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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
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what 3 Georgia Farmer Understands by
I~ntenaive FarminR.
I unde rstand intensive farming to
be, to 70 deep down into the soil. with
one or two horse turning plows and
subsoil it. to thoroughly pulveriza the
land to q good depth; to concentrate
fertilizers. chemical, commercial and
stable manure, and by vegetable
growth on the soil I understand in
tensive farming to be also the quick
and rapid culture Of q crop during
the growing season, and make four
bales Of cotton on the area that now
produces only bale, or four BUSH
els Of corn where only one bushel
was raised before, or increasing
the yield OF any product on
"a given area fourfold. The
logical result OF intensive farming is
q large Increase in the value OF the
land and the realization Of q profit
that makes farming remunetative. AS
an illustration OF the practical work.
lngs of the intensive system we will
devote one acre to cotton and apply
broadcast 600 pounds Of acid phos-
phate and cotton seed meal the first
year at a cost Of $7.O 90. Any land At TO
be cultivated with this application
would yield from $50 to 400 pounds Of
lint cotton per acre the first year, an
increase Of 225 pounds. At W
cents per pound this would give &15.75
increase in value, and after deducting
expenses q net profit Of S7.25 the first
year. The second year this acre put
in corn and peas, with the applica-
ton of thirty bushels of cot
ton seed, would yield 25 to 30 bushels
Of corn. and fodder and peas sufficient
to cover all expenses and realize a net
profit of $50 {. The third year the
same acre put in cotton, with the ap-
plication Of 1000 pounds of fertilizer
broadcast will produce two 45O pound
bales of cotton. Estimating the cot
ton at seven cents per pound, and the
cost Of production ut $40, the net profit
will be S33.
This system may look expensive, but
it pays in the end. It will be seen that
according to this system hat Is acres
each III corn and cotton will produce
as much as As acres Of poor land half
worked. We can improve the land by
growing leguminuous plants, dividing
the land into three sections so that
we will have peas every year.-B. w.
H., in Southern Cultivator.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16


There was a tradition of total de-
p1SViE lingering about the memory Of
Cel4inf whsch, By a subtle law Of the
afaHity 81 oppositess rendered all things
CONNECTED with him objects Of ire
aistible atraction 20 a woman of the
rigid propriely OF Mrs. Dranscombe.
Therefore IL became necessary that she
should come into possession Of q Cellini
3 ( with as little delay as might be.
Xan viii have it.r VIII had said IN q
burst OF affection.
That was Just before he went to Flor
ence. Mrs. Branscombe felt in an I'M
Usually friendly humor with him; first,
Tor hi devotion to Der interests; sec
ond, Tor bis absence.
He wrote often to Mrs. BranE-
cosnbe. not once TO Mabel Neither
siid he send heF my message. Mrs
B~4Anscombe Ind always had faith IL
lie remedial elect 81 absence IL sentF
msnta1 cases. ~ seemed to increase the
Affection at aunt and nephew. She was
1rowine almost fond 81 him now thathe
Was oil be ahe way
r9ili g good fellow when he's il
snothsr country her she said to
Ntbel
aOh. YES aAsensed The girl, cheer
fully
Is ~imprcxlng IN mind II i ?
sf8 thinq. here always thought
a needed Improvement I think #
world bearm nproYeue than any
efher nsind 4 know. IL VIII never De
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
lie ouEEN.s ooNTEMPoRARIEs
Those Who Have Passed Away During
Her Majesty's Reign.

