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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
PARROT AND HAWK.


Qaeer Fight Witnessed by an Anerfsaa
Journalist In Mexico.
A correspondent from Mexico gives
us the following information Of a fight
between hawk and a parrot, ending in
the downfall of the former:
The onslaught was commenced by
the hawk, who swooped down into the
brush when he was quite adistance oil.
Pretty soon there was the most extfaor-
f7inary racket in the scrub oak,
The parrot had the hawks neck In
lis claws and was driving away with
his hook bill at the hawks head. The
hawk was willing enotayh to- quilt. but
couldn't
They few up and down. first one on
top and then the other 1T was not Il
long fight. The hawk seat his adver-
sary with his wings, and even got his
tail and beak to work; but the. .red-and-
green bird was too big and strong for
him, and would not release his grip q
moment. Before the gentleman got
very near the hawk ceased fightirg
The parrot had apparently sunk his
talons through the hawks neck, and
that is probably the reason they did not
separate. When the hawk got Guief
the parrot managed to disengage hiia-
self and few up into a tree. where he re-
mained. scolding and Strengthening
his feathers He was pretty badly
scratched up, and one OF his eyes
seemed TO be gone. but he had killed tbs
hawk
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
THE CANDLE MOTOR.

It Is Easily Made and Creates Lots of
viz Genuine Amusement.
A novel kind of motor is illustrated
in the accompanying cut. It lis worked
neither by steam, electricity nor COM
pressed air; it requires neither boiler,
nor cylinder, nor piston, and consists
solely of simple candle. A motor like
this is easily made.
Stick two pins heated over lamp
through a candle at opposite middle
points, vertically to the wick. These:
pins will be the axis of our motor, and
you must set their extremities on the
edges of two glasses.
Now light both ends of the candle,
which will burn furiously. Presently a
drop of the wax or sperm falls into one
of the plates set beneath to receive it.
The equilibrium of the balance shaft
being thus destroyed, the other end OF
the candle falls downward, causing the
end which has lost the first drop of wax
to go up. But In its downward move
ment the falling end loses several drops.
and therefore in turn becomes lighter
than the other and rises again. In this
way an oscillatory movement is begun,
weak at first, but gradually growing
wider and wider until the candle finally
assumes almost a vertical position.
To utilize this movement of the candle
fasten to its axis by means of pins long
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conforming to the taper of the forward
portion of the gun, Is forced over the
rawhide until it's inner end fits snugly
within the groove or rabbet, Q, Of the
cap, where they are secured together.
The cap, G, Is provided with the usual
trunnions.
The particular cannon tested by the
ordnance board was feet inches
long, with az inches caliber, and
weighs 45e pounds. It looked strong
enough to stand an ordinary charge,
but not an officer present believed that
there would be much more thana few
bits of the carriage left after the first
heavy tests had been made" It was
tried first, with fear and trembling,
with pound of powder. giving a press
ure Of All pounds to the square inch;
then with 11S pounds, 16,84o pounds
pressure; then with . pounds, 26, ,7os
pounds pressure; then with an extra
ball added, to increase the resistance
40, $50 pounds pressure and the gun
was at good as ever, and perfectly cool.
Altogether. the leather cannon has
proved a surprise to the authorities.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30

