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He Meant Business.

One of those timid young
men who can never work up
courage to even hint at mar
rage to gill, had for months
paid his addresses to a beautiful
damseI in the suburbs of Quin-
cy. The object of this adora-
ton expected the momentous
proposal at each visit, and had
thoroughly rehearsed her part,
but visit after visit went by and
the proposal came not. As the
two sat in sparkable proximity
last night, the side door opened
and the girls father marched in
clad Just as he was when he slid
ont of bed a momenl before.
The gIlhi her face in her
hands and said: "Why, father!"
and the lover turned pale and
began to look for his hat. Civ
ing his hair twang the old man
said:
Tom, do you want to marry
herr
why, sir, Indeed, sir
None o'that, confound you
yes or no, reared the parent
"Well, sir-ye-ye-yes, L dor
Turning to the girl, the old
man said:
martha, do you want him7"
eyes, paP'
Thar, now! I've done in
just half a minute wat it d took
you silly fools a month to git
att Now smuggle up again and
go to talking about housc-kccp-
ingl"
And the old man soon went
to bed, and was dreaming of a
future son-in-law,
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Cost Of Growing Oats.

Farm JOurnal-l
Oats are, as all farmers know,
are a much surer crop than
wheat. in fact, taking a series
OF years together, a surer crop
than corn. No horse is fit for
full labor or the highest rate OF
speed on any feed but oats.
At any rate, there is no grain
that can take its place, or is SO
universally applicable to the
working, driving or running
horse. The same may be said
of colts and calves, and also Of
swine, if the grain be ground
for the latter, and mixed with
corn meal. Oats are grown on
our Western soils with great
ease, and should be more large
ly grown and fed than they are.
An eastern farmer in a letter to
a contemporary, gives the fol-
lowing figures, showing the cost
of growing the crop. He says
every item Of expense is given,
the labor by horses and men
being placed at 81 per day each
which is intended to cover in
terest and wear and tear on ma
chinery. Nothing issaid about
use Of land, but the supposition
is that it is estimated. His
statement is as follows /: 400
bushels OF oats at IS cents. ST.
rs; 90 tons Of straw at So pei
ton, $3.50; making a total or
S259s. Cost of production at
$40 50 per acre, sII5s; net
profit, SI4oo, amounting to 81,
per acre.
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Gotten Seed andits Products.

Few, who have not studied
the subject, have any idea OF
the commercial and agricultural
Importance ofcotton seed which
ten or fifteen years ago. were
allowed to rot IN great heaps,
near the gins. Before cotton
seed mills were established they
were worth nothing; now they
sell readily for $3.50 per car
load delivered at the railroad
depots. When the cotton plan
ter has ginned his cotton he
can sell his seed instanter.
Mills were formerly run only
from. eight to nine months in
the year; now the seed is in
such abundant supply that they
can be kept in operation the
entire year.
The two mills here consume
from 5000 to 10000 tons OF
seed per year. TwentY-seven
cotton seed oil mills are run in
1.-The south. Suppose the capac-
ity of each mill to be 5000 tons
per year; $4,000 tons, 100000
900 pounds of cotton seed
would be annually consumed.
The total amount, however,
would probably reach 10000
tons per year.
Two-thlrds Of the oil cake
produced in this country is sent
to England and extensively
used there in the feeding of cat
tie and sheep. The price in
the Liverpool market ranges
from SIS to S35 per ton, and in
New York and the New Eng
land states from SCI to SIS per
ton. 1t can be obtained here
in carload lots at from S TO.
SIS per ton. 1t is, however,
very little used here, notwith-
standing the fact that it is as
serted that in the feeding of
cattle and sheep one pound of
the meal is equal in value 10
three pounds Of corn, to nine
gallons Of shorts, or ten pounds
Of hay. Its also regarded as
fine fertilizer.
The oil is for the most part
shipped to the Eastern states
and England, where it is re6n-
ed to such an extent as to BE-
sold for and takes the place Of
the finest olive for table use.
1t is said to keep better than
olive oil, and rarely, if ever. be-
comes rancid.-NdslnIM diner
fcdR.
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Necessity of the Grange.

