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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
GIVING ADVICE.
Farmers Should Learn to sift the Good
From the Bad.

Farmers Should Learn 70 Sift the Good
From the Bad.
Many active, energetic men make a
| speciality Of giving bad advice to farm
ers, and there are not lacking papers
ready to assist in this species of hum
buggery, nor farmers ready to receive
these false teachings as the essence of
wisdom. This has especial reference
to those political Jeremiahs who seem
to consider calamities rs blessings and
prosperity as inimical to their plans
and purposes. These are they who
teach, among a multitude Of falla-
cies that our farmers should not
diversity their crops, but urge
their farms for such special crops
as they are best adapted to, and
buy other products from other sec
tions. Boiled down, this means raise
all the cotton possible, and buy feed
and food from others or do without.
The policy of making the farm self
sustaining has even been denounced as
infamous; presumably because its ten-
dency is to unhorse and disarm these
knights Of rueful countenances and
leave them absolutely without an oc-
cupation. All this would amount to
nothing and be unworthy of notice.
but for the fact that no sophis-
no adherent, and no nonsense so
transparent as not to fool some body.
There Is a streak of credulity foot
wide in the mental makeup of many
good people. One of the most learned
men we ever knew, and one Of the most
conscientious, believed everything he
heard or read. This is weakness.
perhaps, but not q crime, but it affords
designing men the very opportunity
they want, and they do not fail to make
the most of it. OF course they know
that the most prosperous farmers we
have are those who judiciously diversity
their products, with view to selling as
much and buying as little as possible,
and that the impecuniosfty of the one
idea farmer is proverbial. They also
know that when all farmers become
self-sustaining and contented, some
body's occupation will be gone. and it
will not be that of the farmer It is
also a fact well known to the agitator
farming they recommend has never in
any country or any age been perma-
nently successful. In our own country
the wheat farming of the west and the
cotton farming of the sou th are familiar
examples; and on the other hand the
stock farmers and truck and fruit farm
ers OF the whole country are examples
equally familiar. IT it were not for the
unfounded faith thai some people re-
pose in their partisan friends ii would
be unnecessary to notice these false
teachings, and even under the eircum-
stances it seems like a waste of time
and space; but as this much has been
written we will let it go. Texas Farm
and Ranch.
why Kill Bfrds9
The so-called open season for
.sportsmen" is close at hand, and al
timely warning against the danger Of
the determination OF birds is in order.
This is foiyesl in a very alaya,-# aseau
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
cLEvELANDss DECLARATION.
The President Has Already Spoken on His
Renomination,9

The President Has Already Spoken on His
Renomination.
We observe that a great many of our
esteemed contemporaries In different
parts of the country are still discuss
ing Mr.. Cleyeland's third -term aspira-
tions with the utmost seriousness.
They still assume that the question is
still an open enc, and are lashing then-
selves into great pother and furry
over it. They Insist with all the So
lemnity the occasion demands that Mr..
Cleveland must not think of being
president again, and they exhaust the
resources of human ingenuity In de-
vising means by which that gentleman
may proclaim his remuneration in such
manner as to convince and reassure
the country.
And yet, all this time, Mr. Cleveland
has declared himself In the most em-
phatic terms and through the most
trustworthy and responsible medium.
Weeks ago the Washington Post
stated that Mr.. Cleveland did not de-
sire fourth nomination, and would
not permit his name to be proposed to-
the convention Of 1896. The Washing
ton Post is not in the habit of speak
ing at random in such matters. Its ut
terances are authoritative. What more
do our esteemed contemporaries asls2
In what bettar way can the president
disclaim the ambition with which he
is unjustly charged? He can hardly be
expected to go about with house-to-
house denial by word Of mouth, nor
should he be required to strike d Spar
tan attitude and reject with indigna-
tion what has not been offered him.
Mr.. Cleveland has done everything
that could reasonably be expected of
him. He has said that he entertained
no thought of another nomination,
and that no friend of his will either
originate or consider proposition to
that effect next year What more can
he do?- Washington Post.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
NO CERTIFICATE.
BIZ MRS. NJ. L. RAvNE.

