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Buffalo Grass of Colorado.

The Denver correspondent of the
Chicago Inter-Ocean relates the fol
lowing
"The following little incident, re-
lated to me by the principal actor
therein, will prove of interest to many
not connected with the cattle trade.
1t has never before been in print, and
is vouched for by all the early settlers
in Denver. In 1858 Mr.. A. j. Will
liams-now one of the leading citizens
of Demonstrated from Des MONIES,
Iowa, with three wagons, each drawn
by three yoke of cattle, and loaded
with Indian and settlers goods. His
destinatlon,was the base of Pixies Peak,
where gold had Just been discovered.
Williams located first at Fort Lup-
ton, thirty miles east of Denver,
but hearing that settlement
was being made at the mouth of
Cherry Creek, he moved his teams and
goods TO that point, where he joined
the Russell Brothers and General Lar
inner in laying ont town, and erected
the first store in Aurora, now West
Denver. He, with General Larimer
and a few others, soon afterward
crossed Cherry Greek and surveyed and
laid out a new town, which they named
after the then Governor of Kansas,
General Denver. Having entered into
mercantile pursuits, Mr. Williams
found himself at loss what to do with
his eighteen head of cattle. He had
no hay, and grain was out of the ques-
ton, none being nearer than the sta
az n
were too poor for beef, while game Of
all kinds could be had for the shoot
ing. Williams finally resolved TO
abandon his cattle 10 their fate. He
accordingly drove them out upon an
island in the centre of the Platte, near
Fort Lupton, and left them
to live or die upon the
dry grass which then covered
the Platte Valley. Early in the spring
Mr.. Williams had occasion TO visit old
Fort Lupton, and curiosity led him to
go in search of his cattle 10 See what
had become of them during the long,
cold winter months. What was his
surprise, on landing on the island TO
find them, not as he had expected, all
dead or mere shadows, but as fat and
sleek AS II led upon grain all winter.
He wondered much at his discovery,
and at once caught up his teams and
drove them 10 Denver, where he used
them every day during the spring and
summer hauling lumber from his mill
IN the mountains. Thus was the first
discovery made of the fattening prop
critics of the dried grass Of Colorado,
which covers the plains and hills nine
months out Of twelve
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some Merino and good many OF their
crosses among them, but many com
mon, and also good many Mexican
sheep. The wool of the latter Is not
much more than hair. On an average
these sheep will not weigh more than
80 or 60 pounds dressed. and will
not shear more than from 4 TO 6 lbs.
Of wool, worth from 20 to % cents per
pound. Sheep can be bought from
two to two and half dollars per
head, that will pay over half that
amount the first shearing. Markets
are inaccessible to that part of the
State. without driving long way, SO
wool is the principal return from them.
Shepherds can be had at twenty five TO
fifty dollars per month, and the bust
ness, If properly managed, is one that
pays well. The disease most common
among the sheep is the scab, which is
brought on in winter, by not feeding,
and letting the sheep get dead poor,
when, if grass (which grows on the
prairies in quantities) is cut at the
proper time, it makes hay on which
sheep will get fat all winter.
What is needed is to introduce plen-
ty of good rams, build sheds for the
sheep TO stand under in bad weather,
and feed them plenty of hay, which
costs nothing but the saving of it, and
success is certain.
There is in western and southwest
ern Texas SO little cold weather, that
sheep need only to be housed (that is
let go under she'd in storms, the
cold rarely being more than comfort
able to them. The ground on an av-
erage is not covered an inch deep with
snow once a year; and, in fact, in
southwest Texas never at all the only
reason why grass is not as good there
in winter as in summer is because
winter is their dry season. The north
ers never affect anything there,
aud with little trouble and trihing ex-
pense sheep will grow and fatteu all
the year around, making much heavier
fieeces and carcasses III the north, and
at much less cost. In a few years 1.-TWO
or three) there will be railroad con
nection between San Antonio and Gal
weston, which will make transportation
much cheaper. There will also be rail
road connections between San Antonio
and Austin in the course of two or
three years, where there is "a good mar
ket for wool In fact no business
promises such good success as sheep
raising in Texas.
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Granges IN Poliiics.

