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The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
HySienic Salads.

Dandelions have other uses than
furnishing subjects for poems and
p~laythings for children, and just now
is the time to prove their efficacy in
meeting the loss of appetite and that
prevalent "tired feeling" so common.
From time immemorial "greens" of
all sorts have been held in high es-
TEEN for purging the blood of humors
e~ngendered by the winters diet of
fatty foods. The italian women here
understand this, and all through the
parks and along the roadsides in the
suburbs one sees the gay purple-and-
green gowned women bending assidu-
ously to their task of gathering this
hyglenic salad. In the country the
children are sent out to the garden
and pasture to gather a supply-an
exercise, by the way, that is quite suf.
ficient to give a hearty appetite of it.
self. Dandelion green's are served in
either Of two ways-in their natural
state as a salad with the simple dress
ing of vinegar, oil, salt and pepper, or
cooked in plenty of water with a bit
of Salt pork or butter for seasoning,
and salt and pepper to taste. When
tender drain thoroughly and serve
piping hot, with agarnish of slices of
hard-boiled eggs Or riced yolks. 1t is
hardly necessary to emphasize the
necessity for the thorough picking
over and washing Of all green's in order
to insure absolute cleanliness and the
prevention of 'fgravel walks depre-
Gated by Sidney Smith as too familiar
in salads.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Diving Cut Potatoes.

It is very important that potato
sets cut for seed should be thoroughly
dried o11 their surface before planting.
If put in the ground while moist they
will quickly rot. It is quite common
to sprinkle gypsum Or land plaster on
the cut surface, under the idea that
the plaster being dry will absorb the
pieces of the potato as they exude. In
stead of this, the gypsum only causes
the cut surface to blacken and be
rather more likely to decay than be-
fore. Fine powdered lime is much
better for this purpose. It absorbs
water until it takes in all it cal hold.
In early planting lime is especially
useful, for it helps to dry the moist
soil, and thus prevents the potatoes
from rotting in the hill.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

An inventive genius who suffered
from attacks by stray dogs whom riding
his wheel, set his wits to work to devise
something which would be an cf1ica-
cious, and yet comparatively harmless,
means of defense. AS a result he has
brought out and patented q pocket
pistol which will shoot ammonia,
water or other liquid. Tho most vic
ious dog cannot withstand o few drops
of ammonia in his mouth or eyes, and
yet there is no danger of actually in-
ju1ing n valuable animal which might
playfully annoy q rider. The weapon
has proved so much of a success as a
means of defense as we'll rs fun-mak-
ing, that the lucky inventor is realizin g
much money from his device.
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Hints to "Housekeepers.

Prints, if rinsed in salt and water,
look brighter.
For scorches in linen spread over
them the juice of an onion, and aquar-
ter ounce of white soap.
Silk handkerchiefs and ribbons
should be washed in salt and water
and ironed wet to look we'll.
Yellow spots on the linen or cotton
produced by the iron may be re-
moved by setting them in the broiling
sun.
Tablecloths are now being made of
silk and have gained considerable
popularity among those who can afford
them.
Velvets should be held over the
steam of boiling water, and kept we'll
stretched until the moisture has
e~vaporated.
For making table and bed linen one
initial is preferred to a monogram or
two letters, and a simple design to a
more elaborate one.
An excellent starch for dark clothes,
blue calicoes, ETC., is made by using
cold coffee left from breakfast, instead
of pure water. Make the starch as
usual.
Colored muslins should be washed
in a lather of cold water. If the mus
lin be green add a little vinegar to the
water, if lilac q little ammonia, if black
q little salt.
A heaped-up tablespoonful of chlor-
ide of lime mixed with n quart of
water will remove mildew. Rinse the
cloth in clear water as 5000 as all the
spots have disappeared.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Rearing Calves,

