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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
OPELOUsAs LA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1900 ON
L1FE-sAv1NG DEVICE.
Fmvented by q Californian and TeRts
ed Successfully by British Cav
ernment officials.

A life-saving device of novel COM
struction has been tested by the Brit
ish government at Grayesend, with
seemingly highly satisfactory results.
1t is the invention of a Californian,
and, unlike the generality of life
belts and cork jackets, it is capable
of supporting more than one person
in the water.
The invention tried at Gravesend,
says the Golden Penny, fits closely
to the upper part of the body and can
not he shifted except by the inten-
ton of it's wearer. Moreover, nearly
every bit of it is buoyant. In APP
pearance it closely resembles waist
coat without buttons. Down each side
of the back, in about the place occu-
pied by the side seams in a woman's
dress, are two slender rubber bags.
These are furnished with valves and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
Oleo as d Fnf Raflon.

We wonder whether fhe writer's
who urge the use Of oleo as a. worthy
food product have ever really eaten
it for any considerable period. Tbs.
writer lived for nearly two years with.
Q cooperative colony in a southern
state. The native butter was scarce
and of miserable quality, our dairy
was in an embryonic state, and from
motives OF economy 1t was not
deemed practicable to. buy good
northern butter. So we tried to com
tent ourselves with oleo as a fat ra-
ton. Scarcely one individual out sof
300 ever professed to like il, and many
eases Of sickness, treated by resident
physicians, seemed to be directly
caused by eating the oleo.-Rurai
New Yorker.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
Buy Nothing Buf the nest.

Patranize the nursery, local or other
wise, that gives you the very best stock
for the money-and don't object To pay
ing good price for first-elass tree,9
but don't buy from an agent send di-
rect to the nursery. Buy Of only well
established nurseries that have good
local and favorable national reputa-
tons. Where apple trees or any other
kind of fruit trees are planted the
planter wants to be sure he is NOT maxi
ing a mistake wants. to know that he
is planting trees that are true to name,
Of good vigor and thatwi11 do their part
if he will do his. We do not advise dis
elimination against the local nursery
man if he has good goods, fair prices
and honest methods Of selling, and fin
your locality the nurseryman tries to
serve his customers faithfully, gives
them what they pay for and knows how
to grow frst-closs stock, then do bust
ness with him. Farmers Voice.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
To Preserve old Letters.

Here is a unique method Of saving
old letters. A youthful bride has
been trying to bring herself to
burning up her love letters. They
lad accumulated during the years
IF her engagement to such an ex-
tent that to save them all was
out of the question. and to burn them
was ont of the question, too. Instead,
She has torn them. painstakingly, into
mall bits and changed them into an
embroidered covered pillow. It's a
suggestive idea, and might be util-
zed in preserving all sorts Of old let
;ers and manuscripts.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
T,.er-snntinu q, wheels

The latest use to which bicycles have
been applied is tiger hunting. A paper
published in British India gives an ac-
count of this startling innovation. A
pig, it appears, was carried away by a
tiger from coffee estate in Castle.
wood, in the state Of Johore. 1.-THE news
having been sent to Johore," runs the
report, the sultan's trackers were Out
on bicycles by midday and located the
tiger in some low shrub within half a
mile of the shed. The sultan himself
rode out at four o'clock, and after a
short beat of half an hour large tiger
was driven out of the shrub and fell to
one well-placed shot by the sultan
through the tigers forehead"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
G1RnL1NG GRAPEVINE.

