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The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-04
HANDS.

There are hands that are fair as pei
that grow
On the margins Of clear running stree :,
Smooth and dirnpled and pearl-wbita ,
the new-fallen snow
OF such hands every fond lover dreams
On their delicate palms are the tints of a
shell,
Or the blush of a rose wet with tears:
Ey q touch they can fashion a magical
spell.
Like the wand that a fairy queen bears.
They are soft as the moss where sweet vio-
let's hide,
When the winter-snows cover them Ger,
Until April unlocks quiet hooks where they
bide,
And awakes them from slumber once
more.
But such hands may be cruel and cold as
the grave,
For the ~softest, white hands mRy be linked
like a slave
To a selfish and treacherous heart.
There are hands that are roughened and
furrowed by care,
Brown as meadows when autumn leaves
fall.
With no rose-blushing palms, like no lily.
bell fair
Yet these hands may be fairest Of all:
For the heart that impels them to action ie
kind,
Ever ready to help and to cheer
Far more dear to my heart are these hands
deeply lined,
And l love them, though wrinkled ant
sere.
r
Not In softness nor whiteness their true
beauty lies,
This, too, oft Is but skin deep, no more:
The most tempting of fruits, though al
fair to the eyes,
Often carries a worm in Its core.
Give me hands that are helpful, that light.
en- the way
OF the burdencd and ready to fall,
Yes! the kindest and truest, most loving
hands may
Be the brownest and toughest Of all,
III. L. Frisbie, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
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"wHo 10 sHE?'

become "the fashion," she could hardly
supply the demand. For particular
friends she would even make the garni-
ture and arrange the draperies herself.
In short, the'sViolet Tredwell gowns
had created q perfect furore. They were
unique, yet often cost their wearers
less than half Of their former, and by
no q elegant, imported cos
tunes.
Thus Violet had been able to give her
mother every comfort, and sven to Law
ish Injuries upon her during her last
illness. And while she seemed really
to appreciate my mothers kind offer
Of . home, she positively, though gen
fly, refused to give up her self-won in
dependence, and her profession"
My father was indignant upon hear
Ing this, but Violet, too, had the Tired
well drmness OF will, and in the end she
proved the conqueror; for my mother
urged the improperly OF allowing a
beautiful young girl to seek shelter
elsewhere than under her nearest rela-
tires root.
50 Violet came to as, and, declining
the room set apart for her, next my
sOWn, she chose ~ amply closeted
pp1rtnaent on the upper story At the
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Antecedents Of the Turnip.

: Originally the turnip came from
Europe, but has spread almost over the
world. 1t grows luxuriantly in Siberia,
and is known all over Asia. The turnip
III it's wild state is found in many parts
of North America, but is a small and in
ferior article compared with those with
which we are familiar. AS food for cat
tie, turnips, especially the yellow sorts,
are excellent; but they should never be
fed to cows that are giving milk, as they
impart an extremely unpleasant flavor
and odor to the milk, and for some rea-
o or other that dairymen do not un-
derstand, the milk from turnip-fed
cows has very little cream.
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DAIRY

FiIsst-class butter, if sold in the right
way, always brings a profit, but low
grade ely eve pays the cost of pro-
duction.
The consensus of opinion among sue
cessful dairymen seems to be that it is
better to raise the dairy COWS than to
purchase them.
The first requisite in profitable but
ter making is to have the right kind of
cows-those that produce the largest
amount of butter fat at the least ex-
pense.
There is no such thing as keeping
milk pure and sweet in dirty milk YES
sells. They must be frequently scalded
and we'll dried. Cold water won't clean
milk vessels.-Journal of Agriculture.
The North Carolina experiment sta
ton proposes a plan for buying and sell
ing cows. The rule is to pay for the COW
at the rate of s12 per gallon of milk
given per day that is rich enough to
show 3h per cent. of fat. To this price
add or substract one dollar for every
one-fourth of one per cent. BY this rule
a COW is bought entirely on her merits.
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Chropic Headacbe. Neryou,

