The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1900 Page: 4 of 4
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Owing to the high pricci which have*
prevailed during the past two years t*»r j
broom mm brush, many (aimers in the
Wcmrn. Southern and hnuthwestern i
Suus a>e a< xi<iut 11 learn a* much *«» |
w »wit>e all po^jblc hefure pla< ting time, rugarding I
itpcnt that tacy arc sold out dose u'hich ; y.e culture, hairtsring and marketing
ahow's the swine industry of the ilai® tn , »ftl is crop. And owing to commcr* i t
I biu»h being grown in
lu every land the •»«“ "b“ l‘l,rc i '("
44 I>i*irict & Co (3erk
44 County Treasurer.
44 44 A*lorney.
Aramor.
J. C. Cannigion, Bay City, 44 Surveyor.
A.C. Burkhart, Matagorda, Cooi’r Ere No !
P M. Jovbie, Coulterville, 44
G R Broun, Pledger, 44
N Keller, Deming** Bridge, 44
Same Way Here.
The German*
•n> of u nrwepj
»t<: of fact
• pinions of hr
pxprew s on*
ago in hi* muscular person, hi* gait and
hi* strung pock- marked face. He was
affable and merry with his best friends,
but while he had the true hospitality of
a Southern gentleman in inviting every
visitor from a distance to his table or
to a bed over night, his politeness was
generally formal. Yet if he particularly
. . fa guest he
Daatn of Dr. T. B Ljwson.
ItUXMONO C9A9TMW.
The people of Kir hniond were greatly
shocked upon learning that the Rev.
Dr. T. B. I.iwson, rector of the Episco-
palian church here, w as dead, and many
sincere expressions of sorrow were heard
upon every hand.
Dr. Lawson’s death occurred at 5:30
o’clock Monday morning at his home
about two miles from Eagle Like and
the burial took place Tuesday in Lake-
view cemetery in that town.
For a number of years the deceased
was rectorTf ihe Episcopalian churches
of Eagle i.ake and Richmond, and for
some time past he had been living upon
n little farm which he owned near the
former place. He held services as usual
here a week ago last Sunday and appear-
ed to be in his usual health. He was 83
years old, but was as bright mentally as
a man half his age. In fact, besides be-
ing a grand and noble old Christian gen-
tleman whom it was an honor to meet,
he was one of the most profound and
learned men in the Texas pulpit. He
was an encyi lopaedin of general knowl-
edge and was a lovable and companion-
able geniieman whose place will be hard
to fill.
The railroad* are amtiging for ter
acres ot baggage at the Confederate Re-
union in Louisville, May 30—June 3
Texas breeders of improved
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—As an i.vc-opcner. Coin uu Money,
Trusts and Imperialism is as startling as
a thunder-clap and as p'ain as a be.
you are a Democrat, send us a <
lor the National campaign committee , last stretch i* .'Ju miles.
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in In ttlc lend it to cvti, doubtful voter, white 01) ' .. .
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R«*lm«<*tl Ih l*o«tmn l uu«l Ceffrr.
MTo my prise I discovered that the
coffee habit was fixed upon me, ami I
hone looked forward to the beverage at meals
as indiRpcnsablc.
“I fell that I would rathet do willunit
the balance of the meal than the enfteej
and became impressed with the fad that
my tree, independent manhood was
nracticaliy gone.
“My lira 11 gradually became weaker
and weaker until it was so crippled that
my feet and hands were always cold, ex-
cept immediately after di inking coffee,
and after the effect of the coffee wore
off, I had that horrible, relaxed, wrung-
out-like-a-dish-rag feeling that made me
feel like an old, decrepit man at the age
| <>l thirty-five.
“When I awakened to my condition,
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Mrs Washington at this time was a
enemy after he emerged if he should Le healthy, pleasant and unostentatious
insane enough to adventure that route, j little woman, still showing traces of
These considerations strip an Isthmi-' good looks and with seldom any Othtr
an canal of every military and political, thought than playing respectably her
feature in respect ot the relations be-hrole of mistress of the house 01 a country
tween tiie I'niicd States and the powers, gentleman, of caring tor me negiocs ui
of Europe. They leave a comparatively iol amusing herself with her knitting,
simple problem:
Which is the better route—the Panama
or the Nicaraguan? Which is the bet-
ter way to build by the Government or
by private American citiicns out of
their own pockets and with every in-
terest impelling them to build speedily?!
SOILS AND WATER.
Caney lamb are considered richest. Colorado bottoms next,
black waxy prairie third, black sandy prairie fourth, and gray
sandy prairie fifth. Sandy lands are fine fur fruits, Buck, and
tobacco, and by a judicious rotation with peas and giant beg-
garweed they constantly grow richer. No fertilizers are used
here, the rainfall is ample, and both surface and well water arc
abundant and are easily and cheaply obtained.
“Old Caney is a remarkable phenomenon. I» is a strip of
chocolate brown, timbered land penetrating the black prairie.
It extends across the county some 40 miles north and south and
varies from 6 to 15 miles wide cast and west, with Coney creek
flowing south through the center, h is navigable for several
miles and never overflows. It is supposed to have been the an-
cient bed of the Colorado river which brought the brown alluvi-
um down from the Staked Plains, 800 miles away. This alluvi-
um is four to thirty feet deep and is believed lo be the must pro-
ductive soil in the; world.
