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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
poRTARlE Hoa Z

Those Who Lave Tried Them P-ronounce
Them = Great Success.
In order to be successful in winterinR
swine, both old and young, it becomes
necessary for many hog raisers to give
the question OF sleeping quarters more
serious attention. Many a lot. OF nice,
thrifty shoats go into winter quarters
only to come out in the spring having
barely held their W in weight and
growth, and perhaps are somewhat
stunted. Wintering hogs in large
droves and around strawstacks is not
conducive to best results. One great
objection to the practice Of many
farmers in allowing large numbers to
nest together is that they pie up in
cold weather, in which condition they
generate a good deal Of moisture.
What farmer but what has seen the
steam rising from a nest Of swine?
When they come forth from such a
condition on a cold winter morning
they are very apt to take cold. When
they leave the nest wet and warm and
go out into exactly the other extreme
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
ARouT coRN EonnEa-
boms Valuable Hints Abon s~hrcddinN.
Storing and Feeding.

S0mS Valuable Hints About ShreddinGs
Storing and Feeding.
Combined corn huskers and fodder
cutters or ~shredders were used to a LINZ
tied extent in this section Of country
some years since. but I think none are
used now. Imperfeetions in material,
workmanship, and in principle Of con-
struction, as then made, and the ex-
pense Of operating, will account Tor
their failure to obtain a foothold
among the lebor-saving machines Of
oul country. All except the last OF
these objections have been overcome In
the latter machines, which are now be-
fore the public.
For several years past all the shred
ding that has been done in this section
has been with the common smaIl-grain
thresher-mostly with old machines.
While they do not do the work quite as
well as the special corn machinery
now in use, the expense of purchasing
the latter is avoided by the use of the
thresher.
AS a shredder, the thresher. used
with all of the cylinder spikes and two
half-rows Of concave spikes, is a de-
cided success. doing the work rapidly
and well-in fact, much more of a sue
cess than as a shelter and cleaner OF
the grain, which usually is left some
what broken and not clean enough for
market, though in good condition for
feeding purposes. If, however, the
ground has been wet and is frozen when
the threshing is done, causing the earth
~ adhere to the stalks, a considerable
quantity Of Jumps of frozen earth about
the size of corn kernels will be found
in the grain. If the o is dry when
threshed "a condition essential to best
work and easily secured west of the
Missouri), there viii be no difficulty in
keeping the grain in bin and the stover
in large quantities in NOW or stack.
Our dry autumns are very favorable for
this work, which is usually done in
November and December. Iknow that
in northern Ohio the corn was never
ready to shell and store in bulk before
winter set in; therefore, I think the
huskers and shredders should be bet
ter adapted to that and other sections
where the season is comparatively
short and the autumn moist. Ear corn
can be safely stored in large quantities
when SO damp that if shelled and piled
up it would certainly be lost. AS be-
fore stated, the fodder must be dry
when it is threshed; for damp slower is
a great material to develop heat when
shredded and stored in large quantities.
A little of the natural juice remaining
within the stalk is not nearly so bad as
outside moisture from rain or dew.
The western plan is to run the shred
ded stover directly into large racks in
the feed yard, where two or three men
it away, same as they would
NOW or stack straw from the machine,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
MARKETING
Birds OF Medium Size and weight A.
the Best Sellers.

Birds OF Medium Size and weight Are
h Best Sellers.
We can offer q pointer on marketing
turkeys that we discovered while buy
Ing Christmas turkeys in the city mar
ket, and that is the superiority OF
medium-sized turkeys v e 20 to "a
FOUNDERS, as sellers. People, as a rule,
do notwant enough turkey at one time
to lay a banquet spread, and conse-
quently they pick for something small,
or not exceeding medium in size.
The hen turkeys always sell first,
simply because they are more suited in
size to the wants of the ordinary fam
lily. Then the smaller gobblers go, and
lastly the pride Of the fock-the big
gest tom in the lot-and he usually goes
at a discount Of two or three cents a
pound less than the lesser weights.
A turkey that weighs from ten to if-
teen pounds dressed is plenty large
enough. The people don't want a tur-
key as big as a hog, but they do want q
fat turkey.
1t seems to us that there is a good deal
OF room for improvement in breeding
turkeys for the market. That a bird
shorter in legs and neck, and very full
in the breast, would be more desirable.
One that would be meaty and plump,
and capable of taking on a great deal
of fat.
The heavy weight, tall, rawboned
toms that weigh rs to 40 pounds may be
suited to a barbecue feast, but they
+ not the kind that. the man with an
ordinary size market basket looks for
when he goes to the city market.
There would be more demand, and
better sale for turkeys all the year
through, if they were grown more with
a view to compact body, meat and fat,
thaa for large size and coarse structure.
II. B. Geer, in Midland Poultry Jour
nal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
gcrub seock Meana Loas.

