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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-03-23
what Col. Funston Ha" to say.

1t has been said that the high-sal-
aried officers at Manila are not anxious
to have the boys sent home. Here is
what Col. Fred Funston has to say
about his own regiment; lit would
be too rough on the boys who have
given up so much to serve in the ranks
TO have to stay out their whole enlist
ment of two years, and for their sake
hope that as soon as the insurgents
get down off their high horse the vol
unteers will be ordered home and
their places taken by regulars who
are professional soldiers. But l am
afraid we are in for a long time Of it."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-03-23

PARIS MEDICINE Co.,
Gentlemen:--I handle reven or eight diner-
ont KINDS OF Chill Tones but sell ton bottles
OF Groves 10 where / sell one Of tho Others
sold 30 bottles Of Groves Chill Tonic In
one day aud could have sold more II had had
IL on hand Mr. Dave Woods cured hve cases
Of chills with one bottle.
Respectfully.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15

finement we'll. The hens make good
sitters and careful mothers. The
chicks are easily raised and grow rap
idly. When first Matched they are
black, marked with a canary color on
head and breast, which disappears
when feathered. They often retain a
few white feathers in the wings and
on the feet, but these also disappear
if the strain is a good one, after the
sixth month.
The plumage of the grown fowl is a
dense black throughout, with a rich
beetle-green gloss on back, shoulder,
saddle and sickle feathers that is
beautiful to behold when standing in
the suns rays.
The tail is large, we'll spread and
carried we'll up. Hackle full, flowing
and very glossy. Head small for the
size of the bird. Comb single, straight
and evenly serrated. Wattles and ear
lobes are deep rich red. Legs a dark
slate color and feathered to the end of
the outer toe. Bottom of feet and web
between toes, pink. Flesh is light col
or, tender and of good flavor When
killed and dressed at the proper time,
the bodies present a good appearance
on the market stand.
The standard weight for cocks is 9h
pounds; cockerels, 8; hens, 7; and pull
let's, 6 pounds. To sum up, they are
a grand, beautiful and useful fowl;
and to all who like or are compelled
to have a dark plumaged fowl, they
will prove very satisfactory South
ern Cultivator.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
Black Langshans.

The Black Langshan enjoys the
noteworthy distinction of being the
most widely known and most popular
of the black breeds; also, of being the
best adapted to our Southern states OF
all the Asiatic or feather-legged
breeds.
(And also of being the only real
Langshan.- Editor Texas Farm and
Ranch.)
They were introduced into America
in 1878 and admitted to the ''Stand-
ard'' in 1883. On account of their
beauty and many excellent qualities
they were only short while in taking
a front rank among our domestic poul-
try.
In large cities and factory districts
where there is much smoke and SCOT
continually falling, they have become
general favorites with breeders, since
their plumage does not soil readily.
They are a large, stylish breed, very
hardy, and less liable to disease than
any of the Cochin or Brahma class
They are unexcelled as winter layers,
are quiet and gentle, and stand con-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
New Breeds.

There is a lull in the production of
new breeds of poultry that will not
work harm to any one. For a few
years new breeds have been brought
out in great numbers, and have been
praised to the skies by their promoters
until the general public has become
somewhat weary of being told Of the
excellent quality of some made-up
breed, which has not been in existence
more than year. No new breed has
any real claims on the public that is
not to be made for one or more Of the
old ones. Buff Plymouth Rock, Buff
Wyandottes, Columbian Wyandottes,
White Wonders, Black Wonders and
numerous other new breeds have ap-
peared, and great claims are made for
them, but not one. of these breeds has
proved to be better than the older
Barred Plymouth Rocks or the orig
inal WyandOttes. The truth is that
the new breeds are mostly mongrels,
as is proven by the fact that they do
not breed true to requirements. They
are made up by mixing old breeds and
developing something new in shape or
color and this is a work that requires
years of patient effort. Sir John Sc
bright worked thirty years to perfect
the little fowls named after him, and
Joseph McKeen worked a long time to
make Golden Wyandottes what they
are, and it is to his credit that he sue
ceeded so we'll that this variety breeds
closer to the standard than the origin
al Silver WyandOttes evr did. After
being recognized as a distinct breed
for twenty years, the Silver Wyan-
dOtte of today is far from the ideal
bird breeders are trying to get. The
Plymouth Rock is more than forty
years old, but is hard to breed true
yet, and the Brown LeghOrn, the old
est American breed, still throws stock
that is entirely unfit for breeding pur-
poses. This shows how little prospect
there is for satisfactory results from
a new breed in the hands of ineXperi-
enced breeders. The new breeds do
not lay more eggs nor grow to larger
weights than many of the older ones,
and unless, as a mere matter of fancy,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
Cleanliness.