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She hail gieat pride in her recipe for
making “cherry bou .ee,” and on a mid-
summer day She cut nut 32 pairs ot
breeches for the men working on the
farm She had said that she and the
General felt like children just released
terest impelling them to build speedily?Lfrom school when he left the Presidency,
h is not known at the present time1 and she told of her satisfaction at set*
whether a canal can be built in Ni<ara-! ding down again to the "duties of an
gua, the land of earthquakes. Itisnoi
known how much it would cost. Why
then this haste to give McKinley the op-
portunity to form a huge syndicate of
••pets" ami endow it with an annual in-
come ot $10,000,000 without the slight-
est guarantee that the canal will ever
be completed?
W e need, we want a canal. We do
not need and do not want a diain-pipr
from the Trevsury into the gaping pocl*
cts of greedy speculator* and a hoidr
ot political jobbers.
old fashioned Virginia housekeeper,
steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and
cheerful as a cricket.”
CLIMATE AND HEALTH.
The climate of this county is almost ideal. Our gulf breez-
es, pure, crisp and salty, aie a perpetual tonic and delight, and
these keep us cool in summer, and the long, sunny days of our
winter so temper the northers that instead of chilling the marrow
tn one’s bones they only serve to bring glow to the cheek, lus-
tre to the eye. and spring to the step. Our winter days and
summer nights arc much longer than in the north; hence we
have more sunshine in winter and less in summer; so that while
our winters arc much warmer our summers are actually cooler
than those of luwa. Still, sultry weather is virtually unknown
and sunstrokes never occur here.
The government weather records shew that the average an-
nual rainfall is 45 inches at Galveston and decreases one inch
for every 15 miles westward, which gives us 42 inches.
Excepting an occasional bilious attack we have no prevail-
ing diseases. People who are careless about their drinking
water arc liable to malarial fevers, but these are seldom fatal.
COURT DIRECTOR./.
DlSTaiCF Cot V.T—(23.1 judicial dis,) meets on
the 17th >icmday after the 2d Monday 01
February and August.
Prorate CoVHT—meetx on the 1 st Monday
io February. May, August, and Nov.
Commissioners 1 ourt.—Regular terms be-
gin on the 2<i ' onday in February, May,
August, and November.
Justice’s Covets:—
Precinct No. !. Hon. A.C. Burkhart,J. P.,
Matagorda. Holds court on 'he last Monday
of each month.
Precinct No 2. Hon. C. II. V\ illiamx, J.P,,
Coulterville, holds court on the Kt Saturday
of each month.
Precinct No, 3, Hon. R. H. Traylor, J, P.,
Bay City, holds court on the 1st Monday in
each month.
Precinct No. 4, Hon. Geo. R. Brown, J.
P., Pledger, holds court on the 2d Saturday in
each month.
Precinct No. 5, lion. Nolan Keller. J. P.
Deming’s Bridge, holds court on the las',
-aturday of each month.
Uiwefiia&iB the lest. Bit Departments Bhseloiiig Wrwh. ____
BUSINESS, NATIONAL BANKJN^ ACC^N -
SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING. TELEGRAPHY. PENMANSWP, ■
ELOCUTION. SPANISH and ENGLISH BraoHw. <
ALL NORTHERN TEACHERS J HE MOST ABLE FACUL I Y J
ever employed by any BUSINESS COl-IfWMmr
PBNmXn OF NATIONAL REPUTATION.
Delightful Room*. Elevator Service »nd xll Modem CoovraUncer.
Send for Eiegint CiUlogue. Write to-<Gy.
Addre** C. H. Ct-ARK, Rr»».t
Auarv.. w in,u»*MC* BUILOUU
■AN ANTONIO,
An Editor's l.ltr s.vrd V, Chniilwrlatn'.
Con h Krmed ■
During the early part of October,
1896, 1 contracted a bad cold which set-
tled on my lungs and was neglected un-
til 1 feared that consumption had ap-
peared in an incipient state. I was
constantly coughing and trying to ex-
pel something which I could not. I
became alarmed and alter giving the lo-
cal doctor a trial bought a bottle o'
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the
result was imnied'ate impiovemcnt, and
after I had used three bottles my lungs
were restored to their healthy state.—-II.
s Edwards, publisher of The Review,
Wyant, 111. For sale by Bouldin & Mc-
Nabb, druggists.
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Il did more to give new strength
3 than anything 1
could take. 1 can now cat anything and
have a new lease on life.” Onlv 50
».cntSj at Bouldin & McNabb’s, Drug-
gists. Every bottle guaranteedM
I 'vu»lu s lo ^iy dial wr have not one
tary fh lHHpiubi Gciiiuiii Mib^cribcr <»>i
<»ur book*.—Schulenburg Slicker.
Same <!•»»•. 11 here, brethren, 'the
many (ieriiuin patron* of Tflb TklUt’NJ.
are prompt w ith the <ash.
time our usual summer <1 rout It begins,
or about ninety days after the seed is I
planted. For if it forms Its head at a
I lime when frequent summer tains pre
j vail, u certain tier cent, of the heads
will become twisted and crooked. This
detracts considerably from its value and
price.
The bloom corn plant glows very
slowly until it becomes about three
inches in height, after which time it
greatly outstrips Indian corn in growth.
While it is small, and even before it
appears nboie the surface of the soil, is
the all-important time to vigorously i ul-
tivute it with harrow and small shovel
cultivator After the you ig plants le u:h
t le height ot two feet their subsequent
growth is so rapid that all weed growth
is quickly smothered out. Our Ever-
green btoom coin reaches a height hcie
oi twelve to fourteen feet.
Our broom corn growers have decid-
ed that the proper time to harvest the
brush is when the seed is in the dough
Formerly harvesting was begun when
the seed was “in the milk.” But the
(lowers have learned that the brush
is of iust is good quality, and con-
siderably heavier II the brush be not
harvested before the seed ha* reache i
the doughy, or semi-hard suite. With
improved machinery and up-to-date
methods of handling tlie brush the cost
of harv.uthig a crop has been rcduitd
at least 60 per cent, dining the past
thirty years. When icady lo harvest,
two row s of growing broom corn -re bci t
down across each other so that the
heads of each row rest -it die outer side
ofeitltei ruu, and about waist high.
