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THE ABILENE REPORTER.
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have 565 acres nil I nc?c 30 acres in cultivation good farm house cistrtn
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the money on the -market.
Give perfect satisfaction.
Only a few left.
Yours Truly
ED S. HUGHES & CO.
TUT? P T?M RESTAURANT
I rliL brmvi and bakery.
Fresh Bread Cakes and Pies For Sale.
South side between post office and Clayton's - r
REGULAR DINNER EVERY DAY FOR 25 CENTS.
SHORT ORDERS """ notice and
Every thing'the Market
Affords
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Wholesale and RqtaiJ
STAPLE w FANCY GROCERIES.
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to call and see us.
ARE YOD
We propose
both pleasant
table for the
trade with us.
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G-RMIG
W Kest Fsh Oysters
Game etc.
Proprietors
Successor to
Moore's Place
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OUR AUSTIN LETTER.
To the Reporter
Austin Tex Feb 12 1897.
In the senate the fellow servant bill
has taken up much time this week and
it will probably take up much of next
wek as further consideration has
been postponed until next Monday. It
provides that every person receiver or
corporation controlling or operating a
railroad or street railway the line of
which shall be situited in whole or in
part in this slate shah be liable for all
damages sustained by any servant or
employe of such person receiver or
corporat'On by reason of the negligence
of any other servant or employe of
such person receiver or corporation
and the fact that such servant or em
ployes were fellow servants with each
other shall not impair or destroy such
liability.
Further 'that no contract made te
tween the employer and employe based
upon the contingency of death or in-
jury ol the employe and limiting the
liability of the tmployer under this act
or fixing d mages to be recovered
shall be valid or binding. But that
nothing in this act shall be held to im-
pair or diminish the defense of con
tributary neahgencp whan the irjury
Of the servant or employe is caused
prox mately by his own contributory
negligence.
L'eut. Gov. Jester threw a firebrand
into ihe textbjok trust the other day
and it is hoped and believed that seme
good results may follow. It was the
forerunner ol a tesolution to appoint a
committee from each house to take up
and consider the textbook matter.
The 750 000 school children are us-
ing textbooks at a cost of about $3-
000000 per annum. It 11 charged
thai there are "whackups" at more
than one counter in this business and
if it was not so these books would not
be so expensive. If the Lieut. Gov-
ernor succeeds in posting this octopus
there will be an applause that will land
him in the mansion on the hill whether
he desires or not. May it be so.
The bi annual Johnson grass bill has
bobbed up again and may pass if the
counties of the state are all exempted
from its operation. An exemption has
been asked (or all the Abilene country
which was proper.
The suit to dissolve the corporate
existence of Abilene has been left with
ahead on it big enough to eat oatswtth
by the biH vhich has passed reciting
that all cities and towns inthis state
whose incorporation may Le defective
by reason ol the failure of such cities
and towns to restrict their territorial
limits within the time arid in the man
ner required by law. but which have
in fact restricted their limits and have
recorded trie lines ol the restricted
limits in the m ttute buok of such city
and. town aud in-lhe record book ol
deeds in the county in which such city
ortown is situated and the boundaries
of which ate now reccgnid by the
ordinances of such cities or town
and s fixed by the lints so recorded
do not include more territory than
provided for in Article 3861 be and
such in prorations are hereby in all
things valid the same .as it such terru
torisl limits hid been duly fixed mhH
restiicted within the time and in the
manner required by law.
Yours reipecWully
. J L. Stephenson
Pork Too Fat.
