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THE BANNER=DEMOCRAT
NO. 3,
VOL. XIV. LAKE PROVIDENCE, EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY MAY 25, 1901
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BLOOM-TIME.
d you wandered otherwhere Had you passed me all unseeing
Through the May-time of the year, In the May-time of your being,
I'm not saying that one rose I'd not say these rhymes or mine
Had been slower to unclose, Had been fewer by one line,
That one pollen-cell the less That my heart had gone unsung
Had grown quick o' heeauteousnes, All the blooming ways among
Had you wandered otherwhere lHad you pased me by unseeing
Through the bloom-time of the year. In the love-time of your being.
Whatsoever way you went, Only. had you never come,
How should May be else than May? Just one heart-beat were unstirred,
Mine the sweeter wonderment Just one chord had waited dumb,
Since you walked with me the way. One song failed to find Its word.
-Charles Washington Coleman, in Harper's Magazine.
Bradley, The Headstrong.
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eIsn't it queer how small the orld app
s, after all?" said the shorter of the to 1l
wo men, as they steered each other T
town the aisle of the smoker,while the
ar seemed to be doing its best to jolt mnu
hem both over the shoulderseof other that
passengers in the. seats. "I'm always
unninginto somebody I haven't seen
or a long time. Now, who would way
Lave thought of meeting you coming ley,
ato this smoker-in this section of end,
he country?"
"Yes," said the taller-he with the you,
few tweed traveling cap-"but then
he world is big enough to keep old out
oquaintances like us apart. Let's mua
it down here--apart for years. How me
many years is it?" sple
"Must be a good ten,I should spy," won
aid the first speaker, a dark, wiry man, T
rith small side whiskers. cigs
"Quite that-I hadn't heard of you Bra
or quite a long while when Scobel entl
old me about that desperate love af- -T
air of yours, and that was-" coul
"Ha, ha! Yes, that was'more than intr
our years ago. Did Scobel ever tell a he
,on the end of that? No? Got a the
igar?" The small man wriggled his bigl
seck with an air of complete self-sat- T
efaction. "Well, I don't mind tell- thrc
ng you, knowing that it won't go any doo
urther,of course-" voic
"Of course, that's understood." whe
"I don't mind telling you that I al- you
rays thought myself well out of that Bra
bffair-yes. You see, she went away "
rom Galena one summer to spend ley,
ome time at a small watering place Let
where an aunt of hers was staying. the
)f course, we kept up correspondence "
-very sweet and all that. you know he
-but all of a sudden the letters me
stopped. Well,I didn't know what to ley,
nake of that. Just as I was beginning was
o get fidgety a letter came from her,
alling me that she had met with a dul
rightful accident-slipped from a dre
imb of a tree into a creek. It do whi
iappened that some fellow was stand- ple
ng near, fishing, and this man man- you
iged to crawl out on the same limb of '1
he tree just as she was losing her and
sold. Oh, perhaps Scobel told you the
ll that?" be
"No," said the other man, looking of 4
it the ash of his cigar, "Scobel didn't sm
hell me that. I was only smiling at
the thought of how much alike all wil
these romantic rescues are." the
"Oh, yes; all alike, you know. or
And, so far as I can make out, this
fellow didn't do anything particularly der
brave, either. Just held his hand out wii
to her and pulled her in. Anybody cha
3ould do that,you know."
"How did he get to her?" the man afr
with the tweed cap asked. aft
"Climbed out on the limb, I be- to
ieve. Well, then there was some kn
sort of mystery about the man for lat
some days. He didn't tell his name,
nd she didn't find it out until after
she got quite well. But you see, p
Frappes, I didn't care to have my ab
fancee writing to me every day about
some other fellow I didn't know. bl
"Of course not," said Trappes. be
"So I very soon took an opportunity m
to request her to-to just drop that
hero of the limb. Told her I didn't ms
want to know his name, even if she
lid find it out."
"And that put an end to your affair, p
lid it?"
"That? Oh,. no! That was only the wi
beginning of the end, as it were."
Here the smaller man-his name pr
was Bradley-seemed to fall into a re- Br
trospective reverie, and Trappes .re- ma
spected his feelings by smoking and
studying his cigar ash in silence iss
"You know, Trappes," Bradley at
last resumed. "There's no question be
about it. Eloise-Miss Jennings
was a very nice girl at that time. But TI
she was very young!" ca
Trappes nodded gravely. "I guess .
she must have been," he said, "to m,
fudge by what Scobel told me. You
always were a man of some taste, Brad- pl
ley; I always thought so." M
"Yes; that's all right," said Brad
ley. th
"Pretty and all that I wonder if at
she's still as graceful as she was?" tb
"I should think so, quite," said
Frappes. "Eh? What did you say? di
Dh, I didn't quite catch. This road
teems very badly ballasted."
S"But there's one point that I've al
ways put my foot down on," Bradley ,
sontinued. "I hold that when a man tl
takes to himself a wife it is his to com
-.and and hers to obey." b
Trappes nodded his assent.
"That was the rock that Eloise and o
[split upon. She wrote me rather afi
naffy letter, telling me she was going h
to find out this fellow's name-this y
imb man, you know --for her own
satisfaetion, if not for mine, and have
him call upon her. Well, that was
too much."