The cutters (men with btoum com
knives) pass .dong the outside ot the ta-
ble" formed by the two lirol.cn io» ,
and cut off the heads al the nist bla h
He planted a below the top, being careiui to icimni l
tll-s blade al the same stroke which'
severs the head from the stalk.
Lhey are splendid feed blade is called * the bout, ‘ and
PEOPLE AND INDUSTRIES.
’I here is one settlement of Swedes and one of Folanders in
the county, and the remaining white population is native Ameri-
cans, with a few Germans intermingled. We have no Mexi-
cans. Wc think we have the most friendly and hospitable
people on earth,
M ^Te^rfcuT!tjnur1,^Wi,’.’.?>llyl.PMlJezj.*.oiir. Je.sding industry
now hsing given to the sugar industry and die production ot
tobacco. Several large pear orchards are in contemplation, »nd
with the coming of a yaf’mad, the fruit and vegetable industries
will be wonderfully expanded.
Prof. R. L. Bennett, Director ot die Arkansas Agricultural
Experiment station, a native of Alabama,and an expert authority
on Southern soils, says that our country, both as to fertility and
drainage, is fai ahead of the Alvin country, and the Alvin
country has made such a grand success of fruit and truck grow-
ing that a 163 acre orchard six years old sold for $150 per
acre.
But this is not a poor man's country. Our lands are valu-
able and the owners know it. There are no free lands or
school land* in this county, and very few farms to rent. It
lake* $500 to $1000 to buy and improve a borne here and live
till a crop is made.
A Road Down the Western
Coast
SAN ANTONIS KXPNKSS.
E. II. R. Green, the Texas millionaiie.
politician and business man, is still in
mon avocation. Behind the curtain the i "'“’hington nnd from the way he talk*
scene was more animated than it ap-
peared from the front. Organization
was had for buslne** ,
poses The fight is on in earnest.
For once the cotton raiser is master of
the situation. Both of the bales nr-t-d
him and must have his lat or. He is to
be congratulated on his opportunity,
and we trust he will make the most of it.
cHUr,cH director/.
FOR MATAGORDA:)
Episcopal.— -ervices evciy Sunday, morn-
ing and evening Rev. J. H. Birckhead, iec-
•or. f unday school every Bunday morning.
Methodist.—IVeaching, fourth Sunday in
each month, morning and evening, and prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening. Rev. J. J.
Cftllau ay, pastor. Sunday xchool every Sunday
morning; B. A. Ryman, supt.
Baptist.—No pastor at present. Sunday
school every Sunday afternoon; Mrs, C. D.
Bruce, supt.
FOR BAY CITY:
Methodist:—Preaching, second Sunday in
each month, morning and evening, by Rev. J.
J. Callaway pastor, and first Sunday evening
in each month by Rev.J'. Payne. Union pray-
er service at 3 o’clock every Sunday afternoon.
Sunday school every Sunday morning; J. L.
Ladd. supt. Epworth League devotional meet-
ing every Wednesday evening, led by Rev. Z.
Payne; literary meetings on Friday evenings
before the second nnd lourth Sundays in each
month, conducted by MissT. Holmes; business
meeting on Monday evening after the second
Sunday in each month; J. L. Ladd, prest.
Baptist.—services, first Sunday in each
month, morning and evening; Rev. J. J Lively,
ol El Campo, pastor.
Pkesuyterian.—Services, third Sunday in
each month, morning and evening: Rev. W G
McDonald, of El Campo, pastor.
Episcopal Sunday School, meets at the
court house at in o’clock every Sunday fore-
noon, W»n. E. Austin, Superintendent.
Divine services on the fourth Sunday tn each
month at 11 a. in., and 7:30 p, in. Rev. J.
IL Birckhead, Rector.
FOR BOGGY:
Metiiodisi .— Preaching, 2d Sunday after-
noon in each month, at 3 o’clock, by Rev. J J
Callaway or Rev Z Payne, and every fourth
Sunday by Rev Z Payne. Sunday school every
Sunday afternoon; J M Gilmore, supt.
rOR ACMOV.
Methodist.—Preaching, third Sunday in
each month, morning and evening, by Rev J J
Callaway. Sunday school every Sunday at 3:30
p m; T F Dickelt, supt. league devotional
meeting at 3 2?po m every Sundy; Miss Oce
Moore, pesident. Prayer meeting every Sunday
night excupt the third in each month.
FOA DEMING’S BRIDGE:
Baptist,—Services, second Sunday in each
month, morning nnd evening, and on Saturday
evening before; Rev J. J. Lively, pastor.
Methodist.—Services, first Sunday in each
month at Hams Rev J J Callaway, pastor.
Union Sunday School every Sunday;
F. Cornelius, supt.
FOR EAST CARANCAHUA:
Methodist.—Services, first Sunday after-
noon and night in each month by Rev I J Cal-
laway, pastor.
Union Sunday School at 2:30 p m
Sunday; W L Blair, supt.
LODGE DIRECTOR/.
Advantages and Drawbacks.
Timber is abundant for fuel and fencing. The finest of fish
and oysters arid both large and small game are plentiful. Stock
lives on the open range the year through, pastures and gaiuen*
remaining green all winter. Slate nnd county taxes are only 90
cent* on the $tco, and our hom.nead exemption laws are more
liberal than those of any other state.
