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The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Potatoes Grown Under Straw.

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The finest potatoes ms,r be grown
under straw on land too aaady to pro-
duce a crop otherwise. [ put in an
acre in this ann the year of the
Worlds Fair. The grorn1 was we'll
ploughed and the seel cropped and
covered with straw TO tie depth of
six inches or more In the fall I
piled the straw and picked up a fair
crop of potatoes. In planting, the
rows need not be more than Is inches
apart; and the hills from a foot to IS
inches in the row, as they require no
working. For covering any kind Of
straw may be used, no matter if it has
been used as a bedding for horses or
cattle, and there need be little fear of
getting it too thick for the vine to
make it's way up through. Leaves or
hay are a good covering.
The chief advantage in planting
potatoes in this way is found. in the
fact that the mulch saves all the mois-
ture for the growing plant. A near
neighbor has adopted this plan on a
bit Of land too sandy for ordinary til
lage, and with marked success. A
small area brings a large return-the
potatoes are clean when the straw is
taken off, and the result in every way
satisfactory. He recently expressed
himself as greatly pleased with the
result, although he has to gather
straw and refuse for covering and
draw it a considerable distance. This
is no 'slazy mans expedient." When
properly attended to a given acreage
may be expected to yield more than
double the bushels Of the like area
planted in the usual way.csRural
World.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use of DR., Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. '2trial bottle andtreatise free
On. r. q. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., PhiIa, Pa
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Conductor r. d. Loomis, Detroit. Mich.
says: 1.-THE effect of Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful.n Write him about it. Sold by
Druggists, 75c,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
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up clean. Do not put away until
thoroughly cured or it will mold. This
fodder will always sell near cities
where many people keep n COW and
a horse. The first season [ could
have sold my entire crop at a good
price.-B. Baker of Ohio, i'll American
Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, %softens the gums, reducing infamma-
fton, alays pair, cures wind collie. Csc. bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Over one-half of the arabic land of Japan
Is devoted to the cultivation of rice.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
sound Reasons for Approval

There are several cogent reasons why tho
medical profession recommend and the publ.
prefer Hostetter's Stomach B1tters above the
ordinary catharttcs. 1t does not drench and
weaken tho bowels, but assists rather than
forces nature to act; it is botanic and safe: its
action is never preceded by an internal earth.
quake like that produced by a drastic purgatiye,
FOR forty-fiye years past it has been a household
remedy for lyer. stomach and kidney trouble
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Live to do good and you will never tire of
your employment.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
BLUNT, sprague, Wash, March 8, 1891 "
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Lap]anders often skate in one day a dis
lance of $50 miles.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

The Philadelphia Record thinks "con-
ductors on smoking cars should help
ladies to alight." Certainly, when they
Ego out"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

We are rich, not in what we have; but in
what we cannot lose.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

An average hive of bees produces
thirty-fve pounds of honey during the
season. -
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

To make all drivers keep to the right
would be a step in the right direction.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
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What Is Fertility.

able paperread at a Farmers Institute,
in Rushville, Illinois by NJ. W. Greer.
In answer to the proposition, ''How
shall we maintain the fertility of the
farm?" he said in part: GIN regard to
maintaining the fertility of the soil, the
wording of the question presupposes
the idea that such a thing is possible,
and just here I remark experience has
demonstrated that it is not only pos
sible to maintain, but ever increase
the fertility of our farms, and by a
judicious and proper course of treat
ment and management hand them
down to future generations in at least
as good condition as when we received
them, and thus demonstrate that in
this respect, at least, we have been
faithful stewards of the trust COM
mitted to u keeping.
"The first question which presents
itself is what do we mean by the term
fertility of SOIL to which I answer,
possession of and power to furnish
plant food, because it is not sufficient
of itself that the soil shall simply be
in possession of the different elements,
chemicals and substances, upon which
plants feed, but it is essentially nee
essary that these shall all be in such
condition as to be readily taken up and
made available by the growing plant.
"To illustrate: Experience has de-
monstrated that bone meal is a very
valuable fertilizer and great stimulator
Of plant growth, especially beneficial
to the wheat plant, and yet we might
scatter tons Of dry bones over the sur
face of an acre of ground and still the
growing crop receive not one particle
of benefit, therefrom.
"Now, it is q principle we'll under
stood in the business of farming that
exhaustion Of the soil, or reduced fer
iility, simply means that these differ
ent elements upon which plants de-
pend for their growth have been re-
moved from the soil by the continued
cropping Of the same.
81 have an old German friend who
says some very sensible things IN
rather an awkward way, and upon one
occasion, in speaking of q field of
corn that had not come up to his ex-
pectations, explained it all by saying
he guessed the corn juice was all out
of the ground
CHOW it makes no difference by
what name we call it, we may speak Of
it as the richness of the soil, or we
may apply the names which science
and chemistry has given to these diff
ferent elements and speak Of them as
the nitrogen, the ammonia, and the
phosphoric acids, the potash and aka
lies, or adopt the more homely ex-
preston of my old friend, and refer to
it as the .juice;' yet the fact remains
that if these have been removed from
the soil the fertility has been reduced
to that extent, and in order to main
tain the former condition a system of
restitution must be adopted; and if we
succeed in restoring as much as has
been removed we maintain the fertil.
ity, and more than that tends to in
crease the fertility"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