Among the in my practices on the
put of (aimers which are not calculat-
ed U do them any good about ihe
hardest fot me to understand is hy
they shut up the feous that are to be
I kilUd for home use and gorge them oq
thr.y get so fat they have to lie down
and rest ' two or Ihree times while go-
ing a few rods With hogn that are in
tended to tell it may be wise to feed
as much corn as they can "coi sume.
for with hogs we carl grow fat cheaper
than (I sh af'er we have grown ilii
ffamc to put it .n am' get just as
much per ct. for it but wiih the pg
that are to be cmverttd into pork the
case should be d ff.'rent. Very fat
potk is very disagreeable to a'mosi
every one yet ho W very often we see
pork that is half or tffp-tlnrds fat upon
farmers' tables. t
Very few fatmtfs jke this Rind of
pork yet they continue this kind Oi
leeding year alter jwr One of tne
strongest motives foritheir doing So. as.
far as I can fee is to be able to butch
er the fattest most lubberly lot ol liog
of any man in the community and V-
this end. the hogs ar$ almost too fat tf
stand on their feet. When such bog
are killed tie sides are little but fai
and the hams and sfjoulders ate encas-
ed in from two or three to
five inches
of fat a dUgustirig sight from a culf-
nary point of view tc any but a blub
ber eating Greenlacder but the man
who has grown such porkers knows
that not another farmer in the section
has such a fat lot ofawine flesh and so
his vamty'is satisfied. 0 course lard
enough for home ute is needed but
this can be secured 'from hogs that are
ordinarily fat and have been ktpt
growing and forming flesh instead ol
being -swamped" wjtri blubber Cor.
id National Stockman.
STOCKMAN.AND (FARMER DOTS
( Farmers and stockmen whb have
had barn or shed protection for their
stock during the recent cold weather
doubtless are satificd that rroney ex
pended tor such improvements is not
thrown away even in Texas.
The wise farrnerdoes not feed pigs
after they have attained a weight of
200 pounds Lightweight pgs aie
wanted in the market and the first 200
pounds cost lespec.ppu.id than -the.
pounds added after that weight has
been reached.
In these days when none but corpo-
ration lawyers and men of great wealth
are chosen to a seat in ihe United
States senate it is refreshing to note an
occasional txcepiion to the rule and
hence we are pratifud to learn that
Col. W. A- Harris of Linwood Kas
has just been elected to the United
States senate -fiom that state. Col
Harris is known to cattlemen all over
the country as the fOnnder and owner
ot the celebrated Linwood herd of
Shorthorn cattle It was generally ad-
milted that he owned the finest herd of
Shorthorns on this side of tbe Atlantic.
He is a nun ot good judgment large
brain and untiring energy and has
devoted the best years oi his lite to
piactical cattle breeding. The live
stock and laim interests are to be con
gratulated on having such a friend in
the senate. Concerning Col. Harris'
election the Chicago Breeders Gszitte
closes a two column editorial as fol-
lows. ' Col. Harris possesses that in-
born love of animal life that has been
at the basis of the success of all the
great livestock improvers qf this or
any other age. He built up a. repu-
tation as a breeder and possessed an
independence aqd strehglh of charac-
ter that placed him fairly at "the head
of the new schcol that good animals
roust precede all considerations of
mere prsdigree a school that utii
mately revolutionized Shorthorn cattle
breeding fits in this country and sub
sequently in England Ihe ancestral
home of the breed; As a director in
the American Shorthorn Breeders as
sociatiqn as a judie and exhibitor at
the (treat fait and fat stock shows of
the United Sutcsara.visitonat-Warf..
laby Sutyton. Cnllynic and the Royal
show yard ot England he has edi mil.-
ded the respect ol the foremost im-
. provers of our d mesne animals on
both sides the water. His herd was a
source ot pleasure and of profit to him
tn ihf last and even now a few renre.
ienUives 0fhis favorite breed may be.
seen at the Lmwood farm Circum
stances not choice compelled the du.
periion ol his ola herd. The fortunes
of poljtcl warfare have elevated to
the senate in the person ol Col. Harris
a man whose impress bpqn American
stock breeding interest was not only
strongly marked but was in every way
beiiefiqient"
A good crop in. a poor season is al-
most as profitable as two good crops
in good icisous Thai is. where the
profit! of litigation and intensive cul-
M0LA3SEB AS 870CK FOOD
Southern Farmer.