the first time in forty years. It was
not death, this uninvited guest that
had obtruded its unwelcome presence,
but something worse--disgrace, and its
baleful shadow obscured the light of
heaven. And the night without was
as drear as their hearts within.
The woman took a fat tin candle
stick from the table and lighted the
bfOof candle it held.
You'll be coming up soon, David9"
she asked, wistfully.
he said, sternly.
David, you'll not be the one to
sep'rate us that have been joined to-
gether a 1ifetime2. l couldn't abear
that man, / really couldn't"
'sWait bit, Rachel Maybe to-mor-
row it will seem cls.--er, but tonight
] mus think, and try for wisdom to see
Gods hand in this"
you'll wind the clock, David, and
put Malty outsider? 4.
She was making brave fight for
strength, and it is on the plain and
homely duties of life that we find the
frmest footing. Rachel knew this,
and solaced her breaking heart with
trifles.
And If you have poor turn in the
night, you'll call me?" she said.
Yes, mother"
She turned away with a sigh that
rent Dayid's heart, but waited with
her hand on the stair door.
There's shroud in the candle to-
night" she pointed to the guttering
wick. ~
~ wish there was-I wish to heaven
there was, and 'twere for me. said the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
BAD FOR HARRISON.
The Platt-Quay Machinery VIII DemolIsh
Grandpa's Hat.

| ~
It seems to be generally accepted
that the complete triumph of Senator
Quay in the recent factional contest
among the Pennsylvania republicans
is serious, IL not fatal, blow to the
prospects of another Harrison candi-
dacy. Mr.. Platt, who Is as absolute in
this state as is Qnay in Pennsylvania,
is undoubtedly as implacably hostile to
Harrison as he was in 1899 The Ohio
delegation will probably be for McKin-
ley nominally, with Foraker in control
and ready and anxious to make an adj
vantageous deal He will be more like
" to deal with Platt and Quay than
with the Harrison element, because
water seeks its own level, and be-
sides, Harrison, as an ex-president, can
hardly hope to win unless on the first
ballot. Thus the greatest states of the
north and of the union-New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania-and two of them
doubtful states at that and one pretty
surely democratic, will be adverse to
the Harrison second term proposition.
The odds are almost insurmountable.
But it is argued that Platt and Quay
tried to defeat Harrison at the 1893
convention and failed. The case is not
In point. At that time Harrison was
at his strongest and Platt and Quay
relatively much weaker than to-day.
The federal patronage is no longer
used in the Harrison interest, and the
ex-federa1 officeholders can command
only through cash and promises, at
which the other side can try its hand
and has at least measure of expert
ence. "The breadSnd- butter brigade, !"
which represents tae flower of SOUTH
ern republieanisms is undoubtedly as
amenable to reason as ever, provided
1t be sound reason--reason that gives
forth metallic sound.
Platt is to-day actual governor OF
New York. Quay is to-day absolute
master of Pennsylvania.
The contrast to the conditions that
prevailed in 1892 is but too apparent to
practiced and practical politician like
Benjamin Harrison, and may well make
his ambition pause. "A Albany Argus.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
NO REVELATION.
The overshadowing Issue In the Ohio
Campaign.

Campaign.
The republican meeting at SPRING
field, O., at which the keynote OF the
Ohio state campaign and the Mckinley
presidential campaign was struck, is
no revelation. We have insisted that
it would be impossible for the repub-
hcans to avoid tariff campaign next
year If they SO desired, and that there
was no indication that they desired to
avoid one, with division in their
ranks on the silver question as the
alternative of such course.
The Springfield meeting proves con-
cluslvely that as far as the Ohio repub-
licans can control the action of their
party the tariff question will indeed be
the overshadowing issue. It is
doubtless part of the Ohio expecta-
tion and belief that the adoption of
such a platform would make Mckinley
the logical candidate for the presl-
dency; for the Spring field meeting fur
nished evidence that the Ohio repub-
hcans have at last become harmonized
in support of a presidential candidate.
It will be a great source eff strength
to Mr.. Mckinley TO have solid and
enthusiastic delegation from his own
state, and that such a state as Ohio,
behind him in the convention. But we
stick to the opinion that the republic
ans, after expressing the Mckinley
tariff doctrine, at the dictation of the
great protected interests, will not dare
to go to the extent of nominating Nc
Kinley as candidate. That it would
be logical to nominate Mckinley on
such a platform is admitted, but the
republicans would rather win than be
logical, and they feel that Mckinley
on q Mckinley platform would be too
much for the country. -St. Louis Re-
public.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
panion,
= ..(yoncar,,,np Athletes and Others