= there eyer vas a time, says an ex-
change, when the farmer who is hard
pressed financially could not afford to
keep poor stock, it is ut present. The
poorer the farmer is the more neces-
N there is for keeping only the best
foeis, because it is the only kind in
which there is any profit. Only ricn
me can afford to keep scrubs. 1t re-
quires a bank account to maintain a
farm on which scrub stock is kept, and
Al the farmer does not have a balance
20 his credit, he will have to borrow
from those who have.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
wonderful Mork u Resa.

Bees must, in order to collect a pound
CT glover honey, deprive $4,000 clover
blossoms of their nectar. To do this
the $4,000 flowers must be visited by an
aggregate of s,75o,oo0 bees. Or, in
other words, to collect its pound Of
honey one bee must make 3,75O,OoO
trips from and to the hive. The enor-
NOUS amount of work here involved
precludes the idea of anyone that enc
bee ever lived long enough to gather
more than a fraction Of a pound Of nee
tarine sweets. AS bees are known to
fly for miles in quest of suitable fields
Of operation, it is clear that a single
ounce of honey represents millions of
of travel. It is no wonder that
these industrious little insects have
earned the reputation of being bug
bees.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16


they will bend at the scored places and
not break off. To o the splints in
the right place l use blocks of thin lum-
Der cut the right size to score where /
want them scored. These blocks l lay
on the splints and score along each
edge of the blocks with the point Of "a
knife. The number of sections sold is
set out, and then the splints are scored
just right for that number of sections
the splints are wrapped around
the sections and tied with twine; then
a paper is wrapped around the package
and again tied with Irvine. This makes
a good, solid package, and the custo-
mer cannot easily STICK his fingers into
the honey until II is united. Some
times when l have a little leisure L tic
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
How to Die : Farm wen.

Before digging a well it is well to
look and see what kind Of trees are
growing near it. Locust trees will send
their roots a distance of 10 to 20 feet for
water, and if a well is within that dis
lance they will surely get into it if the
well Is walled with stones. In a driven
well, Of course, the water can only get in
at the bottom, and this is a much better
and cheaper way Of putting down wells
than the old-fashioned one Of digging
out the earth by hand.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

THKRE IS more Catarrh IN his section o.
the country than al other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup,
posed to be incurable. Fora great many
years doctors pronounced tia local disease.
stantly failing 70 cure with local treatment
pr0nOuncedi6 incurabla Ecienc6has proven
catarrh TO be q constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrh Cure. manufactured by II. T..
taken internally IN dosesfrom 10 drops 20 q
~teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars sor any case e
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address r. y. CHENEY 81 Co, To
ledO, o. Sold by Druggists. &c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

There are knaves now and then met with
who represent certain local bitters and
polsopous stimuli as identical with or pos
sessing properties akin to those OF Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. These scamps only
succeed in f~oisting their trashy compounds
upon people unacquainted with the genuine
article, which Is as much their opposite -
dayis to night. Ask and take no substitute
STA, constipation, rheumatism and kidney
trouble,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
BOX FOR MARKETING EGGS.

carrier, with a handle and fitted draw
ers, each drawer being fitted with paste
board egg filters. A drawer of eggs can
thus be taken from the box and carried
into the customers house, the box itself
being left in the wagon. The bottom of
each drawer may be covered with coarse
bran, and the pasteboard filters placed
on thisS thus providing a soft resting
place f~oreeach egg.-Prairie Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
CONVENIENT Eoa BOZ.

