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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
THE FOOD THAT MAN NEEDS.

A Wise Combination Necessary to Keep
the Body in Order.
"As in the daily wear and tear OF
life great deal Of the substance of
a mans body is used up, it is absolutely
necessary that the repair to the body
be carefully and systematically looked
after" writes Mrs, S. T. Rorer in, the
Ladies' Home Journal. Then, too,
man must create heat and force, ac-
cording to the climate in which he
lives and the occupation he follows. A
wise combination Of food is, therefore,
necessary to keep the body in work
ing order. In cold weather we need q
larger amount Of carbonaceous foods
fats. sugars and starches than we
do in summer. In the hot climates
and during the hot months fruit and
green vegetables, containing the salts
necessary to keep the blood in good
condition, should be used freely. Ac-
ccrding to our method of living in this
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

number Of college students it employs
giving them chance to, earn money to
pay their expenses, this if nothing else
would, prove that you have the interest
of your race at heart, and to use the
words of the poet: "s:. "-'"+. '..' IF
Within the oyster shell, uncouth.
The purest pearls may hide;
Trust me, you'll heart OF truth,
Within my rough outside.
We hope that your future years will he
just as successful as your past has been.
To which Mr.. Mile, replied, "Friende,
can poorly express the pleasure it gives
me- to accept this giftin, behalf of you
gentlemen here assembled The work
mans hand bias w1rught with: ekiN, this
chair ofcomIort in which one;may spend
his declined years, ard az it will only be
question of few years when | shall be
and retire into private life. While
shall then take my comfort in this arm
chair, it shall always remind me of the
pleasant "reminiscences of the Plankinton
and of it's employees" All present we're
then asked to make few remarke, OF
which, some were 80 touching as to cause
the shedding of tears. Col. IF. L. Taylor
who has been second waiter at the hotel
over II years acted as chairman of the
committee. Mr.. Miles was also present
ed with an illustrated history OF the Civil
War, called Cam D. Fire and Battlefield.
This valuable book contains over 500
rages and was. preserted by Dr.. A. l..
Heron. He inscribed on the f1y leaf:
with best wishes to my friend J. j.
miles for worth and friendship on the
l2lst year of services rendered at the
Plankinton, which means loyalty ia
duty. May you live lor 6 and happy
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
AFRO-AMERICAN TRIUMPH.

Graduates With High Honors Despite
Despicable Treatment.
Indianapolis. May rs Miss Carrie
Parker. the onlv Afro.American tchoo!-
girl in Vermilion County. graduated
from the Clinton high school last night,
after four years of subklnps and Sights
that would have discourage more re.
soiute person.
She made avery good record de- 2ite
her many. discourage ents. and trump.
he'd last night over all others in her clas.
when she delivered her graduating ora
ton entitled Home ard it's Jpfluencee''
4 Miss Parker's father is q IL orer. She
wilt apply for . pit CO in the mission field
and devote her life to teaching the heat.
hen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

when Douglass was blufied by James
Smith into laying down three queer q
agains: bobtail flush. This enre ged
him and fight ensued. Douglass then
vent to his house and returne d with a
gun. The crowd rushed indoors to escape
him and he fired through the door, hitt-
II g Albert Grier, killing him instantly.
Douglass fled. pursued by crowd, who
Captured him in the woods, and were
about to lynch him when officers appear
ed and rescued him and brought him ia
Pittsburg Jail. LA
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
Woman, to be Hanged.

st. Louis, May a For the first time
in the history of Missouri, woman has
been found guilty of murder in the first
degree, and will ba sentenced to hang.
The woman is Pearl Waters, who deli
beratelv killed Lillian Waddel, b 9TH
Afrc-Americans. When the verdict was
read Pearl Waters eat as if dszed. She
shortly eprang up and shrieked like q
mad woman, and IN that condition was
led back to jail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
Cause of tho Shock.

DR.. Brown-Your wife has had some
sudden shock; if you can tell me what
caused it perhaps can help he; NJ.
Outlate = can't think Of anything, doc
tor; but-hold on minute-I guess I
have It; / got in before II o'clock last
night. New York Tribune.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
CARDS CAUSES A MURDER.

