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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30

DIGGING her sister, JORGE !uat rctches
| the doorway when her rath 1.
blocked by the form of toll, good
| looking young fellow. who stands
slightly surprised, with a bulky pack
| age in his arms.
Good evening, Miss Julia. How are
| You, Joyce! You are not going as soon
| as 1 come, are you? Why, I have
brought you a present. But then YOU
won't want to see it until Tomorrow"
oh, yes; show me now, please"
pleads the little one.
/ And while the young man l1nce1s tn
unite the package he has brought,
Joyce's diminutive figure squats on a
rug by the fire.
Giving vent to an exclamation of
surprise and delight, Joyce makes q
rush Tor the prize, and, obtaining it,
spends several hurried moments in ad-
m1rat1on and examination. Then re-
membering about bed, she throws one
little arm around MERGERS neck; the
other tightly holds the doll. She gives
him hearty kiss, and, looking earn
estly In his eyes, exclai,ns: ooh, you
are SO good:" and turning &c her sister,
she says: isn't he, Julia?'
With Il perceptible blush, the sister
answers: ''Why, yes he is, indeed. But
you must run off to bed now"
with happy smile on her little
face Joyce kisses both her sister and
Mercer good night and starts off to
bed.
But at the door she hesitates, stops
and turns. "Mr. Mercer" she saws.
-! hope you won't be angry. but 1
didn't forget that fairy story you told
me, and 1 told Julia about it. Now,
you're not angry, are your
Mercer just about realizes what the
child has said. He is dazed, but he re-
plies with a nervous, forced laugh:
Am l angry? Oh, no; not at ALL
The little one is too young to no.
tlce-but the older girl does-that |
this is said in a sarcastic way, kindly |
svithal.
. I'm so glad" Joyce says, in n re-
leved tone. Il didn't think you would
DC angry cause 1 told Julia you liked
1er Cause you do, don't you?''
Miss Julia has not only had trouble
20 retain her cOmpOSure during this
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
ICE PRESERVATION MADE EASY.

2x3 or sx4 scantling and feet apart.
Shingles are not required. The cracks
on the outside may be covered with
boards or battened. Such a house will
be in scrviceable use at least 20 years.
The ground should be dug out a foot
deep. Two doors may be made, one
above the other and each 3x5 feet At
A the boards are cut sufficiently to al
low putting in sawdust. The filling in
the spaces b is also made with sow
dust. The filing is less at the top than
the bottom, as the top will be used be-
fore hot weather sets in. Being built
in this shape there will be no pressure
on the sides should the ice melt more
at the bottom than the top. An ice
house of the dimensions here described
will contain about 35 tons.-John l..
Davenport, in Farm and Home.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
WOMEN AS FARMERS.
They Arc Said to BC Much 1a~rs Success.
full Than MeSa.

| full Than Mex.
It is said by those who claim to be in
condition to know what they are
talking about that the woman who
! takes up fruit culture, forming. ranch.
| ing and stock raising will make a sue.
cess out of it nine times out of ten.
women are, In proportion, very much
more successful than men, so says this
authority, for two reasons. One is.
they are accustomed to sit down vvhen
their work Is done. and ind entertain
ment In some way without going out
side for it. Another is, that they do
not spend all OF their loose change at
the grog-shop and the corner grocery.
1t Is this constant drain on the man's
resources that keeps him continually
short. He has very little idea, If he
has ever stopped to consider the mat
ter, how much of his substance goes in
drinks, in a box of cigars here and q
little sport there. Women, for evident
reasons, do not indulge in this kind of
thin g, therefore all that they collect
can DO used to further the interests in
hand. 1t may be said, besides, that
women are more attentive to their
business, and, naturally, very much
more careful of young animals and
plants and tho little things that need
coaxing and coddling. One of the
trials of the woman who prefers out-of-
door life is the difficulty abe finds in
9SoCAAAS PAoPcI I1e1p INDOORS IN order
that she may not wear herself out in
trying to do both kinds Of work After
the farm and the stock have been
cared for, she is in no condition to
come in and cook meala and wash
dishes and should never undertake
such tasks.
In California it is elme.st the rule
that the women who take up out-of- |
door work make money at it, There is |
40 reason why they should not do the |
same everywhere. Wherever there is |
and and a market, women can Get a |
good living from the soil, and can so |
arrange their affairs us to have an |
abundance of leisure for study and !
ef-improvemcnt, as we'll as whatever |
lmusements their environments will |
Quite a number OF women !
ave" found their health entirely re-
tored by taking up open-air occupa-
ions. One in California has SGT out |
everal thousand trees, and her fruit
nd garden products furnish her with
good income.
In Horticulture women have been
successful, and quite a num-
er of them arc pursuing this business
nth profit to themselves and the
reatest satisfaction to their custom
RS.
horticulture, in oil of it's branches,
suited to women, and there are not
ew veterans in this line who predict
hat, within the next ten years, half Of
his business will be in feminine hands,
N. Y. Ledger.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
AMONG THE POULTRY.