Every country has its drawbacks, and this one is not entire-
ly exempt. Oir deep, rich soil makes muddy roads in wet
weather. But «e have no hills, and our streams are well bridg-
ed, except the Colorado, which is crossed by ferries. Mosqui-
toes and bom flies arc bad at times; but we have no buflalo
gnats, nor are snakes and insects more numerous here than in
the nonh. Anthrax, or charbon, kills some horses nearly eveiy
year, and it sometimes attacks cattle. 'I he county is thinly
settled, hence *ocial and school advantages arc meager in some
partz. New homes on the prairies wi'l be without shade till
trees can be grown. We are now without a railroad, though
live are heading this way, three ol winch arc partly built. We
have the negro, and some object to him. Wedonot. Wettso
him in our business and find him profitable. He is confined to
the Cnnov and Colorado timber and will not live on the pt.irie.
Most of these disadvantages are disappearing ns the counts
settles up. Contrast these tntfes with the blizzards, sunstrokes,
cyclones, drouths, oveifiows, sand-stoims, hot winds, glasshop-
pcis, and extremes cf olher lands, and take your choice.
so YEARS* -
. CXPERItNCE
Surprising Facts About the
Nicaragua Canal.
Tl,e New York World show, that tile
dislunce fioin Din-Ion to Mntiila via Suez
(.anal i» miles Itoui Ijoudon to |
M anila via Xicatagu.i Canal is 14.880
miles. Advantage of Suez over Central
American route 5.280 mile*.
These figures show of how mtall com-
mercial interest our l.thinmn canal
project is to England. As the distarice
Irem the p ■! s 01 the l ar East are oven
less favorable to the Central Amtricao
route, continental Europe has practical-
ly no commercial interest >11 an Isthmi-
an route. All the commercial use that
Europe would have for a Central zYniei-
h tut canal would be for the sake rd
their oiean trade with our 1'm.ific coast
and the Pacific coast of South z\nniics>.
From New Yoik to Manila via Suer
Canal is 11,365 miles; from New York
to Manila via Nicaragua Canal Is 11.746
miles. Advantage* in favor of Suez
route. 181 mile*.
I his still further reduces the com-
mercial importance of the Centra)
American route so far as the Far East
is concerned. And a farther reduction
must be made in view of the fact that
by the Suez loute a ship passes near
to all the great centres of commerce in
Europe, Asia and Northern Africa,
while by the Central American route It
goes nowhere near any port of first or
even second importance.
Clearly so far as commerce is con-
cerned the Isthmian canal is a project
ihiefly for facilitating trade between
the eastern and western coasts of the
American continents.
So f ir as war among European states
is concerned, none of them, not even
England, has the slightest interest in a
Central Atneric.in canal. Even in the
$ IN A NUTSHELL.
Wc 'hink Mata£o*dii the best county in Texas, because—
A 1. Its land* arc richest.
2. While they are 500 miles nearer an export harbor than
( A those of north 1 c.xas, they are much cheaper.
3. Our climate is just right. East of us it is too wet; west
Ot us tfto dry; north are crMcr winters and wanner suiumers.
4. 7 he pineries northeast of us furnish cheap lumber; the
w) mountains northwest of us are rich in granite, marble, coal, and
/A iron; the plains west of us, too dry for farming, will always be
breeding and grazing grounds whose herds will be finish d for
market <>n our immense feed crops.
f 5. At our door on th* south wc have the Gull to supply us
with its delicacies and to bear away our exports of cotton, hay,
y ) meats, sugar, tobacco, etc.
(JP 6. Our farmers don’t see the fruits of their year’s labor con*
oS sumed in freights, fertilizer bills, and winter feeding,
7▲ 7. Our fruits, vegetables, and melons are six weeks earlier
vJf and a tluHtsand miks nearer th*, best market* (ban are those of
California.
f A ?. The near future l. su e t*» produce the greatest develop*
ment here. He wins ime.i? n<* > can count on rising values
with absolute tieitainly.
CROPS.—GET 20 ACRES FOR l.(
Sell your $40 laud in the north and with each $40 buy five |
acres here. As we easily produce two crops a year, this five
acres equals ten up north. I hen as you have lo feed half the I
year up there, it really lakes 20 acres to save as much surplus |
feed as the 5 will produce here.
The $5 to $20 lands of the const country have at least six I
weclcf longer growing season, and ate $1 to $2 per bale nearct 1
the seaboard, than the $25 to $00 land of North and *
l exns. Our first bale of cotton gets in a month ahead of theirs |
and while frost often catches their top or second crop, ours |
nearly always matures, and it sometimes equals the first crop.
T’hen we can grow the long staple Sea Island and Egyptian I
cottons, which bring double the price of the common inland 1
cotton.
Tropical sugar cane, ramie, hemp and the finest Cuban to- I
bacco succeed admirably here, and many of the lower lying ,
lands near the mouths of the streams arc as fine rice land as
any in he world. Figs, pears and berries flourish here as in 1
few olher countries, and the finest European and California
grapes are highly successful.
We have more glasses and clovers than the north, and belter
ones. Alfalfa is a demonstrated success here without irrigation
We neither irrigate nor fertilise.
il til’ J ul the 4\»h< d ’ to atl'w
unlo.idi
At'cr a saihicicnt quantity ol brush is
cut t » k cp the ••seuilc;’ (1 ma 1.11 e
which rcinc ves the Seed from 1 >•_ brut
and which costs about $150) I u<y fin ;
five boiirs the men who c 1 tbv 11 »b ’
to the shed I strai.Joun 1! e Iva '
all < • L sort out the cruo\c : li ;.*ls
jt nny. .«1 *d fjvd th? rem t’*i h 1 t » t’l I
xcedvr. Hiu h<. ids tun tl.r«»u iIhn
SIZE, LOCATION AND MERIT.
