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Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23
NEWS BY WIRE,
LoNDoS-In the battle between the ;hiBese and Japanese naval fleets, On

Japapese warships Ne.u ,.. Although victory was with ''" th.'- ese, the Japaasse ,i-il ;i,, 90. ....'.. ,heir object, wh.t:. .as !,,>en;.:IE :ar Chinese desliaed 10 reinforce A. Chinese in Cora AL"tL,r Iernit says the troops were successfully land ed, but the Chinese lost hve ships.
 ALBANy-Goyernor Flower an nounced today that he is not can dieate for renomination. He made known this determination after long interviews with Senators Hill and Murphy.
 WAsHiNGToS-General Armstrong, assistant commissioner cf Indian al- fairs, speaking of the changes oi United States troops and the abandon ment Of several military posts in the west, says it will have no effect what ever upon the Indians. There is more danger" be sad from anarch in Chicago than from all the Indians in the west. Indian wars are thing of the past"
 DALLAS, Tex-Three millions of bonds are said to have been sold to an English capitalist for a railroad be- tween the Manitoba line and the gulf of Mexico. The same amount more is said 10 be ready to be taken when the bonds can be prepared. LoNDoN-The Daily News says one of the wealthiest manufacturers cf iron and steel in England states that he and several friends are satisfied with the tin plate prospects in the United States, and will start big plant here at an carly day. ] DENvER-t h-!:ographic message was se.c. lS3 mics here today, break ing all previous records.
 NEwPoRT-It is given out that MT and Mrs. W. K Vanderbilt have patched up their differences, and will splurge some more this season in their marble palace a, this watering s place.
 SAN FRASCIsCo-Jones will disre- gard the demand of the republican state committee that he resign at once, because that would give Gov ernor Colcord an opportunity to ap- point a republican al Jones' success or For that reason he will wait until tho Nevada legislature meets and then resign, offering himself as a candidate to serve out his own unex- pired term.
 WAsHINGToN-The recently pub. lishe book entitled, "If Christ Came to Congress" has been detained in the mails, pending an investigation by the postoffice of the alleged ob- scenity of the publication. The author Is NJ. NJ. Toward of Alabama, who expects to be nominated for congress by a populist convention to be held tomorrow.
 SARAToGA-Leyi P. Morton was nominated for governor today. The convention was not attended by any exciting incidents.
 GALEsBURG, IlI.-Fifteen thousand people yelled themselves hoarse this afternoon when the great trotting queen, Alix, beat the worlds record by coming under the wire in 2.034.
 WAsHIYGToE-The bicycle is to be used in the army. An officer of the Signal Corps stationed in Texas has been authorized to purchase bicycle having a reel attachment. It is in- tended to use this machine in the construction of telegraph lines. The reel will carry the wire, and will pay it out as the bicycle travels along. WAsHIYGToX-Th confirpiatory news received today by Secretary Gresham Of the defeat of the Chinese
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

D. D. Hoag and J. E. Laureme, Kansas City. are stopping at the San Jose.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

Judge Bethune has denied the motion for a new trial in the case oi Wagner vs Bauer.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

TIE cylinder head of Connecticut locomotive blew out while at full -ccH The trains momentum carried .t ,o .he station, five miles away. with yut pound of steam.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

James Burnett of Huachuca is regis tered at the Palace.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

IT is not necessary for man to be college bred to be a thoroughbred, either in politics or social life.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

Gus Heymsn came in today and is registered at the San Jose.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

From Thursddy's Ddiiy.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
 Worlds Fair Highest Award.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23
AT WOLCOTT'S,

A few of the articles to bs sold at
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-09-23

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
ROLLING LAND;

The tests at the various Experiment
Stations in the country give the follow
ing results:
Q) Rolling land makes the temper.
allure of the soil at LIS inches below
the surface from one degree to nine
degrees Fair. warmer than similar un-
rolled ground in the same locality, and
at three inches from one degree to six
degrees warmer.
~ Rolling land by frming the soil
increases its power of drawing water
to the surface from below. and this in,
Huence has been observed to extend to
a depth of three to four feet.
(3) The evaporation Of moisture is
more rapid from rolled than from I'M
rolled grctnd, unless the surface soil
is very wet, and then the reverse is
true, and the drying effect of rolling
has been found to extend TO q depth
of four feet.
az Observations on oats, clover,
peas and barley seeds indicated that
Gin cases Of broadcast seeding, germ
ination is more rapid and more COM
plete on rolled thun on unrolled
ground" The yield of oats WAS in
creased by rolling.-American Far.
mel.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
First American Steam Locomotive.

