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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
Wan WITH PARASITES,
They Are tho Bane Of the Poultry Yard
Vigilance Necessary.

1hGJ Are tho Bane OF the FOultry 4 oH0~
vIEilance Necesa.ry.
The time is here when all species OF
Parasites thrive and multiply with the
greatest rapietitt. says an exchange.
The poultry Than heed not spend much
time hunting them up. They are
around the hens without any doubt.
and variety of precautionary meas@
tires should be taken to keep in cheek
these iflveterate enemies to the poultry
kingdom. An exchange says: OF course
it is needless to talk a bout the prOhts
of fowl breeding when Hotdee Of inde'
fatigable veI'min are energct1eaEly suck"
ing the life blood of the birds both day
and night. The grain and feed goes
to support the lice. the hens dd1d
chicks grow poor, and if not protected
eventually waste away and die. 1t
costs enough to feed poultry without
any additional burden OccasiOnod by
furnishing sustenancc to hungry lie.
gions of parasitical beings. You ask .
great many poultry keepers. especially
the fresher and more verla MT additions
to the fraternity. if there are any lice
among their fowls or in their poultry
houses, and most emphatic deniAls will
usually be received. They have never
where they were), and therefore sup
pose there are none. A little closer
and more thorough inspection would
frequently result in n startling rev6la-
ton. We hear of hens that do not 10y,
grow poor and sick and finally die; Of
chickens that persist in dying when
there is no reason at all for such an
ungrateful proceeding; of other chick.
ems that, while they do not die OUT
right, yet live a miserable, stunted exc
istence and never show vigor or thrift,
nor develop into profitable fowls. To
what cause are all these untoward
conditions to he ascribed? Lice! Red
mites! Parasites of various orders!
Keep down these and the greatest bat
tie of poultry culture is fought. Have
a clean. fresh dust bath where every
chick and mature fowl the place
can dust itself without molesta-
ton. This means many baths
placed around in various spots
on a large poultry farm. Good strong
tobacco powder is as good as anything
to put in the feathers of the birds.
The insect powder, so called, unless
fresh, does not amount to anything.
Carbolic acid is Il great insect destroyer.
Make ointment of lard six parts
sulphur two carbolic acid one part and
apply little to the top of head. be.
nea til the wings around the vent of the
old birds. AS soon as Matched. drop q
of each chick.
To kill the red mites that Turk in
cracks and seams near the porches,-s
daytime. and feed upon the hens AT
night, persist in the use OF kerosene to
which little carbolic acid has been
added. Farm.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
HERE AND THERE.

1t is said that cit is hard to get
blood out of Il turnip,' this may be true,
but if fed to poultry it is not difficult
matter.
Ducks and geese should not be
are both profitable and can be COM
vantage.
If your supply of fodder is short,
you will find a fall crop of Hungarian
millet a valuable reinforcement. Sow
on rich land and it will grow large
enough to NOW for hay before frost
comes.
Have your land thoroughly broken
and smoothly narrowed down before
you SOW your fall grain crops. 1t win
always pay to drill your grain in pref
erence to the old style of broadcasting.
keep the turnips as clear of weeds
as possible. Some weeds grow rapidly
in the early autumn. and it your tur-
nips are sown broadcast. you can still
do valuable service to them by pulling
up the largest weeds.
Fine feathers make a fine bird.
should be amended SO as to read: Fine
feathers make q fine looking bird. II
more attention was paid to fine work
and less to fine looks, hens would be
more profitable than they now are
1t has been discovered that tubcr-
culosis is n common OBJECTION Of fowls
1t seems the scientists are doing their
level best to cut OF our food supply ht,
finding this dread disease in our steak.
oursmillx, and butter and cheese ntlH
now in our ehickenS and eggs.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
A Good Reason.

"what tine of the night was it you
saw the prisoner in your room?'' asked
the defendants attorney in a recent
suit.
''About three o'clock"
''Was there any light in the room az
the timer
''No, sir; it was quite dark.
could you see your husband at your
side?''
mo, sir
'Then, madame said the attorney,
triumphantly, please explain how you
could see the prisoner and could not see
your husband?''
''My husband was at the lodge, sir
-Philadelphia Call.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
HUNTING THE CHAMOIS.
An Animal That Is Very Keen-Scented and
Wary.