Those Who Have Passed Away During
Her Majesty's Reign.
Where, midst the countless inhabit-
ants of the British empire at home and
abroad, is thereanyone now living who
can have known, seen and conversed
with so many of her greatest and most
~illastrious contemporaries as our good
and gracious queen? In politics, in art
and in science, in peace and in war, in
church and state, in literature and
poetry, in invention and engineering,
in music and song, in the wide field Of
social success, in charm Of converse
ton, of personal beauty and linguistic
attachments, hardly a man or a woman
has won fame and distinction without
having beer honored by the queen with
one or more interviews. We're we to at
tempt to recall the vast army Of the de-
parted that she has known and holds
in her faithful memory this column
might easily be swollen into a volume.
Here, forinstance, are some of those 'fa-
miliar people; death has made them
DEAR" Of whom Crabbe spoke lines
which Sir Walter Scott could never
read without a tear. People who, like
the specters appearing to Britomart, in
MerIin's mage glass, must, from time
to time, flash before her majesty's ret
respective eyes and fill her mind with
a gentle, pleasing melancholy which
resembles sorrow only as the mist re
sembles rain"
The queen has outliyed all the mem,
bers of the privy council who were
alive in 1887.
All the peers who held their titles il
1887, except the earl Of Darnley, who
was ten, and Lord Nelson, who was IA
in that year.
All the members who sat in the house
of on her accession to tn,
throne, except Mr.. Gladstone, Mr.
Charles Villiers, the present duke o.
Northumberland, the earl Of Mex
borough and the earl of Mansfield, anc
Mr.. John Temple Leader.
Her majesty has seen II lord chan
~cellors, ten prime ministers, six speak
ers of the house of commons, at leas
three bishops of every see and five O.
six of many sees, five archbishops o
Canterbury and six arcnbisnops o
York, and five commanders in chief.
She has seen five dukes of Norfoll
succeed each other as earls marshal
and has outlived every duke and duchess
and every marquis and ~marchiones
who bore that rank in 1887.
She has outlived every member ofthi
Jockey club and every master Of fox
hounds that hourished in 1887.
She has nee IT presidents OF til
United States, ten viceroys of China, 1
yiceroys Of India, and France succez
sively ruled by d king, one empero
and six presidents Of a republic.
The list, indeed, might be even turtle
extended.-London Telegraph.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

It is very often advised by agricul,
tural writer's to go into the forests and
secure leaves for bedding for horses
and other stock. There is no objection
to this if other bedding can not be
easily obtained. But the leaves are
procured with the idea that they are .
valuable addition to the manur heap
On the contrary, they are of very little
value there, as when rotted down a
very large heap of leaves will make
only an insignificant amount Of leaf
mold. whose chief value is in the
potash it contains. But in the forest
the leaves serve an important pur-
pose, keeping the soil moist under
them.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16


as good as Mr.. Aston'a, but il could be
much better than it Isl
AR. Aston was MaRei's new lover,
and he had e great deal of money In
bonds ard one Of the nest houses in
town; two circumstances which have
a tendency SO brighten a mans intel,
lect wonderfully in publip estimation.
81 think it viii take d long time to
improve Willis mind to amy perceptible
degree, said Mrs. Branscombe, care.
fully. SIZE win probably be abroad FIVE
years, d least.
What about the vase All that time2's
asked Mabel.
'Et VIII take a long time to find Il, /"
said Mrs. Branscombe, with all the
mpTal Superiority Of who is cons
scious 81 aspiring to difficult heights.
ST ne should find it sooner he could
send II to me"
II have found it." Will wrote soon
after this. aThat is, / have found the
place where it ought to be. That it
Is not there is only an indication Of
the general arrangement of the uni
verse. It was sold some time ago to
q member Of the ex-royal family Of
France. It happens, luckily for me.
however the poor devil Of a royalist
may feel about it, that he has fallen
dead broke and all his collections are
to be put up for sale, So here's for
Paris, and wish me goG4 luck"
The next time she hgard from Will
he had gone to Rome, having been
informed that the precious object had
been bought for a cardinal and taken
to the imperial city. The cardinal had
since died and there was a hope that
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
PorosIty Of son.

The porosity Of soil being increased
by drainage. permits a free circulation
Of air, not only from above, but from
the drain beneath. This air is more
or less laden with vapor, which, as it
becomes condensed, lends a very ma.
terial aid to keeping the soil moist. By
Increased porosity Of the SOIL" we do
not mean the enlargement of the cham
nels, pores, assures, etc, alone, but
the greatly increased numbers of these
and their greater extension down
through the soil. This facilitates the
working Of a kind Of force termed
capillary action, which draws moisture
from below toward the surface. The
ground, being loose and mellow, also
allows the roots of crops to penetrate
further downward, by which they are
enabled to take up the moisture and
carry it to the growing plant-Dixie
Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

