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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
Poultry Notes.

Don't feed too much. Fat hens are
inactive and do not lay.
Watch with care the young turkeys
or they may wander away and become
lost.
let the hen work for all she gets
ond Won will soon have her laying
eggs.
Millions of lice are being bred every
dav and how many of them 90 you
breed?
Save the small potatoes for the
chickens and do not leave them to 60
to waste in the patch.
If the ducks are loosing their feath,
ers. pick them, and you will be well
paid. DO not let them waste thell
feathers.
Lime, either dry or as whitewash,
is the most excellent disinfectant tna'
can be used in the poultry mousse
Daub every single thing with It,
"Crowding is foe to thrift. How
true is this maxim. When farmer
once learn that flock OF twenty
five hens will be more profitable thai
a flock of one hundred they will i'm
! more ready cash in the business
Crowded quarters invite disease gro
lice. make hens unprolitic, and 500
make the venture financial failure.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
The Archbishop's Check.

Here is q capital story about the
Archbishop OF Canterbury he Wished
sometime ago, to make improvements
in his palace at Lambeth, including
The decoration of his reception hall.
He asked an architect to submit 10
him designs for this work. This art,
lat was one of the most distinguished
;uLondon. He presented his plans,
which were greatly admired. Some
tims afterwards the archbishop asked
tho architect what was due him Tor hif
Wv; Soo;@ns, zone hundred and twenty
Ave bounds, my lord" was the answer
zone hundred and tWenty-nv'
pounds /" protested Dr. Temple pie,
sYou certainly have not consiaefe'
that many of my clergy do not t'n get a
much as that in "a year fara s
me-, !" replied the architect, seriously
m .sell nv associates will tell you tina
in my profession 1 count as an are el
hishop :" Indeed" replied the arel
bishop, .'then one cannot pay you, TO
much p And he signed the chech'-
st. James's Gazette.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
KANSAS MANS ROYAL KISS.
Dave Leahy Says that the Empress u
Austria Touched His Lips.

Dave Leahy Says that the Empress u
Austria Touched His Lips.
Hon. Dave Leahy of Kansas was
once kissed by the Empress OF AUS
tria. who was assassinated at Geneva
Mr.. Leahy is 40 years old and the EN-
nress Elizabeth was 81. Twenty
eight years ago she was the most DILL
liant and beautiful woman in Europe
and the most accomplished and dar-
inc horsewoman. At that time Leahy
was handsome youth of II years.
his hair black and curly. The Elm
nress did not dream there was such
lad as Young Dave on the globe, but
he was hero worshipper and mad
long admired her on her periodical
} trips to Ireland, and had been thrilled
bv hearing of her adventures in tol,
lowing the hounds over valley ana
5 moor-the most venturesOme rider III
the chase.
: One day young Dave was stretched
nv the roadside on his fathers farm IN
Limerick county, Ireland, porns
y over books, as was his custom, when
> there was heard all at once great
% Gathering of horses hoofs and the
y having of hounds. 1t was fox hunt'
20 and the boy knew what that meant
l. He tried hard to get out of the way,
Ill but the party had rounded sharp
~ curve and was upon him before he
10 could reach place of safety. In
gu fash he caught sight OF woman,
" wondrously beautiful, mounted on a
III coal black horse. Then he knew thae
no the horses hoofs had struck him, and'
~ curiouslv enough, he began to wonder
We why the blow had not killed nlm'
OF Then he lost sight of things earthly.
en- The party halted, turned and came
lts back to where the lad was lying. The
:, lady, who was no less q parsonage
tne than Elizabeth, Empress OF AUSTRIA
OF dismounted and helped to raise Leany
IN m from the ground. With her own deIi
mt, cate lace handkerchief she wiped th'
neo blood from his face and coaxed hin
up back to consciousness. Then sh
'ay. kissed him and expressed profoun
the reoret over the accident and hoped h
pid- 49, ea not bnrt badly. After being al
rom sured that he was not seriously IL
y IN iured, the Empress pressed piece, {
yea money into his hand, mounted NJ n,
up horse. and rode slowly away with u
men party. All these years heahy III
the kent the coin as lucky talisman, al
der, one of the brightest of his cherlshe
orea boyhood memories is that day IN ia
lngs off Ireland when he was kissed by
oN Empress.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
The Layman's Tip.