"Was rather eassy,"Trappee re
marked.
"Oh, yes," said the little man. "I
timply wouldn't stand it I said to
smyself, 'If I'm not her master now, I
sever will be when we are man anad
wife.' So I wrote and insisted abo
luately on her not seeing that man
again. You see, I felt that I must I
rise to meet the crisis or be forever i
lallen."
"Quite so," said Trappes. "And
she?"
"Well, you know how women are, I
Frappes. I suppose I'm a little head
strong myself," said Bradley, settling
his collar.
"Ye-es," said Trappes, "I aofes
you did impress me as a little over in
.lined to have your own way about
things in generalwhen I first met you.
and you were 6nly a boy then."
"I can't help it, Trappee. It's my
nature, I suppose. Well, let me tell
you about Eloise-"
"Yon still cell her by her first
same?"
"Oh, force of habit, you know. I
was going to say, I don't believe Eve
ould evr have an nted to tomehk the
apple if she hadn'tbeen told expres two
to let it alone." ceil
Trappes was still smiling. rep
"Anyway, she insisted that she doo
must see this man-gratitude and all in
that. And the end of it was-" mui
"You broke it off?" roo
"Oh, of course, the lady must al- not
ways have that privilege," said Brad- clo,
ley, with a courtly smile. "But-it to I
ended there." ons
"And you never married at all, did mu'
you, Bradley?" dog
"I?" said Bradley,suddenly pulling foll
out his watch. "Oh,yes-by jingo! I lool
must be getting back. You must let cov
me introduce you to my wife-she's a
splendid woman-a most sensible whi
woman. Come on." run
Trappes had not quite finished his han
cigar; neither, for that matter, had don
Bradley. Seeing his friend's sudden mis
enthusiasm, however, to present him chil
-Trappes-to Mrs. Bradley, Trappes had
could not in honor appear to value the brig
introduction at less than the worth of fire
a half-smoked cigar. They rose, and req
the smaller man almost dragged the bee
bigger into the parlor oar. the
The two had no sooner passed to 1
through the vestibule and closed the The
door behind them than a very distinct ver
voice, of low register, said: "Here, not
where are you goingto? Is this what dw,
you call five minutes, Demetrius floc
Bradley?" of I
"Oh. That you, dear?" said Brad
ley,in some confusion. "Yes, dear.
Let me introduce-I met a friend in
the smoker-Mr. Trappes."
"Delighted to meet Mrs. Bradley," Isli
he said. "Your husband interested tat
me so in his conversation, Mrs. Brad
ley, that we hardly knew how time
was flying." fro
"Men seldom do when they are in- ha
dulging in tobacco," and Mrs. Bradley i
drew herself up to her full height abi
which was considerable. "Sit down, we
please. What was it that interested
you so?"
f The question was addressed to both tl
r and in a manner which plainly showed tho
i that these two naughty boys were to
be investigated under the searchlight
I of discipline. Trappes was silent,only ab
t smiled pleasingly. ye
t "Oh, nothing, dear," said the iron- Vs
I willed Bradley,with a look at Trappes sat
that might have meant either appeal
or reproach. wl
Trappes had not yet obeyed the or- ch
y der to sit down. He was standing aft
wt ith one hand on the back of Bradley's to
y chair. po
"Mrs. Bradley," he said, "I'm
°lafraid I must hurry off now to look th
after some-matters, back here-have th
' to change cars at Indianapolis, you us
e know-we are nearly there-see you fu
'r later." rei
And Trappes really seemed to antic
ipate much pleasure from the future dr
Smeeting,for he was smiling unmistak- do
able enjoyment as he moved away. At
Bradley sat silent, while the sensi- ex
ble woman discoursed, her discourse gi
beginning, "When I say a thing I
mean it. You should follow the same c
,t maxim, Demetrius." as
A few minutes later this discourse
was interrupted by the cry. "Indian
apolis-change cars for the Vandalia," w
' at which Bradley rose mechanically.
",it still, Demetrius," said his
LO wife. 5"We don't change here." b
Just then a voice behind the cul- w
1e prit's chair said: "Isn't this Mr. Pº
' Bradley?" and he turned to face a re- B
markably pretty, flushed,smiling girl. az
"It's such a long time since we met, w
isn't it?" and she held out her hand.
"Eloise!" gasped Bradley. "I-I be
in beg your pardon-Miss Jennings!" el
"Mrs. Trappes now," she laughed. gi
it Then, as the tall man with the tweed pi
cap came up behind her, she added: al
's "Let me introduce Mr. Trappes-the ti
to man on the limb!"
u "Oh," Bradley stammered. "So a
pleased to meet you, Mr. Jennings- h
Mrs. Eloise." v
"Glad to meet Mrs. Elweese," said n
the sensible Mrs. Bradley, severely o
i acknowledging a pleasant bow from
the younager woman.
id "All out for the Vandalial" the con
? ductor shouted. r
d "You don't getouthere,Demetrius,"
Mrs, Bradley repeated.
- "How-how long have you been
ey married?" Bradley asked, slowly set
n tling into his chair.
m- "Just three weeks," said the young
bride. "So glad to have met you,Mrs.
