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heavy hydraulic pressure which
drives out the Oil and leaves a
residue of oil cake. The oil is
the substance. sought, but it is
not the only valuable material
found by this process. The
bulls make good fuel for the
mills, and the ashes make good
fertilizers. After being refined
with caustic soda, the oil is ready
for the market. Ia this country
about ffty-six mills are now at
work, manufacturing cotton-seed
oil, and they produce annually
100000 gallons of oil. Ten
million gallons are exported to
Europe, where it is mixed with
olive oil, sent back to America
and used for salad dressing.
Thus prepared, it makes q very
healthy and palatable condiment.
Experiments have been made
which prove it to be an excellent
substitute for lard. It is graft
flying to know that nearly all the
cotton-seed oil mills are in the
South, and all find the business
lucrative. But a small proper
ton of the seed raised is manu-
factured into oil yet, but the de-
mand for it is increasing, both
for household and lubricating
purposes, and its manufacture
bids fair to be an enormous
business in a few years. Learn,
therefore, to save your cotton
seed. 1t is the duty of every
fat mer in Morehouse TO utilize
everything on his place this
year, and from his cotton seed
much money can be realized
that has been heretofore nearly
lost.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

STATE OF LOUISIANA-5th District
Court, parish Of Ouachita R. q.
Cobb VS.. j. Frank Pargoud. No,
1891.
By virtue of a writ of &. ia. issued bv
the Hon. 5th District Court, in and for
the parish Of Ouachita, in the above en-
titled suit, and to me directed as Sheriff
of Morehouse parish, l have seized as
the property of the defendant, j. Frank
Pargoud, and will proceed to sell, at the
door Of the court house, in the town Of
Bastrop, Morehouse parish, within the
hours prescribed by law for judicial
sales, at public auction, to the highest
bidder OH
SATURDAY, the 18th day of sepsen-
Der, 1881, the following describe! pro-
perty, to-wit: A tract OF parcel of land
situated in the parish of Morehouse aud
described as the north half section, the
southeast quarter section, and south
west quarter section, all in section 81,
and the southwest quarter of section
81, all in township %, north of range 8
east. and north half of northwest quar-
ter of section 5, and north half of north
east quarter of section +, township %,
north of range 8 east, and the east half
of northeast quarter of section Sc, town
ship %, north of range east, contain
ing i'll the aggregate 1890 51-l00 acres of
land, more or less,
Terms of sale-cash, with the benefit
of appraisement.
VIM. P DOUGLASS, Sheriff.
Aug. 18th, 1881.
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taught that We have no bread
for them. Energy and industry
should be approved by those
VINO have the means. The light
crops that we have should be
gathered without delay, and am
pie preparations made to "try
our luck" on another crop.
No industrious man need fear
that these fertile fields in More
house will Ego begging" fer aid
next year. New Orleans, the
great financial center Of Louis
lana, cannot afford to ignore the
cry for help from The planters
and merchants of this parish.
All they will and can ask of our
people this Fall is to show an
unreserved disposition to act
squarely; then assistance to
make another crop will be as
sured. Let us live economically,
labor assiduously, aud hope that
propitious seasons of 1882 may
scatter the financial clouds that
now hang over our parched and
parching lands
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Cotton Seed.

A great many people in More
house are evidently ignorant OF
the intrinsic value Of their cot
ton seed. Judging from the thou
sauds of bushels that are an
nuaily wasted in this parish.
Since the war the wide-awake
modern spirit which strives to
make all things serviceable, has
learned to convert cotton seed
to q most useful account. Plan
ters sack it and sell it to the oil
mills in the South, and realize
from Sc to So a ton for it. A
machine has beer invented for
removing the short lint left on
seed by the gin. This short lint
is estimated at about three per
cent. OF the crop. if stripped
from the whole yield ofseed, and
amounts to about 5000 bales,
worth $4,000. The seed, after
being stripped of all lint, is
hulled and ground BY machinery.
the bulls separated from the
meal. and the meal packed into
WOODEN bags and subjected to q
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The Morehouse Medical Society.

