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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02

ING COLE was 8
little black dog
that belonged to
Private Peck o1
Co. E.
There we're tive
cry different
opinions Of King
Cole at Fort St,
Martin. One opin'
ion was that held
by the genera.
public that he
was a amongrelp PUP
of fnointelligence,
and the other was
that Of the Peck
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02
WY TEET PARTED.

$50 the engagement between Miss
Chicago and her Detroit lover is of. "
eyes. She was too sensitive. A
woman ran baby cab over her foot,
aal when she told George about it he
asked her if it upset the cob. DE
troit Free Press.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02
WHAT GHEp CEolIr

sWnat's the matter with Chouy?
said one young man to another. "As
seems very uneasy"
"Oh, he'll come out Of it all right.
He's wrestling with an imaginary
ides."-Washinston Star,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02
EFFECT OF BRoTEERLY LOVE.

ssWhat has transformed Hughes
from the amiable, bright fellow ne was
into the pickering, narrow-mlndec
fellow that he is?"
"Hughes told me yesterday that hf
belonged to ten secret societies. ~
Puck.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02
PERHAPS BE HAD TO.

Miss Faith Cure-'Dear Mr.. Long
acre, I wish you'd try divine healing
Cor your lumbago. ,,;..
Faith. but I think I'll stick to my
Dol ous-plaster. Judge.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02
A GOOD REASON.

Featherstone-'Wen't you pla3
something? Mr.. Iuttes says you play
BEAUTIFULLY"
Mss P;nkerl7-'sIi ha likes to hsal
me play 80 much, why doesn't he eaJ
oltener?"
Fea.herstone---'Hs says you always
insis: u1o: tslsina, ''-Detroit Free
Pscsa.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02

Herat, in Afghanistan, Is the cit,
which has been most often destroyed.
Fifty-six times have its walls been laid
in ruins, and the same number o.
times have theT been erected again.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02

-The same letters are III the words
astronomer" and moon starer."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02
CRUEL VENGEANCE.

Prunella--sI told you would be
revenged on Tom Murray. Well !
en- revenged." r..
Priscilla-'How? :
Prunella-ssl started report tha
be is engaged to you. kate Field
Washington.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02
TO CALL PAcEc ~ ELECTRICITY.
Members of Congress Will Signal n,
Longer by Clapping Hands.

Longer by Clapping Hands.
There will be one noticeable change when
the next Congress meets at Washington.
Ever since Congress has been in existencethe
members have called the pages by lightly
clapping their hands together. Electricityis
now to be invoked in the accomplishment OF
this object. When the Fifty-fourth Congress
meets, every member will find button on his
sure to insure the coming OF a page. An
electric wire will be connected with cai'
board similar to those used in hotels.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02

Ee that can reason with child caf
,reue with sage.
Folks are sometimes sorry to 6es
what they pray for.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-02
"ME AN MY DOG" "

By 4. G. PLYMPTOE.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
~STOVE-PIPE TRAP.

will depend upon the size of arimal
YOU intend to catch.
AS the sides are sloping, he walks up
readily, and, smelling the appetizing
bait that is placed in the center on the
ground, he jumps down in ard is un-
able to jump out. A correspondent
says he finds this very effectual.
One of the cheapest and lest Traps
ran be made from an old stove-pipe
pounded SO that it is square, az you see
in the illustration. Now make a wire
door for each end and drive a hole to
run a rod through. The bait is placed
in the center, the animal pushes the
door up and it falls down and he is a
prisoner. Several may be caught in
this at the same time, especially if two
lengths are used at the same time.
Nearly everyone knows how to use
the figure four for setting traps and
deadfalls and also how to make snarea
for small game, SO we do not describe
them. If you do not know, ask some
one to show you.-W. J. Burnett, in
Minneapolis (Minn.) Wool, Mutton and
Pork.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