Bradley. Your husband is quite an
nd old friend of mine. You must keep a
ra firm hand on him; he's dreadfully
ng headstrong. I wish I had time to tell
is you. Good byl"--St. Louis Star. I
Life of a Fire Eagime.
S The life of a fire engine in this city
in its first use is ten years. It is then
re- rebuilt, and is good either in regular
service or as a reserve engine, for ten
years more. After twenty years of 1
service the old engine is sold at anuc- I
d tion.
It may be bought by another city or
an town for use as ire engine, but this
t happens very rarely. The engines are
r heavy, and they must be drawn by
horses, so they are not adapted for
use in smaller cities. The old engine
d is oftener bought by a contractor for
ause, for instance in pumping out eel
* lars. In such service a steam pres
ad- sure of Aft7 pounds might be ample
Ing for the work, while in fire sarvice a
presenre of 150 pounds might be re
"s quired. In sunch work as this the old
in- engine might last three or four years
Ot more.
o Sometimes the discarded fire depert
meat engine is bought by a junk deal
my or, whobresks it up for the metals it
coataains, and this is what they all
come to at last-New York aSun.
I It issaid that therte is in 8onor a
Eve tribe of Indians with jellow hair and
the hblue era
A GREAT FIRE D03.
Rewarded With sllver Medal for His
Ssgadty.
The following story can be vouched
for, and in recognition of the timely
action of the dog, the Alliance Assur
ance company, with whom the prem- TI
ises were insured, have awarded a lug
silver medal to Zulu, fully realizing not
his sagacity in preventing what would to e
otherwise have been a disastrous fire, or
with considerable danger to the oc- the
cupiers of the house. Zulu, who be
sleeps in the basement of a large but
house in a fashionable quarter of one sent
of our largest cities, was early one foot
Sunday morning lately roused by an yea
outbreak of fire, which had apparently is n
been smouldering for some time be
tween the floor of the dining room and
ceiling of the room below. He, after I,
repeatedly scratching at the bedroom feed
door of one of the servants, succeeded of
in waking her. Thinking the dog crol
must be unwell, she let him into her to i
room, and got into bed again, but was Wh
not allowed to sleep, as Zulu, sitting nip
close by her bedside, kept "tdlking" the
to her (as she describes it) so vigor- ma
ously that she suspected something wh
must be wrong. On getting up the EnX
dog appeared so delighted that she
followed him out of the room, and on the
looking into one of the rooms dis- wit
covered the ceiling burning. w
Uponrousingthe owner of thehouse, fec
who immediately had the fire alarm hai
rung (which was fortunately close at sto
hand), Zulu, seeming to know he had for
done his duty, rushed upstairs to his
mistress, and left the house with the
children, evidently satisfied that he q
had fulfilled his part. On the fire ter
brigade's arrival it was found that the fre
fire had taken serious hold, and only ent
required more air (which would have hat
been given in another ten minutes by Ing
the collapse of the hearthstone, etc.,) wt
to burst into flame in several places. so,
The damage by heat and smoke was les
very great, sad had air been admitted se
nothing could have saved the entire Co
dwelling, as the joists between the toc
flooring were burning from end to end un
of the room.-London Spectator. ro'
be
QUAINT AND CURIOUS. nit
ca
The inhabitants of the Marquesas be
Islands are among the most expert th
tattooers on earth. qu
The best watchmakers' oil comes git
from the jaw of the shark. About
half a pint is found in each shark.
Postage stamps came into existence au
about sixty years ago. In 1860 there h
were about 600 varieties in existence. A
Every language contains such names as
as cuckoo, pewit, whippoorwill and -
others, in which the sound emitted by
the animal is imitated as the name.
After a record free of marks for
absence or tardiness for nearly five
years a school girl of Piedmont W.
Va., fell a victim to mumps and had to
I stay at home. a
A well on Sanibel Island, Fla.,
which had always been fresh water,
changed to sulphur water a few weeks
after a windmill had been built over it
to utilize the water for irrigating pur
poses.
The cut of the beard according to
the ancient Jewish writers started in
the Garden of Eden. Adam,they tell le
us, was of prodigious height, and was Si
furnished with a long beard which y
reached to his middle. lo
The use of dogs for the purpose of tc
I draught was abolished,as regards Lon- a
don,by an act of Parliament passed in bi
August, 1839, and the prohibition was i
extended to all parts of the United ou
Kingdom in July, 1854.
The extraordinary precocity of the
children of India has called forth the
astonishment of a recent traveler,who
says that many of them are skilled
workmen at an age when children are
usnually learning the alphabet
The wines of the ancients would not
be thought palatable today, for they
were mixed with sea water, rosin, salt, tl
pitch and aromatic herbs, exposed in
smoky garrets till reduced to a syrup I
and then strained and mixed withi
water.
SA BRussian wooing culminates in the e
I betrothal feast, at which the bride- p
elect casts off a long tress of hair and
I. gives it to her betrothed who in turn
d presents her with bread and salt, an r
Ialmond cake and a silver ring set in
turquoise. I
S. . Grimley of Pennsylvania had r
ao valuable collection of coins which he a
- has sold to cure his daughter of ner
vous prostration. She had read of a t
id man being tortured and murdered who
y owned old coins, and she feared the
m same fate for her father.
