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. KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS.
Adapted to 3 Wider Range of Growth
Than Other Varieties.

Blue grass tPoa pratensis) is FREE
quentiy spoken of as Kentucky blue
grass because Of its marked adaptable
| ity to the soil of Kentucky. It is prob
ably adapted to wider range of
growth than any other variety of grass.
It is best adapted to loan soils with q
good leaysn of clay in them, hence 1t
will always grow better on timber land
when cleared than on the prairie. But
it will always grow in fairly good form
on light sands, on stiff clays, and on
the spongy loan soils of the prairie.
On sandy soils. however, it has been
known in some few instances to sue
cumb in time Of extreme drought.
Blue grass is very aggressive in its
habit OF growth. When once intro
duced into a pasture it is capable of
eventually crowding ont nearly all
other kinds of grass, and in fields laid
down to grass it will soon put In an
appearance if it has ever been previ-
ously grown upon the same land But
it is easily destroyed for the time being
by cultivation.
This grass grows early in the season
and again in the autumn. It is usually
in head by the arrival of June, hence
the name June grass. It is of fine
and thick habit of growth, and all
kinds of stock are extremely fond Of il.
It is also very nutritious. Its weak
points are, too little bulk for hay crops,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

BEETs are unquestionably a fine food
for swine, and the sweeter they are,
the better.
The brood SOW does not require fat
tenlng food. Muscle forming foods
are what she needs.
lF we would feed more clover hay to
swine in winter we should find that
our swine feeding was more econom-
icaL
THE farmer who is now breeding
good colts is sagacious, in our iudg-
menr. The horse will be here when
the bicycle is gone.
The boar in summer should have
good clover pasture, with beans, peas
or oats, and in the winter the same, ex-
cept the pasture, with some roots or
ensilage.
A FLY net and a darkened stable will
do much towards preventing the horse
wasting in fighting flies that energy
which should be expended on his legiti-
mate wosis
Corn is the cheapest fat producer,
we are often told. As a rule it NAV
cost less, but that is not always what
we want. We should aim to produce
the best pork and maintain the high
est degree Of health. Corn will not al
ways do this.
An English swine feeder was asked
what feed he preferred to fatren pigs
and replied: Barley meal is the best:
single food, but he preferred mixture
of barley, pea. maize and rice meals.
We mention it simply to call attention
of our persistent corn feeders to tke
fact that pork can be made out Of 9TH
er feed than corn and better pork, too.
Farmers Voice.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02

the first. The frame done, give II
three successive coats of thin varnish,
and when perfectly dry it is ready for
use. Put the glass in place, and back
of It the stretcher or picture, and Sc
cure it firmly. To keep out dust, place
q heavy sheet Of MANILA paper over
the back Of the picture and fasten the
edge all around with tacks or glue to
the back of the frame; if with tacks,
use very small ones, such as are used
in tacking window shades to the rollers.
This is offered merely as a sugges-
tion which the practical mind can
easily grasp, adjusting the minor de-
tails to suit the individual taste. =
Orange Judd Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
Food for q Lifetime.

M. soyer, the noted French cook,
made curious calculation on the
amount of food a healthy man win
consume IN a lifetime of 20 wears NJ.
Soyer says: The average epicure OF
three score and ten years will have con-
sumed 80 oxen, 400 sheep. 100 calves,
400 lambs, so pigs, 1900 fowls, 10, 600
fishes Of different kinds, 50, 900 oysters,
5,475 pounds Of vegetables, 243 pounds
Of butter, $4,000 eggs and four tons of
bread. To this may be added several
hogsheads of tea, coffee, wine, water,
etc. The above amount of solid liquid
would weigh but little short of forty
ions
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
sNAKE-BlTE REMEDY.
Permanganata of Potassium Cures a Des.
perate Case of Poisoning.