from the poisoning of n carcass. ISls
was in Montana where the wolves are
very plentiful. y
It takes two bottles CT ~strychnine to
poison one dead cow OF horse and from
cne-fourth to one-third Of d bottle for a
sheep: smaller animals or birds require
a less porportionate amount.
All the carniyorous animals may be
DESTROYED by strychnine. The larger
ones may be poisoned by putting a fe"
CRYSTALS in small balls of butter or lard.
Wher the animal is frozen so sou cam
not poison it scatter the balls round
about.
Small animals can he poisoned by
poisoning scraps of meat. or small
birds. mice or fish. The red fox can be
easily poisoned where he could not be
trapped.
Stryc,nine must be handled with
great care. 1t should be used moder'
ately IL. small bats and placed where
dogs a nd cats are not likely to find 1t.
Pois oned animals may be kept for
months if necessary, and if promptly
removed when thawed the skins will
be good.
A hole bored in a log o block Of
wood IND filled with lard mixed with
s%trychnine is very effectual when
weather is not freezing. They lick it
out so slowly that they die before they
get away.
The above is an illustration of a log
or rail pin securely pinned or nailed
together. 1t is twice as wide at the
bottom as it is at the top, and the size
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
P ACCOUNTS.

aood System of Recording Farm saies
and Expenditures.
A Country Gentleman correspondent
writes: The system that / have
adopted for the purpose OF keeping an
~eccount Of the sales and expenditures
of the farm is not only simple and
easily kept, but the different accounts
may be readily balanced up at the
close of each month, or as often as de-
sired. | use an ordinary daybool<, and
divide it in the six following accounts:
Sales, general expenses, live stock
feed, labor and mechanics. In the
sales account is entered the produce
sold-fruit, potatoes, grain, hay and
rye straw, always stating the quantity
and the price per barrel, bushel or ton,
as the case may be. In general eX.
penses come all family and private ex-
penses-taxes. money expended In the
repairing of buildings, fornew machln'
cry, wagons, horses, in fact any
thing in the way of equipping the
place. The groceries of course
come in this list, but as the sugar
and oil are bought by the bar
rel, tea by the chest, soap by the box,
and everything, as far as is convenient,
in large quantities. the open account
with the grocer is avoided. and the en-
tries in this direction are also con-
nenscd very much in number. In the
livestock account are entered what
ever cattle, sheep, hogs or poultry are
bought or sold. Everything in the
way of feed bought is charged to 'S.ls
account. In the labor account is en-
tered, at the expiration of the laborers'
term, the time employed and the
wages received. Their time and the
alsh that they draw are kept in a
memorandum book for that purpose.
In the mechanics account arc kept the
korscshoeing. blacksmithing and har-
ness repairing expenses.
At the end of the year you awe sim
ply to foot up your accounts and make
cnt your trial balance, and you have a
pretty correct showing Of your princi'
pal sources of income and expense.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
New Remedy for Hen Lice.

The latest remedy for hen lice is
bisulphids of carbon. The discoverer is
a Frenchfnan, who drove the lice from
his hem ouse by leaving a few small
bottles uncorked, having previously
fastened them to the perches. Success
was immediate. He recommends that
it be put in small medicine walls hung
about the pigeon-house OIL poultry
roost. When it is about three parts
~evaporated the remaindef will have
acquired a yellowish tinge, and no Ion.
ger acts SO completely as before, but
if it be shaken up afresh it will suffice
to keep the enemy at a distance.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
Tho Best Food for Horses.

Horses should not be fed with boiled
food for the eason that they bolt it;
indigestion follows, collie and other ills.
Wheat il the best aIl-round food for
horses, given with discretion. Sixty.
two pounds of wheat sell at the same
price as forty-two pounds of oats. Ac-
cording to analysis, it is the more valu-
able food pound for pound, but it is toe
stimulating unless given very cautious
ly. The farmer might begin with four
pounds of wheat per day coarsely
ground, increasing it to six pounds.
and in this way help to raise the price
of the article as well as decrease the
cost of feeding the horses.-Prairie
Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement ana
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who i've I Ds,,
ter than Others and enjoy life more, WIFE
less expendi5dfA BY more vromp', y
adapting the worlds best pros,aes -
the needs of physical being, Will a.sss
the value to health of the pure gun .ha
laxative principles embraced II wy
remedy, Syrup { Figs. .....;,s
It's excellence sdue to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and Pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing ana 1la,!
beneficial properties of a perfect lan'
alive; effectually cleansing the sys.e ~
dispelling colds, headaches and le!s,'
and permanently curing c%onstlpa1l0usi
It has given satisfaction to millions a,'I
met with the approval Of tn th msd K;d.
profession, because it acts on 1ne NJ NJ.
news, Liver and Bowels without W. s.o..
ening them and it is perfectly 'ree n0D
every Objectionable substance - a.r..
syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but IT. Is t1arn
ufactured by the California Eng o .rery
Co. only, whose name is printea On F;o:.
package, also the name, Syrup o. r, nos
and being we'll informed, you you WIZ ~
accept any substitute if ottereo'
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

