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The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17
PRODUCING PROLIFIC LAYERS.

Experiments bsve been made to see
if the number ofrows of corn on a cob
could not be in creased with success.
The same me.4od which was pyy I'd
with corn is applicable to r,oultry-
breeding. Fec example, otre starts
with fowls whie, lay N hradred and
twenty eggs each --year. Among
their descendants are ONE which lay
one hundred and fifty eggs per year,
and these are selected for breeding.
From these some are produced which
lay one hundred and seventy-fve eggs
per year, and from these, perhaps, the
acknowledgements hen is pro-
iduced. The problem is not quite as
simple with fowls as with corn, for it
is necessary to breed the males, as we'll
as the females, year after year, from
prolific layers, in order to succeed. If
one looks after the breeding of the
females only, he may introduce on the
male side blood which is lacking in
prolificacy, and thus check every at
tempt at progress. It becomes neces-
sary, therefore, to breed the males
from hens which are varying in the
desired direction, and which show a
cumulated variability in that direc-
ton. 1t is just as essential that the
male should be from a hen which laid
one hundred and seyenty-ive eggs and
whose mother laid n hundred and
fifty eggs, if the two-hundred-egg
bird is to be produced. Improvers of
laying fowls are too apt to forget this
and introduce males with little regard
to their breeding, and then wonder
why the prolifcacy of the flock does
not increase.-Reliable Poultry Jour-
mob
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lowed by a Sawfsh.

The sloop yacht Bull arrived in the
harbor Sunday night. says a recent
issue of the Florida Times-U Union, oil
Jacksonville. She had on board john
P. Roberts, Of Chicago; W. J. Pur.
cell, of Washington, and Charles
Christian, of Miami. The party had
been on a cruise through the Keys for
the last two weeks. The cruise *
tended as far as Flamingo Flats and
Cape Sable, where they went to pro.
cure specimens OF birds, fish, ETC., for
the National Museum, Washington.
A thrilling episode Of the cruise was
the capture of q sawfsh measuring
eighteen and one-half feet. Cruising
off Madura Key they came upon the
huge fish, and Roberts, who was keep
ing a sharp lookout, seized q harpoon
and sunk It deep into the monsters
body. Quick as a fash the fish darted
down the channel, making the line
whiz out of the boat. Roberts; whose
hand was burned from the running
line. called to Purcell to make a turn
around the mast. The latter had no
time to do go before the end of the
line was reached, SO he seized it with
Roberts, who had nearly gone over
board, and together they managed to
hold it until Christian contrived to
make the end fast. Then the hsh
towed the boat down the channel.
Christian maneuvred the boat into
shallow water, and here Roberts put
the grains into him again, Then the
fish made things fly, throwing, in his
frantic rage, sand and water high into
the air. Roberts contrived to get
caught IN the line, and was in an in
slant pulled overheard q distance OF
forty feet from the boat. Being an
expert swimmer, he got back without
any damage. The towing process then
again began, this time with two lines,
and the cruisers went flying down the
bay like sports behind q spanking
team of stations. After a full hour OF
this the big fish grew weary, and was
again hauled alongside, when 9 big
load of buckshot was put into him.
Still he~was not dead, but vety weary.
Roberts then performed the dangerous
feat of getting on his back and placing
4 line around his huge Jaw. 1t then
the combined efforts OF the
.bree men to haul him on to the
sands. and here he began to slash
again. Purcell got q cut on the
foot that he Is nursing yet.
The men, after sizing him up, de-
cided that he was q pretty dangerous
and might have cut tL.:r
boat il two with one stroke ct hi1
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Ormolu articles and trimmings OF
furniture should be washed with plain
soap and water and polished with
chamois leather. To clean brass and
copper a mixture Of oil and rotten
stone applied with a piece of leather
and then rubbed bright with clean
chamois skin, will give a beautiful
polish. Furniture to be polished
should be washed with soap and water,
little by little, and each little quickly
dried. Afterward the cream should
be applied. Here are two good recipes:
Boil thoroughly in a gallon of water
one pound of beeswax, four ounces of
soft soap and two ounces Of pearl ash ;
the second, which should be made at
least a day before it is used, is COM
pounded by melting together at a gen.
tie heat eight parts of white wax, two
of resin and half a pint Of %turpentiEe.
Pour into q jar, shake it we'll and add
six parts of rectlGed oil of turpentine.
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Two Men and a Mountain Lion.

