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The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
HINT TO FRUIT GROWERS.

Do not plant fruits expecting
to make money from them,
says J. Fl. Hale, unless you a enjoy
and love their culture ;have a taste for
and belief in the fruits first, and
then by planting right varieties
and giving the most thorough culture,
liberal feeding, judicious pruning and
thinning of the fruit at the proper
time, with honest packing, and taste
full display in the market you will
make sure OF liberal rewards. Mar
kets are overstocked with medium and
low-grade goods, but there is all ever
increasing deman for very choice
products. A farmer located in the
northeastern section of the United
States, within easy access of the best
markets, is the best situated for profit
able fruit growing of any in the
country. American Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

A five-cent black Confederate pos
tage stamp sod i'll New York til,
day for $155.
fourteen sea ducks were broueh
do'yn at a single shot by q hunter ncu.
Bar'Harbor, Me-, recently.
If all the houses i'll EnSlanl were
piaced side by side they would cover
a space of $50 square miles.
Benjamin McKenney,a IN eighty-one.
year-old resident of Cape Porpoisc,
Me, has just cut three new teeth.
A Missouri farmer is buying pota.
toes for ten cents a bushel and fatten.
ing hogs with them. He saws that
they are better than corn, and yery
much cheaper.
Benjamin Liverman, who died in
Minneapolis the other day at the age
of n~inety-tive, claimed to have been
the first drummer that ever went on the
road. he travelled first for a iewelry
house.
A practical diver can work from
four 10 seven hours daily below the
bottom of a vessel, and can clean from
seven to fifteen square yards per hour,
according to the condition of the
bottom.
In the middle of an onion she was
peellng q few days ago woman in
Bath, Me-, found q gold ring. The
explanation offered Is that some one
dropped the ring in the onion bed, and
the onion grew around it.
A Mississippi girl had two lovers.
1t was hard to decide between them.
SO sho suggested q foot race-the
winner to take the prize. The first
race was a %'tie," but there was a mar
riage after the second n
A double wedding took place at
Burbank, near Wooster, Ohio, in
which twin brothers were married to
twin sisters. Irena V. Repp was made
the wifR of Vernon R. Stair, and
1dena Rppp the wife of Vcrtal R.
Stair.
A Superior, Wisconsin,, man is suing
a railroad company for 81, 500 for the
death of his two children. The house
was on fire, and a railroad train
blocked the street and delayed the
fire engines getting to the house in
time to save the children.
A man near Newkirk, Oklahoma,
took his neighbours cat saturated it's
tail in kerosene and set it on fire,
thinking it would run home and burn
the neighbor out. Instead it turned
and jumped into the barn of the per-
petrator and burned it down.
Forty thousand acres of virgin for
est in northern Idaho will soon be
turned over to the axemen of q big
lumber syndicate. It is expected that
this area will yield p'Sore than 4oo,-
200, 900 feet of white and yellow pine,
red and white fir cedar, and tama-
rack.
A twenty-nine pound togue, the
biggest fish ever known to have been
in Moosehead nke, Me-, was
hooked by d guide a ferdays ago. 1t
measured three feet four inches in
and is thought to be the Iarg-
est specimen OF the trout family ever
in Maine.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
SCIENTIFIC STRAWBERRY GROWING.

9o1BNTIFIC STRAWBERRY GROWING.
More frequent dryIseasons call for
. change of methods in strawberry
growing, writes G. d. Carter, of
Michigan. In order to fight the
drouth successfully and do the Guilt
waiting with horses, set the plants
thirty or t~hirty-two inches apart in
the row, aud pillow both ways. The
rows must be straight, so,that the cul-
tivator may be u close to the plants.
Keep the entire surface covered with
q dust mulch. Growth will then con-
tinue through a drouth.
In the winter cover the,whole space
with a mulch. In spring make q small
opening owe the crown OF the plant
with q pointed stick. The leaves will
grow up through this opening. The
mulch can then remain to prevent
evaporation and to keep the berries
clean. In the hull the fruit will be
larger, better colored and sweeter
than if grown in the matted row.
Varieties like Haverland will have as
high a color as Parker Earle.
have followed|this plan for three
years, and I would no more think Of
going back to the matted row than I
would cut my hay with q scythe. This
system is made easily possible by the
invention of the automatic runner cut
ter, which gathers up and cuts the
runners, leaving them about a foot in
length. A new fruit stem will result
from every rune which is cut. I
have counted as many as 80 fruit
stems on q hill from which the runners
were cut the year before. Less lador
is required to get the patch in condi-
ton for succeeding crops than by any
other system.
If ground is limited, set the rows
thirty.three inches apart. and the
plants Is IL i inches apart in a row,
and cultivate one way. This plan will
require more hoeing, but the yield
per acre will be twenty-five percent
greater. Select varieties which send
out runners freely. Keep these cut
of. Crowns four to six inches across
will result. Two quarts to the hill
is not an excessive yield. and the
quality will be first class. New Eng
LAND Homestead.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
TOR r AND R
ESE OF WISDMILLS.

