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W. S. DECKEB & CO., Publishers.
CANADIAN,
President Cabnot, of France, is not
a great orator, but he writes a strong
speech and delivers it effectively.
t Joe Howard says the majority of
the rich men of New York city are not
educated, bnt their faculties are sharp-
ened on the lines of money getting.
Their principal amusement outside of
business is in devotion to horse flesh.
Count Ladislaus Plater, one of
the last surviving Polish combatants
of 1830, died on the 23d of April, at
Kapperswyl, near Zurich, where he
had converted his house into a kind of
Polish museum. He took part also in
the rising of 1863.
Algernon Charles Swinburne has
been asked to write a poem on the
Prince Henry of Batten berg's latest
baby. This looks as though Swinburne
would succeed Tennyson as poet
laureate.
Ex-Senator Palmer, of Michigan,
who goes to Spain as United States
minister, said he would rather "grub
sage brush on my farm near Detroit
than live in the castles of Spain and
make salaams to her king." And so
he expects to come back in a year or
so.
Gen. du Verdy, de Vernois, the
new Prussian minister of war, is,
singular to state, of French origin. He
was born on German soil and entered
the Prussian army as a youth. It was
he whom King William sent down
from the heights of Frenois into Sedan
to summon the*garrison to surrender.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new
minister at Washington, from Great
Britain, is to be paid $30,000 a year
for his services, while his government
finds him in house, servants, and "sun-
dries," without a cent of expense to
himself. The position from which Sir
Julian was promoted yielded him only
about $8,000 a year.
The Rev. Walter Clark, M. A., late
head master of Derby school, England,
claimed to be the lineal descendant in
the male line of the great protector.
When Richard Cromwell laid down the
burden of a rule to which he was not
equal, he retired to the suburbs of Lon-
don and took the name of Clark. The
Rev. Mr. Clark died unmarried, so that
the line is now extinct
Edward Eggleston, the author,
now residing in New York, is a mem-
ber of the Century and Author*' clubs,
and is always a conspicuous figure,
with his long, luxuriant hair and
beard, which are very dark, but are
just beginning to turn gray. " He is
said to wear his hair longer than any
man in Christenden, and Henry Ward
Beecher, forgetting his name for the
moment, once called to him in prayer-
meeting, "Come up here you shaggy
man." And Mr. Eggleton responded
to the call.
"The pope remained in bed a few
hours later than usual the other morn-
ing,'1 says the Rome correspondent of
the London Standard, "in consequence
of a slight indisposition. On finding
afterward that his illness had been
much talked about, he asked a confi-
dential personage how the fact had be-
come known, to which the reply was
that it was quickly spread in the vati-
ean from the fact his holiness had not
celebrated mass for the family (as his
immediate circle is called) at 7 o'clock
that morning. Leo XIII. quietly re-
plied: "They forget, sometimes, I
believe, that I am 80 years old.
The Emperior William has present-
ed Prince Bismarck with a magnificent
mastiff of the Ulm breed to replace the
chancellor's recently deceased pet.
The animal is named Tamerlane, and,
as he has not been trained to live in
the house, he is very unruly, and the
other day he terrified the Princess
Bismarck by growling because she sud-
denly entered the chancellor's library.
Prince Bismarck began by chaining
Tamerlane to a table, but when the
chancellor left his chair the dog gave
a leap and brought the table and every-
thing on it crashing to the ground.
A CLEARER SKY.
The barbed-wire patents, which
have netted fortunes to their owners,
have an interesting history. The first
patents were issued to a man named
Kelly, living down east. About two
years later a farmer at De Kalb, III.,
conceived the idea of keeping his un-
ruly cattle in the pasture by putting
short barbs on a wire and then twist-
ing it with a plain wire. This is
known in the market as the Glidden
wire, being named after its inventor,
Joseph F. Glidden. One day while he
was experimenting with it a neighbor
going by shouted: "Joe, you better
be out harrerin' in your oats instead of
foolin' away your time with patents."
For one year his royalties exceeded
$174,000.
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Everybody who is now admitted to
an audience of the pope must have
^previously signed a document by
which the applicant pledges himself
neither to ask anything of his holiness
nor to publish or repeat anything that
his holiness miy say. There was a
fearful fuss the other day when this
paper was placed before the Duke
d'Osuna, a Spanish grandee of the
first class, who subscribes about £2,-
000 a year to the vaticau treasury and
who declared 'that he had been gross-
ly insulted, and that unless an ample
(L e. most abject) apology was im-
mediately made he would at once go
away. Of course he was overwhelm-
ed with apologies and one of the
chamberlains remarked that no one
could have expected that so noble and
wealthy a personage would have driv-
en quietly up to the door in a com©0B
Ike Mitin of Affairs it Pise Ridge Agent] Is
Sonevkit Improved.
INDIANS ASKING INFORMATION.
