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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-11-24
AGGY WAS AMUSING.
Franks, Was the Pet of an
American Regiment.

When my brother returned from the
Philippine islands not long ago, having
seen service in the island of Negros, he
brought with him pet monkey named
Aguinaldo. In his native land Aggy
was quite an amusing beast. If the
soldiers happened to be in want of
cocoanuts or mangoes Aggy would will
ingly go up a cocoanut or mango tree
and shake down any quantity of fruit,
when he would come down and look as
if he was highly pleased al what he had
done. Although Aggy was useful at
times, he was very mischievous. For
instance. he would hunt until he found
some of the officers best cigars and
then proceed to chew small hole out
of the middle of each cigar, making
them so they would not draw well. An
other fayorite prank was to throw
razors, toothbrushes and the like out
of the window and then take refuge in
the top of a eocoanut tree, where he
would stay until the razor owners
wrath had somewhat abated.
He relished spiders and moths. and
would frequently burn his feet or
mouth in attempting to catch the
moths who were attracted by the light
of candle. But Aggy did not thrive
in this climate. He was sent TO a man
who took care of all kinds of animals.
but in consequence of the voyage owe.
and the unsuitableness of this climate
he died about three weeks after arriy-
Ing here. N. 7. Herald.
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SfrInnings Rich I'm Eat.

The Farmers Advocate (Canada)
says: That there is a marked differ
ence in the quality of milk first drawn
from the COW. as compared with that
which comes away towards the finish,
was clearly shown by an experiment
carried out some time ago by we'll
known dairy expert. This gentleman
found that while the average per cent.
of butter fat in the first half pint of
milk Withdrawn from cow worked
out to only 1.32 per cent, the butter fat
in the strippings, or the last half pint
amounted to over nine per cent. There
was hardly any difference in the per-
centage of the other solids present in
the last drawn milk.
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here before, and I never could" 81
never contradicted him, you know
DO you think that was it?" inquired
the poor woman. 'tThen, if you were
me, you would not contradict him.
even if he spoke that unreasonable
that you could not bear it, Il am
afraid that person in an unreason-
able mood would never listen to reas
on" said the younger and more edu-
Gated woman. .'Now, that is what I
call sensible" remarked the per-
picked wife. Thus encouraged, her
youthful monitor amplifed her text,
and spoke of the Perfect Example
" iikef5 81 tent WHEN uTreasonah BE
and wicked men would have provoked
Him to speak inadvisedly. Her mind
was SO full Of this incident that when
she reached her home she mentioned
the appeal for her advice. SO the
poor woman wanted to know the
best way to manage her husbandi'
said her mother. What did you tell
her out of your vast experienced"
Il told her not to contradict him."
answered the girl, humbly. '.MoEt adj
mirable advice said her father 'Yoil
viii be a useful person in thS dis
let as long as you preach it. Don't
wait until you are married, my dear,
to practice silence when you are with
unreasonable persons. 1t is the best
way of talking to them, as Paddy
would ."-Quiver.
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electricity through. In tower mid
way of the block is an electric indi-
Gator which is attached to both rails
OF the track by two wires. When train
enters block at one end, theindicator.s
the two wires, the two lines of rails
--1 -
trio circuit, along which travels cur
rent from battery. The indicator
clicks as the current passes through it
and the words Train in Block appear
in slot in front. The instant that the
rent stops, these words drop out of
81 1t and the word z rec appears.
There is an arm-like signal called a
sema phore at the end of the block and
also at the tower, and the tower man
operates them both by levers. Engi-
neers have orders to slow down their
trains at the first semaphore If it is a
danger signal, and to stop at danger
signal at the tower. When the train
approaches a block the signals are in
the danger position and the tower man
cannot change them without permis-
sion from the next tower man, because
his levers are locked and can only be
released By the second man. So he
presses button and rings three cleo
tric bells in the second tower. If there
is train in that block the answer is
five bells. but If his block is clear the
second man presses a splunger at the
bottom of his indicator and completes
an electric circuit that releases the
first mans levers but locks his own.
The first man then signals that the way
is safe. and as soon as the train has
passed the tower he puts up the danger
signals again. 1t is now time for the
second tower man to signal to the |
third by ringing three bells and getting
his machinery unlocked, and the third |
has to ring up the fourth, and so on.
The train is thus safely handed along
from block to block, with never less
than full block section between
trains. On large railroad the block |
signals are operated several hundred I
thousand times day without single I
Chronicle.
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BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEM.
1t Virtually Prevents Railroad Col.
Iisions and Is Operated by the
Faithful Tower Man.