These machines are exceedingly
convenient where there is plenty of
wind, as in level localities, and q large
variety Of them are made. But it will
not be nearly so economical to make
one as to buy from the makers, who
have the patterns and the fittings oil
ready for use. A good one may now
be procured for $50. Such q one
will afford about one-fourth Of one
horse power. This is large enough to
cut wood, feed for cattle, or pumping
water for farm use.-New York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

results Of Investigations of the pea,
psylla and the New York plum scale
During the past five years the peal
psylla has inflicted such severe losse!
upon pear growers in various parts o
the country that it threatens serpusl,
to interferejwith the successful cult
walton of this fruit. During sever,
attacks of this little pest old trees pm
forth but little new growth, new shoot.
often droop, and wither in Nay, the
leaves turn yellow and the fruit grows
but little, and in midsummer tn
leaves and half-formed fruit often fall
from the trees. This insect also indi-
Gates its presence by secreting largo
quantities of a sweet, water-like, sticky
fluid called "honey dew" which often
covers all parts OF the tree, and it has
literally rained from tho treesin some
| cases and smeared the backs of horses
during cultivation. A black fungus
soon grows all through this honey dew
and thus gives the tree q disgusting
blackish appearance, as if treated with
a thin coat OF black paint or SCOT.
Experiments show that it is not
advisable to fight this pest in the
egg stage. Nevertheless it is advis-
able that the Insects rayages should
be checked early in the season, as
most of the damage is done in this
state before June Is. To do this
the experiment. station recommends
that the kerosene emulsion should be
used after having been diluted with
about Is parts of water. This emul-
sion is made by mixing a half pound
of hard or soft soap with a gallon of
water and two gallons OF kerosene.
As the nymphs begin to hatch just as
the leaves are expanding, then is the
time to begin spraying. May Is is
usually the time in this state. When
they are numerous q second or third
spraying will sometimes be found
necessary. The emulsion viii not in
lure the trees in the least, and it should
be applied literally and thoroughly.
AS to the treatment of the adult
psyllas this recommendation is made:
"a thorough washing of the trunks
and larger branches Of the trees in
winter with kerosene emulsion Cat
least five percent kerosene), or a
strong soap solution, will destroy
many of the adults in Information in
the ~crevices of the bark. It is reported
that a whale oil soap solution has been
thus used very effectively in New Jer-
sey. We believe it is q practical
method, and should he practised in in
tested orchards"
The New York plum scale is a pest
we'll known among the farmers Of this
It affects not only plum trees,
but frequently is to be found on
and apple trees. The kerosene
emulsion is also recommended for
this scale. which is caused by
the presence of an insect. There is
question about its killing the scales
by it The emulsion should be
slluted with but four parts of water
instead OF Is, as in the .,aeatment of
the pear psylla, and the We. should
be begun early in the spring.-Troy
On. ~ Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

A remarkable illustration of a dogs in
telligence has occurred in Sutton. A
married laly there has a small pet, an |
Gu her removal to a Londoc' hospital,
owing to ill-health, the anim,N Became
greatly distressed, running fither and
.hither in search of. his mist ess, to whom
he was greatly attached. A week after
wards tie dog disappeared, and two days
later returned to its home footsore and
weary.
1t subsequently transpired that the
faithful terrier had found his way to the
hospital where his mistress lay. No one
guided him and he Travelled the whole way
alone. lie waited about for hours trying
to gain admission, and finally, after many
rebuffs, succeeded in running into the
hospital and finding the bed where the
lady lay. With great delight he hailed
her, and after satisfying himself that she
was safe he trotted back to Sutton about
fourteen miles distant
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

HOW TO TREAT CERTAIN FRUIT PESTS.
The Cornell university agricultural
experiment station is doing a good
service for the farmers of the state in
reporting by mea of widely circu-
lated pamphlets the results of its OBJ
s~ervations and experiments among in
scots and other things which destroy
frnits and vegetables. One OF the
latest OF these pamphlets shows the
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
Three Houses Form This Parish.