Among the undeveloped counties of the wonderful coast
country, Matagorda is the richest in soil, the finest in climate,
and the most perfect in drainage; and it is the most delightful
place to live and the most promising held fot investment in all
this big and favored state.
In area this county is one and a half times as large as the
state of Rhode Island. 'I he Colorado river cources through the
center of the county and empties into Matagorda Bay within its
limits, and this, with some fifteen creeks and a numbet of
sloughs, bays, lakes and bayous coMplute its drainage system
Excepting the “Old Caney” Muntry the lands are all open
prairie with timber along the water courses. I his timber is
mostly pecan, ash. elm wild peach, willow, cottonwood, hack-
berry and various kinds of oak, but no uost-oak.
Ex-Gov. Wells Thompson says he lias been in every good
county in Texas, aud that this surpasses all others.
OFFICIAL DIRECTOR/.
Stale SenaU/r, H<>o. jobn E Linn, Wharton. 1
| Represent alive, 44 A. E. M.ulerson. Angletou |
Disirict Judge, Hon Weill Thompson,
44 Auomey, Hou. Jno. IL Pinckney.
I’on.T. J. Hamiiiun, Bay City, County Judge.
S- S. Moore, Bay Cuy, Sheriff and CoUeetor.
Geo. Austin, 44
I>. P. Moore, ••
J. L. l-ndd, 44
Geo. B. Culver. Matagotda, 44
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TKRsi'Ai.Acios Lodge, No. 411, meets at
Deming’s Bridge on Saturday on or before the
fullmoon in each month. John Rowls, W M;
Jos. Pybus Secretary.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
T res Palacios Chamer, No 34, meets at
Deming’s Bridge on Saturday morning on or
before the full moon in each month; Mrs Kate
Moore, Woithy Mat; T W Bundick. Sccy
ODD FELLOWS.
Matagorda Lodge, No. 47, meets at Mat-
agorda every Saturday evening. G B Culver,
N G; J M Gober, V G; Henry Cookenboo,
Treas ; W J Phillips, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Rimng Sun Lodge, No 2,570, meets in
Matagorda on die hist and third Fridays in
each month. W J Phillips Dictator; A A
Duffy. Reporter.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
M atagorda Camp, No 172, meets in Mat-
agorda on the first and third Thursdays in ev-
ery month. A C Stewart, C C; W C Berg,
Clerk.
Bay City Came, No 16S, meets on Thun
day night on or before the full moon in each
month. C Lee, C C; N M Vogelsang, Clk.
Tkesi al\c 10s Camp. No 176. Meets at
the Deming’s Bridge hall on Saturday night on
or after the full moon in each month. F Cor
nelius. C (*; G A Duffy. Clerk.
Kx IGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Bay City Lodge, No 241, meets eveiy Tues
day night. A R Benge, Ch Com; J >1 *Gaines,
Keeper of Records and Seals.
MATAGORDA CO. CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
Bay City Chatter, meets on Saturday
night preceding the second Sunday in each
month. Rev Zach Payne, President; Hon A
D Hensley, Secretary.
and lived in the Urnous Illinois broom I
< orn belt during the past tweniy-cight >
years, is in position to give ihe latest
piacti« al inhumation upon the subject
in question.
Broom corn thrives on any ground
that produces good Indian corn. In-
deed they make a good rotation. On
ground that will average 40 bushels of
com per acre during a scries of years,
an average yield ol 650 pounds of broom
com brush cun easily be produced.
There arc upwards ot twenty varieties
of broom corn grown in the United
States to a greater or lest extent But
the “Evergreen” varietiesurc almost ex-
clusively grown for manufacture oi kitch-
en blooms. Thcie are several so-called
varieties oi Evergreen broom corn. But
according to the writer’s experience in
growing them, all of them are one and
the same variety, their slight character-
istic differences being caused by clim.it-
*»c and soil intLinccs. Missouri Ever-
green, Improved Evergreen and Ten-
nessee Eve.green me the varieties which
produce the bulk of the commercial
brush in the counties of Edgar, Cole.
Clark. Cumbciland, Mnultne, Douglass
and Piatt. These counties, (of which
Arcola Douglass county, iw the < enter)
const tutu the greatest broom corn b» It
I he three above named so-
called varieties are almost identical.
The outcome of a broom corn crop
depends to a very great extent on how
thickly the seed is ph nted. It must be
planted thuk enough so the matured
brush w ill not be too coarse, or too short.
Il loo thick in the row the heads will be j
too sliort. And if too thin in the row, j
the fiber of the brush will be too coarse
to command the best price. T he writer
plants t lo seed per rod with a broom I
coin seed planting attachment, which;
can be used on almost any two
corn planter. A final stand ol S5 giow-
ing stalks per rod of row is about right]
here for the production ot the greatest
amount of high quality brush. One
bushel of good vital, well cleaned ced
a ill thus plant sixteen acres in rows j 1-2
feet apart.
Bronin coin should be planted just
after you have finished planting Indian
corn, but not before that time; for, like
•urghum canc, the soil must be very |
warm in order to secure a good even
stand. Two inches in depth is about
right for the «cvd here. The writer has
seen ghod crops of broom coin brush;
produced here, when the seed was plant-1 coffe, and took up Postum
id after uur Indian corn was beginning CertHl Food Coffee, finding it a most
to tassel, or in about sevemy-five days. pillatoMt !ind pCrlcct beverage. My
after p ant ng. Hut our experience here ’ he ,rl has rec,„ered its nm mat strength,
is that it should begin tn head about the ftild j a)n .lg.|jn n youn(f> heahhy lnan
1 It I. very plain to me now that coffee
i was robbing me of my strength and vig-
or. Postum helped me quit and built
up my nerxous system.
