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The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
EXPERIMENTAL FARMS.
Something About Those Conducted by tn
Canadian Government.

Something About Those Conducted by the
Canadian Government.
For several years past the provinces
and the federal government of Canada
have been taking an active interest IN
the improvement of agricultural meth
DDS throughout the provinces, ard at
present the equipments OF their SO;
called experimental farms are very
complete and efficient. The central ex-
perimental farm, situated nearO Ottawa,
COMPRISES some 500 acres of land and
a complete outfit of buildings and the
necessary machinery. The buildings
are especially fitted up for cattle,
horses, pigs and poultry, and all OF
these are we'll stocked. There is a
dairy equipped with the modern ap..
plianccs for carrying on experimental
work. The farm includes a sced-test-
ing and propagation house and a con
~servatory. Besides this central station
there are eleven experimental FARMS
situated in other parts of Canada, and
these carry on experiments in agricul-
ture, horticulture and arboriculture
with much profit. The several farms
arc situated so as to render them as
helpful as possible to the most thickly-
populated districts, and in their equip
ments and general methods they re-
semble closely the central station.
The staff of workers at the cTral
experimental farm includes a director,
an agriculturist, a horticnlturisl a
botanist, an entomologist and a cRfm-
list. There are also a poultry mana aer,
a foreman of forestry and several
a~ssista ats to assist the members Of the
staff. The work is varied in nature
and has to do with practically every
thing which relates to farming in Can
ada. The adaptability aud merits OF
various varieties of wheat are, for ex-
ample, the subject of careful inquiry.
Experiments are carried on to deter
mine the vitality and purity of various
agricultural seeds, and to investigate
the nature of the diseases of plants and
trees, and the cure for the ravages Of
insects. Various varieties of fertilizers
are tested to determine their compare
tive value with different soilsand crops.
The study of the care of animals is a
very important interest, and the value
of differe at breeds of stock and their
adaptab'.ity to various climates and
other ~ additions are carefully investi-
gated. These stations examine the
scientific and economic sides of butter
and cheese making. Experiments are
carried on to determine the best meth
DDS of planting and pruning trees for
fruit raising or for shelter o. timber.
The information gained. in all this
work is carefully recorded and pub
lished for general NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tific American.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
o THE

HoT meals are a stimulus to poultry
They warm them up.
KEROSENE applied to the legs is
good remedy for scaly legs.
OLD mortar, gravel or granalated
bone are preventives Of soft-shellec
eggs.
NEVER overfe ed the pullet. No poul
try should be overfed, but overlooking
the pullet is disastrous.
UNLESS there is some variety of food
the appetites of the hens will not be
maintained in the best vigor.
To MAKE the poultry business pay
largely it must be carried on on a large
scale. One hundred or 200 hens will
not make anybody rich.
The first cause of canker is general
ly a cold, but if taken in time can be
easily cured by removing the hard,
cheesy substance with a stick or any
thing that will not cut, then applying
sub-sulphate of iron to the parts af-
fected. A few applications are sufH-
cient.-Farmer's Voice.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
SMALL FARMS
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN,

EON CALI M n DHNQAIN.
Lot l, Section IS, T 2, S, RI, E, 1874 IS. 100 acres.
Lot 2, Sec. 45, same I and R, 204 70. 100 acres.
Lots, Sec. 10, same T and r, 70 90. 100 acres.
Situated in Bayou Chicot settlement and
partly improved.
These lands have been patented by the United
btates, January IS, 1884, under a re-survey exc
Surveyor, and are choice ~uplands.
Also W l2 NV Y Sec. "a, T 8, 8, r 1, E, State
patent to }. D. Haggerty. Sw u Of Sc "A Sec. ~,
q acres.
= y of Sc "A Sec. II and W W of sw y Sec. ~. T
IS, ], W, containing 161 70. 100 acres. This 10
on the west. Will sell each lot separately. or
the whole TO suit purchasers. Apply to
I'D HAGGERTY, Washington. La.
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Hogs in Clover Grow Fat.

Hogs running on clover are singular.
~ free from disease, says the American
Agriculturist. If wind-proof shelter
is given the sows at narrowing time,
with plenty of clear water at all times,
their care during the growing season
will not encroach on the farmers time
further than to irrigate the pasture
occasionally to keep the clover thrifty.
In the late fall feed on clover hay,
turnips, beets and a little grain.
Large, rangy sows should be kept, as
they are the best grazers and mixers,
and should be bred to fine boned,
quick growing males. The mother
will insure the pigs a good start and
the sire a quick growth, so that they
may be finished with the least expense
for grain.
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you can get. Bore two 14-inch holes
in the plank "a inches apart. Then
get two sticks 3 feet 9 inches long, of
some tough wood-green poles will do
which should be about as large as a
mans wrist. Shave these sticks to fit
into the holes in the plank; and shave
about 10 inches of the upper ends SC
they will fit tightly into a A-inch hole.
Now make two blocks of hard wood AZ
inches long and 2 inches square. Bore
a A-inch hole in each block heal the
end. Set the compass for a 6-inch cir
Gle and mark off two half circles on an
inch board; then saw them out with a
compass saw, and nail one of these cir
cular pieces on each block, close to the
end, as shown at A. These circular
pieces should be l inch thick each way,
and they should have about three small
lathing-nails left sticking out n inch,
to keep the bag from slipping off. It is
the spring of the two long sticks that
holds the bag tight. The blocks a
be slipped up and down, for bags OF
different lengths.-Farm and Fireside.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
THE TEE-HEE GIRL.