A curious example of red-tape is
reported from India. Color-Sergeant
Walker of the Boyal Scots Fusiliers,
who was kept a prisoner by the Afridis
for six weeks, was tried by court
martial on his return to his regiment
for "being absent without leave." He
was of course acquitted, but, grotesque
as it may seem, was ordered to lose
his pay for the time he was away.
SDeadly Weapoes Carried by Miners.
all In the Century there are several pa
pers devoted to the Pennsylvania coal
regions. Henry Edward Bood writes
of"A Polyglot Community." He says,
t concerning the foreign miners:
SThe first purchase made by l81ovak
r or Polack is a revolver, by Italian or
n Sicilian a stiletto; then the newcomer
of buys a silver watch, and after that is
- secured he begins to save money. If
tie Slovak or Polack is particularly
r thrifty, he postpones purchasing a re
rolver for several months and carries
in one pocket a round, hard stone,
Slarge enough to crush a man's skull
Sand in another a piece of iron filched
Sfrom the colliery scrap-heap. The
Italian or Sicilian too poor or too
Spenurious to afford a stiletto buys,
Sbegs or steals a long file and sits down
Sin his shanty or by the roadside, with
two or three stones and grinds it to a
r keen edge and a needle-like point.
Then he fastens the blunt end in a
corn-cob and has ready for ase a
weapon of no mean possibilities.
Once armed, however, and provided
with a watch, the foreigner manages
al- to live at a total expense of about p
a month-and th' may be regarded as
a liberal estimate in most instances.
The remainder of his wages is saved
toward the purchase of a vineyard ora
a farm in theold eointry,whither almost
and all expect to return and mad their
iver.
ever
An t
gras
Breeds That Mature Early.
The farmer loses profit by not hav- Bro.
lung breeds that mature early. It does Ti
not pay to simply keep an animal alive thel
to eat grass in the spring. If a steer ly 1:
or hog can be forced into market in is i
the shortest time there will not only thre
be a saving in the keep of the animal, feet
but also of labor. If a steer can be feet
sent to market when two years old the five
food necessary to keep it until three -
years old will destroy the profit. Time
is money in raising live stock.
Boot Crops.
In England the root crop for stock
feeding has been and yet is considered
of greater importance than the hay
crop. Not only are the sheep expected
to feed upon the turnips from the time -
when they are large enough, but tur- the
nips and mangels are no small part of hig]
their feed from the time they begin to bull
make growth until the next spring, whl
when the roots are exhausted. The this
English farmers claim that they can Ii
grow five times the weight of roots to are
the acre, and'that a pound of hay fed also
with roots is of much more value than abl
when fed alone, because of more per- doo
fect digestion. We always tried to run
have some roots for sheep and young tiol
stock in the winter, but that was be- res
fore the days of silos and ensilage. hot
twi
bowlng Clover Seed. run
The.sowing of clover seed is a mat- T
ter which occurs early in the season, hal
frequently the seed being sown on str
snow. The better plan is to wait and ait
Iarrow the wheat with a harrow hav- opp
ing slanting teeth, going over the on
wheat field several times, and then is
sowing the clover seed, by which plan oul
less seed will be required and more wi
seed will germinate because of being tol
covered. Nothing is gained by sowing res
too early, as seed will not germinate do
until the ground is warmed. The har- ing
rowing of the wheat will prove very ,
beneficial, especially if fifty pounds of
nitrade of soda per acre can be broad
casted before harrowing. There will
be no injury done the wheat plants by
t the harrow. Wheat responds very
quickly to any cultivation or fertilizer
B given early in the spring.
An Outlet For Cattle.
Many stables have side doors high
up from the ground that would make -
a the most convenient outlet for cattle. br
A runway can readily be constructed, wl
a as shown in the cut. It can be made co
th
ve
o -- -- . a
- no
1ess steep than the one shown i o de
f
to build if fiat rocks are at hand. Such
- a runway may also be blt nsid e the
barn to permit cattle to go rom the
A RUNWAY FROTHM ssU I he
n h
iI less steep than the one shown if de- of
s sired. Earth s urposled inside the rock Journal.
h Iwall, and firmly trodden down. A of
loose astone wall only is reqent pared-eay
)f to build if fiat rocks are at hand. Such po
I a runway may also be built Inside the m
i first floor to the basement for water, o
d or other purposes.-Farm Journal. h°
Influenee of Light Upon Plants, to
i An abstract of a recent paper by 81
V Professor MacDougal, of the New is
o York Botanical Garden presents the ci
e following conclusions, among others: m
e First-Light exercises a direct chem- fr
Ical effect upon the substances of q1
-t which protoplasm is composed. cl
Y Secondd-It stimulates protoplasm to pj
the formation of chlorophyll, although a
n its action is not necessary to the pro- ci
P ess, and its direct chemical effect dis- p
th integrates this substance. I
Three-It constitutes a form of en- II
e ery which is absorbed by the ehloro- b
e- plasts. a
d Fourth-Absence of light constitutes n
rn a distinct stimulus, calling out the va- a
n1 rlous reactions of etiolation.
in Fifth-Light acts as a directive or
orienting stimulus to which the plant
ad responds by locomotory or bending e
he movements.
r- Sixth-Different portions of the spec- b
i trum are operative in producing these t
ho separate effects. I:
he Illumination is not necessary to the a
motility of protoplasm, nor does it ex- i
is ert a retarding effect upon growth. Its In
Schemical action may, however, hinder *
the accumulation of somatic material. r
SThe altered development of plants in I
rt- darkness is an adaptive response c
nt which has for its purpose the elevation
Ee of the chlorophyll screen and reprodne
Stive bodies.-New York Sun.