MS we used to dol" and Uncle John
laughed heartily as he thought oft.
"Oh do tell us about it," cried the
boys. and so after lighting his pipe, be
commenced: ~
tWe boys had very inventive minds
and were up to all sorts of capers, SO
it is no wonder that after reading in
the fairy tale Of the old woman who
was rolled down the hill in cask we
decided to see what her sensations were
like. We got large and strong cask
which belonged to grandfather, taking
care to pull all the nails out, however,
and fixed it to start on it's travels. We
lined it with old grain sacks to make
it more comfortable, and then three of
us boys piled in, and the fourth sent the
barrel rolling down the hill. 1t was
the strangest sensation ever felt and
after practieing for awhile we grew
quite fond of the sport, although it was
quite dangerous one, and called it
Tubing The old drawback was in
getting the old tub up the hill again,
but after awhile we remedied that by
rigging up sort Of pulley attach
ment."
''It must have been fnei" cried Ted
md Jack together, and just then Tom
Winters, the boy who lived on the next
farm, came up and the next subject was
forgotten.
The next day when the boys were
rummaging underneath the old corn
o., 49,
into they. came upon queer old barrel
which brought Uncle Johns story back
to their minds.
81 guess this IS the tub Uncle John
was telling us about said Ted. isn't
tia queer old machine. I say, boys''--
To Jack and Tom Winters-''let's try
it! Uncle said he used to think it great
sport"
So the old cask was rolled out and
brushed quite clean and then hoisted on
the wheelbarrow and wheeled to the
top of Sunset hill. The hill was quite
steep, which was all the better for the
purpose, the boys thought, but it was
question in which direction IL should
be started. The woods commenced at
the foot of the hill to the south; the
railroad track was toward the east,
the pond toward the west; so north was
the only feasible direction to take. al
though 1t did seem rather rocky
and quite steep. Only two of the
boys could go at once--the third had
TO be left behind to start the tub roll
ing. Tom Winters took look at the
sidehill before him and then kindly
volunteered to do this, while Jack and
Ted took the first ride. So they
crawled in.
When all was ready Tom Winters
showed the barrel, and off it went gayly
skipping down the side of the hill. AT
the very frst turnT Ted and Jack knocked
heads violently. Unfortunately. they
had forgotten that when Uncle John
wens down there were three inaide,
s5s 4 Z z g5
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
TUBING ADVENTURE. a
sack and Ted Had Little More Fun
Than They Barlained For.

Jack and Ted Had a Little More Fun
Than They Barsained For.
when was boy" said Uncle John
as he sat on the porch and watched the
sun go down behind the hill, 81 man
aged to have pretty good time up
here on the farm. How do you find it,
boys?"
1--WE do too,' said Ted, 81 guess there
aren't many things that we haven't
tried, are there, Jack p"
We've been here only q week. re-
piled Jack, ''and we know every corner
OF the farm, and we've tried every way
Of excitement. We have great fun
sliding down the ice house roof and
bringing the cows in and riding the
horses down IN the field. Did you live
here when you were boy, Uncle
John2'
''Why, of course" said their uncle. 81
was born and brought up here, and if
my business wasn't in Japan I'd be hero
every summer of my life. I'd like to be
boy again with you and show you
all the pranksI used to play. Wouldn't
you enjoy rolling down hill in the cask
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
FUMES OF CYANIDE.
They Cause Radical Change In the Col.
ors OF Flowers.

s 4 8
They Cause a Radical Change In the Col.
ors OF Flowers.
1t is well known that the yelloWs
of some insects are turned to red by the
fumes from potassium cyanide; but !
have not, after some inquiry, been able
to obtain any literature describing the
effects of such fumes upon the colors
OF flowers. The reactions I have OBJ
served are very curious, and while 1t
seems improbable that they are hither-
to wholly unknown, 1t may not be
amiss to direct attention to them.
Al few Jumps of cyanide are placed
iii a eorlced tube, covered with little
cotton, and the flowers are placed on
the cotton. 1t is probably necessary,
that the day should be hot or the tube
slightly warmed. The pink flowers of
Cleome integrifolia and Monarda fist
ulosa turn to brilliant green-blue
and finally become pale yellow. A pur-
ple-red yerbena becomes bright blue
then pale yellow. The purple flowers
of Solanum sloeag gnifolium go green
blue and then yellow. The white pet
ais Of Argemone platy yceras turn yell
How, the natural color of Al. Mexicalla.
The pale yellowish flowers of Ment-
zelia nudas turn q deeper yellow. Flow
ers Of Lupinus Argenteus, var, turn
pale yellow. White elder (sambucus1
flowers turn yellow. The scarlet floW-
| ers Of Sphaeralcea angustifolia turn
pale, dull pink, resembling somewhat
ii natural variety Of the same. Any
OF your readers will doubtless obtain
similar results with the flowers grow
ling In their vicinity.-T. ID. a. Cockerell.
lin Nature
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
A Shot Through the Brain.

A man shot through the brain, says
Victoria Horsley, dies, not through fail
ure Of the hearts action, but through
the want of breath oceasioned by the
explosive effect of the bullet passing
through the wet brain substance, and
consequent injury to the base of the
brain The heart goes on beating, but
respiration stops; indeed, the heart is
stimulated, not depressed, when bull
let enters the brain, and the proper
treatment of man thus shot is the
same as that resorted toin the case Of
drowned people one should try to set
up artificial respiration.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
HOW TO ECONOMIC.
never Buy Cheap Things Nor Things THAT
Are Not Really Needed.