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion to a single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago,
For Is years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma.
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-thini of all
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
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shallow boxes, d little deeper than the
bunch are best. The punches should
be tightly packed into such boxes to
keep them from being bruised or other
wise injured. The asparagus buncher
illustrated above is a style in common
use. The rear part slides over the four
light c~rosspieces and is made of hard
wood. 1t can thus be easily regulated
to suit any length of asparagus stalks.
Lay raffia or Irvine across the buncher
and place the tip of the stalks against
the end board. When the buncher is
filled, the asparagus is easily ted
Farm and Home.
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them, you see; I felt responsible, and
that my honor was at stake"
'Ridiculous!" I cried, hoping that
Rutherford would take my side at last
and condemn her folly.
"They were not worth the risk you
ran," he said, gravely. Violet's color
changed.
"You are a lawyer" she said quick
ly: suppose your clients had intrusted
you with valuable papers which you
could not replace; suppose that your
Office was on fire, would you not risk
your life to save them?"
II would" said Rutherford, heartily.
"lou are right"
"Then you must understand that
those bits of silk and lace were just as
important to me, a dressmaker."
Rutherford bent over the small white
hand and kissed it.
They were married in the spring, and
Rutherford took his wife away to the
west, wherSt already he is known as a
rapidly rising a
That was three years ago, and I have
not seen them since. But this letter
from Violet lies before me, as I write
her last letter, still unanswered:
DEAR EMILY: 1t was so sweet of you and
auntie to send such beautiful things for
our baby, and how I do want you to see
him! John laughs at me for saying it,
but I know he's the sweetest baby tina
ever lived. and, really, John thinks so,
too! John has taken SO much interest
| In the nroffv Hff1o uyfr}Ar outfit Ttr,n nnon
making up. I've been working out some
new ideas, and If my haby's dress re-
form is successful, l shall give other little
tots the benefit of my experience next
year.
I'VE were go interested in hearing of
all the approaching festivities, and I in
close some designs for gowns, which I
hope you will like. John link they will
all be very becoming to you, but he likes
the blue n gold one best.
Now. Emily, we " q favor to ask
of you, John n I, and that Is, as soon
as the seasons gayeties are over won't
you come out here and make US a good
long visit? John is looking over my shoul-
der and says: That isn't half strong
enough, Violet-urge her to come So I
do, dear Emily, for we both want you;
and. besides. you are to be godmother to
our still nameless beby, whose lame II
|ho be John, in spite of his fathers pro-
tests!
,d:With warmest love to auntie and uncle
and the boys, and a large share for your
self, believe me always,
Your affectionate cousin,
VIOLET RUTHERFORD"
am glad, I am honestly glad that he
married her, for they are both happy.
But II cannot go to them--just yet
Good Housekeeping.
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The engines came at last, the fireman

The engines came at last, the fireman
dashed in, and streams of water were
beginning to pour into the seething
mass of flame. 1t seemed an eternity
since Rutherford had passed through
that doorway when, at last, he reap
peared, a strange, disheyeled being
now, with a burden, wrapped IN heavy
shawls, clasped to his breast. Was it
Violet? No, for she was beside him,
her gray gown strangely blackened and
marred, and she was looking up at him
in gratitude and Joy.
Our friends Hospitality took us in
that night, and my mother, Vio-
let and t found shelter beneath
John Rutherford's fathers roof. Nio-
let and | were given a room together
and there l learned the contents of
that mysterious bundle, which she
frankly avowed she had gone back and
risked her life land his!) to save.
In the morning l was the earliest
down. John Rutherford wss the next,
and, greeting me, he cast a swift glance
through the room. "And your c~ousin?'
he said. II hope she is o n the worse
for her last nights adventure?"
"She is perfectly WE'LL" l answered,
coldly, but 1 have no patience with
her"
"And why, may task? ?" said he.
"Do you know what it was she went
back to save? Why, then, she imperiled
your life-not to speak of her own
Just to rescue some bits of silk and
velvet and lace-the tools of her trade!'
He looked at me gravely; then his
face lighted suddenly. Violet had en-
tered the room. She went up to him
without embarrassment and held out
her hand. II have not thanked you yet
for what you did for me last night
she said. 1.-The bits of silk and lace
which l could not have saved without
your help, are very costly; they belong
not to me, but to my customers, and
they were not insured. Had they beer
destroyed, I could never have replaced
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Light Soils and Early Maturity.

