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TIFC GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1887
F&KH H0TE3,
At h California agricultural show two
toi-E of grajios from ono extitbit Illustrated
tie culture of the vine la ono county.
The peanut harvest in Virginia is esti-
mated at ],000,000 bushels, and nine peanut
factories clean &ud sort the »ut3 for
itarket.
It pays to keep chickens in town. Build a
Ismail house and yard. Pu£ iu a dozan
good fowls, and they will amply repay you
for the care and feed.
The second annual meeting of the ^orth
Louisiana Agricultural and Mechaulcil
iFair association will he held at i5Ureveport
from Kovember S to 12.
Affection can not be potmded into ani
juals. Kind ireatment insures the
Hon of an animal, while rough treatment is
sure to cause its hatred.
People in this country are in the habit of
cutting their sorghum too green. The riper
it is the more saccharine matter It contains
and the better feed it makes. Do not cut It
loo green, and you will iind it will go fur-
ther and do the stock more good.
Last year 150,000,000 pounds o! rice were
jzTown in our southern states, and about
300,000,000 were Imported from abroad. Kice
culture, which has materially declined since
the war, is reviving. In Louisiana it is sua-
eeeding sugar culture measurably.
In these days of railroads and quick
iiansportaiion to all the large cities, farm-
ers should bear in mind that there will
always be a ready sale for all the fruits and
nuts they can produce, and should prepare
lo meet the demand. [New Orleans Chroni-
cle.
We hear of young married couples just
settling themselves on a farm who devote
iteir time to planting avenues of oaks and
magnolias on the lawns iu front of their
iiomes. What folly! An avenue of pecan
trees would be just as ornamental in just
as short a time, and yield them a sum of
money sufficient to educate their children.
Yon Eg grape vines may be placed in their
proper location now. Cut them back nntil
only a single cane will be left. Allow as
"many roots as possible, and mulch aronad
the vine if the climate be severe in winter.
A plentiful supply of ground bone should
fee placed around the roots of the vine when
planted.
Last Friday J. 8. Curtis brought in a hill
cf sweet potatoes that contained at least a
half bushel of fine, large potatoes, one pota-
to alose weighing Via pounds. Mr. Curtis
donated them to Colonel J. C. Carr, who
shipped them forthwith to Colonel W. H.
Ahrams to have them entered at the Texas
State Fair. [Staked Flair.
A covering of fine well rotted manure
placed over the strawberry rows will serve
as a mulch and protect tiw young plants.
In the spring the soluble matter will oe ap-
propriated by the growing plants as soan
as the season shall begin to open, thus
causing them to push forward rapidly.
Spring work of manuring them wlil also ba
saved.
Owing to the unfavorable spring and the
JnJy floods the rice crop in the Savannah
territory is short fully -10 per cant. The re-
ceipts at the Savannah mills last year wsre
656,tCfc i'lisl'.els. Ttils year they will not 09
every •330,000 bushels, and may possibly
run 50,tto lower. For the whole country
the shortage is 237,000 barrels, or 2,007,000
bushels.
Gleason, the horse-tamer, says that the
word "whoa" should never be spoken to a
horse ux iess It is desired that he stop still.
A lad isar Albany knows what sound ad-
vice this is. He was on a mowing maculae
sisd fell in front of the knives. As he fell
le slxiv.ed "whoa!" to his horses, and
they ttopped. The cuttingknite of the ma
chine was taken up. Had the horses taken
a single step more the lad's foot would have
teen mangled.
At Pilot Point, Denton county, a inojt
successful and profitable local horticultural
society is maintained with considerable in-
terest. The fruit growers in that section
are working together for the common good,
and as a result of their labors they are high
Jy satisfactory to all. They hold monthly
meetings which are attended by a large
and appreciative membership. A? a con?e
f aence, the country around Pilot Point is
known throughout the state as especially
adapted to fruit growiug.
It is a fact that if chickens are hatched at
different times, some in the spring and
some in the fail, that the supply of eggs
asay fce kept up the year through. Those
hatched in the spring begin to lay in the
fail, and those hatched in tho fall are ready
io begin laying the next May, about when
the first are thinking of taking a rest from
their labor. The later hatched moult later
enc! continue the supply of eggs until the
older ores are ready to begin again. We
fciways aim to have some late cuicks and
fcave keen successful thus far, having eggs
the ytar through.
An irgeuious plan to save a dying pear
tree was adopted in the garden of L M
Chase, of Boston. The mice had gridled
the tree so that it seemed bound to die. Mr.
Chase planted four small trees around it
fc£d clot e to it, cut off the tops, pointed the
ends, aid, making incisions in the bark of
the pear, bent the small trees and grafted
them upon the dying trunk. They all lived,
end that tree draws its nourishment from
the six all ones. This season a bushel of
hatCEoms pears were taken from it. [Scien-
tific American.
Eow is the time for our young people ia
the country to plant pecans. Just as soon
SB they tan obtain the nuts from the trees
they ft: on Id stick them in the ground,
poijited eud down, and let them remain
there. Of course some will fail to come up,
but never miad; plant, and plant freely.
Every ore that grows will be a source of
wempt ite iu eight or ten years, and if
jou should bo lucky enough to get a grove
of SCO or 0C0 trees, you will be rich enough
to live at your ease by the time you are
i(j years of age. ®
The Burnet Bulletin says: The writer
epeiit last Friday at Hon. J. E. Babcock's
pleasant home. Mr. Babcock showed us the
ravages of the worm that is destroying the
wheat. Most of the several acres he plant-
ed are as bare of the appearance of wheat
as a floor. Whether it will come out again
ci course depends upon circumstances. The
worm has not confined its ravages to the
srain. but lias taken the grass also, leavlug
thewttdt. Ilnssell Gabriel is one of the
fairest tortious of Burnet county, aad if
this tionbie is general the wheat crop will
fce slim ieit spring.