On the subject of calves Professor
Hacker says: "We rear about thirty
calves each winter on separator skim
milk, and find no difficulty in growing
them fine and thrifty. The calf is al
lowed to suck once; it is then re-
moved and one feeding period al
lowed to pass without feeding it any
milk; this is done so the calf will
drink without the finger. The first
week itreceives a light ration of whole
milk fresh from the COW; the second
week it gets half whole milk and half
skim milk; the third week and until
it is weaned it receives skim milk, a
spoonful of ground flax and hay. We
feed no grain to calves intended for
the dairy, other than the ground flax
meal. By fax meal we do not mean
oil meal or oil cake, but the ground
flax, containing all the oil there is in
the flax seed. We usedto feed ground
oats or ground barley to calves, but
found that many of them acquired the
habit of laying on flesh, which is a
permanent injury to a dairy calf. The
quantity of ground flax used daily
varies from a teaspoonful to a table
spoonful in each mess of milk, nc
cording to the size of the digesting
capacity of.the calves. The flax meal
is scalded as is usually done with fax
seed, but the meal, if dry, is stirred
into the milk just before feeding.
When the calf is young great care
should be taken to always feed the
same quantity, and at a temperature
of at least ninety degrees Fahrenheit.
After the calf is a few weeks old the
skim milk and fax meal may be grad
ually increased. Scours are generally
caused by overlooking, or by milk fed
when cool. From four to six pints of
milk is a fair ration for a calf the first
week; feed twice a day and keep it
comfortable and clean, and feed from
a clean tin pail -stockman and
Farmer,
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WhiteXash the Cellar.

Every cellar should have a COCOA
coat of whitewash at this season, il
order to keep it sweet, fresh and
wholesome. A rule for preparing a
whitewash that will not rub off is this,
given by a good, old colored aunty,
ripe in experience: Stake the lime III
the usual way. Mix one gill Of flour
with a little cold water, taking care to
beat out all the Jumps. Then pour on
boiling water enough to thicken it to
the consistency of common starch
when boiled for use. Pour this while
still hot into a bucketful of the Stacked
lime and add one pound of whiting.
Stir all well together and add a little
bluing water to improve the color.
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HORSES KILLED FOR HOG FEED.
Effects of Droughts in California-$2 ,OOO,-
900 Worth of Live Stock Ilnperilled.

Effects of Droughts in California-$2 ,OOO,-
0 Worth of Live Stock Imperilled.
The growers of live stock in Cen
trail and Southern California arc in a
panic. Hay has gone up to $40 per
ton, and the continued drought andthe
frequent hot northers have ruined the
prospects for feed in the future. Cat
tie and sheep men are hustling their
stock out Of the country as fast as the
railroads can carry it. They have
tried to get permission from the Gov
eminent to pasture it this summer on
the Government reservations, but
could only get permission to drive it
across them. They have applied to
Nevada for help, and Nevada has re-
piled that she has no more than she
needs for her own stock, but has fin
ally decided that stock may be shipped
across the State.
The cattle quarantine against the
southern part of the State has been
sufficiently modified to permit the re-
moval Of stock from the drought
stricken sections, and the overland
roads have consented to make half
rates for stock sent East for pastur-
age. The authorities Of Utah, Ne
braska and Wyoming have agreed to
allow shipments into their territory of
stock that has beenproperly inspected.
The value of the imperiled stock is
in the neighborhood of 50, 900, 600,
Many buyers from Utah, New Mexico,
Nevada, Texas and Northern Califor-
MIA are visiting the drought-stricken
districts and picking up bargains.
One herd of 5000 head of cattle, re-
quiring fifteen trains of eighteen
cars each has already been shipped
East, and the railroad authorities
made arrangements to send out at
once sixty trains of eighteen cars,
each of which will carry about &c, 1000
head of cattle to points east of Nevada.
In all not less than 100, 900 head will
be sent out of the State.
One big shipment Of 1880 sheep
is on its way East in five trains of
thirty-seven cars each. Another
shipment of Is, 900 sheep has been
sold in Chicago and is on its way
there. Nearly 100, 900 sheep will
probably be sent East during the next
month. Cattle and sheep ars are be-
ing collected and hurried here from
all parts of the West. One firm,
which controls large tracts of pasture
land, is shipping %, 900 head of sheep
to New Mexico and is sending droves
of cattle to Northern California and to
Texas. A member of this firm said:
eve shall not leave a hoof on our
ranch. Everything, cattle, sheep and
horses, has got to go. There is 10
feed for the stock"
Those having large bands of horses
will suffer heavily, as the animals are
not sufficiently valuable to warrant
much effort in saving them. A good
many raisers of hogs are buying up all
the horses they can get at from 81 to
50. so per head for hog feed. The
horse is taken to the field, killed, its
hide stripped off, and it's carcass left
to the hogs, which soon leave nothing
but a pile of bones. One hog dealer
in Santa Barbara County has bought
$50 head of horses which he will use
solely for hog feed. Several firms
are buying up horses for the manu-
facture of fertilizers. A few who
own blooded stock are sending it out
of the country for pasturage.
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dAu tsoo DoA
den to myself. Was troubled with
smothering spells, also palpltatlon OF
the heart and that be~aring-down feel
ing, and could not be on my feet much.
az was growing worse all the time,
until I took your medicine.
aAfter taking three boxes OF Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Lozenges, the tumor passed from me.
"My health has been better ever
since, can o walk quite a distance
and am troubled no more with palpita-
ton of the heart or bloating. l rec
ommend your medicine to all sufferers
from female troubles"
It is hardly reasonable to suppose
that any one can doubt the efficiency
of Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medl-
cine in the face Of thu tremendous vol
ume of testimony.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Boiled wheat is a food much relished