No man can be truly known until he ia seen
through the eyes of love.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
To Avoid Disagreeable Cooking Odors.
Eycantinn nnions there is no mora

10 @AFOIu DlSdSfeedDle SOOhIuS ouOEs'
Excepting onions, there is no more
disagreeable odor that permeates a
house than that of cabbage cooking.
There are other vegetables that make
almost as bad an odor, and some
families eschew the whole lot rather
than endure the scent. An old cook
says hat you can have cabbage and
carrots, Goldfish and boiled corned
beef and never know any of them are
in the house if you just follow her
directions. Put over the fire pint of
good vinegar, and when it boils up
tumble two tablespoonful of sugar in
it. Then set the can on the back of
the stove, and let the vinegar simmer
as long as you are cooking the
vegetables, and never q bit of odor
can be detected. When the vinegar
boils low, put in water and let it
simmer. It must be boiling well be-
fore you put the cabbage on to cook.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Preparing and Cooking Vegetables.
"Although it is we'll known that the
American markets give al abundance
of vegetables, it isregretted that there
is no country where they are so little
appreciated" writes Mrs. S. T. Rorer
in the Ladies' Home Journal. "To
this omission may be traced much dis
comfort among the poorer classes.
The leguminous seed, peas, beans and
%lentils, yield almost double the amount
Of matchmaking food to be found in
beef. One pound of beans costing
five cents will give a food value equal
to two pounds of beef at fifty cents,
an item Of economy worthy of thought.
I am in this considering old peas and
beans; those green or unripe contain q
larger amount of water and more sugar,
and less albuminous matter, but on
the other hand they are more easily
digested.
Cali concentrated vegetable foods
require long, slow cooking to render
them suitable for use. A little bak-
ing soda added to the water in which
old peas and beans are cooked re-
moves the strong favor, making them
much more delicate. All vegetables
should be washed we'll in cold water.
Green vegetables, such as spinach,
caalidower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts,
cucumbers, kale, onions, leeks, aspara-
gus, turnip tops, beet tops, Swiss
chard, young peas and string beans,
should be cooked in boiling sailed
water, and boiled slowly until tender,
not a moment longer OF the favor will
be lost"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Yarding Young Turkeys.

G. P. Reynolds, Michigan, says in
New England Homestead [ doubt if
there is any one thing, with the pos
sible exception of feed, that has more
to do with success i'll raising young
turkeys than a suitable yard. Select
some spot that will afford a good stu
alton. This should be rather high and
sufficiently rolling to give good d1ain-
age SO that the surface water will run
off quickly, carrying with it a con
siderable part of the impurities. 1t
is also important that the ground be
as free as possible from little hollows
where water can accumulate. If such
are not avoided, dampness, one of the
most deadly enemies Of the young
turkey, will be given q foothold. In
selecting a site for a yard, q spot
underneath O tree Of near a building
should be avoided. Shade means an
absence of direct sunlight and the
next thing in order is dampness, es-
pecially after q shower or q heavy
dew. The interior Of the yard should
be we'll sodded, the thickerthe better,
but cut the grass as low as possible.
If kept short, the heaviest dew will
disappear in a comparatively short
time. Otherwise, especially if stu
ated in the shade, it will require quite
a portion of the forenoon to get rid of
all the moisture.
AS to size a three-cornered affair
made Of - or II feet hoordS Dlacad
end to end is used, and 1 have never
found such a pen large enough. I
much prefer one 20 or 25 feet square.
The idea is to give the poults plenty
Of exercise and yet not overdo the
matter; plenty of exercise is the life of
the growing turkey. In building pens
of this size, especially if one requires
several, it will prove difficult if old
boards are depended upon. Much the
better way is to make somepermanent
gates. A year Or two ago [ tore down
an old fence, took a portion of these
boards and made them into sections Of
different lengths. Each gate was
made thirty inches high. If l were
going to make more [ would extend
them to three feet. The boards were
placed an INCH apart lei the bottom,
but wider pward the top. These
gates are th9most satisfactoryarrange-
handy and always ready" Housing
turkeys duy;ng the nightLend stormy
weather is Important
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Anybody can get an Invitation to at
tend church.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14
CRUSHED IN A MINE.
Five Victims Claimed by n PennsvI-
.. vania Casualty.

