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The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09
How Pins Are Made.

10 complete a pin it has to g,
through many hands baforeit is read
TOR the consumer. 1t is q very deli
cate article to handle, and the cost 4.
building the machines to make it i,
the greatest outlay. The wire from
which these pins are manufactured is
specially prepared and comes to the
factory on large reels very much like
gigantic cotton spools.
The wire is first turned THROUGH
eight or ten little copper rollers.
This is to get all the bend and l1ink
out OF it; in other words, to straichten
1t perfectly. After this preliminary
operation is completed it is once more
wound on a very large real, which IS
attached to the machine that makes
the pins. One of these machines
makes on an average 5000 pins IN
hour, and some large factories will
often have thirty or forty machines
at work ct one time. After the pins
are released from the grip Of this ma
chine they are given a bath Of SUI
phuric acid. This removes the grease
and dirt from them.
They are then placed in atub or
barrel o. sawlust. Pins and sawlust
are next taken together from the
barrel and allowed to fall in a steady
stream through a strong air blast,
which separates the sawdust from the
pins. But as yet they are polntless,
and pins without points would not be
Of much use. In order to point them
they are carried on an endless grooved
belt which passes q set of rapidly NOV
ing files. This points them roughly,
and after being passed between two
grinding wheels and forced against a
rapidly moving band faced with emery
cloth they are dipped in q polishing
tub Of oil. This latter is a large,
slowly revolving copper-lined tub,
which is tilted at an angle Of about
forty-fve degrees. AS this revolves
the points keep sliding down the
smooth copper to the lower side, and
owing to the constant friction against
the copper and each other receive a
brilliant polish and finish.
They go next to the sticker, where
they fall from a hopper on al inclined
plane. in which are a number of Sits.
The pins catch in these Sits, and,
hanging by their heads, slide down to
au apparatus which inserts them in
the paper. This machine is, perhaps,
the most ingenious Of all the beautiful
and complicated contrlvances that
help to make and manipulate tho pin.
It does all this at the rate Of 100, 900
pins an hour, and yet a single bent or
damaged pin will cause it to stop
feeding until the attendant remove
the offender. The pins are then stuck
into the papers by the machine, which
is usually operated by a skilled girl,
and then they are ready for shipment
to all parts Of the civilized world
where the common but necessary pin
is g factor. -Dry Goods Economist.
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Use Made Of Peach Stones.

Some people may wonder what be.
comes of all the peach stones, know
ing, of course, that there must be
great quantities Of them, from the
millions of bushels OF peaches grown
from.year to year and sold in the
markets. Peach stones were formerly
bought by several nursery firms here,
who, in turn, dried and assorted them,
and sold large quantities in the South.
The State of Georgia took o great
many; SO also the West, especially
the State of Michigan, and, in fact,
wherever it was thought peach
orchards could be set out to advantage.
Then the wholesale druggists took
them, but in limited quantities. for
their prussic acid ingredients. They
were also stored by the packers, and
sold at about $3.50 per carload of,
say, twenty-five bushels, and those
not sold in the mentioned
we're used for fuel in the winter after
they were we'll dried. But this year
there seems to be NO demand for them,
and packers who have room to do so
are drying them for fuel.-Baltimore
American.
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WHAT TO DO WITH HUyrEARB.

The old roots OF rhnbarb may be
taken up row and di7:jeland Eeplont-
ed in n8w ground with plenty Of old
manure Zach root may make three
Or four cuttings, which the second
year will make good plants. Some Of
the roots may be put into a cellar and
planted i'll half barrels, in rich soil,
with plenty of manure, and by and by
they will grow and make shoots that
may be used through the winter. Ere
quent waterings with warm-not hot
water encourages the Dow growth.
4. few old roots should be Lett to bear
the next s2ason until the divided roots
will have made sufficient growth for
safe cutting the second year.
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Utilizing a Dream.

