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The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
Cheap Fertilizer.

The problem Of fertilizing crops in
such a way as to leave q margin Of
profit is OF greater imp, rtance than is
usually conceded, sinceSertilizers are
frequently the most expsIiye outlay
on the truck farm. Yet, in the veg
etable season, one sees going to waste,
material which, If properly utilized,
would return to the soil much that has
been taken from it. Take the waste
in a cabbage field Tor example.
In some portions of the country, if
not in all, the habit prevails Of cutting
these vegetables SO as to leave the
stalk and outer leaves to rot, and
poison the air with the germs of dis
ease, which often end health and
sometimes life, to say nothing of heavy
bills to doctor and druggist.
Now if instead of this wasteful man
agement or Encouragement, these
vegetables were gathered in time (cut
ever with the ground) trimmed at the
packing shed, the trimmings thrown
on a convenient fertilizer heap, Gov
cred every evening with a mixture of
lime, earth and commercial fertilizer,
a mixed heap of which could be kept
ready, there would result a large
quantity of valuable material, prepared
Of small cost. aud result in both say
ing and profit to the farmer.-Home
and Farm.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
:
Stacking Glover Hay.

It is often said that one can't keep
clover hay in a stack. Oh, yes, he
can. There is a way to do that even.
They have portable roofs in the west
to cover them, the hay being in long
ricks instead of round stacks. Or you
can cover a stack with wild hay, or
any fine hay, or even with straw, so
the clover will keep all right. Build
your stack by laying out after you get
up a few feet, gradually, and then
rounding the top up nicely, but not
making q finished top. Load straw on
the wagon at night, wetting every
layer. In the morning it will be damp
all through and you can lay it nicely.
I have topped out many a stack OF
clover in this way so that never a drop
of water got down to it. If properly
put on, as the stack settles, the straw
goes down over SO as to furnish a good
roof.
I'll tell you how we learned about
this wetting. We had stacks of seed
clover just put up and a rain was COM
ing end the wind blowing hard. We
had intended to cover with dry strew,
but It could not be put on in that
wind. Something must be done that
minute. I was forced to think OF
wetting the straw as the only possible
way of Citing it on there in the wind:
We did L, end saved the clover. 1tell
you, friaAds, our clover field is a hand
somo sight now, IS -gnes Ligh,
solid and even. Therypis almost per-
feet foo,a there for hatses and cows, if
il is nice, Gureds@good season. But
there is q chance for q lot of work
there. Makes me think OF Q ma who
used to work for US, and who said up
town that he didn't like to help US ih
haying, for be didn't like to work ell
summer In one field. By the time
this feld is moved two or three times
q good deal of the summer will be put
in there surely. We have cows now,
you know, and we intend to cut the
second crop, instead Of blowing it
under.-T. B. Berry, in Practical
Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
A WHITE BUFFALO.
Seen and Chased by Indians and Hunt.
eys, but Neye: Caught.

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During the summes of 1875 bands
Of Indians returning from o hunt far
out on the plains brought in stories OF
having seen at different times and in
different places, and always in the cen
ire of a large herd, a v,hite buffalo.
They had used their best horses in
the effort to overtake it, to no pur.
pose, never being able to get anywhere
near the animal. At first we did not
pay much attention to these stories,
but still it kept cropping up from dit.
ferent camps, and at last, in the fall
Of 1875, I myself had a chance to
verify the truth of the report. l had
been sent On duty north along the Red
Deer river and was camped near a
large band Of Blackfeet, who were
hunting south Of that river. The but
falo had moved north in vast numbers,
and the prairie was black with them.
I had gone out one morning with a
party of Blackfeet to see II of their
hunts, and also to try and kill for my
self. My horse was a good one, and
much faster than any belonging to the
Indian hunters. I had got detached
from the party, becoming tired Of
the slaughter, and must have been
at least twenty miles from camp, when
I made for a small clump Of timber
not far off, intending to build a fire
and roast o portion Of some buffalo
meat I had on the saddle with NE. As
1 approached the wood a band Of
about 100 animals burst out OF the
brush and made off to the south, and
yes, most certainly, in the middle OF
them was q white buffalo. Although
they were a quarter of a mile away,
there could be no mistake about it; he
wa there as large as life and quite
white, and running like a deer. There
was no time to much more than take
in the scene, but 1 gathered up the
reins and was after him, determined
to bag that elephant or kill my horse.
Oh, what a race it was, mile after
mile; and although all the band, with
the exception Of about a dozen, had
split off and gone in different dlrec-
tons, the white animal, with his body
guard of about q dozen, kept at about
the same distance ahead. I could
catch a glimpse of him now and then,
and there was no doubt he was
snow white. Get within shot I could
not, for many miles. At last they be-
gan to tire, and, although my horse
tired also, I had good hopes of coming
up and getting a shot. Alas! for such
a chance. OF a sudden my horse
lurched forward on his nose, sending
me over his head onto the prairie,
md turning a somersault himself, miss.
ing me by only a few feet. He had
put his foot il'o a badger hole, and
brought my hopes OF a white robe to a
sudden end.-Forest and Stream.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
NEGLECT In Farm Economy.

