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The herald., 1895-04-02
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The board of public works reported as

The board of public works reported as
follows:
Recon- mend that the city attorney be
instructed to prepare and present the nee
essary ordinance prohibiting the use of
coasters on cement sidewalks, in accord
ance with the petition OF Mrs. d. Field
ct al. Adopted.
Recommend that the city treasurer be
instructed to prepare and present the nee
essary ordinance of intention to sidewalk
the west side of Towne avenue, between
Fifth and Sixth streets, with cement
sidewalk five feet wide, in accordance
with petition No. 3l3 of III. Puck ct al.
Adopted.
Recommend that petition No. 3022 from
]. D. Egan ct al, asking 10 have the
grade OF Tenth street, at the intersection
OF Grand avenne, changed, referred to the
city engineer to report rs to frontage
thereon contained. Adopted.
In the matter OF the protest of Maggie
Minor ct al. against the abandonn. enJ of
Connecticut steret, between Buckley and
Vernon Streets it appearing that said
protest represented at least one-half of the
property which would be included in the
district recommended by the board. we
recommend that the instructions to the
city engineer to make a survey of the land
be abandoned, and the instructions to the
city attorney to draft ordinance Of inten-
tion be resclnded. Ado ted
Recommend that petition No. BOG from
J. f. Gross ct al, asking permission to
establish and maintain a system of cleo
trio burglar alarms, be referred to the
city attorney for his opinion thereon.
Adopted.
Recommend that petition No. 312 from
r. Maloney ct al, to have Also street,
from the east line of Alameda street to
the west line of Los Angeles river, macad-
amized with porphyry rock, gutJered with
porphyry blocks, curbed with cement
curb and sidewalked with cement eight
feet wide, be grantsd, and the city en-
The herald., 1895-04-02
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT

The city attorney filed the following
report
| have prepared and herewith present
the following ordinances, as directed by
you:
An ordinance for the employment of
three additional deputies in the water
overseer's s office. Adj pied.
An ordinance authorizing property
owners to improve a portion of Eight
eenth street under private contract.
Adopted.
An ordnace authorizing property own
ers to improve portion of Westlake ave-
nue. under private contract. Adopted.
An ordinance prohibiting masquerade
ing on the public streets of this city.
AS to this latter ordinance | wish TO
report to you that Mr.. Eisen and Mr..
The herald., 1895-04-02
Court Notes

The Supreme Court has dismissed the
appeal of Jose Borderre against A. H..
Den and Bruno Orella. The action was
based upon the ejectment by plaintiff
from tract of land in Santa Barbara
county, and for the recovery of damages
He had lost his case in the Superior
Court and appealed from an order denying
him a new trial.
The trial of Alex Doctor for embezZle-
ment was set Yesterday in Department
One of the Superior Court by Judge Smith
for May Nth.
Charles r. Staples was granted divorce
from Mrs. Dora A. Staples by Judge York
on the ground of desertIon. The custody
of the minor children was awarded to de-
endant.
The herald., 1895-04-02
CURED RUPTURE
Without the Use of Knife
.C.I.SCHULTZ
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WELL. We KNOWN PIX
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Los ANGELES, Cal. March 23 800.
DR.. c. |. Schultz, 20 North Main st.
desire to make the following statement rel
ative to my case in the hope that other unfor-
tupate sufferers like myself may be equally
benefited have been afflicted with double
ernia. or more commonly known as Rupture
for over three years, during that time have
suffered great DEAL have not been a lie to do
any manual labor whatever. l couldn't cough
or sneeze without the rupture coming past the
trusses.
commenced treatment with you February
10th OF this year. l have laid aside my truss
es l have been cured in this remarkably short
time by you, without the use of the knife; but
by your new process of treatment, and am
now able to do any kind of manual labor l
take pleasure in making this statement before
a Notary Public w. l.. MARTIN,
Witness 227 East First ST.
W. H. CAMPBELL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d
day OF March, 1895. EDWARD c. CRIBB,
Notary ublc,
In and for the County of Los Angeles, State
OF California.
Treats Catarrh, Lung. Kidney and Bladder
Diseases. Seminal Weakness syphilis Skin
and all Female Diseases
The herald., 1895-04-02
Ordinance Ordered Drawn Prohibiting r1en
From rIasquerading as Women
and Vice Versa

second hand fire hose for each wagon, SO
that water may ue taken directly from fire
plugs. doing away with the unslghtly
sprinkling hydrants. Each sprnkling
hydrant costs $50. so to place, and it would
cost IS. 50 to furn sh the hose and coup
ing for each wagon. Adopted.
The herald., 1895-04-02
The Evolution