In nearly all cases a hen is more
prohta BILE the second year than at any
other time.
To PRODUCE the best table fowls cross
strong, full-breasted pit game cock
with dorking hens.
OLD hens lay larger eggs than the
Pullets and their eggs produce stronger
and moro vigorous chickens.
OvERFED fowls will not lay we'll, and
if they are of the larger breeds they
are more apt to die of apoplexy.
If the hens are too fat one of the
best ways to reduce them is to feed
oats rather than fatteninc food
THE Langshams are one of the best
breeds to lay in winter. They lay a
good number of eggs and are excellent
table fowls.
WITH good feeding a young duck can
be made to weigh four pounds at ten
weeks. A chicken will weigh only half
that at the same age.
EVEN in winter it will be quite an
item to change the materials in the
nests occasionally in order to prevent
them from becoming foul.
THREE years is about as long as a
turkey hen can be made profitable, but
a good gobbler can be used for breed
ing until he is five years old.
1T is a good plan to save the top soil
of the yard where the fowls run.
Scrape it over in the fall and put the
scrapiugs in with the other droppings.
IN fattening geese use a mixture of
corn and wheat with a cooked mess of
potatoes, chopped clover, cabbage and
onions. Feed mess of this kind at
least twice a week.
To PRODUCE an excellent table fowl
that also has good laying qualities
cross Houdan cock with Langsham
aena. Dark legs wiz be the result, but
tho flesh will dress white.-~St. Louis
Republic,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
CONGRATULATIONS
NEAT POULTRY HOUSE,

Very Handy and Convenient aud ra.ilv
Kept. Clean.
The accompanying illustrations show
q very handy anl convenient henhouse.
It is located near the kitchen and is SO
Clearly that the woman of the house
can run in and out after eggs on for
feeding purposes. It is built of
matched siding, running up and down,
and tho roof is of the same material.
with tarrcd paper on the inside, which
makes it very uncbmfortabIe for lice
All the inside hxtutcs are movable, and
monthly during the warm weather
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30