Farmers have been studiously edu-
Gated, and ore now, to use commercial
fertilizers, instead Of industriously &C.
cumulatins manures in their barn.
yards, instead Of studying rotation Of
crops, instead Of turning under green
crops, instead Of putting their labor
in swamp muck and everything Of
manurial value @siehs'may be found
on their farms, ietssaead Of putting
labor in the frssa4aent blowing and
culdvating to b&g oyso the latent
capabilities Of thehS7a This edn,
cation Of chemists, ara Of supposed
scientists, has impostd upon the farm
er, until he supposea, be must pur-
chase fertilizers in Older to insure the
raising Of his crops. Accordingly he
is now suffering from the neglect Of
true economical methods Of work,
while supposing himself on the high
road to successful. r. Walwortb, in
Country Gentleman.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
The Moose Towed the Boat.

Up on the Sebec lake in Maine they
have steamboats, and lots of other
things. The latest is a moose which
can do a towing business. Quite re-
Gently, while the good steamer Marion
was passing up through the narrows
in Sebec lake, a big bull moose was
sighted swimming toward the craft to
cross her bow. He had a bone in his
teeth, and was leaving a wake like the
crusier Columbia the time she came
up Penobscot bay into Castine
harbor last summer, says the Bangor
Commercial. Captain Hersey saw the
bull in good time, and he got out his
biggest hawser and put on a little
more steam just to bring his boat
alongside the o When he got
into comfortable distasakhe let &C
the hawser like ALB, and the rope
settled over the gead of theebig fell
low and caught him fast.
The Marion ISL sturdy little craft,
but she wasn't blilt for moose. The
bull swan straight on for a while,
towing the boat after him. and ''play.
ing boss" genY ally with everything
within reach. Just in the height Of
the fun he gaveoa sudden turn to star.
board, put strNight about, and, with
full speed on in both engines, let him
self out for shore, the steamer dragging
along behind. All the passengers offered
free advice as to how to get the moose
out into the lake again, but meanwhile
the rocks of the shore were G sting
nearer. Finally Captain Hersey cast
off his line and let the moose get
ashore, up which he fed and dis
appeared in the forest with the speed
of the Boston & Albany's fastest ex.
press. It takes more than a steam.
boat to stop the progress Of a healthy
Maine moose. Springfield Repub.
iican.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Work is more than mere activity.

Work is more than mere activity.
He is littlest who belittles others.
Praise when you can ; censure when
you must.
Every cock crows the loudest in his
own barnyard.
Use q friend when in need, but do
not abuse him.
Friendship, like phosphorus, gives
it's light in the dark.
False worship will kill the soul as
quickly as no worship.
A crazy friend will do you more
harm than q wise enemy.
A neighbor who is helpful is better
than q brother who is not.
Love doesn't begin in friendship
aear so often as friendship begins in
love.
It is marvellous how Long a rotten
post will stand, provided it is not
shaken.
Even in travelling q thorny path 1t
may not be necessary to step on all
the thorns.
Do we'll, but do not boast of it, for
that will lessen the commentator you
might receive.
A man never knows how much he
thinks of a girl till she does something
that hurts him.
Search your own house through
seven times before you charge your
neighbor with theft.
The feeble tremble before opinion,
foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the
skillful direct 1.-THE South West.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