“My wife, also, has been wonderfully
benefited by the use ol I’ostum Food
Coffee, and we have been engaged in an
active crusade in it*behalf. Have found
ninny people who had turned down
I’ostum solely on account of not making
■ it propel ft. It is easy lo make if one
will use four heaping teaspoons to the
pint of water, and allow it to boil long
' enough. \Ve always use good, rich
cream, and sweeten the cup to taste
is a debt ions beverage.
“ I he following persons were affected
very much as I was. and have rccoyeryd
lheit health by the use of I’ostum Food
Coffee Dr. j. A. Schuclke oi the Uniter)
Slates Army, also Mr. johu Corcoran of
South Omaha, with the Cudahy Parking
Co.
“tVith best wishei." W H. Spauld-
ing. 1610 Cass St., Omaha, Neb.
Washington’^ Last Years.
s.iccrr.'
At the time of his retirement to
Mount Vernon, after expiration of his
term as President, the tall figure of
\Y ashingion (he was six feet three in
his stockings) was on>y slightly bent.
Excepting his gray hair and his false
teeth, and some trouble in hearing.
Jt is now stated that Ex-Gov. Hogg of
this state has dirided to move to New
Vcrk and take an engagement as stump
speaker fui the Tammany oiganuation.
If this is trur, Mr. Hogg will either drop
out of tight entirely as 11 public chaiac-
ter, oi wni make the beginning of a
lively career in riatioa.il politics. It he
drops into the Walk street gang with
Cleri lind. we sh.i^ -ocecd to turn Jew
and cat no inure iPiHtrfrs ,lf|ll||i Coun-
------
Stacie crop fanning Impoverishes the
farm, while stock fanning or dairy fann-
ing enriches the farm, and what enriches
the larm enriches the farmer. This docs
not mean that the larnrei becomes >ich
financially, and rapidly, but that he is
ctia'ukd 10 imp.ovc his real and ; erson-
al holdings, increase their value, keep
out of debt, and accumulate slowly and
continually. This begets contentment, |
and Solomon says that is even better
than great riches.—Farm & Ranth.
Edwin Q. Wood ol Mil hi an. Secre-
tary of the Tamaorth Swine Breeders'
Association, knows a good thing when
he secs it. Writing the other day of the
Biggie Swine P>ook, the test addition
to The Biggie Books, he says, "Without
exaggeration or fulsome praise it is the
best book which has come to my notice,
1 have carried it in my pocket two
weeks, reading it in liesure moments,
and following its advice has already sav-
ed me. as 1 believe, fifty dollars." This.is
big returns on an investment of 50 cent»,
which the publisher,, Wilme. Atkinson
Co., Philidelphia Pa., ask for the book.
The culture of cassava in Florida is
being pushed, by practical experimenta-
tion. both In its cultivation, and 11 c.
The Florida Experiment Station has de-
termined that cassava contains more
carbo-hydrate food constituents than
any other staple crop, is a superior beef-
iattenlng food, capable of making bo.h
beef and pork at a cost ol one cent pct
pound; yields easily ten tons ot roo;ts
per acre, and will yield twice as much
starch as corn. It is also a palatable
and nutritious human food, capable oi
being utilized m many ways. It is pro-
pagated from cane cutting* dropped and
covered like potatoes and cultivated by
plowing only deep enough to destroy
weeds.—Farm 8; Ranch.
J. B, McElroy a prominent and suc-
cessful farmer of Wied and .1 staunch
friend of the Herald, came in last Thurs-
day to show us some Jerusalem Arti-;
choke* of his raising,
peck of these prolific tubers last year
•nd raised enough to plant 50 acres if
he so desired
for l.ogs, require little cultivation and
the hogs do their awn harvesting nnd
get fat on them. NLr. McElroy has a
fine draye of porkers on his place and
has made a special study of their raising.
When asked what kind gf h»g* in his
opinion were best suited to this section,
be said: "I like the Ess,ex best. Hie
Berkshire is a tine hog Urit is troublesome
■bout eating chicken*, and sounlimcs
ttts its young?’
War', tn* M*U* anM Day ;
The busiest and mightiest, little thing
that ever was made is Dr. King’s
New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-
coated globule of health, that ql.ar.gcs
weakness into strength, IhUcssucss int
energy, brain-fag into nreut.d power.
They’re womlerful in building ttp the i
health. Only 35c per !>. , Sole ly,
|lrr!l;.:.. '■■ N..l.:..,r
I ot nnd lloDt r>priliUouF) liMthCM** «>i
growing and h.irvcuinji it on a large
trade marks
Designs
Copyrights Ac.
Anyone sending a »katrh and dwcriptlon may
quickly lucertnln owr opinion free whether an
Invention in probnbly patentable, r*immunka.
Hone •trt'.'tly confidents. Handbook ou Uktente
vutif fre*'. (HJeet aeeney for teeortnit pet Wf
Patents taken tnmiiih Munn A Co. receive
tpyriol nofke, without cnarte, in the
Scientific American.
A handsomely tunMtetM weekly, tanreet elr-
eolation uf any wcdcntlOc Journal. Terwv, M a
rear: four mont he, |L Bold by all newsdealer*.