the coveted treasure might be within
grasp. Then he wrote from Madrid,
where he had gone in consequence OF
a rumor that the precious vase had been
sent to the Spanish capitalsand placed
in a museum.
After that she did not hear from
him for a long time. She began to
grow uneasy, first for the Cellini vase
and then for her nephew. She had
not before known how fond she was of
him.
1t was a year from the time Of his
departure that Will returned, walk
ing in one evening as quietly as if he
had been down town for an hour or
so, and had just come back.
Mrs, Branscombe sprang to meet him
in transports of delight. After she had
welcomed him and asked him how he
was and where he had been and why
he mad not written to her, she said:
Il forgive you for not bringing the
vase. After all, Will, / think I'd rather
have you. You know Twas always fond
of you"
VIII almost whistled in an excess
of incredulity, but checked himself in
time.
s'That reminds me, though" he said,
taking a box out from some mysterious
hiding place, that / did bring the
vase"
He opened the box and took from
it a vase beautifully wrought of silver,
ornamented on one side with a golden
Venus rising from a silver sea, and ON
the other with a swarm of small
Tritons ~disporting themselves gaily on
the crests of silyery waves.
After a period of breathless contem-
plation, Mrs. Branscombe cried:
sWhat car / do to pay you for such a
beauty?p
"You know there is only one thing l
want"
Mrs. Branscombe looked over at Ma
bel, standing with eyes downcast, not
looking once at the classic piece Of
workmanship.
"Child, how can you be so insensibleg
Do look at the charming thing. If it's
Mabel you mean you can ask her"
II have asked her"
"YOu undutiful-l"
Then her eye fell again upon the
exquisite carving of the master gold
smith, and she relented,
what did she say?"
nShe said she would not do anything
without -FOUR consent, when you have
been so good to her"
sGood childsr said Mrs. Brans-
combe, with one eye fixed apprecia-
lively on the girl and the other on the
vase. II can't refuse you anything
now, Will"
VIII and Mabel withdrew to the nexi
room to discuss the subject, while Mrs
Branscombe remained in delightful con
temptation Of the wonderful handi
work Of CellinL
do you suppose it is genuine? 2
Mabel asked the day after she and Will
had returned from their bridal tour
They were looking at Mrs. Branscombe'
treasures, chief among which was tn,
marvellous vase.
II know IL is.s' replied VIII.
"How do you know?"
He bent over her and whispered;
because made itmyself -Midlane
Monthly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
rholr C-onclusIons.

Two scientists of the Twenty@hrst
century were examining with deep I'M
terest a petrihed body which had just
been discovered.
ut Is quite DID, said one.
eyes, replied tho other, "but not
more than $50 years, I should say. You
viii notice that It has the bicycle face
and the telephone ear. Those PECULIAR
ines did not develop until near the close.
81 the nineteenth century, according to
the best authorities.-N. Y. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16


ing things that
et valuable for their rarity and their
history and the celebrity Of their I'M
Fentors o. d~iseoVerers.
she had q fan that was said to have
pnce belonged to the last Tycoon, who
had been imprisoned and who was said
to have shaded bis face with this iden-
ticai fan as he iistcned 10 the decree
which subjected him to durance vile
and abolished the ~tycoonate forever.
Mrs Branscombe held to this theory
with mistaken ~tcnacity, but her
nephew win had been the victim of
doubts ever since be had CHANGED upon
q factory ID Philadelphia which turned
cut an inexhaustible supply Of genn-
me Japanese vase SO like that royal
relic that when he replaced it for a
week with one Of the late manufac-
tured his aunt did not seem to know the
difference.
He had not called her attention to
the experiment, because he had never
forgotten he had tried with the
famous roc's egg, and he did not believe
that she ever had, either. The roc's
egg bad been the joy Of her heart and
the pride Of her soul, and she had treas
ured it with anxious care for more
than five years, until one day Will, in
an unseemly fit of glee, had accidentally
knocked it out Of the nest in which it
had been calmly reposing for so long,
and it was shattered into fragments.
T~hereupon it was revealed that the fa-
nous egg had been cunningly contrived
with q preparation OF lime carefully
glazed over the surface, and no mysteri-
ous roc had ever had anything to do
with it's production.
Will never could get over the inn
preston that it was scarcely fair that
he should be blamed for the latter
fact. He might have thought it only
just that his aunt should have been
vexed with him for his carelessness in
knocking down her treasure, but she
had never seemed half so indignant
toward him for that as because of
the little circumstance that the egg
turned out not to be genuine. How
did she suppose he could help that?
Will believed that it was the roc's egg
that had ruined him. She had not
seemed to cherish any violent ami
mostly toward him previous to that.
Since that tragic event her treatment
Of him had been really heart-breaking.
Not that he should have cared SO
much had il been merely for his own
sake and hers, though he had always
tried to be a dutiful and affectionate
nephew. There was Mabel. She was
Mrs. B~ranscombe's niece and lived with
her. II Will be seen without difficulty
WHOM taken in connection with the fact
that viii was in love with Mabel, that
the situation was embarrassingly COM
plicated. It really became necessary
to Wits happiness that his relations
with Mrs. B-ranscombe should be placed
on a friendly footing.
There was but one way by which
Will could reinstate himself in the good
graces of Mrs. ~Branscombe, and even
that seemed impossible from a casual
view. She had become possessed of q
wild longing for Cellini vase. Perhaps
there is no reason why a Cellini medal
or a Cellini seal might not rave an.
swered the purpose quite as well, but
for some reason Mrs. Branscombe's am
bition had taken the form Of a Cellini
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

