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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-02


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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
FARMER AND PLANTER.
FLOWING.
One Of the Essentials of Good and Pro-
ductfve Farming.

One of tine Essentials of Good and Pro-
ductfve Farming.
Thorough plowing or loosening Of
the soil is one of the essentials in good
farming. All kinds of grain, grass.
vegetables, and nearly all kinds of
fruit, require a mellow soil or seed
bed In order to secure the best re-
suits. The mellowing up of the soil is
necessary so that the plants can e.
tend their net work of roots easily and
rapidly in every direction, and in this
way receive the supply Of plant food
necessary for their growth. While the
soil may be full of fertility, If it is
hard and compact so that the roots of
the plants can not push or make their
way through it readily, they will not
be able to obtain the nourishment
they require, and the plants will never
be as thrifty or grow as well.
Land in Il state of nature has its best
soil on its surface. but in all soils there
is more or less latent fertility, that
only needs the action of the elements,
the air, light, sunshine, rain and frost.
Flowing is the means principally used
not only to stir the soil, but to bring
this subsoil to the surface, where 1t
can be subjected to these various ele-
ments. Flowing also aids very mate
rally to pulverize the soil and make it
loose and mellow. 1t is not advisable
at any time to plow too deep at once.
In nearly or quite all cases the
best plan of deepening the soil
is to do 1t gradually, blowing
little deeper each time. If
the plowing is done In the fall, and the
planting is not to be done until spring,
more subsoil can be brought to the
surface at one time than when the
planting is to be done reasonably soon
after stae plowing is done. To some
extent the depth of blowing must be
regulated by the character of the soil.
A thin soil is rarely benefited by very
deep plowing, and If manured up there
is no special advantage In turning the
manure down deep into the soil. A
soil of this character might be benefited
by deep stirring of the soil where deep
plowing that turned the richer top soil
down into the ground, and brought
up the poorer subsoil to the surface
But the plowing should always be
thorough. Cutting and covering will
not put the soil in the best condition
for the reception of the seed, and good
thorough p1owing is worth two skins
mings. The better the plowing is
done the easier the work of preparing
In prime tilth, and with all crops
the better the condition Of the soil,
when the seed is sour, the better the
termination, and the more vigorous
the start to grow and the better the
yield.
It pays to use good plows, to keep
them sharp SO that thorough work can
be done, as a thorough preparation of
the soil is one of the essentials neces-
sary to the growing of good crop.
N. J. Shepherd, In Farmers Magazine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
Making tho Broods oomfortable.

Late Matched broods of chickens
often suffer and appear weak, not be-
cause they are late-hatched, but be-
cause they come at 3 period when the
heat is greatest, and because in many
cases there Is little or no protection
from it. A coop is placed in a glare of
sunshine, and both the mother hen
and the chicks suffer greatly, and the
latter do not thrive. Put the coopa
under the shade of trees If possible,
but If these are absent simply nail two
long stripes to the sides of the coop,
and stitch piece OF cotton cloth from
one to the other. A little thing like
this is capable of adding vastly to the
comfort of the brood and it's chance
of rapid growth. Southern Farm.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
AN ANCIENT ROADWAY.
Strange Discovery of Prehistoric High
way in California.

eCrSnge discovery OF q Prehistoric High
way in California.
A huntsnlan, who has been cunning
In the territory lying south of Sweet
water Dam and along the north slopes
of San Miguel mountain, comes back
with Il story of more than usual inter-
est. While there he came across He-
man G. Cooke, of this city, who has a
geological, If not real, mining incli-
nation, and another man. They are at
work on what has already proved to be
something of a surprise, and which
may eventually prove to be very
large sized sensation.
It appears that in some way Cooke
learned that an ancient road had been
discovered leading from the river level
ON the north side TO point near the
summit of San Miguel. He decided to
investigate, but chiefly for entertain.
ment at first. He took a pick and
shovel, established a camp and pre-
pared to make a thorough job OF it, As
he progressed his interest increased.
for he soon discovered that below the
shifting surface of the mountain side
and under the debris of vegetation a
solid roadbed, well defined and
thoroughly built, exi isted. In places
were large trees, Indicating its great
age. This road was followed well up
into the mountains, and on the way
several branch roads leading off to
different spurs were easily traced. All
along these roads In places Cooke found
pieces of broken rock, which have
given what he believes is the clew to
the construction of the road. He had
some specimens crushed which assayed
well in gold and SILVER.
This was also supported by the fact
that several implements of manifestly
ancient make have been found. which
are believed to be mining tools. Cooke
thinks he has traced the road TO the
end, and at that point has found a
from shaft or tunnel, and his present
work is to find the opening which will
lead to the mine. He believes It's dis
covery is not far distant. as he has
narrowed it down to possible space
of about two hundred feet square.
The conclusion is that this is an
ancient and rich mine, or the road
would not have been made. The dis
coveries are said to be more interest
ing to Cooke because more than once
he has dreamed OF discovering noun
tain of gold and silver, with tools all
at hand for taking out the metal. -
San Diego Letter in San Francisco Ex-
aminer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
Apple Tree Experiments.