Are Not Really Needed.
There is no falser economy then to
buy inferior goods, ahdthis rule holds
good for food sswen as for
clothes. A good 1nateEial looks well
to the end, and can be washed or
cleaned and made up again in various
ways. It is better to have one we'll
made dress of good material than two
or three badly-nade of poor stuff,
which will look shabby and untidy
after wearing once or twice. When
dusting or sweeping an apron should
always be worn, and for any very dirty
work it is a good plan to change the
dress, and wear an old one kept entire-
" for that purpose.
In household matters there are hun-
dreds of ways in which economy can be
practiced. For instance, in any room
that is much used a rsis OF strip of car
pet laid down nesr thegdoor, where the
most wear comes, will save the carpet
and make it last twice as long.
White tablecloths should always have
table napkins spread at the end where
the carving goes on, SO that in case OF
any gravy being split only the napkins
need be washed instead Of the entire
cloth.
In buying food always choose the
best. Inferior meat and poor groceries
are really no cheaper in the end, for the
small amount saved by purchasing
them is often expended twice over in
paying doctors bills and buying medi-
cine to cure ills, many of which are
caused by nothing but badly cooked,
inferior and indigestible food.
Good cooking is great helpto econ
o1ny, and is an art which should be
more cultivated than it is, for, to know
how to make the bestof everything and
the most tasty way of using up all kinds
of scraps IS by 40 means to be despised.
Never buy any ything thatis not really
| needed just because you see it in shop
! and it happens to be cheap. In buying
| groceries it is far more economical to
| buy fairly large Quantities and store
them than to buy small quantities
whenever needed. Eggs can be bought
| iii the summer when they are cheaE
| and stored for winter use, and spices
rice, oatmeal, dried fruits, peas, can
| dies, etc., can be kept for a long time il
properly stored. Keep currants and
raistns and other dried fruits in jars ol
tins, with covers, where flies will not
be able to get to them. Tea and coffee
should be stored in tin boxes or jar:
| with tightly fitting lids SO that the all
| Ia dIIife excluded
"A very economical plan, more FIRE
/ quently followed abroad than in Eng
land, is to have astock-pot into whief
all odd bits of meat and bone, veg
etables, and other odds and ends art
put, to be used for making soup. Al
pieces of bread should be kept, made
crisp in the oven, powdered, and KEEP
in tin ready for frying. Pieces o
cheese. too dry for eating, can be pow
dered and used for fayoring macaron
| and other dishes to which cheese is al
improvement.
There are numberless ways in whicl
a careful housewife can save none,
| without making any appreciable diff
ference in the comfort and well being
of the inmates of the house, and it is
| curious fact that the best cooks ar
frequently the most economical. HON
/ Notes
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
POPULAR SCIENCE.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

q New Eiectro-ohemicai Process Which
May Prove Useful.
A curious and possibly important
discovery is reported by E. Andreoli. Of
London, in the Electrical Review. It
will be understood more readily II one
recalls the methods employed in cleo
tro-plating. If an acidulated solution
Of su1phate Of copper be placed "a D
glass dish and an electric current from
a battery or dynamo be led into the
liquid BY one wire and out by another
the two being kept apart carefully,
The salt will be gradually disintegrated,
the snlphuric acid being liberated at
the positive pole,or anodes and the cop
per accumu ulating at the negative pole,
or cathode, where it viii be deposited
in a thin film. Any chemical compound,
IL properly prepared, could be broken
up in a similar manner Hitherto,
however, it has been supposed that the
elements into which 1t would be re-
solved would first make their appear.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30

country, where ice and refrigerators
are not very commonly used, is the re-
peated going down and up cellar stairs
to carry and obtain food that must be
kept cool in hot weather.
To build the waiter that is shown,
cut an opening in the pantry floor three
fourths of an inch larger than the size
Of the waiter. From either end of this
opening uprights OF two by four scant-
ling are let down to the bottom of the
cellar, where they rest firmly upon fat
stones. These uprights contain the
pulleys over which run the cords that
are attached to the bottom of the wait
er, as shown in the diagram. These
pulleys and the cord are the same as
are used for raising heavy windows.
Guides, not shown in the diagram, hold
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
Housekeeping ana Homenaking