It is much safer to ride on railway
train now than it used to be. On many
roads flock and block signals keep a
train from being run into from behind,
and it IS impossible to have a head on
collision, because trains going in the
opposite direction are on another track.
In the old days trains were kept from
colliding by sending kilograms, and
mistakes of telegraph operators often
cost many. lives. Nowadays when an
engineer is running his train close to
another on the same track he knows
it by signals placed every little way
along the line, and the telegraph oper-
ator has nothing to do with it.
A road on which these siganls are to
be used is first divided into sections or
blocks each about two miles long.
The rails of each block are separated
from the rails of the adjoining blocks
oy some substance that will not let
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-11-24
A HEALTHFUL FRUIT.
Medical Authorities Have a High
Opinion of the Grape as Regular
Part of the Diet.

we nave SO many warnings against
lief to know that so palatable fruit
as the grape is prescribed as especial
" healthful and strengthening, says
the National Stockman. Eaten with
other suitable food in quantities from
one to two pounds daily, they increase
nutrition, promote secretion, improve
the action of the liver. kidneys and
bowels, and add to the health. The
sugar of the grape requires no diges-
ton, but is taken almost at once into
the blood, where it renders up its
force as required. Eaten moderately,
with suitable diet, they will not pro-
duee cathartic effects, but more nat
ural action of the bowels, so they are
generally laxative. What more could
one ask of a fruit than that it should
be both luscious and health giving?
There is one word of warning, though,
that we might offer: When the grapes
are procured from any place other
than from your own vines, they should
be carefully washed before eaten, for
the dust upon them not infrequently
carries with it impure and unhealth-
full particles.
One who has experimental says that
borax will preserve grapes in their
natural state for many months, by
packing them in layers with a liberal
sprinkling of borax between. The
fruit should be well selected, perfect
and dry, and the borax must COM
pletely cover each layer. It can be
used repeatedly for the same purpose,
after being spread and thoroughly
dried. This method is also recon-
mended for the preservation of cher
ries. currants, blueberries, gooseber-
ries, etc, none of which would be so
desirable preserved in their natural
state as grapes.
Those who know by experience OF
the strengthening properties Of
grape juice will not allow any Of the
fruit to go to waste or be eaten by
poultry. Diluted with water, sweet
ened and iced, it has no equal as
harvest drink
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OF enlargement does not permit Of
storing away much hay under the
low roof. It is depth and height
which eompacts hay and vastly IN
crease the capacity of the barn.
A few years ago had occasion to
enlarge my barn, which was 26 by
40 feet, with double-pitch root. I
wanted more room for both stalls and
fodder. I added IA feet to the width,
thus making the barn 40 by 40 feet,
but instead of putting on she'd
roof T lowered one side of the shin
gle roof and sliding it onto the new
plate, raised it to the same pitch as
before, and then connected the two
sections with nearly fiat tin roof,
forming an end view like the one
shown in the illustration. The dot
ted line indicates the former shape
of the barn have never been able
to raise enough to fill this barn.
There seems to be no end to its ca
pacity, for the addition is practically
in the center and is 40 by IA by "a
feet. The expense of the alteration
was $1s4.-American Agriculturist.
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when Drying on . Cow.

In drying off cow, the animal
should be put upon rather dry food and
the quantity of milk withdrawn at each
meal should be gradually lessened in
other words, little milk should al
ways be left behind in the udder. Aft
.er a few days only as much should be
withdrawn as is found necessary in or
der to relieve the animal of an uncom-
Portable pressure of the milk glands.
In addition TO this the cow should be
given about half an ounce of powdered
alum in drinking water twice daily, and
the udder should be rubbed with an
ointment consisting of one drachm Of
Belladonna extract, to an ounce of lard.
Rural World.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-11-24
WESTERN EPISODE.
a Horse Killed an Ugly and
Vicious RattIesnalxe.