OF medicinal agents is gradually relegat-
ing the old time herbs, pills, draughtss
and vegetable extracts to the rear and
bringing into general use the pleasant
and effective liquid laxative, Syrup OF
Figs. To get the true remedy, see that it
is manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Company only. For sale by all
leading druggists.
The herald., 1895-04-02

DIR. Mott. u S. Government chemist,
reports that DR.. Prices Baking Powder
has reached 1.-THE acme of perfection"
in wholesomeness and efficiency.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Southern Hogs In tn. c.,+

,he ear 1888 may see a ye,pa t1,, HI.
tersal OF existing trade condi{inn.
se'"een the south and west. Ao.ns.
W ti,.ea as we have been to the shioment
western hog products and provisions
1.o Inc south, on an extensive scale
",ii seem to nos people absurd to
lnk OF the south shipping hogs and
io.h TO the west. This NAV he dow
oeiore the end of the present wear az,
corolng to Mr.. w. Ii, Baldwin 49,
pres'dent OF the Southern Railway Co..
WIZ oelleves that the failure of the
.uin crop IN the west, concurrent with
.ue extraordinarily bountiful cron il,
sae sout1' Will result in the phenome.
non OF the south shipping hogs to the
vest Already purchases of corn havs
oeen made in Alabama and elsawbera
to Illinois and other west
ern states.
AN expert estimate of the cost of
so,h production in Texas, Mississinn;,
alAahsas and North Carolina places the
average figures at thirty cents, and at
'1e present good market prices the
pront will be large. Besides this, some
VI 'iie planters have entered into the
raising OF cattle o N a scale never before
contemplated. The failure of tho
paSturage in the west through the hot
weather and the consequent decrease
- ING nerds OF live stock in those sec.
.lons Is likely to impart a great stimu-
Aos TO the s~tock-raising industry in the
south Q next year, and it would not
ne astonishing if southern beef, other
Ihan That tTom Texas, might be in the
western mtirkets in 1S95.-Farm News.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
More Stock in the South.

The new south is developing new
life and vigor, and attracting immigra.
ton by the thousands. King Cotton is
dethroned for mixed farming and stock
growing. The diversified farming has
always brought increased prosperity to
the south, and with the great abun-
dance of cheap, rich cotton-seed meal
and the production of grain, forage
and grass, the south is destined to be-
come of the greatest livestock
producing countries in the world, with
grass the year round, and no winters
to provide against.
Cattle, sheep and hogs are becoming
more universal upon the southern
farms; the home demand is fast in
creasing in the growth of the southern
cities and towns, and the great manu-.
featuring interest extends all over the
south.
The dairy interest, too, is fast devel-
oping with the better farming, fruit
growing and gardening to supply the
northern markets. Improved horse
breeding, too, is adding to the new
prosperity. Instead of buying cheap
mules from the west they are raising
good draft and coach horses. saddle and
Iight-harness horses, and mules for all
uses on the plantation and in cities
and manufacturing centers.
With such diversified home markets,
stock raising is destined to become the
leading agricultural interest In the
south as it has been for years in tha
west.-Western Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
HERE N &

Take care of the early-hatched
chicks. It is these that you will have
to depend upon for your early layers
and show birds.
ALL grades of paper, from the finest
note to the coarest'variety OF wrapping
naner. have been made from the stalks
and leaves of corn.
The grass crop of 1894 was worth
500, 900, 900 more than the cotton crop
of that year. Grass is now king OF all
agricultural products.
There is an opportunity for soma
farmer in this country to make money
ont of sweet potatoes for the early
northern markets. The potato wanted
there is a white, dry, mealy potato and
the earlier they are marketed the more
money there is in them.
Yes, it is lice that causes so much
mortality among little chicks. You
NAV think they are free from them,
but if you will sprinkle them with in-
sect powder and then wrap them in .
cloth you would be surprised to find
y,o lice leaving the chicks.
The French government this year
calls for 1900, 600 pounds OF light
Kentucky tobacco against 1s,soo.eoo
pounds last year,, 1890, 600 pounds OF
heavy kentucky against 6de. 600
rounds last year.. 4,s4o.o 900 poands OF
hurley against 4,soo,ea9 Poaras sas'
ysart
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Knowing the Soil.

