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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

EARM'7N0TES
Sour swill will often cause scours in

Sour swill will often cause scours In
hogs.
Keep the young pigs In out Of cold
spring rains.
You cannot afford to use cheap salt
in your butter.
/ Keep few good cows rather than
many poor ones.
Keep the cows hide clean and free
from barnyard filth.
Sheep require succulent food to
keep in good health.
Better pork at less cost should be
the aim OF all farmers.
The wastes in dairying come from
apparently slight causes.
Ewes that loses their lambs should
raise some twin or orphan.
A scrub bull at the head of your
herd means ultimate failure.
The COW which will not eat abun-
dainty will not produce literally.
The greatest leak in the dairy bust
ness is the lack of knowledge OF es-
sential requirements,
Some Oh your CoNs may NC caSihe
your money in feed and not even be
giving back the interest.
Watch a sheep that Is seen to
stretch; see II 1t is constipated. II
SO. give wheat bran and oil-meal
Spray the chicken house with a
one to twenty solution of lime-sulphur.
II will effectually destroy all nits and
lice.
Middlings and corn meal wet with
skimmilk make an excellent forcing
feed for culls that are to be mar
keted.
II a eve does not come to her mill
Mt once. let the lamb nurse on an
other eve, or give it milk from &
fresh COW.
Too much cannot be said in favol
of the farm cream separator. Thu
arguments for its use are many ant
conclusive.
II the young pigs are very fat and
want to stay In the nest, get them on
on the ground or you viii have casei
OF thumps.
Green bone IL good to promote eggs
but should not be fed too freely, O
II is apt to cause more trouble tina,
It will do good.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

size when about IL weeks old. When
forced, they will weight four to five
pounds at two months.
The meat of the Runner is of SUI
perior quality; fine in the grain. juicy,
and excellent flavor. Hotels and res
taurants pay fancy prices for duck
lings.
The eggs are I'm good demand also.
In winter when eggs are high the In
dian Runner Is ION the job" Any
enterprising person can work up a
trade among hotels and restaurants
that should prove highly profitable.
There is no great danger OF strong
competition. as comparatively few
poultry raisers have taken up this
branch of the industry. notwithstand-
ing the fact that nearly all kinds Of
poultry products are bringing I'M
heard-of prices in the open market.
Duck culture. In the past. has been
more or less neglected. owing to the
general belief that ducks cannot be
successfully raised without a stream
or pond of water. The fact Is. how
ever, that the Indian Runner requires
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
SAYS Wells ARE INJURIOUS
Noted English Physician Inaugurates
Crusade Against Habit Of
Women Covering Faces.

London.-Women who constantly
wear wells suffer in time from det.rio
ration of the features. This was the
statement made by Sir John Cock
burn, NJ. D., speaking at the Royal
Sanitary institute. Sir John said he
wanted to make a crusade against
women's wells. Nothing was more
beautiful than the human face divine,
while wells had awful spots. making
women look as If they had black eyes
and fearful grimaces.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

I INDIANAPOLIS. IND.-It was little
l game of "peel-away." with Univer-
sity square for a playground. Prose
cutor Frank p. Baker was 1T" and
Charles Hamilton (colored). twenty
six years old. 725 Hadley street. did
his best to keep from being tagged"
Persons who were passing Univer-
sity square early the other afternoon
looked with Amusement at an appar-
emily demented negro who raced hith-
er and thither. seeming trying to
keep up with an automobile that turn
ed and reversed and counter-turned as
it circled around the park. The negro
was Hamilton, and the man In the au-
tomobile was Prosecutor Baker. in the
role of policeman.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

