The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 16, 1882 Page: 1 of 4
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f TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
VOL. IX.
"The PreuH Should he ag Free as Thought, Whose Herald It le.m
STEPHENVILLK. EHATH COUNTY. TEXAS. SATURDAY. DEC. Itf. 1882. •
SINGLE COPIE8. FIVE CENTS.
NO. 17.
L
STEPHENVILLE EMPIRE.
I
TKXAS TOPICS.
FabltekaS Wwklj e«
SCRPHMNVILLE,
TEXAS
—DTTHR—
BBATU PUBLISHING COMPANY.
SUBSCRIPTION
ADVERTISING RATES.
dollar per
•nU
The shipment of cattle from Col*
I ortulo city this season amount to 76,-
! 000 head.
—It itt probable that the contrac-
tors will employ about 1,000 convicts
in building the new State cupitol, and
at {lie quarries getting out the stone.
—-'At Laredo, Texas, u Mexican put
his bund in lus pocket to get a bottle
of whisky and was bitten by a centi-
pod which was lying in concealment
there. The whisky and prompt med-
ical attention saved his life. ToxanB
as a class did nobneod this illustration
of the benefit of goingalways equipped
IN81ENT HATES:— One____
J01 ths first iDMrtioa; fifty ceni
or oaoh rabwquent inMrtion. On* inoh
ui° f()r “ii ^ pf *cci-
“m. vTfc
EV'
n-
K*
- ,
I
/OBITUARIES:—Obituary boUmo fro*
> tribal** of r**p«ot, resolution* of eondo-
l*no*, and all similar article*, fifty oeata per
aqoar* la adranc*.
YEARLY A D VKB'i'UJKJIKNTS:—Out dol-
lar aad twenty-Ay* cent* per square p*r
■oath. Litoral deduction* mad* on all
*dT*rtla*BMnU of two aqaarea or more.
LOCAL NOTICES:—YifUcn oenta per lia*
Irat laaertloa; ten oaata p*r lia* eaoh for
aub**qn*at insertion*.
PROFESSIONAL.
—Mr. Pardon, assistant chief en-
gineer of the Texas A Ht. Louis rail-
way, says the breach between Texar-
kana and Cairo will be filled .in by
February 1st, and trains will then
run through to Ht. Louis. He re-
ports the road in a nourishing condi-
tion and business lively along .the
line through Arkansas, the road not
being able to handle the cotton on the
completed 2H1 miles in that state.
SILAS €. BUCK,
ttorney-
—.The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
railroad is now completed to Fort
Worth, Dallas and Lampasas, and
operates 5i)0 milts of the road. It is
fm tit " La W ttic best built road in tbe southwest,
being thoroughly ballasted with shell,
gravel and stone, well equipped, iron
llridges, with stone abutments, sta-
tion-houses, tanks etc., all new and
substantially built. The company
also owns the telegraph system along
the line. This road runs through the
best agricultural counties of Texas,
and constitutes the most direct route
from the interior of the state to the
coast. The Gulf, Colorado k Santa
Fe refused to go into the Gould south-
western pool, having to earn interest
on only $12,000 of bonds to the mile,
while the other standard gnage roads
are bonded for $80,000 and upwards
per mile. These bonds having 27
ATTORN E Y8-AT-LA W* years to ran, at 7 per cent to the in-
vester, and sold last year as high as
125.
8t*pb*nviUe, Krath County, Taxaa. 8-19
w. w. MOOMf, t. a. «i»o.
MOORES & KING,
ATTDIMEY8-AT-LAW
STEPHEN VILLE, TEXAS.
l. a. tkanr,
w. a. oivrwi,
FRANK A DEVINE.
STEPHENVILLE, - TEXAS^ ^
J^R. J. W. ALLEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
(* cltetlr.)
Offer* hie profeaaional ncrvicea to tbe public
Thanking tb* people of Stephenrille and aur-
ronnding rioinity for their paat liberal pat'
ronage. he aollcite a continuance of the aame-
My charge* remain nnoljangtd.