POTTSVILLE. Pa, San. ia ter
r1ble accident, by which four persons
were killed and one fatally injured.
occurred at the New Vaudeville shaft
OF the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and
iron company today The dead are:
PETER TINCO aged thirty.
JOdN TAYLOR, aged twenty four.
HENRY FLYNN, aged thirty-fve
WILLIAM TAYLOR, aged forty.
Theodore Frounkenstein. a bow Of
sixteen, was so badly crushed that he
died a few hours later
The work of sinking the new shaft
commenced last March, the contractor
iii charge being Thomas Richards. OF
Minersville. The four men and the
boy formed a part of the dav shift
Soon after arriving at the shaft this
morning they stepped on the rim OF the
large iron bucket to be lowered into
the shaft. A big cross-head Weighing
several hundred pounds, through which
the rope passes, became frozen to the
guides and did not move until the
bucket started. When the men had
gotten about half down, the huge cross
head fell, striking the bucket. The
men were hurled TO the bottom of the
shaft, a distance Of about 900 feet. The
four men were terribly mangled and
must have been killed instantly The
Frounkenste1n boy was terribly
bruised. All Of the worl1men were ex-
perienced hands, and are survived by
families
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14
The House Routine

H: F. %. Uittleton)-(By request to ex-
9eno the contract for the publication of the
'i y supreme court reports. Judiciary
prove the service of grain Inspection and
weighing. Judiciary
III H. F. 2: (stone For the greater protec-
lIQn OF deDosltors in banks. Banks
H. F. No. 26. (ShelD-To amend existing
laws relating to the assessment and coIlee
t4 On q ta X Taxes and tax laws.
II. f. r. (SchmidD-To amend existing
laws relating to lien for labor On logs and
lumber: General legislation.
n. f: %. (Schmidt)-To give and enforce
d Zen TOT labor on logs and lumber cut else
where and brought into the state Of Mime
sofa. General legislation
ii. r. % (HilD-To appropriate 500. 80 for
the relief of Thomas Slavin ADnronriations
H. F. 80. (Smith)-To amend Existing Iau@s
lation. i0e'S-
H; F; 81. (Torson)-To amend existing laws
to declare certain weeds common nuisances
and provide for their destruction. General
legislation. -
H; F. %. Douglass}-Creating a board Of
Judiciary. WI
H F.. SO. Oavis)-To regulate the pri-
mares for nomination of candidates for Of
flee. Elections.
H. F. "a: Oovejoy)-An act relating to the
salaries of county officers and to regulate the
same. General legislation.
H. F. 50. (Goss)--To repeal chaDter 39S
General Laws OF 1896. Judiciary.
H. F. 80. (McDOnald)-Tc require the re-
duction to writing of all instructions 10 iurv
and allowing exceptions to be taken thereto.
II; F. 81. Dunn)-To provide for the re-
cordlng of orders, DEGREES and judgments in
the office OF the register of deeds when the
ute OF property is affected. Judiciary.
n. +. SO. Ferris)-To prevent fraud in tho
sale OF garden seeds. General legislation.
II. f. SO. CMcGilD-To codify present laws
relating to the state militia. Military af
H. F. 40. (Snyder)-To amend existing laws
providing for taxation for educationaI MIR
poses. Taxes and tax laws. PU
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14
CIVIL SERVICE SCHEME.
1t Is Proposed for the Grain InsDec-
ton DEPARTMENT.