Vegetables that are expected to ma
ture early do best when planted on
light soils, that is, on soils having only
slight traces of clay, say from one to
fifteen per cent. The more clay, the
slower will be the development of the
vegetable. 1t may be generally stated
that early products are best on light
soils, and late products on heavy soils.
If a man is figuring on getting his crop
onto the market at the beginning of the
season, and ahead of the great number
Of competitors, it will be necessary for
him to have a soil of the nature indi-
Gated. Conversely, it is of little use for
n man with a heavy, clayey soil to try
to raise vegetables for the early market.
Farmers Review.
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Importance of Gritty Material.

Because a flock has the run of a field
is no reaso for supposing that a plenti-
full supply of gritty material is found
hy the hens. a calculation will show
hat when the hens are searching daily
over every portion of the range that
only a short time is required for them
to appropriate all the gritty material
that car be utilized. 1t is not every
kind of hard substance that will answer
the purpose. hound gravel is not suit
able. The hens should have sharp
cutting material, such as flint, broken
china and earthenware, or even glass.
Where they are confined it is still more
important that the matter of providing
grit should not be overlooked. Grit is
the teeth Of fowls, and without it they
cannot masticate their food, and there
by prepare it for digestion.-rrairie
Farmer.
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dren we had gone to school together,
and then my pretty cousin, with her
dainty apparel, her French maid, and
her pom phaeton, had seemed, indeed,
a darling of the gods. Then, just as we
were entering womanhood, there came
a sudden turn of Fortunes wheel. Val
liable mines, discovered in q large tract
of western land thought to be worth
less. changed my fathers meager in
come into enormous wealth. At that
time my uncle died, and it was found
that his fortune had so diminished that
his widow and only daughter were left
almost in restitution.
The Ill feeling which had existed be-
tween the older members of the family
for years was not lessened, when my
k~ind-hearted, but tactless. father Of
fered his brothers proud and sensitive
widow some Of the crumbs from Jul
own now richly-laden table. The
breach was only widened during this
unlucky interview, and from that mo
ment all intercourse between the fam.
lilies ceased.
Two years later we heard that my
aunt was dead. Then my gentle mother
spoke. LET bygones be bygones,' she
told my father. "Your brothers child
is now alone in the world, and her place
is here with us" But my mother had
some difficulty to persuade Violet to &C.
cept even the protection of our roof.
When thrown SO suddenly upon their
w resources two years before, she
had turned her talents to good account
Always clever and fond of planning her
mothers and her own home toilets
she had Immediately designed some
beautiful ball costumes, and had taken
the drawings to one Of her mothers
most trusted friends.
D~ifidently, yet proudly, she unfolded
her scheme, which was met with ready
appreciation and encouragement. Jul
dicious introductions followed, with ad.
vice which she did not disdain, and
soon Violetwas doing a really good bust.
IN original lines of her own. Her
water color designs were perfect down
to the slightest detail, and having once
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Fertilizer and Fodder Cron.

A good fertilizer and fodder crop may
be obtained by sowing in early May in
~ell-prepared soil peas and oats at the
rate of one bushel of peas to two bushels
of oats per acre. Sow the peas, harrow
them inswell; then broadcast the oats,
stirring them in to a less depth than the
peas. The peas will climb on the oats.
sown in early May at the north, this
crop will make a big feed in middle June
one highly relished by milch cows.
The land can then be sown to Hungarian
or roots. The pea roots are nitrogen
traps and improve the soil by adding
nitrogen as well as humus.-Far1s and
Home,
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For Beans and Peas,