Tie Berry Bill Becomes a Lav and Thereby lie
Saloonist Suffers.
REMAINS OF THE FIRST GOVEHM OF TEIHESSEE.
Chicago Brick maker Strike—An Unex
pected Demand—Chandler Declared
Elected—Railroaders Meet.
A| Clearer Sky.
Fixe Ridge Agexct, Dak., June 19.—The
condition has somewhat improved since yes-
terday. The excitement ha* subsided and
better feeling seems to prevail. The Indians
are now asking for information singly or in
todies of two or three instead of complaining
of the violation of the treaty, which has been
the constant burden of their talk until to-day,
with few exceptions, none of the chiefs have
before been willing to discass the sale of
their surplus land. Last evening and to-day
Gen. Crook had several interviews with many
of the prominent Indians and squaw men and
explained the provisions of the bill to them
personally, with goo I effect. During the
long council the Indians have been bound
down toan agreement of their caucusing and
have been unwilling to go beyond that in
council.
Confederation of Railroaders.
Lincoln, Xeb., June 19.—It is currently
reported that articles of confederation were
signe 1 Monday night by local assemblies of
the brotherhood of engineers, firemen, brake
men, switchmen and Knights of Labor pledg-
ing mutual support in the «vent of a strike
on the Union Pacific. This strike has been
threatened for Eome time and a grievance
committee has been la session some days
making propositions to the official! ef the
road.
An Unexpected Demand.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 19.—Gov. Hovey
to-night prepared a proclamation in relation
to the strike of the coal miners in Miami
county. He quotes the address sent him by
the commissioners of Clay county, and then
states that he does not presume to claim any
legal rights to request or demand any aid
from the citizens of this state ior the relief
of the suffering miners or their families, but
he hopes that the appeal will meet with
warm response.
The Berry Bill Becomes Law.
St. Louis, Mo., June 19.—Gov. Francis
yesterday dealt saloons of Missouri the most
severe blow they have ever been served, when
he signed the new Berry bill. The bill pro
hibits music, cards, dice, billiard tables, pool
tables, bowling alleys and boxing gloves in
saloons, and will go into effect August 2*2.
St. Louis and Kansas City will be most seri-
ously affcctcd, and about 3000 of them
will have to change their style of operations.
Imposing Ceremonies.
Knoxville, Tenn., June 19.—The remains
of John Sevier, the first governor of Ten-
nessee, which have lain for seventy-four
years in north Alabama, were to-day reinter-
red in Knoxville with imposing ceremonies.
The casket arrived from Chattanooga, where
it had been brought yesterday from Alabama,
about 1 o'clock, accompanied by the gov-
ernor and his staff, state officials and a com-
mittee of legislators.
The Electric Refinery Case.
New York, June 19.—In the supreme
court to-day Judge Andrews granted R. Burn-
ham Moffatt, receiver of the electric sugar
refining company, permission to sue Olive E.
Freund, William E. Howard, Urly Howard
and Ora A. and George E. Halstead for the
cancelation of stock held by them for the
recovery of money obtained from the corpora-
tion, or expended by it upon their fraudulent
representations.
Samoan Agreement Signed.
Washington, June 17. — The agreement
between England, Germany and the United
States on Pamoan affairs was signed at Ber-
lin at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It will not
be made public until confirmed by the sen-
ate. While it is called an agreement by
officers of the state department, Mr. Walker
Blaine said this evening that he thought it
would undoubtedly require ratification by
the senate.
An lliknown Woman Suicides.
Niagara Falls, June 14.—About 4 o'clock
this afternoon an unknown woman, sup-
posed to have arrived here on the 3:10 Buffalo
train, committed suicide by jumping from
the railway point in Prospect park. In an
instant her body was swept over the Ameri
can falls. Shortly afterward it was 6cen
floating in the river toward the Canada side.
Chicago Brickmakers' Strike.
Chicago, 111., June 19.—Three hundred
>rickraakers at Hiegerwich and Blue Island
struck yesterday. It is the first real and de-
termined effort to put in effect the eight hour
law in Cook county. The strike, it is claimed,
is but the starter for a bigger show of discon-
tent, and in a few days all the yards around
Chicago which were working ten hours will
be deserted.
Struck by Lightning.
Cincinnati, O., June 17.—During a thun-
der storm this morning, two children of Lon
Emerson, a prominent carriage manufacturer
of this city, residing at College Hill, were
struck by lightning. One of them is supposed
to be fatally injured.
Lake Ontario Disaster.
Kingston, June 17.—The following letter
was found in a bottle near Cananogue:
"Captain of the Bavaria. The ship is sink-
ing. All have been washed overboard but
me. I expect my turn will come next. About
one hundred yards off Goloup island, Lake
Ontario."
Texas Fever Scare.