One of the most valuable patents
was the result Of a dream, says the
Boston Transcript. An engineer named
Springer had been trying to devise on
automatic lock which would brake a
carriage going down the hill. SO that
the driver would not have to get out,
but might lock the brake by pulling
his horse in. He dreamed that he
was driving down e steep hill and had
Just such a lock on his wagon. He
noticed exactly how it was constructed,
and on waking he got up and sketchea
the details of the mechanism. Then
he went to bed again. Three days
later he applied for q patent, which
was granted. 1t yielded $4,000 the
first year.
OF the heaps of patents issued every
week by the United States Patent Oh
fee only a very small percentage Of
them have any practical usefulness.
But it is not always possible to judge
before a thing has been tried. A few
years ago a man thought of inclosing
trees in CANVAS and filing the canvas
with deadly gases for the purpose Of
destroying insects. He was consid'
cred a lunatic, but his method is now
practiced on a great scale and with
much success in California.
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A Queer Hospital.
Ell went to the animals fair.
Tba bi-JS AND bnactc raro RI q

l. Will - AN htiiltt I'll "
The birds and beasts were there
Atany rate it was the animals hospi-
tai, and there were enough birds and
beasts for a fair. The hospitals in
charge OF the New York College of
Veterinary Surgeons, and that, if you
pleasettA is part OF the University OF
New Yo;,k; SO if you wanted to send
your diehtey.bis,I there for the pip,
be would Nv / q manner under the
shelteringsi wing df. all the DDS
that shineils the regents Of that noble
1nstitution..hs
A great deal<T the hospitals most
interesting practice is among the ant
mails kept in biological gardens or in
travelling sho7s. An old circus lion
was brought here not long ago to have
his liberated tooth pulled. Now ii
the toothache makes you feel as ''cross
as a bear" how cross does the tooth
ache make a live lion feel?
To tell the truth, no one at the hos
pital wanted to know how cross that
lion did feel-they thought it was a
case in which it would be folly to be
wise. The first thing to be done was
to drop nooses Of rope on the floor OF
his cage, and then draw them up when
he put his foot in one-he knew he
had "put his foot in il" when he found
himself snared-and go, step by step,
get him bound and helpless. II you
will think how particularly hard it is
to tie up a cat, you may gness that it
is no iuke to make q lion fast; he is
just like O s%tupendous cat in his agility
and slipperiness. The only way to
render him helpless is to get his hind
quarters Tied up outside his cage, and
his head bound fast within it; the
next thing, for dental work, is to put
q gag in his mouth that is the easier
because there IS no trouble at all about
getting him to open his mouth-he
does it every time any one goes near
him.
When medicine cannot be given dis
guised in drink or food, it is usually
squeezed down the patients throat
with O syringe. The horses are very
good. about that operation, but the
dogs'are often troublesome at first, but
both dogs and horses soon learn that
they are with frian7s, and then they
are wonderfully COED and grateful
even when the doctor--Ive to hurt
them Harper's Round Table.
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OFFENSIVE BREATH ~ HORSE.

This may be tie result Of imperfect
digestion, or uHe TO disorder Of the
lungs, II to Gecaycl teeth. The cause
is to be investigated and the proper
treatment for the special case applied
under the advice Of a veterinary. If
the digestion is imperfect, a dose Of Il
pint of raw liG8ecd oil, repeated twice
uftcrward ut intervals Of two days, and
followed by tones, Of which Il OF the
best is a mixture Of equal parts Of
ground gentian, ginger and ~Eulphate
of iron, given daily in G bran mash.
One full t~easpooniut is the dose. This
will probablyssa1forl quick relief. If
the teeth are at fault, these should be
attended to by q yeterinary.-New
York Times,
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CARE OF IMPLEMENTS,

Now that the greater part of the
seasons work is finished, it will be q
good plan to gather up all of the i'm
plements, plows, harrows, cultivators,
mowers, rakes, binders. and all such
tools and store them away under
shelter. Tt is not only necessary to
get them under shelter, but to store
them away in a good condition. II
lett exposed to the weather consider
able damage will be done by rain,
sun, wind and snow. If proper care
is not taken in storing away, consid-
cradle injury will he done to the iron
and steel from rust, and to the wood
work by decay. The dirt should all
be cleaned OF. II allowed to remain
on, as is often done, it will increase
the conditions for decay. Clean off
the dirt OF every kind washing if nee
essary, and then paiN we'll. Linseed
oil and Spanish brown, red vermillion
or red ochre mixed to a proper 90
sistency makes not only a cheap paint
but a durable one. and it will pay to
keep the woodwork OF all the imple-
ments and the wagons covered with it.
Black asphaltum paint is best for
the ron and steel except the working
parts-the share and moldboards of
the plows, the sickles OF the mowers
and parts of this kind that need to be
kept bright. These should be we'll
oiled all oyer Or covered with unsalted
grease and then covered with a thick
whitewash into which q small quantity
of glue has been stirred. This will
prevent rust and save much time in
getting the implements in condition
for work in the spring.
The work OF cleaning and painting
can be done better now than at any
other time, and the tools will be all
the better for it. Some time in the
spring can be saved if a little care is
taken in storing them away. Put the
implements like the mower, binder and
hay rake in first, and the plow, cuiti-
vator and harrow that will be needed
first in the spring, last. This will
save overhauling in the spring. If the
tool shed has no docr-put boards
under the wheels and Kinder every part
of the machinery at comes directly
upon the grouor2?
Shelter for tie machinery, aAd put
ting away in gond condition will pay
as we'll as gold sheltering for the
stock. Summer sun and rain are OIL
most, if, not quite, as injurious as
winter winds and storEs.-St. Louis
Ren1hlic.
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WOMEN AS