One of the most thrilling encounters
with a mountain lion ever known in
Idaho occurred near Ola a few days
ago. A Denver Republican telegram
says:
Charles Bannister and Jake Woods
were passing along a trail leading
from their work to their camp. There
was no thought of danger in their
minds until there was a flash in the
air and an enormous mountain lion
landed On Woods's shoulder. The i'm
pact knocked him over, and his COM
panion thought he was certainly
killed. Reaching for a stone, Ban
mister instantly attacked the beast,
breaking its shoulder blade. The
lion then sprang upon him, when
Woods came to his rescue, also armed
with q rock. As the lion was attempt
ing to tear Bannister's throat Woods
struck it on the head and fractured
its skull. The creature still fought
desperately, but THAI men finally
managed to kill it, It ma.Aatled nine
feet from tip to tip, andaT 1easpnd
that ii had leaped thzed TvSyaui in
springing upon. Woods. = jtche'
The mountain lion never artas. IS men
unless driven to it by hunger. The
SHOWS in the mountains hada.,robably
deprived the beast of food, AID it was
ready to spring upon the fist living
thing it saw.
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The Supporting Effect Of Cold.

One of the most powerful modes Of
checking the increased action of local
inflammation is to diminish the tenn
perature of the parts. Heat to q GER
tain extent is necessary for all tnieg-
etable and animal action ; increase he
temperature and these actions are II.
creased; diminish the temperature and
these actions are diminished. That
this is the case, we think, IS apparent
from the influence of the returning
spring upon the vegetable kingdom
and alternating animals; they leave
their abode and commence a new series
of actions. On the return of the
winter we find both again shut up in a
state of incidence and inactivity. Now,
although we are not dormice, we feel
the change from heat to cold very dis
agreeable. and we know that some de-
grees of cold very much diminish our
muscular efforts. When DR.. Solander
with Captain Cook in his voyage was
around the world q party landed on
some part of North America, among
them was the doctor himself. He had
inst been c~autioning them against the
benumbing aud supplying effects of
cold and the danger there was of CIV
ing way to such feelings. He had just
finished what he had to say on the
subject when he was taken in that very
way himself. He said: 81 am very
weary, let me lie down; do let me lie
down for q few minutes; )" but if they
had he fever would have raised him
self again. The other officers insisted
upon him exerting himself. and abso-
luteiy drove him before them, and It
was with the greatest difficulty that
he could reach the ship.-NeW York
ledger,
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Lost to Science.

It is a misfortune of ardent scien.
lists that their most cherished acqui-
sitions are without special value in the
eyes of those to whom utility is of the
first consideration. An annoying ex-
.perience befell Professor Agassiz dur.
ing his expedition into the interior of
Brazil in behalf of the Harvard Scien-
tifc School.
A tank of water stood in the dining
tent, wherein rare and curious fish
were placedfor the professors leisurely
examination. Among these one day
was an uncommon specimen, somewhat
like our pike or jackfsh. 1t was a foot
long and it's mouth was armed with
rows of sharp teeth.
The professor, very near sighted,
q bending close down to examine
this, when suddenly the fish struck up
and seized him firmly by the nose.
Here was a demonstration of it's IN
usual characteristic. The fish was a
treasure. It was now doubly valuable
as a museum specimen. The professor
was IN ecstacy. In the midst of the
next meal he was displaying his scars,
proud as a German student, and moth
ing would do but that he must show
us the teeth'of the fish; but the fish
was gone.
'sYou have just eaten him, sir" the
cook exclaimed.
The professors disappointment was
too apparent. He might possibly
ecure another specimen, but hardly
one which would leap out of the tank
to seize him by the nose, even if be
cared to venture the experiment.
Picsyune.
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COngressman and Bear.

