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molds Its walls into truthfulness and
beauty Of expression-then will we
begin to formulate one of our orders"
To be truly American they must be In
expensive, for the theory of republic
anism is that the only worthy ends of
earth-culture and refnement-are at
tainable without wealth. Without
doubt the principles of economy and
practical convenience govern the de-
signing of a modern house more than
scientific method, and are attended
with more or less success in proportion
to the knowledge and experience of
the designer. A good designer must
possess the faculty of being able to
conceive the proper thing and to put it
in its appropriate place. A permanent
home should be built with car and
planned with special reference to the
wants and necessities Of the family.
Let us have permanent homes built in
accordance with the times, and Of mod
r styles.
! have the pleasure of illustrating
herewith a conveniently planned dwell
ing In a sty lie Of design suitable for a
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suburban residence. 1t Is well con-
structed and finished throughout and
when surrounded with ample grounds
1t is very effective, In the first story
the parlor, library, hall and dining
room are SO located and connected as
to be easily thrown together. The
kitchen is located in the basement be-
low the dining-room and reached by
stairs and dumb waiter from the pan
try, from which also rise the back
stairs to the second floor. The pantry
Is thoroughly equipped.
The principal rooms are all large,
we'll lighted and nicely finished, each
having an open fireplace with rich wood
m~antels. The principal feature Of the
interior are the hall and staircase
These are trimmed in oak, the walls
being paneled four feet high. The
ceiling is heavily beamed, forming deep
panels. The hall has a parquet floor
and a staircase with carved newels and
. pane1ed diven on the first landing.
The stairway is lighted by stained
glass windows, shedding q soft and
pleasant light through the upper and
lower hall. The fireplace is built OF
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
FARMER ANDPLANTE
LESSON TO DA,RYMEN.
Aim to Get the Most Eutter When the
Article IL Highest.

Aim to Get the Most Futter When the
Article Is Highest.
VIII not the prevailing low prices for
butter during the summer show the
aairymen, who depend upon the ruling
Of the market, that in order to get any
money out of cows they must not be ii
full flow of milk during hot weather.
Cows which are to calve in the fall
IRE going dry. This is as it should be
"A full flow in autumn and winter and
a falling off in summer when butter is
cheap. Taking the country through,
not one farmer in ten has any
other market for his butter but
that afforded by the grocery
stores, where good, bad and in
different all sell alike. While this
seems foolish to the regular customer
dairymen, who, whether butter comes
down to ten cents or not is sure of his
price, it is a fact just the same. These
same grocery-store butter makers
might by a little forethought avoid be.
ing placed in a situation where the
only alternative lies between selling at
ap-extremely low price and holding
their butter until fall, hoping for a rise
in thfprice. .
The I'D way of having all the COWS
calye in the spring and go dry early in
the winter has obtained SO firm a foot
hold that it seems impossibleso dislodge
it from some mems minds. Yet nothing
but q direct reversal Of this practice
will bring profit to the general farmer
out Of his cows. Plan to have the cows
calve in October and the two following
months. Butter then brings its best
price, while the cows are fresh and do
ing their best. Then when hot wealth
er comes and the price begins to drop,
when pastures fail, when flies are trou-
blesome and the work of making good
butter is almost an impossibility, un-
less supplied with more conveniences
than the average farmhouse possesses,
let the cows take a vacation. It is Just
when all possible lime is needed in the
f~eld-another point in favor of not
having much milking to do.
Many men object to winter dairying
because it takes SO much grain. Years
ago. when we began housekeeping, we
had but two cows. Upon these cows
we experimental with feed and
watched the results in the milk-pail
and churn. We found that with but
ter no higher than sixteen cents per
pound our. COW paid us twice over for
the grain they consumed at market
prices. We often, now that the two
COWS have increased to twenty or more,
hear men ask: How can you afford to
feed SO much grain?' But when the
butter pays for the grain several times
over, we do not hesitate to "shove in"
the feed.
Summer dairying will probably al
ways be followed by some men. They
are the men who dislike to milk and
take care of COWS when it is cold,
whose stables are far from being COM
Portable, and whose cows are of the
scrub variety. They are willing to
take a pail on their arm and go out to
the barnyard to milk, but can not bear
to milk in a stable. When winter
comes. they prefer to sit by the
stove rather than milk; so the milk
dwindles down to enough for coffee,
and sometimes to none at all.-Country
Gentleman,
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A SIMPLE and effective preventive for
the presence Of flies in a room Is to
place a little sweet clover on a table.
Flies have a strong antipathy to the
plant.
SOME one has hit upon the idea OF
using aluminium in the formation OF
bodies of cabs, and experiments Ire at
present being made in Paris to test the
practical value of this metal for that
purpose.
A COMMITTEE of the French war de-
partment has, after prolonged investi-
cation, reported in favor of a new kind
of buckler made of aluminium and cop
per. 1t can be made light enough not
to be burdensome, and yet strong
enough to stop even the modern rifle
ball except at short range
A SCIENTIST, discussing Che canals Of
Mars, is disposed to accept the view
that only the middle Of the canals Is
water. The great width Of the visible
dark lines is probably due to a fringe
of vegetation. Indeed, he suggests the
possibility that one ravine may carry
two rivers flowing in opposite direc-
tions.
THE substitute of camel's hair, cotton,
paint and chemicals for leather in ma
chinery betting is said to be meeting
with some success by manufacturers
who have examined into the matt,,r.
It is an English invention, and the ma
terial is claimed to be stronger than
any other betting, mor durable. more
efficient and as low priced.
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HERE N THERE.