Of the duties demanded. One simil-
ed your cabin. closed for the moment
the English grammar which he was
studying in the interests of commu-
nication with the forestieri There is,
too. II you come often enough, a cheer
full. familiar greeting and a quarter
hours pleasant gossip whenever you
have time.
The gentleman, for example, who
checks your valuables while you battle
may be occasionally seen at the the
alter OF an evening. clad in doublet
and hose and singing In the chorus
when they give "Rigoletto" or the
"Barbiere." In his day, you will dis
cover. he paid many visits to London
and to New York, where he sang in
the chorus at the Metropolitan. He
now retires willingly to a more mac
tive and more social occupation. and
plans to rear his seven male offspring
to sing in due time in the opera Choir
US. He has his own philosophy Of life.
too, and cheerfully threatens to d.
vorce his wife should she present him
with even one female child. Conver-
sation with him Is indeed a pleasant
prelude to the bath.
Other characters there are-of long
er standing: for the Lido in quiet
way has been a sea bathing place for
a long, long time. Three years ago
died there a bronzed and weather
beaten old man who for forty years
had stood at the entrance to the bath
houses offering for sale shells and
small dried sea horses tied by the tails
in groups of three. These latter. OF
assorted sizes. were a family. he ex-
plained-a "famiglia-padre. madre.
filio." He grew older and his eye
dimmed, but he always smiled insin-
uatingly and muttered his chant OF
famiglia. At the end his mind seem
ed to go; there was nothing left but
the vacuous smile and the vacant
mounting of the phrases about father,
mother and son.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

The house was in an uproar' i"o
of the mans friends valiantly shout.
ed to him to resist and lol'o"eu
calamity at some distance. A croV1
from downstairs joined in the ssl.
lery emptied quickly at the prospect
of a fight. In the excitement the
show was stopped and the curtain
descended. Then the auuieuoe'
which had gathered in front raising
such hullabaloo that the nylns
SQUADRON was called. started oaeN
into the theater. only TO nna tns
show was over. Some one said tney
had been stung, and another police
auto and patrol load OF onlcerS o"A'
and dispersed the MOD
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

being filtered through greenery. The
wide leaves of the wild banana and
the frequent palms give very tropt
cal air to the scenery. Noises are
few: occasionally a large bird will ut
ter it's call, an iguana will rush
through the rustling leaves. or some
monkeys will chatter as they swing
through the creepers overhead. Bril-
liant metallic blue Morpho butterflies
fit silently through the more open
aisles. and the tracks of night wander
ing animals can be seen on the
ground
The little footprints of cutias and
pecas are resent on the hrmer
ground. and the curious serrated lines
made by the plates OF both croco-
dies and turtles armor occur nearer
the waters edge. Ants swarm on the
trees. and nearly all inf1ict painfui
bites, and there are several kinds OF
wasps and bees, which either suspend
their nests from twigs or else build
in rolled up leaves: all would seem TO
be the guardians of orchids and to DO
their utmost to repel the despoiler-
Ants az Guardians.
Some orchids always have their
roots in ants nests. and one kind.
which | subsequently obtained at the
cost OF an aching hand. had a little
hole at the base OF each pseudo bulb
In which a large black ant had It's
habitation and of which 1t proved
most faithful guardian. The orchid
turned out to be an oncidium. with
delicate sprays of yellow flowers
thickly spotted with chocolate brown.
My companions had been searching
for turtle eggs, but without success.
and we cooked a supply OF curry and
rice, and had as dessert a plentiful
supply of passion fruit.
1t was six o'clock and darkness was
falling. made haste to battle at the
brink OF the river and then to get I'M
der my mosquito curtains. And not a
moment too soon. AS the light faded
with a soft suddenness OF the eQua-
torial regions, insect life emerged for
its nocturnal loves and feastings. It's
dances, music, flights and battles. And
for many of these revels blood. and
especially human blood. Ii longed
| for prize. IL an incautious hand OF a
restless foot were pressed against the
curtain for a moment. cloud or mos
Quitoes Immediately settled on 1t and
| drove their relentless trunks into the
veins.
No European who has not himself
seen them could credit the myriads OF
mosquitoes which haunt these forest
streams, and as the few inhabitants OF
these regions are all suffering from
malaria, great care has to be taken
The noises that all these insects made
sound. now becoming intensely shrill
now dying away to comparative still
ness. My companions had fallen
asleep in their hammocks; from the
river were heard only faint ripping
sounds. and | composed myself for
sleep Never was there greater
delusion, II was indeed a mutt Blanche
Mysterious scamperings came from
the edge of the forest above me; 9
great splash came from the river and
close at hand something rose. sighed
moaned and sank. Bats sQueaked and
blundered against my nets. creeping
things left the river and scuttleC
over the sand. 1t was too dark to see
ANYTHING; the sound of all his un
known activity had a curious effect
on the nerves and vivid stories o.
p-eat snakes. of jaguars and croco
dies came to the mind.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
WHERE CITY OF VENICE PLAYS
Gay Scene and Picturesque Chsrsc-
tiers to Be Seen at Lido and at
the Bathing Beaches.