cluded and the book closed.
There, dear, how does that stcr.
please you? Don't you wish you knew
such an interesting, handsome. nobl,
prince as the one of whom have jus
| read?"
This Interrogation from the older CIR
the younger one unN0pscio,ls1y ignore:
for time. She is dreaming. Her big
blue eyes are staring vacantly into the
| red embers which have fallen from the
| logs on tho hearth. Then she signs
| deeply.
Waking from her reverie, she turns
those wide, wondering eyes to the ia &c
above her, for she is seated at the older
girls knee, and asks:
DO you know, Julia, that prince re-
minds me of Mr.. Mercer? Mr. Mercer
Is handsome. And he's brave, too,
cause he saved my dollie when it fell
into the lake last summer. Only'-in
a regretful tone-''he hasn't any prin-
cess for his bride yet. But he will have,
cause he said he would"
'Oh, he did!' from the older girl.
Yes, he did. Least, he's going to
marry queen. And isn't it strange,
Julia, her name is just the same as
yours?''
why, child, what are you saying?
How do you know all this?''
WELL" answered the little one,
pickering her mouth in childish,
quizzical way, while Mr.. Mercer was
waiting for you to finish dressing for
the thcater the other evening, he took
me on his knee and we sat here by the
tire 1 told him 1 was awful tired
reading fairy stories, and asked him if
he couldn't tell me one. He said he
thought he didn't know any 'cept
what's in the books, but course, if l
wanted him to he'd try
Eyes. and what did he tell you?'
He said: Once there was a man
who liked girl awful much, but he
was afraid to tell her SO, cause he
he said: by Jove, wish she wasn't
SO distant to me- And said: is she
SO far avvay?' He said: No, not that
kind of distant She's not kind to |
you, then?' said !. Well. not kind
enough said he. Then 1 told him she !
nice if she wasn't kind, and he |
said, right quick: oh, yes, she is nice;
she's adorable-she's a queen sVhv,
what's her name?' said I. Well, he was
staring in the fire, and he took a big,
long breath and said: 'Julia.'''
Yes, yes" said the older girl, very
much interested. go on.''
why, that's my sisters name,'
said. Does she know her?'''
And he jumped up SO quick he really
me, but then he kissed me
md sat me on the edge of the table,
md said: Now, Joyce, starte in to
ell you a fairy story, didn't l?'
Yes said I; but it wasn't much ac-
CUNT Il know that said he, awful
uick; and 1 want you. to forget aK
bout it, and I'll come around some
'ther time and tell you another one.
Well, if it isn't any better than the
ne you started you needn't come
aid ]. And he-why, he laughed and
aid he'd try and make the next more
Interesting. Then you came down
tairs, and when you were going out
18th him he turned around, put his fin
CIR on his lips and he looked real scri- ,
US. 1 think ,
why, Joyce, he meant you should ,
OF say anything about it, II
About what?'
''Why. about what he told you. II t
as naughty of you, Joyce; it was |
rong.''
"Well, that's the second time didn't a
now what keep quiet meant. You i
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
CHEAP ICE HOUSE.

Probably the Most Economical Building
That Can Ee Put Up.
The cut shown below is the cheapest
building that can be constructed for
storing ice. 1t may be built as long or
short as desired, varying with the
of ice to be stored. It is not
made for beauty but for service. Ever
greens should be planted on each side,
as they help to keep the house moro
cool In hot weather. For its construc-
ton, boards 16 feet long are used,
longer or shorter according to the ca
pacity desired. The girths may be Of
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30

| Very ls~ge1y. il is the direct result a
| 1pprovident and injudicious legisla.
| ton Tor which the republican party IN
directly responsible. In measure, 10
| is due to the Sherman silver act. the
effects of which are still felt, though
the act itself has been repealed. It Is
due still more largely, perhaps, to the
failure to pass long since an act provid-
ing for the issue Of bonds on short time
at low rate of interests failure,
which has compelled the government
In the replenishment of the gold re-
aerve to utilize an act providing for
bonds at too high rate of interest and;
to borrow therefore at great disadvau-
tage. But still more it is due to tho.
policy inaugurated long since by tho
republican party of reissuing the green
backs and keep the government, to that.
extent, in the banking business This
Is really the source and origin Of all tho
financial woes from which the govern.
ernme Mt were not compelled to unain-s
tain reserve for the redemption Of
these greenbaclks-which, "a a matter
OF fact, are only redeemed to be at once
reissued and again made an outstand-
ing obligation-the large expectations
of gold and the depletion of the treas
ury stock of that metal would be az
comparatively little Importance.
But II the republicans are really In.
earnest in their professions Of readi-
ton of the financial problem, and not
Tor the mere making of partisan cap
ttal, it Is needless to discuss tho oueo-
ton of responsibility. The bill intro
duced by Senator Sherman indicates
that he is at least in earnest; and the;
favor shown it by members Of his
party entitle them to q similar pre-.
sumption. It does not 60 quite tar
enough In that it fails to provide for
the retirement of the greenbaclsA But
it is excellent as far as 1t does 90: and
1t ought not to be q difficult matter to
amend it in the particular named, or To
supplement- it with another act exc.
pressly designed for the purpose of re-
firing the greenbacl<s. The provision
for a short-time bond at a low rate OF
interest is in harmony with the recon.
tnendat1on OF the president; and that
for the issue Of notes by the nationaI
banks up to the par value Of their bond
accords with the views OF most.
hnanciers who have been heard from
On the subject. This bill, or something
like 1t, should be taken up at once and
made law, as it easily can be, before
congress adjourns. The senator or
congressman who opposes It in the be-
iet that he can thereby deprive the
democratic party Of any credit, or en-
'arrass the administration, js not only
.nPatriotic, bpt exceedingly shore
lighted. The people are not likely to
old In very high esteem tho partisanp
vho take such a view Of their duties
$ public servants; and the discret1tt
hey bring on themselves as individu-
Is their party VIII surely suffer for
Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
FALSE AND OISHoNEs1.