JQB. M. 8. CROW,
Physician and Surgeon,
STEPHENVILLE, - TEXAS.
pB.#. L. MAT,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Respectfully offar* Ma profeaaional aarrio**
to the people of BtopnenylU* and Eratb
oounty, 8-29-ly.
pit. W.F.BU0K, r
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
--The report of Hon. Hollings-
worth, the secretary of the board of
education, abounds with much in-
formation of value to the public. Dr.
Curry, general agent of the Peabody
fund, lias written him that there has
been appropriated to Texas $18,500,
or twice as much, excluding the Nash-
ville, Tennessee, normal school, as
any other state. It is to be distributed
as follows: Ham Houston normal
school, $7,500; Nashville scholarships
for seven Texas students already ap-
pointed, $1,400; corporation schools,
$8,900; summer normal schools, for
services the past summer, $1,200;
Texas Journal of Education, coinpli-
mcntaiy, $100. In regard to the ap-
portionment of tho $8,800 to corpora-
tion schools, Dr. Curry says: “I would
be glad for you tu make me u sched-
ule beginning at Galveston, excluding
schools in towns which have had aid
for three years, which charge tuition,
which do not continue nine months,
wLnuli are not well taught, which are
radiating or central points, and which
do not provide, through - local taxes,
for the support of schools." Tho sec-
retary will comply with the above,and
in a few days furnish the desired in-
formation.
am * a ,
* a iTiit
GBOESBEECKAHIMAN.
’ GENERAL LAND AGENTH.
STEPHEN VILLE. TEXAS.
STEPHENVILLE, HOTEL
North-wait Oot, Pah. Sqasre,
BTKPHSBTVILLK,
TEXAS.
1. B* BAND LS; Proprietor.
afford* Tama reasonable.
id aka guaata
our aiarkat
. 8-10
0ABBER SHOP,
JOHN HARRINGTON Prop’r.
Wart Side ol Square,
i Untile Trade,
agriculture as they require for their
business. At present they are simply
squatters, occupying the government
domain free of rent, and giving no
compensation in any form other than
the amount of taxes which the Ktato
or Territory collects upon thcirhi rds.
f'lsli Farming.
liy attaching a pump, projtellod by
the wind, to a well, says the Ht. J’uul
Pioneer Press, you cull supply a basin
from 50 to 70 feet in -diameter, and
six to eight feet deep, with water suf-
ficient to raise sovcrul thousand carp
or other fish. The cost of this pond
and appurtenances need not exceed
fifty dollars. The bottom and sides
need to lie cemented thoroughly.
When the liusin in complete, place in
it a small quantity of floating weeds,
df yon intend to raise carp, do not
place other fish of a predatory charac-
ter in the pond. The spawning will
occur during the spring mouths, tho
female laying from 50,(MX) to 500,000
eggs. The eggs will adhere to what-
ever they touch, and will soon hatch.
The green scum of a partially
stagnant ,i>ond is line food
for young fish. Mud in the bottom
of the pond is beneficial. The fish
will feed readily on kiteben-gurdefl
refuse, such as cabbage, leek, lettuce,
hominy or other substances. Water
seldom becomes too warm for these
fish. During freezing weather they
bury themselves Jfi the mud at the
bottom of tlio pond. While in this
condition they should not be disturbed.
In a pond of given dimensions several
thousand fish have annually been
taken. If weeds and grass grow pro-
fusely about the borders of the pond,
so much the better for the fish. In
two years' time you can have a con-
stant supply of sport mid food, and
the advantage of a pond to assist
in beautifying your home. Western
Plowman, .
The cattle trade of ilie Ne^kwest lias
aesumed large propoilions,' and Mffii-
ana bids fair to become a formidable
rival to Texas in beef production. As
a fattening place, or fitting for market ,
Montana,, it is .claimed, any
portions of our cattle-producing tern
tory. This statement of oo«m, does
not include the grain-producing States, cattle
but Only tbit territory where grazing state,
is the entire dopendonoe. Its climate, stand
pure water ana nutritions grass, s fit,
cattle more rapidly for market Ui
the more southern localities. 1
German Millet.