Bills of similar import were introdu-
ced in both houses Of the legislature
yesterday, in the senate by Senator
Thorpe, and in the house by Represen-
tatlVe Littleton. The bills provide for
the institution of a graded civil ser
vice in the department of state grain
inspection and Weighing, and is prac-
ucally the same bill as that which was
passedxtWo years ago and vetoed by the
governor, although it is expected that
this time it will receive the executive
signature. 1t provides that on or be-
lore July OF each year, the railroad and
warehouse commission shall formulate
rules governing the admission or pro-
motion of employees to the department
which shall have been classified within
ninety days after the passage of the
act. 1t also provides for competitive
examinations and period of probation
before an appointment is made abso-
lutte, that no political or religious
reasons shall govern appointments or
removals, and that employees shall not
use their positions to coerce or in
huence others in political contests
Another bill which was up Yesterday
IN double form was one to repeal a
local law requiring each township i'll
Renville county to care for it own poor,
The system is cumbrous and costly.
and the bill passed both houses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14

haney, Mansfield, Marin. Reiner
Engrossment Committee-Leach, Froslee
Peterson, Wilkinson, Foell.
Enrolment Committee-Yates, Poetz, Gill
bertson, johnson, Lehman.
Forestry and Fire Protection-Mansfeld
man, Lloyd, Kelly. Finney, Sedeberg
Legislative EXpenses-Dare Staples Bas-
ford. Jacobson, Reeves.
Soldiers Home-McLean. Mansfield, Hicks,
Larson, Mahood, Kelly, Johnson, Kendall
Hall. Parker, McElhaney.
State Public School-Sloan, Larson, Foss,
Hall, Snodgrass, Dale. Poetz.
Logs and LumEer-Gunn, Yates Coe Hill
MeGrath, Ferris, Foell, Lloyd, Gilbertson.
Prison Labor-Soule, Martin, Kraker Stock
we'll, Foss, Odds, West.
Public Parks-Sederberg, Feig, Soule Vigen
baltimore, Leach, Torson.
Taxes and Tax Laws-Smith, Laing, Mey-
ers,. Jacobson, Laybourn, Scott, Hartshorn,
Underleak, Reeves Lovejoy, Douglas, Ander-
son, Ferris, Torson Stone, Donnelly, Brus-
letten.
University and University Lands-snyder
Coo, Vigen, Nyquist Briggs, Brusetten, Mum
ger, Dunn, Emerson.
Binding Twine-Wilknson, Truwe, FrosIee
Goss, Eigenbrodt.
Local Bills-Lee, Mahood, Gilbertson, Marin.
Froslee.
Manufactures Basford, simonson. Bigelow
Milligan Vail.
Scribner, Grondahl, West, Froslee, St. John
Towns and Counties-Feig, Gum, Truwe
Wilkinson, Severance, Johnson. Heimmer-
dinger, Davies, HOLSTER. Schroeder Torson
Peterson, Wood, Head Reiner.
Public Health, Dairy and Food Products
Anderson, Hollister, Sloan, Goss, Mattson
Jameson, Dyer, Reiner, Gilbertson Lehman,
Froslee.
Game and Fish Laws-Douglas, Ferris, Vail
Severance, Mcneil, Abbott Mcdonald.
Drainage-McGrath, Lee, Truwe, Odds
Drommerhausen. Feig, Hall.
General egislation-Staples. Anderson
Grondahl, Briggs, Milligan Davies, Wood
Goar, Hayter, Sloan, Shell, Manchester, Dali,
more, Dunn, Mattson, Snyder, McGil.
Crimes and Observation-Disclosures Stock
WELL Hicks Johns, Soule Hayter Stone.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14

the service Sc Of grain inspection and weighing.
>. r: "A (keIer)-To repeal Chap. 327 Laws
OF 1880, requiring each township lin RenviIle
county to support its own poor. Passed.
> f. % (Wyman)-To amend laws of 1895
governing the treatment of inebriates bv
counties. Temperance.
b f. 20 (Potter)-To collect certain moneys
from foreign insurance companies and dis
tribute the 4,! same. INSURANCE.
Senator Wyman proposed the appointment
OF j. II. Ahlstrom as clerk Of the finance com
mittee; Senator Collester, H. NJ Buck for the
engrosslng committee; Senator Masterman. J..
u. Jackman, insurance. parks and kindred
committees: Senator Hodge, Howard Folsom
Ior game and game laws and banks and
banking; Senator Fuller, George La Fond for
logs and lumber; Senator Hartman, Albert
Bobleter, for general committee clerk Sena-
Tor knatvold, F. E. Skinner for the commit
tee on enrolment
me resolutions provide that each clerk
is 10 receive s. per day, and most u them
serve TWO or more committees. The resell =
tlons Went to the committee on legislative ex-
penses, but the clerks were authorized 10 20
to work at once.
The senate adjourned until 10 O'Clock this
morning. MS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14
BARRIERS, LICENSE LAW.
1t WIFI Be Introduced in the House
Today.