Tools used by the New YorlsAstate sta
girdling grapevines, and appear
ence of girdled vines.
ting back new growth on ringed arms
gave the fruit betterauality. The effect
of ringing deyitalizes somewhat, but
judiciously practieed even the cumula-
tive effects on strong-groWing kinds
need not be disastrous.
Growers have found that the best re-
suits are obtained by doing the work
when the grapes are about one-third
grown, the exact time depending ON
the season and variety. The operation
may be performed with a knife. but,
where ringing is extensively engaged
in a tool designed for the purpose is
used.
The accompanying figure Is ex-
planned below the cut itself.
The same station explains the reason
of the effects on the fruit, as follows:
The food materials taken in by the
roots pass up through the outer layers
of wood to the green parts of the plant.
Here new material for growth is.
formed and the portion that is nos
needed by the leaves and other green
parts passes downward, for the most
part through the inner bark, to be dis
tribufed wherever it is needed. The.
wood is not disturbed in the process Of
ringing, therefore the upward move,
ment of the solutions is not interfered
with; but since the downward passage,
takes place through the inner bark the
flow is arrested when it arrives at the
point where the bark has been removed.
Consequently the parts of the plant
that are above the point where the ring
Of bark has been removed receive more
than normal supply Of food, which
tends to produce increase il size and
esrlier ripening OF the fruit. Ohio
Farmer s
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
GIRDLING GRApEVINEs.
turity and Improve Size and
Quality of Grapes.

The process of girdling grapevines
to hasten maturity, increase the size
and improve the qualityof grapes has
long been extensively practiced in the
Lake Erie archipelago. The New York
state experiment station has made
many experiments showing Varying res
sHlts on different Rindssof@ grapes. On
Empire State both bunch and berry
were larger and began to ripen p days
earlier than on the unringed. Other
varieties showed little or no effect.
Thin-skinned kinds ike the Worden
had the. tendency to crack increased.
Delaware seemed to lose quality. Gut
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
RATE OF NAIL GROWTH.
1T Is Influenced by External and In-
ternal Conditions, by Climate
and Disposition.

A considerable divergence of opinion
nails grow. Bean gives as rule that
the nails of the hand grow one nm.
per week. At this rate the nails, which
average Is nm. in length, would take
los days to grow out. Dufour gives
121 to 1873 days. The fact is, the pace
of growth varies very much, not only
at different ages, but in different indi-
viduals of the same age. Influenced
by many external and internal condi-
tions, the pace also varies in the same
person from time to time. A few OBJ
seryations will be submitted to the
notice of the readers as to the growth
of finger nails in men at different ages.
At 81 years the nail was replaced in
1876 days, at 81 years in 159 days, at SO
years in S8 days, at IS years in 11o days,
at 81 years in 144 days. It is curious
that in this growth the swiftest grower
was a tuberculous subject who had a
sharp attack of blood-spitting during
the observation. Sea air is said to
quicken the growth of the nails, pro-
found grief has been credited with the
power of destroying them. A valuable
point of diagnosis is afforded by the
growth of the finger nail. In distfn-
gushing between true paralysis Of
centric origin and the various pseudo
paralyses of hysteria which sometimes
so closely simulate organic disease, it
is well to remember that the growth OF
the nail is modified by most of the CEN
trio LESSONS, while its development is
not affected by hysteria. It is asserted
that intracranial hemorrhages arrest
the nail growth.-Edward Blake, in
Study of the Hand
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
The Queens Zee Chest.

The stores OF ice at Windsor, os-
borne and Balmoral castles are very
large. At Windsor there is storage
room for about 500 tons. There the
supply is obtained from the lake be
meath the north terrace, from Frog.
more and Virginia water. Ice IL
not only 1avishly used in the royal
kitchen, but also for reducing the
temperature of her majesty's apart,
ments in hot weather. Then it il
packed in pretty wooden buckets and
stood in the freplaces.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
is A GOOD DRESSER.
Mrs. McKinley's Gowns for This Win.
ter Are Said to BE Beautiful
and Becoming.

Mrs. Mckinley, cur presidents wife,
is, as everyone knows, a great invalid,
and her husbands devotion to her is a
beautiful example, which viii go down
in history. She has excellent taste in
the choice of her gowns. She receives,
almost always, seated in large arm
chair, so has her dresses made that the
front effect is always good, and her
trains are so arranged that there is not
too much fullness at the top of the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
RIDING HOME.

my feet's tired" said little Richard,
When walking out one day.
You'll have to carry me, papa,
All the rest of the way"
"Why, you're too big to be carried"
Said papa. where's your pride?
If you can't walk an. farther.
Just take my cane and ride"
Be the steed Dick mounted quickly
And galloped off with glee.
"Riding is eastern walking,
I'll soon get home" said he.
--Lida G. Tulloch. in Youths Companion
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
Beers AND the bicycle.