>sr one in Unytan 5**45. 1
It is often perplexing to an amateur
to know, what quantity of seeds he
ought to procure for the season's sup- 1
P- ply. If he leaves It to the jobbinlg
oal men he may meet with disappointment
tes or he may not, all depending upon the
y; integrity and knowledge of the work
man. The best plan is to buy one's
rak own seeds from some reliable source,
or or, it it is preferred to obtain them lo
aer cally, they should be in packets bear
Sis Ing the name of a well-known mir
If chant, and showing the date of the
rly current year upon them. This insure
re that fresh article is being obtained.
ie and that under normal conditions the
no, seeds will grow and produce crops
:ull of a good type. It is mistaken
Led economy to buy cheap seds. They
he Inay grow well, and yet the crop
too be interior for want of the necessary
lys, care in thq selection of the stock. In
wn Rppearance seeds do not tell the pur
rith chaser much, as a worthlesJtr'. ~f
o a ten looks quite as good as that or
int superior grade. Then, again, side., ap
Ln a pearance and germinative power have
o little to do with the actual quality of
e. some seeds.
dod Just the same system is applied to
ge seed raising and plant reeding as to
P live stock. The important kMYCao
d their special strals, which possess a
* pedigree upon similar lint to a Lst
vo class race holrse or a pris blDck"
ora !here are mongrel seds in pnty in
so ot every diecteion that have neither char
her aeter nor qulit to rommOU s them
mad enUores gqusititl this d
..n~.atre tm a - -am the Os-ltr
every season, and eagerly bought by
amateurs and others because of their Ar
cheapness. The produce from such
crops is not worth the room occupied Ida
in the ground.-London Daily Tele- Little
graph. Ias.
Brooder House With Covered Inside RunS Th
The brooder house I have used for differ
the past five years accommodates nice- the h
ly 150 chicks until eight weeks old. It cold ,
Is nine by twelve feet, with shed roof, by th
three feet high on lower side and seven era ii
feet on higher side. It allows two brigh
feet for alley, two feet for brooder and same
five feet for runs. The part used for morn
stram
- In
high. The remainder of the house in,
circu
this th climate.
'I -----------------
on u
entit
In the lower side, which faces, Ina t
ae tot
the runs is double-walled oT e foots a
f hidoorgh. The remainder of the housThe sixs not
o buinslt o one-lnch boards battened, a
which makes it sudiffersiciently warm for ert
e this climate. I.
SIn the lowseen. After side, which faces easting for
two are three windows one by three eet, way
d also one a aindow in each end, just held
n above the double wall. There is a
r- door at each end of alley. The sicover
oo runs are separated by movable parti- tion
g tions and are also covered. In these mad
g-respects t diffoners from ofher brooder upo
houses I have seen for fter using for oare
two years I would not go back to open enoi
runs again. The
t- The partition is made of one and a buil
1, half inch lath split lengthways. Two don
in strips at a and b project one inch and cow
d At in mortises in the double wall. The the
Sopposite end drops beteen two cleats pan
e oor in the side of the brooder. The cover hay
in is also made of split lath, except the easi
win outside and crosspieces, which are full cai
re width. The covers ares hinged at a a to ithengi
ig top of double wall and the other end outral
ig rests on top of brooder. The sliding Ii
th door in cover is for feeding and water- too
very easily cleaned. The advanta tho
rt evening, while the chicks are into tile
of doors opened when watering or o
d-opened st enogh to pt in anything
Atriurulturist.
SDetaT s ov C tter OVEang. di
l e. brooder or in the middle of the da W
Scarwhile they are igen to perfectings, the hot
de coverd mst bare extaised and hooked to the handling
of the milk and butter. One primeout hg
requisite to success is the proper care ki
ekof the tin and wooden vessels used. oth
SThey shoulde be washed as soon as est
thrpowiblng all the runs into one and are 1ea
very easily cleaned. The advantages the
are when the chicks are put into the ofli
surfaens they are there to stay. There is the
no waterying over partitions, nor fwhying oht the
of doors opened when watering or WOI
feeding as the slip doors can be a
opened Just enough to put in anything slid
desuired, righ trough, drinking fontained, as
is someti- W. . Nicholson, n strainmerican wh
Details of Butter NakinK. in I
The same Intelligent, painstaking da
care that is given to perfecting the shi
herd must be exprovided to the handling the
of the milk and bntter. One donime for
,ek requisite to success is the proper care kin
A of the tin and wooden vessels used. aot
pracThey should be washed as soon as eto
Sreampossible after being emptied and the gallow
pan, as in deep setting with Ice, the
milk rinsed otless first with cool water.