After III has spent q day viewing
the splendid railway exhibit ut Chic.
ago's great Fair, or even the showing
made Mt our own Exposition, it IS diff
fcult for him to realize that every
thing relating to that branch of in
dustry is the result Of but sixty years
labor. All the giant strides that have
been made in the railway enterprise
of America have been brought about
within the memory Of many men and
women who daily walk the streets OF
st. Louis. In 1881 the railway (?)
connecting Albany with Schenectady,
n. Y, had less than q dozen cars, each
drawn by two horses! Later on, in
1882, I believe, locomotive engines
were introduced, but as the railway
ran ur and down hill, just as the
wagon roads ofto-day, the Locomotives
had to be assisted by stationary en-
sines, thus making double expense.
The very first steam locomotive
constructed III America was made by
the Kenbles Company of West street,
New York, in 1630-31. This pioneer
American triumph of the mechanics
art was shipped by sailboat from the
manufacturers shops to Charleston,
S. c., where it was put together and
first used on a short freight road be-
the city last named and a small place
called Hamburg, st. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
MoLAssE5.

In making sorghum molasses the
juice should be run into three watts of
sufficient capacity to keep at least two
hours ahead of the boiling. As each
vat is filled stir in unslacked lime I'M
til litmus paper dipped in the juice
will not change in color. The lime
will neutralize the acid and cause
more impurities to rise with the u
After the lime juice has settled for two
hours draw into a defactor and boil
down.
When drawing the tap shonld be
two inches above the bottom of the
tank to allow the sediment to settle.
After use the vat should be thoroughly
cleansed. The boiling should b. done
as rapidly as possible. It is the slow
snd uneven boiling that colors the
syrup. A good boiler will keep the
pan filed with a white foam. Cool
the molasses rs rapidly as possible
Farm and Heme.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A slow mixer will r,,in the best
COW.
Give a horse drink before feeding
| grain.
The best colts may be spoiled in
breaking.
Nursing sheep is doing the work at
the wrong end.
No fruit is SO sweet as that picked
from your own vine.
Horses are often unconsciously i'll.
treated by their owners:
A mixture of wheat and corn is
| good to finish off the hogs.
Young sows should not be bred un-
til they are at least eight months
old.
When the pastures dry up the COWS
dry up, too, unless other food is pro.
vided.
Unskilful blacksmiths are respon-
sible for a great proportion of the
Lameness,
The best farmers abroad keep the
land covered with something the
whole season:
Sheep produce four crops-mutton;
| wool, lambs and manure. They also
destroy weeds.
The greatest improvement made in
market stock has been the gain id
early maturity:
When the horses are heated they
should be covered with a blanket
while left standing.
It is said there never was a gray
horse that did not have either a gray
dam or a gray sire.
To dry horses legs after washing.
there is nothing better than sawdust
well dried and then well rubbed Id.
Every owner thinks he has the best
horse, but when it comes to buying q
horse he always runs it down until the
purchase is made.
The difference between good and
poor care in many cases determines the
difference between profit and loss in
the keep Of stock.
It is said that d peck Of naturally
dried peaches given three times a day
during the peach season forms an ex-
cellent feed for horses.
Some people object to bsgging their
grapes on the plea that the flavor of
those SO treated is not quite equal to
those ripened in the sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
Animal and Invalid Diet.