Few farmers know the amount OF
actual fertility in their land. The
writer must confess to having been
rudely awakened a few years ago to
this fact. when Sir j. b. Lawes as
serted that a very poor field on his
farm, on which corn (wheat, oats or
barley, they grew no maize in En-
0land) could not be induced to grow
six inches high without very liberal
fertilizing, doubtless contained not
less than 1000 pounds OF nitrogen on
each acre of it. But a little study n
consideration confirmed this state
ment, and later experience proved IT,
THE trouble was that the nitrogen was
inert and unavailable, locked up IN IN
soluble form, so that the roots OF the
nlants could not make use OF ".
tt was the same with the other ele-
ments OF plant food, mere elements OF
s. and not the food itself, and as much
as so much earth, when
contains elements OF the food OF plants,
il for the support Of animals. food
mist be digestible or it is as useless
the nutriment of an animal or .
nlant as mere air or solid rock Will
be. Thus the soil may contain . vast
quantity Of the elements-the raw ma
terial-of food for crops, q YET DC %
infertile as the great African desefe u
sahara. Indeed, this barren desert IS
actually filed with fertility, and dos
as lie garden when it is watered
md il the same way there may be an
abundance or a great surplus OF plant
in 4 soil, and yet it may be wholly
unable to yield a crop We have tnis
experience on this continent
there there are deserts as barren as
ns Africa, and yet when h over
aorrinp plant foot in it is made ayaiia-
b. irrigation the soil yields epcr-
nous crops. -~RnyEl World
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Do Old Men Plant Trees.

1t has been said by some wise man
Emerson, | believe-that only old men
plant trees. This may be the rule
but my earliest recollections were con-
nected with tree planting. My mother,
father and maternal grandmother
were all ardent lovers of horticulture.
and / inherited this love in an increased
degree.
While l was in attendance at Tulane
university, in the city of New Orleans,
| was struck by the high price charged
for the extra grade of Louisiana soft
she'll pecans. The medium grades sold
on Canal street for from twenty to fifty
cents a pound, while the finest sold for
one dollar. These latter, of course,
were used for seed and for ornament
ing cskes for Christmas for rich
people. 1t was a source of won
der to me why some m did not buy
a large amount of these extra-grade
nuts, and plant a grove, for l knew
by experience that they would come
into bearing in nine years, and
would bear a remunerative crop at if
teen, growing more valuable each year
till they become a hundred years old.
I bought me a quantity of the best
seed, and in spite Of opposition for I
vas a young man them and ridicule,
l planted a large grove in northern
Louisiana, not far from the banks of
the Mississippi river. Ten years have
passed since then, and as / look from
my window l see the finest pecan
grove in the south, which has just come
into bearing, and which is now one of
the most valuable pieces of agricultur-
al property in the south. 1t contains
about a hundred acres and over a thou
trees. The Rural New Yorker
gave a lengthy article about this grove
l sst April, and has another now in
press, so I shall say nothing more
it here. I have also large
orchards of plum, peach, apple and
trees, which add much to our liv-
ing, and now that there is no longer
any profit in cotton growing, they
promise to be ~remunerative in them
selves-F Fruit Grower.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
smoke curtin up left a hungry hok,u