perate Case of Poisoning.
DIR. W. a. Howell, Of Center Hill.
Fla, communicates the following to the
Medical World, Philadelphia:
Since have been practicing in
Florida I have been constantly ex-
pecting an opportunity to test perman-
ganate of potash IN serpent poisoning.
We have some very large rattlesnakes
here and any quantity of moceasins.
Occasionally dog is. struck by a
rattler and death invariably results in
a very short time. There have been a
few persons bitten by them in this
community and all have died in great
agony. A few weeks ago / was called
out five or six miles in the country to
see a lad about eight years old, who
had been bitten the day before by a
moccasin. 1t was twenty-four hours
after the wound was inflicted before T
saw him and the condition of the lad
was anything but encouraging. He
had been bitten on the calf of the right
leg, and the fang punctures being at
least one and half inches apart, 1t
must have been large snake. Nothing
had been done for him except the adj
ministration Of alcohol freely. The en-
tire limb = even his body - was
enormously swollen. The leg from his
knee down was almost black. He was
cold and his pulse very small and weak,
while he lay in a stupor except at short
intervals, when he would rave and
scream as If he thought another snake
had fastened its fangs In his person. I
injected at the seat of the bite one
tenth grain permanganate of potassium
and they continued to administer it bv
the mouth, one-sixth grain doses every
two hours, gave digitalis to sustain the
heart, and continued the alcohol in
moderate quantities.
Visiting the boy next day I was
rather surprised to find such marked
improvement. The swelling was re-
duced, the discoloration had disap-
peared, while strong pulse and calm
surface denoted much better general
condition. The antidote was continued
for another day and he made prompt
recovery without even suppuration at
the seat of the wound
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
PRETTY WOOD FRAMES.
Suggestions Which Practical Women Can
Put to Actual Use.

Suggestions Which Practical Women Can
Put to Actual Use.
Handsome carved frames are very ex-
pensive, and paste frames, though less
80, are often undesirable, as the design
is frequently mutilated. However,
with moderate skill, very pretty frames
can be made of plain wood. For a
medium or large-sized picture let the
material be or inches wide and i
inch thick, Of some nicely grained
wood. Oak is very pretty and In good
taste, and If procured ready dressed, as
1t should be, cannot. be excelled. The
pieces should be cut SO that the inner
or shorter edge Is just inch shorter
than the picture to be framed.
The corners are the most difficult
part, but unless you are professional
joiner do not try to make an ''invisiblen
joint, as it will always result in failure.
Cut them carefully at an angle of As de-
grees, making them snugly. Picture
frame makers usually nail the pieces
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together with long, slim brads, driven
through from the edge, but this is very
hard to do without special appliances,
In fact, almost impossible. Fig. /
shows an inoffens1Ve way of overcom-
ing this difficulty. A piece Of hard
wood "a of an inch thick is cut TO a
right angle as seen in the cut; this is
fastened securely to the back of the
frame with screws, and 4 inch from
the inner edge, thus holding the corner
and at the same time forming place
for the glass and picture. The body of
the frame should be thoroughly pol
ished with sandpaper and furnished
with corners somewhat like that at
Fig. 2.
These corners consist Of two pieces,
each 8of an inch thick, the one being a
perfect square, tackled or glued upon
the corner OF the frame; the other, an
openwork design or scroll, sawed out
with scroll-saw, or If this is not con-
venient, carved rosette, glued upon
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
BREEoH OPEN.

| New invention OF Naval Constructor Dashtell.
| In that connection, he designeda great
many of the mechanical devices which
facilitate the operations at that estab-
lishment, and is well known as the in
ventor of a mechanism for four inch
guns, now in use on all the war ves-
sells.
His last invention, say the experts,
marks q distinct advance In the devel-
opment of the interrupted screw prin-
ciple. In large guns hitherto the
breech-block plug, which must be fas-
tened in before the gun can be dis
charged, has had three distinct right
angle movements, which of course take
time. In the new Dashien mechanism
there are but two motions required.
The technical description may be brief
ly given as follows:
The breech block Is rotated by q
worm gear of peculiar construction,
one gear being helical slot in one OF
the blanks of the plug, the other being
the broad toe of the operating lever.
When unlocked the plug is supported
on q carrier and Is so shaped as to
swing out of and away from the breeeh
without being withdrawn axially. The
extractor is lever having curved back
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
Breed None Bnt Pure stock.