HIDES
—Take y'^uw* ljTs and furs to and i
buy your feed TL < J- U. Pay ne, W(>at- I
1
with g'fAt rapidity. Thu bm>h it th<n
read) 101 platit'g in Im yen on bcorni
co<u st ckt (fiitiK’ ruersri vi*cd
are b <♦). Tro itv ks lie mg placed a*. c‘
cdft apartsiicnt in a well t x
I wrU entered died (a C»>in <rib si I: in
ans wer f>r bed). v» ih it their cndil putruni n
will ihh pottai r the edge i ,c
the abed, arv l. <is»h fe»i Uier <»f i ' ..
• , inning t- -..fn itarlf u-
ineL. ers should not be ov r | j;-|r|.y f .humb ' he 5L r< «iry is pt <.s-
liiiily 'ortmuxir..-— \\ cinwr Mercury.
‘O I The Sri ki r h;iH f>’»<*n rpinplimcntrd
ul. tel die liuriua. r> along ih it line and n'grin j ihe beggar wa* thux in
. * -m. ■••« .i.ww Brush riiusl
r "iU ............... “nd
I cure in about t ight days after it is plat
jcd.
’ When the fiber becomes % » brittle
I he writer having grown broom earn, tl C,„ly S1,.lp4 .,.lin(lc) u|lcn prt|t.
cd between the fingeit* it u» ready for
the %l?r. ’ This is a imv hinc inadc|
expressly f »• bailing broom corn brush
for shq? ent. When the brush is baled
it is then rv:i<ly fe»r marketing.
Let me Luther impress upon the mind
of the leader the importance of cuttiuq
and handling the brush only when it is
thoroughly dry, and not immediate!*
after rains or heavy dews.
Bromn corn seeder* and balers are
run here in the broom coin belt, with
twelve horse power common traction
threshing machine engines About
eight hand* arc required to properly run
a ♦4balei” and about twenty to thirty
hands are run to best advantage when
cutting and seeding. Such hand* com-
man<t II to $1.25 per day. including
iheir board. Manufacture!s of broom
corn machinery send instructors to start
up and explain the operation of their
machines.
The average cost of producing .1 ton
of broom corn brush in the Illinois
broom coin belt is now about $45. ’• his
includes rent on the ground, labor and
incidentals. During the fall and wintci
oi 1898 and 1897 good broom corn
biush ranged in price heir fr«nn $50 at
baling time, to $180 per ton the spring
following. In fall of 1899. $60 a: baling
time, to the piCsCnt puce <«f $2oo per
ton. Present price of reliable sec I $4
10 $6 per bushel.
Tilt writer will take pleasure in giv-
ing fuithvt and complete information to
all rcadris of this paper who will send
ample postage to defray cost ol answer-
ing;
| Vooihies, Illinois,
ttust io hvt stock of Miiiic kind .o» •»
■urketable product i> the favored cl. I
pr<»sp< rity. And so i* has been in
every age.—Stock and i• urm d.
Tin. k f.uiuti» uc.il lurpmtGhristi >nH j
.liip 1000 < iil.iiuls <’f cilbbii . willim
the next few week*. It « ‘.“I 'l'e ial''
SOnds have offered tranxjrorlation to Kan
mi City at the rate ol 40 cents pci
pouo Is.
A German scientist at Freiburg has
succeeded in preparing a <011.pound
the application of which will lender cloth
■art wood fire-proof. His claim* arc %l-
le*tc<l by the American consul at that
phee—Journal.
The secret of growing hog* al small
cost consist* io growing for them cheap
food and food they can harvest for them-
selves. This not only saves labor but
give* the hog. the exercise neccs*. ry to
henhhful growth. Green pasture* and
root crops are the best because the
cheapest.—Farm 4 Ranch.
1 11st come, first served; so match up
•nd pay for The TRItL'NK a year ahead.
Wc ha a clubbing itrraagement with
that good little caper, the 1 arm journal
by which we can send our paper one
ye.ii nnd the Farm Journal, 5 years, (rest
ot IJOC, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904),
without any furthui pay. Subscribe and
be happy.
An official estimate m ide it Wash-
ington is tt at the United States could
in an emergency put 10,000,000 tnen of
the militi. in tne tiel.l. As an army t lioneaith.
at least 50,000.000 would be required to
overcom such a force fighting on hmne
ground, thete Is no reason to tear tin
early invasion of this country irmti any
quarter.—Stock and Farm Juutnal.
A perusal of the list of buyers at the
various public sales of choice pure hied
beef cattle held bv northen breedets
•hows that Texa' buyers head the list m
••curing the choice .t and pay the best
prices for ptime individuals. 'Ihe best!
■re none too go rd lor Texas ranchmen
who ate making every endeavor to reach
the top in the production of line beeves
—Stoc.man.
A C^tch Cure for Laziness.
*,M nt'tr hecn looked upor
gldF '** the Dutch They once bad I
rJTrg, ind-rcady but perfect cure foi |
ng. Wi en a strong able-bodied |
| man was caught in the act of asking I
1 .dm*. In- w 1, forthwith cast into a pit.
i it the lop <<f die pit wa* a fisucet, which
| ..it turned upon the man. At the bot-
, mm r.f the pit wa> a pump, by means 1
1 of whii h the water, ould be pumped ent.
tight hole.
If lie refused to work the pump he
stood a good chance of being drowned;
if he worked the pump for an hour or
two fie «a* likely enough lo learn n
kxsou that hiUierlu I e had not cared
lot. Generally. Uhi b<*gg .r gladly leU
Ins laziness in ihe pit. l lic water cure
worked wonders.
What a Victoria Farmer Has
Accompl shed.
Victoria, lex., Feb. 13—Mr. F. E.