eas hot waters, cooknsequently the miloss ofnto the
surfaces, then washed thoroughly withter
e, hot water and recommenally scalded with separ
water or steam, after which they are t
to be placed where they can air and an'
by sun, right side up. never inverted, as aid
ew is sometimes done. A strainer and all
the cans should be provided to receive the kej
milk in the barn as fast as it is drawn
om- from the cows. Milking must be done
of quietly, quickfor aly, thoronghly and instarte a
fresg h a cool room for skm-milk that has
rto eah gallon of creamer ,s far better thanir the shallow r
ly an, in deep set where the temperature I
en- slinfl-ve degrenes, conseanently the loss of thi,
e- bheatter fat is less and the bttewill better
andn about twenty-four hoursacter. The ream
Itea I moreit should be scalrecommended, s the separ- n
va-cooledr with takesh w a ter before using.
milkDo not soonll the churn moreand that, too,
r withll of cream.st possible I color is to be Ted
add it when enoug the cream ihas beeput into the
n chured or an. Churning adshould be starter of pped
frwhen the granbles of buttermlk or skim-milk that hase
l and set of wheat grase the the buttermilks
he sitydrawn of without delayfve degrees, and keep at thise but*
e- heat washed in the churn whith owill be
da reshould be stirred occasionally whater ntil
l. ripening. Howeveriwn of clear. A littlehrn
se cooled win the rinseesh water is defore singrable.
This parDo not of the chuwork should be done half
eas quickly as possibleream. If color is to be serdos
dd mistake to allow the bcream is putter to stand in
cthe water. Itng should be proteoppted
whenrom both water and aibtter bare ths
temuch as posf wh ble. The usual fotterml t
I he draone o wncth of salt toand the pound of
ap tter sed ints the churntaste of the majority.ld,
bang fresh water, changin the workater andtil
pent salt andy be do riway with all mottled and
the it ngn that mrinst be watdone to s dt the de
'a Thiessels, whepothe wood or stone, most
c mistake tclean and odorless, andow the butter to stand in
eur- nfrom both water and wir ths leans
a bwhiter heeee the taste of the majot paper.
d PlacIfe the formbtter, placina thie work layer anof
,the work onl top to aidto incor keeping out the
oeair. sltand y paryels la hal-lmotnd and
ken trepouned prints, wrapped in tothpac-hment
papery, thare popmutlar and conveniene to it forthe de
d roimm urediate sale. Private trade is of
In be clean and ostorles and the dabman wtter
pm- when packedet al covered rwith cleanr
*fs white cheesecloth ora n, slkyso
P that on top theo aid in ke deping rt the a
ly of po und ptryt wrapped in parchmet,
Sto immediate sale. Pmrivate trad e . of
Mve makes a perfet attico used never feua
List that gluts the market under the name
. , a Us meals.
THE JAPANESE HOME. apon
Ioeswo n:. Built s -. o Wtstdlawy
gand
]artqako SBheek.. gu
Ida Tigner Hodnett writes of "The
Little Japanese at Home" in St. Nicho- fet 1
las. The author says: were
The climate, of course, varies in ried
different parts; even in the mid-coan- duti4
try the cold is intense in winter, and twos
the heat intense in summer, yet both
cold and heat are somewhat lessened C
by the surrounding ocean. To strang
ers it seems odd to see orange-trees s cc
bright with g en f it, and at the
i same time idroles Nttering in the LA
r morning sun, but this is one of the girl
strange sights presented to the view. nia
In their dwellings shelter from the Ealu
i rain, shade from the sun, and free the
circulation of air are mainly sought by She
the Japanese, who, as a rule, seem to mor
be able to endure much cold. Even a br
on winter days their houses are seen L
entirely open to the morning sun, and you
in this respect they set a good example Ieg
to their western brethren. Then,too, ins
these houses must be such as will of t1
not be readily shaken tothe ground in defo
i an earthquake, for Japan is a land of sale
earthquakes.