Un land adapted to its growth, there
is no forage crop more profitable to
the farmer than German millet. Its
yield iB immense, producing on an av-
erage soil, with ordinary seasons, from
three to five tons jier acre. When cut
at the proper stage and well cured,
stock of all kinds are fond of it, pre-
ferring it generally to any other hay.
Its superior fattening qualities are
chief among its recommendations.
Two crops can be grown hi a single
season, or n crop of millet secured
after the wheat or rye or-oat harvest.
Objection is sometimes made that it
is a hard crop on land, but such is not
the experience of those who have
given it a ftlir test.
Three tilings are essential to a good
crop, in addition to ttye requirements
of a favorable soil, viz: First, the
laud must be thoroughly prepared;.
second, sound seed; and thiru, a favor-
able season. In preparing tbe land
it should be thoroughly plowed and
well pulverized. The seed sown should
have been grown especially for the
purpose, and not gathered from a
broadcast crop. Tho proper way to
raise the soed is to sow thickly in
drills, eighteen inches or two feet
apart, and work once or twice with
tho cultivator. On a rich soil tho
yield of seed thus treated is immense.
Heed, when good, present a very uni-
form uppearanco in size. The season
requires a very moderate amount of
moisture in the beginning, followed
by ouo or two gentle showers. Heed
should never bo sown when the ground
is too dry. River and creek bottoms,
and low, flat places, arc best adapted
to tliis crop. Heed may bo Sown as
early as tlio frost is out,of the lund up
to as late as the first of August. With
a favorable season it does well after
tlio wheat crop has been harvested.
The time for mowing depends upon
the use for which it is intended. If
for feeding the horse, it should be cut
when in the flower, and for mules,
FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
Oat rick Varela* lUeemme* Sad far Taxaa.
Uftlvootou Kewr
Willowmore, Cajie Colony, Heptem-
ber 24, 1882—As an American, for
some years residing in Houth Afri-
ca, I cannot but notice the enormous
profits accruing to this country from
the farming of domesticated ostriches,
and knowing the great spirit of enter-
prise actuating the Texans generally
I consider it to lie my duty as a fellow-
countryman to place all the informa-
tion in my possession before them
which I have gathered during jny
residence in several parts of Houth
Africa, only hoping that this will be
read by sonic one with public spirit,
and who may be inclined and induced *
to tako tlio matter up and introduce
this, tho best paying industry in the
great Lono Htar State.'
The general price of a full-grown
pair of breeding birds is from $250
to $400. These birds are camped off
in pairs to breed, and have from three
to four nests per year, each nest con-
taining from ten to twenty-five eggs.
It can be safely concluded that two-
thirds of the oggs are successfully
hatched by tire parent birds, so that
each pair would hatch about forty
chickens per annum. These chicks
hqve sold here very fast at prices rang-
ing from $25 to $76 per chick as soon
us hatched, so that one pair of good
taf-ils, at an outlay of say $800, would
produce chickens to the*value of $2,-
(HX) per annum. These chickens,
after being taken from the neBt, are
kept in the house, away from all cold,
and for three days they eat nothing
whatsoever. A little inceme is then
cut up fine, and, bejng Sprinkled be-
fore them, they begin to cat, so that
in the course of a week's time they
are strong enough to run in the open
air in charge of u herder, who brings
them to thebousein the evening to be
housed for the night. This treatment
is continued until they are about
three months old; from this they shift
for themselves in flocks about the
farm.
At the age of eight months the first
plucking of feathers takes place. The
feathers being of poor quality, realize
at present about $15 per bird.
Every eight mouths thereafter, or three
times in every two years, they are
plucked again, the feathers increasing
m value and beauty with every pluck-
ing, so that the third pluck is now
quoted at about $50 on an average per
bird. These feathers, before they
each the consumer in America, would
lie nlipit $160 or more.
owing to the tremendously increasing
demand of the trade generally, it is
but natural to sup]>ose will increase
in the same ratio.
Only lately I have known a Dutch
farmer in tliis district to obtain 120
guineas ($500) }>cr pound for his best
blood feathers.
