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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
SHE READS TO SAVE.

a Housekeeper Gives Her Reasons WIN
She Studies Advertisements.
| study advertisements. and I know
where and when and how to purchase
the household supplies. My husband
used to laugh at me for reading adver-
tlsements SO carefully, and he has long
since learned that l save many dollars
every month, says writer in Woman
kind. know of no better way to pr:1c-
tlce economy, and do you know it is a
wonder how soon you learn to detect
the real from the false, intuitively, al
most? [ do not think have ever been
taken in" by an advertisement: there
is always something about the false ones
that repels me. You hear a good deal
nowadays about the practical pages
OF magazines and newspapers, but for
me the practical pages are those con-
tanning the business announcements af
reputable houses The housekeeper
who takes advantage of the practical
hints in those pages shows a great deal
more common sense than does the one
who tries to furnish seven-room cot
tage with lot of soap boxes covered
with denim worked in fancy stitch. and
to feed her growing family with never
ending "reminiscences of the meal that
went before. 70 the economical house
Keeper the advertisements are the most
important part of any publication.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
a co1ored Girrs neanItion. lLlI.,., !,

The teacher of q class Of coIored chill
dren in Washington school was in
structing in English grammar. She
gave q word out, and the class built a
sentence around it. Everything pro-
gressed smoothly for some time, until
the word delight was given. make
"a sentence in which delight appears" !"
said the teacher. This seemed to be
very difficult, and for few minutes
there was great buzzing and whisper.
ing. Suddenly hand went up from
the smallest girl in the room. "Wel1?"
said the teacher, kindly. When I goes
to bed said the small girl, Il puts out
de light" The teacher says she could
not find voice for several minutes to
explain the error.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
WOMAN AND HOME.
WONDERFUL TRESSEs.
San Francisco Lady Who Has ever Six
Feet of Hair.

| San Francisco Lady Who Has Over SIX
-t5,'. Feet of Hair.
| Mrs. ID. J. Davis, Of San Francisco,
Cal, has the longest hair in the world
1t clusters in a great mass about her
| head and though she is tall woman,
being five feet nine inches III height,
her long tresses, when uncoiled, sweep
upon the ground for nearly afoot. Her
hair is just six feet and eight inches
In length.
+ Mrs. Davis comes Of family remark
able alike for their height and the
length of their hair. Though Mrs. Davis
she is shorter by nearly an inch than
either of her three sisters. But while
they have the advantage in height, they
cannot equal her in the matter Of hair,
Notwithstanding that all three have
curls over a yard and half long. Not
the least remarkable part Of this won
derful hirsute development is. that
while all three of Mrs. Davis sisters had
long hair from early childhood, the
young lady herself could never induce
her tresses to fall below her shoulders,
30 that it is only within the past years
that they have developed such ten
ency to eclipse Paderewski's shaggy
name.
: But it is not surprising that Mrs.
Davis and her sisters should have such
a Browning glory" to boast Of, for the
mother of this interesting family had
hair that dangled five feet from the
crown of her head. Mrs. Davis seems to
have lived all her life among long-haired
people, for her sister-in-law, with whom
she now resides at the Union hotel
in the Potrero. has over four feet OF
hair, and her niece, little girl scarcely
three years old, has braid 21 inches in
length, which she succeeds daily in
tangling badly, and for which she as
regularly does penance when the comb
il applied.
Il never brush my hair" said Mrs.
Davis, as she removed those long coral
PINS that held great coils in place about
her head so that her hair might be
measured, ''for the reason that do not
believe it is good for the hair. In fact.
] have demonstrated my belief to my
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
A Dog at a Telephone.

A San Diego .(Ca,.) man left his dog
in care of rancher at La Mesa during
his absence from the city for several
weeks. Upon his return he had tile dog
brought to the receiver of the La Mesa
telephone, ten miles away, and began
talking to his pet over the wire The
dog pricked up his ears and recognized
the wired voice of his master instantly.
Thinking the voice came from the other
side of the wall, the dog ran out of doors
and around the back of the building to
see if his master was there. When
asked to speak" The dog bow-wowed
Justify into the receiver.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
HERE AND THERE.