Housekeeping is not always home
making, and the modern woman is be-
ginning to find it out. To live for the
house and its glory is one mode Of exist
ence; another mode is to make the
house exist for the sake of the people
who are to adorn il. The former is
housekeeping; the latter is homemade
Ing. You can discern the difference be-
tween home and house directly on
entering domicile If you are half way
observant. You can tell by the books
and the tides and the arrangement of
the divans and the pillows and the
lamps. The real state Of things is in
the atmosphere, and is as discernible as
though written on the wall
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
nay DADS THE ENGINEER.


We were none of US thinking of danger
AS the train sped on In the night,
Till the flames from the burning forest 4
Made the passengers ldzwfth fright.
Then a tiny maid near window
With smile said; There's nothing to fSAy;
I'm sure that no harm VIII befa1l you,
Ny dads the engineersT G
REFRAIN
Is Daddy's on the engine,
Don't be afraid;
Daddy knows what he is doing, ,@ -
Said the little maid
!" Wen soon be out of danger,
Don't you ever fear; AZ y
81 Every one Is safe, because 80 $S fF
fes dad S the engfneerp'
With the sparks falling closely about us,
Through the flames We sped on SO fast
And tho brave little maids father brought US
Through the danger all safe at last
And the proud, sweet face Of the lassie
And the words of the calm, little desrf
s'pm sure thst no harm will pefall you.
Ny dads the engineeri''
REFRAIN
s Daddys on the engine.
Don't be afraid; ~sE
Daddy knows what no is doing"
Said the little maid;
~We1l soon be out OF danger,
Don't you ever fear;
Everyonasis safe, because
My dads the engineer!"
m. Y. Commercial Advertiser
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30

the waiter in place, and cause 1t to rise
and fall without fitting. These guides
may be in the form of a smooth groove
In either upright, in which hardwood
pegs upon the sides of the waiter run
smoothly, or they may be of some other
character, as circumstances suggest.
The waiter itself has side-pieces sex-
tending from the pantry floor nearly to
the cellar floor, the cords being at
tached to the lower end. The top will
come flush with the pantrS floor, and
may well be made of wood to match
that floor. The weights should be open
boxes filled with bricks, SO that the
weight can be varied from time TO
time, as circumstances demand.-Webb
Donne11. in Country Gentleman.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
A RAWHlDE CANNON.
Successfully Tested by the Ordnance Boars
of the Army.

Successfully Tested by the Ordnance Board
Of the Army.
The Scientific American gives an in
teresting description Of what it well.
terms "a curiaas weapon nothing more
nor less than cannon chiefly made OF
rawhide," invented by Frederick La
tulip, and recently tested by the United
States Army Ordnance. board at the
Sandy Hook proving grounds, with very
surprising results. The engraving
(which we reproduce) shows the idea.
A is core of steel, furnished with q
number of collars, a, to prevent end
wise movement in the rawhide casing;
B,which consists of strips wound around
the core, cemented, and finally turned
down to shape. A steel cap, c, having
a groove or rabbet, Q, is fitted tightly
over the breeeh portion of the thus far
constructed gun, and a steel shell, D,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30

they are kept in place. It may be GOV
cred with white duck from an old gown
that is no longer seryiceable and edged
with fall of coarse lace about the top.
Use only small parasol, and il you
have not frame of the right size you
may fashion an umbrella shaped bag,
SO constructed that the effect will be
that of half open parasol.-N. 7.
Har.1d
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enough to keep 1t from contact with tts
flames q strip Of pasteboard in imita-
tion of a plank, at each extremity OF
which stick two little figures cut out OF
stiff paper. When the candle ends are
lighted the figures will seem to be err
joyinga game of see-saw, and will great
ly heighten the interest of the expert
rneIit.-Once a Week.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
The Latest ID Funeral Flowera.

Flowers for funeral offerings are
oftenest now sent loose in a box, set
pieces being justly regarded as stiff
and plainly suggestive Wreaths are
still used, but they have become 50 full
as to have lost the hollow Of the center,
and are, instead, a round mat of fow.
ers- Something different in floral de-
signs for these sad occasions is The oval
wreath, of which one side is made sol
idly of ferns and leaves and the Other
half as solidly mass Of flowers
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
An Unexplained Fact.