JiOYF.I, IjAWMllTN.
* Thrurknortun Canity Kaarkaiui Sura Ik* Talt-
*re»h I oai|>xar for Baklan •‘Ska*"
Kuril ••Skwp "
* UaJlw Tliuf*
All pontona who have had much ex-
perience writing for ncwspu|>ers,
Should this lead to any iuquiry ou ! pecially if tho mutter has to go to the
the subjoct, and I sineerely trust it paper by telegraph, have gray hairs in
will, I shall at all times be most J their heads from grief over tho dogged
happy to furnish any uud all infor-; disposition of printers und telegraph
Diation gratis toull who ivould address i operators to change words. Why
mo direct, as I should wish to sec the ! these people will persist in changing
profits of un industry so productive of'11 common word into a word that can
wealth to the people generally partaken be found in no dictionary or to luioth-
_ by my own countrymen.
Frederic W. Esmkmokix.
Some Larue Lit ml Sale*.
CiloW< D«im»cr*l.
Two sulci of very large tracts of
land have been reported within a few
word that wholly changes the
meaning of it- sentence, is a secret-of
their own. Rut it is a fact that they
do it. Such freaks on the part of the
printer, as a general rule, •have no
other effect, somctiiiym, than to muko
the reader wonder why the editor
generally consists of about two acres
of groTfnd, fenced in well, with a sheet
of water running through a part of it.
The young birds subsist entirely oh
tlio herbage they find on tire farm,
and the camped birds while breeding,
are fed with about live pounds of In-
dian com per diem. This is done
here at a cost of $8 per bushel for
corn, whereas in Texas, this would be
very little in comparison No partic-
ular care is taken of tbe young birds,
anil they arc kept aud treated in about
a similar manner to sheep at home.
No previous knowledge of the business
is necessary, the whole industry being
Very simple and attended with very
little labor compared to the raising of
crops.
Owing to the general dryness of
this country a great deal of attention
lias bmm devoted to ostrich farming
in the last sevon or eight years, and
as a natural sequence tbe country is
becoming overstocked with birds, so
that the colony it not able to support
many more in, and will be soon-
er or later forced to find an export
market for the surplus birds to coun-
tries similar in climate and natural
food to thi^.. The foreign countries
approaching this most in its general
days,and something has been published j wants to manufacture words. Hut
about tlic operations of the buyers of i the telegraph operator often gets bis
» third domain. Each of these con-j Company involved in a law sitit. A
veyances is typically un-American, suit just filed at Gainesville is a case
however great profit may lie made there-! in point. , A Mr.. Coile, who owns n
•in by several parties. . —large sheep ranch in Throckmorton
One of the harguins was dosed iu county, in lambing tft'nc last spring
Texas. Representatives of a syudi-1 went to Buffalo Springs, ill Montague
Cate went to Austin and bought in a | county, a distance of 250 miles from
lump, apparently without more ado bis ranch, to purchase some blooded
than two hoys would display swapping sheep with the view of improving his
that a factory for the production of
sulphate of ammonia is to be set up at
* Uvalde by the company which owns
and works the phosphate dcjiosit. at
Charleston, 8. C. — New Fiurfund
Farmer.
A California Tree.
bin l iHUCitro, l'«l„ Arakil«ci
The region around Guerucvillu iu
jvmoma county, is somewhat noted
for its remarkable growth of large
timber. The following account of
tho saw-logs cut from ouo of tho "gi-
ants of tlio forests,” recently felled,
will no doubt be. found especially in-
teresting to our Eastern friends. The ’
details cun be relied .upon, us they
were furnished by Mr. W. L. Van
Dorcn to the edi.or of the Petaluma
.Iran*.