ITc Cc-T1EE 1iNGs
know a little maiden, but. really. on my word
You would sooner think this person was O
Tce-hee bird.
For no matter what you say,
If it's sad or If it's gay,
This silly maiden answers you with ''Tee-he-
he"
1 With a ''Tee-he, tee-he, tee-hee-he."
She's quite a pretty little girl, with bright and
smiling eyes,
And, In some things, I understand that she Is
very wise.
But though she knows her letters,
No matter what her betters
Or her elders may remark to her. this little
maiden. she
Is sure to end her answer with a "Tee-he-he,''
With q "Tee-he, tee-he, tee-he-he."
II you tell her that your pocket is just stuffed
all full of toys,
II you tell her you've q headache and she must
not make o noise,
II you tell her she's your pride,
Or II you scold and chidc,
It really is the same to her as far as I can see,
For her answer is q giggle with a ''Tee-he-
he"
A "Tee-hc, tee-he, tee-he-he.~
have heard this little maiden say that she
was very tired;
I have heard her ask for lots OF things she
very much desired:
But to everything she uttered.
Or mumbled forth or muttered,
She tackled that senseless giggle that is quite
devoid Of glee-
That foolish little habit OF a "Tee-he-he,"
A "Tee-he, tee-he, tee-he-he!"
I sometimes feel quite worried lest an elf Of
whom I've heard
Should come along and change this girl into q
Tee-he bird;
When, in all sorts of weather,
With each curl turned to a feather,
She'd have to sit tho ~livelong day alone upon a
tree,
Just calling out to folks below her: '.Tee-he-
he.'
Her ''Tee-he, tee-he, tee-he-he."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, In St. Nicholas.
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Hoods SarsapariHa

Mr.. c. A. Cuider, a wcll-known
manufacturer and lumber dealer, at
McGuffey, Ohio, has found, as have
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

many others, that Hoods
Sarsaparilla, by keeping
the blood pure, prevents
as well Us cures disease.
He writes:
Hoods Sarsaparilla has
a very conspicuous place on
our cupboard. l took it for
rheumatism or rather to
prevent rheumatism, for
which l find it very salts
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
GLAD HAND, MARBLE HEART.
Two ColIoquial Expressions Now Populal
Among City Politicians.

Two C~OllOquiat Expressions Now POpular
Among City Politicians.
Expressions to be popular among
politicians must usually possess at
least the merit of conciseness, but an
exception to the rule is the colloquial
phrase 10 common among city states
men, ''the glad hand and the marble
heart" Translated into ordinary Eng
lish the glad hand means the cordial
salutation which it is always in the
power of the dispenser of public offices
and benefits to extend to the office
seeker. The glad hand means a cheer.
full greeting, which takes usually the
form Of a hearty handshake and o
friendly inquiry after the condition of
the visitors health.
With such a preliminary, says New
York Sun, the visitor Is encouraged to
believe that the pathway which leads
to attaining his ambition is a clear one,
but he very soon finds that this is not
the case, for the marble heart inter-
venes to prevent. By this expression
is meant the manifestation Of indiffer-
ence to the hopes of the visitor. The
man who has but recently greeted him
vigorously and effusively takes refuge
under various pretexts and excuses,
and declares that it is impossible to do
as much for his visitor as he would
like, and that while he does not wish
to withhold from the latter the express
sion Of his kind wishes, there is, really,
nothing that he a do for him. There
used to be an expression in New York
about Getting a man down easy" the
significance of which was that his re-
or disappointment should be
to the greatest extent possi-
bic, but in the glad hand and marble
heart this condition is reversed. The
is thrown down hard"-hard
and unexpectedly.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
FOR SALE.
r WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the

WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
l. lowing described property, viz:
l. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
Trained, with tenant house and outbuildings,
known as the NarciSse Richard place.
2. A plantation situated on the Courtableau.
containing four hundred and forty-two and
u. 100 arpents, about sixty arpents under pieux
ana wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear Of
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
3. Several tracts of wood land ON the bayou
Ieche, situated between Coulon's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
tageousiy for the year 1894, and if sold 1 will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
w. Z. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
-steele said that .Tha Lninr lower.