Sir. Siovail W. Christian, a young gentle-
man S!4 years of age, who farms on Mr. G.
E. AlHii.LU s plantation, a few miles balow
town, has tip to date gathered and marketed
seventeen bales of cotton and has three or
four ix,07f in the fields, fa addition to this
fce made forty bushels of corn, seventy-live
bushels of oats and thirty-six bushels of
Wheat. AU tills was cultivated with one
fcmaH Texas pony, with only live days' help
by ont horse. '1 h s is a splendid record for
ite young man, and merltedly gives him
lie name of a progressive and successful
young farmer. Who will now say that
i&rrtit g is not proStable when basked by
industry and enterprise. [Coayers (G-a,)
Weekly.
The pea weevil lays its eggs in the still im-
tsatnre pods of the pea, bean and others of
Ite tribe. Tho egg soon hatches and the
little gmb lores Its way into the pea, where
It lives on the marrow until full grown,
which occurs by the time the pea becomes
dry. The grub then bores its way nearly to
the surface, leaving a thin film. In the
Epiicgit comes forth a full-fledged beetle,
ready to lay its eggs In the next crop of
peas. The best and only practical preveata
tive in the case of field peas is to keep the
peas in tie pod as long as possible. In the
case o£ gcraen peas and beans an effectual
preventative is to keep the seeds ii air-
tight jtre, addiEg a few drops of spirits of
turpentine or camphor gum. [Dixie
Farmer.
According to the latest estimates of the
^epanmtit of agriculture tbe aggregate
51*10 or iMre leading cereal crop?—-
coir. .:'.Ua i ud oats— will bo about i; 550,-
1 '. ■;);»Is this year. Of this total 1,-
■ Is corn, 450,009,000 wheat aad
l ,,W" h<*. in only thrpe years of the
pnEtteu there been a smaller produc-
tion of lit to three cereals taken together.
to'al was 2,222,000."00 bush'-ls;
in 2S51, l.t)04 700,000, and in 1883, 2.548.000,-
! It Jf. well to bear in mind, however,
tsa' tl fenrliei'estimates of the government
alft lstician are usually lower than the later
ones. Two months ago the wheat yield was
put at -117,000,000 bushels, which is 33,000,000
below the present estimate. It is aot alto-
gether improbable, therefore, that the corn
crop a month or two hence will ba placed
at higher figures than those here given.
The following, showing t'ae nutn'jar of
boxes of peaches shipped from the points
named, has been compiled from the books
ol the express companies, and is (in round
numbers) exactly correct. The shipments
are of third-bushel boxes, which averaged
a profit of about 40 cents par box over ex-
penses: Tyler, 00,000; Llndale, 11,000;
Swan's Switch. 2200; Troupe, 13,000; Over-
ton, 7000; Jacksonville, 84,000; Mount Bel
man, 8000; Palestine, 32,000; KctsS. 4000;
I Henderson, 15,000; Mineola, 5000; Wills
Point, 1100; Terrell, 20,000; GUoisr, 20 000;
Pittsburg, 12 800; Mount Pleasant, 10,000;
Chandler, 7000; Brownsboro, 450; Athens,
-15(0. That makes nearly a half million of
dollars gross (peaches were about $1 per
bushel In market), and at 40 cents a box
the profit over .'{100,000 net. ^o such sun
is left ia this country after ali the expenses
of cotton are paid out.
The Denison News says: Fruit culture is
no longer an experiment in the vicinity of
Denison. The soil and climate have bean
tnorcDghly tested and found all that is re-
quired to produce fruit In abundance and
I ot the very best quality. Fruit trees taken
! ftom the nursery and transplanted in the
orchard develop marvelons'y fast and may
be depended upon to bear bountifully the
i ihird year. As illustrating the stimulating
| character of the soil around Denison the
; Kews cites the following: One year ago
! fi r. M. Franklin sold some apple trees of
' tie Ben Davis variety to Mr. Walton, who
transplanted them in his orchard, one mile
end a half south of Denison. Tho trees
grew rapidly, and this year eaah one bore
lrom five to fourteen large, smooth, and
w ell developed apples. The day is not far
distant when the -'red lands" lying near
Denison will be recognized ag the best ia
the world for fruit culture.
THE "BISHOP'S" BEGIKNIKG.
Civil Service Commissioner Oberly Tells the
Public Something of His Early Life.
A reporter of the New York Mail and
Express called on John H. Oberly, chief of
the civil service commission, the other day.
It was warm, and he was polishing his de-
nuded apex with a red silk handkerchief—
a well-developed and robust tonsure, which
has conferred on him the pseudonym of
"Bishop." The title is confirmed by his
personal appearance, unless the spectator
observes too carefully the twinkling eye
which ironically illumes his devout visage.
"How did you get an education?" I asked
him.
"Never got any," he auswered, "Never
1 new anything. But I was 35 before I found
that cut.'
"How did yon learn whatever you do
know?" 1 persisted.
"By hard knocks."
"Will you give me an outline of yourboy-
hcod!-"
"Why, certainly. Born at an early age,
opened my ejes cue first day and continued
tbe habit. It happened in Cincinnati. My
father was a poor farmer aad tanner—f
atari a good farmer and tanner, but with-
out morey. He was a Pennsylvania Dutch-
man, and I first went to school at Taren-
lum, in lhat state. The schoolmaster was
also a tamer. I swapped this off for the
academy of Freepori, Fa., at 14 years of
6ge. There I studied Algebra, geology,
astronomy, chemistry, Latin, French and
the other branches that were never to be of
aiiy uFe to me; and then I went into a priat-
ir g office as devil in Wooster, O.
"Fjnithed my trade in Memphis, Tena.,
and became ultimately foreman of a»
cffice. I then took partners, and we bought
the Bulletin job office. The venture was a
great success. We printed ali the princi-
pal papers in Memphis. By the beginning
of ISCljwe were mak'ng $050 apiece per week
besiiiesour salaries.Bnt we were uutoa mea
atd ujscle it known without any reserve.