Is so important that you should be sure
to get THE BEST, Hoods S~arsaparilla
has proven its %unequalcd merit by its
thousands of remarkable cures. ana inc
fact that it has q larger sale than any
other sarsaparilla Or blood purifier
shows the great confidence the people
have in it. In fact it is TIE Spring
Medicine. 1t cures all blood diseases
builds up the nerves and gives such
strength to the whole system that, as
one lady puts it, 1T seemed to make
me anew"
If decide to take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla for your Spring Medicine do not
buy any substitute. BE sure to get
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
SPRING
MEDICINE

Il was all broken down in health GA
weak and nervous [ was hardly abIe
to be mp. I had severe pains in nv
side, and headache. ] would OFTEN
have to stop when goin.- upstairs oS
account CT palpitation of the heart. h
had no appetite and a distressed feclina
in my stomach. l resolved to try Hooa's''
Sarsaparilla. / took two bottles ald
have not had a spell of sick headacbs
for four mcpths. feel well, work all d.,
and cat heartily. My frie n,,s remari
how we'll / art looking. I think lan
nervous, run dc wn people ought :,
take it., especially nursing mothers
Mrs. S. AsuwoErH, Eaton, OHIO,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
CORN AND SQUASHES.
rwo Crops That, as a Usual Thing, Prove
Fairly Rerpuneratiye.

rxO Crops That, as a Usual THING, Prose
Fairly Renunerative.
These two crops grow we'll together
if given heavy fertilization, and under
good conditions prove fairly m
lucrative. The writer has found excel
lent demand for his sweet corn in a
~neighboring city market. 1t is en-
aeavored to peddle the ears to the con-
su1ners, taking a to pick them while
sweet and tender and to deliver them
while still fresh. This makes a great
difference. Sweet corn, allowed to
stand in a store a day or two, rapidly
depreciates, and people are not salts
fed with these tough, %tasteless ker-
tez, to twelve cents per dozen ears
sh7uld give receipts Of seventy-fve tt
on hundred dollars, and a large guam.
tit of stalks besides The stalks are &
big item Of themselves. For horses.
cattle and sheep they are as good as an
equal weight of timothy hay, if some
care IS used to cure them quickly and
stor. after the followed with
the hay crop.
The squashes bring a good price,
especially if facilities exist SO they may
be kept until well into the winter or
until early spring. We have found a
good, s.:ug cellar, where there is a fur
mace fire, to afford a good squash
house" The squash will beara higher
temperature than vegetables; it is very
susceptible to the cold. Corn and
squashes both are great feeders and
delight particularly in liberal quanti-
ties of barn and stable Ii In
planting, either make every third row
all squash, or sow a squash hill at in.
tervals ST eight feet in every third row
of corn.-M. Sumner Perkins, in Farm
and Firtai lie.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

it nearly every year, that part can also
be made safe from fire by the little
arch built at the point shown in the
illustration. The whole is laid up in
mortar, and to add strength to the
structure an iron rod or bar>may be
placed across the center Of the bin and
firmly imbedded in the mortar, two or
three rows of brick from the top. OF
course the rear of the arch is also
bricked up. In most cases less thar
two hundred and fifty brick will be ali
that is required Agrlcul'
turist.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
Contagion On the Farm.

When any kind of contagious disease
appears on a farm no one should go
into the yards Or pens and then into the
adjoining farm, as the smallest particle
of dirt or manure may serve to carry
the disease to the neighbor's flock or
herd. Even the walking across q
field upon which diseased cattle or.
sheep have access may be the means OF
spreading it TO other focks Or herds.
AL diseased animals should be separ-
ated from those that are healthy.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
How to Raise Potatoes.