To illustrate the kind of lapse OF
reasoning power from which great IN.
ventors are known to suffer, like that
nrder influence of which Sir. Isaac
Newton cut one hole in wall to let a
cot mass through and then q small
hole for the kitten, an old story IN the
jife Of s. F. B. Morse has been re-
viyed. Long before he invented the
telegraph Morse was known to the
officers of the patent Office as a persis-
tent applicant for patents "nen
his great invention OF distance wri',
inc" was about completed he wanted
the Baltimore & Ohio Railway COM
pany to try it. To get rid of him the
president OF the road turned him over
to a subordinate. This official was
struck with the beauty of the lnven.
ton and became SO interested Al IL
that he sat up half the night discus
sing it with it's inventor. AT lengtn
Morse confessed there was only one
thing which bafaed him. AS long
az the railroad runs" he said, where
roles may be erected, it will be easy
sailing, but when we come to the Dn9
bridges, what is to be done them. "s,
can't erect poles across the stream ana
without them the wire would sag ana
nerbaps break from its own weight:
confess I don't know what to. do'
Can't you suggest way out OF 'he
y dificulty?" a ;,
:, "Why don't you fasten the wires t'
q the bridge?" asked his compaEpion
without moments hesitation f 20
|, a moment Morse gazed at him VIII
d open mouth, aud then exclaimed
10 "Why not, indeed? Why, l neve
le thought of that. It's the very way.
' :, The layman's tip put the hnlSnli
IN touch to the great work OF the gre;
H. inventor, and thus wires came to
IN strung on bridges when crossing lar
or streams.-Chicago Record.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
Pruning Roses.

In the cases of climbing or running
or pillar roses the end desired is as
great an amount of bloom as the plants
are capable of bearing. Such plants
are, as rule, strong growers, and II
the soil fertility is kept up they are
capable of producing an immense
number of good blooms. Perfection
of form and large size of bloom is not
a direct object, as in the case OF hybrid
perpetuals, hybrid teas and Hybrid
tea roses, where close pruning is re-
sorted to to attain such results. How
ever, the gardener or primer must use
his Judgment in regard to the capaclty
of the plant. Knowing the plant TO
i, be of vigorous variety, and in good
condition, as shown by the growth OF
wood of the previous year, it is safe to
assume that it will be able to carry
nearly as much bloom as can set on
the, strong canes and shoots OF inc
last years growth. 1t is always to be
understood that the soil fertility Is
maintained in the highest condition
by, the use of stable manure or artl-
fc;lal fertilizers. The essential prun-
ing, therefore, of climbing roses, IN
the condition mentioned, consists IN
shortening in the long canes by re,
moving some of the smaller growth az
their tips, which was made late IN the
season, and also shortening IN las
e years growth from the older canes
o allowing as many buds to each shoo
I, as, in the judgment of the pruner' ma.
ii be we'll developed the coming season
10 Thus it will be seen that the Work o
q pruning roses demands the exercise o
"a the Judgment of the primer, based o.
t. q knowledge of the plant. But to fo u
N mulate pruning directions as closer
es as possible the following statement
~ may be observed:
" J. Cut away entirely all dead woo
10 and all old canes that are no long,
IL serviceable, and all weak shoots
Is O. Leave as many principal cam
ng as the plant appears capable OF su
ho porting.
M: ne 8. Shorten the principal canes
Nm ~. strong, sound wood. ,
NY 4. Shorten the shoots OF last yea
Se' growth to few buds Jour TO 81
the from which the plant will be able
'ne produce new shoots sufficient to GOV oS
all the whole space Of the trellis' or u
or occupied by the main canes'-'lc
Magazine.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
Setting Posts In the Fall.

liz often difficult to dig post holes
4atall because the ground is then
sadryer aud harder than it usually
aths spring. But this is Offset on
gEet land by the fact that the post
'dug in spring often strikes veins
|fiter one or two feet deep. which
10 that the land needs thorough
|ll'draining before any post fence
eNe depended on. If the post is
I'm the fall it is difficult to SO pack
'oiI around it that much water
winter rains will not sink down
E'lgh the loosened earth, and this
Yang in winter will lift the post
'ot two inches each winter, until
'ai fall over from the weight of top
The slight hold the post has in
'Oa. When ftost once begins to
wa ", post 1t Will not stop until II
lifted the post out unless it is re,
Under the post lifted up is 6
ant space which each fall fills with
sH and freezes. Sometimes when
tiee is made and the posts seem t.
a,sng each winter, the farmer goe'
as the fence with a low wagon, OF
|a he stands so as to strike all tn
aver blows on the top OF the pos
1--WE 1t down. In our experienc
ps,set posts are least likely to b
'@ ont in winter, and if post hole
lug In spring they will sho'
uaiy where underdrains are needed
post hole three feet deep WI
- !, show springs Of water on hie
u mat has somehow been alwa.
and thin, but because it was his
~ vas not often thought to be
Oh understanding America
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
taken away from the COW and fed. II
f,nch p,i1k until II