If the soil is rich in readily available
nitrogen, the probability is that d crop
of beans and peas would gather but
little of that element from the air, but
would use what was already at hand in
the soil. If the soil is very poor in nitro
gen it may be expected that these plants
will gather their supply largely from
other ource than the combined nitro
gen of the soil. In general it would ap-
pear to be rational to apply no nitro.
genous fertilizers to these crops, but to
supply an abundance of both potash
and phosphoric acid.-E. II. jenkins,
Connecticut Experiment Station.
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nm pure

blood, to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
prevent such eruptions and suffering.
81 had a dreadful carbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. When the
abscess broke, the pains were terrible, and
| thought | should not live through 1t. l
heard and read so much about HOODS
Sarsaparilla, that 1 decided to lake it, and
nv husband, who was suffering with
boils, took it also. 1t soon purified our
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[ was not until
after her moth
er's death that she
came to live with
u.s., and 1 looked
down upon her
then, in her mis-
fortune, as in ear
lier days I had
envied the beauti-
full and petted
heiress. AS chill
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SarsaparHa
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81.
A@1I,e D:1lc cure liver ills, easy to take,
IlOOQ FlliS easy to operate. rs cents.
IN SILENCE.

Women are the real heroes of th'
world. Thousands on thousands of them
endure the dragging torture of the ills
peculiar t. womankind in the silence OF
home. They suffer on and on-weeks,
months, years. The story of weakness
and torture is written in the drawn
features, in the sallow skin, in the list
less eyes, in the lines Of care and worry
on the face.
Unborn mode.ty seals their lips. They
prefer pain to humiliation. Custom has
made them believe the only hope of
relief lies in the exposure of examina-
ton and "local treatment"
Take ten cases of "female weakness"
and in nine of them "1ocal treatment"
is unnecessary, There is no reason why
modest, sensitive should SUBJ
NIT to it. McET REEsS
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~hspARAGUS
Success in Marketing Depends Upon Hts
LIdiciOuS Use.

JIdiciOus Use.
When gathered, asparagus shoots
should he assorted and made OF as near
]v a uniform length as possible n
made into punches of one or two pounds
o.cb The t,sral method is to make the
tops even and cut the butts efeh. AS
paragus may be kept fresh several days
by jmmersing the bottoms of the shoots
in one or two inches of water i'll a cool
place. For transportation to market
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The Real Drain on the Farm.

The Real Drain ON the Farm.
The drain on the farmers resources
That is really the tryingest load,
Not only to him but his horses,
Is caused, as you know it of course is,
BY not rightly draining the road.
Good Ro%dS,
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3 @ j | s

It is often difficult to convince PEG"
pie their blood is impure, until dread
full carbuncles, assesses, bolls, scrot-
h1a or salt rheum, are painful proof OF
The fact. It is wisdom now or when
ever there is any indication of
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-04

The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"TThe st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd 0!
March, 1894, with The Opelol.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to 80 a year:
THE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par
fsh Of St. Landry is therefore tAs
cheapest
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III you dream of a crown the token
is OF political, social Or ecclesiastical
prefermest.
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E 0Od

built me up and restored my health so
that, although the doctor said l would not
be able to work hard, | have since done the
work for 90 people. Hoods Sarsaparllla
cured my husband of the boils, and we re-
gard it a wonderful medicine MRS. Ann
PETERSON, Latimer, Kansas.
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A GOOD TOWN TO BE FROM.

1 would not live Away, I don't want to
stay,
1 long for q region of bliss;
1 want to find some place that's far, far
away
From a town with its streets like this.
L. A, w, Bulletin.
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MONEY 20 LOAN.

OFFICE OF ST. LA.DKY HnNFsTFND AID,
LUAN Assoc INIEp%,
O~rELOT-AS, sept. 18th, l14l. )
The undersigned is authorized by tho
Board of Directors OF tho 81, Landry
Homestead and Loan Association to
offer to it's members loans A. eight per
centunI. For particulars Apply 10
+. E>TIIATIs.
President st Landry II. q l.. Assn.
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AASo bS6SOAsSA oaO III IL oIOVY btkCCG,
trembling with excitement, and
wrapped in anything we had caught up
in our hasty flight.
It seemed then as If the engines
would never come! But 1 shall never
forget my fathers GOODNESS as he stood
and watched the flames burst out of the
windows of our beautiful home.
"Let it burn" he said. ''It is fully in
sured, and there's no use of making an
unnecessary fuss"
Suddenly l heard Rutherford's voice
beside me: "Where is Violet, your
cousin ?"
I looked quickly around. II do not
konw. I thought / saw her a moment
ago."
"She is not here. No n knows
where she is! My God! il she is still in
that housed"
He sprang forward, but I caught him
by the arm. do not go back there!" 1
entreated. "You will not find her; you
will only lose your life. l beg you, I
pray you, do not co.. He broke from
my grasp, and, before WY of the others
had guessed his purp.rse, he had dashed
through the smokinipd doorway and dis
appeared.
Afterwards ! learned what happened.
It seems he started up the front stair
way, only to be driven back by flames
and sitting smoke. Then remember
ing the steep back stairs up which the
boys had often taken him to other
rooms, he rapidly CROPPED his way
thither, calling my cousin by her name.
The smoke was dense and binding and
he could not see. II am here, % came VII
Diets stifed cry, "but / cannot carry it
any further! Take it, I beg you, I will
follow. With my hand on your shout
der I am safe. Don't turn back for me.
! am not burt. Oh, you are % kind, 70
kind.r
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THE ~DRESSMAKER.
BY JUDITH