At one of the experimental agricul.
tural colleges in Germany the remark
able yield of forty-two tons of potatoes
per acre has been obtained by treating
the seed tubers with sulphate of am
monia. The potatoes were stepped for
twenty-four hours in a solution of six
pounds Of saltpetre. six pounds of sui
phate of ammonia and twenty-five gal.
Ions Of water, and afterwards allowed
to stand and drain for q day, in order
that their buds might swell before
plantinp them.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
FOR SALE.
T WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the {

r WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
L owing described property, viz:
/. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbuildings,
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
Q. A plantation situated on the Courtableau,
containing four hundred and forty-two and
~. 100 arpents, about sixty arpents under pienx
tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear Of
this tract consists OF cypress swamp.
8. Several tracts OF wood land on the bayou
Teche, situated between Coulon's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
tageousiy for the year 1894, and II sold l will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
". G. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
ANIMALS.
Glow to Poison or Trap Wolves, Foxe' an"
Their Kindred.

lnelF lAuINAC"'
Take a fresh dead COW or horse re-
move the hide, cut the animal open,
cash the outside with a knife and put
%strychnine in the incisions and on the
~entrails. Tho crystals of stryehnine
soon dissolve and penetrate the flesh.
Carcasses thus prepared are often
frozen before the wolves find them, Il
the wolves eat of the frozen blood from
the thorax and die from twenty minutes
TO an hour after eating. The action OF
tho no;son in warm weather Is much
quicker. ,.
Occasionally poison-is unsuccesst"lly
used, but the hunter is almost sure Oh
some pelts and is sometimes richly re-
warded. From fifty to seventy-five
wolves have been killed in one night
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

''MAw, what is a horrible example7" asked
the youngest boy, looking up from his news
paper. Tint eldest boy stopped his figuring
long enough to say 'iWait till you get into
algebra and you'll find any amount Of 'em."
indianapolis Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

HoAx-s'I'm going to take cornet lessons
from Prof. Blowhard." Joax-"Going to
take him for your tooter, eh2"-Philadelphia
Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
HOODS ...
$500 HeUsrd. 300.

The reader of this paper viii be pleased IA,
learn that there is at least one dreaded;
disease that science hiss been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hail,
(atarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires 4
constitutional treatment. Hail's Catarrh
Cure is taken Internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby Destroying. the Foundation
strength BY building ~ the constitution
and assisting naturein d, ingits work. Tha
proprietors haze so much faith in its cura.
tive powers, that they offer One Hun dred
Dollars for any Gaze that it fails to sge.
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY q Go, Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists, 7Sc.
Halls Family Pills, % cents. ,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
King Lear, Driven Forth

Into the cold ard rain, had no Hostetters
Stomach Bitten to cOunteract their effect,
But the modern traveller in inclemens
weather can battle its hurtful influence with
this genial protector. Chills and fever,
rheumatism, neuralgia, colds are forestalled
bv this warming medicinal stimulant and
safeguard. Take a winiylassful immediate.
II before and after exposure. Use 1t, too,
for dvspepsia, biliousness and constipation.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

AT the Theater.-Said a spectator to his
friend: "Why are you looking through the
wrong end of your opera elassi' ITO keep
o creditor at a distance."-El Diluvio.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

SUPPOSE said little Mabel, the other
day, that " pug should try to follow his
nose, wonld he run down his throat or
would no just turn q back somersauss!'7~
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

MEMENTo to Mammon.-She-"And what
would you call the worsAipers ofmammona'
He-"Ah-um ~idollarters, Of course."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
II.

Commissioned u. S. Circuit Court for the West.
ern District of Louisiana.
Commissioner u. s. Court Of Claims throughout
the United States.
Notary Public In and for the Parish of st. Ian
q dry. Office with Hon. JohnsN. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
to Final Proofs. Collections in the Parishes of
Et. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured; Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks, etc, procured without delay
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

OUR neighbor sees our faults, but he hasn't
seen the bitter tears they have made u:
weep.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

KITTY -"He's an emotional bruiser.'
Janet-"And what's that's" Kitty IA
heart smasher, don't you know."-Detroit
FREQ Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

SWELL, is your wife all ready? The train
Is about due" "Heavens, mol She's only
packed and unpacked her trunk twice.
Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

SOME people have not heard the truth in
30 long that they are getting so they wiilnot
stand ~it.-Galveston News.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

EVERY time the devilm axes a hypocrite he
has to admit that love is the greatest thing
in the world.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

"WHAT arc you giving mer said the in
quisitivc patient, as the physician poured
out the medicine.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
THE FARM SMOKEHOuSE.