They were spinning yarns of the
chase, and this vas the contribution
OF the Congressman: "After a pretty
hard campaign went with q hunting
party to the upper peninsular. I'm
not a Leather Stocking or q Daniel
Boone with a rifle, but I'm far from
having to go inside and close the doors
in order to hit a barn. I'd brought
down a deer and bagged any amount
OF small game, but wanted a bear. One
morning l had tramped an unusual
distance from camp and suddenly came
upon three half grown cubs rolling and
tumbling over each other in play. I
shot one and the other two beat @
clumsy retreat. Setting nv u
against a tree I reached my cub while
he was still kicking.
"Hearing q noise, I whirled around
to find the mother coming at me, her
mouth wide open and her eyes glazing.
There was no chance to reach the
rifle. I'm no Splinter, and took the
only alternative by shining up a tall
pine tree. She stopped a minute to
examine the victim of my shot and
was more enraged than ever as she
came climbing after NE. Once in the
tufted top of that pine I did some
faster thinking. gentlemen, than I
ever did on any question of state. The
bear vas coming and losing no time.
[ was without weapon Of any kind. It
looked as though bruin had the drop.
"But a man in my ~predicament over
looks no chances. In my vest pocket
Ihad a well-flled match safe. In nv
hip pocket was a pint of brandy, minus
one moderate nip. In my hunting
jacket vas a bunch of tow. I saturated
that with brandy, and, as the bear ap-
preached, I anointed her with the re.
mainder. Dividing the tow so as to
have two shots, l lit the first half and
dropped it on the bear. I didn't need
the other half. There was a flash of
light as though O pan of powder had
been ignited. The '..ir was filed with
Lhe odor of BURNING hair. The bear
let go and fell down, because it
was quicker. Then she left a fiery
streak toward the horizon and made
noise than any ordinary thunder
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VIVA xax.

Tho yak, or Wild or Of Tibet, In,
S~uffcient spirit to turn and attacL :
hunter. II 1t had more perseverance, -
would prove a dangerous enemy. N,
Pr3evalski, in his account of his ira vals
IN the Ttbetan mountains, narrates an
adventure which illustrates the VA Ks
disposition:
I was returning to camp when 7 an w
several old yaks grazing on a little MIA
teau. I fired on them, and one fell and
slipped down the snowy slope. Stunned
by his fall, he lay motionIess at tba
bottom Of the ravine. I ran to him. A
soon as he saw me, some hundred feet
away, he rose and tried to fee. I fred,
but the ball did not touch him.
Then he turned and rushed at me. T
had only two cartridges; I fred one at
q distance Of seventy feet, and one at
q distance Of fifty feet. He STONED
when he was quite near me, holding hts
head down and lashing his sides with
bis tail.
I was near enough to see. his LITTLE
eyes and the blood which ran from his
nostrils, If he had had a little more
decision and energy I should have been
lost. I could not get away, and I had
no weapon but my empty gun.
We stood looking at each other. Pres
emily he raised his head and STONED
flashing his sides. Evidently he was
getting over his anger. / threw myself
on the ground, and without taking my
eyes from him, crawled backward some
sixty feet. Then I jumped up and
walked away al fast as possible. I did
not breathe freely until some 200 feet
lay between us.
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RECIPES.

Fried Potatoes-Pare and slice three
large potatoes, and drop into boiling
fat when brown, take up with skim
mer and drain on brown paper, dredge
with salt. and serve.
Fish Fried in Batter-Clean and
wash any small fish, cut into pieces,
dip into thick egg batter and fry in
boiling fat. Garnish with fried pars-
ley, and serve very hc..
Graham Gems-Beat the yolks OF
two eggs and mix with a pint of milk,
add one tablespoonful of melted but
ter. one teaspoonful Of salt and three
cupfuls OF Graham -four; beat vigor-
ously, add two teaspoonfuls of baking
| powder aud the beaten whites of the
eggs; bake in creased gem-pans in a
quick oven.
Roast Mutton-Wipe the roast With
a damp towel, place in a baking pan,
dredge with pepper and salt, pour a
cupful of hot water yer it, and place
the pan in a quick oven; let bake
fifteen minutes to evsry pound, bast-
4uS OSOIy tSu "1AuGcSs HuCu uOu6,
take up on a heated dish, and serve
with brown gravy.
Brown Turnips-Pare turnips cut
into slices, put into a saucepan, cover
with boiling water, and set over the
fire to boil for half an hour. Take up,
drain, and put into a frying pan, with
hot butter stir until brown, dredge
with sugar, and turn the slices. When
done, dust with salt and pepper, and
take up on q heated dish.
Eggs a la Suisse-Spread the bottom
of dish with two OUNCES of butter,
cover this with a thick grating of
cheese; break eight eggs upon the
cheese without breaking the yolks.
Sprinkle over q level, teaspoonful of
salt and the least bit of red pepper.
Pour three tablespoons of cream .eper
the surface and strew about tive dnces
Of grated cheese on top a;,,lff set the
eggs in a moderate oven for fifteen
minutes. Pass a hot salamhlder over
the top to brown them.
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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
MANGEL wURTzEn FOR COW. FEED.