Few of rs have ever seen a horse. .ki1l
a snake, but Mrs. Custer describes the
performance in her story Of ''The Kid''
in St. Nicholas.
As they We're pushing out Of jun
gle on foot one day the colonel said:
"Samanthy is little too attentive,
Alf; he shoves himself alongside of
me, and when [ demonstrate he backs
a little, but keeps so close he almost
treads on my heels
Well, father, I suppose he thinks
nothing can go on without him. He's
been in everything I ever did yet
As they came to narrow defile,
with the branches of the trees fes-
tooned WIN moss and the ground tan
gled with vines and thick underbrush,
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AUTOMATIC FEED BAG.

place by a strap attached to the check
rein. A stiffening ring Is placed at the
top Of the feed pouch, and IN the bot
tom is wooden disk followed out on
the upper side to throw the feed toward
centerand prevent its accumulation
around the sides. It is obvious that the
grain will feed by gravity into the feed
pouch, and that the supply will be de-.
pendent upon the amount consumed
by the animal. An important feature
of the device Is that when the horse
lowers its head the pouch Is raised BY
the action of the check rein, thus allow
ing the animal 90 obtain good mouth
full with little exertion. Chicago Daily
News.
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Succession of Vegetables.

Vegetables of which every garden
ought to furnish a succession are rad
ish, lettuce, peas, string beans, beets,
eress and turnips. Every book that
was ever written on gardening has
advised sowing for succession every
ten days or two weeks, yet only the
gardens managed by gardeners hired
specially to see to such things really
furnish such SUGGESTIONS. The farm
er. in particular, is apt to neglect
the garden, If he does not forget it
altogether, after the first sowing.
Perhaps it is a waste of time to ex-
hort him to care for the garden, but
considering the amount which the
garden contributes to the family liv-
ing, It seems as though it should be
worthy of better treatment.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-11-24
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
PROFIT IN CALVES.
Rules for Taking Care OF Winfer-BorA
Animals That Have Always
Brought Good Luck.

Those who conduct winter dairying
on a truly profitable scale always have
portion of their herd coming new
mich early in the winter months. What
should be done with the resulting
calves that come to us in this incle-
ment season of the year? Itis not wise
to kill them for their skins, which will
hardly pay for the labor expended III
removing the hides; neither is it ex-
pedient to attempt to raise them neg
lectfully The writer has universally
had good luck" with winter-born
calves by adhering to the following
general plan:
Male calves not intended for raising.
either as steers or bulls, / have profit
ably converted into veal. There is new
er time when good veal calf will
not sell readily for cash or its equiva-
lent. Do not, however, let them suckle
the cows. nor feed them on whole milk.
This way of making veal is never truly
profitable to dairyman Feed on
SKINNED milk with the addition OF
cooked corn meal or oil meal. If the
At4ilIA leu w GuS duIIua1S
Will relish it better and fatten enough
faster to amply pay for the trouble in
volved.
The place in which they are housed
will have much to do with 4 nuccessful
result. This should always be apart
from the milch cows and where the
latter cannot see or hear than. The
calves quarters should be extra warm.
as the young creatures cannot stane
the same degree of cold that more ma
ture cattle can. A too cold apartment
is one reason why many make failure
with Winterborn calves. Provide bed
Gig literally and feed liberally and reg
ularly.
Choice heifer calves not designed for
fattening but for raising into future
COWS, should be kept separate from
their veal brothers and sisters, with of
course less oleaginous and more nitro
genousf food provided. Ones aim should
ne to keep them in a thrifty, growing
which, by right manage
nent, can be as readily accomplished
winter as in summer. Calves so |
'eared, when warm weather comes will /
'e in position to go onto grass and de-
'elop into fine thrifty yearlings Ohio
Farmer.
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INSULATION FOR WIRES.
Line in Place OF Posts ana
Glass Insulators.