1t pays to take considerable pains
to epa the soil in a good filth be-
fore sowing the seed.
Trying to farm without an agris
cultural paper is as absurd as a novel
without out a hero, or a dinner with.
out potatoes, or a town dude without .
mustache.
Wit stock, as with nearly all other
farm products, tho best time to sell is
When they are fully ready There is
usually very little advantage in feed.
ing later.
Look after the shelter. It'll better
TO have the shelter ready two weeks
before il is needed than to be one day
behind and have the stock exposed to .
cold storm.
The early chicks will make the
early layers when eggs are high next
spring. In good warm quarters they
will begin business in midwinter and
keep it up, if properly fed.
While with nearly all classes Of
stock it is usually advisable to let run
out during the day as long as the
weather will permit, it is often a good
plan to commence sh~eltering at night
in good season.
The most important point in a mich
cow is digestion. No matter about
blood color or temperament, It digestive
power isdefcient she will not be profit
able. A COW is simply q machine for
converting animal food into human
food.
There is better health among rov.
ing fowls because they get the food
which IS best for digestion. and get the
necessary grit to help the gizzard do
its work. We should make this q study
and profit BY it.
LIN beginning with thoroughbred
poultry, it is best to begin with the
best. II you are not able to buy as
MANY as you would like, buy what you
can, but get them good.
Some farmers who try TO make 2
sell butter not only do not know os
to make good butter. but do not know
rood butter when they see iI Ihe
writer partook of some recently ut the
table Of an old and intelligent farmer.
III was commended as genuine goods.
all wool and q yard wide It's csas
sistency was that Of . half-whipoess
egQ; Its color white, and il fsaverin
descripable. Il was worse hssH riea
margarine
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
ARGUMENTS THAT COUNTED.
How a Young Michigan Lawyer Wen HI
Frat Casa in COnrf.