Cleanliness is necessity in success
full poultry keeping, and the neglect
of it results in speedy loss, says an
exchange. One farmers chickens die
of cholera, and have every other dis
ease that chicken flesh is heir to,
while the chickens of his near neigh
Dor are always healthy. This is not
unfreQuently the case in neighbour
hood, and the unfortunate poultry
raiser is unable to discern the cause
of his Dad luck Let us look IN upon
him. There is the hen house which
has not been whitewashed since it
was built, and has not even been
cleaned out for a couple of years.
The roosting poles are covered with
dirt, and it will be a marvel if they
are not covered with vermin. Perhaps
the house is poorly ventilated, and
the fowls are compelled to take in dis
ease every time they draw a breath.
The water furnished them to drink
is foul, and perhaps their food is
thrown into the filth of the yard or
house. Now would it not be miracu
lous If any living thing except vermin,
could live and preserve health amidst
surroundings like these?
All this is different with the neigh
bors whose chickens are healthy and
vigorous. His poultry house is neat
ly whitewashed. The cracks which
serve as lurking places for vermin
are filled, and the poles are scrupu-
lousy clean. Quite likely the smell
of carbOlic acid assures you that man
strives to have everything about his
poultry house clean and pure. There
is nothing offensive to sight or smell
about the premises, and that is the
reason that his poultry is healthy.
Now for the sake of the poultry and
for the sake of appearance, sup
pose we try the cleaning process, and
see what effect it will have upon the
health of the chickens and the profit
of the poultry yard. Probably the
neglect to keep the poultry clean is
the result of that mistaken idea that
poultry does not amount to much any
way. If a single reader is laboring
under that delusiOn, permit us to beg
of him to dispel it at once. Poultry
pays, when it is rightly kept, and the
way to keep it right is to keep it clean.
-Coleman's Rural World.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
To Fruit Growers:

The recent freeze has demonstrated
that it is unwise to plant new orange
or other citrus groves in certain cOun-
ties Of this State. 1t has also shown
cOnclusively that the orange, lemon,
lime and grape fruit trees growing in
lower Brevard and Dade counties
withstOod the cold successfully, Meth
err leaf, branch, bloom or fruit being
injured, thus proving the safety Of
these localities for citrus fruits.
All parties desiring to engage in or
ange growing on the lower East Coast,
and wishing to learn what special in
ducements are offered to those who
desire to remove to that section Of the
State, are invited to correspond with
the Land Commissioner of the Florida
East Coast Railway, st. Augustine,
Florida.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All Druggists refund money Il
it fails to cure. Csc. The genuine has
l.. B. u. on each tablet.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15

the beginner wants to try his hand. it
is best to begin with well-establish-
ed breed-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15

Iowa Farms for sale, So per acre
cash. balance u crop until paid.
Mulhall, Sioux City, Ia.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15

A. G. SMITH Wholesale Produce Commits
~ sion Merchant, Southern
Vegetables, Potatoes, Apples, Peaches, Toma-
toes, Cabbage, Poultry and Eggs. Send for
circular.-55 S. Diamond ST., Allegheny, Pa
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
POULTRY DEPARTMENT.