S~Z29

not very nutritious, and which COM
pacts and heats in the gizzard, The
first thing to be done Is to turn down
the fowl q teaspoonful Of olive oil,
which by working in the mass in the
gizzard may SO lubricate it as to start
It without further effort. At the same
time this is being done, the fowl should
be taken in hand and its crop pressed
in different ways, so as to loosen the
food inside 1t. This alone will often
effect relief. If it does not, heroic and
yet entirely safe measures must be re-
sorted to. Slit the crop with a sharp
knife, making an opening large enough
to remove what the crop contains.
After the offensive matter is removed,
Nash the cut place with water In which
a few drops Of carbolic acid has been
put, so as to kill any germs that may
be present. Then sew the crop to-
gether again, using a silk thread, and
binding the cut parts as closely as
possible. The fowl should be kept n
a coop and fed lightly with grain, Civ.
ing also d little powdered charcoal,
which will absorb any infection that
NAV start in the crop. In a weeks
time the fowl will be fit to turn out,
and be none the worse for the expert
ence it has undergone.-Boston Gull
tiyator. ,sSSSAAsssgHHssaa
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
The Linn Bean.

Lima beans must not be planted
until the soil is thoroughly warmed.
Each bean should be planted with the
eye OF stem side down, and covered
with an inch of fine soil, which should
be pressed firmly with the hoe to COM
pact it that it may not dry out too
much. If poles cannot be had, plas-
tering hths make a good substitute.
In each hill plant four beans at the
corners of a square a foot across.
Stick q lath for each bean and pull the
tops together, tying them there.
When the vines reach the tops Of the
lath pinch them off as the later pods
will not ripen before frost and if
pinched off the pods below will fill
better. The dwarf limas are good
yielders.-The Silver Knight.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
Farm and Garden Notes.
Set the hens in cool places.

06h WHO A1EA0 ~ SSSA RA0S0e'
Don't forget shade; hens need it.
Keep the growing stock separate
from the old birds.
Don't let the chicks out while the
dew is on the grass.
II the hens are not laying we'll yet,
better chop their heads off.
On the average it will cost 81 to
keep a laying hen one year.
Fresh water twice a day is what the
hens need this kind Of weather.
When a farmer or dairyman who is
q stranger offers q COW at a low price,
look out. It is not often one Of his
best COWS, but very often a Gull he
wants to get rid of for cause, and
we AN not find out too much about
her before purchasing.
Do the horses necks become sore
in hot weather? Ours did when we
Used thin leather top pads through
which the hame straps cut into the
neck. The best top pad we ever used
was a combination of sole leather and
zinc, a strip Of the latter coming in
contact with the neck.
The outlook for all classes of live
stock is decidedly encouraging, and
the man who keeps the young things
growing and thriving from the start
will be we'll repaid for so doing. If
you haven't just what you would like
in numbers, give a little extra feed
and make it up in quality. "A good
animal not only weighs more, but
brings a better price per pound.
The eggs from old hens usually pro-
| duce stronger chicks than do the eggs
from pullets, due, perhaps, to the fact
that many pullets are not fully ma
tured when they begin to lay. The
eggs from pullets will no doubt hatch
as we'll as those from hens, but when
| the work Of raising the chicks begins,
| the ones that come from the hens will
| be harder and less difficult to raise.
Have you ever seen a swill barrel
containing a sour, fostering, ill-smell-
ing mess composed of milk, dish
water and other kitchen refuse, around
which the bluebottles swarmed and
from which the hogs received nour-
ishment (?) would such stuff be con-
sidered fit for any other animal to eat?
And yet we eat the hog that eats the
| filth because he has to, not because
he wants to.
There is no better way to make
manure soluble and quickly fitted to
give it's fertility to crops than to throw
salt on it. Salt hastens decomposi-
ton when used in small quantities,
and its attraction for moisture helps
to keep the manure from frefanging.
Applying salt and land plaster in
equal proportions to manure heaps is
an excellent plan. The ammonia lib.
Grated by fermentation will be alb.
sorbed by the platter, making a sui.
phate Of ammonia. which is a very
powesfa! and quick.actiag fertilizer.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
~PrODagating Tea Roses.