1t is actually impossible for
us agriculturalists and farmers
to any longer derive sufficient
profits from toll and labor to
feed and support our families
without this or some similar or
ganization by which we can re-
lieve and protect ourselves from
the rainous exactions of state
and federal legislations, and
customs of trade, and the un-
Just and extortionate discrimin-
atoms ofcorporations and mon
opolies. The earth yields
bountiful crops; improved i'm
plements and increased intelli-
gence enable the husbandman
to reap more and more each
year ; the prices of produce at
points Of consumption..are good,
and a fair demand for the whole
supply exists, But still, with
all this, agriculture is on the de-
cline; and poorer each year;
each year more of them be-
come bankrupt; each year the
number ofland owners becomes
smaller and smaller; unless
some change issmade, or rene
dy applied, it is only a question
of time when wholesale bank
ruptcy and ruin will overwhelm
them as a class. Why is this ?
Because there is an abnormal
and undue amount of organiza-
ton and combination antagon-
istic to agriculture, and abso-
luteiy none in its defense or be-
half. The POOR individual far
mer stands singly and alone
confronting an army of thous-
ands, trained, drilled, Differed,
organized, armed equipped, sup
Piled, and ready to move at
moments MOTIF" and there
]. J: J: ] ! !" !;
stands the farm
So when the
who can AM
chance he 4ds. 1t is a Won
der he gets any at all. This is
repeated annually until hard
work and hard Lying brings
premature death to end his
misery E-r.
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= very fine and extensive and complete line of
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der he gets any at all. This is
repeated annually until hard
work and hard Lying brings
premature death to end his
misery E.r.
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IMMENSE REDUCTIONS!
Great Bargains /! |!
- OFFERED BY -
NEWBOUER BROS.
Main Street, Brennan.
Look at the following prices and be con-
WINGED that we can sell cheap
or than any house i'm
this city

so pieces white corded pique at yard
1 of fine lawns, fast colors, at s I-2c yard,
IS pieces lattice lawn, best quality, at I5c. yard,
IS pieces French Linen pads latest designs ayard
pieces Seersacker, nice quality at I-2c yard,
IS pieces satin striped linens at 2oc. yard
pieces Basket pattern brown dress linen 25c yard.
pieces Plaid Black Grenadines a yard
IS pieces satin striped black Grenadines IS yard
80 pieces ALPACA in all desirable shades I5c yard.
Is pieces DeBeige in all desirable shades yard.
9 pieces cotton Plads of fine texture yard
IL pieces Mohair pads nice patterns yard
pieces solid colored buntngs I5c yard
pieces blue plaid all wool % 1-2c yard
20 pieces dress silk in all shades o5c yard
IA pieces satin in desirable colors Csc yard.
pieces black silk, pure silk 7oc yard
q pieces black silk heavy quality 81 I-2c yard.
50 doz two button Kid gloves in all hads, good elastic
kid and perfect goods worth CSC at soc pair
IS doz. three button kid gloves in all shades, of good
and elastic kid worth ST at 75c pair.
IS doz. four button kid gloves in all shades of very
finest quality worth ST so at sI.2o pair
doz. four button black kids at Coo pair
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The co-partnership heretofore existing
between Jos. Markell and l. Marrk, un-
der the firm name Of Marek & Bro. has
been dissolved by mutual consent, Jos.
Marek continues the business, assumes all
liabilities and all accounts Of the late firm
are payable to him. JOS. MAREK.
L. MAREK.
Referring to the above tic undersigned
soliclts continuance of the patronage
heretofore extended to him. Call and ex-
anime my goods and prices.
JOS. MAREK.
MAY II NV
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II THE VICINITY OF THE G. c. & IS. F.
r. r. PASSENGER and FRgGHr DEFoT
2 lots fronting on Sandy and West streets
comprising the late Homestead of w. B.
Wilson, also several lots on Ist street.
south OF Central railroad, and near freight
depot ground, all are desirable business
lots. And now is the time 10 get FIRST
choice, as the trains of the new road viii
reach here in few days.
loHS A. RANpLE.
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Never think ofreasoning with
Il mule whether it has four or
only two legs.
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To Owners Of Gins
AND =
Sewing Machines.