Foods that will keep q we'll person
healthy may kill the sick. Or o diet
of beef tea, which will build up an in
valid, healthy men rapidly lose their
strength. Rare, juicy beef, which is
the most nutritive Of all meats, and
which nourishes the healthy, is the
least nourishing of all foods for the
sick person, whose feeble stomach can
assintilate nc part Of it. The hutri-
tive power Of milk is tefy much I'm
detestimated. There is more flourish:
ment in a pint OF milk than there is in
q quarter of q pound of beef. But
this is not the whole question Of irya-
lid dieting. Chemistry has far less to
do with the subject than the patients
stomach, which must have not what ID
most nourighing, but what it u as
simulate with tile least exertion. The
food that a sick person. likes and hum
gers for is Invariably what hatufe re.
quires. Tbs perfect animal may ba
fed, the invalid must be fostered with
simple but delicately served morsels.
The cheek of q broiled lamb chop, a
checker of toast, a spoonful of jelly
and an eggshell of hot milk-those are
the dainties that provoke appetite. -
New York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
The Letter ssJ', as a Mascot.

Is the letter 'sJ,n like the letter
"E,' so indispensable that it is as diff
icult to find q list of names without
the former appearing in it as it is to
find a complete sentence in which the
latter does not occur? Is the above
the cause of it's frequent appearance
in the names CT Americas great men,
Or is it really d mascot letter?
Beginning with our Presidents l find
it as the first initial letter in the names
of eight : the only President Of the
C~onfederaey also began his name with
the "little mascot" In the list of
the Vice Presidents I find it six times,
divided equally between the Christian
and the surnames. Among the names
of the Presidents pro tenn of the Sem
ate it occur twenty-five times, and
among the Speakers of the House four
teen times. Thirteen of the Secre-
5aries of State commenced their first
names with 81 and one used it as
the initial of his surname. IL tbs
realm of Justice the record is equally
# not 20 startling, twenty-one out
Of a total of fifty-fve Chief Justices
and Justices beginning either their
first or last name with it. Besides the
above we find it in nearly all the null
timillionaires Of the country, VIE John
Z. Rockefeller, J. J. Aston, Jay Gould,
in Sears, j. S. Morgan. J. B. Hag-
gin, j. w. Garrett, John Wanamaker,
J. G. Fair, John w. Mackay, J. G.
Flood, John Arbuckle, j. B. Stetson,
John Clafin, Joseph Pulitzer and
dozens of others. st. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
THE DEPTH TO PLANT WHEAT.

The result of an experiment made
by the North Carolina Agricultural
Experiment Station at Raleigh 10 test
the best depth to plant wheat is as fol-
lows: The average yield per acre when
planted at q depth of two inches was
24.5 bushels planted thres inches
deep, it was 32.1 bushels per acre: It
will be seen, therefore, hat the de
cided preference lay with the three
inch planting. In this test, the seed
was planted very late, on the 24th of
December, after turnips had been
taken off the land. OThe depth of
planting was carefully gagged by q dib-
BILE. The best stand on the following
28th Of March was noted on the shall
low planting, and the more scattering
stand on the deepest planting, though
the plants on these last were almost as
large and vigorous as the others. 1t is
probable that with an earlier sowing
the result Of the deepest planting
would have been more favorable.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
SELECT STRINGS.