The reenlt was that military feeling was
high and our business fell off after the fall
of Sumter, asd pretty soon the couaera did
not pay expenses. I went into a priatiag
cffice and set type on Hardee's TacUsj.
"One day along in early sttnumr a p.>lice-
man came in and arrested the foreman aad
ire and escorted us into the presence of a
vigilance committee in session atoaad the
comer. I knew them all, aad tne spokes-
man gently said to me substantially: 'John,
the time has come for us to separate. We
like you, John. You are a good citizen and
neighbor, and a good fellow and all that,
but yon must see yourself, John, that the
time for separation has arrived. The last
boat leaves for the north at 4 this after
neon. The best friends must part. Gj)d-
bye, John; hope to meet again under euro
auspicious circumstances.'
"1 thought it over. Obviously either I
had got to leave town or else they had.
Tfcey had been so polite that I didu'c want
to incommode them or embarrass them ia
any way. So I just gave my half of the
office away to an acquaintance named
Clark, who happened to be standing by,
and I took the 4 o'clock boat to St. Louis.
That was really the end of my boyhood, for
1 married after that."
I called Mr. Oberly's attention to the fact
that his letter on tho political rights of
clerks and office holders was rnakiag a sen-
sation, and asked if he was ready to retract
it.
"This criticism is the most natural thiag
in the world," he said. "This cu3tomof
clerks banding together for the purpose of
influencing elections at home has prevailed
so long that any objection to it creates in
dlgnation. No, I am not ready to retract.
On ibe contrary, I declare that, in my opin-
ion, these state associations here are ille-
gal, and the members of them subject them-
selves to fine and imprisonment for a viola-
tion of law.
"I reiterate all the points and proposi-
tions of my letter, and I go further and say
that under the present system of civil ser
vice examinations and appolutmeat upoa
merit such associations, by dividing t'ae
clerks of the departments into hostile aad
warring partisan factions, iajare the ser-
vice and pioduce a condition ot affairs that
cannot long exist. Either the civil service
of this country must be entirely partisan.,
with appointment^ for party work, svhea
such combination" will be allowable, or
else it must be entirely non-parti jan, and
when a man accepts a life position in
Washington he accepts it with ths full ua-
tferstarding that he must keep his banls
eff the home machinery, be a ntutral in his
official life and not intrude nit; partisanship
in any way on people who do basiu^s* ia
tie departments and whose servant he is."
Talk of a Government Telegraph.
There is nothing at all surprising in the
statement telegraphed from Washington
that there are indications that the purchase
of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph lines
by the Western Union wil' rouse the ad-
vocates of a government telegraph to re-
newed efforts daring the approaching ses-
sion of congress. The views of those who
want the government to assume control of
tbe telegraph are very well expressed, it
may presumed, by Senator Ccillom when he
tays; "There can no longer be any excuse
fox indifference. The entire telegraph sys
tem of the country is practically controlled
by one man. Telegraph communication la
at bis ruercy. Tbe business and commer-
cial tecrets of the whole country are at his
command. He can send the business Cher-
ttometer up or down at will. It Is surely
fcigb tine to take steps to place the control
ot ihe telegraph system ia the hands of the
people,"
We may expect the utmost to be ui id.-i of
Ibis view ot the subject. Because one auu,
Mr. Jay Gould, in a certain way co itrols
Ite telegraph system of the country, it i->
inferred that ho can possess hiuise f o>
everrbodj '.= business secrets and exercise
be autocratic power over the basiaess of
tbe country. Therefore it is arguad th*f
ft^ps should at once be taken to place the
(onirol of tbe system ia the caads of the
ieople. This conclnsioa is reached at a
tiDgle Twucd, and it may se«ra lopioillv
cirrectto people who do not look closely
into the natare ot things, or who suffer
tbelr judgments to be clonded by their ab
horrence of monopoly.
It will be well, however, to look at tho
matter dispassionately and carefully be-
fore taking a step that may prove a f Use
one, and can not e'asily be retraced.
In the first place, wherein is the situation
now worse than it has been? If the absorp-
tion of tbe Baltimore and Ohio lines by tue
Western Union opens all the business se-
crets of the country to one man, aad to him
only, then before the same secrets must
have been divided, or at least divisible, be-
tween two men, and between tham only.
How much greater and more dangerous is
the power of tbe one man thaa was tie
power of tbe two? True, two might work at
cross purposes, or antagonize eacti otbsr,
but their operations might not be aay tbe
less mischievous on that account. A i re-
gards this matter of business secrets, it is
not at all clear that the change has bsen t ir
tbe worse.
Of course if the entire system Is under
one control higher charges for sarvio3 m 17
le maintained than if it were divided aai
ur.der the control of different persons. B it
tLat was not the senator's point. He wa<
talking about the command of the tolegrapa
management over business secret'. Even
in respect to charges a single managemaut
is not necessarily worse than two or mora.
It is obvious enough that ia this business
tbe cost of maintenance and operation can
be reduced to a mialmum under a single
control, and therefore the lowest scale of
charges is possible uader such coatro!. I!
the management is Intelligent, charges are
not likely to be exorbitant, because exorbi-
tant charges cut off business and reduce
profits.
in the second place, it sounds very fine to
talk about placing the control of the tele
gieph syatem"ln the hands of the people,"
but what does it mean? The thing pro-
posed is that the government assume coa
ti ol of the telegraph. That means, of course,
that the people are to take it Into their cdb
ti ol by their political agents. There is no
other way in which they can do It. These
agents most, of course, nave as much ac-
cess to business secrets as any private
nanager of a system can have. There
must be a head to a government system as
much as to any other, and that head must
be afforded as much opportunity to possess
himself not only of business secrets, but of
political secrets, as Mr. Gould now enjoys.
Cen the people depend upon securing the
services of a chief of the telegraph service
wl om they can safely trust to this extent?