In Music Leo r. Lewis has suggested
that women cannot compose because
Of their inability to sing bass. While
at first this suggestion seems start
ling, 1t contain an important principle,
writes Jessie L.. Gaynor. If Mr.. Lewis
had said that the reason few women
became great compos rs was because
their musical training seldom led them
to think harmony, l should have
agreed with him. This undeniable
lack in the training results in the fact
that out of many students Of harmony
here are but few composers. The
ability to sing bass would doubtless
be Of great assistance to one Of our
sex who aspires to be Il composer, but
as the Creator has planned that the
range Of our voices shall be either So
prano or alto, it is m%anifestly appar-
ent that WI will have to develop bass
In another way. The. 5Grrgan, which
comes nearer to the. 4srchestra in va
riety Of expression than any ether one
instrument, gives an unequaled oppor-
tunity for thinking bass because the
pedals are hidden.
There is no doubt that men, in their
wider experience as players in string
quartets, orchestras and bands, have a
tremendous advantage over those
women whose musical means of express
sion are confined to a single instru-
ment or to the voice. In my expert
ence as a teacher l have noted the
great lack of harmonic perception in
such ~yiolin-players as have had no
acquaintance with concerted work.
In the auricular analysis of a chorale
IN one or my classes, a young viollnIst
was unable t. follow any but the So
prano part and unable to tell when a
change in the harmony occurred. On
the other hand, a young lady who did
not sing, but fk;-d the piano her only
medium Of .musical expression, was
able to folhJw the harmonies and to
reproduce each voice part in turn. Ii
as Mr.. Lewis says, the majority OF
noted composers have had bass Voices.
thi was not their only means of express
sion. On the contrary it is both q not
able and deplorable fact hat singers
with but few exceptions are not only
not composers but very inferior must
clans.
So long as we are so constituted as
to be able to sing but one part at a
time, l really cannot see why it Is any
more difficult to sing the melody and
think the bass than to sing the bass
and think the melody. Indeed it Is on
this very line that modern teachers
Of harmony are working. No, the Sc
cret of the matter is that to write
polyphony one must think polyphony,
and to write harmony one must think
not ~soprano-not bass-but harmony.
So far as the tendency Of women writ
ers to conine themselves to the small
forms is concerned, it is my opinion
that, until the opportunities for know
ing the orchestra more intimately are
accorded to them, they will continue 10
give expression to their muslcal
thoughts in such forms only as their ex-
perience makes natural to them.-
Music.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09
SMART BICYCLE GIRLS y

Bicycle girls have many 'fads."
Most Of from are pretty. They gener
ally take the shape Of some article oil
use or ornament, or both, for the wheel
Some bicycle girls would have theil
WHEELS almost hidden If they were to
put all their little gcegaws on at once.
But they do not put them all On at
once. They say them to show to
their friends and d!late on their beauty
and use.
The latest idea IS to attach q smelling
bottle to the little watch that is fast
en"1 in it's little leather case to the
handiebar. Bonbon boxes, shoe but
toner's. glnUf b]uttoners ard other things
that " sirl may require at any time in
her journey are all dropped into a little
case attached TO the watch. A bicycle
girl thus equipped is ready for any
trip, With the comfortable assurance
that She Will not be caught for any
personal requisite, no matter what may
happen.-NeW York Press. =
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09

settle about four inches lower than it
stood before. Then trim the tree
thoroughly, not by cutting off large
limbs, but reduce the leaf surface by
cutting away small limbs and twigs,
and by taking off the ends of the
longer limbs. Then raise it into its
place and set a fence post in the
ground at az anglo SO that the tree
will rest against the top Of it; then fill
in under the roots with sods and rich
earth mixed with manure, so as to m
courage strong root growth. In q
few years your trees will be as good as
before. OF curse this only applies
to trees that have roots enough left
intact to keep the tree from wither.
ing.-Ohio Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09
TIE BEST WAY OF PLANTING BULBS.