An Animal That Is Very Keen-Scented and
Wary.
Speaking generally, am inclined to
think that the chamois is not the pre-
ternaturally wary beast he is usually
represented to be. OF his compa ia tive
Indifference to noises, as long as they
are not too loud, I have already spoken.
Nor, in my opinion, is his eyesight any
thing remarkable. Judging from his
failure to distinguish objects. such as
n mans head or hand. long as they
are motionless, should say that the
organs of vision of chamois are scarcely
more acute than those Of human beings.
On the other hand, their sense of smell
is quite extraordinary: hence the wind
is by far the worst enemy of the hunter.
The shifting eddies and currents, blow
ing now this way, now that, now up
hill, now down, multiply tenfold the
chances in favor of the game.
have often asked friends of mine
who have hunted in various countries
as to the distance at which deer and
other wild animals can scent a, human
being, and most of them seem to be
agreed that they will wind you more
than mile off. I have certainly seen
chamois over half mile distant make
off in alarm when they could not posi-
bly, have seen anything to disturb them.
1t is curious, too, how much more the
hunters odor seems to terrify them
than the mere sight of him. In the
latter case, unless you are quite close.
they whistle and move off quietly.
turning round every few hundred yards
to look; while if they get your scent
they will throw up their heads with an
expression of utter disgust that is high
ly diverting, and, without hesitating a
moment, galloP away at top speed
Longman's Magazine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
NAPOLEON wANren 70 DE
=. 49,.
Eis Cnly ATTEMPT at Suicide Was DEGREES
lhY Eate to Re Unsuccessful.


i,y Fate to Jse Unsuccessful.
On one occasion. and OH one occasion
only. did NAPOLEON Bona partc attempt
tn die by his own hand. It was, at the
palace of Fontainblcau, willie his a b.
dication was pending. He had seen
Ifurat and Bernadotte and Ney desert
his cause. He had grievcd over tho
treachery of Marmont: had learned of
the occupation of Paris by tho allies
troops: he had been driven to despera-
ton by tho fierce revenge of the En-
pcror Alcxan det Of Russia. who had re-
fused TO treat with Napoleon or any
member of his family, and last OF all,
he had been informed that the woman
Whori1 lie had made his wife. the moth
Ell of his child. after starting from Rlois
to joint him. had been dissuaded from
doing so, and had remained at Orleans.
1t was then that his mighty spirit
gave way to the crushing weight of
treason in camp and family. He had
with him some poison. which he had
secured during the disastrous return
from Moscow. The temptation to die
tic death of the elder Cato and of
Socrates was too strong for him. In
his own chamber he drank the poison,
and lay down in the full hope that he
had ended the stormiest career that
mortal ever followed. His hope was
deceived. The poison had lost it's
the damned for hours, but death did
not come.
His private surgeon, WAN, was panic
stricken, thinking it certain that should
the emperor die in that way, just then,
the allied powers, fearing the accuse
ton of history, would make him Z.
scapegoat. He mounted his horse and
fed, without doing anything to
relieve his masters suffering. But
slowly Bonaparte recovered, and
it is said that he always
expressed the belief that fate, having
prevented him from suicide. must have
other triumphs in store for his genius.
He signed the abdication which was SO
calling to his soul. giving up forever
the chance that his son might succeed
to Elba, in the full faith that his star
had not set save to rise again.
This faith did not desert him. even
a fter the final overthrow at Waterloo.
He went to st. Helena, believing that
he would come back again, as he had
como back from Elba. Hundreds of
thousands of Frenchmen had more or
less sympathy with that hope. But
''pcrfidious Abion'' had the arch-foe in
her clutches, and from her careful
watching he was never to escape.-N.
7. Recorder.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27

Although Napoleon was a great gen.
eral, beyond dispute. it appears from
some rece ntly published recollections
of two of his favorites that he was a
very poor marl<snan. Yet he was fond
of hunting, and something had to lie
done to cater to his vanity. 1t seems
that whenever stag was brought to
bay, it was usual to leave the animal
to be killed by the emperor. On one
such occasion he could not be found.
and the master of the hounds did the
business. Suddenly, Napoleon was
seen approaching, and the stag was
hurriedly proPped up on his legs with
tree boughs. The gun was handed to
the emperor, and he fired ct the stag,
VIII crcupon the master Of the hounds
slightly disturbed the boughs, and the
stag fell to the ground. Napoleon was
completely deceived. aud observed,
conplacently: "After all, SIN not SO
bad shot rs they try to make out.:'-
Golden Days.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
Marines and Mariners.