They can depend upon getting the services
of a politician, just as they can now de-
pend upon gettlDg the services of a poli-
tician for postmaster-general. Can they
be sure of getting a politician whom taey !
can trust with autocratic control of the tele- >
gisph In times of great political excite
ment—in such times, for Instance, as we
passed through in 1870? The Times is ia-
cliEed to thick not.
Senator Cullorn Assumes that whoever
(cntrols the telegraph has charge of the
business secrets of the country, and, of i
f curse, political secrets so far as they have I
to be trusted to telegraph. If he is right ;
about that, then the power of a governmaut i
cbief of the telegraph would be vastly
gi eater than that of the postmaster gea- I
eial, for the latter is uot supposed to know
aLy thing about tbe contents of closed let-
ters, whereas the language of a telegraphic
message must be known to at least two
persons connected with telegraphic ser
vice, and tte meaning must also be kaowa
unless tbe message is in cypher. It is cer
lainly possible tbata partisan governmea .
chiet, with a corps of partisan subordia-
nates, might abuse tbe great power with
which Senator Callora proposes ;to invest
iim. It Is more than possible thU be
might at times be sorely tempred to eur-
c.se bis power lor thegalatag of a partlsia
advmtsg?.
A conetpocdeiit of (he Indicator of Nav
York recalls tbe fact that there was a time
wtc-p postmasters In certtiu parts of tho
country refnsed to deliver o?rt*iu aevi-
p»l pim to subscribers on rh* ground
tbe leBspauers were seditious aad iaoea
di.vii puoiioaiioiiS. The correspondent
nfcLiiottd a tumbar of things of a similar
chbracter alleged to have been done by the
rcslrcasters from partisan motives. Theise
things Indicate what might ba done by a
partisan official controlling the entire tele-
graph system of tbe country. A corpora-
tion, bowevc-r exclusive the monopoly it
may possess, is still subject to law. It may
be sued for damages, and its officer.? may
be proceeded against as criminals if they
commit ci iminai acts-. They are, therefore,
under restraint. The national government
can rot be sued for damages, no matter
how great the pecuniary o: personal injary
its officers may inflict, and if they commit
a wrong in tbe service of their party they
are rot likely to be held criminally as-
countable. These are a few of the reasons
why we should not make haste to take up
with the government telegraph project.
[Chicago Times.
IK THE QUICKSAND.
Ihe Terrible Situation of Young Otto Bertrand
Wear St. Louis.
Otto and Ernst Bertrand, two young men
of CaroLdelet, put tbelr shot-guns on their
shoulders last Wednesday moraiag about
daybreak, says the Globe Democrat, slung
their game-bags at their sides, and after
eatiEg a hasty breakfast In their parents'
house, No. 6324 South Broadway, started off
to spend three days duck-hunting among
the lakes of the American bottom, on the
Illinois side ot the river. They had a skiff
moored near their house and crossed the
river in it, hiding the boat in a little cove,
between Cabokia and East Carondelet,
when they had reached the other side
atd were st.artinr for the lakes.
Ihey had fair luck hunting, and
started home yesterday morning. When
ihey got to Cahokia, Ernst, who had the
heaviest bag of ducks, told Otto that he
would cross the river by the ferry and sell
bis game in the Union market. Osto as-
sented, and made his way alone to the boat.
He missed tbe path, and attempting to
teach the skiff by following the bank of the
tiver he plunged into a biaok, filthy aad
tenacious quicksand. His right leg went
into the mire over Its knee at tae first step,
atd the other leg followed it, aiakiag up to
tbe thigh before he uuderstood ho was ia a
quagmire. Ho tried to extricats himself
and could not. Both his legs were ti^btiy
clasped by tbe mud aad moved riot an inch.
Be shouted for help, heard no reply, aad
then rememtered tbat the nearest
house wes two miles awav. It
steme-d to him that he was siukiug aeapar
111 tbe quicksand, and then it cauia to ais
mind J or the first time that men had lost
their lives in suc-h places and their b jdies
had never been found. He grew fraatic,
»nd screamed at the top c.f his voice, aad
waved his arms about, beating the mud and
catching at little stones and roots tbat ap-
peared in it. He tried to move his fettered
legs, and found that his body up to his
waist was dead. He was clasped ia aa em-
brace that knew no relaxing. Ha lost
his eersee, his mind wandered,
be thought of those he had left at
home, his brother who had just left
him; he cried and feebly pattered
bis hands in the mud until his face was
streaked with it. Then the thought came
to him suddenly that he was about to die
by suffocation, and in an agony of terror
be lifted up his voice and cried for help
again. The sky looked down upon him
clear and joyful, and mocked him with its
calmness. He tried to kill himself. His
shotgun had been on his shoulder when he
stepped into the quicksand, and he looked
around for it, intending to shoot himself.
It bad sunk. He continued to struggle,and
became insensible, but continued to utter
cries of distress In bis uncoascious-
ness. He had fallen luto the
quicksand at 0 o'clock in the morning. At
o'clock In the afiernoon a negro boatman
came rowing along from Cahokia aad
beerd him meaning. He puUed bis boit
in and triefl to pull tbe hunter out of the
mud. Bt rhand by this time hid suak up to
hts arm-pits ia tbe quicksand. Tae negro
saw ti at ht< was unable to save tbe yoaag
mm, and bo lowed back to Cahokia, four
noiles away, where he got two other men.
When the boat got back to Bertrand he bad
ork until oily his head and neck were
visible, aid it was two hoars beforatha
bree boatmen conld get hiraoutoftbe
" r* He taken home and pat to bed,
and Is now rapidly recovering.
COULDR'r STAND THE SlSGE.
"Will you be mine:-" said the ardent youth;
"No, no," the maiden said.
As slie looked at litm with a mocking smile,
And pertly tossed her head.
He slipped on her linger a sparkling ring,
And drew lier to Ills si te;
"Two roes mean yes,you saucv minx."