Zimmermann, an up-to-date and pro-
gressive 1,11 met living four miles east ol
the citv. and who, by 'he way, is a read-
er of The Galveston Semi-Weekly
News,was in the city Saturday. Know-
ing that Mr. Zimntcrni inn is enthusias-
tic over diversification. The News cor-
respondent nsk. d him about his last
year's crop, and this isuh.it he said: "I
diversified my crops List year, and am
much pleased with the result. I sowed 30
acres of tlax, which yielded 317 bushels
of seed, am! was sold at 80 cems per
bushel. I planted 13 acres of corn,
which gave a yield ol 35 bushel* to the
acre; had 3 acres in cotton, from which
I picked two bales; sowed half an acre
' in oats, which ; 'elded 20 bushel*: plant-
" | cd half an acre in sweet potatoes, yield-
U't‘1 ing ijQ bushels; besides. I raised plenty
l1""1 of i cgveablcs. Yes, I am a firm believer
not be allowed to adhere to the paie-, jiverMfic..ui,in.“ Mf. Zunmermann
ol stalk (the piece ol stalk should be I |s> als„ ,.,gV(1 in lhc hay n,uk„lfi bu5j.
about MX m. he, long, besides the length ' hgs a |lifc ah(| a
of the head). 1 he heads are then |>la< ■ <11 g (>d hay press.
in piles on the •■table'” where they can :
' 7 'l.llluu. (In rll Aw H).
be plainly seen by the hauler, and load-1 h is c„)alh|v gratifying to the public
ed 0,1 a broom ,mn m.k. which <kiu-|(„ know of one concern in the land who
pies the place of .1 w.igou bed. Ih' i.irvnoi.ifiaidtobegencroustothcneedy
reck is so cons ructed that It can he c 1, I .ltl(l stiffei ing. The proprietors of Dr.
of i.rpid, Xe* Ditwuvery fi.r Consumption.
! Cough* and Colds, have given away ov-
er ten million tual bottles of great med-
liinc: ind have the satisfaction olknou-
1 mg it has uMolutcly cured thousand* of
h'.pek'ss cases. Asthma. Btonelvtis,
Hoarseness and all disease* of the
I bloat, (.lust .nul I Uugs .tie s ne‘}' cur-
<1 by it. 'tall on Bouldin X. Mi.N.ibb,
I Dniggisl . and get .1 free trial I otilr.
K.e 11.11 ■ ; ,;,d f l. F,.,
<re mighty g"*>d pat
>.-r. They are ronsid-
ihat l’>e editor has <•- j )■
1, own and has a light to a
r, they im ijawkAy ptiy cash
ior tlsgr rxp..;»ei>. they -afilj
ns o: a permutli ut an I thoroughly'
le ' hai r ter. and the newspaper
1 bat p
' I among
brush Tne Leers should not be nv r I
I four in In « to. k and should be at least I
I u»n inches from every other iryer.
I ip. <t the air erm thoroughly <
throughout tire filled vhed.
Brave Men Fall.
Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well a*women, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poison in
the blood, backache, nervousness head-
ache and tired, listless, run-down feel-
ing. But there's no need to tcel like
that. Listen to J. W. Gardner, Idaville,
Ind. He savs: ‘‘Electric Bitters are
just the thing for a man when he is nil
run down, and don't care whether he lives
, or dies.
improbable event of the abrogation of the ;u'1' S"°d appetite
solemnly guaranteed neutrality of the
Suez Canal, all the European powers
would prefer the Cape ol Good Hope
route over the not much shorter and
tar inoie hazardous route by way o* a
Central .Xnn ricau canal. No European
power would care to waste its energies
m an ait.uk upon remote and unprofita-
ble Wesiei 11 Canada when Great Brit-
ain's vast and scattered Eastern ar.d
Southern possessions could be so much
more easily attacked.
So far as war between any European
At *!c la stp^lxsxl, natal sl>« V«*«a
ed Slates is concerned, there again the
canal would only interest us. What
European power would attempt to use
that canal when wc could so easily pa-
trol ns terminal harbors and destroy the
enemy's ships one by one ns they came
out? Oi what avail would fortifications
at the ends ol the canal or along its generally formal. Yet if he p
banks be when the only object an ene- 1 enjoyed the conversation of
my could have—the object of destroying w ould pay trim the compliment 01 listen-
the canal itsell—could be accomplished mg to him until after nine o’clock, or
by a few men "ith a little dynamite? even of lighting him with a candle to a
For our own sake wc would declare the bedroom for the night.
canal neutral and nuange to 6. gage the j
TneWarofthe Bales.
SroCK AHO FAHH J0"'iVAL.
The tight between the round bale and
the square bale is approaching the heal-
ed period. Within the last week repre-
sentative* of these interests met. one in
I'oit Woith and the others in Dallas, and
I organizations. The objeits
of these meetings were not declared in:
handbills or announced in the newspa-
per.. t>n the contrary, reporleis were
excluded, and the published accounts
indicated nothing more than the usil.il I
assemblage of men engaged in u corn-1
| up there he may himself have designs
Ion tt railroad to Brownsville. He is
..nd bcliigZKm’pu^ ■M""”'*1 b* ,he Washington Post ns say-
"Brownsville ought to have a railroad.
Gen. Grant once said that a railroad
should skill the east coast ot Texas and
(he east coast of Mexico. The line was
surveyed. I have the profile m my pos-
session now and think the railway w ill
be built some day. The line will run
■ from San Antonio to Brownsville. It
II [ will cross the river to Matamoras, Mei-
quartet, ico and from thence to Tampico. The
. .. — —--------— ........ If the whole
ipy of this hook, teud it mnl ’ iihcinc is carried out it will make the
' - ' ' ’ . Ilj s|,
lin». from Moico l it) to (hcl
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