The mangel wurtzel is a large, coarse
beet, which eutyields all the ordinary
kinds, and is therefore preferred as
stock feed, because of the greater
amount of forage it will produce. But
it's more important value as feed for
COWS is in it's late-keeping qualities.
If covered with earth and kept from
air, it will be in good condition for
feeding until fresh grass comes, which
is when it is most needed. But there
is little nutrition in these roots, and
they need extra grain feed to keep the
COW in good condition for milking,
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AT Once

Lord Bareacres-You have called r..
harding the situation of footman? Was
there not one in the ante-room as you
came in?
Applicant-There was. my lord.
There was a mar with a writ for you,
1ordship, but I threw him out.
Lord Bareacres-You are engaged
Tit Rita-
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A Sura DAlivaranea.

Not fnstantaneously, 1t is true, but in a shor
space of time, persons OF a bilious habit ar,
saved from the fortunes which a disordered ltvel
is capable of tnficttng by Hostetter's Stomach
Bttters, an anti bilious medicine and aperten
of the first rank The pains in the right side
and through the right shoulder blade. the sicb
headache, nausea, constipation and saffron hue
Of the ek1n, are entirely removed by this est
mable restorative of tone TO the organs Of SO
sretion and digestion.
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HOUSEHOLD
A FRENCH CUSTOM.

n France, instead of using starch
on table napkins, after they are washed
and dried and ready to be ironed,
they are dipped in boiling water and
partially wrung out between cloths.
They are rapidly ironed with as hot a
a hatiron as possible without burning
them. They become beautifully stiff
ard glossy.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17
Menelik's Panorama,

King Menklik of Abyssinia a few
weeks ago was reported to have or
dered from a Russian painter a battle
picture representing the defeat of the
Italians. Now he has commissioned
the artist Schleising, of M%einingen to
paint a great panorama, to be put in
a building to be erected for the pur-
pose.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17
Seven at One Birth,

DR.. Dietrich Barfuth, of Dopat,
Germany, reports the occurrence near
there of seven children at one birth.
Only one case of the kind is reported,
which took place about the year 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17
ARRANGEMENT OF II PLATED KNIFE

ATTACHMENT OF THE PLATED KNIFE.
At the early morning meal chops,
steaks, fish. fruit, potatoes, hominy,
mush, buckwheat cakes and molasses,
new bread and coffee disappear in
large quantities and at a most alarm
ing rate. If to this is added the use
of the plated knife, we have the reason
for the lawful dyspepsia which mar
tyrs a whole nation" The plated
knife, it is asserted, is adopted in our
anxiety to save time. Unlike a steel
blade, it does not require cleaning,
aud it won't cut meat hence our mar
tyrdom to dyspepsia and rapid degen-
Grafton as o people.-New Orleans
Picayune.
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saw. He was eighteen and one-half
feet long, and about four and one
.lalf feet across the body, and his saw
was tive and one-half feet long. The
head was cut off to be mounted. Be.
SIDES this one the party captured and
got the saws of four others over fifteen
eet-long, and twelve smaller ones,
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champton mean MAN OK 1seoro,.