The Nebraska agricultural expert
ment station has issued bulletin
from which The following practical
conclusions are drawn: Grafting-wax
proves better than soil or COW manure
in application to injuries from mice
and rabbits. Trees in cultivated
ground have darker and more vigorous
foliage than those in sod ground, with
less yellowing, dropping Of leaves or
whiting in hot. windy days Apples
averaged Il per cent. greater weight
on cultivated than on pasture land.
and II per cent greater than on
moved land. As to moisture, for every
100 barrels of water In 20 inches depth
OF soil on sod land, there were 40 In
cultivated land Evaporation, as any
one might suppose, was found proper
tionate to velocity Of wind
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
HERE AND THERE.

"A yearling sheep that has been
carefully attended TO will sell in the
market with as much profit as any
other animal that is kept on the farm.
Always have plenty Of cut straw
or leaves for the hens to scratch In in
dry place. Feed them there TO in
duce exercise when cold or damp out
side
The fruit growing possibilities Of
this country are immense, and it may
almost be said that no section has vet
fully reached It's limit of fruit growing
possibilities.
Stock that is allowed to fall off in
condition is always kept at more or
less loss, for i. costs as much or more
than it originally did to put them
back to the weight they have fallen
from
Twenty thousand head of cattle
are said to be grazing in the Salt River
valley, Arizona. Some will be mar
keted on the Pacific coast and most of
the others sent to Texas for feeding
during the winter.
Why do women, having the same
capacity and material, furnish us with
so many varieties of butterp We
should not wonder when we see the
poor conveniences with which many q
farmers wife is supplied.
Many man who Is making dairy
ing q side issue, and a much neglected
one at that, by keeping a few ill-cared-
for cows on good-sized farm, is as
tonished at the man who can keep a
goodly number on a few acres. The
whole secret is in the man and his IN
tensiied farming.
Speaking Of barn-yard manure
Prof. Bailey says there are sound scien-
tifie reasons for the high esteem in
which this manure is held Ii contains
all the fertilizing elements required BY
plants in forms that insure plentiful
crops and permanent fsyti.isy 70 Liz
sssL
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26

man, bowling his head until the wisps
of soft gray hair fell over his troubled
face.
HGood night, David.
The pitiful note of supplication in
her voice did not fall unheeded on his
ear.
why, Rachel, I most forgot-good
night, mother
"He called me motherl" said Rachel
to herself, when she had reached her
room, and setting the candle on the
little stand, she sank on har knees by
the bed.
God have mercy" she prayed, "and
lay not this sin at our doorsl"
Then she lay down, removing only
her shoes, as if to be ready for any
emergency, but she did not could not
sleep The pillow next to her was
empty-for the first time.
She closed her eyes and listened to
an occasional movement below - a
groan- words Of suppltcation-cries for
deliveranee from the awful thralldom
of this grief She could not see the
tender, plaintive lines of that dear old
into the rigid linesof duty. She slipped
from the bed and felt her way down
the. familiar stairs.
''Husband!' she called; ..are you
sleeping2"
mo, mother.
Again the most beautiful word in the
English language smote her ear like
blow.
David, haven't all the blessed years
that are gone meant something? Isn't
our love worth more than bit of
white paper?"
Hush, womanl Tempt me not to
break the laws of God and man know.
ingly; it is enough to know that we
have sinned through ignorance. Oh,
Godi" -he lifted his voice in inspired
supplication like the prophets of old
}.'if Thou canst forgive, it is not for
man to blame!"
Rachel took advantage of this mo-
ment of apparent softening and kneel-
ing by him laid her head on his shoul-
der.
David, let,me stay with youq"
go back to your room. Rachel: we
must each bear this cross alone"
May kiss you, dear2'
No, no, woman! Who knows that
it might not be a sin? Until we can
see our way clear out of this dark
shadow, we must live apart as stran-
gers
There is way, David. to set 1T
right.
"And to confess our sin to the world!'
That is your pride, David. /"
Just SO, woman. My pride is life
of Integrity, and it's had sore fall I
had much to lose y
while ] have only you. God help
mel I have forgot the Creator more
than the creature. My punishment
has come"
He heard the crying as she went
away in the darkness, but said no word
to comfort or recall her. She could
not know that his grief was equal to
hers.
But 1t had that granite fiber which
gives man courage to die at the stake
for his principles, and Inspires
dogged resolution to suffer found often
IN weak natures. and sometimes
called obstInacy in the minor events of
life. It was the frst call to martyr
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26