Address all col. munications to Poultry De-
partment, Box 200, DeLand, Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
The Youths
Advocate,
Nashville, Tenn.

in almost any other Bus. College or Literary
School for a small club of subscribers.
The Youths Advocate is a 16-page journal, read
with interest and profit by people of all ages
Non-denominational. Est'd 1890. Stories and
other interesting matter we'll illustrated. Any
one of the several departments is worth its sub
scription price. It is practical educator we'll
as a high toned literary paper. Endorsed by
State officials, teachers and Others Agents want
ed. Sample COPY sent free. Address as above.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

Spain's protests, complaints and
lamentations have pervaded the whole
course of the negotiations with a per-
sistency which %curiously illustrates
her utter m~isconception Of her own
defeat, says the New York CONNER.
cial Advertiser. She bows to our SUI
perior force, but deems it a cruel in
Fiction; she disdains our greed, yet
takes u money; she looks upon us
as a conqueror without that nice re-
gard for Spanish honor, which, for
sooth, anyone familiar with its his
tory ought to have, and manifestly
suffers from a wounded self-love which
refuses to be healed. So does the
man who fails in business or cannot
otherwise gain the respect and consid-
Grafton for the lack of which he suf-
fers. To him the mortgage Or bond
holder or successful business rival are
offenders against whom he bears a
personal grudge. They have 1eeced
him, dishonored him, ruined him.
That is the way Spain looks at it, not
being aware, evidently, that her own
sloth and corruption have put her out
of the race of nations.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Trains run from Pekin to Tien Tsin,
China, in four hours-the distance
being 1913 miles.
A recent Partisan law compels all
the theatres to have in attendance a
doctor Oh a surgeon during ali the
performances.
The Indian felIah prefers the ancient
pillow, and also the morag, or hay cut
ter, but he does like the modern steam
pump for lifting water.
The house of Capet has the longest
unbroken succession in the male line
from Hugh Capet, king of France in
9s7, to Louis Philippe's abdication in
1S49.
In Prussia Alb school children I'M
der Is years of age have committed
suicide within the space of ten years.
Three hundred and thirty-seven of
them were boys and se~venty-six girls.
1t is said that Saturday has been a
fatal day to the royal family of Eng
land for the last 1875 years. William
III, Queen Anne, George I, George
II, George III, George ", the Ouch
ess OF Kent, the Prince Consort, the
Duke Of Albany, and Princess Alice
all died on hat day.
Two remarkable surgical operations
for the purpose of stopping internal
hemorrhage have been performed by
DR.. Habart of Vienna. In the case
OF a young man who had fred four
slugs into himself, the surgeon cut
into the thoracic cavity, removing one
of the ribs, and stuffed a yard and a
half of iodoform gauze between the
heart and the lungs. The other case,
that Of a man stabbed through the
armpit, was treated in the same way.
Both patients recovered and are now
perfectly we'll.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25
Was This a Roman Soldier, Acts

What must be regarded by the aver
age citizen. with humane and practical
ideas, as a peculiar case of q machine
devotion to s'rules," and an inability
to rise superior to circumstances in a
grave emergency, occurred in the East
ern District the other day.
A man was injured, severely, it ap-
peared, while unloading a truck. A
citizen called to a policeman on the
other side of the street and besought
him to send for an ambulance surgeon.
but the officer refused, on the ground
that it was "of his beat" and "not in
his precinct" The citizen urged that
the man was badly injured and might
be dying, but the imperturbable po-
liceman refused to consider that side
of the question. The danger was "of
his beat" and that was enough for
him. Fortunately, a policeman ap-
peared, eventually, on whose beat the
trouble was, and the injured man
receivedproper care, his wounds being
dressed, though somewhat late. It
might easily have happened that aid
should have come too late through the
strange scruples of the first policeman.
1t would be interesting to know
whether this superconscientious Off
Ger whose name unfortunately is not
known, would have regarded a murder
OF attempt at the same just "ohf his
beat" in the same light. lust it be-
come necessary to establish a sort of
interprecinct force, whose members
are empowered to cross the lines when
ever trouble or danger calls? Or is
it that this man simply did not have a
proper idea of his functions and re-
spolsibilities ? We have all heard of
the Roman soldier at Pompeii, who
wouldn't get off his beat for an earth
quake and a food of lava combined.
Did the policeman believe himself a
Roman colder ?-Brooklyn Standard
Union.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