The usual way Of propagating tea
roses is by means of cuttings of firm
Or nearly'mature woods, and they are
rooted under glass, with a bottom heat
Of IS or 70 degrees. From January
to March is the usual time for propa-
eating. One-bud cuttings are COM
monty selected, most Of the foliage
being trimmed off. Many Of the for
lists select their cuttings from flower
ing shoots, thinking that this will
produce more freely blooming plants
than ''blind" wood. The cuttings are
rooted in clean sand, and then potted
off into thumb pots. Plants thus
rooted in winter or early spring are
planted under glass during the sum
mer, to bloom the following winter
Rural New-Yorker.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
= Built OF Mother Of Pearl.

> ~ Bu1tt o. MOCNGF OK fcarIs
! One Of tho oldest of the many odd
babltations to DO found all over Call
fornia belongs to a Chinese fisherman.
It is part natural and part the work Of
bis own hands. The natural portion
Of tho house Is o small cave in one Of
the many rocks that stick up all over
the beach. The other part is a sort Of
wooden shed which has been built In
front Of this opening. The timber used
Is of the toughest kind, but the aesthe.
tic Chinamau overcame this objection
by covering the whole outside with
abalone shells, the hollow side being
turned out. He evidently did his work
many years ago, when the shells we're
plentiful and had scarcely any market
value. Every shell used has been de.
stroyed, as n or more nails have
been driven through them according to
their size. Some Of the shells are mag.
nifcent In color and enormous In size.
There Is Que at least fifteen inches in
diameter, and a duplicate in good con,
dition could not be bought in San Fran
cisco for any price. Most Of the larger
shells, If they were not punctured with
nail holes, would readily sell for from
three to five dollars apiece. But that
size cannot be had in the market now,
and would be difficult to find on the
rocks of any part Of the coast. The
general effect Of the house, when the
sun strikes It at the proper angle, Is
sazzling. The polished, pearly surfaces
sparkle with astonishing brilliar ,cy and
fash with all the colors Of the rain.
bow. 1t is a pleasing and surprising
sight and the only pity is that so many
beautiful shells destroyed to pro
duce 1t.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
Covering Seeds Too Deeply.

The mistake in spring planting that
is most common is covering the seeds
too deeply. Il is a good rule to put
only twice the depth Of the seed in
soil over it. This with some very
fine seeds mean merely sowing on
fnely-prepared seedbed, when they
will naturally fall into the depressions,
and then pressing the soil over them
The root naturally strikes down for
moisture, and a very slight hold on
the surface, so as to give the young
plant light and air, is best for its
early growth. There r usually plen-
ty of rains In spring, so that some soil
will be likely to be washed owe SUE
face-sown seed, and this is better than
any way of covering them by cuitiva-
tor, harrow or drag. Even the smooth
ing harrow is apt to cover the small
seeds too deeply. Grass and clover
seeds are sown early enough so that
alternate freezing and thawing does
the work Of covering better than man
can do it.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
Pani Rayarc,a Weathtrcock.

You remember, Of course, all about
Paul Revere and his wonderful ride
"Listen, my children, and yen shall hear
OF the midnight ride of Paul Revere"
Well, some workmen have just been
taking down a funny old weathercock
from the steepls OF an ancient Method.
LIST church In Watertown, Mass. It was
over two feet high, with a pewter body
and q copper tall, and tradition Gays
that 1t was made by Paul Revere when
he was a young man. It viii be pre-.
served by the historical society Of the
town, and IL Won Y e make Z visit
there you may pay your respects to Paul
Revere's weathercock.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
Planting 'Cacumbers in Ridges.