smoke curtin up LETT a hungry Sokln
trail across the cloudy sky.
farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my son. says she.
"Then the train dashed around Q
bend of the road and come thunderin
down to the station. Now it will snap
the cords that bind two lovin hearts to-
gether.
Farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my son." says she.
"He is goin way off somewheres out
West to grow up with the country and
carve out his future hereafter.
Cruel fate has so decreed that he must
leave that pore old wilder mother all
alone in her sorrows.
Farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my son." says she"
by this time l ooh notice. that
Squire Wilson had went down after his
old bandana handkerchief, gu under
stand, and looked like he dio- It know
whether to burst open or melt and run
off. But the preacher wen on
Out in the cold world alone that one
happy young man must go, leavin his
lear old mother and old home behind
him. The familiar scenes that have
known him for 10 these many years
will know him now no more forever.
Farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my son." says she.
I'D hat pore old mother. with her
darlin son ten thousand miles away,
must live out her few last remainin
days on earth alone. Many and many
a time will she cry out in the agony Of
her grief, where IS my wanderin boy
tonight ?"
Farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my SON. says she.
"Now he is on the cars. The bell
rings and the whistle blows. The con-
ductor says ''all aboard" and the train
moves off, whilst the iron wheels seem
to crush the very life blood out OF that
desolate old woman.
Farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my son." says she.
Nov he has torn himself fran her
last lovin embrace. He is stapdin ID
the platform of the rear car noEk. He
waves a last good bye and throws one
more kiss. Her wrinkly ole hand
touches Ilef pdle lips anu IlutCeT" Ai tuo
air, and then she turns weepih from
the sad and terrible scene.
Farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my SON" says she.
The preacher broke off and quit and
started back to the Amen corner.
Squire Wilson got up and went forth to
meet him.
"Parson,'' said the Squire, whilst the
tears as big al glass marbles rolled
down his face-'Parson, / don't blong
to no church and l couldn't say for GER
tain that have got any religion, but 1
want to shake your hand and tell you I
am powerful taken with the doctrine
you preach"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Powerful stirrin Doctrine.

have seen a heap of preachers and
po%liticusses in my day and time, and
heard mor sermonts and stump
speeches than Carter had oats, and I
maintain till yet that there amt so
much in what they say as the in which
they say it.
Oncst upon a time I recollect they
had a big campmeeting goin on down
in the piney woods at Spring Hill Camp
grounds. One mornin they changed
the general plans and specifications
and give several short talks by differ
ent visitin preachers. On the last
round they brung forth a right young
preacher from the city can't re-
rate he was q sky-scraper and a face
washer.
Old Squire Wilson was there that day,
and whilst the Squire was one of the
best and biggest men in the country,
he never was arrested as anybody
knows of for stealth Bibles and prayin
in public places. But the talk which
the young preacher from the city put
up that mornin shook the Squire up
GeFriOi6 anu pullcu uiIu dTOuuu mighty
clost to the Lords side. AS near as I
can now remember the young preacher
preached as follows towit below:
''They were standin there hand In
hand together at the railroad station.
He was 3 tall s~trappin young man,
With the straight flush of manhood on
his brow. She was a bent and wrinkly
old woman, with the 10Y of winter on
her head and the music OF eternal
springtime in her heart.
Farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my son." says she.
"A big red light flashed along tho
rails and shot out across the woods and
fields, and the winter winds ratified and
moaned through the telegraph wires.
Farewell, mother" says he.
Farewell, my son." says she.
1.-THE whistle sounded loud and clear
back yonder in the distance, and the
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

THE possible organizations and COM
b~inations' of a game of dominoes are
reckoned at 24s, 52s, 211, $40.
SCIENTISTS prove from authorized re-
turns that only five hundred and five
cases are known Of persons having sec
ond attacks of smallpox.
A HORSE is an employee fully within
the judicial meaning of the term. An
intricate legal contention in the county
court rat Buffalo has ended in this
ruling
JESUIT priests cannot preach on poll
tics in Austria-Hungary. The superior
of the order in Vienna removed a priest
who broke the rule recently, and made
the reason public.
A Swiss statistician has taken the
trouble to count the number of steps he
took in walking during the whole year.
The number he finds to have been
9,760, 900, or an average of 26, 40 steps a
day.
YUcATAN exports better hammocks
and greater numbers of them than any
other province in the world. They RI
made entirely byhand, and from a fiber
which is ~unexcelled.
AcuR1oUs advertisement was inserted
the other day by a o%ne-legged New
Yorker. He wanted to find a man
minus the other leg and with a foot Of
the same size, so that they could make
one pair of shoes answer for both.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
FARMER AND PLANTER
AeOUT THE BANANA
"''i''es OF This Exceedtnr,v D..