Outcroppings of jealousy between
sailors and marines aboard United
States ships are common enough. The
marine is that awkward thing, q lands
man at sea. He is a soldier, clad in .
soldiers uniform, receiving soldiers
pay, and subject to the drill and disci-
pline of the army rather than of the
navy. Doubtless he is q more shapely
person from a technical point of view
than the Jack tar, but he is vastly less
picturesque and human. He is, on the
whole, hardly SO we'll paid as the sailor.
IN. Y. Sun.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
WlNTERlNG HOGS.

Some Suggestions In Regard to Doing 1t
Economically.
One of the mott important items in
making fall pigs profitable is to winter
economically. In doing this. growth
must not be sa crificed. The idea must
be to make steady growth at as low a
coast as possible. If growth were not to
be considered. they might be wintered
very economically SO far as feed is con-
cerned, yet all that is given to stock as
feed and no gain is secured, is SO much
added to the cost, without any possible
income. One of the essential conditions
ih securing the best profit with hogs
is to push the growth from the start,
and secure a quick growth and an
early maturity. One of the principal
reasons why SO many fail to make fall
pigs protita bic is because sufficient
care is not taken to push the growth
in good season.
wintering pigs economically is COM
Portable shelter. The saving secured
with good shelter in feed alone will
make a fair profit of itself, besides Sc
curing rather a better gain. Maintain
ing animal heat through the winter by
feeding grain adds to cost of keeping
the hogs very materially-in fact, in
many cases it destroyes any profit. OF
course, in the south. where the winters
at best are short, and not at any time
severe, the cost of wintering without
shelter is much less than further north.
Yet the better comfort provided by
supplying good shelter, securing at all
times a better, thriftier gain for the
amount of food consumed, will make
the cost of supplying good shelter a
profitable investment. 1t is not neces-
sary to have the hog house expensive:
in fact, it is not advisable, for the rea-
son that as usually managed it is not
good economy to allow the hog house
to remain in one place too long, and
this makes it best not to invest too
much in house than can not be moved
conveniently.
Three items are essential: one is to
have dry. There are few things more
injurious to the health and thrift of
hogs than to eat or sleep in damp
places. Another item is convenience
both for feeding and for keeping clean.
More or less work is necessary if the
proper cleanliness is secured, and a lit
tie care in arranging will make little
difference in work necessary to keep
clean. Warmth, with proper ventila-
ton, is the third essential. One adj
vantage with good, dry earth pens is,
that warmth is easier maintained than
with almost any kind of an earth floor.
Some ventilation should be provided,
arranged so that in case of severe
storms or cold they can be closed up if
considered necessary to secure proper
warmth. The general plan or arrange
ment can be made to suit the individ-
ual taste. It is always best to arrange
for plenty of room, as good health can
not be easily maintained when the hogs
are crowded.
For autumn planted asparagus beds,
two-year-old plants arc preferred by
gardeners. As with straw berry beds.
deep and thorough plowings and lar
rowings are necessary to a perfect pull
verifying OF the ground. After setting
ont the plants and covering them with
two, az. three inches of soil, cover the
led with u good coat of stable manure.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
sCACOL AND CHURCH.