Concerning Athletes and Others.
Slim (superciliously Some men are
ali muscle and no brains. Miss mlIer
And some are not even yies versa !"
Detroit Free PresR.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
The republican press have

The republican press have at
length, after much delay, come to rec
ognize the fact That the times are pros
porous. But they all have an excuse
for it, 1T is all due, they say, to an
ticipation OF republican victory in 1896.
The cause always used to come before
the effect, but our republican logicians
find no difficulty In an effect that
comes a long while before the cause.
According to this theory, if the demo
Gratis should win next year, as they
are likely TO do. we shall be treated to
a spectacle Of an effect without any
cause whatever Boston Herald
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
The Temperature for ohurnlng,

A thermometer is absolutely neces.
sary, as the temperature of the cream,
as well as the water used, should be
known. When after chnrning half an
hour in a small churn the cream is
quite frothy, and though broken shows
no tendency to gather farther. start
warming it up by adding water, few
quarts at a time, ten to twelve degrees
Fahrenheit warmer than the cream. I
would raise it thus eight to ten de-
grees Fahrenheit, and If it does not
gather, even higher. It is wise to pro-
ceed with caution, warming gradually
and churning meanwhile. I have run
the cream to seventy-ive degrees
Fahrenheit and over before could get
it together. When the butter is large
enough to float let it stand for time.
Then draw the milk till the butter
runs, after which a few minutes
churning win gather it'll. B. Lin
field, in N. q. Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
AN EXPENSIVE EVIL.
That Is as Apt Name for Bad Roads as
Could Be Found.


Good roads, like charity, should be-
gin at horne. People everywhere are
beginning to realize that good roads
have cash value. Properly construct
ed highways not only add immeasura-
bly, to the pleasure of the people but
to their profit as we'll
The farmers who have for many
years been organizing for the purpose
of securing better and cheaper railroad
transportation for their marketable
products, are now becoming awake to
the fact that great reform is needed
right atAome. An unnecessary and
very expensive evil has been permitted
to exist at their very doors. They
have been wasting much valuable time
and horsefesh in getting products to
market. They have learned that it
tion a few miles away than it does to
have it transported from the station to
the faraway seaboards.
This along the line of profit. In the
way of pleasure they have suffered an
immeasurable loss. Because of poor
roads they have been more or less iso-
lated FROM the world and deprived of
the priceless advantages that come
from association. The farmers sons.
unable to readily get to and from the
villages, have gone to the villages and
cities to remain. So have many Of
the daughters. The lack of society
has been blight upon rural
life. robbinr it of the flower of its
youth. The same would be true of
cities to great degree If there were
no good means Of getting about.
The farmers are going to do better,
and the merchants in all the country
towns will, if they are at all wise,
gladly do their share towards making
good roads.
The good roads town catches the
trade.
A good road is thing of beauty and
a joy forever. And, besides, it pays. -
Good Roads.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-26
Why Kill Birds9

The so-called open season for
.sportsmen" is close al hand, and q
timely warning against the danger Of
the determination OF birds is in order
This is given in very clever essay
lately published By F. Leroy Homer,
of Meadville, Pa From him we learn
that a single pair of plant lice can
produce, in about two months, about
S,0o0, ,0oc, 900 of their kind. that one fe-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-17
ROYAL FLusHEs A oElUs,oN.