O.i many Louisiana sugar p'anti
tiothe use pf.rriolasies as stock feed
during ne last Iwo yeats has practical
ly revolution z;d the stock leed ques
tttiii There Is litile use in s. Louif-
iiua planter producing corn although
it fa a Valuable stock feed when he is
either throwing his mulasies into the
ditches or selling it at 2 cents a gallon
which is practically 9 cents a .bushel
for corn when pound for pound it has
about fq'iivilent value with corn lor
stock feed
Scores ol plantations are now utiliz-
ing a large part of their molassrs for
this pu pose and there is no doubt
but that-fi tally those planters who find
themselves unable to consume at
home or among their tenants all the
molasses they make will buy cattle and
hogs to which to feed this valuable
byproduct worth in actual money on
the plantation is against corn at least
6 cents per gallon in bulk.
It is true that molasses does not
constitute a balance ration as our ag
riqultural chemists rail it it is lacking
in nitrogenom material. Corn how
ever constitutes an almost equally
unbalancsd ration. We may in time
learn to utilize cotton seed meal in
connection with m jlasses the m al
being a very highly nttn gsnous food.
Until we shall learn to do this our best
course is to feed our stock on oats
and molasses the mchsses taking the
place entirely' of corn and the oats
making up the somewhat defective
ration so far as efficiency for working
stock is concerned.
Were it not'for the d ffi :u'ty of re
tiininn latoe amounts oi molasses on
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..... .1 nt nnnP Wm.ld be
hn ninti inn IIC I15P WLltllll UC Ul.ll.
tfxv iintv.-rsal. and none wouia De
offered at the ruinously low prices that
it brings in the' markets. Molasses in
New Orleans is now quoted down as
low as four cents per gallon. This in--eludes
the barrel costing at least $r
and freight to market at least 50 cents"
leaving but one cent -per gallon or
one twelfth of a cent per pound (or the
molassesv equ valent to 4! cents per
bushel for corn which thus becomes
the price at which the unfortunate
planter is disposing ot his valuable
stock feed. Cypress cisterns of Urge
capacity can be nought very cheaply
and mide to .retain all of the surplus
molasses and in this way it can be
readily held for use as needed. It cer-
tainly seems an economic crime to
throw such valuable stock feed away
or to practically- ihrw it away by sell
ing it at the price of one or two cents
per gallon
Missouri's Governor.
Governor Stephens sets great store
by the country editor.. When he was
younger the Goernor belonged to the
craft and he is yet very fond of "writ
ing pieces" for his paper at. Boonville.
His "Silver Nuggets" won htm the
governorship. His Conduct would
seem to indicate that the chief feature
of his nolitical career h: "Put the
lever Of the country press in my hands
and I care not what the metropolitan
payers may do or think of .tte.'- Gov-
ernor Stephens is said to consult a
coterie of editors on tvery appoinmtint
he has made or is contemplating. He
is as polite as a French dancing mas-
ter to the representatives of the city
dailies but there is something in htn
manner which appears to say to them:
"I don't care what you say about me
Ifyou don't treat me right I will at
tend to your case-through my friends
the countiy editors.'' And this mikes
the averse correspondent exceeding
ly cautious. St Louis Republic.
-AGENJ& MAHIF.D:Fort War in
Cubs by Senior Quesada Cuban rep-
sentattvere at Washington Endorsed
by Cubun patriots. In tremendous de
nuiid. A. bonit x for agents. O.ily
$1 V H'g book big ct mmtssions.
Eveiybcr'y wants the only reliable
book. Oufit Tiee Credit given.
Freight pud. Drrti all trash and
nuke $300 a month wiih War in Cuba
Address to day The National Book
Coucern 3S-35b Ueaibotn St.Chica
J. L G Adams. Roin- 11 Husky
TWICE-A-WEEK
FOR ONtf YEAR
Highest of all In Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov"
RoYal
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
TEENT ITEMS.
Trent Texas Feb. 1 1
1897.
To The Reporter
After an absence ol several months
from our booming littte town and re
membiring the Reporter's cordial in
vitaiion to crmsugttn will now gladiy
ayail myself of that opportunity.
The small child of Mr. and Mrs.
Camps of Trent has been very ill.
but wc are.lad to note that the little
one is now nr the road to recovery.
Misses P.llie and Hina Frederick
sp:nt Sunday with Misses Ida and
Alice Shennun.