Many persons, and especially politi-
clans, fear that the Patrons of Hus-
bandry will become a political organi-
cation. 1t is true no one can foretell
what will happen in this direction.
But with the knowledge we have of
politics and the history of all reform
atory bodies engaging in politics as
means of eflect,ng changes for good,
we should deplore any action on the
part of the Oranges that would place
them IN array against either existing
party, or to place them in antagonism
against all other existing political
ideas or interests, while as at present
organized, they can hold their own
against any opposition that may be
brought against them. To merge the
organization into party would not
only be to dlsintegrate their own
members, but would be the means of
introducing corruption, venality and
trickery that would overwhelm them
in ruin. As at present constituted
with men of all parties uniting under
its banner it is able to aid greatly in
purifying the political atmosphere of
many of the vices now connected with
it.
The true plan is to allow every man
to decide to which party he owes ale
glance, and let the organization sit up
on the beam of the political scales and
throw their weight in favor of that par
ty which will best advance their inter
est or which gives the most promise of
doing SO, at each different campaign,
and to vote for those men ofeither par
ty who are best calculated for the posi-
tons solicited. The effect of this will
be to hold in check both parties, by
holding the rod of defeat in teIrOreDl
over their heads.
The work of the Oranges is not be-
gun, the plan of action is only dcyel-
oping, and good and careful counsels
at all times should prevail. Mean
while, every farmer who desires to ben
eft himself, both intellectually and
financially, should become a Granger
Buckeye Farmer.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
CompounA eor Preserving Jumbo.

Compound for Preserving Timber.
A patent has recently been granted
to Levi s. Fales, of Monmouth June
ton, New Jersey, for compound with
which railroad ties or other timber
may be protected against the influence
of the atmosphere and moisture
This invention consists ia preparing
a compound by the mixture of the fol-
lowing ingredients, in about the pro
portions set forth. To ten gallons of
crude petroleum the inventor uses
about ten gallons of the residum from
refining petroleum, generally termed
"waste acid, but from which the sui
phuric acid has been separated one
gallon of liuseed oil and five pounds of
Stacked lime. The whole mixture is to
be put in kettle and boiled from four
to five hours After this add to the
mixture the following ingredients, viz :
About ten pounds of common resin
about one pound of gum shellac and
three gallons of extract of coal-tar,
termed "dead OIL, obtained from dis
tilling coal-tar The article TO he sat
urated is then immersed in the liquid,
while the same has temperature of
800 deg. Fair, and is left therein for
about one or two hours. If sticks or
pieces of smaller size are to be impreg-
mated, it will suffice to apply the mix
ture, while hot, by means of "a brush.
The petroleum and the other oils in
the composition are to serve as vehicles
for conveying the entire compound
into the pores of the wood. The
Stacked lime serves to decompose the
organic impurities in the pores, and
also as an excellent preserving m edi
UNI and also to neutralize any traces
of acid that may be in the compound.
while the rosin, shellac aud dead oil
from coal tar give body to the mixture,
and make tho same more or less water
proof; thus preventing moiature or at
mosphere from gaming access to the
interior of the pores.
The coal-tar or dead oil from coal
tar in the composition will give to the
impregnated wood color similar to
that of black walnut. The shade of
color, however, may be varied at pleas
ure by changing the quantity of dead
oil from coal-tar used. BY adding any
suitable other coloring material, the
color itself may also be changed to suit
taste.
Wood treated with this compound
does not require to be painted, either
for improving its appearance or for
protection.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-21

APPLY THE REMEDY 1t appears that
we need no longer be tormented with
Liver, Kidney, Bladder and GlaDdular
diseases, Mental and Physical Debili-
ty, Partial Paralysis, InAammatory and
Chrome rheumatism, Dyspepsia, and
Morblc HumOrs of the blood. DIR
WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR BIrTERs
conquers the causes of all of the above
irregularities by securing perfect di-
gestiOn. q proper foW of bile, and q
free discharge Of all ,vdste matter 1t
is not "a vile doctored whisky, gotten
up to deceive the public and tickle the
palate. IL is medicine TO the sick
stomach, the relaxed nervous system,
the weak circulating blood, and the
overworked, Frustrated brain An i'm
FAINT may take il, and TO children af-
hicted with worms, and even adults
who suffer from this cause, Ignorant of
the faet-and their numbers are mil.
lions--it is the greatest remedy of the
age. Take one bottle and you will he
satisfied that this is no catch-penny
nostrum.-COm.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-21
The kNOiceleSS.
BY o. W. HOLMES.
he broken lrles that rest

We count the broken Tyres thatrest
Where tie sweet waiting singers slumber
But DER their rIlent sisters breast
The wild flowers who will stnop 10 number
few can touch the magic spring.
And noisy fame Is proud Co win them
Alas for those that never sing.
But die wuh all their music in them
Nay, grieve not for the dead alone,
Whose song has told their hearts sad story
Weep for the voiccless, who have known
The cross but not the crown Of glory
Not where l. uc1iian breezes sweep
Der Sapphu'r 'ncmory- haunted billow,
But where the gh,tenug night dews weep.
On namt't % sorrows churchyard pillow
hearts tia break and give no sign,
Save whitening lips and faded tresses,
Ilu Death pours out his cordial vine,
Slow-dropped from misery's crushing pro-
cess +:
II singing breath or echoing chord
To every hidden pang were given.
What endless melodies were poured
As sad as Garth. as sweet as heavenl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-21