Steele said that 1.-THE Lying Lover
was the best piece Of writing he ever
did. He did not seem to think much of
his essay work On the Spectator
Most of it vas done very hastily and
went to the printer without revision Of
any kind. He regarded it as too epheusr
eral To be worthy Of correction.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
HANDY BAG HOLDER,

One of the Best Devices of Its Kind Ever
Invented.
After experimenting with a number
of homemade bag holders, l have
found this one gives the best satisfac.
ton: Procure a piece Of two-inch
plank 30 inches long, and as wide as
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
Hoods
Makes
Pure Blood

factory. also for catarrh OF the head and
for a blood purifier, in fact for general &c.
bility. 1t has proved highly successful. !
could not get along without Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. We buy it in half-dozen lots, and
myself and family take it whenever We do
not feel well. lam 80 years old and during
the wal served three years in the calvary
service. Twas thrown four times from a
horse, hurting my back, from the effects OF
which I nave never fully recovered. Hoods
Sarsaparilla, however, always gives me
relief" C. A. GUiDER, McGuffcy, Ohio.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

lNdL one lining i ODJect 10 IN LneSe
here mountains-you've got to sacrifice
p~oliteness sometimes.
well / just gave my horses a cut,
an they jumped forward. That plucky
little woman got out of sight pretty
burned quick-had a horse, / guess.
Well, we got to the top OF the hill first,
an by Jupiter snupgrass!-ex-cuse me,
always ISL strong language when | git
excited-right on the other side was
four masked men a-coming it up the
hill as hard as they could tear"
There was q breathless silence on
the stagecoach. The horses were pull
ing mp that very hill, and there was a
possibility that we would be held up,
too. Tennessee was getting a quid Of
tobacco; he kept us hanging breath
less on his words until he had the
morse1 well rolled into his cheek.
1.-THE first glimpse they caught Of us
they jumped behind trees an called
Haiti but we we're on the brow of the
hill, an I was prepared. I'd fastened
the reins round my waist, an guided
witt, ono hand, while / used the other
for my sixShooter. The messenger
shouted: Let her got Ii was Just
here, ladies-we LETT two men stretched
out. ! killed4tw robbers and wounded
another. The shooting scared the
horses, or I think I'd have finished all
four. That burned messenger-ex-cuse
SO scared that he shot one of
my horses. Not used to the biz, you
OF course the horses stampeded-
it's bad enough to hear the firing with
out being peppered by an unrespon-
able man who is frightened into next
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
B. BLOs,MFIELD.

Commissioner U. S. Circuit Court for the West.
ern District of Louisiana.
Commissioner u. S. Court of Claims throuphout
the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish of ST. Lam
dry. Office with Hon. John N. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
TO Final Proofs. Collections in the Parishes of
lt. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured; Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks, ETC., procured without delay.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-25
An Honest Statement.

For years Populists have insisted
that the financial statements sent out
by the United States Treasury De-
partment were false and designed to
aid the money power in enslaving the
people. This has always been siren
erously denied by the gold bugs and
cuckoos.
Now Mr.. Perry Belmont, 6nan-
cial agent of the Rothclilds, in the
New York Herald coolly aoknowl-
edges that we were right and that
our once great and powerful America
is to be reduced to political as we'll
as financial dependency to the money
power of Europe.
Every man who wants to leave
his children in financial and political
slavery should vote the old party
ticket just one more time. Com
ment is unnecessary. Here is what
he says:
"There IS not gold enough in the
country. 1t must be imported
Bonds must be sold. Our gold sup
ply is estimated at some six humid ed
and quarter millions, but that il a
mere guess. The treasury knows
certainly only the stock Of gold ii
and the national banks have. The
boards by misers reported in the
newspapers seem to be chiefly in
green backs. Ii is doubted whether
our stock of gold is one half the esti-
mate. A popular home loan will
not get the gold for greenbaok re
redeeming, because the country has
it not. The bonds must, therefore,
be sold in Europe. Il the process
goes on long enough, which is in
conceivable, our country might be
reduced to condition of financial
eervitude such as some of the South
American states veil illustrate, whose
real ministers of finance are the cap
italists of Europe.
"Countries which have delegated
the control of their finances and cur
rency have yielded the control of
their diplomacy. Their executive
and Legislative author ti' have sub
mitted to dictation as to what they
oam and oannot be permitted to do.
When we change our form Of curren-
cy, which we assuredly must do,
whatever the new form of currency
may be, the substitution of The new
for the old must be instantaneous.
without disturbance to the financial
and commercial conditions OF the
country
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-25
Members of the Purity Congress
Went a Summing.