Mr.. Happy-Yes, sir, / make my wife
a regular allowance every week. Don't
you yours2
Mr. Henpeck-No-o. She makes ms
an allowance, when I earn enough-N.
\. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

food The mors hne spacss there are
the more Rne rootlets there will be,
and the moro food thu plant can gath
er from the soil.-Dixie Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

RS DANSC0MB
had q passion Tor
brfca brac. MOI
The ordinary mod
erR kind. such as
uneultivated
woman hnight have.
posses Ell Aerself
81 by the simple
process Of paying
Tor il, but Interest
ing things that
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-02

Sharkey will defeat Maher If
he drinks the new o. p. s.. Wits
key that is just put on the market
at the Anchor Saloon. Also,
Half-and-Half and Seattle Beer
If you are interested in the sub
ject of enlarged portraits, it would
be worth your while to see the
samples at King Bros. at prices
ranging from $500 to $1,000
frames and all. They can't be beats
Before giving your order for a
portrait, see what King Bros.
have to show in crayon enlarge
ments and judge for yourself
whether they can give you the
best value for your money or
not.
We don't expect you to give us
the preference If what we have TO
sell is inferior or our prices high
err than our rivals, but when we
offer a superior article for less
money, you do yourself wrong
by not looking into the matter.
Call and see our samples of
portrait work. King Bros, ITO
Hotel street
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-02

Nts view ~ the Causes leading
60 Aaae snti.a.

60 Aans ss,i.a.
London, July ia press rep.
resentative called today on
Colonel q. w. Macfarlane, a pro.
minent Hawaiian, az we'll known
in London and San Francisco No
in Honolulu, in order to ascertain
his views on the Hawaiian situa-
ton. Colonel Macfarlane, who
is in England ON a short visit,
was chamberlain to the late King.
Asked rs to the causes which
led President Mckinley and
Secretary Sherman to send to Con-
gress a treaty for the annexation
Of the islands and whether there
is airy truth in the report that
President Dole had written to
President Nc Kinley stating that
unless annexation to the United
States was completed this year,
closer relations would be es-
tablished with Great Britain
Colonel Macfarlane said:
"In reply to the latter question
I would say that l have it from
authentic sources that treaty
with Great Britain was made. But
what influence it had in prompt
ing the matter of annexation l am
unable to say. AS to the fret
question l believe the primary
cause of the sudden action of the
United States President was the
Japanese situation on the islands.
II quite agree with the state
ment Of the japanese Minister at
Washington that the Mikado's
Government has no designs what.
ever; that she does not wish to
obtain political control there.
THAT Japan will use the
quarrel arising from the immigrs-
ton matter for taking possession
of the islands or of assuming poll
tica! control l regard as utterly
absurd
But there cannot be any doub,
that the Japanese question has
been used as lever for forcing
the hand of Mr.. Mckinley anG
his Administration. However, the
threat of com mercial treaties with
Canada and Australia probably
influenced the United States fsl
m ore than the Japanese bogy."
Regarding the feeling in Ha-
waii toward annexation Colone
Macfarlane said: 81 begin to fee
that owing to English supinenest
and indifference to the Hawaiian
question during the establishment
Of the republic annexation is in
evitable. While being somewha
pro-English in my sentiment.
am forced to admit that / woul
not oppose annexation, nor woul'
the intelligent voters of Hawaii
if full Statehood az an integra
part of the American Union wer'
granted to the islands. won Il
oppose a ratification Of the treat,
by Hawaii if she we're only ad
mitted as a Territory, like Alaska
as understand is proposed
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-02
Just Like Gold Coin.