M. satcheosly, o Russian scientist,
has made number Of observations on
changes of ground temperature with
depth, in the mountains of southern
Siberia. He finds that these changes
are more rapid on, the tops and sides OF
the mountains than at their feet-that
is to say, in the valleys. Furthermore,
he finds that the earth's surface in
these valleys Is colder than on the sides
of the neigh boring mountains. The
facts are well established, but they are
vet unexplained
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
TuberouIIne Cures Lunatics.

KoeI's tuberculine which has been
cast in the shade by DR.. Ronx's anti
toxine, now turns up again as a remedy
for insanity. Prof. Wagner von Jau-
regg, of Vienna. has experimental with
It for four years, curing many patients
md improving the mental and physical
condition of all on whom it was tried.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
The Mosuuttf,.

There are supposed to be about one
hundred and fifty species Of mosquitoes
IN the world. Already twenty y-one spe-
cies have been identified as native to
North America. The largest varieties
occur in the tropics, where Insect life
cf all sorts obtains its fullest and most
pestiferous development. Nowhere,
however, are these bloodsuckers more
abundant than In far northern lati.
tudes, as IN arctic Alaska, where they
appear % countless swarms during ths
brief borea1 summer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
WOMAN AND HOME.
SIMPLE puMB-WA,TER.

a Suggestion for Housewives Who Are
Tired of Stair Climbing.
8 The ordinary durnb-waiter is rather
too elaborate for home construction,
and is, moreover, somewhat expensive.
The construction that is suggested in
the accompanying illustrations is sim
pie, and the result is dumbrwaiter as
practical in every way as those that
have closet on the first floor, and a
more or less complicated apparatus for
lifting the waiter from the cellar be-
low AS to the advantages of having a
dumb-waiter in the house, there can be
no question. One of the hardest things
about housekeeping, particularly in the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
To Wash Light silks.

When washing summer silks remove
all grease or other spots with chlore-
form, then make solution OF Q tea
spoonful of ammonia and little soap
In pail of water and into this dip the
silk again and again until it looks quite
clean. Do not wiring it out, but press
between the hands. Rinse in water
from which the chill is gone, ther hang
in shady place until partly dry, when
lay between two cloths and press with
a hot iron until It is quite dry.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
RECEPTACLE FOR SHOES.

How Clever Girl ALado Use of a Dis
4 carded Outing ParasoL
"A returned summer girl has found a
novel use for her discarded outing par
asol. She has removed one-half Of 1t
and fitted it with fat back of paste
board, as shown in the illustration, COW
erine both this and the outside of the
remaining half with cretonne to match
the furnishings of her room. Each seq
ment is furnished with lining, which
forms the pocket for pair of dainty
slippers or shoes, and as the pocket Is
no deeper than the length Of tho shoes
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
percer.tage Of water In wood.

Chemists fell us that forty-fve per
cent. of green wood consists of water.
They estimate that 1t is almost impos.
gible to expel all the water from sea-
soned lum Der. about ten per cent. re-
nainiug esven In highly-seasoned woods
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-30
FRENCH, Iayys concerning BABIES

II Is not generally known that III
France tits forbidden under severe pen
alties for anyone to give infants under
one year any form Of solid food unless
such. be ordered by q written preserip-
tion nsigned by legally qualified nnedi-
cal man. Nurses are also forbidden to
use in the rearing 81 infants eonfded
10 their care at any time or under any
pretext whatever any nursing bottle
provided with rubber tube.
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may be made under road by using
wooden timbers for the sides, as shown
In the accompanying illustra tion. The
timbers are spiked or trenaiIed together
to keep them firmly III place Cross
pieces at the bottom hold the sides
from pressing together, while the tim
bers at the top serve the same purpose.
Such a wall is much more easily con
structed than one made Of stone. Or
anqe Judd Farmer.
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The Point at EssHe.

She-Eo man is good enough for me.
Hell know thas, bat arn I bad
enough Life.
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I CAusEWAYs or WOOD.

More Easily Constructed Than Those Made
of Stone.
In some regions stone suitable for
building causeWay walls II not at hand
IN such case a passageway for cattle