WE ARE IN A HEAP OF TROUBLE, SIR.
It was yellow and creased, but when
she unfolded it she gave great cryl
"Husbandl It's the certifcatel You
lad it all the time and never knew 1t.
Thank Godp'
II thought it was receipt for the
fee / give him-honest I did, wife.
and amt ever looked at 1t since that
day. It's the hand of Providence that's
give it back. And we're married and
have been all those years? That's the
blessedest piece of paper I've seen in
my life, and there amt enough money
in these United States to buy it."
/ Wen frame it and hang it where
we can see it every day." suggested
Rachel
"Hooray!'' cried the little old BRIDE
groom, out of whose face all lines had
escaped, except those of love and ten-
derness 81 must kiss the bride''
And as the minister turned his back
on the scene, he pondered long on the
text: 1.-THE meek shall inherit the
earth Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
male moth ean produce In ) SINGLE

male moth can produce In n sinp1a
year about 10000, 600 of caterpillars;
that in France, in two years, one for
ist lost about 200, 600 rose trees from
the laryas Of the cockchafer, that in
the Hartz mountains about /, 500. 600
trees were killed in few years by the
bark-boring beetle; that in our
own country, IN spite of ell our NUM-
ber of birds, something like 5000.
600 to IL, 900, 600 bushels of wheat alone
are annually destroyed by insects; sthat
Prof. Treadwel1, of Cambridge, proved
by actual experiment that a robin con.
sumes about 40 per cent. OF its own
weight every day; that young bird
In his possession consumed 8s earth
worms in twelve honrs; that ATexan-
der Wilson, the great ornithologfst,
estimated that the red-wingel black
bird alone destroys about I6, 600, 900 OF
insects every year; that about twenty
years ago such clouds of grasshoppers
descended upon the western states and
territories that in Utah the food sup
ply was threa tened with entire de-
struction, but at the moment of great
est peril large focks of beautiful
snoW-white gulls appeared, coming
from no one knew whore, and de-
voured the grasshoppers almost with
out ceasing, SO that the crops were
saved and the Salt Lake prophets
solemnly declared that tho Lord had
sent these beautiful winged messen-
gers to save his chosen people. All
these facts, which have been printed
over and over again, are worthy Of re-
publication and should be borne in
mind by thoughtful people In every
community, and steps taken to check
aa much as possible the total extinc-
tion of these valuable allies of man,
At best, birds-song birds especially
afford very little food, and their wan.
ton destruction for "sporte alone is
crime against nature, which nature re-
pays by the inf1iction of countess
myriads of insect foes, rendering in
vain the painful labor of the agrieul-
turist.-Humane World.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
Due to Imagination.

Some writer's of sea-songs were poor
sailors "I'm on the sea! I'm on the
seal" wrote Barry Cornwall" as if
life on the ocean wave were q joy. But
it was his Imagination that wrote the
song, for he was the sickest of sailors
and detested the sea.
Il had It from Mrs Proctor. /" says
Santley. the singer. ''who told me that
she used to tease him, humming a
strain of his jovial sea-song as he lay,
a very log, huddIed in shawis and a
tarpaulin, crossing the channel, with
barely sufficient animation left to ut
ter: Ny dear, don Il =. Youths Com
panion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
Yalua of stock Paaa.

The feet row corn is . very COM
mon thing In south Alabama The
soils in that part of the state are
largely composed Of sand, and by
planting their corn In foot rows and
a row of peas in the center. the yield
of corn is almost equal to a full crop,
besides fair crop Of peas on the same
land. The pea is blessing to this
southland. It will grow on almost
any soil or no soil; it obtains most OF
Its nutriment from the atanos-
phere. and even takes carbonic acid
from the atmosphere and forms bulbs
of nitrogen upon the roots, to ,enrich
the land. The pea is good for MANY
things. 1t will make good soup and
eating for human beings; it will fat.
ten hogs and put upon them the sweet
est hams ever tasted; it will make the
cows give gallons of creamery milk
and pounds of golden butter, it will
put flesh on the horse, and it will en-
rich the land where 1t produces an
abundant crop, though the vines be
cut as hay, and only the roots left In
the soil. The pea ia one of the best
blessings from God.
AS to the question whether SOW and
pigs should be turned on peas? we
should answer yes; but it may be pru-
dent not TO let them eat too long at
first until they aceustom their stom-
achs to the rich food. There is % per
centum of flesh forming or albumin
oids In peas, and So per cent carbo-
hydrates or heat formers. This rich
ness is what causes hogs, cows and
sheep TO put on flesh 50 rapidly
Southern Agriculturist.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
dom that David had heard, and 1t ex-
o1yJdad all ofhar ,yo;oa.