The Looser Killed an UnofrensIye Man
and Fled.
Pittsburg, Pa May %. = A fight over
cards today at Sno den. a mining town
in this county, resulted in the murder
of Albert Grier by George Douglass, A
game of draw poker Was in progress,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
KILLED IN JAIL.

Accused of Hiring Another to Commit
Murder--Shot by Mob.
Dallas, Tex. May % : About O'Clock
Sunday NOR aing mob Of about 500
farmers from the countiesof Cass, Wood
and Smith, stormed the jail at yler, Smith
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

Under this name the leaves Of one of the golden
rods, solidago odoro are in very common re as
tea by families of the German in the int arior
Of Pennsylvania. Men gather the leaves in the
summer time, and many are said to make good
living at the work. They peddie the plant in the
winter time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

Two villages, the smaller one called Cars.
uhe'-so named by colony of Prussians who
attempted to establish themselves here many
years ago, and most disastrous!y failed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

AS we were leaving Thanks to God" town
repeating its name softly to ourselves eoI
the privilege-an immense canoe shot past u.s.,
manned by a score Of naked Indians-just
come down from the far interior with cargo
a ready market for the rubber; and, having
invested the proceeds in agaurdiente (rum)
and cheap John motions from the Pennsyl-
vanian's store, and the little that may re-
main in needed provisions for the distant
camp, they will row back again UP tho sil.$s4t
river, 70 richer than they came. &c their
lonely Nss IN the forest.
Approaching Bluefields Git used to be spelled
Blew-felds) yoN see no sign-until close
upon it-of the great Moscos territory, which
Columbus found in 1902. and wonder that he
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
FARM And GARDEN NOTES,
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMER.
Remedy for ScaIy Legs Raise Draft
Horses-Weaning the Dairy ca'f-si-
age Experience-Amateur Agriculture
REMEDY FOR SCALY LEGS.

REMEDY FOR SCALY LEGS.
A writer in Farm Poultry gives a
remedy for scaly legs. She says: II
take a quart can full of lard, coal oil
and crude carbolic acid and set the can
in an old bucket, piling hot ashes and
some Goals around it. Then with q
swab, made by wrapping rags to the
end Of stick, I proceed to the hen
house, and, holding each perch over
the bucket, sliding it along as grease,
completely fill every crack and crew.
ice with the mixture. The lard cools
rapidly, leaving the perch very greasy,
and the legs of the fowls rooSting in
such perches look bright and clean. 1t
serves a two-fold purpoSe-ridding the
perches of lice and preventing scaly
legs. l have never had case Of it
among my fowls. This work can be
done in cold weather, as the grease
will keep hot, and it is less trouble
some than treating even one fowl after
it gets the disease"
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
AMATEUR AGRICULTURE.

In England every gentleman wio
can afford it, and who aims at any so
cial position, owns farm, and devotei
portion of his time to the study and
practice of agriculture. TO some ex-
tent this is becoming true in our east
ern states also. A very considerable
number of the wealthy men of New
York, Boston and other eastern cities
own farms which they occupy as sum-
mer residences, and to the cultivation
of which they devote some time and
considerable money. The membership
of the New York Farmers Club, or the
New York Farmers, as they call them
selves, affords an illustration. This
organization containing some sixty
members, consists, think, says ]. Nc
Lain Smith in Farmers Home Weekly,
exclusively of business men, and most
ly very wealthy men, with whom
farming is recreation, not a business.
OF course such people do not buy
farms, or engage in agriculture, with
a view to make money. They get their
profit in other ways, and ways, it seems
to me, which are just as legitimate
and proper, and just as rational for
those who can afford it, as making
money. Money is only desirable, and
only valuable to its possessors, as it
procures him satisfaction. If he gets
the satisfaction without the money, it
is just as rational proceeding as to
get the money in business and spend it
for the satisfaction. Or, even if the
farming proves a losing venture, the
money spent in that way is likely to
do far more good and bring more real,
lasting satisfaction, than If used in
sumptuous living and expensive enter
tainments.
Every rich amateur farmer, if he is
a man of intelligence and high charac-
ter, no matter how little he may know
of agriculture, is decided benefit to
the surrounding community. He gives
employment to much labor in improv-
ing his farm; he often brings in good
stock, from which the community de-
rives much benefit; and, even In his
Improbable operations, he is conduct
ing at his own cost a series OF expert
ments from which shrewd observers
gain much knowledge.
From every point Of view it seems
to me, amateur farming, on the part OF
wealthy business men, should be en-
couraged.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
Queer Love Making.