The Beers, who are now attracting
SO much attention, are very arbitrary
In their dealings with all but their
own race. In Johannesburg the po-
lice do not allow native Kafirs to ride
q. bicycle. There is no law against it,
bat the Beers say it don't look right. =
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
HONS Hatch the Eggs.

In China hens are employed to hatch
fish eggs. These are sealed in an egg
shell and placed under the unsuspect-
ing hen for few days. The contents
of the she'll are then:emptied into shall
low pool, where they can bask in the
sunshine until the minnows are strong
enough to be. turned into, q lake on
Eiver.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
shipping Trust In England.

The consul of the United States at
Birmingham reports as an unusual
event in Great Britain the beginning of
IN inquiry By the board Of trade of
that city into the shipping trust, which
Is said to be injurious to British in
tlstry
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
CACTI IN A BOTTLE.
Will Grow without Air or Water,
and Flourish After Being Sealed
For Five Years A a

A new method. of 80 g ,cacti has
been discovered in Sbotanical gar
dens of BerI Is SO simple and
easy s5he need be without at
leas he cactus in the sitting
lor. All that is required
s a 80 bottle, little rich earth
md few cactus seeds that can be
bought of any florist for a few cents.
Bottles in which creme de menthe or
some of the other cordials usually
come are well adapted to this purpose
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
MAGICAL TIMEPIECE.
Interesting Specimen of Theological
Machinery Exhibited by New
York JeweIer.

In the window of his establishment a
jeweler has placed clock face which
tells the hour of the da%asays the u&Sw
York Herald. The ha pAs to be
connected in no manHs he works
or any part of the clod and yet they
move around the face s Vas to always be
in the proper place to II the time. A
look at this clock cor Is to the OBJ
server the idea that thereRre only dial
and two indices made of aluminium.
The minute hand is left the natural col
or of aluminium, but the hour hand is
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10

use of an ordinary bicycle pump or by
the mouth.
At the FROM tDaeh larger
air bags. Che size and
shape of 3gces of mans
vest. also furnished with
valves in be inflated. There
are thu Bur separate air compart-
ments the coat, any one of which
is ind &ndently able to buoy up the
body of the wearer. The coat fas-
tens by snap hooks which engage with
galvanized iron rings. The coat is
held down and prevented from rising
over it's owners head by two canvas
straps which pass between the legs
These also are fastened by snap
hooks.
q The entire apparatus can be put
on in 25 seconds. It weighs four
pounds. In compartments attached
to the front of the coat there can be
kept five days supply of hardtack.
Another compartment will carry lib
eral SUP aly of fresh water, while still
another will contain whisky or some
other stimuIant The food compart-
ments are perfectly water-tight, yet
the supply of hard-tack is easily ac-
cessib1e One or more cakes can be
removed without danger of wetting
the others.
Provision is made at the side for
the attachment of six small water
tight tubes. Each of these contains
signal flare, which will ignite when
it is brought in contact with water.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
skirt and yet enough to hang il grace

skirt and yet enough to hang il grace.
full folds about her.
Mrs. McKinley's gowns for this win
ter are in excellent taste. She has one
of silver-gray peau de sole, which is a
sort of heavy ribbed silk, with hardly
any luster. The skirt has a long train.
and all up the front And on both sides
are bands of beautif4 steel embroidery,
with saaazA sin. hgles. The ba&R
!: s:.;:!!! &: :: ~ !! ]
jabot of real lace. It is made surplice,
with long, tight-ftting sleeves, which
fall well over the hands.--Demorest'a
Family Magazine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
4 Currency Rejection.

john Quarterdollar and Nancy Nicol
were married at Province, R. 1.-the 9th
er dsy. How like 80 cents they must
sael.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
stomach Worm I'm Lambs.