Last Monday the physicians
of this parish, who compose the
above society, met in Washing
ton Hall. The attendance was
good, some eighteen members
being present. Application for
membership was made by two
or three physicians, an evidence
that the organization is per-
manent one. The meeting was
interesting and instructive. DR..
Buford read a mas 'erly essay on
the subject Of ''Malarial Hema-
teuria." Not being conversant
with the intrinsic meiits Of a
dissertation of that nature, we
are dependent upon the opin-
Ion OF DR.. Pugh as to the great
skill with which DR.. Buford
handled his subject. DR.. Pugh
thinks it one of the most concise,
studied and profound papers he
ever heard read. Deep thought
had been given the subject, and
the ideas advanced emanated
from truly scientific mind. He
is young man Of much promise
10 the profession to which he
has given so much thought. Drs.
McCreight, Marable and others
addressed the Society upon med
lcal subjects to the edifcation Of
all present.
The Society will meet again
on the 1st Monday in November.
DR.. Smith, OF Lind Grove, will
then read an Essay on ''IDfam-
nation" In this connection We
take the liberty to say to the
public that the impression that
this organization has for its
object any scheme to impose
financially upon the people
is totally erroneous. Scientific
investigation and the dissemina
ton of useful, practical informa-
ton amongst its members, are
the sole and only objects in view.
The welfare Of the public's health
ls at the heart of every good ply
sician in the Society, and peo-
pie who may need the services
IF one of it's members will have
The advantage of the best treat
nent as decided upon by the en-
ire association. We are glad |
o see the interest manifested in |
his Society by the Doctors OF |
Horehouse.
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We inadvertently failed last week
to call the attention Of the public
to the advertisement of the III. Han
nah Blanks, the Bartholomew packet
for the coming season. A glance
at the card will show the reader the
name of the Blanks master, and
that name is sufficient evidence
that the boat will be literally pa
tronized by the shippers of More
house. Capt. Marble is known by
every business man in the parish,
for his attention to the interests in
trusted to his care. He is pleasant,
affable and very accommodating.
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1t is thought that the confer
ence of tax assessors and tax COL
lectors to meet in New Orleans on
the 10Th of October ia obedience
to the Governors proclaim ton,
will be ofvast benefit as remedy
to our cumbersome, and bungIe-
some, and ridiculous revenue
laws. We hope every tax official
in the State will be on hand.
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Land for Sale or Rent.

l have a number of fine plantations
situated in different portions of the par
ish, which will sell or rent ON the most
reasonable terms. have also a large
quantity of unimproved first class lands
conveniently situated, which 1 will sell
at great sacrifice and on long tune. |
have also some improved and unim-
proved town property for sale or LEASE.
l will give poor man an opportunity
to get home inneaIly any portion Of
the parish, if he will apply to me.
SAMSON LEVY.
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W. W. FARMER.
COUNSELOR IN LAW AND EOIJ]

IL
Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Chan.
Gerry, Monroe. Ouachita parish, Louisi-
ana; will practice in the District, Circuit
and Supreme Courts of the State of
Louisiana and of the United States. viii
devote special attention to the mainten.
ance of legal tax titles and to the anul-
ment of others.
N. B-My resignation as Judge of the
Court OF Appeals has been forwarded to
take effect September 21st, 1851, in time
for the October terms of the U. ; Dis.
trict and Circuit Courts and of the State
District Court at Monroe, October 3D..
1881. | intend to resume the practice Of
my profession on strictly business moth
DDS, punctual attention and prompt cor.
respondence; to the exclusion of planting.
politics and all other occupations.
sept25.
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Where Do 'sTitles" Come From +?