Chicago, 111., June 17.—Gov. Fifer has
issued a proclamation similar in terms to the
one heretofore in force regarding the impor-
tation of southern cattle, considered danger-
ous because of their liability to convey Texas
fever.
Scooped In S2 l.OOO.
Montreal, Quebec, June 16.—David May,
of Philadelphia, was arrested here last night
by Detective Keller on a 'charge of having
stolen $21,000 from a brick making firm in
Philadelphia.
The Indian Commission.
Pine Ridge Agencv, Dak., June 15.—The
situation since the arrival of the commis-
sioners to this agency has remained practi-
cally unchanged. There has been no coun-
cil yet, owlug to the absence of Little
Wouud'i tuQd, Which arrived this Borslag.
There is a large amount of quiet work being
done among the half-breeds and others, the
effect of which will be apparent when the
real work of the commission begins. The
more progressive Indians are the only ones
who are openly favoring the bills. The old
chiefs evidently fear that land in severalty
will cause independence and consequent
loss of prestige and influence with their
bands.
The Conemangh Valley.
Johnstown, Pa., June 16.—Sunday quiet
reigned here to-day, and instead of the boom-
ing of dynamite the sound of sacred hymns
was heard. In the churches remaining
services were held, but the largest meetings
of the day took place in the apen air. The
weather was fair and the men seemed glad of
the opportunity to turn from hard work to
religion. They gathered about the rough
pulpits by the hundreds and the blue coats
of the militia were freely distributed among
the jeans. Six denominations were repre-
rented by the clergy who conducted the serv-
ices. Adjt. Gen. Hastings took his first vaca-
tion since he arrived here, accompanying a
party of newspaper correspondents up the
Pennsylvania road to South Fork by a spe-
cial train. To-day the wrecked engine of the
limited express was hoisted to tracks at
Conemaugh. The double tracks will be
down as far as Altoona by the middle of the
week. There are 3,600 men at work on the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks between Johns-
town and South Fork, 600 of whom are ex-
perienced trackmen. Six bodies were re-
covered to-day. They were in an advance!
stage of decomposition and were buried
without identification. The channcl in the
drift was opened twenty feet this afternoon.
To-night 150 barrels of oil were emptied on
the drift and ignited. The wreckage is
burning fiercely for 200 yards and the entire
valley is illuminated. The debris was
searched previous to being fired, but no
bodies were found.
Washington Item .
Washington, June 17.—George E. Dickey
has been appointed superintendent of con-
ruction of the federal building at Houston,
Texas, vice Heiner, the change to take
effect June 24.
Relative to the published statement that
the seamen of the Vandalia have been dis-
charged in San Francisco without pay and
are dependent upon charity, it is said at the
navy department that no such men have
been discharged except in the cases of spe
cial stewards, cooks, servants, etc., living on
the Pacific coast. The seamen were trans-
ferred to the receiving ship upon their ar-
ival at San Francisco.
Accounts of the Trenton nd Nipsic were
saved, so there has been no trouble in issuing
money to the crews of those ships. The Van-
dalia accounts were lost. No rolls wer
therefore opened. Dating from the disaster
there has been issued all money accrued to
the credit of the men since that date. The
amount due prior to the wreck must undergo
adjustment by the accounting officers of the
treasury.
Sam Jones Needed.
Texarkana, Ark., June 17.—The various
Protestants churche3 of the city are making
efforts to bring Rev. Sam Jones, the Georgia
evangelist, to take charge of the sinners, who
are becoming obnoxious to the public. The
Seventh-Day Adventists with their "tent''
have utterly failed to put his satanic majesty
to flight, although when they first placed
their guns in position they expressed a per-
fect confidence in their ability to do so. The
recent great success of Mr. Jones in his meet-
ing at Jackson, Miss., Inspires confidence
here that he can bring order out of the theo-
logical chaos that is now overshadowing the
community.
Steamship Collision.
Sault St. Marie, June 17.—The steamer
North Star of the northen steamship com-
pany, bound north and the C. J. Sheffield,
bound up light, came in collision Friday
evening. Sixty miles west of White Fish
point. There was a heavy fog at the time.
The North Star struck the Sheffield just for-
ward the smoke stack and in eight minutes
she sunk. All the officers and crew were
saved and forwarded to Cleveland. The
Star's tows were stove In, filling the for-
ward compartment. The Sheffield was
owned by H. H. Brown, of Cleveland, and E.
M. Peck, of Detroit, and valued at $125,000.
Question of Jurisdiction.
Muskogee, I. T., June 17.—James M
Shackelford, judge of the newly established
United States court at this place, in an able
and lengthy opinion decided to-day that this
court has jurisdiction over all claims and
causes of action which occurred prior to the
act establishing the court here. This ques-
tion has been the cause of much anxiety ever
since the creation of the new court. The de-
cision will be a bit of good news for the many
merchants of St. Louis, Kansas City aud
elsewhere, as they have large outstanding
accounts all over the territory.