Mrs. J. Baker of Trent is irk with
la grippe.
Mrs. Looney is also on the sick list
this week.
The grippe has its clutches 01 C.
O. Skennon. Hurry up aud get well
C O or someone will get your girl.
Frank Duncan was with us Sunday
but he looked as dismal and glonmy as
an owl and we sent him back to Mer-
kel. What is the matter. Fiank my
boy has your girl gone back on you?
Jessie Uoales of Abtlen is still
with uf. She spent Sunday at Bakers.
Miss Claude returned home with her.
In the evening Misses Lit. and Mar
th'a Baker were visitors of Mrs Sarah
J. Curry
The lads of Trent arc EOtne to or
"
gan.ze a base ball nine and lor several
Sundays past they have been practic
ine on the ht me Ground. Ladies
are
courteously invited to attend.
Bob Johnson was smiling Sunday
and locked as if he had been courting
Ah Bob don't deny it for there was
a thread of gold found up.on your coat
Ha ha I laugh-
Miss P.llie Frederick' one of the
prettiest and most charming ycun
ladies in this countrv had a very nar
row escape the other week While re.
tnrning home from a neighbors her
pony a frisky little aiinial took fright
and made for a strong tnree wi'e
fence which she cleared. Neither
ridr or pony bad a scratch. Miss
Pillie. is acknowledged by all to be a
most fearless and graceful rider.
Bro. Walker will preach at Trent
next Sunday week.
All Christians should club together
and help old mao Masey and his fam
ily who are in a really destitute condi-
tion. Mrs. M issey is very sick and de
serves both help and pity from her
more fortunate sisters.
- Breezy
TWO BAD HABIT.
To The Reporter.
A habit and a vtry bad on: which
saems to bt growing among our
younc mile people is that of saving
"what" or "how" or "hww's that" to
.about every other remark that is ad-
dressed to them in the course of c.5n
versation. It is not that deamess is
on the increase; it is simply a lazy
trifling way. induced partly by pure
cussedness and partly by inattention.
Another bad habit and one attend
ed by much more seiious results
which is also on the increase is tnat
of cigarette smoking. I daily notice
youngsters who without any great
strain ot mennry could recall the feed
ing bottle inhaling spitting and puff-
ing with the assurance nf cigarette
fiends of 40 if they ever attain that
age. Would it ba within the jurisdic-
tion of our citv council to piss an or
dinance forbidding the sale of tobacco
and the vinous other compounds al
Irgeii TFphritatn tobacco; toboys say
of under eighteen years of agt? high
teen is possibly the earliest age at
which one should be permitted to oe
cide definitely upon the destrabdry or
otherwise of this particular form ol
slow suicide -S.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
I will pay $5 reward for any in-
formation leading to the recover
of tli two following1 described
horses: A gray pony branded
H P (H P connected) high
up on hip shod all around when
last setu. One bay horse branded
J T on left hip larger than gray
wearing 3 shoes when last seen.
Address G ?. Anomrsok
;f . Abilene Tex
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FARTBERS.
(For Girli.)
SELECTED
A sturdy little figure it was trudging ')
bravely xith a pail of water. So many (
times had It passed our gate that.
morning that curiosity prompted us to
funheracquaintance. '
You are a busy little girl today.
Yes'rn. '
The round face under the broad hat
was turned toward us. It was freckled
fllufhed and perspiring but cheery
withal.
Yes'rn it takes a heap of water to
do a washing.
And do yo u ' brii g it all from the
brook down there?
Oh we have it in the cistern most-
ly only ii's been such a dry. time late-
ly. And there is nobody else to carry ;'
the water? i '
N ;body but mother and she is ;
washing.
Well you are a good girl to help
her." '
It was not a well consideied com-
pliment and the little water carrier did
not consider it one at all; but there
was a look of surprise in her gray .'
eyes and an almost indignant tone in
her voice as she answered; ' ;'
Why of course I help her. I al
ways help her all the tune. She hasn't ;
anybody else. Mother'a raeV part
ners.
L'tile girls are you and mother parr.-'l
ners? Dj you help her all you can?
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