1I61IIny C0CuGUD8FS III FsIUSeSs
Instead Of planting cucumber seed
in bills where the roots of a dozen or
mote plants will crowd each other, we
lonvy ago learned that it is much bet
tery:o plant the seed in ridges only
very slightly raised above the soil
around them. In the ridges the seed
may be put five or six inches apart.
If some Of the vines are attacked by
the cucumber beetle others will escape,
while it is rarely a hill is attacked
without losing oil the plants in it
Cucumbers thus grown are much less
likely to dry out late in the season
than if planted in hills. Boston Gull
~tiyator.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
How's II :

WI offer One Hundred Dollars Reward Tor
any Gaze of Catarrh that cannot be cured oy
Halls Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known Ed. Che-
ney or the last Is years. and believe Inn pei
fcctly honorable in. all business, transacyons
and financially able to carry out any obllga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDINa. KTNNAN g MARVIN, wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act-
ang directly upon the blood and mucous SUE gu,
laces Of the system: Price, 55c. per bottle. sofa
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
Didn't Know Real Difficulty,

Diogenes looked a tribe bored at the
question. "Of course" he said, "wheD
! got that lantern and started out to
search for en- honest man I was young
and inexperienced. Up to that time"
He gazed furtively ver his shoulder,
"My wife had never sent me- hunt
for anything in the top right band
drawer of her bureau. No."-New
York Press. ..-.~.,zr ~ess~-~
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
Meant 1t.

"Several times during the delivery
of his commencement day GRAFTON he
paused and took a drink of water. He
was very dry"
"sYou mean he was very thirsty"
eyes, he was very thirsty, too
Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

Next to an Approving Conscience,
A vigorous stomach is the greatest of mundane
blessings. Sound digestion is q guaranty OF
quiet nerves, muscular elasticity, a hearty ap-
petite and a regular habit Of body. Thoughnto
always a natural endowment, IT may be &C
Q'irea through the agency OF Hoste'ter's Stom-
ash Bitters, one OF the most effective lnvigorants
End blood fertilizers in existence. This fms
tonic also fortides those who use 1t against ma.
laria, and remedies bKiousneeS, c~onstipAtiox
ana rheumatism.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
AS pathetic a thing as one sees Is a boy try
Ing to be q dude ON q go q week salary.
Comfort Costs SO Gents.

Irritating, aggravating, agonizing letter,
Eczema, Ringworm and oil other itching skin
diseases are quickly cured by the use of Tet-
terine. II is soothing, cooling, healing. Costs
30 cents a box postpai6Hbrings comfort at
once. Address J. J: aNptrine,%s Savannah Ga.
Sow good services; sweet .remembrances
will grow from them. q
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
C~ro.-Bound Fowls.

Fowls that get plenty of exercise,
aud that do not become over fat, are
not usually crop bound. At this sea
son il is probably owing to eating too
much guess o. coarse fool, which ID
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

Fits permanently cured. Nc fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. t2trial bottle andtreatise free.
DR.. r.. d. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

Mrs. Winslow's' Soothing Syrup for children
teething ,softens the gums, reducing infamma-
ZION .allays pain. cures wind collie. &c. bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

Some people give 80 much good advice to
others. they have none left for their own use.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

piso's Cure for Consumption has nc equal
eca a. Bunaio. II. Y May Q. 1894
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

You may lose your temper, but others will
and it,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

The man who does the shouting is often
willing to let somebody else do the work.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

What an immense amount OF laziness Their
n ooing on in the name OF poor health.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28

The worlds cont yield in 1896 was
$40, ooo, 900 tons,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-28
Next to an Approvine Con.cience,

An insurance policy often makes . man
more valuable after death than during life.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
Agricultural Education.

Prof. Henry B. Armsby, dean of the
school of agriculture of the Pennsyl-
vania- state college, says that the agri-
cultural products of Pennsylvania ex-
coed the total iron ore, coal and oil
products Of the state by $3,ooo,0O0. He
also makes a strong plea for agricul-
tural education. whether we like it or
not" he says, "we are face to face with
new problems and new conditions. In
this process of evolution, by which agri-
culture is adjusting itself to its new
environment, as in every other process
ofevolution, the fttest will survive. The
community or the individual farmer
that can successfully readjust it's agri-
CULTURE to these new conditions will con-
tinue to prosper, while the farmer or
the community which fails to do this
will be borne down by forces as pitiless
and as irresistible as gravitation."