STOP, READ AND CONSIDER.
! have a new process Cor sharpening Gins
II Is done with two machines, one 70 gire the
teeth the proper length and the other 1ss,Ind
them, leaving them regular, 50 iht.i viii not
break, cut or nap the cotton; gins fast. rlednr
the seed aad makes = good sample. I n,
brushes and boxes, and make old ribs 10 n.
good work as when new trcpair M kinds
Of Sewing Machines and have new Parts for
different machines. I put In stirh1sw paris
As the machine needs when repair enc, ma
king old machines do as good work as new
one Parties in the country Wishing Gins or
Sewing Machines repaired win bring them TO
my office, or drop me a postal card. and 7
will call ON them at their residczse and do
their work: Terms reasonable uiisl work
guaranteed.
All kinds of Msehine needless Attach
merits, Parts. Oil, Etc. for sale ~ the I'M
dersigned. ONCE at Singer sewing Machine
Office DO not let cobbiers- work on your
Gins, or machine agents on your sewing Ma
chimes, nor fool you out OF them, bul have
inem repaired aud save yonr money
NcIIcE.-i am agent for fiIll's Manual OF
Social and Business Forms, a-Book of Cen
eral Reference for every Business. Ladies'
and Gentlemen should have H. Address or
call on e. W. DAVIS. Brenhatns Texas.
, 1880-10-01
Utilizing the Sans Heat

A Frynei inventor &. riB t- Ls,-
-Jutrty-l an arrar-Husut cf uirrrrs b.
vhlrh thr faus rsvs nav D. sl t1nrrr
trAtrd a. % ulFk a ,t9am rrsglar Ifw
not the trst tsma tins has h.eu sitsmfts.l
and probably ull. nCt ~ the @sL Th-
Utilization ot tte sur 4 heat foT sasl Ja-
plsr las long hevn a lrrAn 0l iu1srt
Ors, and tee fl,uic uhy very TssaI1v
800 something q imPortanoa aoo0a
VIisAei in tbis dlrecti0u. such az iu
veuti1u a. this viil probably D. clm
b.nei HLtL another announced a YEAR on
two back, bat Of vhicb We have since
heard nothing This coutisiei q Aplan
tor storing A3lar heat Poscrful coz
veX mirrors we're brought 10 bar on a
mass Of metal upOn which the best Of
the sun vas intensified 10 such an ex.
tent as TO bring il 10 a very high ten.
perature. In that condition il was en-
closed in a carefully constructed non.
conducting box until required for use
The storage Of water in a frozen cOndi.
ton has become 30 simple matter that
it cannot be regarded as altogether Uto-
plan to look forward to the time when
the storage of highly heated bodies will
also be practicable and easy. On a
small scale and with moderate degrees
of heat it is done now indeed it is ob.
viously quite as easy to preserve high
temperature as low one. The inven.
tion alluded to afforded the means of
laying up store of solar heat, and also
an arrangement by which such store
might be drawn upon at pleasure. That
would Obyiate the one g,eat difficulty in
the utilization of the suns heat, viz, the
fact that the great luminary is not al
ways shining, and will rarely show him.
self precisely when he is wanted, in our
latitudes at any rate. There is nothing
absolutely impossible or impracticablein
either Of these inventions, or in their
combination, but the fatal objection to
any scheme Of the kind hitherto con-
ceived is that it requires an outlay far
beyond what will be compensated by the
results. Taking interest on the neces-
sary outlay into account such contriv-
ances cannot as yet be made to pay.
The future may see this difficulty over
come, and then his solar eminence may
find he has a good many little jobs to
attend to as "round the world he shines"
, 1880-10-01

in an address before a meeting OF Liberals
at Hanover. yesterday, asserted that what
ever might be the worth OF Herr Won Bur.
legher's statement, it was perfectly well
known 10 those who followed the course OF
affairs that influential Russian dienitAriss
last year had made earnest and continued
efforts in Paris 10 effect an alliance between
France and Russia against Germany.
Troops 90 be witharawn.
MADRID, Sept. 23.--Cuba being tranquil.
il Is expected that $4,000 troops will BE-
withdrawn shortly.
Inactivity OF Trade.
LsSDov, Sept, 23.-Ir0n masters OF Glas-
gov district, because OF the depression Of
trade, have resolved 10 rescind the receu,
resolution relative TO rlkindling furnaces.
.Fg..r Riot Ia Canton. %
Ser.ous disturbances are reported in Can
ton. Europeans have been threatened and
are in a state Of alarm. 4 Catholic mission
has been attacked, the military have been
called out and several rioters kille q and
wounded.
... Must Hold Candnhsr.
CASDAHAR, Sept. 23-The distrust and
dislike with which numerous influential men
OF Afghanistan regard Abdurrahman Khan
ls due to the universal belief in his Russian
predictions. None trust him, and every
one unites in the opinion that we must for
the present hold CsnGahai. ra ......
50. H,Iiare's Partiality fer Greece.
PARIS, Sept. ga dispatch says: The
known partiality of Barthelemy st. Hiliare
for Greece is probably the cause Of his sp-
poiutment to the ministry of foreign affairs.
Another dispatch says: On the prudence,
sagaciy and energy of ST, Hiliare it will
rest to determine whether or not demon
stration in favor of new Greek frontier
will be brought about, as France took the
initiative in the Greek Question. A meet.
ing Of the new ministers was held yesterday
under Premier Ferry. st. Hiliare and Ad.
mi.al Clouer were too late to be present,
Strike OF Russian workmen. a.
.lST. PErERsBuRG, Sept, l24.--A Smolensk
telegram to this city says 5000 workmen in
the factory Of Jargow struck against reduc.
tion OF wages. nGrave eexcesses are appre-
hended, since they are much excited, and
the Governor has communicated with the
chief of geris d'srmerie and the public
prosecutor, ana sufficient troops have been
ordered to the scene Of danger" o' ..'
3iai Sio1 ,sufrorlng Indta. ig.la. s-
.CALouuTas Sept. 2h The remainder OF
the station at Maine Tai, partially ruined by
the landslide, is in imminent danger, The
country beyond Barally is flooded AID
much valuable property has been Destroyed.
, 1880-10-01
Toads in Trees and Stones.