The changes necessary to Queen
Victoria street, London, have brought
about a curious state of affairs. Piece
by piece has been taken from the par.
ish of st. Mary Mountain until at
present it actually consists of but
three houses, and yet it is legally
an electoral parish still.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

A vein of gold bearing ore has been
found ia the Creede district, Col,
where nothing but silver was known
to exist, It assays nearly SIS, 900 to
the ton, and the community is very
much excited about it
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
Potash.

Strikingly profitable results
have been obtained by follow
ing this plan.
Our pamphlets arc not advertising circulars boom.
ing special fertilizers, but are Iractsal works, contain
ing latest researches on the subject ct civilization, and
are really helpful TO farmers. They are sent free for
the asking.
GERMAN ALI WORKS,
90 Nassau St, New York
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

n WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
lowing described property, viz.
/. a plantation ii Bellevue containing about
elxty-sfx arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbniidiD2s
.. A plantstion situated on the Ceurtabloau,
containing four hundred and forty-two and
q 100 nrpents. about sixty, arpents under pleux
knd wirefence aud In cultivation, with two goo9
this tract consists or cypress swamp.
8. Several tracts Of wood land on the bayou
1echA, situated between Conl0nae brldRo ana
BarrJ's Landing.
The hrst and second tracts are rented advan:
taeeously for the year 1904, and II sold ! Will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

A. NJ. Priest, Druggist, Shslbyville. Ind,
Gays: Halls Catarrh Cure gives the best Of
s "a i n%1ae vur Can nns get xb p11 Iayo Of tsesti braa.
sell it. 75c. u
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
L-AcKsHEAR, GA.

I"AcKsHEAR, GA:
-a bss sH sir :msThe box of i4R ,ARrrRrsr I pur.
chased Of you has. l believe, permanently
cured me of a ringworm that has been a grea'
annoyance to me for five years. l cheerful )
recommend 1t to those troubled with ring
worm. Send a box to Mrs. Allen Brown o1
this place." Respectful y,
j. c. BREWER, D. D. q.
box by mail for 5oc. in stamps.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
Comes

{Hjit!l q better understanding of the
w transient nature Ct ttc many phys
zeal ills which vanish before proper ef-
fosts-gentlc c1iorts--plcasau3c efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
tie knowledge that SO many forms OF
sickness are not due 20 any actual dis
ease, but simply to g conStipatcd condi-
zion OF the system, which tho pleasant
family laxative, Syrapcf Figs. prompt
y removes. That il why it is the only
remedy with millions Of families. aniis
everywhere esteemed SO ltiEllty by all
who value good health. Ii; beneficial
effects arc duo to the fact, thai It is the
one remedy which pru.2otcs internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it Gets. Therefore
all important, in or,3er to get its bane-
fetal effects, to note Wien you pur-
chase, thatyou have the genuine article,
which IS manufactured EythcC California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in tho enjoyment Of good health.
and the system IS regular. then la1a-
tives OF other remedies axe rot needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended tothc most sliillful
physicians, but if in need Of q laxative,
then Il should have the best, and with
the Observation-Disclosures, Syrupof
Figs stands highest and is most largely
Isedand gives most general satisfaction.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
soil

and exhausted fields which
were once productive can again
be made profitabIy fertile
by a proper rotation of crops
and by the intelligent use of
fertilizers containing high per-
centages of
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
/ box by mail for Soc. in stamps.

As soon as we make Gods word a lamp tc
our feet, we stop travelling in the dark.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

For the propulsion of steamships
1868 appliances have been patented.
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SOLDIERS REUNION
ana Reorganization OF the Jow..
LOngsIrecI Camp.