Exultlnglv he cried,
lie held her fast; lie watched her frown-
Then pout—-then bluan and stammer;
TI e dear girl couldn't stand a siege
Of love and Erglish grammar. [ Kxcliaugo.
JohnJameson, owner of the yacht Irex, is
to buiJd a boat to contest for tbe American
cup. Jameson is an Irish yacatsman wlrh
demijobes of dollars made in the D tbliu
whisky trade. Tbe yacht will be built ia
Ireland of Irish wood and manned by Irish-
men.
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them. Clears out Kats, Slice, Roaches, Water
Bugs, Flies, Beetles, Moths, Ants, Mosquitoes,
Be.l-bugs, Insects, Potato lings, Sparrows,
Skunks, Weasel, Gophers. Chipmunks, Moles,
Musk Rats, Jaelc Rabbits, .Squirrels. IGc & i'x;
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A revelation iu housekeeping. A boon to wo-
men. A new discovery, beats the world. Cleans
and purities everything. Laundry or Kitchen.
Dishes, Glassware, Windows,
made clear as crystal with Rough on Dirt.
VnilUfi Al DI C The most inexperienc-
lUUilll QlnLu ed can. with Rough on
Dirt, do as nice washing and ironing as can
be done in any laundry. Boiling not neces-
sary ; unlike any other it can be. used in both
WASHINCand STARCHING youneedliave
no fear in using this article; being free from
vile alkali it does not rot, yellownor injure the
finest fabric; clears, bleaches, whitens. The
only article that can be added to starch (hot
or cold) to give a good body and beautiful
gloss; insist on your Druggist or Grocer get-
ingitforyou. 10&25c. E. S. Wells, Jersey City.
for hard or soft Corns
15c. At Druggists.
ROUGHECDRNS
TRIED
IN IHE
CRUCIBLE
3E3
About twenty years ago I discovered a llttl*
sore on my cheek, and the doctors pronounced
it cancer. I have tiled a number of physicians,
but without receiving any permanent benefit,
Among the number were ono or two special-
Ists. The medicine they applied was like flr«
to tbe sore, causing intense pain. I saw a
statement in the papers telling what 8. S. S,
had done for others similarly afflicted. I pro-
cured some at once. Before I had used th«
second bottle the neighbors could notice tbat
my cancer was healing up. My general health
had been bad for two or three years I had a
hacking cough and spit blood continually. I
had a severe pain In my breast After taking
six bottles of S. 8. S. my cough left me and I
grew stouter than I had been for several years.
My cancer has healed over all but a little spot
about the size of a half dime, and It Is rapidly
disappearing. I would advise every one with
cancer to give S, 8. S. a fair trial,
MIts. NANCY J. McCONAUGHKT,
Ashe Grove, Tippecanoe county, Ind.
February 16, 1888.
Swift's Specific Is entlroly vegetable, and
seems to cure cancers by forcing out the im-
purities from the blood. Treatise on Blood
and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
DRAWER 3 ATLANTA. OA,
BLY'8 PATENT
[ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, have al 1 the naotiooB e
the natural ones, tfitn improvements matin/
thorn the best substituo for thcnaturalonoevei
made. Manufactured for the U. S. Govern-
ment Descriptive pamphlet >eot free oa appli<
'nation. Address,
A. McDEKMorr, -Manufactokeb,
[300 8t„ Charles St. , New Orleana,
ATB& AMU REGULATIONS OF WHARF
AGE of the Galveston Wharf Company,
April 1,1E81.
All vessels and their owners landtag goods
ou the wharves thereby contract to pay, and
ire responsible for, the wharfage on the same,
according to the following rates to be collected
from the vessels or their agents: I cts.
Ale, Beer and Porter, bottled, per bbl 8
Authors and chains per 100 ss 5
Barrels wet 6
Ban els, dry 6
Barrels, empty, wet 3
Barrels, empty, dry 2
Barrel Slaves, per m SO
Bacon, per cask 23
Bacon, per case 15
Bags or Bachs In bales, per cubic foot 1
Sagging, per cubic foot 1
Bagging, per 100 yard roll, each 6
Bagging, per 50 yard roll, each 3
Baskets, per nest 2
Uallust, per ton 25
Bales, over 5 cubic feet, per foot 1
Bedsteads, each 10
Bedsteads, con.mon, each 6
3edbteads, box< d, per cubic foot 1
Bellows, per cubic foot 1
Bananas and Flalntains, per bunch 2
Breakfast Bacon, per box 5
Kor.es, liquors, cheese, soap, candles, etc.. 3
rotcs, extract, coffee, Ink, bluing, etc,
(smallj 2
Broomsj pt r dozen 3
Broom Handles, per M 50
'»-niin;corn,per bale 5
Brick, fire, per M CO
Brick, common, per M. 50
Bran, 10 sk3 and under, per sack 4
Blinds Doors and Sash, per cubic foot 1
Boilers, steam, per 100 Iks 5
Bor.es and Horns, per ton of 2000 Iks 30
Bone-dust, per ton of 2000 Iks 50
BonebiacK or Isonemeai. ner sack of 100 Iks 3
Boits ana Strikes. Blvets. Nuts and Wasn-
ers, per Keg 5
Buckets, per dozen 5
Buckets, well, per dozen 8
Butter, per keg 3
Butter, per firkin i
Building stone, rough, per ton of 2240 Iks.. 50
Buggies, each 50
Buggies, boxea, per cubic foot 1
Carboys, each, full 10
Carboys, empty * 5
Casks, wine 20
Casks, hardware, per 100 Iks 5
Casks, merchandise, per cubic foot 1
Carriages, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Carriages, each 75
rjavto pufh ...... ... ..... 25
Castings, hollow or solid per 100 Iks 6
Cattle, grown, each - 30
Cattle, two-year-olds, each 20
