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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-10-19
The Excursion.

The excursion from st. Martinville.
La, including all towns, to Alexandria.
with 1900 passenger aboard, arrived here
over the Southern Pacific Road Sunday
at IL o'clock m. They were escorted to
the city square bv two brass bands,
where arrangements had been made to
welcome the excursionists. Addresses
OF welcome were delivered by Prof. j. B.
Lafargue and Hon. l.. ID. Laurent; re-
sponded to by Judge Roy Dyer, of St.
MartinvilIe. The Judge in Lis express
sion captured the entire audience, which
left a feeling of appreciation and esteem
with his newly made friends that will
not be soon forgotten.
At the conclusion Of the address they
were escorted to the city parks. where
arrangement were made To entertain
the guests by our popular young gentle
men, Messrs. Vim. Amber. John Kels0.
H. 8. Amber and j. p. Amber. who did
everything In their power to make the
day agreeable, which speaks we'll for our
Among the excursiOnists we had the
pleasure Of meeting the following: Hon.
Nay Mcbride, Palmetto. La; Messrs. H.
L. Frilot, Pleasance, La; S. S. Wilson.
Opelousas. La; Prof A. WOodley, St.
Martinville, La, and Joe Lamb, ESQ.,.
of OpelOusas. -LOuisiana Progress.
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We will now conclude by giving de-
scrlption of the Garden Of Gods which is
one of the interesting spots we have
visited.
The Garden of the Gods is a valley Of
wonders easily accessible from Manitou.
Approached from the west the entrance
lie through what may aptIy be called
postern gate in contrast with the en-
trance from the east through the gate
way. In this solitude nature has perpe-
trated many strange freaks of sculpture
and of architecture. as il she were d.
verting herself after the strain Of the
mighty mood in which the mountains
were brought forth. Solitude is here
unbroken by the residence Of man, but
inanimate forms of stone supply quaint
and grotesqus suggestions of life. Here
are POUNDS hints of Athens and the Par
thewon. Palmyra and the Pyramids,
Karnac and her crumbling columns.
Many of these monoliths are nearly ia.
bular and reach the height Of three and
four hundred feet. Two of the lOftler
ones. with a email space between. make
the two portals of the famed gateway.
After their form. their most striking
feature IL their color. which glows with
an intensity Of red unknown in any OF
the sandstones of the east. Standing
outlined against spOtless sky Of blue.
with the white light of the sun falling
upon them. these portals flash with the
bright splendor Of carnelian.
The lnanimate forms have received
appropriate designations. There il q
Statue OF Liberty" Cathedral spire."
a "Dolphine." Bear and Seal" a
"Lioa" q "Griffln." and hundreds of
uther curious figures, making list far
too extended for recapitulation here.
No words can describe the weird attrac-
tions of this wonderful garden, which.
once teheld, however, can never be for
gotten. The impression is Of something
mighty, unreal and supernatural. OF
the gods surely-but of the gods OF the
Morse Walhalla in some Of their strange
outburst of wild rage or uncouth play
| fuluesS.
The MESSENGER is under lasting otli-
CAUTIOUS to Mr.. d. +. Felt, of Springviile,
Utah, and Mr.. A. B. TOmsOn. Secretar!
| Of the Utah Press Association. for cour
| tesies extended to us while their guest
We hope to again meet these gentlemen
| in Denver next year.
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Beware of Ointments for Ca
tarfh that contain Mercury,

tdIIIl tIldt SOllldItl NClSul "
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip'
tons from reputable physicians. as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by +.
j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. o.. contains no
mercury. and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen.
uine. 1t is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio. by +. J. Cheney & Co.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address +. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O..
tY- Sold by Druggists. 75c.
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North and Northeast.