OF the James
LongsIrect Camp,
Inc committee appointed at a nreviors
meeting of the Longstreet Camp Of vet
Grams, met at the court house on Thurs.
Jay, July ssd. Present 2. t. Dorrob
.. w. Carr, W. N. HAYNES, J. 7 F
w"tt' absent Julius Yaretzsky and B.
Harper u. 7. Dorroh was made
chairman of the meeting, and after con.
S'ueration of several points named. the
committee selected the grounds adio;n
ihs 'he Macon School House, where tbe
veterans and families and their inv;tad
guests are expected to assemble on Tuas.
oay' August n, and bring well filed
baskets with them.
IAN confederate soldiers are cordially
invited to be present to reorganize tbe
Lohgstreet Camp and have a glorious
reunion, Come ont, comrades and
bring your baskets and families and
friends If there be soldiers who can
not bring baskets, let them come and
JON with us. There will be an abun
dance for all.
Eloquent speakers have been invited
ana other arrangements made to make
The day an enjoyable nj
z. 7. DoRRoH,
j. W. CARR,
w. N. HAYNES,
j. J, F. WATT,
j. YARETzsKY,
B. F, HARPER,
Committee.
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A most elegant reception at the typi-
cal southern home of Mr.. and Mrs J.
w. Paulette a few nights since in honor
of their guests, Misses Ellen Tucker and
McHenry, of Columbus, Miss, will
long be remembered by the honored few
whose privilege it was to participate in
the festivities. At an early hour the
guests began to arrive and at nine
O'Clock the elegant parlors were filed
with beauty and chivalry of the sur
rounding neighborhood, and the higher
enjoyment of intellectual accomplish.
ments held full sway.
Atthef fashionable hour the dining par,
Tors were thrown open and a most boun-
teful repast presented to the sight of the
joyous party. The table elegantly dec
GRATED with cut glass and china was a
thing of beauty, To attempt a descrip-
ton of the edibles would be folly, suffice
it to say that the ice cream was the most
delicious ever placed before mortal man
MAY all the blessings in this life be con-
tinually heaped upon this hospitable
hotne. Il.
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Deed records. land or chattel, no printing.
s qrs, $40 pages,
Minute Book. s qrs, $40 pages, no printing.
Record of wills. s Qrs. $40 pages, no print'g
Final record, 8 1rs, $40 pages. no printing,
General index to deeds land, s qrs, $40 pa:
yes, printed head, ................ 49,.
General index to deeds chattel. 8 qrs, Gao
" pages. printed head go. .. ...,.......
General dockst, s qrs, Gao pages, printed
Motion docket, s qrs, GO pgs, printed head
Issue docket. 8 qrs. GAO pages, printed head
ENecuth dock. 6 ar, $50 pgs, printed head,
Judgment roll, 6 Qrs, $50 pages, printed
Record of official bonds, 3 qrs; 4so pages.
printed pages -. 49,. e.. .............
Record Of administrators executors and
and Guardians bonds, 6 qrs, G4o pages, 3
forms IN book, ........... .,....
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= pages. printed heal. .........'...
Record OF marks ana brands. i qfs, 400 pa.
yes, printed form. .... ....... .,...
Attorneys receipt book. 8 Qrs, 4SO pages.
printed head, ,...,...... 49,. 49,.
Record or state iand;, act Feb; 40, 4 qrs,
tS?0 pages, printed head. $50. ..........
Fee book, 8 qrs; $40 pages, printed pages,
LIS pendcns record, 0 qrs, $50 pages, print
seu hcau.. ...:......"... ..........
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Gprai-ement record 8 qrs, go pages, ?
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rreasuryr's docket, D qrs. 4so pages, print
ed head, -. 49,. -. -.
Execution docket. 5 qrs, $40 pages, printed
head. ...... ....
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Ifil docket. 8 qrsS.sO pages, printed form.
Privilege license record. Sqrs, 400 p ,gos,
asprinted head. ....,,..... 49,. 49,.
Lax collectors cash book, 100 leaves, 900
pages. printt d head, 49,. ..........
Lii Of Plants sold to individuals for taxes.
a4Fqrs, 400 pages, printed head. ..,...,.....
"A Pr araice docket, s RS. GO pages. print
Ei. IL" " seefell. court auudlinai,, ssprs, GO pa
..eet tI, np,iocE, ) " Srs, oiioipges. printed head.
ie9pbpctfa dock. s Or, 646 pages, print head,
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,INrss 10. book, 8 qrs. 400 pages, print head,
Foebook. state eases, S qufres, $40 pages,
printed pages, -. -. ..I......
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Ssfnret Indictment record Ffs'640 pages
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gas, printed Z Xs.;..: ~.
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n
'ae l'acon Compress.