Cattle, yearlings, eacn 10
Cattle, calves, ... 10
Champagne, In baskets 5
Chairs, per oundle (2 each) 5
Charcoal, per sack 3
Cotton, per bale, landed 10
Cotton, per hale, shipped 10
Cotton, per sack 10
Coal, dumped In carts or cars, por ton ol
2240 lbs 20
Coal, dumped on wharf, per ton of 2240 Ekj, 50
Coal, in casks 25
uoaulies, stages and omnibuses, each 1 00
Corn, 10 sks and under, per sack 8
Corn, In shuck, per bbl 8
Ootton Seed, per ton of 2000 fcs, cargo 25
Cotton Seed Meal, per ton of 2000 Iks 15
Ootton Gins, per cubic foot...., 1
o.-,tfon Planters, each 10
Ooni Planters, each 10
Corn Shelters f
Oorn Mills, per cubic foot v2kl
fc
"• .'■■ j lL.vo ] vi ma
B. R. Iron Bridges, Locomo- i Per ton i
tlves > of >
?,) 2240 Its S
Ooflee, per sack ot 155 Iks 4
, Oodllsh, per drum of 500 fta is
Ooraage, per 100 Iks 5
Ootton Ties, per 100 Iks {toward) 2^
Ootton Tics, per 100 fcs (outward) 5
Copper, per 100 Iks 5
Ooal Oil, per case 2
Oocoanufs, per 100 2">
Collars, horse, per doz 5
Orates. Crockerv or Merchandise. <r cu. ft. 1
Cultivators, each so
Dras's, each 25
Doors, eacn 3
Demijohns, full.. 2
Djmljohns, empty 1
Dry goods, tn case, per 100 ft 3 6
Filters, boxed or otherwise, per cubic foot 1
Fiour, per sack of 100 tt,s 2i<
Flour, per sack of 50 Iks 1 <4
Furnaces. large 3c, small 2
fustic and other Dye woods, ner tou o»
2IMI lbs 50
Fertilizer or Gnano, per ton of 2000 Iks 60
Furniture, boxed, per cubic fcoi 1
Grocories, dry, boxed, per 100 Ik3 - 6
'irnin.for export,including Bran,per 100 lk* 1
Srlnd and Millstones, per 100 Iks 5
j^rumy Bags, In bales, per cubic foot 1
Haji ware, per 100 as 5
Hames, per doisen 4
Hams, p 3r cask 25
Hay, per bale jo
Hay, per half bale 5
Hogsheads, ompty 5
Hogshead Staves, por M 50
Bay Cutters 6
Hall barrels, wet 3
Half ban-els, dry 3
Half barrels, empty 1
Herring, per box 1
Hoop Poles, per M 25
Horses and Mules, eacn 50
HogB 5
Horseshoes, per keg.>. 5
Household Goods, per 100 Iks 5
Hides, loose, each 1
Hides, in bales, per 100 Iks 6
Hides, green, In bundles of 2 each 3
Ice, In hogsheads 25
Ice, ncr ton of 2000 lbs.net dellvory 25
Ice Cream Freezers, each 2
Iron, boiler, plate, bar, noop, wrougM,
sheet and galvanized, per 100 Iks 5
Iron Pipe, Water, per ton of 2000 Iks 60
Iron bhutters and Wrougnt Flttuigs, pet
100 5
Iron, Junk and Scrap, por ten Of 2240 ikt... 50
Iron, pig, per ton of 2240 Iks 50
Iron safes, over 3000 Iks, per 100 1kg 10
Iron Safes, under 8000 Iks, per 100 Iks. --. 5
Iron Wire, telegraph and fence, per 100 ms. 2X
Junk, In bales (except Iron) lo
Kegs merchandise... 2
Kegs, empty 1
Kits Fish 2
Laths, per M 10
Lomons.per box 4
Lead, per ton of 2240 Iks 50
Lumber, per M 80
Leatner, per 100 »• 5
Marble, per 100 *5, dressed 5
Marble, per toa of 2000 Iks, rough B0
Marble dnst, per barrel 5
Machinery, perlOOlks 5
Mineral ores, per ton ot 2210 fts 25
Mowing Machines, each 50
Moss, per bale 6
Meats, dressed, per 100 Iks 2X
Matting, per roll 5
Nails, per keg 3
Nails, per half keg 2
Oakiun, per bale 5
Oats, 10 sks and under, per sack 4
Oil cake, per ton of 2000 Iks 15
Oranges, per box 4
Ordnance Stores, per 10C Iks 5
Oysters, per bbl 5
Paint, per 100 Iks 8
Palls, flour,pernest 8
Paper, printing, per bundle 8
Paper, wrapping, per ream 1
Pecans, per sack 3
Pianos, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Pineapples, per 100 25
Plows, each 5
Plows, Sulky 25
Plow material, k. d., per 100 fts 5
Posts, fencing, each 1
Powder, kegs, 4c; H, 2c; X 1
E. K. Material lor construction and opera-
atlon:
R. R. Iron and Steel Ralls, per ton 25
R. R. Klsli Bars, Plates & Chairs I Per ton
B. B. Frogs^plkes.Bolts&Nuts j of 2240 Iks 3
. 1 00
E. R. Trucks,Wneels,Axles,etc) 2240 Ss
B. R. Iron, for street railroad, * ton 2240 kg 50
K. R. Vassengor Oars, each 15 00
6. R. Passenger Cars, Narrow Gauge 10 00
IS. R. Platform Cars 8 00
E. R. Platform Cars, Narrow Gauge 5 00
B. R. Lumber, per M feet 30
R. R. Ties, eight feet long, hewn, each 1
ttalslns, per box. 8c; X,&; X 1
Bags,per bale 10
Refrigerators, per cubic foot 1
Rubber Belting, per 100 Iks 5
Booting Slate, per ton ol 2000 Iks ,< 30
Rope, per 100 Iks S
Salt,per sactt -.. 3
Salt, per sack (cargoes Imported) 2
Sand or soil, per dravload 5
Sewing machines, each 10
Sewing, K. D.. per 100 Iks 5
Selves per package, 2 dozen 4
Sawdust, per drayload 10
Shot, per 100 Iks 5
Shingles, per M 10
Sheep, eacn 6
Shooks, box, per carload 5 00
Snooks, box, less tiian carload, p-rlOO Iks,.. 3
Shell, per drayload, 5 bbls 5
Soda,Potash. In casks and drums, per 100 Iks 2
Shovels and Spades, per dozen 6
Spices, per sack 5
Stoves, per cubic foot 1
Sugar, per hogshead 25
Sugar, per bbl 5
Sugar, Havana, m coxes. 15
Stoves and Trimmings, per 100 Iks 5
SulKies 25
Tierces Beef, Lard, Rice, Ham, Tallow, etc, 10
Tierces with bbls Inside 10
Tierces, empty 4
Timber, Walnut, etc., per ton of 50 cubic ft. 25
Tin Plate, per ton of 2240 Iks. 50
Tobacco, chewing, per 100 Iks 5
Tobacco, smoking, per cubic foot 1
Tiles, per ton of 2000 iks 50
Trunks, filled with merchandise or nests, 6
Tubs, pernest 5
Trackage, per loaded freight car 1 00
Locomotives, passenger trains and amply
cars, tree.