Good Things Where Private Consumer
Are Supplied.
Where n markets his eggs to pri-
vate consumers or at. the stores even,
the egg box shown herewith will be
found very s~erviceable. 1t is a box
about half the length of a 3o-dozen g
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

When q mans stomach Is CIT 81 order.
and his digestion don't work; when his liver
gets to be sluggish and won't clear the bile
out Of his blood, i is time for him 10 look
out for himself. He gets no nourishment
out Of his food. Bis blood gets thicker and
thicker with Impurities. His nerves get iris
tated. He loses energy and fighting force.
He may say, ! can stand 1t, / win feel
better Tomorrow = but the chances are he
will feel worse tomorrow and worse still
nexs day. He ought to put himself right at
once. He needs Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t is made for just this condition.
It rouses up the digestive and nutritive
organs. and gives them power to extract
from the food all the nutritious elements
and transform them into rich, nourishing
blood. It enables the liver to cleanse out all
bilious impurities and pour into the circula-
ton an abundance of highly vitalized blood,
full Of the hfe-giving red corpuscles which
build up healthy flesh, muscular strength.
and nerve-energy. It does not make habby
flesh. 1t is the only suitable tonic and
strength-builder for corpulent people.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
Amerlcan Applea in Germnnr.

New England apples find ready sale
in the markets of Germany. Barrels
containing two and one-half bushels
have been sold there recently for as
much as seven dollars per barrel.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

When the wings are cut, the feathers
do not renew until the bird molts, but.
where the feathers are pulled new
feathers will appear in a short time.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

WHILE man is growing life is in decrease,
and cradles rock us nearer to the tomb
Yong.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

TIE setting of a great hope is like the
setting of the sun. The brightness Of our
life is gone, shadows of the evening fan
around us, ana the world seems but a
broader shadow.-Longfellow.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

LET your mind be full, and you will want
little or nothing to fulfill your happiness
Chicago Standard.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

mp a number of these packages so a Gus
toner does not have to wait for it to be
done. By putting up packages contain
ing one, two, three, four, five and six
sections each you will be able by com
bining these to give the customer the
exact amount he may want. You can
put it up in packages containing an ex-
act amount, as 25-cent, 50-cent or ST.
packages or almost m other
amount, as the sections will vary a lit
tie in weight, and you can select the
ones that will make it come about even
for the price you may need. /
sell the most 50-cent and one-doi-
lar packages. Some OF the pack
ages have a convenient handle or
bail to carry them by. These are
for the foot folk" and those on BIZ
cycles or those who go on the train and
wish to take a package tap friend.
This bail is made by CUT the twine
long enough to weave bd forward
a few times. 1t pays he it easy
and convenient fora Ito handle
these packages. 5 honey
home without brs appings OF
having any mess n ssn b is much
more likely to
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

The devil can meet ~eloquenee without
trouble, but he has never been able to stand
before love.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

BANBURY-'I hear that Stimpton is dead.
Did he leave his wife much2" Mispah-.I
suppose so. He always left her as much as
ne could while was alive. "-Boston Tran
script.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

You've Medical Student TO charity pe-
hentl-s1 think you must have a-a-8one
kind o. IA lever, but our class has only
gone as far as Commissions. In come Ia
Q week when we get 70 fevers.n
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
PolsoNoI

ly4H..L.s AW0S XII
:, 4'-,',.s I PLEAs -.,'
1t is not vefy tds ac-
cidents happen m the
use of potatoes in places bod is
supplied by contract, a chools,
prisons and barracks, and ast0 ment
is expressed that this pree and
highly-estimated food stuff should be
capable of doing much damage. 1t is
we'll to know that the potato, even when
absolutely sound, contains a certain
amount of vegetable alkaloid called
Eolanine.
The remarkable point is that this sol
anime is much more abundant in sum
mer than in winter; whereas it amounts
to O.044 per kilogramme from November
to February, it reaches the figure of
O.236 in July and August. This evil
would not be very great if the produc-
ton of the alkaloid were not still fur
Their increased by the process of germi-
nation and putrefaction of the potato.
The use of potatoes ~deteriorated in this
way may give rise to cases of poisoning
characterized by vomiting, sdiarrhoea,
fever, dilated pupils, commissions and
p~rofuse sweating.
1t is usually in the months of June
and July that these accidents occur, at
the moment when the potatoes of the
preceding year have begun to terminate
and rot.
1t is, therefore, necessary to watch
these supplies in the most careful man
ner, and to refuse potatoes that show
any black or softened spots or that have
begun to terminate. As a general thing
potatoes used IN eating should be as
fresh as posslble.-Ewopean Edition
N. Y. Herald.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
NO hts after first days use Of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle q
treatise. d |. KLINE, 933 Arch st, Phila.. Pa.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