For security agalint this danger,the ly I
t, house is put together in a very simple and
t way. All parts of the structure are ma,
held together, one author says, by a and
az system of "dovetailing," neither nails tha
:i nor screws being used in their produc- L
tion, except for ornament. It is not the
ae made fast to the ground, but stands sol
upon wooden legs or columns, which *pai
are merely placed upon stones high mo
!n enough to keep the ends out of water. hui
Then, when an earthquake occurs, the del
a building moves to and fro, and settles anc
7O down again after the vibration has the
id ceased. It is believed that most of by
be the damage from earthquakes in Ja
ts panese cities has occurred with houses the
er having tiled roofs, as the tiles are dei
he easily shaken loose, and, beinghesy. I
all cause destruction in their falL Build- the
to ings with roofs of wood or thatch gen- wa
ad erally escape damage. skh
g It is thought that the use of tiled his
?r- roofs arose from the dread of Are. Al- da;
though many roofs are made of stone on
in tiles, the majority are of wood, beam- lo
boo, or thatch. Thatch is much used to
in the poorest villages; but even tem- th4
pies, as well as dwellings, have been aw
known to be thatched. On the ridge b
of this thatched roof the iris is fre- Tb
quently planted; and when in bloom, giu
its velvety-purple blossoms and light de
green leaves give the house a pic
turesque appearance. Seen from a
distance, the village looks as if there
were little gardens on the tops of the sa
bhehouses. to
he Most dwellings are but one story no
t, high. When the roof and framework th
re pre made, it remains to araange for fr
es the outside walls and the partitions an
he of the rooms. Most foreigners regard m
is the outside walls as huge windows,for fri
ut they are merely light wooden lattice- ov
or work frames covered with a stiff na
be semi-transparent paper. These frames aI
slide in grooves, so that they can be on
Stktagn out at pleasure, leaving the de
an whole house open to the cool breezes. dil
At night they are covered with amado, en
or wooden shutters, which also slide re
in grooves along the edge of the veran- ra
*ng da or a projection of the foor, and so in
the shut in the house. In the daytime no
Ing the shutters are pushed back so as to on
me form ornamental side-pieces. This cr
ire kind of wall and window is one is an- to
ed. other of the needs of building in an wa
as earthquake land, where the use of ro
the glass would be dangerous and costly. an
er, The rooms are made by means of m
the sliding partitions of woven bamboo,or pt
ith else of paper-covered latticework simi- wi
Ith lar to the outside walls, fitted into ni
are grooves in the ceiling. The ceiling w
and and all the frames for outside and in- ye
as side walls are of unpainted wood, and ci
md all Parts of the house are generally ju
the kept perfectly clean. T
mne BEAR ON A COWCATCHER. t
01
1 Stayed Ther ou a Tea-Mile Br and hi
S1 Was Shot. I
to Not long ago as a train was passing t
[he through Wilder's Cut, near Oloat E
low Bun, Penn., the engineer was aston
the ished to see ablack bear comning around
rlc a sharp curve. The cut is so narrow
of that there is hardly room for a man to B
ter stand side and allow an engine to
en puass without striking him. Bruain tl
ar- was more amazed than the engineer. y
the Instead of stepping aside, he reared
too, on his haunches and awaited events. p
The locomotive was running less than B
c-twenty miles an hour, for the place is
of a dangerous one. Upon seeing the b
has bear the engineer shat off steam, and a
pint applied the brakes, but the distance ,
ugh-was too short to escape an oaccident, 1
i is The oowcatcher slid under the hind
this legs of the brate, and lifted him off t
te the ground. g
esm Thinking all trouble was over, the I
u engineer pat on steam once more,
while the fireman climbed out of the r
ben csb window, and stole along the guard a
ing rail to find out what had become of the X
half bear. He was there, clasping the cow
estcher, the lower part of his body '
just grauing the ground, and his head
ped almost resohing the bottom of the
the headlight He seemed to understand
milk that the only thing he could do was to t
but* hold fast, and he did so daring the
nold, nexpun to the station, ten miles dis
Inti tant. The station agent was t anding 4
Ittle at the depot door as the train sp
ble. ehed. The sight of a full grown
lone bear on the cowcatcher fairly took
Ion away his breath.
Sn As soon as the engino esme to a
Sstandstill Bruin slipped from his pereh,
and made a break for freedom. This
4 o took him straight toward the aget,
who dashed through the door,slammed
ald it shut, leaped through the rear door,
athe .d went up the street at a frious
and rate, lling out: "Bearl Beaurl SBome
mch- body get a gunI"
ede- Soon the town was in a tarmol, a
Sth yelling erowd following in hot purmsit
Sof the bear, some of the boys pelting
r him with stones. Suddenly a big
t shepherd dog bouaced out of prd,
aend dashed after the bear. Bruin
apr, used but a minute or two, but when
paed ea~ the rash dog had no ue
tr u iterat in tpb eding.
At the reet corner a lawyer esarry
int for lg a doubl-berleld gasun ea o fe
Itof t·o it the bear, ut the latter
i tar w tddwnthe oassrest alley. The
S moro sa iuanemd, Tnd aetriod the
two bllets hio the bear, wh pa'
h woade anhie hasegedt
upon, and had a leg broken. The
lawyer slipped another bullet into his
gun, and sent the shot through Bruin's
head d finished him. By this time Gi
the engineer and fireman recalled the Li
fact that a train load of passengers pins
were waiting at the station, and hur- Be
ried back and resumed their official ae
duties after a Iear hunt of about V. C
twenty minate: Tl
DIED Of A BROKEN HEART.
Don
A Comely eLdla5 Girl Pined for Igr
[ourdered Lover. 1
Louise Calol, the comely Indian
girl of Plea, nt rancheria, Califor
nia, over vho4 Antone Silva and
Eulalio Gonzales quarreled only to
the end that Silva lost hislife, is dead.
She passed away at a place near Liver
more, and it is known that she died of
a broken heart.
Louise Choloco was a beautiful
young woman and her admirers were
a legion. Many had come and gone,but
finally Silva won her sand all but one
l of the old adairers had acknowledged
Sdefeat. That one was Eulalio Gon.
t sales. He had met the girl after Silva
had won her and had fallen desperate
sly In love. He was crafty sad smooth
a and strove to captivate the woman in
a many ways. Louise preferred Silva,
a and she gently repulsed every effort
a that Gonzales made to court her. ils
Silver arranged for a wedding and
t then Gonzales, in a jealous frenzy, re- ta
a solved to do murder. He waylaid the
h .pair as they were strolling in the
h moonlight and attacked Silva with a
huge stick of wood. The first blow, et
e delivered from behind, felled Silva, s
a and a second later he was brained by
a the ferocious Gonzales. The girl stood
of by and saw it all, helpless to act.
a- Gonzales was caught and is now in -
is the County jail awaiting trial for mur
*e der.