The stomach worm in lambs is often
cause Of serious trouble, which ec-.
ours in the fall, sometimes in septem-.
Der, but more frequently not until later.
The worm is about three-fourths Of an
inch long, scarcely larger than d thread
Of cotton. The remedy advised for.
them at meeting of the Wisconsin
sheep growers was to keep the lamb
without food until its stomach was.
empty, then give a mixture Of four.
ounces Of raw 1inseed OIL and two or
three tablespoonf1ls Of benzine or gas
Dline. When this works off 1t will ex-
pei the worms, often in considerable
numbers.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10

can be inflated with afr either by ths
use of an ordinary bicycle pump or by
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10

BY the way, isn't this a good record
TO establish? Nobody buys an animal
twice of any but an honest man who
does right by him.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-23
Cosstine on Snow-Shoes.

In Russia one OF the great winter
sports is coastIng. AS the snow shoes
in use in that country are long. mar
row strips OF ash wood, the wearer of
them is able to slide over the snow
whenever he has occasion to descend
n slope. An English sportsman thus
describes how he attempted a coast"
of this kind: | found a most fascinat-
ing hill. long and not too steep. At
the bottom was a river-frozen over.
OF course-some ten yards in width
should have to turn at right angles,
and run along the level surface OF the
ice, in order TO avoid darling up the
opposite bank and slipping down again
backward. I shot the hill very sue
cessfully, reaching the river with a
terrific impetus: but could not turn
to the left quickly enough. and was
carried with irresistible force straight
up the bank opposite The impetus
took me several feet up the steep in
cline. but when at last my shoes
abruptly ceased to move. | fell back
ward. Being on steep slope, my
head rested much lower than my feet.
and as these were in snow-shoeS, was
quite unable 70 recover myself. When
] realized this fact. chill ran through
my frame. What in the world should
do? Must l really lie there and
starve? ! should certainly freeze TO
death long before the keepers could
track and release me. For many min
utes my frantic exertiOns were unavail-
ing. and l was seriously losing heart,
when fortunately the instep-strap of
enc OF the shoes gave way. Having
got one shoe off. | succeeded after fur
Their violent struggles in freeing myself
OF the second. Since that day ] have
been careful how | shoot hills with
narrow rivers at the foot
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-23
enhi How HAPPY ] Am"

"HOW HAPPY / AN to be able -
say that | am free from pain after Sse
years of severe suffering from nsI-
raigia," writes Mrs. Archie Young. 1871
Oaks avenue, West Superior. Wis. =!
am so thankful TO be able TO say that
your 8 Drops is the best medicine
ever got in my life. When | received
1t from you last November. used some
of it right away. The first dose helped
me. Ii is Impossible 10 tYp'ain how !
vas suffering from neuralgia. Thought
70 one could get worse and That death
would soon come | was very Wear
and | hardly thought | could live To
see my husband come baIk from his
daily labor. Now ! can say that | ain
free from pain. my checks are red, my
appetite is good and | sleep we'll a.
night. Many OF my friends are snr-
prised. and say they will send FOR soma
3 Drops" Sample bottles OF IN :
wonderful remedy 25c. large bottles.
containing 300 doses s100 Fox II
formation write Swanson Rheumat. e
Cure Co. 164 L. Lake street. Chicago.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-23
Snakes In Washingtos.

The theory that snakes do not leave
their winter quarters until spring has
been disprOyed in Washington. This
morning an engineer crawled under
the big brick building now being con-
structed for the census bureau, and
hearing a Kissing sound. which he
thought was caused by escaping steam.
held his lantern well In front of him
and saw a large water moccasin. The
snake was very much excited. and
darted his tongue at the engineer. who
beat retreat. The engineer had some
difficulty in persuading his fellow
workmen that he vas sober. and the
foreman went under the building To
investigate. He came out quickly with
the information that there were hun
dreds Of snakes there. None Of the
gang cared to make further eXamina
ton. and the snakes were not dis
turbed. II is supposed that the snakes
came from the old Tiber Creek sewer,
which is near the census building, and
that they were warmed into wsksful-
ness by the steam pipes placed unde'
the new structure.-New York Sun.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-23
MADE WILLS
Leaving Her Wealth To the Relatives
wherever She Went