II is a matter not simply of con-
venience, but OF vital i'm portance, that
observatories situated on the tops of
high mountains should be able to keep
up constant telegraphic communion
tion with stations at lower level.
Storms often rage for days and weeks
at high attitudes, with such violence as
to defeat all attempts at reaching the
observers; telegraph posts are swept
down by bowling winds and buried un-
der masses of snow, while the wires
themselves frequently give way under
the severity of the strain.
Realizing these difficulties, the au-
thorities of Mont Blanc wisely be-
thought themselves of inquiring wheth-
aer the iceswhich perennially covers tho
slopes OF the mountain might not pos
sess sufficient Insulating power to re-
place both telegraph posts and porce-
lain insulat tors.
TO ascertain this some interesting ex-
periments were made by r. Lespian at
the request of DIR. Jansen, the head of
the observatory. A double line was laid
between the Grands Mu1ets at the sum-
NIT and the peculiar mass Of rocks
known as the Petits Mulets, near the
base. Ordinary galvanized iron an
eighth of an inch thick in diameter was
used. 1t was stretched bare ON the
ice, the two conductors, each of $500
fesss Il Nagth. lying about 16 feet apart.
For the rSatpose of testing the i'm
sulation of the line the two wires were
left disconnected at the lower station,
while at the upper they were placed in
circuit with delicate ammeter and
9 battery OF IS large Leclanche cells.
On pressing down the key the needle
OF the amnleter did not move a all, but
remained steadily at its zero.
The ends of the wires at the lower
station were then pinned together, and
when the battery was reduced to three
cells the needle flew at once over the
limit OF the scale and remained there.
pointing to 50 miHiamperes. These two
me easureme clearly indicated that
the insulation Of the line WAS exealiAnt
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oPELoUsAs La, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER D. 1900. ON
FRANKS OF MONKEYS.
Little simians Of India Indulge In All
sorts of Sport In an Almost
Human Way.

/ aWhen was travelling in northern
| India" said a gentleman who had re-
| Gently completed a journey around the
world, Il was constantly impressed
with the almost human ways of the
| monkeys there. You see, they are never
| molested, which is also true of the
birds, and they are as tame and i'm
pudent as spoiled children.
Il remember that one morning while
we were sitting at breakfast on the
veranda of our hotel suddenly we
heard the noisiest chattering, and
down the main street of the town ca me
a crowd of 1ong-tailed monkeys, run
ing race, evidently. They shrieked
and chartered at every leap, tripping
each other up, pulling each others
tails, and seemed to be having a gem
orally hilarious time. While we left
the table to watch their antics some
Indian crows that had been solemnly
lined up on the veranda rail watching
us eat made dash for the food. and
had quite a fight with the native sery-
ant before they were finally driven
away.
sBut the monkeys of India are sure
ly the most irresponsible in the world. !"
continued the traveller. ST can call
them people, because they are such
1udicrous counterfeits of human be-
ings. In many of the old temples there
are monkey settlements. | remember
one in particular which was sacred to
the simians. There seemed to be thou
sands of the creatures, and was told
that 5000 had recently been taken to
the woods to get rid of them. But
in this temple / saw little simian
mothers nesting and rocking their
babies in their arms for all the world
like Christian mothers. I ventured to
pick up one of the infants that was
running about, and instantly the baby
gave typical infantile squeal and the
excited mother came to me, chattering
angri1y. put the infant down and the /
mother, her eyes still blazing with an |
ger, carried the little one to corner
and petted and rocked it, frequently /
turning to give me a scornful look.
1T is not uncommon for the mon
keys in the trees to reach down and
seize the travellers hat as he passes.
Perhaps the most remarkable sight
n connection with the monkeys in IN.
liza witnessed early one morning. We
we're riding in the highway and by
vacant field. Suddenly from the neigh
boring forest troop of monkeys en-
cred the field and began regular May
lancesS taking hold of hands and form
ng large circle, then dancing round
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-11-24
NEssELRoDE PUDDING.
1t Is one of the Most Delicious of Des-
serts and Should Be Prepared
with Great Care.

