrel. Fl. killed
u third as it dashed by him in a
game path, but not till he and NJ. had
emptieo their rifles into it. This was
a good beginning, but the firing had
disturbed thu game and we now had
to 60 farther atield for it. We found
it again IL the thorn JUNGLE rogue.
II. fred first, and the brute promptly
charged. but was turned with the sec
ond barrel. Knowing he would not
90 far, we advanced against him by
parallel game paths, He charged NJ,
who failed to stop him. NJ. tried to
r~etrest, caught his foot and fell on his
back. The brute stopped in the
smoke, and commenced beating for
with its trunk. NJ, Iafterwardl learned,
was trying silently to get in fresh car
tridges-the elephant being between
him and his tracker. Fortunately, L
caught a sight of the brute across the
+horns and gave him another ball. He
at once charged at the smoke, but the
Jungle or his wounds lmpeded him,
and gave me time to II a few yards
to windward. When he emerged l
brought him to his knees, and M,
who had followed him in the track,
gave him a coup de grace behind the
ear. Outing.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
IMPROVING COMMON COWS.

| The first effort at in-.-ement of
COWS is to feed them in the best man
ner. If they are kept for dairy pur-
poses the feed should be of the best
clover hay, with from four to ten
| pounds Of mixed cornmeal and bran
daily in two feeds. The quantity of
food should be gagged by the appetite
of each COW and its perfect digestion.
If the grain is wasted in the manure
the ration should be reduced until the
point of complete digestion is found,
and then the digestion should be cul-
tivated by gradually increasing the
food as it is seen to be fully digested.
If butter is the desired product the
food may be enriched with q proper
ton of oil-meal. As the food is re-
turned in quantity of butter, it may
be slowly increased until the ultimate
productive point is reached, and this
should be extended, if possible, by
gradual steps. Thus the COW will gain
a habit of feeding and producing
well, and then comes the breeding for
progeny of improved kind. A pure
Jersey bull is to be used if butter is
wanted, and if milk a pure Holstein or
Ayrshire. The calves should be
weaned from the first, and fed after
the fourth day on warm skim milk;
when q month old a little of the grain
food of COW is given, as it will eat it,
end this gradually, but slowly, in
creased. The warm milk is fed five or
six months, by which time a fine,
large calf will be made. In every way
possible the calf should be encouraged
to eat the best of food, that it may be-
come a strong, healthy animal, able
to turn the most food into growth
while young, and into milk afterward.
Then, in time, this young animal be-
comes a COW, and the same plan is fol-
loved up. In q few years the herd
will become as valuable as q pure-bred
enc, at only . fourth or less OF the
cost. This is how farmers make their
work most profitable by improving all
things on the farms-Praciical Far
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
German


MY niece, Eme1ine Hawley, was,
taken with splitting blood, and she
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds of medi.
cine bat nothing did her any good.
Finally she TOOK German Syrup and
she told me it did her more good
than anything she yer tried. II
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite. /
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. q
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
An Old Mans Medicine.

What could be a prettier sight
than a bot of children playing to-
Sether?' said an old man yesterday as
he peered through the iron bars of the
fence At the Second Ward School chill
dren taking their morning recess. I'm
Al old man now, he continued, land
we CID men viii get sad and feel blue
often, but | have @ regular medicine
that cures me and makes me feel Young
again. [ lust come down here and
watch the children" Just then o bell
ran and the scholars promptly fell In
line preparatory to enteringt the school
building. ''That's not the way we
used to DO" unused the old man.
THAT bell when ! went to. school
would have been a signal for a scramble
for the door. and we would have piled
into the old log scncolhousa, climbing
one over the other. There were not
SO many restrictions put upon us in
those days, yet I think they turned
out Just as good men As the last
sch. lar entered the building he turned
and walked to his home. the medicine
having had the desired effect.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.