Portugal's royal crown is worth
| Sc, 500, 600.
An Arctic owl wss recently captured
in Freeport. Ne.
The total production of coal in Ohio
last year was IA, 500, 9O8 tons.
A Philadelphia hat dealer says his
least profit is in selling silk hats.
On an average O locomotive engineer
travels 20, 900 miles in the course Of a
year.
j. A. McBrayer, of Anderson, Ky,
has killed 237 rattlesnakes in seven
years.
In the year 76O A. D., Pope Paul l.
sent the only clock in the world as a
present to Pepin, King of France.
Needles we're first made with every
rude machinery in 1545. At that date
a workman did well if he turned out
ten q dav.
Roman colonial coins bore a number
of banners corresponding to the num-
Der of the legion whose veterans had
occupied the country.
One variety of the India rubber tree
(Ficuselastica) hasleaves of the deepest
green, each provided with q narrow
border of very bright red.
The loftiest volcano is Popocatapetl,
Mexico. It's crater is 1000 feet deep
and three miles in circumference. The
mountain is 17,784 feet high.
The longest wooden bridge in the
world is a trestle work over Lake Port
chartrain. New Orleans. It is of
cypress piles and twenty-five miles
long.
The dogs which Chinese epicures are
said to be most fond of are a peculiar
species of canine noteworthy for the
enti1e atserce IF any disposition to
bark.
The mountain of Fujis1an, in Japan,
is actually in motion. 1t is IL, 400 feet
above sea level, yet the power of the
winds in those quarters causes it to
sway from side to side.
One of the largest wire cables ever
made has been completed by q Liver
pool firm, The rope has a continuous
length Of four and o1te-lialf miles and
weighs over twenty-five tons:
Queen Victoria has fifty-fve dogs OF
all sizes and breeds in her palace.
They are housed with more care for
their comfort and are better fed prob
Ablv thar any other dogs in England.
Not less than fifteen hundred (l5O0t
people were trampled to death in the
crowds which gathered at the fete
given in celebration of the marriage
ofLouis XVI. of France, June21 j, ITO.
The British ironclad Royal Sover.
eign covered the distance from the
Eddystone Lightship to Gibraltar in
sixty hours twenty minutes, her aver
age sped being fifteen knots on hour.
In computing the age the Chinese
always reckon back two years from the
celebration of the first birthday :; or,
in other words. as though the person
had been one year old at time of birth.
Mount De Angus. otherwise the
'twater Volcano is situated about
twenty five miles. south of the capital
of Guatemala. 1t takes spells @ fvonit:
ing immense torrents of pure, Cold
water.
Gagged lions and tigers. pumas and
jaguars take no notice of the men and
women passing in front of them. but
let a dog be, brought ahywhers near
the cage and they show their savage
nature at once: and spring UP, glatiHg
out s~avageiy:
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
A Ruined Wedding Cake.

An English gentleman residing in
Calcutta has brough an action against
a firm of Paris pastry cooks and con
PETITIONERS under rather interesting cir
eumstances. The plaintiff was about
to be married, and ordered what has
been calleda phenomenal wedding cake
from the defendants. A sum of $3.50
was paid down for the cake on deliv-
cry. The colossal and expensive arti-
Gle of confectionery was packed By the
plaintiffs order, and he took it with
him to- alcutta. On opening the case
containing the cake when he arrived
in India the Englishman found that he
had literally nothing but a shs peless
q Of crumbs. The splendid gateau
had been hopelessly bruised and broken
during the voyage. An action was
then brought against the Paris firm
for a sum of $135, which included, be-
sides the price paid for the cake, the
cost Of packing and transport. The
defendants maintained before the Paris
tribunal of commerce that they had no
more responsibility after they had de-
liyered over the cake to the person
who ordered it. It was true that they
recommended a packer, but that ex-
pert acted under the orders of another
individual, who had been selected by
the plaintiff to superintend the opera.
tion. The tribunal decided in favor
of the defendants. Paris Letter.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
A Musical Phenomenon.

A stringed instrument suspended in
q favorable position year a pianoforte
will sound when tones corresponding
to the open strings are produced on
the pi%anofortc. The volume of the
answering tone will depend upon at.
m~ospheric conditions, the quality and
color of the persuading tone and the
sensitiSeness Of the responding ma
terinf. There IL q familiar ancclote
told Of q famous tenor, who, by sing.
ing the tone that was consonont with
that Of q wine-slass, could make the
glass shiver 50 siolently that it would
fall to pieces. 1t is because of this
tonal sympathy that the cause of a
harsh, rafting tone that may suddenly
appear III a planoforte is detected with
difficulty. Though it may appear to
be in the instrument, it is often far
avs and may come from a loose globe
or pendant on It chandelier. Even a
key in q door has been known to he
the guilty cause.-Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
first Importance in the general make
I'M pf @bo Io.,o