How a Young Michigan Lawyer Wen His
First Case in Court.
1.-THE old justice court practice
throughout Michigan is not what it
used to be- remarked a native of that
state the other day. 'In the early
days a lawyer procured d very fair live
lihood in his practice in the justice
courts, and it was the best possible
training for a young man.
DO you know, it is a curious thing,
the manner in which l won my first
cast in those pioneer days?9 The court
house was an old barn, a very barren,
cold plat\ I had to swing my arms
lively to keep warm. and the jury kept
stamping their feet TO keep up the cir
culation.
Il fought the case with all the en-
ergy of a young man fresh from Ann
Arbor and anxious to win laurels. My
opponent was no less energetic, and 1t
looked like a stand.of. It's happened
that neal the barn was an old shooting
gallery, and during recess n OF the
six jurymen said:
why don't you fellers shoot for it"
ut was a novel proposition. l had
expected to win by the force OF my
~eloquence, but, after all, the NEAR did
not matter if the result was only what
I wanted.
Very we'll. ! ain wiling said.
My opponent sized me up critically
and then said:
"'Well, ! guess | can wallop you.
$50 the jury arranged themselves on
the fence, where they could witness
the spectacle, the judge seated himself
on a barrel, and was designated to act
as referee. while the spectators, all OF
whom were farmers, scattered them
selves here and there enjoying the
novel sight of a civil case being set
tied in this highly original manner.
NY opponent raised his rifle. and-bang!
"a bullseye.
The crowd shouted and my client
looked glum.
THAT 'ere's a powerful argiment,'
said one of the jurymen.
"'Perhaps / can answer it, [ re-
marked in a jaunty manner, although
/ was not half so confident as l looked.
Il took careful aim and let go.
"'Whoop!' yelled one of the jurymen,
Right in the center of the white spot
"'That's a better argument than the
fust by a long sight commented the
first juryman.
"'Yes: a very convincing law point
remarked the judge.
"'I'Il see if l can't find authority to
refute it, answered my opponent, TAX
ing aim.
"The bullet struck the edge of the
white.
Your proof hardly applies com-
mented the court.
"'Perhaps before 1 am through, your
honor, I will find the proper authority
"Well, sir, l shot all around~that fell
low. If he struck the edge of the bulls
eye, 1 hit the center: if he missed it by
three inches, l missed it by two inches.
"'He's the chap that knows Black
stone
"'There's the kind of arguments that
win
"And so on, they kept encouraging.
Finally my opponent threw down his
gun. with the remark:
"'Your honor, we rest our case
"'I don't think we need to say any
thing further 1 added.
SIT took the jury about two minutes
to bring in a verdict. And that's how
I won my first case-by being a good
marksinan."-Chicago Record.
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Lice and LAYING.

The hens will not lay if they are tor
mented by lice. They can not sleep.
but lose appetite, and become ex.
hausted. If the poultry-house is kept
clean, lice may be prevented, but lice
may exist even in a clean poultry
house if insecticides are not frequently
used. On the bodies Of the hens Persian
insect-powder may be applied with adj
vantage. In the nests the refuse of to-
bacco factories will serve admirably;
Scotch snuff will drive lice away, and
so will the free use of lime.-Farm and
FireSiue,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
sickened of the scalpel.

An extraordinary event led L~assene,
physician to Louis XVI of France. to
abandon his anatomical studies. While
selecting from among some dead bodies
q suitable subject for dissection he inn
agined that one of them showed doubt
full signs Of death and sought to revive
a life which was perhaps net extin-
guished. His efforts were crowned
with success. He cured the man and as
he was poor nourished and supported
him, but the idea of having been on the
point of committing a crime SO affected
Lassone that ne felt himself unable to
pursue his accustomed 1abors, and
from that time forward the study Of
natural history and chemistry took the
place of that of ANATOMY
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THuNDER-STORMS.

Words of ENCOURAGEMENT for Tfmtd or
Nervous Women.
1t is not altogether unreasonable Dr.
unnatural that we should sometimes
be seriously affected by thunder
storms. A severe storm brings us near
the possibilities of disaster, and that
thought is sufficient to intimidate a
" or a delicate woman
Some women-who under far
trying circumstances show great nerve
and self-control-are almost Frustrated
from nervousness and excitement dur
ing a storm, and can find no closet dark
Or safe enough in which to conceal and
alleviate their fears.
Very often the electricity in the at
mosphere has an uncomfortable infu-
ence upon the nerves, and women are
hardly responsible for what they do.
1t certainly makes it easier for them,
and for those around them, if they act
as they feel. At the same time they
should remember the example they
show to others, and how easily those
who are ignorant, and especially the
little children who are around them,
will partake of their fears.
Every day we are exposed to dangers
more serious than those caused by
thunder-storms. The accidents from
lightning are very few. The fact that
the storm is beyond all human control,
and so awe-inspiring to see and to
hear, is the foundation of our fears.
The accidents that may occur on the
railroad trains, the street cars, and in
riding and driving we rarely stop to
consider, and yet we are exposed to
them far more often, and under many
more chances of danger, than we are
in the rare occurrence of severe thun-
der-storms.
In an ordinary house one place is as
safe as another during a storm. To sit
on a feather bed in the middle of the
room is an old-fashioned idea, for if
the lightning strikes the top of the
house, it is apt to take a direct line
down the side until it reaches the
ground. So to be away from the wall
is considered a safeguard. 1t is use
less to sit and watch for the flash of
lightning that you think is going to
strike you-as many do-for tina is the
flash you will eve see. The real
danger lies where you can see or
know of it until it is over and gone.
So it is best for the women who suf-
fer from such nervousness to show as
much courage as they do in the other
circumstances of life-which generally
is a great deal-and to remember that
every cloud has a silver lining, even
the clouds that gather in a thunder
storm.-Harper's Bazaar.
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THE APPENDICITIS FAD.