Baltimore, Oct. 16-Mrs. Charl-
ton Edholm, OF Chicago, missiona-
~ in the Florence Crittenden Mis-
sions for the rescue of fallen women,
headed party Of fifteen ladies and
gentlemen to visit the houses on Jo-
sephene street last night, after the
meeting of the Purity Congress was
over. A policeman and a number
Of newspaper men accompanied the
party.
From the purity meeting the par
ty went to the City Hall AMI from
there to the Western police station.
II was near midnight when jose
phene street was reached. The
'olumming" party then divided itself
into two sections, one for each side
Of the thoroughfare, and entered
each house as they went along.
The policeman in most cases led the
way into the parlors which the mem
bers of the expedition took posses
sion Of singing and praying with
such of the inmates as did not seek
refuge in flight to other rooms. In
many instances they were laughed at,
and in one case girl said;
IL know you mean we'll enough in
coming here, but don't know how
much good it will do. Instead of
coming here you better go around to
some Of these factories and shops
that grind a poor girl down to 81 a
week, and get them to pay better
wages It's no use, girl can't hive
on what she gets. You had better
put in your efforts there"
Will our churches and benevolent
associations never learn that they
cannot lift the degraded and wretch
ed poor to healthy moral PLAN SO
long as monopoly is permitted to
force them to sell their souls for
bread. What a cruel mockery to
pray for such poor girls as this, and
then vote for conditions that give
them no other choice than starvation
or shame. The poor girl is right.
The members of the Purity Congress
should leave the slums alone aud
devote their attention aud their pray
ers to the sweat shops and factories
that cut wages below the cost of
honest living.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-25
Enters National Politics.

ST. LoUs, Mo, Oct. 15.-Tbe ad
visory board of the American Pro.
tective Association, after two days
session in this city, adjourned sine
die tonight. The work consisted,
almost wholly, in the drafting Of q
report by sub committee and its
adoption by the board. This re-
port was in the nature of deolara,
ton of principles, and may also be
considered as a notice served on the
political parties. The following res
olutions were adopted;
awe recommend that the advise
ry board, thI ough ite executive COM
mittee, collect all possible reliable
informal concerning the views,
affiliations and record of all Presi-
dental and Vice. Presidential candi-
dates and "pos-ihilllties" in all poit-
zeal parties, and after collecting and
formulating the same, 30 furnish the
information to the executive boards
ofthe States, to be then disseminated
among the subordinate councils of
the order, where superior councils
are not organized"
"Retolved, That the board ad-
vses the mt mbers Of the order to
vote for thu nomination to Office on
party tickets OF the party they afili-
ate with, and to vote for the election
Of candidates only who are in thor
oueh accord with, and will, if elect
ed, support the following principles:
"Reduction of Immigration to de-
bar all undesirable peysons, extern
sion Of time for naturalization, an
educational qualifi alton for suffrage,
the maintenance of one general non
seetarisn free rublic school system,
no public funds or public property
for sc tartan purposes, taxation OF
all property no. owned and con
trolled by the public, the opening to
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-25

public official inspection of all pri-
vate schools, converts, monasteries,
hospitals, and all institutions Of an
educational and reformalory charae-
ter; no support given for any public
position to any person who recog
nizes primal allegiance in civil aff IRIS
to any foreign or ecolesisstioal power;
public lands for actual settlement by
American tizeps only.
"Resolved, That this order de-
mands the thorough enforcement OF
all existing laws by legally consti
tuted authorities. The only true
American remedy for existing evil
is to be sought in the courts or a.
the ballot"
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-25

Gen. Harrison's Literary Work.
1t is announced that ex President
Benjamin Harrison is engaged in
writing series of magazine arti lies
for The Ladies' Home Journal, in
which periodical they will begin in
the December number. The series
will be called "This. Country OF
Ours" and will consist Of ten articles
and probably more. The papers are
being written by General Harrison
especially for women, to meet a
growing, widespread desire on their
part to intelligently understand the
workings of our Government and
the great Matt 2nal questions. 1t
will be the aim of the articles to ex
plain in the clear and concise style
for which the ex- President is famous,
just VIII It the United States Gov
eminent means; the original and
meaning of the Constitution; how
laws are enacted and enforced; what
the Judiciary system means; how
our foreign re ations are brought
about and their me az ing; how Con-
gress and the Senate legislate,-in
fact, a complete explanation of the
Government told in a popular way
General Harrison writes the articles
from the standpoint of a citizen who
understands his subject. They have
no bearing on politics whatever.
While directly intended for women.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-25
Brooks County.

The Peoples Party of Brooks
county are earnestly requested to
meet at Mount Pleasant Alliance
Hall on the irst Saturd y in Novem-
Der to transact important business
connected with the party. Please
turn out and let's organize for the
big fight in 1896. J. D. Bohemian,
Chairman.
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