II ycn have any intention of going to
the North or East this fall or winter.
you should advise yourself Of the best
route from the South and West. This is
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
which is running double daily trains
from New Orleans and Memphis through
to Louisville. Cincinnati, Nashville. Biz
mingham. Atlanta. Montgomery, Thorn
asvillp, Pensacola, Jacksonville aud all
Florida points; Washington, Philadel-
phia. New York, Chicago. Detroit, Buffa-
la and all points North and East. Pull
man Sleeping Car Service through. Spe-
cially low rates made to Atlanta during
the continuance of the Cotton States Ex-
position. For particulars "a to rates
and through car service. write
T. II. KINGSLEY. Trav. Pass. Agent. Dali
las. Tex. JNO. KILKENY. Div. Pass. Agt.
New Orleans, La. c. p. ATMORE. gent
Pass. Agent. Louisville. Ky.
Cotton is still creeping up,
the last market reports show mid
ding. which is our grade, at %
cents. The cotton in the seed is
selling here at S27 per Thousand
pounds.
X. Schwartz has received this
week a large and elegant stock of
goods.
Our young friend, Albert
Rousseau, left for New Orleans
Monday to resume his studies in
medicine.
Mr.. j. G.. Leblanc of Youngs.
vile was visiting friends in st
Martinville Sunday last.
Mr.. l.. c.. Gauthier and sons
Francis and Henry made a trip t.
Lafayette last week.
1t seems to us that st. John
with one Of the most modern re
Hneries in the State, with an ex
traction equal to any, and tn
Keystone with the reputation o
being the best managed place o.
the Teche, should, if they care
in The least for the good will o
the community wherein they max
their money, pay as much as any
other mill on the Teche for tn
cane sold to them.
We hope TO hear, on Monda
next when grinding commence
that Mr.. Levert and Mr.. Pete
will treat their people in the san
way that others in similar positiC
treat their people; in goldt
maxim: Do unto others as "
would others do unto you. :.
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The Only

Great and thoroughly re.
liable building-up medicine,
nerve tonic, vitalizer and
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-10-19
Blood
Purifier

Before the people today, and
which stands prominently
above all other medicines, Is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
VALUE OF SPRAYING.
Summary of Experiments Conducted Al
the Ohio Station.

the ONO station
l. The profit to be derived from
spraying orchards often exceeds 500
per acre, and for vineyards is much
more. The fruit crop of the state
would be enhanced in value by several
million dollars annually if the practice
were generally followed,
2. Combined fungicides and insect
icides are recommended whenever APP
plicable, because of Saving of time; a
less liability of injuring foliage, q
greater efficiency in some cases, and al
precautionary measure in others.
3. Dilute Bordeaux mixture, copper
arsenic solution and ammoniacai so!u-
ton of copper carbonate are the most
useful for the treatment of the dis
eases herein mentioned, and the first
has the widest range of usefulness
of all.
4. Early spraying is the key to sue
cess in the use of fungicides.
5. For the plum curculio and shot
hole fungus use Bordeaux mixture and
Paris green combined, making three
or four applications. 1t is not known
that the treatment will prevent the
black knot, but cutting away and
burning the diseased branches will ac-
complish the result.
8. Scabby apples rot much earlier
than those free from scab, and spray
ing with fungicides W i'll save at leass
- y per cent. of this loss.
Y. Spraying with fungicides in the
season of 1892 prevented much of the
early dropping of apples, which is
usually attributed to wet weather.
s. For apples, two applications Of
Bordeaux mixture before blooming are
advised, and two of the same mixture
after blooming with Paris green added.
8. The same treatmapt is recon-
mended for the pear as for the apple,
before blooming, but the copper-arsenio
solution is applied after blooming.
10. The Bordeaux mixture. if used
too late, causes a russell appearance on
both pears and apples.
IL. The ounce may be treated the
same as apples, or with Bordeaux mix
ture alone.
II. The treatment advised for the
cherry consists of using two or three
applications of Paris green, two ounces
to fifty gallons of water
10 Peach trees and American vari-
cites of plums have very tender foliage
and must be treated with very weak
mixtures, if at all.
IA. Raspberries may be treated with
Bordeaux mixture alone; grapes with
the same until the fruit sets, after
which use copper carbonate. Potatoes
should be sprayed at least five times
with Bordeaux mixture and Paris
green.-Prof. w. j. Green, of Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS,
Process of Their Manufacture Scientifically
EXplnined