an presently going to do. You baby
faced fool! Shall chance put int.
your hands what I, Virhoff, have spen
my life trying to discover?'
" L it was whom you surprised las
night. At night l tried to find ou'
if you had discovered the secret fol
which | had toiled in vain, for Iguesset
from the paper that you must be OF
the right track. But T could fine
nothing, SO I brought you and youl
discovery here and mean to kill yor
and keep it,
"'My work is meat and drink t
me; it is the blood, the life of my heart
You-you boy-is it fit that you SHOULD
by accident find out what has been te
me the work of hours and hours of Sc
cret toil?'
"'No, dear young friend; you have
only one more discovery to make, and
...that will be when | once more press
tie knob, and then you will be dead,
deaS, pupil, deadl How droll! and he
laughed shrilly. IL
ma soul A2z4aesa With horror under
the mar Slent eye of the maniac, for
such [ Judged him to Be.
"He quickly opened the notebook
and dashed hastily over the pages.
For a few minutes no sound was heard
W his hurried breathing. l was too
faint with fear to say Il word. Sud.
denly he uttered an exclamation OF
surprise and disgust and threw the
book down.
'But-but,' stammered he, you
have discovered nothing. 1t is all
wrong, all wrong and he paced back
ward and forward in uncomfortable
agitation. At last he stopped, clapped
his hands to his side and laughedloud-
ly in a very forced manner.
"'Ha, hal shouted he, "what a
jest! / believe the boy thinks l am in
earnest! See!' and he pressed another
knob. The electric circuit was broken,
and I jumped down from the table,
free once more. You must allow the
old man his joke said he, still laugh
ing nervously. See, here is your
book
81 cannot tell with what relief I
followed Virhoff upstairs. He still
talked volubly, praying me not to be
offended at his ill-timed jest. [ could
hardly answer him and took the
first opportunity of bidding him good
Zone idea kept coming to me. What
had he meant by saving that I had
made no discovery? Had he, then, de-
tected some error, some weak point?
[ found out, gentlemen, when I got
home, the answer to the enigma, and
the cold sweat came to my brow once
more when [ saw that my life had been
saved by my having, in my hurry, put
wrong book in my pocket. when 1
went to Virhoff's.
"Next day I published my discov-
cry, and the day afterward the news
papers announced the suicide of the
eminent Professor Virhoff, a man re-
lowned alike for his scientific discov-
and for his unfailing goodness
If heart and benignity Of demeanor.'"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

The inroads that women are max.
ing on those professions and indus.
tries that a few years ago were filled
more or less exclusively by men offer
an interesting problem to the sociolo-
gist. The puzzling question is: What
did the elder sisters of these women
do? Girls are now employed as sales
m in many stores that a few years
ago were served entirely by men and
women have even intruded the edito-
rial sanctum and read their illusions
in other parts of the paper than on
the "Woman's Page" The law, med
icine. and ever architecture offer new
avenues for woman's endeavor. LIE
Figaro of Paris is astounded at this
state of affairs in the United States.
and says that the day is not
far off when all positions. save those
of the most arduous toll will be filled
by women. Possibly the most aston
ishing part Of some statistics recently
published on the subject has refer
ence to women accountants and secre-
saries of firms and companies. There
were none, it is said, in 1870; there
are now 43, OH. OF doctors and sur
geons, there are 1882, compared to
527 ten years ago; and Of women
writer's, 1853, compared to 159. As
for women stenographers and compos-
itors, they numbered 7 in 1870. The
number today is $4,000.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
Its circulation.
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"~he St. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd Of
March, 1894, with Tho Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to So a year.
THE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
lsh Of st. Landry is therefore the
ehas rsef,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