To maze a smokehouse fireproof al
far as thu stove ashes are concerned is
not necessarily an expensive job; all
that is required is to lay up a row OF
brick acu.,ss one end, also two or three
feet baca upon each side connecting
the sides with a row across the build
ing, making it at least two feet high.
AS thost who have q smokehouse use
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
SMALL FARMS
EOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.

Lot Section As, T 2, S, u, E, 1924 s.. 100 acres.
Lot 2, Sec. 45, anne + and r, 2Oi 7s. 100 acres.
Lot 3, Sec. Al, same T and r, 70 96. 100 acres.
Situated in Bayou Chicot settlement and
partly improved.
These lands have been patented by the United
euted by Geo. X. Bradford, Esq, U. $. Deputy
Euveyor, and are choice uplands.
Also W W NV " Sec. "a, I 3, g., r !. E, State
patent 10 }. Haggerty. sly " OF Sc y Sec. "a,
II acres.
Il y of Sc "A Sec. ii and W " Of sw "A Sec. 49,
Is, X l.. w, containing I6l 20. 100 acres. This 10
hne timber land. and adjoins Marius Landreneau
on the west. Will sell each lot separately, or
the whole TO suit purchasers. Apply to
W.. j. i. HAGGEETY. WASHINGTON, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

WIEN a man is called "Honest Bill" o:
"Old Reliable Jack" it is high time to in
vestigate his accounts.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

ALLAN Water" was written by Mat
thew Gregory Lewis, better known ii
literature as Monk Lewis whose
weird tales were thesfashion when
Scott vi young.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

Had I a Heart for Falsehood
Framed was a song written by Rich
ard Brinsley Sheridan, the poet and
dr~arnatist, two or three Of whose plays
still hold the stage. The air is an Irish
melody called s.Grammachee.'
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

"H1T am er good ting said Uncle Eben,
"foh folks ter try ter be satisfy wifi whus
dey kin un'stan'. If dab was less hypnotism
goin' on an mo- baptism, dah wouldn't be
SO much trouble at de presen' time. Wash.
inptop Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
A Remedy for Heayes,

It is generally understood that a
horse having heaves cannot endure dry
feed, especially dry hay, and that
greatest relief is found in the use OF
green, fresh grass, at a season of the
year when grass can be had, but that
1t can only be had a part of the year.
1t is found by a thorough experiment
that a horse that could >ndure no ia.
tigue, and could scarcely breathe when
fed Oh dry hay, can apparently be re.
juvenated, and put in sound, comfort.
sble condition by a regular feed O,
snsilage and perform regular farm
work without a show of heaves.-Coun
try Gentleman.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

THERE is a sad difference between q fnan.
cial strait and d financial fiush.-Gaiveston
News. @
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
VIII Not BE Disappolnte,

"Going to a fashionable dentists,
eha.
Yes, to get my tooth pulled. Where
are you going?'
Going to a fashionable physicians to
get my leg pulled. Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
New Store. New Goods. New Styles. New Prices
FRANK j. DlETLElN,
Matchmaker, jav.!gr md Esgrar1',

Hs opencd on Landry Street, second building wst OF tho Bank Win a NV az az
pertinent of WATCHES, CLOCKS, sILVERWARE, DlAMoN s9 aa , 3mm RE;
pf eyryd escrpion-all in the latest styles III 1T prices to SUIT t m "ms. W.
t AN Nv ~i Nv ;,vHnnd to c,u AM ana az stock. Mny51y
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

81 LOST my head c,mpletely. And then !
kissed hcr!' II don;S quite see now you
managed it !"-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

SCATTER air-slaked lime freely around
the grape vines, SO as to cover every
portion of the ground. It is excellen'
Ia assisting to destroy the spores Of the
grape rxl.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20

- All Up-L0-UaIB ExcCBe'
Little Boy-Mamma, | wish you'd
End ont who it was hypnotized me, and
punishse en- severely.
Mamma-Wha-at??
Little Boy-While You was out I was
4 pulled rightsinto the pantry, an forced
to eat a whole lot of those cookies you
said / mustn't touch.-Good News.