The standing height of the tree was
817 Icet, and its t ameter near the
ground was 14 feit. In falling, the
top was broken off 200 feet instant
from the stump, and up to the point
,of breaking the tree was perfectly
sound. From tho tree, saw-logs were
cut of the following lengths and diam-
eters: 1st, 14 feet long, !) feet diumc-
ter; 2d, 12 feet long, 8 feet diameter;
8d, 12 feet long, 7 feet 7 inches diam-
eter;.4th 14 feet long, 7 feet fi inches
diameter; 5th, 1(> feet long, 7 feet
■ a i
jack-knives, 4,(XX),(KIO acres of farm- breed. He made the purchase and I diameter; Gth 10 feet long, (> feet 10
mg and gracing land; and the dispatch telegraphed his herdsmen to meet him I inches diameter; 7tll l(i feet long 0
adds, in a matter-of-fact way ^‘"This is ut Buffalo Springs with horses nudjfectti inches diameter; 8th, 10 feet
-by Shop he meant a shepherd I long <i feet 4 inches diameter, '-Rh,
rn.„ .....—i- --------1—-----**' Hi feet long, G feet 8 inches diameter;
10th, 18 feet long, 0 fei t diameter;
lltli, 12 feet long, 5 feet 10 inches
diameter; 12tli, 18 feet long 5 feet 0
inches diameter. It will thus be seen
that 1HO feet of this remarkable tree
was converted into sawjogs. As the
length and diameter of each log is
given, tho reader can at leisure, figure
out tlio quantity of inch lumber the
the largest sale ever made by the State, | She)
and closes out the large solid blocks dog; The telegraph operator made it
of State land. It is true that Texas road, "Meet Hie at Buffalo Springs
is an efnpire in itself; it is true that with horses and sheep.'" Tho liords-
cattle kings need kingdoms for ranges men at once rounded up the flock of
for their stock; but the sale in Gno 8,000 sheep and young lambs and
undivided area by a State to a corpora-; started by forced marches (as the
tion or a partnership of a tract of | time was short) for the designated
land one-third greater than all Con-1 place of meeting. The lambs fell by
uecticut, four-fifths as great as Mas- j (fie wayside like Napoleon’s soldiers
saclmsetts, one-third as great as In- on tho retreat from Moscow, and the _______________
diana, and half as great as Belgium, vultures and carrion crows hovered i tree, contains. If instead of being
the Netherlands or Denmark, is wortli over tlio flock like they did over the | cut into lumber, it had been worked
noticing. .army. The loss of young sheep was | up into 7-font pickets it would have
Of similar character, though ein- j immense. Mr. Coile was amazed to afforded fencing material to inclose a
bracing only 8,(XX),(KM) acres, is the meet his whole flock of sheep or us good-sized ranch,
sale of nearly all of the land of the many of them as survived at the | Can any of our mill men in the
Northern Pacific Railroad in Minue- Springs, lie spent some time in ay-1 East furnish ns with statistics exceed-
Bota and Dakota, east of the Missouri riving at air estimate of his loss, and | ing those of the above-described “gi-
ltiver, to English and Boston capital- J entered suit against the Western [ ant?
fsts. The price agreed on is $4 per | Union Telegraph company for insert-i
acre, to he paid in preferred stock of j jug a superfluous “e" in "Shell’s name, i ( nlit'ornlu \ liituifc.
the company, which will be retired. for $20,000 damages. The suit is! The extent of ivine-making in Culi-
This exchange strengthens the road still ponding. forma astonishes visitors from the
by reducing its dividend charges, and The telegraph company are involved Must, At the vineyards, of San Ga-
will not perhaps prove disadvantage- ] m- another damage suit. J. J. and
ous to Minnesota and Dakota, inas- j j, p. Loper, of Eastland county,
much as the buyers will make special lnwo”sued them in the Eastland coun-
efforts to colonize their purchase With ty district court, for $112,(K)0 damages
English farmers of the best class. j f01- failing to deliver a telegram in a
Rather more magnificent in propor- reasonable period of time after tbe ra-
tions, as well as novel in features, are j CCmt of it. M. A. Truly, a step-son
tlio doings of the Atlafitiu and Gulf • 0f Mr, Loper, was taken very sick at
A camp for a pair of breeding-birds ^ortHt ^ anal and Okeechobee ffuml Millsap. lie telegraphed to Mr.