Death of Father Fat Donahoe.
Milwaukee, Wis., June 17.—Father Pat
rick K. Donahoe, one of the oldest priests in
America, died at St. Mary's hospital at 6
o'clock yesterday morning. He was born in
1810 in Ireland and ordained in Philadelphia
in 1837. He came to Milwaukee in 1857 and
from that time until 1880 was pastor of St.
John's cathedral. He held the office of vicar
general at one time and in 1884 was made
monsignor.
Brewery Combine.
Boston, June 17.—It is learned that New
York broker Untermyer, acting as authorized
agent of an English syndicate was in Boston
recently and made a proposition to all the
Roxbury brewers, which if accepted will give
the Englishmen possession. Of breweries
which it is proposed to purchase are Hough
ton's, Roessie's, Burkhardt's and Pfoff's, the
aggregate valuation of which is estimated at
from 14,000,000 to $7,600,000.
B akeman Killed.
Texarkana, Ark., June 15.—Robert R.
Green, an Iron Mountain railway brakeman,
was run over by a switch engine in the yard
here this morning and instantly killed. He
was on his first trip here, and is said to live
at Odin, 111. The body was horribly man-
gled.
Call for a Territorial Convention.
Guthrie, Okla., June 17.—A call for a ter-
ritorial convention has been issued, signe 1
by Mayor Dyer and a committee of eitizei I.
The convention is to begin at Guthi t,
Wednesday, July 17.
Flood and Cyelone.
Kansas Citt, Mo., Jane 16.—Meager de-
talla of a flood and cyclone In Kansas.
Uniontown swept away.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Cabman's Strike Continues.
Paris, June 16.—The strike of the cabmen
continues. A committee of the men waited
upon M. Constans, minister of the interior
to-day, but the interview was without result.
The minister informed the committee that all
matters relating to the strike were \eUf it
nded by the muaialpal isthsrtUsa
BLOWS HIMSELF UP
A Serines Accident Happens to i Boy While Trifling
With Powder.
SLOOP MEETS WITH A DISASTER
charged Willi RoDDiig a county Treasurer by leans
oí Forgery.
TOO MUCH BAH IH SOME SECTIONS OF THE STATE.
A Deputy Marshal Killed, It is Supposed,
While Reading a Warrant to a
Prisoner—A Huge Elevator.
A Sad Accidents
Galveston, June 20.—Barton Jones of the
schooner Lizzie Jones arrived in the city last
night on his schooner from Double bayou
and reports a most distressing accident which
occurred about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
off Red Fish lighthouse. Tommy Haines,*a
young man about 25 years of age, a resident
of Double ba\*ou, while coming to this city on
his sloop Willie Bell, and when off Red Fish
lighthouse, was struck by a squall, which
overturned the sloop, upon which besides
himself was his wife and her sister. Both lad-
ies were thrown into the water, and his wife
being caught ynder the mainsail was
drowned, while he succee.led in rescuing his
sister-in-law. The unfortunate lady who
was drowned is the stepdaughter of Mr. Joe
Rodgers of this city, and had been married to
Mr. Haines only about two years.
Blows Himself Up.
Dexison, Tex., June 20.—George Smith,
the 10-year-old son of Edward Smith, engin-
eer on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail
way, was this morning the victim of an accl
dent that will probably render himself blind
for life. While his father was out on the
road and his mother was down in the city
making some purchases, he got hold of
some powder, and carrying it into the back
alley at the famiiy residence, No. 528 west
Morgan street, dropped a lighted match into
it. The explosion was quite terrific, knock-
ing him several feet into the air. The burns
and I ruises were very severe, but the attend-
ing physicians do not think them fatal,
although his eyesight is destroyed.
A Burglary.
Dallas, Tex., June 18.—News reached
police headquarters yesterday of the bur-
glary of Mr. Jack Haynes' residence in South
Dallas. During the day a neighbor observed
in standing in Mr. Haynes' lot a creature
who could neither be classed as a man nor a
boy, and therefore might be considered a
galoot. The neighbor, supposing it was
somebody on business, told him that the
family were not at home. With this infor-
mation the strange visitor pretended to leave
by turning the corner of the house, but, in
fact and in truth, he proceeded to burglarize
the establishment in a manner which showed
that he was an expert in the business.
Accident at the Elevator.
Dallas, Tex., June 21.—An ugly accident
occurred yesterday at the new grain elevator
in course of erection. A party of spikers
happened to be at work on a scaffold about
twenty feet from the ground just as other
men undertook to hoist some heavy weight
from the same scaffold with the effect of
breaking it in two. B. F. Roberts, Frank
We! b and J. B. Click were thrown to the
ground and more or less injured, those of the
two former being slight, while those of Click
are in the region of the spine and considered
quite serious.