xhsy Come Once In . While. but Do Not
Always Win Much
"These stories about men making big
winnings by accidentally catching q
straight flush when luck seemed down
On them make me very weary" said an
amateur poker player, who has been
s'poking'' of and ON for about Is years,
playing, however, nothing more impds-
ing than penny ante"
II always class such stories with
snake stories and fishing tales" the
player went on. "There may be some
truth in them, but I have never had any
such luck-and I have held my own
very well at penny ante too.
II have had just two royal Pushes
IN my experience. So far IS the acct
dental and surprising part Of them was
concerned, that was all right, but for
the big winnings-I never saw them.
On the contrary, on both occasions, my
opponents-I was playing two handed
games each time-tlay down ON me un-
tremendously. And I don't think I
gave my hand away either.
"The first royal flush I ever had the
fortune to hold in my hand was about
six years ago, when I was having a
quiet little game with an old friend 1t
was q modest jackpot
"My opponent opened it for q nickel
the limit I skinned my hand, but
could not find a pair. Aking and queen
Of hearts looked pretty, and I Clipped
in my nickel and drew to them.
Imagine my surprise when an ace,
a ten and a jack Of hearts came to me.
I kept mighty quiet, hoping to make a
killing
my opponent threw in a nickel chip,
and I saw it and raised it the nickel
limit. He lay down. He had not bet
tered q measly pair Of jacks.
"The other time I had q royal flush
was about a year and a half ago. My
opponent asked me if I had ever had
one and said that he had not.
"The second hand after his remark I
had the age and he staid in. I had q
queen, jack and ten Of clubs and thought
/ would try for a straight or flush. The
king and then the ace of clubs came tc
me.
my opponent skinned his hand and
then said, III give it to you He had
only an C high, with king next.
II showed him my hand, and he vol
ubly congratulated himself that he had
not 'bettered' his draw, while well,
I swear in company, but I fell
mighty like it. kansas City Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-17
He Returned the Tip.

The Bristol (England) Mercury say.
that while Paderewski, the pianist, was
in q nearby town recently he received IA
c%ourteously worded letter asking to al.
low an invalid lady to call upon HIM
and hear him play n piece, promising
in return for "this great treat" a dou-
ceur Of half q guinea, which was tender
ed with much apology. The letter was
so worded as to be q courteous and deli
cate appeal to the pianist's generosity
The letter had the desired effect, and h.
appointed a time. Punctual to the mo-
ment, the lady appeared, and Paderew-
ski played her a few pieces. The LADY
thanked him and slipped the promised
half guinea in the most gracious mod=
Of tip giving into his palm. "Ah! what
10 this?" blandly asked the pianist.
"The half guinea I promised you"
II really believe" he answered, with 6
smile, THAT I shall be able to get to
the next town without it," saying
which he returned the proffered Lar
gesse, bowed the lady out and sat down
to his interrupted breakfast.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-17

The State Medical association met
last week in Parker and had a very pro-
ftable session. Many able papers on
professional topics were read and dis
cussed by Dakota physicians, DIR.
Murphy of the Sioux City medical COL
lege aiding much in the discussions.
The citizens of Parker rendered the Wis.,
ting medicos a banquet. The associa-
ton elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, George Mar
tin, Carthage; first vice president, VIM.
Edwards, Bowdle; second vice president,
w. E. Moore, Tyndall; secretary, W. J.
Maytum, Alexandria; trustees, DIR. Mel
vim Of Parker, DR.. Afford Of Huron, DR..
Keeling Of Springfield. Yankton was
selected as the next place Of meeting.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-17
Aberdeen's school census shows a gain
Of 100 over last years figures.
FLOUR MILLING.