Company aud the I' loriila Land and Loper at Whiteshoro. The telegram
Improvement Company in Southern WUH BC11t at 7 o’clock p. in., October
Florida. The former bought two «t )HH2, and received at Wliitesboro
years ago and is now developing 11,- tvn i,om. )ator, and it whs not delivered
<X0,0CX) acres of land and water; the t f0r several hours, thereby preventing
latter has secured a third as much, j plaintiff, from Jieing present at tho
The purchase of the Land und Im- j aCiiih and burial of Truly. Hence
provoment Company costs only BO ■ tlio SuiH i
cents an acre. Both of these enter- ■
prises are to a considerable extent'
speculative, their protit depending in ;
part on the successful drainage of lakes i 10 l,roff£?8 .
lial Giuiuw in Texas.
of railway extension
I tU>l t Uli Lite OUCIA-Snt IU 111 illUUL.'tJ Ol lillU’h I • m 1 1 1* . ,t 1
and marshes into the Gulf of Mexico, 1,1 )WC8ter,(1 1 le< ‘°,tlic l,e'
and the opening in this way to clti- (vdopments of tlio beds of bat guano
vation of the richest soil on the cm 1,1 ^a>u caves m Uvalde county A
•linont recent visitor .says that there arc two
- i of the bat-inhabited caves which have
cattle or sheep, when in the dough j aspects are parts of'Australia, River
state. There is no hay crop that j Plate states, southern. California,
stands the weather so well if carefully j Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
__ricked or stacked, and when harvested J Jn my opinion, a syndicate of en-
n» in it leaves tho laud in excellent condi- j terprisiug meir in oVerv Texas county
__Trttee tion for any other crop. Every farmer should be formed to take tliis matter
will continue to be the breeding ground who has land suited to its growth j in hand at once. South Australia
for ranch stock, .which, al one and slionld raise more .or less of it. With [and New South Wales, as well as
two years of age, will be driven north a favorable season a crop will mature j Paraguay, have already taken this im
*' ui forty or fifty days from the time of portant matter in "earnest eonsidera-
sceding. Tho amount of seed to the ! tion, and from the accompanying
'rlJ’P011 tlm character of;(>xtracts clipped from my late colonial1 w)10i attracted By a very large stage v ‘~"'n | .i ■ , . i _]
<If tho land and the uses for which it is , exchanges, yon will see with what -g diamond- paste pin which 1,1 Sl?®- Tln-OTgh thm | cold^nijier^new^
to be applied. Jf for horses, a bushel results. Young birds of three months jic supposed to be renl- tli
Those mammoth schemes tire uu-
Amcrican in so far as they contuu-
, . 41 , .• , r. ■■ • to the smaller, or Cibolo cave is about
plate th® preservation of thesd domains | , h ^ .
substantially unbroken. Small farms . •. „„ ° i J i n
are, as a rule, more profitable to cl- j ^ .. llc PnW
tivatc than great, and contribute in-^V^'T 0 ^ hundred
finitely more than great ones to the » “!! “
prosperity of a State, a county or
Uriel, the largest iu the State, 500,
000 gallons of wine and 100,000
gallons of brandy will be made, from
this year’s crop of grapes. The un-
skilled labor employed is usually
Chinese, but tlio experts are mostly
from the wine districts of France and
Germany, though Americans learn
the process- readily. The greapes are
stemmed and squeezed by machinery.
The juice runs into vats, where it fer-
ments sufficiently, and is pumped irito
great butts in the cellars. There it
stands until it is clarified by whites
of eggs, isinglass or gelatine,, after
which it is filtered through charcoal
and drawn off into casks for shipment,
j As to the profit of grape culture, it is
calculated that the vines will bear in
the third year after tho cuttings are
set out, give a profit in the fourth,
ami in the fifth yield enough' to pay
all expenses, including the cost of the
•laud. There are seven’wiuc-produc-
iug districts iu California, and tho
community. But in most cases of
the sale of large blocks of land the
purpose of the buyer is to sell his
holding in small lots to settlers. The
question then to bo answered is,wheth-
er a Htate will do better to sell its
land at a low price for settlers when
they come, or to turn it over to mid-
dlemen who will resell to small fimu-
been partially explored. The entrance! villtaKc tllia -f'f. is 12,000,000
- --■ - • • gallons. Home of-this will be dis-
tilled for brandy, some drank at hoiile,
but the bulk will be sent eastward to
be sold under foreign labels.