Interesting Habeas Corpus Case.
Caxtox, lex., June 15.—An interesting
habeas corpus suit has just been passed upon
by Judge John S. Spiuks, in which Mrs.
Johnson, the mother, was relator and Mr. W.
H. Johnson, the father, was respondent.
A motion was made as to the jurisdiction of
the ecurt, based upon the fact that the mar-
riage between the relator and respondent
had never been dissolved, and the court as a
consequence could not, in an ex-parte quasi
criminal proceeding decree the custody of
the child to either. The motion was sustain-
ed and the child remanded to the custody of
Its father.
The Grain Elevator.
Dallas, Tex., June 10.—Work is progress-
ing rapidly on the million bushel grain eleva-
tor. which is to be ready for business by
Ai gust 1. Much of the machinery has been
received, and it is being put in position as the
buildirg advances. Mr. Frank Cockrell,
during the grain season, will issue tri weekly
a crop bulletin to the farmers of north Texas.
He is impressed with the possibilities of Dal-
ias as a grain center, and will do his part to
war! making it one.
Deputy Marshal Killed.
Paris, lex., June 20. —From Deputv
I'nited States Marshal Joe McNally, who
came in this evening from the Chickasaw
nation, it is learned that Deputy Marshal
Jo2 Lüady was killed near Shawneetown,
in the Shawnee reservation, Friday. His
body was found with a bullet hole through
his head, a warrant for the arrest of a crimi-
nal in one hand and his sixshooter in the
other. It is supposed Lundy was shot while
reading a warrant to a prisoner.
Charged with Forgery.
Cameron, Tex., June 20.—Deputy Sheriff
Biekel to-day arrested and jailed a young
lawyer named B. S. Dinkins on a requisition
from South Carolina. He is charged with
robbing tfie county treausurer at Manning,
S. C., oí $4500 by means of a forged check.
He came here about Jan. 1 and has been
living with his uncle in the country.
Too Much Kain.
Graxbuky, Tex., June 20.—Farmers com-
plain of being greatly behind with their
crops, owing to continued rain. Consider-
able damage has been done to small grain.
The hail beat the cotton so badly that in a
few places it had to be replanted. On some
farms it could hardly be told what bad been
planted.
Compress Lightning Struck.
Exnis, Tex., June 18.—Heavy wind and
rain here yesterday. During the storm yes-
terday the lighting struck the tower of the
compress, tearing of a short piece of the cor-
nice, the roof being of Iron. No other dam-
age was done to the building.
Crop Prospecta Immense.
Pittsbubo, Tex., June 15.—The recent
heavy rains in Camp county set back the
farming interests to a great extent. The
corn crop in this country will be immense
ai.d if nothing prevents an abundant cotton
ciop will be made.
July Jollification.
Baiuh, Tex., June 20.—Active prepara*
Horn are now being made for a grand barbe-
cu#iid plcuic at the court hows la this city
about July 11 for the peo^Y- All have been
blessed with such prosperity In this section
that a day of jollification la needed.
War in Bastrop.
Bastrop, Tex., June 15. —Cedar Creek, in
Bastrop county, was the scene of a horrible
battle last Thursday evening between about
twelve blacks and fifteen whites. Trouble
has been brewing between the races for sev-
eral weeks, caused by a white man refusing
to surrender to a negro constable, charged
with petty offense. The white man, Alf Lit-
ten, was on trial and defended by ex-Senator
Fowler. The jury, after being detained
about four hours, had returned, when young
Litten got up and walked ont front of the
courtroom. Ike Wilson, the constable, a
daring desperate negro, walked rapidly
toward young Litten and said: "Hold up,
Mr. Litten." Young Litten turned around
facing him, when the armed men raised to
their feet with grasped guns and firing began.
The reports conflict as to who fired. The
negroes were firing from the courthouse and
from a little negro cabin about forty yards
from the courthouse. The white men re-
treated about fifty yards, then rallied and
came back. The negroes soon ran and got
into the little log house and closed the doors
when they ceased firing. Four men were
found dead and six wounded.
With Both Fists.
Dallas, Tex., June 16.—Last evening as
Miss Lulu Record and Miss Maud Haggard,
aged respectfully 13 and 14, were in their
buggy, which was standing in front of G. A.
Knight's residence, on Harwood street, a
man driving a Vienna bakery wagon ran into
the buggy, tearing a wheel off, upsetting the
vehicle and imperiling the children, who,
however, were safely removed from the
broken vehicle by Dr. Kink and Mr. G. A.
Knight. Capt. Joe Record, the father of one
of the children, on learning of the facts went
with Mr. Knight in search of the bakery
man, who they found on McKinney avenue.
The man, offering to give no explanation
beyond that the children had no business in
letting their buggy stand in the street, Capt.
Record lit into him with both fists and gave
him a severe drubbing. He then surrendered
to Policeman Marlow.