There is a bird in South America
that makes love with its feet. 1t is
handsome creature, but walks clumsily.
and the only sound it can uttersis
hoarse cluck. 1t dances, however, in q
way that wins admiration from the fe-
males of it's species, though its antics
only serve as an incentive to laughter
to human beings who see them.
This bird, known as the cock OF the
rock, lives in the northern mountain
GUS portion of South America. 1t is
about the size of large chicken. The
entire bird, body, wings and tail, is
blood-red in color, with the exception
of the tail feathers, which have mar
row band of brown across them near
the ends, which are tipped with bun.
On the head is a crest of feathers like
a great red ball, which contracts or
expands at the pleasure of its owner.
When the mating season comes,
seven to ten males seek some secluded
spot, where there is level patch OF
ground, and clear it of any sticks,
stones or leaves, stamping down the
dirt until it is hard and level
Then they call the females, who
stand at the edge IF this novel arena.
One at time the males then perform
a most curious dance. Each dancer
will first strut up and down a few times,
and then, to the apparent delight OF
the rest, commence to caper around In
an extremely ludicrous manner, spread
ing its tail and wings, putting up his
crest, bowling to the others, and at the
same time keeping up a hopping gait
until he Is exhausted.
When all the males have danced,
each female will choose mate, and
the happy pairs depart to begin h"''se-
keeping.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
RAISE DRAFT HORSES.

Our English cousins evidently have
faith in the prospect of better times
and prices for horse stock in the near
future. The writer, says Observer in
Journal of Agriculture, has recently
had the opportunity Of reading of some
prices brought at sales of some of the
principal breeders of cattle, sheep and
horses, all of which large figures were
realized, but it is the latter description
of stock which stands pre-eminent in
big results at the sales referred to-
and the breed which has achieved the
best results is the heavy draught horse
which is recommended to farmers on
this side the water as the best to raise.
At one sale a two-year-old Shire filly
fetched over $2,1O0; another filly, the
same age, brought $4,000; at another
sale several yearlings made from $21O
to $3.50. One celebrated breeder gave
over $4,000 for a tour-year-old breed
ing mare. A still older mare fetching
$4,000; a two-year old filly and a year.
ling sold at over $4,000 each.
These seem tremendous prices, but
it must be remembered that the stock
were the finest in the country; and to
breed for profit, breeders must use only
the best. 1t is only by this policy Of
liberal expenditure that satisfactory
results can be achieved. l read in the
same account of Clydedale two-year-
old geldings bringing from $500 to
$500 each.
To-day heavy draft horses, sound
and fit to work, are worth 5000 to $500
each in almost any city in England,
and they will be dearer, as large num-
bers of heavy stock for breeding pur-
poses have been shipped to South
America. Farm, Field and Firesids.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
pertinent stations shows the following