In setting out trees near the house
| it is best to set them far enough off SO
that the shade will not fall directly
| upon the house. The cool of the shade
in summer had better be enjoyed in
the open air.
The cheapest pork is that made by
a good alfalfa pasture. Red clover is
| a good second. But red clover don't
seem to fit our southwestern climate
or soil all over. There are also alto.
gether too many places, even in Texas,
where alfalfa dies out.
The stock raiser constantly finds
that his grain feed goes further by
grinding or crushing than when fed
whole. Even though the animal swal-
low it, crushed grain without mastica.
ton, the juices of the stomach will en-
ter it and prepare it for easy assimila-
tion.
Don't do too much cutting in the
young orchard Of course a strong
growing branch which threatens to
overbalance the restof the tree should
be pinched back if small or cut off il
larger SO as to give symmetry as far as
possible, but this should be done with
judgment and sparingly.
Although repeatedly demonstrated
that pigs can not be kept healthy on
concentrated food only, many farmers
continue to give them little else DUR
ing the larger portion of their lives.
Corn, either ground or unground, is
too solid and compact food when un-
mixed with other materials.
Kicking calf in the belly is not
good way to make it's hair lay smooth,
Il it is droopy and stnpefed the kick
may wake it up and send it out of the
way in hurry. but this treatment is
not to RECOMMENDED. A better thing
for the calf would be to tie its owner
in stall just behind an ambitious
mule.
Experiments made in England to
test the effects of size on the germin-
ating properties of seed, shows some
curious results. Extra large seeds
germinate more quickly, more evenly,
and make better plants than those OF /
smaller size. Plants grown from large |
seeds also mature and ripen more near.
y together than those from smaller
seeds.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20

that canine burlesque called a daeh-
shund. Then there are collies and
terriers of assorted sizes aud colors-
to say nothing of the many varieties of
settlers and hounds. Yet these quad
rupeds-less alike in .externals than a
cat and squirrel, or agarter snake and
pipe fish-are all dogs!
The question which naturally arises
is-wIeat was the original type? The
various replies to this question might
all be summed up in that well-known
answer of the darl<y in the freight
depot, when he said, in reference to the
destination of a pup which had been
left behind: II d'n'know, an he
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
PlTH AND POINT.

/ y ( 4 n
| There is at least one good reason
| why men are glad they are not women;
| women have to behave SO well--Atchi,
son Globe.
| What is to fsh?n he repeated. ].
"0h, You just sit and sit all day long,
"And then?' "And then you lie.''-
Detroit Tribune I'll Hf n9Ef
Effective Remedy. -. 1--WE cured
young swellhead of taking his hat Off
the way he does when he bows
"How?' II dropped a penny in it. -
Detroit Free Press.
His Worth Wat tts-"How much
is Tedspat worth 2'' Potts. g Really,
brought s6s.75 once when he was del.
egate, but don't think he was really
worth it. ."-Indianapolis Journal.
ga child" said the oracuIar young
person, can ask questions thu i a wise
iaan cannot answer. u There's one sat
isfaction," said the man of family, 'she
can't ask very many of 'em without
getting sent to bed Cincinnati En-
quirer. .
Miss Jones daughter of his en-
ployer)-I don't believe, Mr.. Cashier,
that pa will give his consent" Mr..
cashier-"Oh, yes, he will after he has
examined the books. He will want to-
keep the money in the family. - Texas
Siftings.
-Judge-'Last time you were here
you promised .solemnly never to steal
agafn.' Burglar-"And / fully intend
ed to keep my word, your honor, but
this was such difficult case thas they
had to call in an. expert '--F Fliegende
Elaettcr.
But why did you refuse Prof.
Gruebling, Miss Melanie? He is such
an able and noted mathematician. !.
"That's just the reason! He would al
ways be mathematiealy demonstrating
The errors of my lnilliner's bills.'--Hu-
moristische Blaetter. ~ .4x9
--Inqniring Offspring Pa, what
does this mean about giving to airy
nothings a local habitation and a
name?' " Intelligent Papa oh, some
thing in connection with the apobhe-
cary shop, where they dispense sweet
eiied wind at five cents a glass and call
1t soda! Boston Transcript.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20