"'prlse, which in connection
aacon bank, has proven to be
,est teneftto the business in
AacOnSand surrounding coun-
s m'pafing to do business this fall
I,s, On a larger scale than ever /.
/, istely been an election Of Of,
a'As former administration Of
Aasa,. % entirely satisfactory to
folders, they re rejected their
with the exception Of the
I'M, ~nach office will be filled by
r.lliaris.' who has had consid-
s,llencs in the compress and
IN business. The other officers
williams, Pres, J Fl. Ames,
~ W. Jones, Jr., Treas
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Low VACATION RATES,

Effective June 1st., 1896, and contin-
uing until Sept. 30th, 1896, the Queen
& Crescent Route will offer low reduced
rates for the round trip to all the promi-
nent resorts in the North. Fine equip
ment, fast time and close connections
make this route the choice of summer
tourists. Full information with regard
to rates, schedules and sleeping car fare
will be given on application to any agen
of the Q. & c.. -
|. HARDY, G.P.A.
New Orleans, La.
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y, Ferguson has now established
\ distance lines at Joiner and Prairie
~ on the Memphis road, at Dent 5
Ehren and Fairfield on the Fair
foad' and is also connected with
@ssVllle and Shuqualak. He will
Vu1 next and probably take in Mu-
pasllle and Louisville.
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Notica C%onlinctorA.

Sealed bids viii be received at the , ugllst
farm or his Board lO:wit, the LIST Monday
in August, 1886, for the erection OF a bridge
over Bogue Chitto near Menu MS on tne
lower Memphis road, MS per specifications
now on file IN this Office: 40
Also sealed bids VIII be reeeNcd FOR iW
eords woods for Poor HOUSE, TO consist oi
hickory. ash or oak wood. to be delivered
Iy thb;1st' Of November. 1896. The board
reserves the right to reject any and all BIDS.
by order ~fabe,Board.. -
r. poRRou, d G. Chan. Clerk.
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MONEY TO LOAN.
Call on j. R. DINSMORE.
WHY NOT APPRECIATE THIS OFFER,

WHY NOT APPRECIATE THIS OFFER!
Now is the time for the tourist to
take advantage OF what is offered here
and visit the celebrated summer re.
sorts, reached by the Mobile II Ohio
Railroad. Round trip tickets. at grea.
~ reduced rates. are on sale TO all the
summer resorts in New England and
the Eastern States, the White, Adiron.
dac aud AiIcghany Mountains, Canada
and Michigan: the great Northwest
with its attractions, and nearer home,
the great Mexican Gulf Coast Double
daily fast through trains are run, with
Pullman. Buffet. Drawing Room,
Sleeping cars Tickets arc good to re
turn until November |, 1896.
Call on or write the nearest Mobile
n Ohio ticket agrnt who will be
pleased to furnish particulars about
the different results, how TO rea,h
l|icm, distances, time. rates, ETC., Or
address f II POSEY. o.
GEM Pass. An Mobile. Ala.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-25

|ne Clay family was represented in
last Monday by three generations,
! Mat grandpa, his son Mat and
grandson Mat, The DR.. informed
mat his daughter, Miss Bette M.
n was at the old homestead engaged
" summer music CLASS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-25

just received 800 boxes latest STYLE
paper and envelopes in handsome photo
ooAes' FERRIS
Notice is hereby given to all persons
VINO may desire to apply for scholarships
In either of the above institutions, that
examinations for the young ladies will
be held Saturday, August Goth, 1896.
But owing to a change in the law. the
young men will not be examined until
they reach the college. They must.
however, meet the Co. Supt. on the
hrst Monday in September to draw for
their places.
have been notified by the president
OF the |. |. & c. that Noxubee county
Is entitled to only one scholarship and
that without dormitory privileges.
S. M. THOMAS,
Co. Supt, Ed.
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'no' Burrage, election commits
was In town this week making
'aon Tor a special election in
Vs. but he had to forego the pleas
rue on the flying jenny. We
s.'a 70 hear from him that his
as a and son have good posi- :
ieSas' Miss virgie Burrage
,per. stenographer and typewriter
Employed by the courts to take
-Oay In important cases s
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Notice to P~ensiOners.

NVtTCC 10
nave Applications in my office for distrl-
button, Those now on the pension list will
not nave to apply again this year, except
as follows: Widows who drew their de-
ceased husbands pension for 1895 will have
to make application this year.
THOSE ON the lists of 1895 who are tot lily
blind; have lost their jaw, both feet or both
hands. must make new applications.
All inquiries about their pension must be
made through the Chancery clerk.
Respectfully,
u. 7. DoRROH,
Chancely Clerk.