Process of Their Manufacture Scientifically
Explained
Speaking broadly, alcohol is not
found in any of the products of ma
ture. Alcoholic liquors are always a
product of the manufacturing ingenui
ty of man. and in that respect, bar
rel of wine and barrel of gunpowder
are precisely alike.
Alcohol is obtained by the decompo-
sition of our vegeta BILE ooi-stuffs. In
all our cereals and fruits the prin-
cipal constituent is sugar. Sometimes
this sugar is found in the soluble form
as in the ripe grape, the ripe apple or
pear, the juices of the palm, the aloe,
and the sugar-cane. Sometimes the
sugar is found stored away in starch.
Starch is potentially sugar, but it is
sugar which has been set aside for the
future food of the young plant during
its termination Sugar, if set aside
for this purpose in the sweet soluble
form, would probably not be at hand
when wanted. 1t is, there fore, stored
up in insoluble granules which are
packed away in the delicate cells--as
biscuits might be packed away in pa
per bags, On the seed terminating
this starch is resolved into soluble
sugar, so that it may be readily b.
sorbed and consumed by the young
plant. This change occurs when a
potato sprouts, and also when barley
is artifcially matted. In mailing, the
grain is exposed to such conditions of
warmth, air, and moisture, as to start
termination. So soon as germina-
tion has proceeded long enough to re-
solve all the starch into solub BILE sugar
the young plant is baked to death in
the malt-kiln, and its growth at the
expense of the sugar is stopped. Bar
ley thus terminated and kiln dried is
malt and this, when broken up and
Infused in water, yields a saccharne
Infusion known as sweetwort. From
this sweetwort the beer is brewed.
In the manufacture of alcohol. the
saccharine liquor is decom posed by
means of a ferment-such as Yeast,
acting under peculiar conditions and
main tanned at particular tempera-
ture. These fermentS are all micro
Scopic cellular plants. and what hap
pens in the fermentation is that these
cellular plants multiply enormously at
the expense of the albuminous con-
stituent of the wort During this
process the saccharine constituent is
broken up into alcohol and carbon
dioxide G OF commonly called car.
bonic acid gas This gas rises up
through the liquor and escapes into
tina atmosphere, while the alcohol &C
cumulates in the liquor
The sugar having been completely
broken up into alcohol and carbon
dioxide, the fermentation must be ar
rested or it will proceed further and
change the alcohol into acetic acid. In
that case vinegar is produced instead
of beer or wine. The fermented liq uor
IS. there fore, carefully strained off and
The fermentation 10 arrested. some.
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times by heating the liquor to point
sometimes by sulphuring and clari-
fving. In the case of beer, hops are
added to give the bitta- flavor and
make the beer keep. In order to pro-
duce the finer wines long conrsr .!
maturing and treatment by skilled
winners is needed.
In the process of fermentation the
main facts are seen to be very simple.
So far as the starches are con-
cerned, there must be the preliminary
mating or some equivalent process to
hydrolyse and bring the starch into
the saccharine form. Then we have
the resolution of this saccharine mat
ter into alcohol and carbon dioXide by
means of the ferment. Then the al
cohOl is distilled off to make the spirit
uous liquor; or, in case the ferme nted
liquor is to be stored as wine Or beer
the fermentation has to be arrested
and the product clarified and matrred.
The sugar yields half its weight Of al
cohol.
In the fermented liquors there are
much larger differences than those of
mere volatile aroma. But these diff
ferences are due to casual aad various
constituents, other than starch or
sugar, which have been yield
ed by the vegetable sub
stances from which the fermented
liquor was derived. These constitu-
ents confer the various colors, the
various odors, the various flavors, and
the various residual matters which
give the infinite variety to our fer
mented beverages. The alcohol. how
ever, is the one thing for which all
these beverages are drunk, and the one
thing which, if removed would cause
none of them to be drunk. That alco-
hol is the Intoxicating substancesyhich
the consumer wants, and the only sub
stantial scientific question is, what
percentage of alcohol does the liquor
contain?-Dr. james Edmunds, NJ D.,
in Son of Temperance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
DEVICE FOR HoElNG ONIONS

late period of growth. The tool which
Is usually most convenient for stirring
the soil between onion rows is mar
row steel rake. 1t can be drawn along
be tween the rows of bulbs, of course
with proper care, and will loosen the
surface and keep the weeds down. The
ordinary garden rakes are rather too
wide for this purpose, but may be
easily cut down.
Another tool suita BILE for this work
is shown in the accompanying sketch.
The nearest blacksmith can make the
hoe part out of steel rod, or an old
pitchforl1. Insert the hoe firmly into
a good handle, and then draw the tool
along between the rows, in the same
way as steel rake. American Gar
dening,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
Choose the Best BACTERIA Soil.