'ss'oitisies OF This Exce,a,,u
ular Fruit. 1'P'
IL IS possible that in a fer
eilcan people will be fssd;ns we
oahana Hour, as thew now AZ on
;s ol. ol ,he wheat, rye and maize 7.
1onn mat the flour will kern 90
as as wheat flour, and il as nutr;tiors
as meat Also that the banana ;a toN,u
and lines as productive as the notats
no 'hat an area which would ~
vnougn wheat to support ona stow
would produce bananas enonnh nnan
port 1873 men. oosh TO sup
IT. was the opinion of Alexanae,
hiIit;o. after estimating the cs,al
oll,.iea OF the banana, that :. apa-
s...l'n OF Central America cou,d 5i,gle
m 800 enough to feed the world w. n.y.
Id of hour is made from tho ,..:ne
oahana' and the c~bennnas.
pientifulness of thu n
vine wien once the industry is establishsyy'
~ most certainly be of nterest
VIC poor, for this will in tnrn
.o"er the price Of the loaf. The w..
s saesoEe OF a banana sausage is said -
oe perfectly feasible. In This cssa L W
Hlpe oanana is used and CHARGED ,r;tL
condensed milk. and then mt w VI
n;n~ already some of the largest can.
Ing factories have begun to make this
er'ure OF their business. The
sau IS even more nutritious than
sne Meal, and is so easily transnorta.
oie' tnat on a campaign it will be o.
most invaluable. d.
IL has also been learned
doubt, that the banana ma.1 ooaha
USED most successfully and
icaily In manufacture of beer.
90 much for the fruit of the banana
IL mas lately been discovered hat tba
SKIN OF the fruit is also valuable. Fret
Oh all 1t gives a beautiful fiber, from
winch d durable and fine cloth can no
manufactured. The juice of the sl;n
also gives an idelible ink, and can be
.ermented into good vinegar. In fact,
~ rivals the cocoanut as being the
most useful tree to man.
1.-the "everlasting imported banana.
can oe converted into bread, sausapes
ana beer, it will come into competition
with the products of the great and
powerful states of the north and west
"nich are able to stand the rivalry
while at the same time it will be with.
Drawn from competition with the 9TH
er fruits OF Florida by reason of the
very small area to which it can he
adapted.
There is still plenty Of suitable land,
however and the man who feels like
investing n engaging in banana Gull
lure, mas money in the bank" for a
great company has already been es-
tablished, and is low in WORKING or.
der, to develop the banana industry in
Florida.
Every banana raised in Florida now
hnds a ready market, for it can all be
used, meat, skin, juice and fiber, and
the t~ar-seeing man can sight profit
Florida Fruit Grower.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Q AND MUSIC.

Miss BRADDoN, the novelist, has lost
her husband, Mr.. John Maxwell. He
was a publisher, and thirty-fve years
ago started Temple Bar.
MANUAL GARCIA, in spite of his nine
ty years, is still an active singing teach
er in London. 1t is nearly seventy years
since he made his first appearance In
opera in New York.
Miss WINNIE DAVIS new book, "The
Yelled Doctor" is in the hands of Har-
per & Bros, but it is still in manu-
script and no date has been set for it's
publication.
PADEREwsK1 is sharing his honors in
Paris with NJ. ~Zeldenrust, a Dutch
pianist who is coming 500 to America,
and whom the Paris critics compare to
Rubenstein.
A MAGAZINE, the first to appear in
the West Indies, is to be published soon
in the island of Antigua. Its name will
be the Carib. There is enough I'M
known history and romance in the
islands Of the Spanish Main and the
Antilles to make it interesting.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
KNOWLEDGE

Beings comfort and improvement and
TENDS to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
ADAPTING the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
The Southern Corn Crop.

The corn crop in the southern states
last year, while showing.some increase
over 1898, was far from reaching a
satisfactory figure. In fact, official
statistics prove that the south in 1894
produced less corn by SO, $40, 600 bushels
than in 1891, while it's cotton crop was
slightly larger in 1894 than Ia 1891,
the figures being 9,os5, 37s bsles in
1891, and 9,oss, 900 in 1894. The
south has lost 1,o26. $50 in cattle, or
about 10 per cent. since 1890, though
there has been a considerable increase
in hogs. If the south had raised last
wear as much corn rs in 1891, it would
be better off by over $50, ooo, 600. These
figures from official sources point I'M
mistakably to a radical mistake in
southern agriculture. - Humboldt
fTenn.) Messenger.