The Cedar Creek Killing.
Bastrop, Tex., June 17.—The evidence of
both blacks and whites who were present at
the recent trouble in the Cedar creek neigh-
borhood show that the whites acted on the
defensive, the colored people being the ag-
gressors. The shooting of Ad Litton by the
negro constable Is said to have been without
provocation and cold-blooded in the extreme,
as he was a prisoner unarmed and under
trial. The shot from the negro constable's
gun seems to have been the signal for the
negroes to open fire, which they did, many
shots being fired before the whites got in a
shot, they being taken by surprise, the firing
coming from both the courtroom and a log
hut hear by. From all indications the affa:r
was planned and premeditated on the part
of the negroes.
Wounded Man Married.
Paris, Tex., June 17.—Dick Moore, the
young man who was shot a few -weeks since
by Mr. W. J. Ownby, an attorney of this
city, was married yesterday while lying on
his bed, from which he has never gotten up
since he was shot, to Miss M. E. Godbold of
Hope, Ark., Rev. Charles Mantón officiating.
Miss Godbold, who is a niece of Capt. S. J.
Johnson, Moore's brother-in-law, nurse I
Moore through a similar sickness to that
with which he is now confined, he having
been wounded when his brother Dave was
killed two and one-half years ago, and she
has been warmly attached to him for a long
time. Moore's wounds are reported to be do-
ing very well, but he is by no means out of
danger yet.
Stopped a Freight Train.
Colorado Citt, Tex., June 18.—Sunday
afternoon a perfect deluge of rain fell here,
accompanied by considerable wind, and last
night came a repetition of the storm, only
worse. The wind did no damage in town
beyond breaking down a few fruit trees that
were too heavily loaded. The wind was from
the west and twenty miles west of here was
perfectly terrific in its force. A water car
standing on the sidetrack was overturned In
the ditch. The west bound passenger train
was just able to keep moving against the
wind for two hours, and a freight actually
stuck and could make no headway until the
wind fell.
£erlous Difficulty.
Goldtiiwaite, Tex,, June 18.—Returning
from Mullen last night a party from this
place got into a difficulty, which resulted in
Henry Rahles cutting J. L. Lewis pretty
badly in the arm and hand, from which it
bled profusely. It seems that Mr. Rahles and
another of the party were having trouble,
when Mr. Lewis interfered to stop the row,
with the above result. Rahles will have an
examining trial to-morrow.
A Reckless Boy.
Paris, Tex., June 17.—JImmie Cooper,
aged 16, whose leg was run over by the can-
non ball train on the Texas and Pacific as it
pulled from this place for Sherman yester-
day afternoon at 5 o'clock, died this morning
at 9:30. His right leg being considerably
crushed between the ankle and knee, it was
amputated above the knee.
Street Car Held up.
Dallas, Tex., June 17.—Last night about
10 o'clock three negroes held up a street car
on San Jacinto street near the Central rail-
road and took $5 from the driver, whose
name is De Witt. Late in the night City
Marshal Beeman of East Dallas arrested three
negroes on suspicion of being the guilty par-
ties.
Dora's Funeral.
Austik, Tex.. June 17.—The remains of R.
A. Dorn, who was drowned in the Perdinales
yesterday, arrived here and the funeral took
place this evening from the residence of Col.
H. J. Dorn, father of the deceased. It was
attended by many friends of the family and
associates of young Dorn In the state depart-
ments.
Excitement Over Coal.
Pottsboro, Tex., June 18.—There is still
considerable excitement over fine coal pros-
pects. Yesterday a gentleman who has been
prospecting for some time brought In some
fine samples of coal for examination which
he had obtained by digging a few feet in the
ground. Arrangements are being made to
sink a shaft.
Lo, the Poor Indian.
Paris, Tex., June 18.—Eastman James, a
full-blood Choctaw Indian, committed sui-
cide at Tuskahoma in the Choctaw nation a
few days ago by shooting the top of hla head
off with a Winchester. Jamea had been
drinking heavily for some time before and
waa drank when he fired the fatal shot
lee Factory Opened.
McKinhet, Tex., June 18.—Quite a large
number of citizens attended the opening of
the McKinney ice factory to-day and toasted
the proprietors in home-made lee water. The
factory opens under good auspices.
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CULTURE OF CORN.
Sint Vortky Point! tkit VIII Bear Ctrefal Inilif
bf Ftrsen.
GIVE THE FAMES BOYS i THOROUGH EDUCAME
An Experiment Touching on Light and
Heavy Draught Horses—Days of the
Scrub Hone are Numbered.