!. What plant will restore fertility
to the soil most rapidly, and at the
same time give fair returns in hay or
pasture. 500
2. What plants will make the most
permanet meadows.
8. What plants will make the best
permanent pastures, especially for win
ter grazing. a F .1.gss sf
j T. What producing plants are
best for temporary use.
Since the commencement of the
work 585 species have been grown,
many Of them widely different in char
acter. Sowings have been made at
different seasons and under different
conditions; seeds of the more promis-
ing sorts have been distributed to
farmers In, different parts of the state,
and special attention has been given
to the fertilizing and winter grazing
values of species
When this work was commenced all
most no hay was grown in the state,
except what was used by planters for
home consumption, and thousands Of
tons were shipped into the state an
nually. The census report for 1880
gives the yield of hay in Mississippi as
being .s3 tons per acre. against an
average yield of LA tons per acre
for the whole United States. In 1898
the yield or hay for this state had
doubled being then 1.66 tons for the
whole country. In 1895 the average
yield in Mississippi had increased to
1.95 tons, against an average of LOS
tons for the whole United States, or s4
per cent. above the average, and ia
per cent. above the average yield in
the northern and central states of the
Mississippi valley.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20

(The Youngest Soldier in the U. S. Army.
that is given to all private soldiers, ant
draws the same rations, clothing allow
ances. and everything else to which the
largest men in the service are entitled
Like the other buglers Johnny is 6
mounted orderly every three days. He
sounds the reveille at daybreak, the
breakfast call, sick call, the fatigue call
guard mount, drill call, recall, dinner
call, fatigue call, retreat, supper, atten-
tion,and taps
II Johnny lives and continues in the
service he will retire before he is A
yearssold. There was but one other boy
like him in the army. That was john
ny Murphy, also drummer at the
Long Island post, who enlisted when lie
was 1S and served IL years as a drum
mer boy. He took out his discharge
about Is years ago. Murphy's father
was likewise a soldier
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
The Best Dust Bath.

During the summer season the best
mode of providing dust bath is to
dig out space in the poultry yard,
three feet square and about six OF
eight inches deep. When the dirt is
dry, sift it back into the place from
which it was taken, and when SO do
ing, sprinkle a little carbolic acid over
it, to give it the characteristic odor.
After each rain, stir the dirt and make
it fine, but it need not again be sifted.
The hens will resort to it, and rid
themselves of lice. If the poultry.
house is kept clean, and dust bath is
provided, the hens. can keep their
bodies free from lice with its use
Farm and Fireside. 1858
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
TO PREVENT WRINKLES.
Eat Frequently and Moderately. and Dc
Not Fret or w orrv

Eat Frequently and Moderately, and Dc
Not Fret or Worry.
If we would prevent wrinkles we must
make up our minds to take life very
easily and never to be much amused or
much troubled. We frown and fret, we
laugh and cry, and these everyday ac-
tions bring wrinkles round the eyes
and mouth. Getting cross or constantly
giving way to temper will make the
wrinkles come in short time. Nine.
Patti never allows herself to get cross.
If she feels cross and it is due to the
presence of some one near her she al
ways leaves the room until this feeling
has passed away.
One of the most common ways of
producing wrinkles is to eat too much.
The skin of the cheeks and stomach
gets SO distended that when it tries to
get back to its original proportions it
finds that it has lost the power.
Another way of making wrinkles is the
way in which we wash and dry our
faces and rub our eyes after crying.
We rub our faces in all directions with
a rough towel, and in that way stretch
The skin. We should wipe the face
carefully with soft towel, and never
rub it from the corners of the eyes near
the nose toward the ears or we shall
have fresh crop of crows feet. Good
soap, pure water, fresh air, moderate
and simple diet are the best cosmetics
one can use. A little almond oil rubbed
over the wrinkles will help smooth
them out. Pass the fingers dipped in
oil from the outer corners of the eyes
toward the nose. The eyes should never
be rubbed when waking but sponged
with fresh water, in order to keep
wrinkles from appearing round the cor
nerS=N Y Adunrfisa1.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
Peculiar ways of q Rabbit.