Wagons, eacn — 50
Wagons, Spring or Cane 75
Wagon Material, K. D., per 100 Bl 5
Washing Machines, each 10
Washboards, per dozen 4
Watermelons, each X
Water Coolers 2
Wire, per 100. 5
Wh oelbarrows 5
Wheels and Axles, log carrier 75
Wood, per cord : 25
Wool, per sack 10
White Lead, per 100 Iks 5
Zinc, in rolls, per 100 Iks 5
Goods not In above list will charged la pro
portion, s'ay: Less than forty pounds to th«
cubic foot will be classed as measurement and
chargcd 1 cent per foot; forty pounds and
over to the cubic foot will be classed M
weight, and charged 5 cents per 100 pounds.
All goods and articles of every Kind, landed
or received upon any of the wharves art
thereafter at the risk of the owners, and not
of tho company, and must be removed th*
same day, or at furthest, the next day. Aftei
which time, any of said goods and articles re.
malnlng on the wharves, the owners and con-
signees thereof will be responsible for, anO
will be charged an additional wharfage of on«-
third tne rates specified In the preceding
schedule for every day they so remain, ana
may be removed by the Wharf company with-
out. further notice (at the risk and expense ol
the goods and the owners and consignee!
thereof) to any part of the premises, con
tinning the charge for additional wharfagi
each day they remain on said promises. Ol
the Wharf company may have the same rs
moved and stored elsewhere than on Its owl
premises without further notice (at the risk
and expense of the goods and the owners aud
consignees thereof,) and the same will be held
until all charges arc paid. Same wharfage tc
be charged on all goods or articles delivered
from one vessel to another, provided either ol
such vessels Is fast to the wharf, or to any ves-
sel fast to tho -wharl.
The company hereby gives notice that it wil.
not be liable for losses if caused by excessive
and unusual weights, or by piling up heavy
tides, such as salt, moro than throe sacks bigli
and railroad iron moro than three tiers high
on the wharves; or by landing articles of as
traordlnary weight, such as locomotives, wlti;
out special permission (In writing) from tile
company's agent; but tbat It will hold all per
sons liable for such damages as may be occa
stoned by overloading the wharves without
special permission
On all shipments from the Interior whicii ar»
to be delivered to a vessel or agent, whetliei
on through bill of lading or not, the carriei
placing or landing prod nee, goods, etc.., on tilt
wharf, also the owner thereof and the shipper,
arc each and ail responsible tor the whavfagi,
Bat no cotton or other cargo will be permitted i-
be loaded from the whart et on to vessel) or tiyhttr.
without prepayment of the wnarfage or laHfactorf
provision therefor bv the vessel, except as to Bfiw-
witn iieneral cargo for gulf porta.
The owners anu consignees of all goods
livored on a wharf 01 levee of the comp&a;
thereby become bound to the company for tin
wharfage thereon.
All vessels 01 fifty tons and over not engage
in receiving or di;.<eiiargmg cargo, or seized b.
legal process, and iylnjc at tho wbar? after smji
seizure, wUI be charged wharfage at tbe rat« 01
i cents per reglsserea tou for each day or par'
01 a day.
Tlic compeny also gives nc-tleothat It doe»
not undertake storage, and will not be respon-
sible for los es or damage, from any cause, k
goods or artlciea landed or received on IM
wharves.
All wharfage Is contrsctod to bo paid, and M
due and payable to the company, at its offlc»
In Galveston.
Vesseis of less than fifty tons will be chargM
wharfage It tbe rate of 12 per d»y or part of I
day, SO*. AIKB* Ittrttan,
AT ONE-THIRD t
Hie News "Premium "|
HIGH-ARM
sen 1ACHIII!
IIUKUHR FiYI-DUTU
Sixty-Dollar Machint
rox
$22 75,
I WITH A OOPT 07 THB
WEEKLY NEWS
FOR ONE TEAK.
the manufacturers Main for XHX *' FKB
jSICM" that It has been improved and ftmjjO*
ted In all Its dotalls by the best mechaalM
talent in America, who, with unlimited r«
iources at tbelr command, have oomHtH
only tbat which Is practicable and dlspcxMMI
with ali complicated surroundings genaraHB
ionnd In other machines. It is the stmplcsg
Machine, having the Fewest Farts, all strox,
md with case-hardened Bearings. Being ten
from complications, It Ss easily cared Mas,
never gets out of order, and Is always raaCS
for use. The moat Inexperienced canraadtt#
naanage It. It has all the modern apptlxM*S
and conveniences that go to make up the mUK
ot excellences, successfully combining Bti*.
pllclty, Durability, Bellablilty, 3p«Mg
Strength and Beauty, producing a maehlxefcl*.