The daily reports of suicides, ruined
lives and the like strongly suggest
that we Americans are morbidly in
clined to stake things too seriously.'
obrerves the New York World. For
example, a woman committed suicide
who h~abitually made herself unhappy
over trifes, who on one occasion
"moped for days" over a question of
grammar in which she had been found
to be wrong. At the last she killed
herself because her husband, printer,
was too sleepy to talk to her when he
came home from his work at 2 a.. m.
Another case was recently reported in
which a woman killed herself because
some dish that she had set out to
make had proved a failure. Another
IN which q man committed suicide be.
cause his income was slightly reduced.
Another in which a bright boy, owing
to illness, failed to pass q school OK.
animation and because of his parents
censure hanged himself. Isn't it time
for u schools to cultivate in our chill
dren q sense of humor ? Isn't it Tina
for them to teac-- the philosophy of
hopefulness ? Many . man has con.
fronted despair at night only to find
Q awaiting him in the morning.
Despair is always morbid. Hopeful !
ness is always strength. It is impos.
sibie Tor circumstances to defeat q ca
pable person who faces conditions
courageously. The little things OF
life are really very little. The great
thing is courage. and is all-oonouerin1
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

The Russian author, Biloxi, whose
book, "The Future War;" convinced
the Gear that proportional disarma-
ment is an absolute necessity, says
that the United States are the richest
Of the peoples and their wealth is
growing at a greater rate than that Of
any other nation. He adds, "The
main cause is the absence of militar.
ism"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

Yes, the horse is still in the ring.
The bicycle and the motorcycle and
the trolley may relieve the noble ami
NAL somewhat, but they can never dis
place him altogether either for orna-
mental or useful purposes.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25
: LOUISIANA.

Soudan is to have a newspaper and
I'll modern improvements. The prin-
:lpal Improvement now in contempla-
lion is the inability to set anything to
drink.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

Out in Missouri the other day a
man who was fined $40 for beating
his mule was fined So the next day for
beating his wife. Justice evidently
works on a sliding scale out there.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

An Army and Navy club has been
organized at Manila. This is quite in
line with the good American rule to
make yourself as comfortable as pos
sible under all circumstances.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25
BY AND BY.

Down the stream where the tide is clearer,
Further on where the shores are fair.
Are the gracious forms we would rain be
nearer,
The names We breathe in the voice Of
prayer.
Be the voyage long. they will be the dearer
When after a while we shall greet them
there.
Further on, where the tide is clearer.
Down the stream where the shores are fair.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-25

By and by, when the sun is shining,
After a while. when the skies are blue,
When the clouds unfold their silver lin
ing
And the peaceful isles DRIFT into view,
We shall free our tongues from dull repin-
ing.
And our hearts with the joys or youth
renew,
After ii while, when the sun is shining,
BY and by. when the skies are blue.
-Nixon Waterman. in Chicago Journal.
Washington sentinel., 1899-09-02
A Missouri Straw.

Tue election Of Judge Shackel-
ford as Mr.. BANDS successor in
Congress from the Eight Missouri
District by a majority greater than
that given to Mr.. Bland last year
is a significant event.
The Republican candidate con-
stantly announced from the stump
that the Administration and its
Philippine policy were on trial, and
that his defeat would be condem-
nation by the people OF the Presi.
dent and his policy. Judge Shack
elfordstood upon platform which
declared that I'VE are unreservedly
opposed to the militarism and i'm
pGrialism OF President Mckinley.
We want no empire. We are will
ing to stand by the old Republic" I"
He is radical an,i-imperialist, and
favors getting out of the Philip
pines as quickly as possibl-. The
returns show that the Democratic
gains are heaviest in the strong
Republican districts where the
issue oi Imperialism was most
sharply drawn.