A RIGHT state of heart cannot be main
famed, without keeping a close watch on
the tongue.-Ram's Horn. :
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

TRUE earnestness is wisdom warmed by
love.-Chicago Standard.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

No METAPHYsToIAN ever felt the deficiency
OF language SO much as the gratefuL.-CoE
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

DoCToR-tNOw, what did your father and
mother die orr Applicant for Life In
surance@sWel, sir. 1can't say as / exactly
remember; but it wasn't anything serious. 2
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

ALL that nave used DR.. Carlstedt's German
Liver Medicines, recommend them highly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

DON'T go with the crowd simply because
1t is a crowd.-Ram's Horn.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-01-05

El xmajor. Osgood fu6 Cuba una expe
dicion flibustera sigui6 la campana en- las
flas insurrectas hasta ell sitio de Guaimaro, en-
ell que ha lido a morir. Seryia en- la baterfa
de artillerfa que tiene Calixto Garcia, y esta-
ba apuntando una pieza cuando bala de
Maiisser lie destrozo la cabeza. El xTimeso de
Nueva York dice que xningin amigo rehexivo
de Cuba ha de fomentar ell reconocimienfo de
la beligerancia de los insurrectos por los Esta-
dos Unidos xiQu6 provecho ha de darles s
ha de darnos una medida porla que Espafa que
dara autorizada bloquear los puertos cuba
nos, lograra ell derecho de vista absovera de-
toda responsabilidad por la destruction de pro
piedades norteamericanas en- Cuba?s
Del mismo peri6dico guipuzcoano son
las siguientes notieas: Ell comit6 de sCuba
librea en- Paris da Ia noticia de que los iusu-
rrectos poseen aerostatos drigibles que Sc lle-
nan con un gas especial capaces de transporter
q 25 hombres, 100 fusiles 5O0 00C cartuchos.
Desde estos gobos arrojaran bombas de dina
mita, Y bastan cinco hombres para maniobrar-
los. De Nueva York dicen que los vapores fl
libusteros xDauntles> GThree Friends3 car
gan armas municiones sin recatarse. Cuen-
tan tambi6n que los propetarios de buques Sc
han presentado Ell Washington al xattorney
general2 declaIandole sus propositos de trans
portar el cargamento Cuba, pidiendo que
les de escolta un crucero de los Estados Uni
dos, basandose en- la sentenca que dcto ell
&Horsa9; pues entienden que declarado ibre el
transporte de armas y municones en- los buques
mercantes ha de protegerse este trafco lfcito.~
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-01-05

del presdente Mr. Cleveland.-El sNew-Yo ork
Herald1 publica despacho de Rio de Janeiro
anunciando que ell goblerno del Brasil ha aban-
donado ofcialmente las reclamaciones de Ia
Guayana.-Un despacho dc Madrid al CORES
ponsal del xStandarts, dice que al avance de
las tropas en- Pinar del Rio, seguira un moyi-
miento vigoroso y combinado de diez coumnas
de 30 mil hombres, con el fin de obligar 4 los
insurrectos 4 hur rendirse que cuando
este plan sc haya realizado, las reformas va
concedidas a Puerto Rico, sc haran extensiyas
Cuba. FL &'Times2 de Lontlres aconseia d
Espana, continue con la misma cama que ha
demostradO haSta ahOra. reSpecto de los Estaios
Unidos, mostr;indose i;snorante de las insolentes
amenazas de Ia ConsiGn del Senad0 americana.
Nueya York, 80. ''La EpOca" publica un
editorial inspiraio ofciOsamente, in(licando Iav
concertada inteligencia entire el senior IA
noyas del Castillo el preSidente Cleveland. y
el corresponsal del ''Hcrald' en- Washington,
dice que el senior Can0yaa, sc dispone para
aoeptar los buenos oiieios de los Estados Unidos.
4 fin de convenir una amnistfa garantizada
por ell gobierno de w Washington, asf como la
implantacion de refornas polftcas Y eeonomicaS
en- Cuba, incluyendo un tratado de reciprocidad
comercial entire dicha isla Y los Estados UnidoS.
-Otras noticias de la Habana dicen que las CO.
lumnas del general Weyler siguen avanzando
en- las montaIas de Piuar del Rio V hacia los
Palacios, sin que desde que el general en- iefe
sal6 de la Habana, haya tenido ningiin encuen-
tro con los insurrectos.
Nueya- York, , de EEero.-Dfcese que el
vapor ''Dauntlless" Sc prepara para salir del
puerto de Nueya-1 ork, con destino il Nueyitas
(Cuba), lleyando sus papeles Ell regla, muni-
clones de guerra. To mismo Sc dice respecto
al yapor ''Comodoro', que ileva cargamento
analog0 para CienfUegos. CrGese que este obe-
dece una nueva polftica adoptada por los Eli
busteros. de Cuba dicen que las
columns del general Weyler han llegado Il los
Palaeios y que dicho general regresa a la Haba-
na.-De Washington commican que Mr. OlneY
nlantene un punto de vista favorable respeeto
de los asuntos de Cuba, considerable que los
| recientes sucesos, y especialmente la muerte de
Maceo, inducira Il los cubanos aceptar las
reformas dePoner las armas.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-01-05
Te|egramas via San Thomas.