Popular Errors Exposed by a Prominent
New York Surgeon.
A prominent doctor who has per-
formed q score OF successful operations
for the removal Of that troublesome
and inexplicable part OF the human an-
atomy, the vermiform appendix, says
that the general impression that app
pendicitis is caused by the presence in
the appendix of a cherry stone or a
currant seed or a seed Of any kind is
entirely erroneous. II have not found
a seed in the appendix Of a single n
OF my cases." he said. ~ small bit Of
digested matter gets into the little
sac, if the neck of it is open far enough
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
Are Of reason in Criminals.

Judge Henry T.. Edmunds, of the St.
Louis criminal court, has given it as
his opinion that ninety-nine out of one
hundred criminals after passing the
twenty-fve-year milepost OF life lose
much Of the temptation to commit
,trime which beset them in their
earlier careers. "They have lost"
said the judge, much OF their regard
lessness of consequences. They have
learned by experience that punisll-
ment surely awaits them. They have.
perhaps, married and established soma
Sort Of home, and are willing to abaa.
aon crime ii 1t be possible to do %"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
A Common Mistake.

A common mistake of farmers is
their habit Of neglecting crops when
prices are low, with the sentiment that
it will not pay to- give it extra care at
present prices. The reverse is true. 1t
will not pay to neglect crops for this
reason. 1t is the part of wisdom to
fer tilize and cultivate with greater
care the lower the price, for it has been
demonstrated that good cultivation
gives products at the least cost by in.
creasing the yield more rapidly than
the cost. Twenty per cent additional
labor will often increase the yield so
to rs per cent.-Farm and Ranch.
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r WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
!. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six ~arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house AND outbuildings,
known as the Sarcisse Richard place.
2. A plantation situated on the Courtableau,
containing four hundred and forty-two and
AZ. 100 arpents. about sixty arpents under pieux
and wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and outbuiidings. The rear of
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
8. Several tracts Of wood land on the bayou
Teche, situated between CouIOn's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
tageously for the year 1894, and If sold | will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
w C. PERRAULT.
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Getting Late Strawberries.

An amateur gardener has discovered
how to get late Strawberries. He cuts
away the first flowers. and it takes two
weeks to produce another set, making
the fruit that much later. The crop
will not be as large as if the first flow
ers had been unmolested, and natural
ly the treatment is too expensive for
the market gardeners practice, but an
all right for the man who has
leisure to pet his plants.
Home journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
b. BLO.,MFIELD.

Commissioner u. S. Circuit Court for the Vest
er1 District of Louisiana.
Commissioner T.. S. Court OF Claims throughout
the United STATES.
Notary Public in and for the Parish OF St. Ian
dry. Office with Hon. John n. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
to Final Proofs. Collections in the Parishes Of
st. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured: Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks, ETC., procured without delay.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
PLAYING cards were introduced int

Playing cards were introduced into
Europe by a crusader about 1890 to
amuse Charles ~. king of France.
who had fallen into a gloomy state OF
mind bordering on madness. The
hearts we're originally called e@sars,
and were designed to represent the &C.
clesiastics; the diamonds represented
the tradesnen and mechanics, hence
the figure now called diamond, origin
ally intended for stone tiles: the clubs
were t~refoils or clover grass. designed
to represent the farmers, while the
spades. originally intended for pixies.
OF lance points, stood for the nobility.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
MORE THAN FOUR WALLS.
Why the Houses We Live In
Should Be Artistic:
Tlana and Specifications Of i Resideucs
suitable for City or s~uburbs-Its Cost
Estimated at Six Thou
sand Dollars.
written for This paper.1

LWrIGGeH IOr THIS P0per.J
Almost every man promises himself;
some day, the best house he can afford,
and when he learns that architecture
Is not a costly superfuity, but the
very soul of his building-that which
The Opelousas courier., 1894-10-06
No Doubt Of It.