Educate the Farmer Boya*
We have heard it said time aud again
that it was not so important to educate the
farmer boys, as those who were considered
more fortunate, preparing for a profes-
sional life. The latter while at home on
the farm always had more advantages
than the former and was often looked up*
on as his superior in every respect, which
was not only very wrong, but a burning
shame, which time thank God, has almost
obliterated. Away then farmer, with the
old and erroneous idea, that any dunce can
be a successful farmer. It has become
obsolete, and the custom of educating all
the bright and smart boys for the profes-
sions and leaving the dull ones for the
farm should be no longer practiced. Indus-
trial schools should be established for the
education of fanners as well as the other
professions. The farmer needs more inde-
pendent thought and the capacity for
deeper research and inquiries, because it is
his business to study the profoundest laws
of nature, and the most mysterious works
of the great Creator. He should under-
stand the nature and character of the soil,
the effect of air, sunshine, rain and freezes
upon his land, and the adaptation of" crops
to congenial soils. To do this, he must
have a knowledge of geology, mineralogy,
agricultural chemistry, philosophy aud
other natural and physical sciences. He
must understand the higher mathematics,
in order to be successful in the meas-
urement of his land, the capacity of
his lands and tools, the improvement
of his implements, and the value of
his production or crops. When times of
depression come, and everybody around
him is saying cotton is too low to raise it;
corn, wheat, oats, clover and grass never
did bring much money, and it does not pay
to farm, he must know how to successfully
battle by precept and example against such
specious arguments, and to drive on and
not be discouraged in his business.—Her-
ald.
An Unexpected Experiment.
A fanner engaged in the busin ss for
over thirty years who had never used any
other but what might be called good farm
horses, though not by any means the best,
and who has made a very fair success of
his calling, a few days ago had occasion to
use on a plow a sound but light team, such
as the average farmer uses. The plow he
had being a 12-inch and in good working
order was not too heavy for the horses,
which were driven on the sand soil at a
uniform gait that taxed them to the full
extent of their capabilities without being
overdone. When evening came the man
stopped to look at the work done, for it
certainly must have appeared small to him
as compared to the amount he was accus-
tomed to doing, when he said to a by-
stander, "It is no wonder to me now that
so many farmers are poor and will stay
poor, foi when they have not the horses
strong enough to do the work well it is
Impossible for them to raise good crops."
Could all breeders of scrub horses have
the experience not of this man, but the op-
posite, L e., work their horses a day or
week to the full extent of their capabili-
ties—without overdoing them—to a good
implement in proportion to their strength,
and the next day or week do the same
kind of work with a team of good draft
horses to the full extent of their capabilit
ties—without overdoing them—to an im-
plement in proportion to the work in the
same condition as that done by the scrub
team. Then next compare the amount for
the same time and figure the relative cost
of the work of both kinds of horses. It is
doubtful if the scrub horse would last
much longer than the lifetime of those
living at present.—Western Agriculturist.
Strawberries in Louisiana.
The cultivation cf strawberries around
Hammond, La., is rapidly increasing.
Those engaged in the business say the soil
is not only as good as any in the world for
the growth of the fruit, but the season is
twice as long as at points further north.
Shipments begin from Hammond about
the first of March, and continue until the
middle of June. Good prices arc secured
in Chicago and other western points from
the early shipments, $5 50 a crate of twen-
ty-four pints having been realized from
the first shipments. Prices decrease as
the season advances, when points further
north come in competition, but the grower
round Hammond can rely on an average
of $2 50 per crate throughout the season.
The principal varieties planted around
Hammond, where about ISO acres are al-
ready in cultivation, and where there is a
probability of a large increase of acreage
in the near future, are the Cloud seedling
and the Miller seedling. These plants
yield usually about 150 crates per acre,
but much larger crops are of record. Mr.
L. Lawson, of Hammond, raised on an
acre and a half of ground 550 crates or
6,600 quarts, worth $1,375, or $916 per
acre. Mr. Luther Henderson secured from
one acre and a quarter 450 crates, or 5,400
quarts, or a yield of $900 per acre.
A Word on Tomatoes.
In regard to vegetables an American
Agriculturalist correspondent says there
are not many vegetables which it will
ordinarily pay to protect, except in the
case oí professional city gardeners, after
they are in the open ground. Tomatoes,
perhaps, will pay the labor and expense
incurred better than anything else. ▲
single tomato vine, under good conditions,
will give so large a yield of fruit that it
pays better to have a few good early ones
than to be at the eost of using and culti-
vating the amount of land needed to pro-
duce an ordinary late crop.
Orange Cultura.
The number of orange trees sold by the
different nurseries throughout the south-
on^ portion of $£§i$fliBi olMtiy
the -
to oappreclate the great possibilities of
oranges in the state* But even now nwij
p f¡OT a an deterred from embarking ia
this enterprise by the length of time it to
generally supposed to take to get an or-
chard into bearing condition. Under the
comparatively new method of budding on
sour stock and thorough cultivation, this
formerly very serious objection has to a
very great extent been obviated. It Is now
quite common to see trees three or four
years old bearing'paying crops.—Times-
Democrat #
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Symptoms of Glanders*
We are asked for the symptoms of gland-
ers in horses. Here they are, as given byj
that eminent veterinarian, Dr. Laws:*
Languor, dry, staring coat, red, weeping
eyes, impaired appetite, accelerated pulse
and breathing, yellowish-red or purple-
streaks or patches in the nose, watery
nasal discharge, with sometimes painful
dropsical swellings of the limbs and joints.)