We understand the making of ice
creams, but we do not yet understand
the preparation of iced puddings
These puddings differ from an ice
cream as much as simple thickened
porridge does from an elaborate
boiled pudding of many ingredients.
They contain many materials, while
an ice cream is made of sweetened
favored cream with the simple addi-=
tion Of eggs or some other thieken-
ing.
One of the most delicious Of all iced
puddings is the Nesselrode pudding,
which takes its name from Count
Nesselorde, a famous gourmet of the
beginning of the century. This pud-
ding owes its excellence to its use of
chestnuts. Forty chestnuts, boiled,
skinned and bIanched are used. The
large Spanish or Italian chestnut is
the one to be used One of these is
equal to four of the largest Amer
ican chestnuts. Rub the chestnut
through sieve. Equal parts of wal
nuts and blanched almonds chopped
anu pOuuueu bO paste Ildy D6 SuD-
stituted for the same amount of
chestnut puree, which is about a
pint Beat the yolksH of four eggs
with two cups of sugar, and pour in a
pint of boiling milk. Beat well. Add
quart of cream which has been
boiled and cooled. Add the nuts and
teaspoonful of salt. Add about a
quarter of a pound of candied cher
ries and about two tablespoonfuls
each of stoned raisins and of cur
rants which have been soaked in the
pint of milk while it was heating to
the boiling point. Freeze the pud-
ding and serve it by itself or with
a sauce of whipped cream, sweetened
and favored with orange extract, va-
MALTA or any fayoring preferred. Some
times it is served with a thick cold
eustard. If You prefer the raigins
and currants can be omitted. Let the
pudding rest in its packing of ice for
at least two hours.-N. Y. Tribune.
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AUTOMATIC FEED BAG.
II Prevents Splitting and Waste oa
Grain When Horses Have to BE
Fed on the Street.

Many horse when fed on the street
Wastes portion OF the iced by splitting
it out5of the feeding device in trying to
get at II, and with the idea of prevent
ing this loss Thomas A. Howard, Of Bal
timore, Nd. has devised the feed bag
shown in our illustration. The inten-
tion is TO supply just enough feed at
a time in the lower chamber to keep
even with the demand, the remainder
OF the grain being contained in the
hopper shown at the rear. The supply
hopper is suspended behind the ami
mails throat by straps attached to the
bride, and the front portion Is heIdin
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GAVE HELPFUL ADVICE.
When with Unreasonable People the
Practice of silence Is to Be
Highly Commended

"It would be positive impertinenee
for me to give advice to women old
enough to be my mother, just because
they happen to be poor" young dis
trict visitor maintained. when re-
minded that she ought to exercise
moral and spiritual influence rather
than be an almoner alone; 81 shall
not attempt it, Strong in sense
OF commendable humanity, she
knocked at door which never failed
to open and reveal an anxious, melan-
choly face. "0h! come in, miss, come
in, said the mistress, even more
woebegone than usual; 81 want your
advice about the best way to manage
my husband" Her visitor forgot her
recent resolution and entered. 'He,
is coming home to-day from the asy-
lum, pursued her hostess, land you
could always manage him when he was
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grated in the center. Two small
shoots may be seen coming up which
are the result of one seasons growth.
This will form the head of the fu-
ture tree. If started low enough the
rest Of the branches will be cut off
and these shoots allowed to branch
out at the proper height, but if the
tree has been grated four or five feet
high one or two of the larger
branches which show at the left will
be grated. Two years are usually
required to work over trees of this
ize.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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Where sunaowera pav

The sunfower crop is one of the
best paying in Russia. A good crop
is worth. as it stands in the field,
SIS an acre. The seeds are sold by
the farmer for some 81 to s1.50 a
pound: then the merchants salt them
and retail them for So d pound, and
at every street crossing in Russian
provincial cities are stands and ped
dlers with baskets. selling to the
passers-by the saIted product of the
big sunhower, which is eaten.
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Making Toast FOR Inv.l,d.

Invalids the world over are given
their bread in the form of toast, and
there are many persons ignorant of
why this Is done. It Is because toast
ing bread until ii becomes brown
largely converts the starch into dex-
trine. 1t will be found that the thin
ner the slices of bread and the more
thoroughly they are toasted not
burned, but still changed to a deep
brown color -itwiH be found to be stiil
more easily digested than the ordi-
nary toast.
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ENLARGING A BARN.
New York Farmer Describes Plan
That Is Better Than showing Ont
the End and Side.

EgAfhi nlaa fg Ito fo shove but che
end and side, and to cover with a fiat
tin roof connected with the former
building at the plate. This gives floor
room and some room for hay and
grain, but there is nearly always a
scarcity of NOW room, and this style