Nenice.-ln his article on the Lido.
the great playground OF Venice. in
Harper's. Harrison Rhodes gives an
amusing picture Of the gay life Of the
place and its curiously cosmopolitan
character.
Eathing is more elegant in the morn
ing and from ones own matched hut.
from the establishment. The bath
houses are CapaCiOus AM well
equipped. and good natured bagnini-
bath attendants-in white sailor cos
tunes are on hand to install you and
run your errands. There is general
geniality about the service. and rec
ognition OF the cosmopolitan quality
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
Candid Confession.

when | was a young feller." said
Farmer Corntossel. they didn't dance
turkey trots and tangos."
Il suppose you feel superior on that
account"
"Dunno's l do. We danced all the
dances they was. The only reason
we didn't do trots an tangos was that
ve hadn't thought OF 'sR"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
Foot Rot in Sheep.

Sheep should not be allowed to re-
main in damp places. especially in
winter, and. by no means, a damp
place at night. Rot and hoof diseases
result. However. II a sheep has the
rot it is we'll to cure IL possible.
A mixture Of one part of liquid
camphor, two parts Ct turpentine,
three parts Of water, giving the sheep
a tablespoonful two or three times a
day, usually cures them.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
Breaks New York's Ice

Dig ueSk '''an across the room saw
llttie, tdoby guy sitting. lie never
looked up at all Just went on looking
down his nose and scratching away
Win dis pen. And me there to do
him good turn. mind YOU, After
mebbe two minutes. while | could feel
the steam rising in the guage. he
gruntS at me. Never looks up. Just
grunts
" ! didn't understand YOU said.
hadda yuh want? says he. real
sharp Speak quick I'm very
busy
And all the time he didn't look up
So just hollered little low holler.
and went over there to that nabby.
little man and put my hand on the
back Of his Industrious little head and
showed his intelligent little nose down
down against the blotter. And then
| went away. But | didn't get any
real satisfaction out OF II. know
frDm the way that sincere little cuss
looked at me as | backed off that he
Is just regular New Yorker lie
didn't know that he was a doggoned
impudent. COLI blooded little pup. He
probably thinks that he was assault
ed by dangerous maniac.
And may be would be considered
a maniac by the class OF New Workers.
to which this alleged business man
belongs But how such people man
age to make living. and pass them
selves off as real human beings, Is
beyond my understanding In do
know, though, that they would never
get away with that kind OF stuff out
west where real red blood flows
through the veins OF the people"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS
This Breed Thought to Be Most
Profitable by Many.
DuekIinss Reach Marketable Size
When About Twelve Weeks Old
and Find Ready Demand In
Hotels and Restaurants.
Ry A. GALIGHERD

The Indian Runner is rather small,
fully matured ducks weighing from
four to five pounds brakes from five
to six pounds, live weight.
But they grow very rapidly while
young and are easy to raise. What
they lack in weight is more than
made up for in their other good quail
ties.
To begin with, they are very prolific
layers: beginning when about six
months old. Their eggs are pure
white and little larger than those of
a Plymouth Rock hen.
They are superior in quality to any
ducks eggs that we have ever eaten.
and as a rule they bring higher prices
I'm the market.
The ducklings reach a marketable
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
Feeding Calves.

Calves should be fed milk regularly
three times a day until they are from
three to four months old. Do not skim
the milk for young calves. AS with
the infant it needs the whole milk
to develop the strong growth and
constitution.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
Not the Only One.

Fred Kelly began his busy life sell
ing papers in an Ohio city. He had
80 subscribers, but one day one Of
them, a negro. stopped his paper.
Kelly went round to see what was
the trouble.
What's the matter with the pa
per-" he asked.
oh" replied the former patron.
"the's too many Advertisements.
don min few. but when | pick up a
papah | wants at leas' half of 1t filled
wifi logic. "-Saturday Evening Post.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
CONCRETE MIXER is USEFUL
Farmer Constructs laborSaving De.
vice That 10 Rare Work Of Sim
pIicity and Economy.