. How She Was Mistaken.
The disagrceablcuess of being deaf
is thus set forth in the Texas Sijiftu/s:
Mrs. Col. Percy Yeager, a fashion-
able Austin lady, is afflicted with par-
tial deafness, ami just now she is
struggling with the prevailing inuu-.
enza, so called because the sufferer
cannot prevail upon it to leave. Mrs.
Col. Percy Yeager, also wrestles with
reached. The bottom is of guano.
The walls are of limestone, uniting
nearly two hundred feet above in a
grand dome. The cave is ns dark as
Egypt. There appear to Ik: neither
stalagmites nor stalactites. This cave
is three hundred or four hundred feet
in diameter, and tlio floor is covered
with about thirty feet of guano. In
some parts it is believed te be much
IYC» IlUIMt
(fmte- kss
STEPHENVILLE,
TEXAS.
acorn ABRAMS,
HOUSE SIG IST
and grazed until fit for
But the beef 'will eneb year
from Texas ami more from the North
west. Four years ago, not to axe Of*
5000 or G(XX) head of cattle came out
of Montana in a year. T’Irs ueatiffq)
the Northern Pacific mad shipped ho-
tween September 11 and October 11
18,000 liend, anil since the latter date
its transportation facilities have been
taxed to the . utmost. The entirp
ers'only at \ Thc ^osnherc is very dry j« Mjj*^almutrix months oM.
safest
l,„.0 it, wi.tlors. i “ ’i
Actor anil Htghwnyinmi. a year. On the inner side of the for when Colonel Highflyer, who was
—AM D—
ORNAMENT Air PAINTER,
jresac
All work goaran*
Texet.
9.«. BALDWIN,
STEPHEN Y ILLS, Hr*th Co., TRIAS
1 to 106 Hon*
w.i . . . . f Ai * ii 1 nutor cilvo in tlio sidfl of the doiDC.1 ^ modest old b(icliclor» asked her how
tjtfftK? was "asLulteTl y V hief! about one hundred and ' twenty feet Uie cherub was coming on, she replied
liJ2LaBto« from the flpor, is un opening about | WiU, animat.on, evidently having the
____________________ _______ _____M _____________ n I fll the bats go to an inner cave, which ,
of seed to thc acre is best, but if for! old are selling at $150 each,and breed-! easy worlT to roirso^slight1 a veuth. I )lllH ucver '>t‘en explored. It is be-I Colonel, but
oolllD Loir . lm.lr.1 I. il_________1... 11 I :_____it HDD____ . . . . J «. I .; , |u, VB|D
cattle, half a bushel to three pecks is , ing birds being refused for $5,000 per I FcehteFs hot blood ^and pra' -ticed I'cved, however, to lie very extensive, i worst one I cm i had.
abundant. Tho seed should be cov- nair. I have no doubt that if one or ! n,,i^* noon undaeeiveil the mbln r. I because of the immense number of
I huts that daily sleep iu it, and because
take to begin this industry there, they , vantage, drew a "dirk. i^,c Cine of the (ire in tlio outer cave' ticL
aounuant. ino seed should be cov- pair. I have no doubt that if one or uuwole noon undeceived the robber, I because oi me imniense nuium r oi ( “
eredvenr lightly, and, when oonven- two influential men in Texas un<k</-, w)10 u,,0n seeing himself at a disad- Uuit dafly skop m it, and because davs. imt ims
ient, followed with tlio roller. t,a-e te lieoin this industrvthere, thov : „ ,k,l. ! at the time of thefire in the outer cave I tick......
because of thc immense number of get rid of the vest, in
da
I usually have them every winter,
1 must say, this is tho
1 managed to
less than three
one sticks to mo like a
shipments of Uie^ season, ll|,J
if any, short of 50,000 ltead. ' Aese
oomprese only the three and ftOlti^cnv
old steers fitter market. The younger
stock and breeding animals will bo
held upon the ranches, and next spring
be replenished hy the natural increase
ient, followed with tlio roller. ________o
It will not pay to put millet on poo. will he able to reap equal
land. ‘ '
will he able to reap equal profits as a “0, strike if von like,” exclaimed ! quantities of smoke escaped i -----........