Several years ago. said New Or
leans lawyer, chatting about queer ex-
periences in his profession, "a woman
died in this city who to my certain
knowledge had made at least % differ
ent wills. OF course there are people
In the world who have a mania for
will-making, just as there are man!as
in other directions. but there was a
distinct method in this woman's mad
ness. She made her numerous wills
for the deliberate purpose OF exciting
cupidity and then profiting by it, and II
the true story of the curious compli-
cations growing out OF that policy
could be written it would form an as
tonishins chronicle of greed and du-
plicity. To begin with, she had a
couple OF pieces of improved property
worth perhaps $4,000 and a lot of
personal belongings which were mere
junk and rubbish. but which she valued
at a fabulous figure. Between the
two she was reputed to be worth from
$4,000 to $4,000. and there was much
Jealousy as 10 prospective succession
among lot OF distant relatives The
old woman would take up her quar-
tiers with some particular set of her
kin and make viii in her favor.
Needless TO say. she would be treated
with every consideration. but she was
very iraScihie, and invariably so, into
quarrel III the course of n few
months and moved somewhere else,
where the same program was repeated.
She spent years of migrationS OF that
sort, going the rounds OF her relatives
several times and camping temporarily
with numerous personal friends. When
she finally died Ii was found that her
last authentic VIII left the coveted
property 10 a niece who had shown
her scarcely any attention a; all. and
the wall o. rage and disappointment
that arose was something simply ter
rife. / dare say she engendered more
family bitterness when she was alive,
precipitated more rows and was in
strumental in causing a greater num-
Der OF people to stop speaking when
they passed by than any other one
person in the parish This was an
extreme case, but it was by no means
unique. Almost every lawyer in town
who has large general practice could
cite instances where judicious will
making has kept old age surrounded
by affectionate solicituda. New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-23
I.incoin'- ia s~iug.

Mrs. Lincoln vas almost as ready 10
laugh as her husband. and II sometimes
happened that he was the point OF hes
Joke. One evening, some time before
she married Abraham Lincoln, Miss
Todd was at a little evening party,
surrounded by bevv Of young women.
When the music struck up. her tall and
gawhy admiTer approached, and, much
TO the general amusement. said. In his
peculiar idiom: Miss TODD, l want
to dance with you the worst way"
Miss Todd accepted the invitation, and.
casting look full OF meaning at her
friends. she did her best to keep clear
of Lincoln's great boots. Finally she
returned to her seat, quite out of
breath from her cxertions. We'll,
Mary" said one OF the girls, did he
dance with you the worst way?'
YES" she answered, "the very worst. .
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-23
THE NEBRASKA ESERT.'
One Pronounced ysiu-i~>s, IL N"w IRE
duc.s Greet Yields OF Wheat.

One Pronounced ysiu-i~>.. IL N"w Fro
dccss Gre.t Yields OF Wheat
Thirty years ago Nebraska was
part OF the great American desert. in
the imaginat on of eastern people and
even Of eastern people living as far
west as Chicago" remarked long
whiskeTed stockman. as he looked
around the Chicago Union depot
Dye ever hear OF f. d. Webster. who
was private secretary TO Seward in
Lincolns war cabinet? Well +. ID.
Webster was great man. He be-
lOnged TO the old school of politics
He came GU; TO Omaha after the war.
and we were great friends. although
Webster was forty years older than J..
We only differed about one thing. |
thought that Nebraska and Kansas
and all that western land might be
made TO grow crops. Webster ar
g1Ied that the whole scheme was non
sensical. Tell you what I'll do. he
said one day. 'You take a peek OF
corn and plant it out there in that
claim OF yOnrs. II take a box OF
Smiths lozenges and plant them on
a strip joining your corn. and I'll bet
III raise the bigger crop. Well, that's
all: only last fall | gathered eighty
bushels TO the acre off OF that 160
Ecres,"