~ NaAAAiO tthA ' HI
ear BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges or
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Cailor-
M the medicinal properties of which
are extracted theretrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
dally asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIr-
rERsY' Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle.
a perfect Renovation and lnvigorator
OF the system Never before in tho
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITrERs in healing the
sick OF every disease man is heir 10. They
are gentle Purgatiye Is well as a Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation uf
the Liver and Niscelll Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WAIKER's
VINEGAR BIrrERS are Apcrient Diaphoretic
Carmlnauve Nutritious, Laxative. piuretic
Sedatlye, Counter lrutaut, Sudoriiic, Alteid
tive, and Anti Bilious.
Il. ~. MCDONALD ~ co,
Druggists and Gen A CTS san Franciscn California
ana cor ~ Washington and Charlton SITS N. "
soid ~ all Druggists and Dealers.
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HIVE you q otNtIt WItIIVII OF HVIHIU
Have YOU rheumatism in any form Have YOU
silh neck, or huuches caused by rheumatic
painsY If so, JohRSon's AaodyRe Liaineaf
isa specific remedy used internally and ex.
telnaiiy.
WE often see large stock vi cattle which do
not tecm To thrive, and come ont "sprpg
Door, all for want OF something 10 start
them IN the right direction. One dollars
worth of ShertddBS CdUdhy Condition Pop-
ddS, given TO such stock occasionally dur.
ing the winter, would be worth more than an
extra hall ton Of hay.--Com.
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PEERLESS CLOTHES WmNGER.
Thirty YEARS. EXPERIENCE or AN
Old NURSE

Mus. WNsLow's SOOTHING SYRuP rs THE PRE-
soRIPrIoN OF one Of the best Female Physicians and
rises IN the United states, aud has been used for
thirty years with neverfaing safety and success by
millions Of mothers and children from the feeble in
FAINT of ono week Old to the adult II acdty
OF the stomach, relieves wind colc, regulates the
bowels. and gives rest, health and comfort mother
and child. We believe ID TO be the Best and Surest
Remedy in the World in all cases of OYSENTERY
and DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN whether II
arises from Teething OF from any other cause Full
directions for using win accompany each bottle.
None Genuine une % the FAC simile OF CURTIS
PERKINS Is ON the outside wrapper.
SoLp ny ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-21
sheep Raising In Texas.

There il no country i'm the world
where sheep can be raised with less
trouble aud expense than in Texas, in
the western portion Of the state herds
of eight and ten thousand may be
seen. These sheep are owned both by
Mexicans and Americans there are
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TUE HOUSEHOLD PANACEa,
AND
FAMILY LINIMENT

Is the best remedy in tbs world for the folio wing
complaints, viz: Cramps in the Limbs aud Stomach,
Pain in the Stomach, Bowels or Side, Rheumatism in
al it's terms, ilious Collie, Neuralgia. Cholera Dys
entory. Colds, Flesh Wounds. Burns, Sore Throat
Spinal Complaints, Sprains and Bruises. Chills and
Fever. For Internal and External use.
It's operation is not only 60 lieve the patient but
entirely removes the of the complaint. IL pen
trit9s api psrvaias the whole system. restoring
healthy action 10 All its parts aud quo kening tho
blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PAsAcEA Is PURELY VEGETABLE
and All Healing
Prepared by CURTIS & BROWN,
No. 2lb Fulton Street, New Yo.k
For sale by all Druggists
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The newest earrings are made of
bone. Thoy are cut in the form Of
manypo. I'd stars tipped with differ
ent color : small star fastens in the
lobe OF the ear, and a larger one hangs
underneath. They are very odd and
very pretty. The first made were ex-
hibited at the Vienna Exhibition.
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WE see by the Chicago papers that
IRocrER GAMBLE have reduced the price of
their long established and popular brand Nor
TIN GERMAN SOAP its present price and su-
perlor quality makes it the cheapest ~ well as
tue best soap for consumers Com.
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THERE are 100000 orange trees ON
the st. Johns River, in Florida. Each
tree yields about $40 mes income per.
season.
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charge or commission, 80 that an advertiser, IN deal
ing with the Agency, IL saved trouble and CORE
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WEEKLY WISCONSIN.
THE
Great Northwestern Newspaper,
REDUCED RAT ES