Start the breeding now of pure bred
stock in every neigh borhood. The in
PRODUCTION of some new stock will soon
be followed by several neighbors, who
will not be outdone by any neighbor,
and thus the good work goes on, and
soon your county will be a fine stock
county, as your stock is improved and
advances In price. Several breeders
OF pure bred stock in county always
attract trade. Their healthy rivalry
adyertises the county as a fine stock
county. People like to get stock from
these fine stock centers, especially
from wellknown advertisers, although
you can buy the same breed at half the
price Of some tinnid breeder who s'can-
not Afford to advertise. He can do
nothing with it when he gets it, but
good stock from well known breeders
sells readily at good prices. Jndicious
breeding and judicious advertising go
hand IN hand. Many good breeders
fail because they have not the courage
to advertise, while the enterprlsing
breeder starts in with good stock and
advertises their merits and wins sue
cess, Western Live Stock Journal
The Essex swine stands high among
the smaller breeds They mature
early and fatten quickly.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
Another Use for Corn.

Battle ships Nos. 8 and will be Of
American construction and materials
throughout, Secretary Herbert having
ordered that their cofferdams shall be
filed with the new cornstalk cellulose,
as the experiments recently made have
convinced him that it is superior to the
imported article made from cocoanut
fiber. The decision should go long
way toward finding a market for an
article Of which this country can pro-
duce practically unlimited quantity,
and which has been virtually wasted
hitherto, as the larger portion Of the
eorn-stalks from which it is manufac-
tured is unfit even for cattle food.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
Danger in Filtering Beds.

It Is well known that the thickness
of the layer of fine sand in filtering
beds cannot be reduced beyond GER
tain point without endangering the
quality OF the water that filters
through. DR.. Kurth, of Bremen, has
found in examining water filtered
through layer not sufficiently thick
that the number of bacteria was great
" increased, owing to the presence of
a special microbe that could not be
found in the water before it entered the
filter. These microbes must, therefore,
have existed in the filtering material
and have been developed by the pas
sage of water through it.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
Inrifatinns e chnrcll Med1tlnea.

There is d good deal of dispute ii
regard to the etiquette Of acknowledge
ment of card for a church wedding.
Some high authorities assert that
the invitation is SO general and means
so little particular attention that no
notice need be taken of it except III the
regular line OF future visits to the
bride and to the brides mother. But
Mrs. John Sherwood, who Is. probably,
our American social oracle, declares
that a card is obligatory at the hour of
the wedding, # one can not attend, and
that ii the house address is unknown,
this card should be sent to the church.
IF this Is necessary most people err wo-
fully, for few non-attendants send the
card. Chicago Tribune.
In a sound sleep the soul goes
home TO recruit for strength, which
could mot else endure the wear and
tear Of life RaheL
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
HOUSEHOLD PRoeLEMs.
Dne of Them Is tho Proper Management
of Servants.