Mount Union college is said to tse
tho first Methodist college to adM,ii
women.
There are $50 Baptist churches in
ministers.
1t is stated that an East London
Episcopal clergyman has opened a shop
for the sale of crucifixeS and images of
the Virgin.
-Thirt y-fivc scholarships, worth fif.
to dollars each. have been esta blished
for the daughters of Presbyterian rul-
ing elders in the college for women.
Columbia. =. G.
Our Chinese college at Singapore
has won the queens scholarship, worth
one thousand dollars year for four
years. besides the prestige and inf1u-
ence which it gives to the school.
DR.. CLAUS Dahl, who has been
elected to professorship in the Uni
versity of Chicago, has been for some
years at the head of the department of
Scandina Wan language and literature
at Yale college.
The archbishop Of Canterbury. at
. diocesan conference at Lambert
palace, expressed his earnest condem-
nation of dinner parties and dramatic
entertainments, which seem to be on
on Sunday.
The Unitarian church claims it's
origin at vicenza in Venice in 1886,
whence the sect spread to Poland.
They were called Socihians. rand OBJ
tanned a foothold in England in 1e47.
John Biddle was the founder. The first
society in America was formed in Phil
adelphia in 1749.
Efforts for better Sunday observ-
ance in England are progressing. Sir
John Burns. the managing director of
the Cunard Steamship Co., has given
directions that no ship of that company
in the Mediterranean shall work cargo
on Sunday in ports abroad any more
than they would at home.
The adult Bible class in the Sum-
nit Hill chapel, Birmingham, En-
creased from two hundred members to
over one Thousand. This is a result of
it's social scheme and ,house-to-house
visitation, which have ALSO added large
numbers to the congregation.
"A Bible and training school for the
young women of the east has been
opened at Cazaduo under the super
vision of the Pacific Coast Young Wom-
ems Christian association. The Pacific
coast work was established in 1890
with headquarters at San Francisco,
and is under a coast committee with a
travelling secretary. Since it's estab-
lishment twenty-six organizations have
been formed. Two of these are in cities
Los Angeles and Sacramento-vhile
the others are in colleges.
DIR. William H. Park, surgeon in
charge of the Methodist hospital of
Soo-Chov, China, has been made chief
surgeon of the staff of Ii Hung Chang,
the great viceroy, and has received the
honorary mandarin button of the fifth
degree, DIR. Park owes his rank to his
success in saving the life of the aide
de-camp of Gen. Ii Hung Chang, who
had received eleven frightful sword
cuts. Five of them were across the top
of his head, ranging from three to six
inches in length, and every one of them
down into the bone and one of them
through the skull. The man was taken
to the Methodist hospital and attended
to by DIR. Park and his assistants. On
his recovery the Chinese general was
SO gratified that he made the hospital
a present of a large sum of money and
conferred the above degree upon DR..
Park.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
A Realistic Incident.

Once upon time fairy prince wan
dered upon the shore of the sounding
sea.
Suddenly he encountered a beaute-
Gus maid. to whom he had never been
introduced.
Fair one,'' he exclaimed, will you
be minc?'
She threw herself violently upon his
neck.
'.Cert," she rejoined.
They were accordingly married by n
Dakota justice Of the peace and lived
happily until the end of the week.
Detroit Tribune.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
According to the Album,

Householder Ito new servant)--You
see this photograph of my nephew,
Mary? Well, If he should call, always
tell him I'm not at home. Do you un-
derStand?
Servant-Yes, sir.
Nephew "a few days later)-Is Mr..
Muller at home?
Servant-Wait a moment. I'll look
at the picture in the album and see.-
Truth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
An Order Easily Eillea,

''Ill take a little of every thing," snid
Taddles to the waiter, after glancine
over the bill of fare at the restaurant
Eyes, sir replied the wa ite,., who
straightway bougl;. plate of bash.-
ps..-oit Free Press,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27
An Extraordinary Woman.

The Friend-Have you seen your hus
bands mother yet?
The Bride have, and she is the
most extra ordinal.y woman ever heard
of.
GLOW is that?''
''Why. she thinks me good enough
for her SOM. Y. Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27

-Disraeli was nicknamed Dizzy,
from a contraction of his name; the
Gay Lothario of Politics, from his ia
cility in adapting himself to circum-
stances, and Vivian Grey from one OF
his novels.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27

Never let us be discouraged with
ourselves. 1t is not when we are con-
scious of our faults that we are the
most wiclxed.-Fenc1on.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-27

John Wesley always declared that
he owed all his usefulness to his moth
er. She was one of the most remark
able women who ever lived. Her letter.
are classic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-17