taken away from the COW and fed. II
should be given fresh milk until it
has we'll learned the manner of drink
ing, when milk may be skinned after
standing twelve hours. 1t should be
warmed to the temperature Of cows
milk when first drawn.
When first trying to teach the calf
to drink, put two fingers in his mouth
and with the right hand gently push
his head into the pail. 1t is natural
for calves to look up for their milk,
and this seems to be the most difficult
part in teaching them to drink. After
they begin to suck the fingers and
draw the milk, the fingers may be
gradually withrawn from the mouth.
Most calves will learn to drink in a
couple of days, but once in a while
there will be stubborn one, and al
though it seems most cruel they have
to be starved to it.
A tin or galvanized pail is better t.
feed calves in than wood. They ar
lighter and easier to handle, may b.
kept clean with much less work, an'
when one wishes to warm the milk
may be poured into the pail and set O
the back part of the stove until war;
enough. When milk is warmed l
cans or pans, it sometimes so adhere
to them that it is almost impossible
get them clean enough to hold mil
again. Agricultural Epitomist.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
sohoo,-Davs in the Old Times.

BOYS and girls of the present day
find the road to learning much
smoother and pleasanter pathway
than did their forefathers. A hundred
wears ago the favorite text in almost
every family was, "Spare the rod ana
spoil the child"
A rawhide or bunch OF blrcn huhS
over the mantel-shelf in many houses
to be used upon the boys Of the fam
;lv the usual rule being that WHIP
ming at school must be followed by
one at home. Those given at school
were usually the more severe: IN
MANY old schools in England the
ssbirch horse",is preserved as a curl,
osity: high, wooden frame shaped
like saddle, on which the Delinquent
was strapped to receive his lashes'
Watson, in his Annals OF Philaael.
nbia. tells us that girls as we'll as boys
were whipped In the academies fol
the gentry hundred years ago.
Other punishments than whipping
uora common. Talking in schoo
was sometimes punished by fastenin!
a frame over the mouth, from whle,
Iolled huge red flannel tongue. Al
. most every school had its ounces cap
v and some of them had "clog, who
a was block of wood that was strappe
to the leg of a truant and worn ou'
side of school.
Dull scholars were often maze
o+ond onen-mouthed under the clocl
!, to he pointed at by their comrades
- - thew marched past. In certain EN-
q lish schools large wicker cage is pr
: saved in which the delinquent WI
h. fastened, the cage being then draw
T.. nv pulley to the ceiling, where
u rssmained until the ill-doer vas fu
~, ~ nosed to be sufficiently punished.
"a The tardy scholar was sometlln
ID forced to march through the stree
ia nreceded by an usher who carried
~ f;ohted lantern, to the amusement
n. the ieering crowd.
va These pnnishments seem barbara
10 and were barbarous when applied
I'D most school delinquents, but the
az are some natures, almost or quite
On void of moral sensibility, gross M
" tally and physically,-that can O
,,ost ba made to see their wrong-doing
ch. severe corporal punishment. II
Oh. are like animals. Their compreh
too sion of guilt is onl y vitalized
49, measured by the acuteness OF the T
inflicted as a penalty.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
The Great Snowy Owl.

The winter or late autumn brings,
at times, visitor from the far north,
the great snowy owl. I came upon
him the other day crouched Ia the
long, dead grass, which whistled IN
the cold wind, while the snow squalls
swept along the far horizon. tie
turned his great black eyes on me tor
a moment and took wing. No bird
that l ever saw has such motive
power; the first flap of his broad
wings sends him far forward or up
ward. He bounds up and swoops
down, turning in any direction with
all the ease and lightness OF the swal.
low. A few seconds and his great
bulk is a speck at the horizon, mo-
ment more and he has vanished, while
YOU stand gazing in wonder at III
grace and speed and power. he Ger
tainly has small reason to forego nj
southern trip; when the arctic white
comes on breadths of latitude can b.
nothing to him. A few days, or
fortnight at most, will allow him t
pass over the stretch that separate
his arctic home from us, and still CIV
him time to stop for rest and feedin
bv the way. His natural vigor an u
power of wing is so great that tn
severe cold of the sub-polar reg lon'
i. and the passage of the great distant {
: that separates 1t from us, are po'
y sustained with ease, evidently, by tn
MAGNIFICENT bird. - From. "Wlnt
Bird in Vick's Magazine.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
Rapid MilkiT ,.