Boiled wheat is food much relished.
Feed night meal an hour before
dusk.
Proper feeding means health and
profit.
Good stock almost always finds quick
sale.
Be very careful to keep the feed
troughs clean.
Beans are a good feed because they
are heterogeneous.
Undulating land is better for the
growth of crops than a level soil.
Green bone is a valuable food for
growing chicks and matured fowls.
Ground oats, tcornmeal and bran
constitute prope: foods for poultry.
Filthy quarters produce sickness,
and sick hens will not produce eggs.
STEPPED clover, mixed with tho
morning hash, IS q great egg pro-
Queer.
Ten henSin q house 1Ox1O feet are
enough. Tie yard should be at least
ten times as large as the floor Of the
house.
On the average, perhaps it costs us
about 81 a head to feed our poultry
for a year; therefore the hen has to
lay about 100 eggs to pay for her
keeping. It is only after that that the
clear profits come in.
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A Substitute For Suet.

It is often supposed that the vege-
tartan cook must be at a disadvantage
for want of suet. What is the merit
of suet? Simply this. that it presents
fat in a fbrous form letting it out
gradually into the mixfure os ~-hlch,iA
forms a part. Exactly ne SAND re-
suit is achieved when bread crumbs
re saturated with butter or oil. A
ships cook, when making plum duff,
knows this secret, and sops up oil
with biscuit crumbs, which he incor-
porates with the dough. Another
mode is to add o little washed and
soaked tapioca to the paste used for
boiled buildings.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Beautifying Stone Heaps.

If you have an unsightly stone heap
in a corner of the yard, especially if
1t is under a tree, make it beautiful
with ferns and vines. Fill the crew.
ices with earth from the woods, and
take up now, the just uncoiling ferns
and pack them firmly in the inter
stlces. Plant tr~adescantia, myrtle or
perlwinkle, orthonna and other vines
to grow among the ferns and you will
have something pretty in midsummer.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
History Of the Wedding Ring.


A long time ago the wedding ring was
worn on the forefinger, and was thickly
studded with precious stones. Peo-
pie who have seen the old pictures Of
the Madonna in Rome will remember
that in one OR two Of them there is a
gllstcning ring on the f%orefinger of her
right hand, but with Christianity came
the wearing Of the wedding ring on the
third finger rather than the first. The
old story Of there being a vein that runs
from that finger to the heart Is non
sense. It's use originated in this way:
The priest first put 1t Oh the thumb,
saying: I'm the name of the Father"
on the forcfinger, adding, "In the name
of tho Son." on the second finger, re-
peating, "In the name Of the Holy
Ghost" and OF the third finger, ending
with "Amen," and there 1t stayed.-Sat-
turday Evening Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Intensive Farming in Kansas.