results:
The Massachusetts station found
mixed silage of corn and sofa beans
very fine Vermont station made a
superior silage of oats and vetch; also
of oats and peas.
Silage produced more milk at the
Ohio station, more butter at the Penn
sylyania station, and more mutton at
the Michigan station, than beets.
Even when there is a loss of 20 per
cent. in the feeding value of silage, it
is cheaper than roots. The Wisconsin
station preserves silage at loss Of
only s per cent. Of it's feeding value.
The loss in curing fodder is never less
than 20 per cent.
The Pennsylvania station found sill
age and cured fodder about equally di-
gestible. Kansas station grew 100 tons
of silcge on 10 acres, and it sustained
Is head Of cattle 1872 days-a result
which 1t is thought could not be at.
tained with 10 acres of cured fodder.
Use the largest variety Of corn that
will mature before frost. Experiments
at the Pennsylvania station show that
as corn approaches maturity the amount
of nrtriment it contains and the di'
gestibiiity both Increase very rapidly.
The total yield of the digestible food
by the matured crop was two or three
times that of the same crop in the silk.
and 36 per cent. greater than when the
ears began to glaze. The Minnesota
station found that 100 pounds of en-
silage from the northern and southern
and sweet corn all contained about
the same feeding value.
Silage is distinctly cattle feed, but
the Kansas station finds it not good
for feeding bulls. 1t may be fed in
moderation to horses, pigs, poultry
and sheep, but sour silage is danger
Gus to sheep.
There has been some complaint that
silage gives milk an unpleasant flavor.
This is probably due to sour and decay
ing silage. The Kansas station found
that if the silage be fed just after
milking, instead of before, this dis
agreeable flavor disappears.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Do not expose the fowls to wet or
cold weather, as such conditions will
be apt to bring on canker, catarrh or
roup.
If your space is limited keep only
few fowls, and let the few be very fine
ones, as it costs no more to feed a
prize-winner than it does scrub.
Cabbage is one of the very best vege-
tables to feed to poultry, as 1t keeps
green long time and the chickens en-
JOY picking at 1t. Hang it up where
they can eat it readily, without scat
tering it about or soiling it. A sup
ply Is usually abundant.
If your young chicks stand around
and sleep, it is then quite evident that
you are trying to raise poultry and lice
on the same amount of food. Look at
the little fellows at once and see If you
do not find lice on their heads. under
wings. under and over vent.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
CLOTH FROM CAT'TAlL:.
4 New Use for the Humble but Pretty
Water Plant.


Very few, probably, are aware that
the fur, or vegetable down Of the cat
:ail is marketable article, superior to
feathers or cotton for many purposes.
It is not quite so valuable or useful as
eiderdown, but it approaches it very
closely, and is cheaper than any Of the
three. AS a matter of fact, a great
many people are to-day using articles
covered with cat-tail products who
have no idea where the material comes
from.
1t is vast extent Of country, com.
paratively speaking, from which the
.at-tail is gathered 1t comes from the
swamps along the numerous creeks
that put in from the Delaware bay,
from Morris River to Cape May. The
average amount gathered in the season
is ton day. The work of gathering
and transporting it, and then weaving
it into the many forms which it must
take before becoming salable, consti-
tutes a considerable industry.
One Of the most elaborate uses to
which this material is put is that OF
covering sofas. Very many of the sup
posed plush-covered divans are really
covered with a fabric Of cat-tail 1t
wears better than the plush, and is in
Enitely cheaper.
The same argument that applies to
the sofa is applicable to the pillow.
Very often, however, such pillows 60
by another name.
Sofa pillows, also, are made of cat
tail because pillow avowedly covered
with cat-tail would probably be regard
I'd with contempt. Call it Alaskan
plush, however, or Shetland wool that
has been treated by new process, and
1t will sell readily enough, and give
good satisfaction, too.
The family album which graces the
centre table in the parlor Of so many
farm houses is also IN many instances
adorned with cat-tail covers, although
+ the housewife cannot be convinced
they are not plush She has doubtless
paid almost as much as if they were
what she supposes, and naturally she
SCOTS at any person who hints that she
has been victimiZed.
It is becoming a prevalent custom to
use cat-tail fud on the back OF hand
mirrors and brushes, which have here
tofore been backed with plush. Some
say that the substitute is really proving
better than the original. The head
rest, too, seen on the easy chair, is
often of cat-tail-and it is none the less
comfortable for that.
Another article for which the cat
tail is used is the bed quilt. The elder
down quilt is an old-time article of
luxury. The cat-tail quilt is every
whit as comfortable, and costs about
one quarter as much. In New Jersey,
at least, the housewife fully appreciates
the value of the cat-tail quilt, however
| much her less well-informed sisters
may scott at the idea.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
WEAVING THE DAIRY CALF.