+, common le to suppose
|, faster a is MIXED the
5 the mils product drawn from
lls. 1t is certainly notso until
has been acquired, and the
i Of the hand have been trained
the tessts may be compressed
s:.ld without apparent effort
Ellling and hauling of teat6 which
tsinner usually makes worries
In, and often causes her to hold
!, milk so that no one can rapidly
lit As q rule COWS should be
always by the same person, =. II
lge is made the COW at once dis
b It, and makes the milking
a The operation of milking, II
\ performed, is a pleasure to the
This pleasure promotes milf all
HiOn,so that it is not an absurdlt.
y that o good mixer will &c
milk from a cow at tn
nnking than an unskillful on
Rget though each secured al
lle udder would afford to him o
The change from one mixer t
Rsr is never made without som
Therefore where a large her
VS have to be MIXED, and sewers
lsrs are employed, each mike
lld have assigned to him the COW
Aall milk, instead of milking or
mother Unfortunately. The co
discriminate even if the milk
knot
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
c,oon Poultry House.

!. everything, nests, pel'ches,
4 Pat a pound of sulphurjn an
l.; set it in the middle OF the
4, - q sboyelful of red hot Goals
'I t's the The house up tight aud
j. mi It for two or three hours.
\, should be made tight so as
shs fumes inside. ;, y
], ibis is going on, take all III, inc
N, Mt the nests and burn it, then
k N with hot coal tar;
lspare a good whitewash ana
ph every square of surface ia 10 ,
1 both inside and outside, and
h a complete victory over the
This is the only way that you
ljtvOu are bothered with them;
M spray pump is quite useful
/ tbs wash in the cracks, and q
Ir,bolic acid and coal oil will =
Beneficial when added TO II
Ere you use the better
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19


On tiptoe, very wide awake,
Drawn for moment from her play,
Watching grandmother frost a cake,
Wee Mabel stood one day.
A spell of pensive silence passed,
When by a sudden impulse led,
"My papa says Is dwowing fast,
With artless pride she said.
Then pausing as the future glowed
With promise In her childish view,
"An' dwan' ma, when dit all dWowed,
Den tan fwost cakes, too"
4radmother stopped, and with kiss
Mabel was folded to breast
Whose longings for her future bliss
Lc7e-moistened eyes expressed.
'Dwan'ma," she murmured, nesting there
Her sense of fostering love complete,
81 dess dey's fwostin' on 'ou' hair,
Betause 'ou is so sweet"
Washington Star.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
M,,dred,s CUPS of Cold Water,

Mildred sat under the shadiest tree
she could find that was near the pump.
The shade and the pump were both
indispensable, il was such sizzling
hot day. The sun had baked all Mil,
dreds mud-pies "to a turn" and
they stood in little, uneven rows,
parched and Drowned and crisp, wait
ing to be eaten!
ooh, deary me! how hot it isl"
sighed Mildred, trying to cool her
warm little face on the soft grass.
But even the grass under the shade
tree was hot
"But I'm glad I'm me instead OF a
horse" unused on the little voice;
while Mildred watched wagon come
toiling up the little hill toward her.
"That's Mr.. Cooper's horse, an l
guess he's most melted the way he
looks. He's all covered over with
soapsuds. I'm glad he isn't me-
The poor horse toiled on with droop'
ing head and steaming sides. When
he got to Mildred's pump, he stopped
wistfully; but the trough was empty
"G'lang, Dobbin You can't have
anvil" Mr.. Cooper called Grossly
. "i'm too worn out to get out o this
, wagon again, to say nothin' OF pump
in mess o water! You've got t.
s wait! Glang!"
9 Eyes, oh, do waltz cried Mildred
g jumping up suddenly. For Doool
= had looked down at her with pleadln
s eyes. And, then, s'posing she'd bee
n Dobbin!
is 81 can uncheck him. I'll stand u
on the edge o the trough, she sal
g cheerfully. "And I'll pump. ID
7, looks so thirsty"
at Every time the pump-handle wei
is ND, Mildred went up, too, aud the
came down again on the wooden pa
rk form with steady little thuds. 81
ey could Get more water that way.
he And so Dobbin had his long, &C
drink, and actually went off at brl
he little trot.
he After that good many other pal
nd ing horses came plodding by, WI
he wistful side glances toward the pun
lily and Mildred's clear, pleasant, III
ler voice offered them all drink. Peol
the rarely stopped at Mildred's pump
IL wasn't public waterins-p,aee,
the trough was small and usu'
empty; and perhaps people had TOT
out how hard the pump-handle worl
~ It was hot, hard work. Mildre
n an, face got very red and wet, and
t tIa feet ached with the thuds on the p
Nv form; and her arms oh, deary
,ous how they ached with thepump- nan
mo Between times she rested under
, for shady tree, feeling so thankful III
,;rd heart that she wasn't horse!
't;ra Aunt Winnie watched her from
, ,"a1 invalid chair in the window.
NV un. "Girlie," she said softly, when
ou up. dred went in at supper-time, do
Win w;th know what you have been dong!
3wal- !eS NJ io'o
8 ua' "And giving a 'cup'-a great
h liT beautiful, kind cups-of cold W
y A lilo dear" Aunt Winnie added WI
!, ~ oar, hug.-Annie Hamilton Dome
70 his Zion's Herald.
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Feeding Calves.