4 OF Servants.
Ladies often say: 20, they know /
ean not cook the dinner or clean the
house, and SO of course they must, and
they work great deal better than If
they thoaght { could help myself i
have heard very sensible women say
this. And a charming authoress some-
time ago wrote a series of articles in q
religious newspaper strongly defend
Ing this view. She wrot substance:
| IF 60 to a dressmaker e5r d rniliiner
do not expect to teach or show her
how to make my dress or bonnet.
| That is her work, not mine Neither
should be expected to teach my cook
to prepare the dinner or my waitress
to set the table. That is their busi-
ness, not mine. 4 And again: If your
breakfast mullins are filed with soda
never say to your cook there was too
much soda, but say the mullins were
not good this morning. Bridget will
naturally reply: And what was
the matter with 'em, ma,ana2, And
you should say: Il am not cook. I
don't know. You must know; that is
your business Bridget is then graft.
fed by your aeknow owfedg dging. her superb
ority in her own place. You must al
ways take this tone with your SER
wants. They have undertaken such
work. They must be skillful and COM
petent and expect no guidance from
you = Can we reasonably expect such
trained servants in this country?
We can bring to tne problems of
cooking and houseworlz intelligent, ed
ncated minds, and often a nicely of
taste and smell not attained by poor
women who have had limited diet
and unframed observation. The en-
ployer who teaches her cook TO make
delicate soups and desserts, and who
trains her waitress or cham bermaid to
skill and neatness has been of real
service to them. She has helped them
10 fill their present places satisfactori-
ly, and has perhaps aided them to win
promotion and higher wages. Without
having such knowledge herself she can
not teach them. although in some lo~
ealities employers can send their serv-
ants TO a cooking school, where they
obtain instruction which is very useful
10 them. In the present scarcity Of
domestic servants promotion can not
often be given in the same family, be-
cause unframed women demand and
receive nearly as high wages at the be-
ginning as at the end of their term of
service. The promotion takes place in
some other household. All! how MANY
an ignorant, clumsy girl from over the
sea has been trained in these general
housework situations BY some neat,
energetic Yankee mistress in ways of
thrift and skill and has then passed on
to high wages as frst-class cook. -
ES,r,,,,,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
POPULAR SCIENCE.
ENGLISH VAPoPIzER.
ON Gas Firing Under Boilers and It's Al
legged Economy.

ON Gas Firing Under Boilers and It's Al
legged Economy.
The use Of oil for fuel in steam-gen-
Grating plants is steadily though slowly
increasing, its special advantages be-
Ing cheapness, cleanliness and there
duced storage capacity and personal at
tendance required. In the earlier ap-
plications of petroleum to such uses, the
liquid was injected through burner
which broke it into spray; but there is
now a tendency to gasify it completely
before ignition, just as in the cylinders
Of motors driven by oil. The accom-
panying illustration shows the general
arrangement of an English vaporizer,
which is now attracting some attention.
The oil enters through the lowermost
elbow and right-hand pipe, flows to
and fro through short passages in the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02

Z { !. Z
and actuated by cam on the carrier.
1t acts as an ordinary claw hammer,
with great power at first and increasing
speed of withdrawal This is obtained
by moving fulerum due to the curved
back. The cartridge is finally elected
by blow upon the tail of the ex-
tractor from the mechanism when fully
opened. Safe and strong percussion
with alternate electric) firing attach-
ment is fitted. The whole mechanism
closes up dust tight and very COM
pactly.
The advantages Of this Dashiell
mechanism include the fact that it NAV
be worked either quickly or slowly; It
has fewer parts, is simple of man1pnla-
tion, and the gearing, being internal,
is not exposed to injury from sand or
blows.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
SPIDER and steel 4,hrea.z

tis not generally known that, size
for size, thread of spider silk is decid-
edly tougher than q bar of steel. An or
dinarV thread will bear a weight Of
three grains. This is just about SO per
cent. stronge1 than 9 steel thread os
the same thickness
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
slate Pencils Made OF Bone.

Slate pencils are now manufactured
of bone. They are not likely, however,
to meet with the approval Of the small
boy, as they are unbreakable: and, still
worse, noiseless. The peculiar and de-
lightfully shrill musical scratch of the
old-fashioned slate pencil is naturally a
great source of amusement to the
young.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE cHILDREN's BOOKS.
hHiI1le Tots Should Be Taught to Take
Good Care NJ rpE,a,,

Little Tots Should Be Taught to Take
Good Care of Them.
Every child should have library,
distinct and separate from that of the
parents. Early in life the children
should be taught to respect and care
for books. The small, illustrated toy
books should be kept separate from the
other toys and placed on a little shelf.
AS the accumulation grows, make o
small library for the little student and
add to 1t each year by birthday or
Christmas presents. 1t does not take
long to make the little ones understand
that books are to be kept and read, and
not to be thrown on the floor and torn.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
Professional nouse-Cleaners.