«ounlert for ease of management aad MtyMUS
(01 wide range of work.
THB PREMIUM " HIGH-AftM
ts light running ana noiseless, sms ft
STRAIGHT SELF SETTING NEEDL*. MS-
makes the double-thread " Lock Stitch." It P
the perfection of mechanism for Hemmisfs
Celling, Binding, Cording, Braiding, SeansUK
Tuckllng, Buffllng, Gathering, Ernbrold«ri»f;
Hem Stitching, Quilting, etc. It Is adaptM Ws
every varletv of sewing, from the lllhtofi
muslins to the heaviest cloth, and wtU dft'
f router range of work than any other maelifw,
he Woodwork Is unique and attract!1?* I£
style, and substantially made from w«U-flM>
soned and carefully selected material. IM •&tf
gant finish and rich trimmings are In gOSS
taste, and harmonize with the excellent week
uianshlp ot the machine. Far more hanHMi M|
&nd ornamental than the ordinary 1 _
woodwork, it is at the same time Of equal 1
rablllty,utility and good finish.
WA;-:BaNTBE—The nsnal five-yaar «»
ranteels given to us by the manufacturers,M&
we in tnrn guarantee every machine to ffKt
full and entire satisfaction, and agree
every purchaser to duplicate any part umk
proves defective Sn five years JESB OV
CHAP.G* (Shuttles, Kaedioa and BohWaq sa
•pttd),
HO RISK WHATKVHB.
Co great is our confidence ana ItnowlMM *!'
ihe superiority of the " Premium " Blgh-*XSt
that we further agreo with every purchaMtlt
KKFUND THE MONEY In case full satlltMUffiS
in not given by the machine In every paitim-
lar after a montn's trial.
Tailors, Dressmakers, seamstresses. Mo*-
tacturers of Clothing, Shirts, Skirts, Gkxmttfe
Umbrellas, et c..will find one of Its best reeoK-
•joendatso-na is its special adaptation M IMS
wants and range of work,
THB OUTFIT.
Bach Machine is supplied with the follCTKRB
-utlit: One Hemmer and Feller (one plsee), Is
Needles, 6 Bobbins, 1 Wrench, 1 Quilting 0VtS%
1 Screw-driver, Oil Can (tiled with oil, OUSSIS
Gauge, and Thumb-screw, and a Book ot Mf>
rectlons. The following extra attachnusM
are also furnished free'. Huffier, TnellMfc
«in<!er, Set of Wide Hemmers, and HhirztMK
plate.
The Book ot Instruction* Is profusely
a-ated, and answers the purpose ot a
tout teacher.
Machines are shipped as fast freight
otherwise ordered; purchasers paying freSgjt?
age,
Sewing Machine Agents Sell this Maehttejwt
$".& and $t>u. tfli 75 buy one from us, wtUlg
year's subscription to THE WESKLT HBWSj
-■r •> month's subscription to XHI 9it&S
R1VI,
THE AUTOMATIC) TBBHOH
when onto properly regulated, will MUMS
oeed to be changed, and, aB a general 1
she -whole range of family sewlag can be (
without any change of tension whatever.
result is obtained by nicely adjusted sprlaat
".bat will accommodate themselves to IM SBI
of the thread u»ed.
Sbi Claims lor Superiority art ts ffsllewit
A DEVICE whereby the bobbin can be wu*««
without running the machine saves unnMM-
-:&iy wear of the machine, and the trouble ali'
iinthreadlng and removing work and atMM
ments whlie the bobbin is being filled.
A SCALE FOB BEGULATING the len«tk Bt
stitch, which enables the operator to retell®
ascertain the length of stitch without tesHM
previous to commencing work.
A SrBING-TEN8ION CYLINDER SHUTILS,
adding a bobbin that carries a large amotmf.
of thread. There Is but one hole to ikies*
through, making It the most easily threads®
shuttle in use. The tension mav be chaagtiC
without removing the shuttle from tkt sea-
chine.
xhj5 ducbls feed extends oe both «««,
jl the needle, and permits a greater vsitMj
of work than any other. It has great powfrft
and never fails to perform its duty—will HSI
she lightest and heaviest goods wltheaeW
oreclslon, and will cross seems andfilM
places without changing length Of "
missing stitches.
light BUNNING—On account Ol the I
Luecbanlcal devices employed in its constiM
lien, runs lighter and with greater speed IBM
any other machine and Is almost noiseless*
IT IS THB SIMPLEST, easiest operated, Ml*
nade and most elegantly ornamented SS£
jhine In the world, combining every riqaUEM
so produce perfect work
Inviting a practical test ot this m a chime, w*
lisUuctiy claim for It a great sufarlortty W
material, workmanship, and In Its 5PS*-
iorraftr.ee. It is uuqimtlcuably the ——•
machine now In »he mark*?.
I EXTRA OFFXKC.
Jor |U we will send tbe H1GH-ahk sbwt
ING MACHINE, With alt tbe attaohmesls II-
icr'.bed above, and THE WEEKLY HEWS MM
7e«r to nny address.
ifor fli bi we will send siie HI'iK-AHM SS
(NS va< iHTNE, aa s'jove described, with lit
DAILY NKWS three months, onstage paw, K
tnv Address.
iur til twwa will eend THK DAILY NBWB,
aostaue p&ui, sia months, sun the
SEWIlsrf MA0BIN2.
For $31 60 we will send tire HIGH-ABM SWW-
iNG MACHINE .with all the atiachmenta, asiSt
rnr DAILY hiss t-relv* months tc ejsa
address,
Siakw remittances so and remit DyposioaMt
jrder, registered letter, ox draft on ®alv»Slt#
Dallas or Maw York,
H. BEIO & CO.; ,
FuMlsW.. OnlVMtfM. *•».
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