Nueva-Y ork, "a de Dicembre. e.-Dicen de
Madrid que ell gobierno no dara contestaci6n
diplomatica directa al mensaj je de Mr.. Cleve-
land, ell cual sera leido en- las Cortes del RENO.
Nueva-Y ork, 25.-Telegraffan de la IIa-
bana que ell general Weyler ha salido para Pi-
mar del Rio, ,donde lie esperan otros generates con
obieto de principiar un nueVo plan de campana.
-Despachos de Washington participant que Sc
tienen notcias de haberse celebradO en- aquella
capital una importante session secreta por todos
los altos iefes dc la Armada, con objeto de ira
tar asuntos que Sc relacionan con la defensa de
las costas de los Estados Undos en- ell Atlanti-
CO Y en- ell Golfo.-De Madrid dicen que el mi
nistro de Marina ha pedido al gobierno ere
ditto para la compra de carbon y otros articulos
navales.-El successor de Maceo, titulado gene
raj Rius, ha notifcado al general Weyler que
tomara represalias con los prisioneros que cal
gan su poder, 81 la guerra sigue como ahora
en- Pnar del Rfo.-Asegtirase que Maximo Go
mez otros cabecillas, desean uegar
tendido que de por resultado la paz de Cuba,
siempre que sea con ell general Martinez Cam
pos bajo la base de la autonomfs.
Nueva- York, 26. - Telegraffan de Cayo
Hueso que la aduana de aquel puerto ha apre-
sado al vapor flibustero s"Three Friends,
su regreso despues de haber realizado una ex-
pedci6n con 6xito a Cuba, habiendo cruzado
agunos disparos de canon y rifle, con una Ian
cha armada en- guerra ell crucero Alfonso NH
Nueva-York, 28.-El corresponsal ell Pa
ris del Chimes" de Londres, dice que durante
las recientes manifestations contra ell socialis-
mo (?) las potencias han convenido manifes-
tar al gobierno de los Estados Unidos de un
modo amistoso confidential, que no permane-
cersn pasivas, 81 el dicho goberno de los Esta-
dos Unidos abandonase la polftica seguida por
Mr. Cleveland por atender la propuesta por el
Senador Cameron, por ser considerable esta nlti
como revolucionaria = Alemania especial
mente esta dispuesta 4 sostener q Espana cree
Sc que toda la Europa Sc intranquilizarfa, con
la amenaza de que los Estados Unidos puedan
cualquier tempo intervenir contra una to-
das las naciones que tienen posesiones colcniales
en- Am6rica.-Un despacho de Madrid partici-
pa que ell senior Canovas del Castillo, ha infor-
mado nuevamente al gabinete que panteara re-
formas EN- Cuba, despues de concluir negocia
clones con Franca, Alemania, Austria Ingla-
terra, las cuales nacones, segun noticias, estan
conformes con que los Estados Unidos, no pue-
d en- proceder ell terminus contrarios al mensaje