For women who do not employ q
housekeeper there has come within the
last few years boon in the form of q
professional house-cleaner. She is a
responsible woman, well recommended,
who takes the entire charge of opening
and closing city and country houses in
the spring and fall She takes her
own staff OF cleaners, carpet sweepeYs,
etc. and becomes responsible for the
care of the house and everything in it
from the time she aakes possession of it
until she turns it over to It's mistress in
perfect order. She will also hire any
servants that may be needed, and can
usually do it satisfactorily, as she
makes business of it, giving personal
investigation to references and require
ments, IN. Y. World.
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NEW BREEcH MECHANISM.

Valuable Invention Made by Naval Con-
structor DashieII.
Naval Constructor Dashiell, Of Wash-
ington, has perfected a breech mechan-
ism which has been purchased by an
ordnance company which manufac-
lures rapid-fre guns. Mr.. Dashiell
practically created the present naval
proving ground under disadvantages
which would have staggered most men.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02

by 20 by 9 feet. This will be found
ample, and II properly lined with tar
paper inside it will be snug and warm
and be just the place for your winter.
hens. In the second figure is shown
the interior, with nests and roosts.
John ". Caughey, in Country Gentle
man
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
WINTER HEN HOUSE.
Particularly Suited to the Needs of tn,
Farmers Wife.

The simplicity Of the house illus
trated commends it to anyone keeping
a few hens near his dwelling It's a
plain yet neatly building,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02

that will meet every requirement. of
more expensive Structure just suited
to the needsof the farmers wife. 1t
can be built at a cost of $40 to $50,
easily.
The size depends upon the number of
fowls kept; for say 80 hens. make it 30
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02
Revised yers;o,

Revised Version.
Whatsoever a man seweth that shall
he also rip. Yale Record.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-02

The Essex swine stands high among
the smaller breeds They mature
early and fatten quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-08
RUNNING DOWN A MURDER.
Confession of One of Those Implicate
in the Death Of F. w. knnpp.

Confession of One of Those Implicated
in the Death of F. w. knapp.
Edward Werfley, arrested recently for
completely in the murder Of Franklin w.
Knapp, has made a statement regarding
the crime.
Knapp of Shcnango Forks N. Y, met
Robert Harris, alias Arizona Bob" and
together they purchased a show which they
called Arizona Bob's Wild West Show.
They had little success with the venture
and there were disputes.
On the 18th of July, after the perform
ance, Harris struck Knapp with billet OF
wood and pounded him until his head was
Ike mass of jelly. A sailing vessel had
beeen engaged to take the show to
Southern Maryland town, and during the
night the paraphernalia, including knapp's
body. was loaded onto the boat. During
the voyage Wertley engaged The captain
in conversation in the forward part of the
vessel, while Harris and the negro, George,
dropped the body overheard, off Turkey
Point.
DR.. Ross, who lives at Knspp's former
home, and has been investigating his dis
appearance, saw Harris at Marion, Nd,
some days ago. He said that Knapp had
started on a tour of Southern Maryland
towns last summer and had not been heard
of since.
Knapp was thirty-five years old, and was
we'll connected in New York state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-08
Holloway Lodge.

D. P. Holloway Lodge Of Good Templars
at its meeting Monday evening installed the
following officers for the present term:
Chief templar, A. A. Hobson; vice templar,
Miss E. L. Null; secretary, c. King; assist
ant secretary, Mary Houser; chaplain, FL
len Houser; marshal. Ferd. Ellen; deputy
marshal, Nellie Lusby: financial secretary
Mrs. S. ]. Douglas; treasurer. Miss L. r.
King; guard, Clarence Sheclsel; sentinel,
Chas. Cox. and past chief templar, F. !.
Cole. Miss Marion Harper was elected as
delegate to District Lodge No. .. The
lodge starts with good prospects for sue
ceSsful term.
District Chief Templar Edward II. Jones
and the grand secretary delivered hrief
addresses. The district chief announced
that a conference would be held Thursday
evening at his residence, corner 9TH ana y
streets, to which all the chief templars ana
the committees on the good OF the order
from the several subordinate lodges IN
District No. 2 and the Sommittee on the
state of the order of the District Lodge
were invited