Third district will not prevent 9TH
ers from seeking the healing
waters, once they find that others
wash and gain their eyesight with
out contamination. There is not a
reason why all Louisiana does not
wash its eyes in that same protec-
ton pool, save that they do not
like the name by which the pool
has been known for these thirty
years past. That baby reason will
soon outgrow its swaddling bands
and the pool will swarm with those
bent on receiving their political
eyesight.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-17

While in Chicago, Mr.. Charles
l.. Kahler, prominent shoe mer-
chant of Des Moines, Iowa, had
a serious time of it. He took such
a severe cold that he could hardly
talk or navigate, but the prompt
use of Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy cured him of his cold so quick
ly that others at the hotel who had
had colds followed his example and
half dozen persons ordered it
from the nearest drug store. They
were profuse in their thanks to
Mr.. Kahler for telling them how
to cure bad cold so quickly. For
sale by F. Kalteyer & Son, Chas.
Campbell and James Clavin, drug
gists, San Antonio, Texas. If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-17
Irving w. LarimOre. nhvsica'

Irving w. Larimore, physical
director of Y. NJ. C. A., Des Moines,
Iowa, says he can consctentiously
recommend Chamberlain's Pain
Balm to athletes, gymnasts, bicyc-
lists, foot ball players and the pro-
fession in general for bruises,
sprains and dislocations; also for
soreness and stiffness of the mus
cles. When applied before the
parts become swollen it will effect
a cure in one half the time usually
required. For sale by F. Kalteyer
d Son, Chas. Campbell and James
Clavin, druggists, San Antonio
Texas. If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-17

1t is not so much a Cooking
backward" as a looking forward
that the legislators of this coun-
try should indulge in. The chang
ed and ever changing conditions
in which the agricultural and
manufacturing industries of this
country find themselves require
an ever changing treatment at the
hands of our law makers to meet
these changed conditions. The
time is past in which the factories
of the old world drew their ra w
material largely from this western
land, and the relation of Jour pro-
ducers of raw material to the
foreign manufacturers of that ma
terial have radically changed with
in the period elapsed since the
close OF the war between the
states. 1t is only political and par
ty wisdom to meet these changed
conditions with changed regula.
tiOns, suiting the new condition
This is just what the Republican
party Of this country is trying to
do, and would do if they were in
possession Of the government.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-17

There is growing uneasiness all
over Europe over the ravages of
Cholera and other Asiatic fevers.
1t is difficult at times to distinguish
the one from the other, but there
are none Of those malignant east
ern fevers that are not dangerous
to life and liable to spread con-
tagion. The months that inter-
vene between this and the killing
frosts that act as the real antidote
of such fevers, are the most danger
Gus of the year, and the utmost
precaution at quarantine stations
and in the sanitary service of cities
and towns is demanded. Dirt is
the one danger, and against this
only the eternal vigilance that is
the price OF safety can prevail.
Cleanliness is salvation, at least in
this city, where the water supplies
are the purest that nature can
afford.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-17
EDITORIAL PoTPoURRI.

Galveston Tribune-Democratic
managers want President Cleve-
land to take the stump in West
Virginia for Congressman Wilson,
who the Republicans are making
heroic efforts to defeat as the head
Of the tariff reform element. Mr.
Cleveland will hardly yield to
such demand. 1t would be a seri-
GUS detection from presidential
propriety.
Grover need not hesitate in a lit
tie matter like this, after the I'M
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-17

Now as the city of San Antonio
has decided on having sewers it is
in order to heed the warning that
comes from abroad as to the dam
ger of improperly constructed sew
ers. Letters received by the city
physician, from Washington d. c.,
narrate how the wells in that city
have been poisoned by the leakage
of sewers, the germs having rem
dered some of the wells so foul
that their use had to be abandoned.
Not alone in the connections of the
pipes with the water closets is it
necessary to be on guard, but In
the construction of the sewers
themselves, and particularly in
their joints, lest the corruption of
the sewers leak out into water
courses and wells and poison these
water supplies. Good sewers,
properly constructed and connect
ed and flushed will be an in
estimable blessing, but i'm
properly constructed sewers
with poor plumbing will prove on
ly regular death traps.