Cheese, the supposedto-b e-edible
milk curd of commerce, is the best soil
in the world for microbes and bacteria.
and on its surface flourish millions
upon millions of infnitesimal parasitic
plant growth. A microscopic examine
ton of a single grain of fresh cheese.
such as is usually sold at the grocer's
proved that it contained not less than
9O,00 separate and distinct specimens
of bacteria. After seven days this
same section of cheese was examined
and found to contain $4,000 separate
and individual bacteria. Prof. De
Kahn says that a cheese properly
sliced and exposed will within week
be implanted with a bacterial growth
containing more separate specimens
than there are trees upon the whole al
the earths surface
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
NOTES BY THE WAY,

DRUG store saloon suppression is the
order of the day in Des Moines.
THE devil has good friend in every
moderate drinl1er, RAMS Horn.
THE wording men of Great Britain
and Ireland earn $500 900 900 a year,
sixty per cent, of which goes for drink.
The w. C. Il. U. home for women at
Eau Claire. Wis, has been established
eight years, and in that time has
helped 1f9 young women to better
life
The supporters of the new govern
ment in England are very much
chagrined at the return to parliament
of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the radical
temperance member.
SIXTEEN of the Samoan group of
islands have been evangelical entirely
by native missionaries. The drin k
traffic is, as usual. the greatest him
drance to their work
A PHYSICIAN declares that one-half
the consumptive patients received into
hospitals in Paris owe their condition
to spirit drinking. He would utterly
forbid the sale of such drinks as alb.
sinthe.
THE city of 7 exarkana voted the sa.
looms out, and Immediately the Cotton
Belt railroad moved its machine shops
from Pine Bluff to Texarkana. The
company prefers to have it's shops
where there is no whisky sold.
THE supreme council of the Catholic
Benevolent legion, the strongest and
most influential fraternal organization
of Catholics, has ostracized retail
liquor dealers by excluding hem in
future from membership in the 10
ciety.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
FRESH DAIRY NOTES.

USE tin milk pals al ways and keep
them bright and clean.
Poor butter deteriorates rapidly 1t
has the elements of rapid decay in it to
start with.
If the butter is not of good quality,
sell it as soon as made. Do not at
tempt to pack it.
If the churning is only done once a
week, good butter is out of the ques-
tion. Churn every two days or every
three days at most.
To KILL the horns on calves cut the
hair from around the horn, or around
the place for the horn, wet the nub
and rub on caustic potash The potash
comes in sticks and must he wrapped
in paper or it will burn the banda
Farmers Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26