y ~ n2tter of feeding calves would
n s1 % be no trick at all; but really
!. health of the calf depends upon
way 1t is fed. Some calves, like
|sI.. s' are small and puny, while
~ y are strong and hearty. The
|'i cali should be allowed to run
as COW a couple of days before
s 70 feed it; but the strong cali,
sucking once, may be safely
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

r. t,opblss in drilling grain
% ' tT;s seed is put in deeper y;
.a ' bs there IS only" small al
a., ,.r SOL soil dropped over It,
n nsd I's 50 loose that some ne.
'i dry weather follows ST. the no
no, at' get moisture enough So to
ao' Sometimes the whole
. soliI much too deeply :, 10
''' an attachment. to the
IN W. devised, which is a
HIM, sSn in the track Of the e
''I and pressing the soil
r., the seed just so soon as
Y. u This leaves the ridge
'.s 10 to the young gram IN III ~
ming, as the ridge Will O'
'b !, by freezing, making
Linz for the wheat, roofs
guy Loovpd ND by alternate
md thawins.
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| ~, Apples for Pigs ,..
N, letter rt to cook t ta,!sn o apP5ss
Sgs.5s' s5HI:''555 : from t the garden F5sn
' ,, wheat hi middlings is
E5S q the "' mes; $. it ~ will! nra m11S
4, Il s s3 S the Pis i for s..t t.;
F I. 9ssr 3n . SIiI and and not liable
!, y tbs frying PAN
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LUMhb.
Of Lowest
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Hiding, 10
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-01
THIRD NOT YET MUSTERED OUT.
Petition That II he Transferred to
Some Point on Jersey Const.

WASHINGTON, ID. G.. August 3l.-(Spe-
cial)-Adjutant-Gen Corbln said to-
night that there was nothing new in re-
gard TO the reported mastering out of the
Third Virginia. There was the usual re-
port floating about to-day that the regi-
ment was to be mustered out immediate
~. The last instalment OF the story came
10 washington tonight from the First
Division headquarters Of the Second Army
Corps at Camp Alger. and was TO the ef-
feet that an officer OF the division had
seen the order. but admitted that 1t had
not yet been announced.
1t appears that the renewal OF the re-
port tonight that the regiment was to be
Immediately mustered out arose from the
fact that there was a sergeant from the
Third Regiment in the city who was the
bearer Of a petition TO Secretary Alger,
praying that the Third Virginia Regiment
be transferred from its present objection
able camp TO some point on the New Jer-
sey coast. 1t would, of course. be a most
agreeable change of location from Camp
Alger TO some point near Atlantic City
where the boys would enjoy the bathing
RICHMOND, FURLOUGH. AND OUT.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, August a.-(Spe-
cial.)-Men just In from Camp Alger con-
firm the statement made i'm my last re-
port-transfer 20 Richmond thirty-day
furlough. and then muster 2ut-but the
Third may not leave Camp Alger until
the last Friday week is the day given.
The entire staff oppose being mustered
out, but nearly all the rest demand It.
MANY MEN SICK.
am told that over sixty Third Virginia
men are in hospital. some very sick. one
man saws there are COO sick there. with
typhoid-fever mostly.
John Cronin. the Philadelphia militia
man who dived into the river after boy,
is dying at the infrmary tonight.