.u A large toad was found few years
ago in an old apple tree at Wonhan
Manor; it came TO light when the tree
was blown down. The "Memoires of
the French Academic des Sciences" con.
tain description Of live toad found
in the heart of an old elm tree. Near
Nantes, when an old oak tree was cleft
open, toad was found in the very
heart wood, although no crevice or other
channel of entrance could be detected;
there were about ninety rings in the
trunk of this oak, leading to the infer
ence (aecording to one theory that the
animal must have been in his prison
ninety years. Mr.. Jesse, Interference to
frog found in the trunk Of mulberry
tree, ex pressed belief that the annual
rings had been gradually but surely in
closing the reptile, Toads in clay have
been more frequently met with than in
trees; sometimes a whole family have
been thus terreted out at mce. In 1855
a toad was found at considerable depth
at Benthall, near Brosely, Shropshire.
Mr., Bathurst, earthenware mar ufactur-
er at Benthall, asc rtained that the
creature was met with aHout six feet be-
meath the surface, in layer of tough
lay customarily useJ for making coarse
brown ware, Abo,e this layer, in sue
cessive strata, wer ferruginous coal of
poor quality, a clay, loan Of clay and
gravel, and mea iow turf at tie top.
The toad was found filing a cavity as
wax does a seal A mindte examina.
sion Of the superincumbent strata
failed to detec; any fissure through
which the animal could have entered.
The light Of day seemed at first to dis
tress Il, but this it soon became accus.
toned to; the ewes were brilliant, the
skin moist, the mouth quite closed
Chambers journal.
, 1880-10-01
Mesmerizing Dead Persons.

Since Edgar Allen Poes proposal to
"hypnotize" or mesmerize dying man,
nothing more curious has come to light
in connection with that subject than the
story told in one Of the Paris papers by
M. Henri de Parville as part of his
own experience Poes speculations as
to what might be the result of his ex-
pertinent were never verified, so it is Ina.
possible to tell whether death could be
robbed Of his victim in this manner,
but if tke Frenchman is not imposing
on the credulity of his fellow man in
what happened to him, it goes far to
sustain Foe's quaint and ghostly imagin
ings.a M. de Parviue, says that twenty
years ago, when living among the Mos
quito Indians in Central America, he
hypnotized half a dozen or more able
bodied warriors to such an extent that
one dark night when he passed the huts
in which they lay asleep they all got up,
one after the other, and followed him
mechanically, running when he ran and
walking when he walked. Now, death
is the brother of sleep, as Shelley says,
and if o sleeping man can be subjected
to another's will in this way, why not
wide. awake man who is still alive, al
though he is on his travels to that land
from whence none return, in the flesh at
least Suppose somebody endowed with
large quantity Of the hypnotic force,
and thorough believer in its efficacy,
gives himself a little inconvenience in
an effort to prove the faith that is in
him. sLet him go upto one of the large
hospitals and take case which the doc
tors have given up as hopeless If the
patient resigns his will he can be made
to do anything, and his cure would seem
to be only question Of patient effort
on the part of the hypnotizer. There is
the chance, Of course, that the semi
dead or semi-live man would become an
ipseparable brother, sticking more closely
to his preserver than even Ruth said size
would unto Naomi. 1t would not be
pleasant, Of course, to wander in the
clear moonlight in the lono woods or
along the silent shore with such com
.panion at ones heels, but then great
deeds ike this are enrolled among the
virtues. and are their own reward The
heroic disciple of Mesmer has opportun-
ity awaiting him. ...
, 1880-10-01