cluded all other voices
But Rachel-she could never be sure
that she had fallen asleep and dreamed
it-thought that her husband came
and bent over her, that tear fell on
her forehead, and that he patted her
gray hair with a loving touch.
The next morning Gated the
anguish of the prect { in day and
night. Suddenly Rachel asked:
Have you thought of the children,
David, what 1t means to them?'
AYE, woman, and sore thought 1t
has been. Whether or no to tell them
of their parents sin, beset me like a
machination ofithe evil one. But put
1t away. God gave me strength for
that. And this day / will consider in
what way to acquaint them with their
misfortune.
Another blow for the loving heart OF
Rachel. Her boy, living with his little
family far distant, had his mothers
sensitive nature; the trouble might
kill him.
The girl, Drusilla, was like her
father; martYrdom would be crown.
In her stern remuneration she might
never see either of them again.
As the day wore on there was much
to be done. Gods broken law must be
patched up by one of His commits
sioners-the minister could help them
out of their present difficulty. but for
the past not all the tears of all the
angels could make that whole and
clean again.
These two who for forty years had
believed themselves man and wife
whom no man had put asunder-were
to be married again.
1t all came about through a lawyers
letter disputing their title jointly held
to property owned in a distant state,
and requesting them toforward copy
of their marriage certificate, and prove
the validity of their claim.
Once in hundred years such case
happens, but that it should have come
to those God-fearing, law-abiding, in
offensive people who were as simple
and innocent as children, seemed un-
accountable. David took the matter
to heart as personal sin.
Their minister was accustomed to all
sorts of sinners. but that any two peo-
pie, as simple and guile1ess as these
two babes in the wood, had gone
through life as law breakers puzzled
him greatly.
: He would have laughed, but the aw-
full earnestness of this domestic trage-
dy struck him with tragic force. When
he saw Rachel In her bridal fnery of
forty years ago, the little old man in
the coat that had been laid away for
bis burial, both trembling with an ex-
cess of emotion, he felt impelled to
save them from themselves.
We are in a heap Of trouble, SIR"
David began, simply, and without any
eircumlocution he told his story,
which Rachel accentuated with her
tears. They had never missed the
certificate; it had not been given to
them by the minister who had married
them In the old home, back east, and
the lawyers letter first acquainted
them with the omission.
I'VE can see now that 1t should
never have happened, but we didn't
really sense it till the lawyer man
wrote again and told us we were not
married until we could prove it by
witnesses or certiicatel' and David
wiped his flushed face with his we'd
ding handkerchief.
A small folded paper fell from its
folds, which the minister picked up
mechanically and passed to Rachel.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.


Ex-Preside Harrison's favorite
dish is said to be fried oysters. We
trust this fact was not put in circula-
ton merely to catch the votes of the
oyster fishermen. Toledo Blade trep.)
Down in Alabama the coal and
iron workers have had their wages adj
vanced twenty-one per cent. since
Juna /. These are some of the men
whom the Wilson bill was expected to
ruin. Los Angeles Herald.
MeKinleyism has been dead for
more than year The wake which
Mckinley and his friends are trying to
hold in Ohio is too late for any useful
purpose or as matter Of respsct to the
remains of the deceased. Chicago
Chronicle.
Governor Mckinley, in advocat-
ing the restoration Of his tariff, should
indicate the exact date which he de-
sired change to go into effect. The
longer the rest from tariff agitation
he can assure the higher he will stand
in popular favor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Following the reduction of the
tariff has come the greatest activity In
the iron business ever known In this
country Mckinley is the bower an-
chor Of democratic hopes. Nominate
him and the I'm de steele chief magis-
trate will be democrat west
ern man. Easy.--St. Louis Republic.
T There are more than million
operatives who are not only receiving
better wages than ever before. but are
assured Of work every working day In
the year, who can be relied upon by
the farmers and other producers to
stand with them in the great coming
battle between prosperity and McKiu-
1eyism Sioux City Tribune
According TO some of the MeKin-
ley organs . considerable number Of
republican sheep committed suicide
when the Wilson bill passed, admit
ting free feeces. of the panper sheep Of
other lands. The sheep is prover-
bially silly creature. II these
misled animals had spatiently waited
they would have seen their wool in-
creased III value and have had the hap-
piness of contributing to the health
and comfort of the American people
by giving them honest and warm
clothing unburdened with bar bsrous
taxes. N y. World.