Champion Mean Man OF Georgia.
A man in Lumpkin County, Ca, not
only sued a person for Is cents, but
rendered a bill for 81 to his sister for a
uacl, Of -four and some lard used while
she and neighbors were sitting up with
the corpse Of his father at his house, be-
sides charging his daughter rs cents
FOR what she ate while visiting him on
that occasion.
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Father-Wait a year, my son, and
you may feel very different.
Son (confdently)-I've tested my.love
for Miss Higgins thoroughly and
know it cannot change. I've played
golf with her and l still want her for
my wife.-Household Words.
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b Sore Head

and chafed skin are quickly cured by Tetter1ne.
Don let the poor little thing scream itself into
spasms when relief is go easy. Every skin
trouble from a simple chafe OF chap to the
worst case of letter Or R%tngworm is cured
quickly and surely by Tettertne. AT druggists,
or by mail for SOC. in stamps by j. 7. Shuptrine,
Savannah. Ga.
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Over 400, 600 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate OF remove your desire for tobacco7
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed 30 cents and SLIGO at all
drDolfstS.
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A Kentucky newspaper tells of a
"moonshiner" who has become a mill
:lionaire from the profits of the bust.
ness, and Eho has never been arrested,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17

Englands gasWorkers' union has obtained
higher pay for 1900 men the past foul
months.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DR. Il. II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing inflamma-
ton. allays pain. cures wind colo. 25c. a bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17
No.To.Bac for Fifty Cen

Unionist elected q Republican mayor at
Davenport. Ia, because the only non-union
Journal in own was Democratic.
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We will give 800 reward for any case Of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
F.J. CHENEY & Co. Props, Toledo. O.
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For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure Is a sue.
~cessful remedy.-M.P. DIETER, 81 Throop Ave,
Brooklyn, n. Y, Nov. IA, 1894.
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One bicycle has been supplied to every pc
1ce station in the suburbs Of Paris for the ust
Of the force.
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Denver printers pay ~ per cent. of their
earnings to the union.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17

Milwaukee and keokuk business men have
organized to prevent railroad discrimination
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17

When bilious OF ~cost1ve, eat a Cascaret.
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; l0c,, &c.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17

Laplanders are the shortest people in Eu-
rope, their average height being: Males, fifty
nine inches; females, tilty-seven.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17

There are 425 schools in the State of Wy
oming.
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WHEN TO TRANSPLANT.

A general answer to the query,
"Whenis the best time to transplant?'
says Rural New Yorker, is in the fall
for more Southern States, in the spring
for cooler climates. The fact, is, how
ever, that it is not so much a question
of when to transplant as how to trans
plant. We do not hesitate to trans
plant in June. July, August or seprem-
Der, no matter what the weather may
be, and this, too, without. cutting back
or removing a leaf. We must preserve
the roots without exposing them for
any length of time to the air or sun
light. We must supply the roots with
all needed moisture until they take
hold' Of the soil of their new home.
That is all. See to it that the roots
are preserved from injury and that
they have all the water and shade re-
CURED until the removed plant has
evidently taken it's new home.
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Just try a 10c. box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-17

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels Never sicken. weaken or grippe: lOc.
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WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD EXPORT HORSE,

II CONSTITUTES A GOOD EXPORT HORSE.
In an address before the farmers
institute at Springfield, ILL.,, F. J..
Berry, the Chicago horse auctioneer,
classified horses suitable for foreign
trade as follows: 1. Drivers and
coachers, which must be we'll bred, of
good color, from Is! to 16I hands,
with fine head and neck, plenty of
bone and substance, good knee action
and plenty of quality. They must be
good travellers, and if they have some
speed, all the better. This class of
horses has already advanced very
much in price. 2. The cab horse,
weighing about HOO pounds, 159
hands, a rugged but smooth made
horse, with bone and substance, and a
fair traveller. 3. The bus horse,
weighing 1900 to 140O pounds, 16
hands, smooth, rugged, and one that
can move off at a fair gait and shape
himself we'll in harness. 4. The draft
horse, which should weigh 1900 to
$500 pounds, rugged made, good bone,
and blocky built, with smooth finish
and a irst.class draft horse in every
respect. 5. The American t1otter,
which in all cases must be a high-bred
horse with plenty of bone and action,
and substance, high finish, good dis
position, and the more speed he has
the higher price he will bring.
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The fifth annual ~workingmen's congress
convenes in Stockholm, Sweden, in July next.
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st. Vitus' Dance. One bottle Dr.. Fenner's
Specific cures. Circular. Fredonia. N. Y.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-18

OLIVER H. HORTON, President.
LEWIS w. PITCHER, Secretary.
EDw. A. BIoELOw, Asst sec'y.
FRANK .. LEWIS. supt. OF Agts.
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