Among the bills which will be intro
duced in the house today will be a bill
designed to regulate the practice of
barbering, to license those who prac-
tice it, and to provide for the better
education of such practitioners. Brief
ly put, the new bill, which will proba-
bly, be presented by a Ramsey county
representative, requires every barber
IN the state to register and pass an
examination before he can be employed
in any shop in the state. 1t is designed
to remove from the profession men
who are not known to be sober men.
Tree from any skin affections and SLOW
emily habits A board, to consist of
three members to be appointed by the
governor, is to be created and is to
hold at least four examinations an
nually and all BARRIERS now doing
business must within ninety DAYS after
the passage of the bill, register with
the board. This registration costs 81.
New candidates must pay IS, and
must I'LL the requirements which are
set forth at some length in the bill.
In substance, these requirements are
substantially that the candidate must
serve so long as an apprentice or as a
student in the barber school, or for a
certain time in some other state, and
must be of age and Of good moral char
acter.
BY the provisions Of the bill the
board can at any time revoke mans
license for cause
There is penalty fixed for attempt
ing to engage in the barber business
without proper registration, and the.
bill in other respects is quite complete.
having been carefully considered by
the leading BARRIERS from different por-
lions Of the state. 1t is an effort to
raise the plane Of the profession, and
much credit for the agitation and prep
arat1on of the matter for legislative
action is due M. E. Murray, of st. Paul,
who will have the honor. if the bill he,
comes a law, of being the father Of
the first move to make the work of
tonsorial artists a real profession.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14
members of the club was won by G. S.
Decks, the scores being as follows:
GRAMMAR Is BARRED.
His Application for an Injunction
Denied by the Courts

NEW YORK, Jan. 13-Judge Os-
borne, Of the supreme court. Brooklyn
today denied the application for on in
junction made by Riley Grammar
against the Westminster Racing as
ISOLATION, and the New York Jockey
club, for ruling him off the tracks. In
his decision Justice Osborne said: "I
cannot see that the stewards exceeded
their authority. They had a rule that
such thing should not be done Gran
nan knew this and admitted that he
violated the rule. L cannot see that the
punishment is excessive and [ deny
the application.
Gen. Benjamin F. Tracey. in present.
ing the case said that under the civil
rights act of 1895, Grammar had all the
privileges of places of amusement, and
that by resolution of the Jockey club.
the stewards ruled him off the track for
making a present Of $500 to Jockeys
Taral and Griffin.
Grannan'S case was really a test suit
involving the right of the Jockey club
to control it's own affairs If the stew
ards should be found to have no right
in law to exclude certain persons from
The grounds of any licensed associa-
IlOn, government on the turf would
cease, and crooked horse owners. pro-
fessionai gamblers and other disreput-
able persons might run things to suit
themselves.
Grammar was ruled off the turf be-
cause of his peculiar betting operations,
and after a mass of testimony had
been taken, the stewards did not care
to make public the facts obtained, but
excluded Grammar from all race courses
on the specific charge that he mad
paid $500 to Jockey Taral, who was in
the employ Of another turfman This
was a violation of Well-known racing
rule In the opinion Of Justice Os>
borne, the stewards of racing may ex-
Clude all persons from the race courses
who violate rules of turf government.
Grammar may take an appeal from the
order of Justice Osborne.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14
FIRST TO MEET.
House business Started by Legisla-
tive Expense Committee.

Immediately at the conclusion Of the
session Of the house yesterday. it's
committee on legislative expenses. of
which Representative Dare is chair
man, held it's first meeting and after
organizing, went through the accumu-
lated business which has been referred
20 it.
Quite a, number Of resolutions were
acted upon, and among other things it
was decided to authorize the chief clerk
to get up a vest pocket directory of
the house as suggested in the resolu-
ton of Representative Staples. These
little books will contain the names and
addresses in both st. Paul and at home
of the members, the rules of the house
and a quantity Of other interesting
information.
Representative Smiths resolution
calling for supplies and stationery, was
faVOrably acted upon and the clerk
will be instructed to get from the COM
mittee requisition for such material
as is needed. The committee will re-
pert this morning on other matters
as well as on the above.