first Importance in the general make.
up of the horse.
If the colts feet are properly cared
for during the first WRITER, even only
moderately well develop d feet may be
made quite promising. The feet
should he trimmed often and kept
quite free from foreign matter that
may induce disease Of any kind, and
the trimming will have the greatest
tendency to prevent pockets for the
Judgment of foul material.
The feet should be kept level and the
wall trimmed to almost even with the
sole of the foot, with the edges of the
trimmed wall nicely rounded to keep
them from splitting and breaking. Ii
The colt stands with his toes outward
the outside of the foot toward the toe
should be kept a little the lowest
(shortest) all the time. If the toes
turn inwardly pigeon toed) then the
inside toward the toes should be kept
the lowest (shortest).
While the colt is young and his
bones comparatively soft the position
Of his feet may be very much changed
and defects almost completely rene
died by carefully trimming the feet,
whereas if allowed to grow in a defec-
tive manner it is next to impossible to
make any radical change after the
bones have soliditiel. Many very
valuable horses have been radically
ruined by neglect of their feet in early
life, The majority of horse raisers pay
little or no attention to the feet at all,
thinking that they will come out Q.
K, anyway. This is simply trusting
to good luck, and this alone will not
always quite do. Particularly the
road horse is often ruined by the ne
slect of his feet during the first winter
of his life. His feet are permitted to
grow out ofshape, which induces the
bones to take on the form that after,
wards makes him ali inferior behind
Of q s'knee-banger" in front, to say
nothing of the danger to his tendons.
How strange it is that We will go to
so much pain to breed a good colt and
then to neglect the most important
points as to unfit him for the duties
that his breeding naturally adapts him
for, isn't it? Give the colts feet the
proper care and attention while young
and very much will be done to endow
the horse with a true and solid foun.
dation-the most essential feature of
his organization for usefulness
Western Hprseman.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
CARE OF THE wEANLlse's FEET.

"A correspondent in an exchange
writes that one Of the most important
and yet most neglected features Of the
weanling colt are the feet during the
first winter. The feet are to the fu-
tnre horse what the foundation is to
the house. If the feet are defective it
lie certainly an abridgment to the use
fulness Of the horse, as his utility is
largely dependent on his ability to get
shout, and good feet are Of the very
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
BARLEY O HOGS.

Hitherto, corn has been looked up
on as the food for hogs, but it has of
late been discovered that too much Of
it, beside injuring the health of the
animal, has a tendency to harden the
flesh. Recent experiments have proved
conclusively the value of barley for
the production of pork, and the Can
adian farmers have taken up the idea
eagerly, They have shown themselves
more progressive than the American,
and it looks as if they would soon ex-
Gel in the hog industry. 1t slime for
our farmers to be up and doing.-New
York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10

Flower"

Zone of my neighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time All thought him pastrecovery.
He was horribly etnaclated from the
inaction of his liver and kidneys.
It IS difficult to describe his appear
nee and the miserable state of his
health at that time. Help from any
SOURCE seemed impossible. He tried
Your August Flower and the effect
upon him was Magical. II restored
him to perfect health to the great
establishment of his family and,
friends" John Quibell, Holt, Ont 9
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
A Legal Suggestion.

Rufus Choate, having arrived at the
o~ld-sighted age, did not recognize it,
or did not wish to commence the use
of glasses. . In pleading a cause he had
difficulty in seeing his notes, and in
order properly to decipher his manu-
script kept holding his paper farther
and farther of. On one OCCASION this
sc annoyed the Judge that he OF last
burst out with:
"Mr. Choate, I would advise you to
get one of two things, either a pair of
tongs or q pair of spectacles, New,
York Mail and Express,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-10
Bad Reputation Of Lake Erie.

Lake Erie has d bad reputation in
two regards. Being SO shallow she
gets into a rage very quickly, and she
seldom gives her dead. The schooner
Finney vas lost two years ago on that
same t~reacherous north shore, a shore
of honey-combed rocks, shoals and en-
quilting sands, and there is no word OF
Captain Riordan or his crew. The list
is long of vessels seer last on that lee
shore that are still on the unreported
list, Buffalo IN. " Express.