Ia AiAlsoSs
In the Introductory to the report of
the Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Secretary Coburn says: "Kansas
farmers are learning year by year that
their business, if profitable, must be
so conducted that it is not the mere
playing of a game of chance with the
weather or with a single crop; that q
somewhat diversified, and yet not too
scattering agriculture and a studying
Of and adaptation to climatic condi-
tions, the demands and the markets
are essential mot more, perhaps, but
as much) in Kansas as elsewhere.
Those who most fully recognize these
conditions and most intelligently re-
spond to their inexorable requirements
are realizing a fair or large prosper
ity. Others who per%sistently defy or
deny them are ready to declare that
farming is no longer a source of
profit, that farmers are slaves ofsthose
in other pursuits, and that the times
are politically, financially and morally
out of joint. Although no vocation is
all pleasure or all profit, the men who
conduct the business of farming with
the same energy and skill as the sue
cesful merchant Or professional man
will reap the same and, as a rule, a
greater and more certain measure of
reward; the time has passed, however,
if it aver existed, when fortunes were
made by unsKilled owners of farms,
large or small, anywhere. Convincing
proof of either proposition can be
found in almost any n of the 105
counties in Kansas. Muscle, to win,
must be fabricated with brains"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
He Should Carry 1t on His Head.

Wife-"How do you suppose the
ostrich can be so silly as to stick his
head in the sand and imagine that no.
body can see him?"
Husband-'sI suppose he does not
reckon on any women being around to
catch sight Of the natural millinery he
carries with him. Harlem Life.
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TUMOR EXPELLED.
Unqualified Success Of Lydia q.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

Mrs. ELIZABETH. WHEELocK, Magno-
liza, Iowa, in the following letter de-
scribes her recovery from a very criti-
cal condition:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have been
taking your Vegetable Compound, and
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
How to Drape a Piano,

If there is an upright piano in the
room, do not jam it stifly against the
wall. Put it crosswise, almost in the
middle Of the floor. Hang a piece ct
tapestry or a portiere over the back,
place a box on the floor behind it, put
some cushions Oh the box and you
have the latest thing, the "piano seat"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
THEY MINED IN A S
Lost Only Their Labor and $40 Apiece
in Six Months Operations.

IL 1 -
Every one who had yer been in
Alaska of curse began at the opening
Of the Klondike craze to relate personal
experiences which In some way or
other had connection with the subject
Of gold mining. Many of them had q
chance to make a fortune, II they had
only known, and others saw millions,
more or less, taken out of the ground
with a broken shovel, and the man
whose only capital it was come back to
the States and live happily ever after
ward. But in spite of the ingenuity
which has been put into the manufac-
ture of these stories, there Is an orig
inal flavor to one told by a soldier at
present located in the United States
army in this city.
1t was in 1880, when he was in the
navy, that he was stationed on a vessel
near Sitka. There was considerable
gold being taken out near there, and an
enterprising Spectator got hold OF a
party of marines OF the ship and In
duced them to buy his mine. There
were 100 of them who finally went into
the scheme, and they paid $40 each for
their new source of wealth. There was
always a good deal of spare time on
their hands, and they easily secured
permission to use this In working their
claim. For six months the soldiers dug
quartz by day and dreamed of sudden
wealth by night. All were confident of
being able to retire from the service
with comfortable riches, and looked
sadly on the poor officers, who would
have to keep on soldering all their
lives, not being in the scheme.
At the end Of six months they had a
large pile Of quartz, and, loading it into
all the old barrels, bags and provision
cases they could find, they sent 1t by
ship to the nearest crushing mill. Then
followed weeks of waiting till the re-
turns should come, and al air Of sub
dued Importance grew in each man
who expected at any time to be Inform
ed that he vas worth thousands of dol
lars. At last the ship came which
brought the returns from the consign-
ment, and the gallant hundred gathered
around the treasurer of the company to
hear how much each was now worth.
That individual opened the. message,
and q grim smile froze on his face as
he went through a short calculation on
the back of the envelope.
"Gentlemen," he said, you each owe
the sum of ten cents to the steamship
company hat carried the quartz. The
gold in it was just $40 short Of the
freight charges"
And then he passed his hat. while
one of their number sought out the
ships chaplain to lead In a short SER
vice.-Springfeld Republican.
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How Moths Are Bred