Soon the nasal flow becomes yellow and
sticky, causing the hair and skin of the
nostrils to adhere together, and upon the
mucous membrane appear yellow eleva-
tions with red spots, passing into erosions
and deep ulcers of irregular form and
varied color, and with little or no tendency
to heal. The lymphatic glands inside the
lower jaw, where the pulse is felt, become*
enlarged, hard aud nodular like a mass of
peas or beans, and are occasionally firmly,
adherent to the skin, the tongue or the jaw>
bone. The lymphatics of the face often
rise as fine cords. An occasional cough is j
heard and osculation often detects crepita-
tion and wheezing in the chest The ul-
cers increase in number and depth, often!
invading the gristle and even the bone; the
glands also become enlarged, but remain
hard and nodular, the discharge becomes
bloody, fetid and so abundant and tena-
cious as to threaten or accomplish suffoca-
tion, and the animal perishes in great dis-
tress.—Rural World.
The Land of Fruits.
The planting of fruit trees is going on
at an enormous pace in Southern Califor-
nia. The Los Angeles Herald reports that
in the section adjacent to Pomona nearly
one milion orange trees have been set out
this season. The nurserymen at Santa
Anna reports the following sales for the
season to date: Apple trees 2,500, pears
20,000, peach 2,500^ nectarines 1000, apri-
cots 400, prunes 1500, plums 1500, figs 200,
cherries 800, olives 300, oranges 1500,'
lemoms 200, soft shell walnuts over 100,-
000, chcsnuts 1000, almonds 150, strawber-
ries 10,000, blackberries 5,000, raspberries
5000, grapevines 2,500. The planting of
walnut trees this year is phenomeual in its
greatness.
Points in Corn Culture.
Better two vigorous stalks than
four weak ones because crowded and spar-
ingly fed.
For cut worms try a mixture of one part
salt to two parts land plaster, dropping a
little at each hill. Select seed carefully,
and keep selecting. Build up. Pedigree
in corn is as valuable as pedigree in
animals.
A study of the methods by which three
times the average yield of corn was made
shows that in all there was an unusual
amount of work expended in preparing the
seed bed.
Drilling produces the larger yield and
profit except on very foul ground.
Corn may do well on hilly land (though
the crop must be uneven), but neariy
always .the laud will lose heavily by the
denuding action of rain—often so heavily
as to make grass or small grain a more
profitable crop.
If the 1888 corn crop were loaded on
two-horse wagons, thirty-three bushels to
the load, and the wagons were placed
twenty-six feet apart, or as nearly as pos-
sible in a string, the string of wagons
would reach twelve times around the
globe—300,000 miles!
Nothing promises to so revolutionize the
present waste of corn fodder in the west
as the new but growing practice of cytting
the field corn close to the ground as soon
as the kernels are well glazed and putting
the whole crop directly into the silo, either
whole or half inch lengths, ears and
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Horticultural Notes.
The idea long current that strawberries
could not be successfully raised in Texas,
has received a terrible backset ^this season.
For cutworms, mix a pint of kerosene
with a bushel of common earth and put s
small handful around the root of each
plant
It is a mistake to have garden truck only
a little while in the spring; when with s
little intelligent effort these healthful
products might grace the table every day
in the year.
Fruit trees cannot bear full crops every
year. A medium crop of superior fruit is
better than to have the trees overloaded
with inferior specimens. Therefore the
fruit should be heroically thinned when*
everthe trees are full. >
It is well to remember that a rotation of
crops in field, garden or orchard, involves
a liberal use of manure. The soil is a
bank in which you must deposit occasion-
ally If you would have repeated drafts
honored.
Wood ashes are so valuable as fertilizer,
especially for fruits of all kinds, that none
should ever be permitted to go to waste.
It can be used either alone or mingled with
the heterogeneous mass of a compost heap.
Permanently glutting the market with
small fruits is like filling an ant hole witli
soap-suds—it can't be did. Give people
berries to eat and they want more; give
them more, and they acquire the berry
habit, and this habit is hard to break.
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Wood ashes are so valuable as s fertil-
izer, especially for fruits of all kinds, that
none should ever be permitted to go to
waste. It can be used either alone or min-
gled with the heterogeneous masa of a<
post heap.
Farmers should pay more attention than
they do to propagating their own tiees and
vines. A small nursery of stocks
be kept ready for budding sad
whenever the season is ftvofaU?
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