~ T was not until
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-29

Every nation of the world Is looking
with anxious eyes to the final outcome
of this election. The French, German
and English bimetallists are Unanimous
in their declarations that the election of
Mr.. Bryan and a free silver Congress will
promote international bimetallism, but
that the election of Mckinley will be a
serious blow to any attempt in that direo-
ton. Whatever of honesty there may re-
main in the Republican ranks, and what
ever desire they may have for the BIZ
metallic use of silver. A vote for Mo
Kinley means a death blow to their hopes
and desires
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-29

The last number of the Journal of the
knights of Labor contained the follow
ing editorial:
"Wage-eBrners, respect yourselves !
Assert your manhood Regard your true
interests ;consult your consoiences in cast
ing your ballots.
"You forge your own chains by voting
for those who will hereafter, as hereto
fore, deny you equality before the law.
Remember, labor is all powerful, II
united. Paralyze the arms of labor and
the world would starve in a twelve
month.
Labor has always fought the battles
OF freedom. All great reforms must
originate below Luxurious wealth lis
contented and slothful, whether in des-
potism or republic. You have nothing
to hope from it.
"Insist oourageously upon your own
rights; do not seek to deprive others Of
theirs.
"In the ensuing Presidential campaign
let your motto be-: Free silver, free bal
lot, free men, and the victory Of right
over wrong, of freedom over oppression,
Is assured. FNra
1T william Jennings Bryan be elected
President in November, the trusts will re-
ceive a mortal blow, and tho toiler may
stand erect, as becomes all American
sovereign"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-29
LEGAL NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all the creditors Of
John Hosler, of the city Of Canton, Stark county,
Ohio, doing business as contractor and teamster.
ty, Ohio on the Goth day of July, 1896, William
McGaryey filed certain petition and duly COM
menced a civil action against said John Hosler
being No 1852, the object of which is to have
declared void and set aside certain conveyances
executed to said Louisa l.. Hosler, on the ground
said defendants for the purpose of hindering, de-
laying, and defrauding the creditors of said John
Hoser; the property SO conveyed being lots No.
1859 and 128. in said city of Canton. Stark county,
Ohio. All such creditors desiring to unite with
the plaintiff to set ASIDE said conyeyances and
subject said property TO creditors, will appear in
said Court, file their cross-petitons and give their
undertakings as to cost and expenses as required
by the statute in such case made and provided, by
or on the LIST day of December A. ID. 1896.
WILLIAM MCCARTNEY,
By NAT q, * j. S MCLEAN, Ats.
October Goth. 1896. o 9hw
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-29

The Australian ballot law is not hard
to understand If you will give 1t little
thought aud study. We want no friend
of Bryan to make mistake. The name
of Bryan, and the name Of his electors
are below the rooster, which Is the device
for our party. just uder the rooster Is a
rig and in that ring the voter makes a
cross with lead pencil which is provided
by the election officers. This one Cross
made in the ring is all the marking you
need do If You want to vote straight
ticket. 1t Is plumper for Bryan and
the whole silver ticket. Remember that
Democrats, Populists and Nationalists
vote the same ticket this year Let our
friends talk this voting matter over and
be sure that no mistakes be made. There
is one sAfs Iule. Make cross In the
circle below the ROOSTER and that
means the election of Bryan.