Is~9ublican Misrepresontations 1sseaxainn
Cleve1and's Hawaiian Policy.
! There ought to be no rnisapproheu-
sion as to the Significance OF the ..pa-
triotic" outcries e1nanatinR from MEM
bers of the senate and house Of repre-
sentatives over what they call the roy
alist revolt IN Hawaii. They are in aid
Of an aggressive foreign policy.
Islands, but 6smprehends in its loose
mindedness the absorption Of every
neighboring lind adjoining island OF
country which now lies under what
| seems to the patriotic" the -baleful
| shadow of q foreign flag. These alb
sorptionists ore greet admirers of Great
Britain's enterprise in acquiring OUT
lying lands nnd peoples. They; some
times speak Of the national trait a.
greed" but it Is clear that they will
never be truly proud Of their own
country until its nav for territory
which Is now the property Of other
people is quite as voracious as that OF
Great Britain. The assaults upon the
Hawaiian policy Of the administration
are inspired by this desire for extern
transform the nation which Is now the
most potent influence in the world for
universal peace into a frowning mill
tary power, inviting war both by being
constantly prepared for it and by It's
aggressions.
The plain truth is that Mr.. Cleveland
has no Hawaiian policy, and the at
tempts to make the country believe
that he is plotting for restoration Of
the monarchy are not honest. Like all
honorable men whose minds are not
disturbed by dreams of territorial ex-
tension, and whose patriotism has de-
veloped beyond tho primitive stage
when it can be gratifed by a satisfac-
tory count of the nations armed men,
he believes that the part played by
Americans in Office in the overthrow OF
the Hawaiian monarchy was disgrace
full. He has therefore stated that tho
influence of this country was wrong
fully exerted against q weak power,
and that the wrong which was done by
the agents of the governments should,
as far as possible, be repaired. We
venture to say that Mr.. Cleveland's
position in this unfortunate episode
will, in time, be regarded as one Of the
most courageous and honorable acts OF
a singularly courageous man. If con-
gress had risen to the high plane to
which the president invited 1t, the re-
public would have taught the older
nations of the world that governments
may possess the high moral qualify
which leads it to recognize and repair
its own wrong-a quality which dis
the highest types Of in6li-
vidual men from those beneath them.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
The hungriest spoilsmen that tn

The hungriest spoi1smen that tho
recent tidal wave washed into ofdco
seem to be that gang Of republicans
now running the Indiana legislature
They are not only preparing to gerry
mander against oil future democratio
ofaceholders, but they have passed .
law to deprive the democratic presi-
dent OF the senate OF bis powers, aud
nrc conspiring to usurp the functions
of the democratic governor himself A
more direct plan would be to make an
amendment TO the constitution pro-
vidtnE that mono but republicans shall
be eligible to hold office 1n tho Stato,~
Louisville CoNraes~ QuvRal, =
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30

The Dule-''Nhato on earth are YOU
doing down there, darling?" The
Duchess formerly Miss May Yohe, of
the "Hilaritys )-"Burnine ycur love
letters, dear, there's no nee,, tn keep
EN- uoR,"z~piok-Me.E
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
A Wonderful Machine.

conception of the ingenuity in
volved in the construction of some of
the finer tools now employed in various
manufactures may be obtained from
the following fact: "A machine for turn
ing out watch screws was recently ex-
hibited at the institution of mechanical
engineers in London, which was SO COM
plicated that several skilled engineers
present confessed that they were I'M
able to follow the train of mechanism,
even when it was explained by the aid
of working drawings. Yet this ma-
chine, when wire is fed to it, goes on
doing its work. turning out perfect
screws, and as long as the wire lasts it
requires no interference by its human
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30
A LITTLE MEDIATOR.
How She Innocently Helped a
Bashft1l Lover.