From a correspondent in Mechanics
burg, Pa, comes a pretty story about q
boys pet rabbit: This bunny is a great
friend of the chickens, and has carried
it so far that now he regularly goes to
roost with them every night. A few
weeks ago bunny developed another
trait, still more astonishing. When
the hens get on the nest for their daily
task Of laying eggs, the rabbit sits
with them. 1t is not supposed that ii
is any particular advantage to have him
there, but Biddy never objects, and
with soft cluck-clucls, she makes room
for the furry friend by her side.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
To Launder Fine Handkerchiefs,

Women dislike to give their daintiest
and best handkerchiefs to the ordinary
washerwoman. These dainty bits Of
cambria and lace need a French clean.
er's care, we decide, but that is an ex-
trayagant way, when we can give them
the same crisp freshness as a French
cleaner, and without irons or starch,
and without any trouble or work.
Soak the handkerchief in warm water
and soap first, then rub very gently and
rinse well. Polish your bureau mirror
and place the right side OF your hand.
kerchief against it. II is wet and will
cling. Make the edges straight, and
rub gently until the handkerchief
elings to the mirror and is perfectly
smooth. Leave until entirely dry and
then peel it off, and your handkerchiefs
will have crisp freshness like new.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
TIE SEWING scREEM
A Useful and Decorative Addition 10
Household ImpediInenta

A delightfully."- decorative and useful
note in my lady's morning room, or a.
coy setting for the corner of her bed
ROOM. is the sewing screen, a gracious
little affair combining ali the comforts
of thread basket. pincushion, needle
case, work bag, catchall and table. One
such screen, which graces the bedroom
corner in the home of a busy little
housewife, is fashioned of yellow denim
and delicately lowered yellow silk,
and can be very easily carried out in
any color by a pair of clever hands.
The framework, which consists of two
leaves IS inches wide, is three feet high
and is covered from the outside and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
orange Tartlets Arc Tempting.

Orange sartlets make dessert which
the young people are sure to appreciate.
Take the juice of two Havana oranges
and the grated peel of one, three.
fourths of cup of sugar or one-half
cup if the oranges are very sweet; one
tablespoonful of butter, the juice Of
one-half a lemon to wet one teaspoon
full of corn starch. Beat all well to.
gether and bake in tartlet shells with
cat cover
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
coLoRADo's CLIFF RUINS.
a Great Future Field for the Explorer
and Scientist.

and Scientist.
The cliff ruins of the San Juan and
the Mancos have been the center Of at
traction, have been viewed from all
sides, and their wonders have been told
md reto1d to the world time andgtime
again. Scientific men have visited the
region have penetrated southwest Col
orado, and have considered that section
place of especial interest, because the
cliff and cave dwellings are probably the
oldest in this strange land, being the
frst built in that mysterious journey
southwark of great but unknown peo-
pie. For 90 years the prospector has
followed the San Juan river and gazed
with careless unconeernupon the rough
| and broken walls, SO full of interest to
| the archaeologist.
| But the mind of the prospector has
| no room for curios, and he has no time
for archaeological investigation He
sees only the glitter of the gold in the
sand, and thinks only of the time when
he shall have made his stake. In No
yeJnber, 1892, hundreds of gold hunters
rushed madly into the canyon north OF
the Navajo mountain, Travelled 300 miles
over bleak, desert tablelands, suffered
terribly from cold, hunger, and the long,
wearisome journey. III a few days they
had staked off NIL the available land for
so miles up and down the river, md then
returned home without having obtained
SO much as q color of gold, and to-day
have nothing to show for it but the
stakes.
1t is one of the most wildly pictur-
esque and beautiful regions ii the
world. The bleak old Navajo moun-
tain rises abruptly and towers like d
grim sentinel over the surrounding
mcsas, while i'll n canyon gorge, more Z
than 1900 feet below its base, the Rio
San Juan appears like a silver thread.
The canyon is several miles wide, and a
descent can be made to the river only
by q precipitous trail, but as the river
approaches the great Colorado the can
yon becomes more narrow and the wall
more perpendicular, and when it merges
into the grand canyon it Is scarcely
more than deep, dark channel. tt
A few miles from the Colorado river,
where the canyon is not more than 800
or 1000 feet from wall to wall, and
where the walls are perpendicular and
smooth, ON the right wall are the pic
lures of seven warriors with bows drawn,
to the last notch, while across the riyer
on the opposite side are the pictures
of seven antelope, apparently in full
run to escape the hunters. These pic
lures are we'll executed and are i'm the
most inaccessible places. Evidently the
artist was lowered from ledge, hum
dreds of feet above the picture, and held
suspended while he performed his tedi-
ous task. There are many places in the
mystic southwest where such paint tings
are to be found. d.-Denyer Field apd
Farm.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
For the Fayorite Corner.