On coming in from the street do
not hang up in the closet the gown
that has been a great assistance to the
street cleaning department. The
darkness and heat of a closet are all
the incubators moths are looking for.
The gowns should be shaken we'll,
on a balcony, if possible, or out of a
window, anyway, to get rid of the
dust and filth gathered in the streets.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Beauty Is Blood Deem.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimples,. boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, Csc, SOC.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Girls in Sicily.

In some parts Of Sicily the birth Of a
girl is looked upon as such a misfortune
that a black flag is hung out of the
window to proclaim the sad event.
Having to be supported by the family
as long as they are unmarried, and be-
ing obliged to dover the bridegroom,
girls are looked upon as expensive
luxuries. Boys, OF the other hand, are
very soon self-supporting, and when
the time comes for marrying increase
the family wealth by bringing home q
bride and her dot. The girls live in
~seclusion, are most kindly treated, and
at the age Of fourteen or sixteen they
are disposed Of in marriage On q purely
financial basis.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Adelina PATHS Bravery.

When quite a little girl Madame
Adelina Patti once saved a compan-
ions life. She was living In New York
at the time, and when out on a country
excursion with some young friends, one
of the party, slipping on the edge Of a
river, fell into a deep pool. The future
queen of song at n sprang in after
her, succeeded in reaching the drown
ing girl and chung with her to a float
ing log. Buoyed up in this way, the
two girls foated down stream, and
were saved.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
To Cure a Cold in One Dav.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
Useless Advice.-Wiggles-My physi-
clan has ordered me never to lake &C
tive exercise after a hearty meal. Was-
gles-Well, what Of II? W1ggles-1
board.-Somerville Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

is praises. 1t
has done won.
lers for me in
relieving me
of q tumor. ".
My health
has been poor
forthree years.
Change of life
was working
= upon me. J
y was very
much bloated
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

A writer in the Engineering Maya
zine estimates that the Transvaal con
tains twice as much gold as has ever
been mined in California.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

Powderly's nomination was confirm
ed without any hitch. ANY name which
Is three-fourths powder commands in
slant respect nowadays.
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The hinges Of true friendship never rust.
1t is better to be lonely than to be bored.

It would astonish you to know how much
the death rate Of Teething Children has de-
creased In all the large ciGies since oh. MOI
FETI'S~ TEETHINAl tEETHING POWDERS)
have been used. T~EETHINA Aids Digestion.
Regulates the Bowels, makes teething easy.
and should be given by all mothers.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
As Fetal es War.

The sudden changes Of climate en-
countered by soldiers when troops are
moved from quarter of the world to
another are estimated as increasing the
annual mortality Of Europe by co. 900
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

Restful Rogers Bringing suburban
ties door-bell at l a. m.)-'Scuse me,
pard-but me and Weary Willy and
Dusty Rhodes and Frosty Fagin IS
a-tryin' ter sleep out in your barn,
and wouldn't yer be kind enough ter
chloroform dat kid, or put him under 4
tub. or do suthin' to i'm ter make i'm
stop yellin' so Internal ~loud?-Puck.
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He-Do you know when you get a
bad coin? She-Certainly I do. How
do you know?' "Why, the man I Of
fer 1t to refuses to take it."-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days Use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve estorcr s2trial bottle md treatise free
On. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 9l Arch ST.. Phila, Pa.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many a doctors Bills. F. HARDY, Hopkins
Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec.2, 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

Watts-Bix1ey is a sad wag. Potts
Especially when none will laugh ut his
jokes.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

Educate Your 10 With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOc. Csc. II c. C. fail. druggists refund money.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

NO American cat can equal the chinese TOM
tom for noise.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething,~ sottcns the gums, reducing infanlma-
flor, allays pain, cures wind collie. PIG. a bottle