While going through the country
I met one OF those mechanical gent
uses so often found on the farm. He
had many labor-saving devices on his
place and. among other things. he told
me about laying a concrete floor for
use as feeding place for the hogs.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

necessarily but very little OF the life
of the great river is seen. Passing
through the narrows above Para. the
forests can almost be touched on eth
er side of the steamer. but after that
one shore is always very distant.
There Is something mysterious
about the river; canoes laden with for
est produce, brightly plumaged
maccaw perched on their prov. come
smoothly to the town: river steamers
with their burden of evil smelling rub
Der. few brilliant orchids tied to
the wheelhouse. make fast to the
wharves. and always there is that
sense of the unknown. the bright. the
elusive. A desire to overcome this
feeling of remoteness. writes a CORE
spondent of the London Times. de-
termined me to embark in a canoe
and journey out on the yellow waters
OF the Amazon and through dim for
est hung channels to the black wa
tiers and white sand strewn beaches Of
the Rio Negro.
The difficulties 4 encountered we're
immense All my Brazilian friends
warned me Of the dangers and hard
ships Of such a voyage. and l found
that prohibitive prices were asked
for the hire OF even the most insult
able craft Eventually l secured a
boat. and built a tolda or hood over
one end. took my provisions on board.
hoisted a sail and set of. My crew
consisted Of Portuguese boatman
and a Japanese.
Pests Of the River Amazon.
Sailing slowly down the river. the
boat kept very close to the bank and
slid along noiselessly. AS the day
wore on the wind died down and the
heat became intense. A black fly
called motuca appeared in great num-
bers and inflicted painful bites. We
landed to light fire and cook lunch.
Small. dry sponges hung In the
branches Of the shrubs that had been
long submerged. yellow butterflies
were drinking In companies of 30 or
more at little pools left on the slop-
ing shore. Huge yellow and black
hornets came around US and at first
|
look on them as friends when we
found 1t was the motuca flies that
they were hunting. not us. Otter hard
ly had a motuca settled when 1t was
pounced upon and borne OF.
All insect pests we're said to be far
worse on white water rivers than on
black water ones. so we fastened to
|
to sleep that night on the shores Of
one of the lakes lying between that
river and the Rio Negro. A breeze
sprung up and took us up the river
slowly enough, as the current COM
ing down was very strong. but when
we turned up a stream leading to the
Rio Negro our progress ceased, the
sail was lowered and we took out the
oars
1t proved to be very hot work. Shut
In by the immense forest trees. no
breath of wind came to us. and we
we're very happy to come to a small
lake with a place on its shores free
from brushwood on which we could
camp. My companions slung their
hammocks from branches OF trees,
carefully arranging their mosquito
nets to protect them at night. A lit
tie way from them, yard from the
waters edge, placed my mattress
and cased it 81 with a mosquito net
on poles cut from the forest We
then strolled off in search Of the un.
known.
There is a curious atmosphere OF
suspense or hush, in the Amazon for
est. the light only reaches one after
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
No Trouble at All.

The Urbanite visiting the subur-
hanite-A mile and half to the sta
ton, Great Caesar. How can you
make a train after a heavy snow
storm?
The Suburbanite tsmilingly)-Eas-
ily nv boy; the train is sure to be an
hour late.-Puck.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
a p.rilous Greed.

Don't you think it must be danger ger,
Gus for the people who worship tns
SUM-"
How do you mean -sh,n
Il should imagine such a Worsn, n
would involve a number OF heat pros
trations.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
a Slender Sinner,

How was the grand OPERA"
Most remarkable performance of
grand opera | ever saw"
I'm what way?"
THE prima donna weighed less
than 200 pounds"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
Battered Wife.

London.-What amounted to the
barter OF wife occurred when Justice
Deane granted a divorce to Raymond
Moraud and approved the millionaire
correspondent agrezcnt to pay $27.-
500.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
A Great Convenience.

Miss Wombat is the most popular
suburban belle | know.
She is only girl in her suburb who
keeps the car schedules posted IN the
parlor."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
A cinch.