I compensation ter their pul,lie spirit Feebler; “iV entirely unarmed and j tlmo^siteridc! "It just worries me nearly to death.
Miulame!” exclaimed the horrified
Net the Prettiest Woman in the World.
N«w York letter In Indl*n*pnU» Time*.
This thinly populated country ex-
~ ~ 7 ports noarly $10,000,000 wortli of
IAgues Booth, the sister-in-law of feathers annually, or at tho rate of
i Edwin, is a much finer figure and $40 per capita of tlio white popula-
1 nearer perfection then ever Mrs. Lang- tion. I see fio reason why Texas
.1 uni i **7 01 °w. dropping her Ua- Hliould not produce as much or more
the "Texas mirable —.....- ---------J 1 - v ... .
T ....
as you want nothing of 1110 hat mv
________ ______ |»
This inner cave' I will have it 011 baud all winter, and
replenished by th .. _ _____
season for all mature animals will
again open. Btock-growing on the
ranch system is the best use to winch
tbe most of tbe vast Rooky mountain
lountry can be put. The agricultural
possibilities are limited ’to the lands
susceptible to irrigation, which fora
but a email percentage of the whole.
In order to give stability and perthanf-
once to tlio cattle inWteeta, a charge
lb om government Jand syitw^.is
diamond pin it is hardly worth while ■ i^Vioved* to k'Lfiilly'two mUes foiig 11 can toll by your looks you are going
killing me when-you can have ,t on ffi v^de cave if i to have on{jnst like it.” _
said to he about six times as largo as gHEKl, ^kius with wool on can be
the Cibolo eat*. It differs ^ from tho | cnred ,,y thi„ proco.g; Take a tea-
Itpoter;
Me I
powder well on tbe flesh side of the
skin aud fold the skin with wool out
easier terms.
“How so?” asked the robber.
Why, I’ll make an exchange.
source within the next few Give ine that cameo in your shirt "JjJjJ i^ei^Zr! -1^
lias no pew for^ facial beauty on any j0f domeBticated ostnehes in this colo-1 plied the robber. “I rather like you
stage. Mile. Rhea is
lieautiful woman than
so is Mary Anderson; and, it wo turn between 18(18 and *8?0, during thr
to brunette beauty, look at Rose groat financial depression existing iii
Eytiuge, Uiougb no longer a very this ooimtry at that time, audit is now
young woman. What a wealth of universally
beauty iu her liquid dark eyes and alone tho
ffipBlMk perity of this country at
vclt is another pretty woman. In it having mainly assisted to double
export and
formation. In the abrupt hills many
caves are known to exist, and all of
and bang it in a dry place. In two or
throe days, or when dry, take it down
the wool should
well washed with
s former in possessioi
itiful cameo, the latte*
. __:__1.1___1,1 tin..."_________
Cibolo cavo but a short time ago
ly conceded that to them sole proprietor of a pinchbeck 1 What
— J goneral and wonderful pros- j the robber did to himself upon discov
fascinating smile [ Blanche Roose- ,^rity of this country at present is due, I cring how completely tho tables line,
of ft very boautuuf cameo, tuo rniier ■ ------------ Was made frem| You can get the analiuc dye* of any
'Ji
life there are. hundreds 1
*
j*Sa:
mm
Colony within seven years
ft toil. TholUvaldo cave de-
tonched. It is said
posit has not been
fe
i ‘’’%iA
Yon cull gut the analiuc dyes
desired color at the drug store,
directions for using.
1 he 001 o»it may bo taken
for a time, but it is sure to t
*ti
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