F. Louise Choloco never smiled from
I- the night of that awful tragedy and
i- was as true to her lover in death as a
she had been in life--she grieved for
d him and wanted to die, too. On the a
1- day of the funeral the poor girl stood "
to over the coffin as it was about to be
a- lowered into the grave and gave vent
d to her grief. She threw herself upon
a- the casket and had finally to be torn
n away. Then Louise Choloco went
eo back to her home and pined away.
a- The end came at last and the poor
a, girl's Anal words were.of love for her
t dead lover.-san Francisco Chronicle.
a T2e Coy oyeote.
re ."peaking about smart animals,"
ae said the real estatq man, "I want
to go on record as saying that there is
ry no animal that can hold a candle to
rk the coyote for smoothness. When I
or first went out to western Kansas I had e
as an ambition to kill enough coyotes to e
rd make a laprobe to send back to my
or friends in the east. I tramped all a
e- over that country with a gun, but I
X never could get nearer than within a
es a mile of a coyote. I used to drive
be outin my buggy,and hide the gun un
ae der the seat, but it didn't make any
s. difference; not a coyote ever got near
o, enough so that he could have been
se resohed with anything short of a long. e
n- range cannon. One day I started out
so in a hurry and forgot my gun. I had e
as not gone a mile from town until I ran
to onto a group of four coyotes. The a
tis critters didn't even take the trouble
n- to lope off out of sight. They just
an walked off two or three rods from the
of road, and sat down on their hunkers,
y. and looked at me and yawned. It
of made me hot to see their infernal im
or pudence, and I made a dive as if I
ai- were going to get the gun out from
ito under the seat. I thought sure I
ng would scare them away. Well, maybe m
in- you wouldn't believe it, but those
nd cussed coyotes never moved. They
ly just satup there andactually grinned.
They said just as plain as if they had
used the words: 'O, you needn't try
to run any bluff on us; we are strictly
onto our job.' How they knew I
Shadn't got that gun I don't know, but
I have always had great respect for
ng the sense of a coyote ever since."
mt Kansas City Journal.
m
ud GllesCtry of Haungry English Soldelors.
ow In our review of Printe Kraft zu
to Hohenlohe's "Letters on Strategy" A
to recently, Marshal Raditsaky's opinion
11 that '"a hungry soldier has no cour
er. age" is quoted. A war correspndent E
red writes to us: "The tough old marshal
it. probably meant an ill-fed soldier.
an Hungry and thirsty men have given
ii many splendid examples of courage,
the but none more remarkable, perhaps, I
nd than in that retreat from Cabal, when
ae 'exposed for six days and five nights
nt in the snow, without cover or fire,
ind with gearcely any food,' compelled by
of thirst to eat snow, which only ag- (
gravasted their tortures, footsore and
the benumbed,the Forty-fourthresponded
ire, gallantly to every call and beat back
the repeated attacks of the Afghans who
ad attempted to overwhelm them as they
the passed through narrow defiles or
ow- halted in hope of getting a brief rest.
ody These gallant fellows knew all along
ed what the end must be,but they fought
th against fate to the last, as they en
ad dured every hardship with the resolu.
Sto tion of heroe."--l4ndon Daily
the News.
ing Captuved a Tired Beck With His ands
aP George Latham of Upshur county,
wn West Virginia, st work in a Ilumber
ok yard,heard dogs running in the woods
near by the other day and then saw a
Sa lue back eomingfull speed up the
rh, valley. It passed near him, but soon
his was brought to bay by two shepherd
ent, dogs.
med A farmer named Baker, who had
oor, joined in the chase, came up to it,
los whenitreared upon its hind feot ad
ade- attcked him. By this.time Latham
appeared on the scene, pad as Baker
il, a ran to get oat of the way, Latham
suit tried to ecteh it by the legs. He
Lting missed his aim and received a kick on
big thead that made his teeth rattle, bt I
rad, it did not turn him from his purpose.
rin He kept right on. He grabbed at its I
rhen legs again and this time caught hold I
of-of ithem.
The animal struck at him, trippgd
rry- and fell on its baek, with Lathabmu ea
face top of it. The deer was ezhausted,
stter ualn ath5p got it on a sled, takin it
The hoeme, thinking it would make a ne
Si-a i ~td. night it died.-New ork
lThe frst nO5 on resord who held
sea mediest pl was- Ann Vertanda
Imeag as@, wh, In tho middle of the
the ,last Ueet y, fled the drof eastem
si lthe University of Besse
State Gwr nmut of LniuiaIa
Governor-W. W. Heard,
Lieutenant-Governor-Albert Est.*
I pinal.
Secretary of State-John Michel.
I Superintendent of Education--John
V. Calthoun.
Auditor--W. S. Frasee.
Treasurer--Ledoux E. Smith.
U. 8. SENATORS.
Don Caferey and 8. D. MoEnery.
BEPRESENTATIVES.
1 District- . C. Darey.
" Distriot-Adolph Meyer.
3 Distriot-B. F. Broussard.
4 Distriot-P. Braseale.
5 Distriot-1. E. Ranadell.
6 District-S. M. Robinson.
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