Mrs. Pinscrew-Are these stockings
fast black, or do they crock?
Clerk-Well, yes'm, they crock a lit
tie, but you will find that the crock is
fast b1ack.-Judge.
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SMALL FARMS
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.

Lot 1, Section IS, T 2, S, RI, E, 124 So. 100 acres.
Lot 2, Sec. AZ, same T and r, 2O4 70. 100 acres.
Lot 3, Sec. 40, same 7 and r, Is Sc. 100 acres.
Situated in Bayou Chicot settlement and
partly improved.
These lands have been patented by the United
States, January Is, 1894. under a re-survey exc
cuted by Geo. X. Bradford, Esq, U. s. Deputy
Surveyor, and are choice uplands.
Also W " NV "A Sec. "a, T 3, S, r I. Z, State
rs, s, r. i, w, U. S. patent No. 4245, containing
AZ acres.
IL of Sc IA Sec. II and W 70 OF sw n Sec. IL, T
IS, r /. W, containing 1911 40. 100 acres. This is
on the west. Will sell each lot separately, or
the whole 10 suit purchasers. Apply to
}. ID. HAGGERTY, Washington, La.
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New Store. New Goods, New Styles. New Prices.
FRANK j.; DIETLEIN,
Matchmaker, j'veI1s and Esgssv1:,

Has oueued on Landry Street second building west OF the Bank, with a In as
sortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, sILVERWARE, DIAMONDS and JEWEtRG
nj rarvd errintion-- all il thu latest tylesa and 1t prices to suit he times. RE-
PAIR WORK 4 SPECIALITY. The Pablo lin general and the ladies in particu-
~ aa oouHallvi invited to calf. and inspect m " stock. May51y
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
FOREIGN,

SHINICuIRo KURINo, chief of the
diplomatic bureau of the department
for foreign affairs of Japan, has been
appointed minister to the United
States. He studied at Harvard.
\ MOB of French-Canadian Catholics
wrecked the mission houses of the
Baptist and Anglican churches and
the Salvation Army barracks in
Quebec.
FRANCIS II. UNDERWOOD, United
States consul at Leith. Scotland. and
a noted literary man, died at Edin-
burg of blood poisoning.
GREAT BRITAIN, in IN extraordinary
gazette, assumes a neutral position in
the war between China and Japan.
FELIX GEOFFRIoN. who had beer a
member of the Canadian parliament
for thirty-one years. died at Montreal.
EARTHQUAKES in Sicily destroyed
many houses at Aci Reale and at Zaf-
farano and killed ten persons.
SANDow, the strong man." was
married at Manchester, England, TO
Miss Blanche Brooks, the daughter of
a local photographer.
SENIOR JOSE N~ERESTEGUI, chief of the
Mexican stamp department, was killed
in a duel in the City of Mexico over a
woman by Congressman Romero.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
THE ROCK ISLAND DISASTER.

The Corone-'s Inguest-A Suspicious Char
acter Arrested-PossibIy Twelve Killed
Killed.
LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 12.-The coroner's
inquest on the bodies of the eleven VIC
Tins of Thursday nights railroad dis
aster began Yesterday and continued
until late last night, when an adjourn
ment was taken until 10 o'clock Mon
day morning. But three witnesses
were examined, their testimony being
very complete and substantially the
same as already recited in the United
Press dispatches. The cause of the
wreck formed a new theme which will
be gone into very thoroughly.
The chief interest yesterday in con-
nection with the disaster conferred in
the arrest of George Davis, a negro,
who is charged with no less a crime
than being the author of the catas-
trophe. lie was captured late Friday
night by City Detective Malone, and
circumstantial evidence is strongly
against him. The police declare that
there can be TO possibility of their
being mistaken.
Davis tells conflicting stories, and
has a bad record. A rumor circulated
tonight that he has made a confession
cannot be confirmed. 1t has been def
nitely ascertained that the list of dead
numbers eleven, with the possibility OF
twelve.