From the Bombay Guardian we learn
what England is doing to demoralze
India and undo the work of missiona-
ries in that land. All vessels bound
for west and south missions stop at
Madina. Here is list of liquors
which passed through in one week.
1t was taken from the daily returns
posted IN LIVERPOOL: Nine hundred
thousand cases of gin, "a, 900 butts OF
rum, 10000 cases of brandy, $4,000
cases of Irish whisky, 800 900 demi.
johns of rum, $4,000 barrels of rum,
80 900 of Old Tom, Is, 900 barrels of a b.
sinthe, 40, 900 cases of vermouth.
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ocLagon, which is after the form gsycn,
in the accompanying illustration. Z =
Some very costly silos about here
were greatly damaged by haviIg to
cut the cornerboards to bevel instead
of using block A cut with sufficient
curve to allow the lining to mach per-
fectly with tongue and groove intact.
Where the lining is cut to level the
air is sure to get in and do considera-
BILE damage in silo. The matching
can be made still more perfect by taxi
ing off, with small plane, light shaw
ing on the inside edge at a slight bevel.
These silos are constructed much the
same as other octagon structures, with
this exception, which we are satisfied
made with corners, and can be erected
with much less cost than the round
ones, and in every way give just as
good satisfaction.
One of these silos has been furnishing
ensilage put up last fall for herd Of
and the ensilage is as good now as
when used during the winter months
and seems to be keeping the cows in
excellent milking condition.
This season is sure to convert many
doubling Thomases over to the silo, as
the very short hay crop is bound to
leave a great aching void that will not
drive the ghost out of empty mows till
grass grows again. Many are prepar
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Go hear what l have heard
The sobs Of sad despair,
AS memoryS feeling fount hath stirred,
And its revealiags there
Have told him what he might have been
Had as the drunkard's late foreseen.
Go to my mothers side,
And her crushed spirit cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide,
Wipe from her cheek the tear:
Mark her dimmed eye her furrowed brow,
The gray that strealS her dark hair now
The tolworn frame and trembling limb,
And trace the ruin back to him
Whose plighted faith in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth.
But who. forsworn, hath yielded up
This promise to the deadly cup
And led her down from love and light,
From all that made her pathway bright
And chained her there mid want and strife,
That lowly thing "a drunkard'S wife.
And stamped on childhood'S brow 50 mild,
That whitening blight--a drunkard's child
30 hear. and see. andfeei and know.
All that my soul has felt and known;
Then lock within the wine cups glow;
See if it's brightness can atone;
Think. if it $ flavor YOU would try.
II all proclaimed-'Tts drink and die
Tell me, hate the bowl,
Hate is a feeble word;
loathe. abhor; my very soul
WIN strong disgust is stirred
Wiener l see or hear, or tell
OF the dark beverage of he'll!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
CHURNiNG WITH ACIDS.


Important Discoveries Recently Made IN
England and America.
Probably in no department of re.
search is a greater amount of investi-
cation going forward and valuable
data and actual discovery being made,
says the Mark Lane Express, than in
dairy science, and while some of the
discoveries have been of little or no
value, wonderful amount of useful
and practical material has been placed
in the hands of the dairyman. Among
the things announced, since it has
been shown how nearly the ferments
and tiayors in butter are associated, is
that If certain acids are added to sweet
cream it is not necessary to wait for
the development of Tactic bacteria in
the cream, but that it could be churned
at once and churned quite readily and
the true flavor secured. Investigators
have been at work on this problem,
and an announcement of the results has
been made. The most satisfactory re-
suits came from using hydrochloric acid
diluted in twice its bulk of water, and
adding this in small quantities to the
sweet cream. Everything was salts
factory, except that the butter had no
aroma, though it was pronounced fair
and good by the judges. The butter
kept well and had water content Of,
"a per cent; but the low flavor was
against it, though not trace of the
acid was to be detected or found by
analysis. About the most important
thing brought out was that butter
seems to be fully dependent upon
bacteria for true flavor rather than the
food, provided that the latter is whole
some and not of character to impart
obnoxious tiavors to the milk, which.
after all, could not be called butter
flavor in any sense of the word.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
DRINK BILLS OF WAREHOUSES;.

Surprisingly Large Amount OF Money Spent
by Paupers for Intoxicating Liquors.
The Westminster Gazette says: Pau
perS in workhOuSes-or some body in
thcm-seem still to get through a con
siderable quantity of liquor. From
parliamentary return just issued, we
note that the cost of the spirits, wine
and malt liquors consumed in London
warehouses;, with a daily average of
6?.293 inmates during 1898, amounted
to El2. sos. For the whole of England
and Wales the cost during the same
period was G32, 81. In Scotland the
number of inmates is, of course, very
much less-the daily average number
being 9,695-and their drink bill for
the year was only a paltry 9723-a
large proportion of which, it need
hardly be said, went in whisky.
The total liquor drank in the Irish
40.574 paupers, cost G8.6G0. For the
whole of the United Kingdom for the
year the cost was &49, 299 This is over
50 900 less than for the previous twelve
months, each country showing a de-
crease, with the exception of Scotland,
which has spent 81 more Some of the
London paupers seem on certain occa-
sions to have fairly good time-if
supplying them with Intoxicating
drink can be SO regarded. At White
chapel, for instance, they had rs gal
Ions allowed them on Christmas day,
and It's gallons on the occasion of the
royal marriage. Christmas comes but
once a year, it is true, but royal we'd
dings at much longer intervals. Which
Temperance folk will think is perha ps
just as we'll