heen elegantly decorated for its reception.
The BODY, after lying in state for few
bours. was conveyed to the steamer Western
Texas, which will convey it to New York
SHOCKING outrage ny Negro.
Chicago. Sept. 23,-Au Inter Ocean spe.
cial from Atchison, Kansas, says The four
vear.old daughter OF prominent merchant
of this place named Baker was to-day out
ragged in the most shocking manner by me-
gro IL years Of ags.
SuiCIde of Young Lady.
RICHMOND, Ky, Sept. 23.-Miss Sadie,
laughter OF Hugh L. White, prominent
citizen, and belle Of the blue grass region,
was found dead in her bed with her throat
cut. A knife was clinched firmly IN her
hand. Her suicide was caused by tempo
rary insanity. eta
Suffering In Kansas.
DEs MONIES, Sept. 23.--It is reported that
the people in number of counties in Kan
sas are suffering and in absolute want OF
food through the failure Dt the wheat crop.
The corn crop is also failure, owing to the
ravages of the web worm. Levi Johnson Is
here soliciting aid for the people of Phillips
Sherman, Decatur, Sheridan, Rawlins and
other counties.
Celebration In Tarrytown.
TAnRyrowN, N. ", Sept. 22.-The cele-
bration of the one hundredth anniversary OF
the capture Of Major Andre was conducted
here with great INTEREST,"" The procession
marched through the streets at III o'clock,
and at least $4,000 people turned out to wit.
ness it. .siA -.A .|.. I'D '.l- a
L Arrested for Attempted Fraud. ,a
3osroN, Sept. 33,-A man named jacob
Howard was arrested to-day, charged with
a conspiracy to dsfraud Boston Broker out
OF $1,000, 20 .L,-. --...-, D..
T'E recovering Bodies of Dead, H'
lal A special from New York to the Inter.
Ocean says that ore OF the bodies of the
twenty workmen killed by the breaking of
the Hudson river tunnel, July 2lst, was re-
covered late last night. III IS supposed to
be that of Peter Woodland, the foreman.
7 The remains were very much decomposed,
and when found were in akueeling position.
The bodywas carried to the engine house
near the caisson. - al.
, 1880-10-01
Arctic Exploration.

Dr.. |. !. HAYES, in long AMI able
letter in the New York Herald, says
there are really no grounds for serious
apprehension as 70 the safety OF the
Jeanette. He says: "The commander
of the Jeanette has absolutely cut him.
self off from the world, and cannot, in
the very nature Of things, ever be heard
from until he brings his own news
We can, however, say that certain events
must or may have transpired. He may
have been shipwrecked before coming up
with Wrangell Land, but that is highly
improbable, since they who 'go down to
sea in ship" run no greater risks, oriin-
arily, in the Arctic regions than any
where else, and, besides, had the jean
nette met with such disaster her crew
would long since have found their way
in boats to the Siberian coast. The
vessel may, of course, have become "be-
set in the ice and frozen fast there
without reaching land, in which case she
would drift about with the current, as
many ship has done before, without
any other consequences than the loss of
time, Should that have been the case,
she was very likely. liberated early in
the present Summer, and then made
another trial for Wrangell Land But
L entertain no doubt. that she reached
that land last season, and, reaching it,
she may have been, by the coming on Of
Winter, at once forced into Winter
quarters, or her commander may have
found (Which is not probable) land
lead, which he followed whithersoever it
lead. He may have reached an open
sea he may have reached the Pole. IL
frozen up at Wrangel Land, he has
doubtless spent the last Winter and
Spring in valuable scientific explora-
tions, for which he was most abundantly
provided with all needful Instruments
and skilled and hardy observers, and
was probably liberated from the lst to
the middle of July. This being the
case, he is afoat and on the Jeanette,
with her prov pointed as near toward
the Pole as land or ice will allow. If
the theory of some who believe the
ARCTIC Ocean to be solid sea of ice IA
Mares paleocrystic sea) be correct, then
he may very likely have reached the
Pole with sleds. / adhere, however, to
the open sea theory, and firmly believe
that if he did not accomplish his pur-
pose last Summer, he will this, not by
sleds, but in the Jeanette with steam.
She aannot come back before next No
vember. But even if the expedition
does not return then it will not be o
cause for the least alarm, 1t will prove
only that the expedition did not succeed
with second Summer, and that it had
been resolved to try a second Winter in
the ice and another season"