One of the reasons why dairying is
failure in some localities is that the
calf is desired for beef making, and to
give him good start it is allowed to
suck from three weeks to three months,
says the Rural Life. This will spoil
COW for the dairy, as rule, and at any
rate it takes the time out of her period
of butter-making, which will reduce
the butter yield for the year below
profit, II the calf sucks three months
and is then weaned the cow may be
expected to go dry in few weeks, or
half dry at least, and she will not pay
for the feed and the trouble.
To get q paying mess Of milk it is
absolutely necessary to milk the COW
from the first. The first" means to
some dairymen when the calf is first
seen. It is removed Immediately and
not allowed to suck even once, but the
milk is drawn and fed to the calf. BY
this practice the COW knows no other
way to have the milk drawn and does
not worry for the calf, SO everything
goes smoothly.
Other dairymen think the first time
the COW should be milked is when the
milk is first good for use The first Sc
cretion is not true milk, but colostrum,
and is designed to physic the calf. All
agree that the calf must have this first
milk, but some let him help himself
and others do not.
Many of the most advanced dairy
men strongly advocate never letting
the calf suck. Others, and the greater
number, prefer to let the calf suck un-
til the milk is good and this is what
the writer recommends. After the
milk is good for use the cow at once
increases 1t in quantity and good butter
fat is too precious for calf food. There
is no difficulty in taking off the calf
then without any objections from the
mother, if you use common sense and
good tact. If she is inclined to worry,
tie the calf by her side when you milk
for the first time or two, and she will
be reconciled, but on no account per-
NIT it to suck after the milk becomes
good for use.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

There is a probability that the Pa
cifc roads foreclosure will be a rep
etition of that Morgan-Stetson bond
deal which Cleveland made; that is,
they will probably be sold for much
less than they are worth, and some
body's nest will be feathered at the ex-
pense of the people.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
Two Barrels Of Flour.

A Barton (Vt.) wife made the fol-
lowing from q barrel of flour: One
hundred and fifty pies (mince, apple,
custard, etc., 5 chicken pies, SO apple
dumplings, II jelly rolls, IS cakes, "a
dozen ginger snaps, 81 dozen dough-
nuts, 20 dozen cookies; and this from
another barrel of flour: Eighty-six
loaves Ct bread, e34 rolls and biscuits.
"a finger rolls, 20 pies, dozen cookies,
61a dozen popovers, 25 dozen griddle
cakes and 6 dozen -four gems.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

The devastation caused by Gen. Sher-
mans march to the sea" covered
territory about sixty miles wide, but
the desolation caused by his brother
John reaches from ocean to ocean.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

The Cubans can't be hoodwinked by
the promises Of Spain; 1t is matter
OF regret that the same cannot be said
of the American people with regard to
the promises of the politicians.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

The Bradley Martin ball has excited
/ great deal of comment, but 1t Is only
one of the appendages Of our system.
Let us change the system and there
won't be any such balls.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

God made interest usury; man made
20 per cent interest usury. Which is
right? The chulch is excused from
making any reply, It might cause hard
feelings.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

The concentration Of wealth is the
concentration Of power, and there
should be laws Of compensation
to facilitate more equitable distri-
BUTTON Of wealth and discourage I'M
raense fortunes, which corrupt and
sndermine our free institutions.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

The only drawback we see to the pro-
posed compressed air trust is that the
Almighty has complete control of the
supply IN such a way that it cannot be
gathered In.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

South Dakota is trying to enact a
law for the establishment OF the refer
endum. That is what it will require
70 break up bribery and restore purity
10 the government.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

The political promises made in 1896
were somewhat similar to those made
in 1892, and the indications now are
that they will be worth no more.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

There Is q difference in surrender and
arbitration. Americans do not care
to submit their affairs to the will of an
European king.