The Rolling Process Has Changed tho En-
tire Means Of Operation.
In tho roller process the whole prin.
ciple of the manufacture Of -four was
changed. Instead Of getting all the -four
possible out Of the wheat in one or two
reductions on millstones, the idea was
to make rs little flour as possible on the
first production and leave a large per-
centage OF middlings afterward to be re
duced to what is known as patent -four.
Nowadays the number of reductions va
Eies from foul to eight or more. Millers
are now able to grind with a length of
rolls equal to l40 inches per unit of 100
barrels of -four in "a hours and do good
work.
Recently the ''plansifter" has step
ped into notice and is used with a very
great capacity both as a scalper and as
a, flour bolt. The purifier is greatly i'm
proved, varying in size from eight feet
in length by three in width to three feet
square, with the attendant dust catcher.
Many mills creditable to the ingenuity
Of the builders have been devised to per-
form a number Of operations in very
small space, comprising rolls and sepa-
rators, and also several pairs of rolls in
one frame. In. the wheat cleaning room
the tendency has been to use more ma
chimes than formerly and to clean the
wheat better. The -four as it comes
from the reels is now packed with great
rapidity and exactness, and the bran in
some Of the larger mills is compressed
into half the former space by a machine
that will pack 40 IONS a day.
In short, the whole improvement has
been ON the line of smaller machines
with greater capacity, taking less room,
using a shorter road from the wheat bin
to the flour sack. and with q reduction
in the amount Of power required to make
a barrel of flour. A mill builder
states that in q we'll planned 100 barrel
mill a barrel Of -four per 3S-100 Of a
horsepower is fair work, while in a
/, 900 barrel mill it is at about the rate
Of 25 horsepower per unit of 100 barrels
daily capacity. Chicago Record.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-17

The pew tangled grand Jury scheme Of
Judge Andrews has so far worked we'll
at WATERFOWL. The jury was secured
according to program, fourteen indict-
ments were secured against saloon keep
ers and city officers which from the very
peculiar and extra-legal way in which
they were obtained will probably all be
quashed when tried in a legally consti-
tuted court and that this appears to be
the conclusion Of the parties indicted is
evidenced by the fact that six Of the
saloons which had closed during the
OF court have been reopened
since its adjournment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-17
HE IS FOR SILVER
Millionaire Clark Don't Want
Second Place on a Cleve-
land Ticket.
WAS AN ADMINISTRATION MAN
But Declares He VIII Desert
the Party II 1t Opposes
Free Silver.

BUTTE, Mon. June II. In an inter-
view Hon. w. A. Clark, the wealthy
mine owner and politician, stated that
the association Of his name with the
presidency on a Democratic ticket was
news to him.
II am not posing for presidential
honors nor for any other political hon.
ors," said Mr.. Clark. I'm any event"
he added, Il would not, Is has been in
timated, run on a ticket with President
Cleveland, or on III that had the IN
dorsement or support of Cleveland"
He also added that he would no sup
port the Democratic ticket unless the
party declared for free silver. Mr.. Clark
has always been regarded as one OF the
few administration Democrats in the
state, and his utterances created some
surprise.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-17

Sioux Falls Press, IA: H.. NJ. Benedict
who is under arrest as an accomplice Of
his brother-in.law, w. w. Taylor, South
Dakola's absent state treasurer, gave a
oew bond yesterday for his appearance
at the next term of the United States
court in Sioux Falls, and will take his
departure for Chicago today. 1t seems
that after the continuation OF his case
new bonds became necessary, and being
among strangers it war a difficult matter
to obtain the required sureties. The
bond was reduced to $1,000 when A. b.
Wheelock and A. H. Gipson went on it,
and Mr.. Benedict is again free to go
where he pleases.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-17
LANGEvlN Is SORRY.
He Hopes the Canadian Government WIN
Not

He Hopes the Canadian Government VIM
Not Weaken.
WINNIPEG, June 17.-There was no
reference tt the school question in the
legislature during the day. Premier
Greenway has returned from Ottawa
and a debate is anticipated ON Monday.
Archbishop Langevin was asked for
his opinion on Manitoba's reply to the
remedial order. The following is
his answer: II am sorry for the
local governments bad will. 1t is
rather strange that, after five years
of public discussion, their memorial
should blindly charge the Ottawa gov
eminent with ignorance, and claim for
themselves the monopoly Of knowledge.
l trust that the government and par
lament of Canada will sustain the
Judgment Of the privy council of Eng
land and stand by the constitution Of
the country"
A caucus of the opposition members
will be held before Monday, when a
plan of action will bs decided upon in
reference to the debate on the motion
pertaining to the schools.