DO you believe the story no" s sozor
the rounds to the effect Una.
strop foretells the weather.
Sure. Always when used to see
dad coming with his razor stroo
knew a storm was impending
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
Their w ay.

why should you women want to
vote? You can't fight"
Cant we? Just try us and watch
us come to the scratch"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26
Applying Fertilizer.

Do not apply fertilizer In powdes
form In the drills with the seed
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

I.
Il was quite astonished and said:
How simple. but how rude Is the Eng
lish anguage,"-Atlantic Monthly.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-26

OYAGlNG up the Amazon on an
ocean going steamer. one Is al
ways far above the surface or
the water, one Is always hur-
rying rather noisily on, and so
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-20

Here is sentence from Attorney General Wiokershams
farewell message passing up the problem OF the telegraph
and telephone monopoly, which has lot of history tucked
within it,
mo comprehensive investigation into the organization
management and conduct of telephones has far rs am
aware, been had by governmental agency"
In the United States, he In Canada there are a
number of successful public telephones. Great Britain has
just taken private telephony and installing automatic
devices which will make every subscriber his hello
girl We have had telephones long thcy-ongcr in
fact nasmuch telephones Yankee invention. But
have been let the development OF this
Indispensable follow the lines Of private cupid
iy with only in late years touch OF attempted reg
uaton keep the eNpoiters from wholly running away
with
You remember what John Wanamakcr other dythat
them by train trolley rural delivery vehicle human carrier
travelling shank could
and In three four enough profit the 81 taking
the business after which the could
down.
John GET direction
ia
all
OF their Only the United
States senators elected In New Eusudonc o them Weeks
hitchng and
alleged old sandater be expected
tricks Hitchcock preached the uhiect
again YOU recoilect how swiftly Tan snt on HIM
There formula Of circles When
pressed 10 30 something that might disturb the time
calling
for else investigate the telephone situation he postpone'
the day Of reckoning
long swift success Of parcel
teaehing millions
the government cannot be trusted to handle public business efficiently
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-20

EDITOR Tho star. While d aiding
the different articles ON the alien
ownership of land a fcw thoughts
came 20 my mind
First OF all. who owns the earth ?
Every man and woman has TO est
every thing he cats. wears and
drinks out OF the earth Why should
hc pay anyone for the privilege ?
WIZ should any man be allowed 10
ow ~ any more land than II ne.es-
sRry for him TO have a home on aud
% carry on his business? II man
is a farmer let him own an the land
he can cultivate himself aud not
buy all the land he can and then
hire someone 20 cultivate 70 for him.
n man lives In The city and is
ln business Jet him own land
enough for "A good home and also
enough 10 run bis business. What
right has any man. alien or resi-
dent, TO own land he cannot use {?
Someone may say that values
would dcprcciate but would the fact
that Land was only worth $40 an
acre instead OF 800 per acre make
any difference In the amount OF
vegetables that would grow on the
land7
We don't use the land. we use
what Il produces
Now. Mr. Editor. say go one
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-02-20
BY MONSIEUR CHARLES
LAPERRUoUE.
The $4,000 Chef.

Are you fond Of boiled beef?
Your only answer is a grimace
Words are superfluous. ! can In.
tcrprot your looks
Unanimously you reply: no.
Ia thousand times no. We do not
like boiled beef"
Yet, oh. the miscrles Of this life.
We force ourselves 90 cat Il once
a week az Il matter of economy.
How utterly foollfh'
II you only knew' The smile
would come quickly.
And you shall know
! shall tell you
In this article you viii find re
vealed secrets which Will make you
wish that beef boiled In ways !
shall describe BEEF TAKEN
FROM THE CHEAPER CUTS
could be served TO your family
every dayl
Here are some Of my most de
lectablo recipes for making this
eight and tcn-cent meat taste like
30.ccnt meat;
BOILED RUMP or BEEF WITH
NEW CABBAGE.
Choose the low cut off bottom
round with a little fat. set on TO
boil with cold water and little
snli Skim well Let cook two
hours. adding the cabbage and
some small peeled pniaioes about
hair IN hour before taking from the
lire.
A garnish OF sour pickles or horse