After ordering your bulbs set abou4
getting your compost ready in which
to pot them. as good O soil as any is
one composed OF ordinary garden
Joan, sands, ana well rottcd COW ma
nure in equal parts. One-third sand
may seem like "too much of q good
thing" but it is not. Nowhere in the
world are better bulbs grown than IN
Holland, whose soil is nearly all sand.
Better bulbs can be grown in clear
sand, properly fertilized, than in the
richest of soils without sand. Mix
your compost we'll, and have it fine
and mellow. It is very important
that the manure should be old. Fresh
manure is harmful to all Dubious
plants, out or in doors. I should ad-
wise the growing OF several bulbs in
the same pot. The effect is more
pleasing because of the greater mass
of color in a limited space. Three or
four hyscinths, tulips or dalfodils may
be grown successfully III g seven-inca
pot. Half a dozen rocuses or snow
drops will be required to ell o six
inch pot. Three or four average size
bulbs of The Bermuda lily can be
grown in q ten-lnch pot. Eden Z.
Rexford, in Ladles'.sHome Journal.
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Vessel Lifted From the Water by Wind.

Captain Carhigeri, of the Italian
bark Vermont, which reached Phila'
delphia sixty days from Genoa, sat in
his cabin and told q story OF the
greatest windstorm he had ever
experienced during twenty-five years
at sea. It was while iClatltude ~. IL,
longitude 800, that he was struck by
a gale that lifted the vessel from the
water and shook her from stem to
stern. Captain Carhigeri believed
that il the bark had been q larger
vessel the storm would have sank her,
but as it was she rode the gale out
bravely, and after the broken sails
were gsadjusted abe passed on her
voyage ~Phslaaa!phis Tiaes
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09
CROSS DRILLING OF WHEAT.

No winter grain should be cross
drilled. 1t is doubtful whether there
are any advantages il cross drilling
grain at any season. The check to
growth III the drill furrov is only
enough to save the grain from becom-
ing too vigorous and being thereby
attacked with rust. The particular OBJ
lection to cross drilling winter grain
IS that half the seed is double covered
and is buried under the ridge made
by the second drilling. We tried this
once, and found that the first drilling
was entirely wintNr killed, or SO near
~ SO that very little grain could be
found except in the last drill rows.
The checkered appearance OF q cross
dsilled grain crop makes it look fine
wien the plants come up, but the. crop
is> never afterwards so good as that
Were the seed is 1~'llea all one way.
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He Reached the Highest Altitude.

Sir William Martin Conway, who
has departed for Spitzbergen, con
boast Of ha wing reached q higher alti-
tude in the Himalayas than any other
climber has ever attained. He reached
the summit Of Pioneer Peak, %, 900
feet above the sea, after spending
eighty-four days on snow and ice, and
traversing the three longest of the
known glaziers outside CT the polar
regions. He states in o recent article
in the English Illustrated Magazine,
that the rarity of the Dir at these great
attitudes did not affect him SO long as
he kept himself ont Of any cramped
position, and kept the chest free so
that the lungs might expand to the
utmost limits.
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4 Rich Joke.

That WAS a rich joke-a very rich
joke-which O good young nan in
Chicago thought he would play, when
he moved a baby's carriage a few rods
away from the store where its mother
was shopping, just to see how scared
she would be at finding her baby
gone. But its richness came out in
its fulIness only when the good young
ma had to pay q fine Of $3.50 for his
alusement-a penalty from which the
fact that he was an official Of tia 7.
u. G, a. didn't SAFE hin. -sst, Paul
Pioneer Ereaas
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VALUE OF SHELF.