For more than fifty years
has PERRY DAVIS PAIN
KILLER stood the test
against all remedies prepared
to eradicate pain, and today
stands at the head of the list
among the medicines that are
SO essential to keep at hand in
the home.
1t is not a new fangle remedy
nor do the proprietors lay
claim to any wonderful revela-
ton of the ingredients that en-
ter into the manufacture of
this ever popular remedy.
1t is perfectly harmless, you
need have no fear of becoming
habitually inclined to its use.
For Collie, Cramps, Dyson
terry, Colds, and all painful
affections, a few doses will GER
tainly give relief. You cannot
afford to be without a bottle
in the house.
Your forefathers used it
and found it beneficial.
Why experiment with some
remedy that is new and it's effect
on the system unknown?
1t has many rivals but no
equal.
~ The new 35c. size con-
tains over double the quantity
of the 25c. size.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-02
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HoNaKoNe AND -Hongkong &
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NEW ZEALAND AND AUsTRALIA-Bank OF New
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VICTORIA AND vANoouvER-Bank of British
North America.
Transact a General Banking and Exchange Business
Deposits Received. Loans made on APP
proved Security. Commercial and Travellers
Credits Issued. Bills Of Exchange bought
and sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ACCOUNTED FOR.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-02

~ OpNoes Smith street, with Samuel
Kaholookalam Pua. Residence; Palama.
65l.Bm
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-05
war with the Democratic tenet of local
SELF government and home rule

war with the Democratic tenet of local
SELF government and home rule
1 do not know that the operation Of
the law (when dissassociated from the
liquor question: would be particularly
bad; but police department can be
conducted through officers elected by
the people much more effectively than
by board appointed by stranger to
the people and their necessities and
surroundings. One trouble is that this
law was passed at the instigation of
prohibitionists, and not from a desire
to better the administration Of the police
departments of the cities. Hence the
ciated the law with the prohibitory
amendment to the constitution, and it
may, therefore, have been deprived of a
fair trial. And any law passed yith the
idea OF aiding in the enforcement of a
single unnatural statute does not de-
serve to live, and will not (even if other
wise it ought to) receive the support Of
the people Another trouble is that ap-
pointments (both of commissioners and
policemen have been made under the
law from purely political standpoints,
and without regard 10 fitness, honesty
or capacity. The police department in
this town under the Leedy a3ministra-
ton has been both corrupt and farcial.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-05

say, that l have always opposed this
law as wholly unnecessary to the good
government OF any city. 1 suppose the
Law is as effective here in the city as
ii can be POSSIBLY be made under any
circumstances. My objection 70 ii y.
however. the unnecessary expense en-
tailed upon the city f5y reason OF It.
believe that one-half o. the present po-
lice force Of the city OF Atchison would
De amply adequate TO enforce the o-di-
nances Of the city and protect property
from depredstion-
Again: There Is no necessity for a
dual government in any city IN this
state. Where two governments work
together in harmony. there should De
n, great difficulty; but when the city
government is IN control Of one party
and the metropolitan police IN control
OF another. there is always more Of less
friction which inte-feres with the e.
fectiveness OF each branch o. the gov
erDment. The fact is our people are
governed 800 much. and in my Judgment
the bes, interests % this state viii be
subserved by dispensing kith this
metropolitan police force"
PERRY Is POSITIVE
Hon W. C. Perry Of Fort Scott writes
as follows:
Dear Sir: have resolved your Lester
ot the i'm inst IN my opinion the
metropolitan police Isw. both IN this city
and az a general proposition. IS not a
wise enactment
From my observation during the past
five years the law. II nol a failure. has
procea that II IS noS adapted 10 suca
;oSn as Fort Scot and that 4 Is a.