The WeEKLY WIsooHsIE will soon en.er upon its
7rsHfyeighh Tolame. II Is the leading weekly news
paper of the vast and produe i've region lying west of
Lake Michigan the garden Of the Northwest Since
tho WIsooNsIN commenced it's weekly visits 70 the
people of the Northwest, their numbers In the region
Designated havo increa sed from half million TO
more than three millions
The proprietors of the WEEKLY WIsco,Jsrr have
always eudeayured 70 keep their journal np with the
advancing spir of the times, Its editorial manage
ment; and have anticipated the demands of the
growth OF the country aud tie material Interests of
their readers From small newspaper twenty eight
years AGO. we have increased the WEEKLY Wisconsin,
70 ~ column-quarto-lar than tho Neto Pork
LsftgeT or the Neo Tork Weekly
II Is our determination 10 cover the whole ae'd
demanded OF hrstelass family journal All its
departments are under the charge of competent
editors and expense Is spared that can add 10 It's
desiIability a a NEWSPAPER
For the year 20 come shan continue our feature
drumming serial story completing and publishing
from three 20 four novels the Of which would be
twice the subscription price Of the paper for the year
This great feature does not infringe upon the com
pletoness Of other departments; but Is entirely
EXTRA aud beyond what s usually given the readers
of weekly newspaper.
Ia order 10 anticipate the financial demands OF the
tunes. aud TO meet the spirit Of economy that will
more less have 70 be praoticed for time we have
reduced the rates Of the WEEKLY WISCONSIN, too
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For Loss Of Appetite, Dyspepsia, In /.
Debility, IN their various forms, FERRo- PHosPO-
RATED ELIxIR Of CALIsAYA, mace by CAswEIL,
HAZARD n Co., New York, aud sold by all Drug
gists, r. the best tonic. As a stimulant tonic
for patients recovering from fever or othe
sickness, Il has NO oqual.Com.
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OWING 10 great changes in the wealth
er, animals need special care this
month.
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MONEY spent by farmer in purchas-
ing good agricultural books and papers,
is invested at 500 per cent.
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MILWAUKEE.

DurChoMANCY, OR Soul CHARMING" 49,
How either ser may fasciuats and pain tbe 1--we
AT eo,pns ~ ans person they choose instantly
hls supple mental requirement All can possess, FREQ
by mail for Dc together With Marriage tinde Fryp
,an Drhglsi Dreams, Hints 10 Ladies'. A queer book
l"'pW soid' Address r. william 90 Pubs. Ph Va.
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A COUGH, com OR SORE THROAT

COUGH. COLD OR SORE THROAT
BROWNS Requires immediate attention, an
BRONCHIAL should be Checked. II allowed TO
TROCHES continue, IRRITATION OF THE
ron LUNGS, PERMANENT THROAT
COUGHS AFFECTION, OR AN INCURABLF
LUNG DISEASE is often the re
COLDS. suit
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROOHES
Having direct influence on the parts. gives imme.
date relief. For BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA CArARRH.
CoNsuMPTTvE AND THROAT DISEASES, TRooHEs
used 'c,h dI,oays good success.
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
WIN lind TRocHEs useful in clearing the voice when
taken befow Singing or Speaking and relieving he
throa; after unusual exertion of the vocal organs
Obtain only " Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEsr anc
do take any of the worthless limitations that ma,
be offered. Sold cUcryrhers.
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GOLD BASIS,
REDUCED RATES:

PayabIe in currency, our nov rates are as
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Resolutions by the Greenwood Merchants.
c,,>,r,oon sont % 1872

GREENWOOD, Sept. ~, 1910.
In view of the present crisis, meet:
ing Of this place and vicinity was held
this day. Present-Mcssrs. Bailey
Hods scs & Co., Messrs. Mcneil, Key
nolds e. Co., Messrs. Waller q Bro,
Mcssrs. Oldham & Coleman, and
Messrs. Greene g. Coleman.
After mature deliberation the 1ol'
lowing preamble and resolutions were
adopted:
WHEREAS, money crisis almost
unprecedented is upon tho country
which will bring ruin unless Immediate
relief is obtained through tho move
ment Of cotton or other produce, ano
as We have advanced literally to the
planters, thereby enabling them tc
make their crops, we feel it the desire
and duty of our patrons to use every
effort to relieve the merchant. There
fore, be it
Resolyed, l. That wo will still con
tinue to supply our patrons with mcr'
chandisc, they placing in our hands
cotton or other produce. to be useo
in payment for purchases or past dues
Resolved, 2. That those who are oul
patrons arc respectfully and earnestly
requested to meet with us in consulta
ton for our mutual benefit, on Friday
the Sd Of October, h873.
J. IT. PARKS, Chairman.
NJ. w. COLEMAN, Sec'y.