It does not require a large farm to
keep II small fook OF sheep, Which,
everything considered, is the best.
says the Missouri Farmer. It should
be we'll fenced, so that they can be
kept where wanted. Many a rough,
wornout farm might lie brought up
and made valuable by raising sheep.
There is nc stock SO well adapted to
rugged hilleides or rough pastures, Or
to prevent the growth Of weeds and
bushes. Where sheep have the range
OF a field very few weels will so to
seed, and bushes will lie so thoroughly
cropped that they will either die or
be kept back. When q farmer cen
thus easily turn the weeds and bushes
OF a farm into excellent manure, and
at the same time have them converted
into mutton and wool, it is certainly q
good thing. Sheep will thrive i'll e
pasture and set fat where cattle would
almost stalve. They also scatter their
droppings I'VE The field and never fail
to enrich le2 IS where kept. Feed
them extra, lor Ibis additional food
works to the prc6t of the raiser in
two ways-it not only i%nsures q good
growth of nefn mi wool, but it makes
the manure richer anl moro vaIu-
able.
To make the most proit ont Of sheep
they should be well ted and cared for.
4 sheep III . IL tel 10 tuass tue best
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A Famous Partisan.

Paris has lost one Of her most re-
nowned citizens. This is Felix Potin,
the great epicier, whose groceries were
Indispensable to the comfort Of every
well-ordered Partisan household. He
ever gave a new word to the French
language, for a particular kind Of
spiced gossip has long been called a
potin. Felix was famous for his chari-
table disposition.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09
TREES BLOWN OVER.

Many orchard trees have been blown
over recently by high winds. Where
the roots on one side are still intact,
such trees can be easily saved. l.. B.
Rice, of St. Clair County, Michigan,
describes his method as follows:
Dig q large hole Cd the side on
which the roots are broken, and some
three or four feet deep. Extend this
excavation under the body Of tie tree,
SO that when it IS raised up it will
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09
A HANDY Fr ;DISG ARRANGEMENT,

When hens are fed in open dishes,
they will reesist in getting into their
food, Sitting it and themselves. A
handy and clearly feeding arrange
ment is shown in the sketch. A board,
with a rim in front, is na;lel to the
wall, six inches from the floor, and to
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09
OrnithUi0oical.

The reason given that birds do not
fall of their perch is because they
cannot open the foot when tho leg is
bent. Look at a hen walking, and
YOU will see it closes it's toes as it
raises the foot and opens them as il
touches the groaaa. Buffalo Con.
megcial
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Al EmnnrfaNI HiEerCnca.

T0make ii a",,larcnt to thousands whoth!nk
themselves Ill, t%lt they are not afflicted with
any disease, hut hat the system simply needs
cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their
hearts, IS a ~costive condition is easily cured
by using Syrup Of Figs. Manufactured hy the
California FL; Syrup Company only, and sold
by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-09
Ien DeAfifufat

NOT of worldly goods. but of all earthly com.
fort, is the poor wretch tormented by malaria.
The fell scourgels IS. however, shorn of its thong
in advance by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. its
sia. billion ness, consiipat on, rheumatism.
nervousness and kidney complaints are al %
among the bodily Affections which this he.
~neticent medicine overcomes with certainty.
Use it Systematically.
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one poorly cared for. Wool IS o
product from feeding, the same IS fat,
and many farmers lose half the profit
from neglect to feed properly. Sheep
should have, besides good feed, dry,
clean quarters, sheltered from rain
and storms.
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G1OO Reward. Gln1.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure in ali ira
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a consti1r.
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
mont. Halls Catarrh Cure is tax en- internally.
acting directly on the bloo1 and mucous sur,
faces of the system, thereby destroying tho
foundation OF the disease, and giving the po-
tient strength BY building up the constitution
aud assisting nature in doing its work. Tha
proprietors have SO much faith in its c%nrstive
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send ter LIST
of testimonials. Address
FL. CaENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the lest.
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Dobbins' Floatinr-Bora1 Soap costs more to
make thn1 any other floating soap made, all- taa-
consumers Lave to pay no more for it. 1t l..
leo per cent, plro ana made Of Borax. You know
whit t.. at means. Order OF your 6roCer.
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this is hinged q slatwork arrangement
that permits the fowls to feed through
it, but will not let them get into the
food. It opens out from the top when
one Is putting food npon the board,
and remains closed when slut.-New
England Homestead.