Trophies of conquest in the shape OF
German favors, dinner cards, menus
and souvenirs occupy an appropriate
corner il the dainty boudoir Of the
debutante. Then there are ribbons
rifed from the floral offerings on her
first appearance in society; ribbons
from bouquets she carried as brides
maid; college and class badges, and a
collection of unique objects, which re-
call certain eyents-Form.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
she was Good at Arithmetic.

"Weil, you see,'' said Ethel, to her ia.
ther, Miss Maggie asked the girl lat the
head. how much was eight and five, and
she didn't know, and said 12; then the
next girl said nine, and the next one
said IL, and the next one said IA. Such
silly, answers! Then Miss Maggie
asked me, and said 13, and Miss Maggie
told me to go to the top of the class.
Course it was i3,
'strhat was nice, said her father. II
didn't think You could add so we'll.
How did you know twas 1872"
why. guessed II. Nobody said 13. !"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20

Johnny jameson had arrived at his
eighth birthday, and thought taat it
would be real nice to write his papa
letter, and this is the way he Iegan:
my dear Whenever / am
tempted to do wrong, think Of you.
and say, Get thee behind me. satan.'.
Cur Girls and Boya
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
THE AUSTRALIAN DiNGO.
Said TO Be the Ficrcest, Keenest and
Meanest of All Dogs. q I 81

~ io-NL fisItlLS d
Kennel Club show
cannot fail to no
tice the widely
differing varieties
of dogs. In one
class are the mus
cular nastiffs; in
another the slen-
der grey-hounds.
Here is dignity"
personified in the
beautiful IS ain t
Bernard, and i'm
pudence" on-the-
jump in the ugly
little pug. Here
is grace in the
d a j n t y Italian
greyhound a n d
aWkMardness in
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
Hay Growing In arIssissipni.

The eighth report of the Mississippi
experiment station says:
In 1883 the station commenced a
series of experiments with grasses and
forage plants with a view to determin-
ing;
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
New use for q ships Compass.

An inventor proposes to utilize the
compass of a ship to warn the navi-
gators Of the approach of danger. He
has constructed a compass which is
regulated by a chemical which viii not
be affected by the magnetic force on
board the ship, but will be keen1y SEN
sitive to minute symptoms from any
other magnetic influence .exerted at a.
distance from the vessel up to possibly
two miles. This compass when affect
ed by the magnetism oscilIates about
an eighth of an inch, so the inventor
asserts. Whenit is so affected the metal
connections on the rim Of the dial plate
will close circuit, causing bells TO
ring in the engine-roon as well as in
the pilot-house and on the bridge.4De.
troit Free Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
How It Looked To Hin,

Husband-Did the new cook ask for
references?
Wife-No. =
Husband She must be green hand
In the business. Town Topics.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A CONCLUSION. Ill

A CONCLUSION. az,
" If / was fellows mother,
d never, never see
A single thing that fellow did
That wasn't meant for me-
I'd let him stay out after dark;
l'never would sayfNo,' &
Because. that stirs a fellow up
And spoils his temper so.
:" I'd say: Play first and study next;'
And: DO not go to obed,-ez.s....az-..-.s..s.ss
No matter what o'clock 1t is,
Until your story's read
would not know he'd been kept in,
Or ask the reason why ~ r. 2
I'd be quite blind to all such things, I 1
Or kind of pass them by.
I'd give him pudding, pies and jam
And marmalade and cake ez .
But would not even mention bread
And all the nuts he'd take. $EE
oh, were 7 a fellows mother
A certain ones know
Wouldn't he have the siickesSfinei =
You'd better believe it's so!
Buff was that fellows mother,
/ wonder If would t.f
DO half that fellows mother does -
For him? Or be--so good?
wonder If I'D mend his clothes "a hi. ~
Without single scowl? q
And only say Gently, dear boy
At his most horrid howl?
wonder if when he was sick
I'd be so awful kind?
And never breathe: told you so!'
Or: Reg, you didn't nind!'
But only sit and battle his head
In such peaceful way,
With something sort Of sweet and cool,
For maybe half dag?
" Yes-now that think it over,
It's most lucky go
That I'm not that fellows mother;
For the fellows sake you know!"
Annie l.. Hannah, in Youths Conpan-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-20
Be Somebody.

"0h, everything goes against mel
I've played the game out 4
"Tut, tut, old man. Cheer up. Bor-
row some nloaey and be somebody ~
Truth.