Nd the young
prince married
the princess and
ed happily
forever after"
A girl of prob
ably twenty, in
a big chair, by
the light of a
bright hearth
fire, was read
ing toa younger
girl-in fact, a
little girl. The
story is con-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30

PARcH corn until It is black and f.
u twice . week; feed II wey1n,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30

* WANT YOU TO FORGET ALL ABOUT IT.
know what you said about him last
week. Well, after 1 told him about
it.
''What! did you tell him all about
Miss Julia sits back in her chair
aghas.-
Yes; told him, and he said: My,
my, Joyce, you mustn't tell things like
that But he didn't tell me that till
was all done tallSing.''
"Oh, you horrid child! How dared
you do such thing? How Over
come by her feelings, Miss Julia sat
in silence, but she did good deal of
thinking.
The two girls sat in quiet for ii ne
without speaking, and it was becom-
Jag EN- barra ssing to both when the n
trance of a 1naits with a card caused
both to rise. The older girl reads the
card: MIR. Mercer
Tell Mr.. Mercer to come up here.
It's much wermcr''-in an apologetic
way--''and Joyce, it's far past your
bedtime Say good night and FUN
away"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-03-30

There is a small social organization
which occupies three rooms in a house
not far from Herald square, and which
has come to be known as the "Theater
Check club. +" There are about % mem
bers, and they are mostly Of the type Of
men who like to look in at theater for
an act or so two or three times q week,
but who do not particularly care to sit
through an entire performance. It is al
most always the case that during the
evening from half dozen to twice that
many door checks of the various the
aters will be found sticking in the side
of the mirror which is over the mantel
in the reading room, and these are used
by any member who cares to do so, but
it is understood that if he does SO he is
to bring one back or have it in its place
in the mirror within 4S hours. The the
alters in many instances change the door
checks from day to day, but the mem
bers of the little club in question are
pretty well posted as to which color is
good on each evening, and if they are
wrong they never betray it, for glance
lat the checks being used shows them if
they have the proper check for that
evening, and if not they do not attempt
to use it-New York Mail and Express.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-03-30
An Obtuse Englishman.

A Mr.. Kirbell, who had never been
out of England until he went to Vienna,
seems to have been typical Briton and
stubbornly insular to the extent of re-
fusing to alter the time Of his watch as
he Travelled eastward from England. No
argument would induce him to bulge,
and when at Vienna he arose at I'M
earthly hours and perambulated around
the city alone, having persisted in being
guided by his watch, stoutly asserting
that the foreign clocks were all wrong.
Kirbell was very anxious also to keep
a record of all the places he visited and
always jotted down in his pocketbook
the names of the various stations he had
stopped at or passed. "How curious it
is there are sonany stations of the same
name," he once remarked to a fellow
passenger, who replied that he had not
observed it. Kirbell then showed his
record to prove he was right, and, sure
enough, over and over again occurred
the word "Ausgang" EXIT, which he
had confidently entered as the name of
many stations passed on the route.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-03-30
New Works Women Fencers.

Miss Beatrix Jones, daughter of Mrs.
Rhinelander Jones, fences in a bewitch-
ing costume of black china silk, accor-
dion plated, with a blouse waist of blue
silk. A skirt, black as to color and
accordion plated, with waist of any
bright color, has been one Of the favorite
fencing costumes the past winter Miss
Frances Brayton Ives, a this years de-
butante, who has devoted a morning &C.
casionally to fencing, has worn an old
rose silk waist with her black skirt.
Miss Mary Turnure. a tall brunette, has
been a member of the class to which
Miss Ives belongs and is considered one
Of its bright and shining lights. Her
costume, too, is q somber one, brighten
ed only by the bodice. Miss Pomeroy Of
the Fencers' club has the reputation Of
fencing like man, +" which her maitre
d'armes thinks is the highest praise he
can bestow upon her, and he adds, Miss
Pomeroy is capable of fencing with any
man, no matter how expert, without ex-
pecting that favor be show her because
she is a woman. New York Sun.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-03-30
What is

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feverishness. Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd.
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation and fatulency
Castera assmilates the food regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
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