This is very fast age we live
in, and there is no stronger evil
| dence of it than can be found in
the host of "titled" men in our
country. Since the war one
would judge that all OF the pri-
vate soldiers were either killed
or else attained the rank of an
officer before the army dis
banded. the country teens
with generals, and colonies, and
majors, and captains. Indeed,
captains" are as thick all over
the South as-well they are too
numerous to mention. Every
village, and hamlet, and CROSS
roads store has its quota Of cap
tains and a pretty good compile.
ment of higher officers. And
these captains are usually very
dignifed gentlemen, too. They
are wise men-''in their own
generation" A big watch chain,
broad-toed shoes, and a heavy
walking-stick are some OF the
distinguishing paraphernalia that
mark a genuine Southern cap
tain. They are always ready to
spend their opinion upon any
momentous question-provided
you ask it in preference to that
OF any other mans. Captains
are very sensitive, jealous men,
and if you wish to incur their
displeasure, ouly have the temer-
ity to disagree with them-they
will kick as sure as fate. Another
characteristic OF captain is that
he always wants an office-a sort
OF soft place, you know. We
have never seen an ordinary
"mister" in Office in our life. II
Mr.. Smith were to put himself |
up for an official position in OPP
position to Capt. Jones, the peo-
Pile would call Smith presump-
tious a-donkey. Lawyers are
all captains, colonies Or generals.
all captains, colonies and gen
erals are not exactly lawyers,
however, but they have kin-foIks
that are. It's right interesting
10 see General Brown introduce
Col. Smith to Captain Jones.
Jones gives a visible vince at
he inferiority of his title, bat
Brown winks his eye confdingly
md gives him to understand that
,e was once only captain. This
eassures Jones and he looks on
Brown and Smith with q bland
mile as wide as his ears are
part. Generals all talk with
deep, cultural voice; colonels
re less sedate, and captains
veil they are hard to describe.
Personally, we are an ardent adj
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Hamburg High School

This institution for both sexes, a,r..,
famous for its discipline and tboronsty
ness of instruction, will begin its FIFE
SCHOLASTIC YEAR. On u
MONDAY, September 10th, 1881.
Two hundred dollars will cover OIL,
school expense, except Music, Draw;aaa
and Painting and books for ten month";
A first class High School is better f..
boys than any college. "
From the known healthfulness NJ,
Hamburg, the reputation of the HIsH
SCHOOL, and the proximity of Louis.
lana, the latter can well afford to nat
renize this school
Terms-Cash or an accepted draft, for
the five months, IN adudnce,
SEND AND SEE. We give more than
we receive. Circulars, with other par
ticulars, sent on application to
D. G. 3. CONNERLY,
Principal,
Hamburg, Arkansas,
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mirer of captains of all kinds.
We have frequently been all but
provoked to slap an inpudent
chap on the jaw when he dnbs a
great "title" with snappish
"cap" or "cap'n'' The like o
that gets up our Irish. But such
is the deprayity of human nature
that the ears are often sa!uted
with just such ohur!ish, snappish
PROCLAMATION.
As much as We admire great
man who is called captain, We
have often wondered to ourself
how IN the name of common
sense he acquired the title. Is
this a land of heirships to title ?
Do the captains of oar country
inherit their glorious titles 2:
If not, where do they come
from =? That's what We want
to know, and the columns of this
paper are open for an answer to
our question. ALI the captains
need not speak at orce.
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LEON SUGAR.
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
BASTROP, LA.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
RESIDENCES-Fou residences, in
Guiding some of the most comfortable
houses, finest buildings and best loca-
tons in Bastrop.
SrOREHOUSES - One Of the best
houses and business stands in town.
LOTS-Suitable building lots in al
most every quarter Of the corporation.
= Parties wanting to buy, sell or
rent will do well to consult me.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-09

An infallible remedy for Fever
and Ague is Ayers Ague Cure.
Wholly vegetable and containing
no quinine, it is harmless and
sure.
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Call at McMeans Bros. and buy
a genuine Rogers, or Wosten-
holmes pocket knife. They have
a beautiful line of pocket and table
cutlery, which can be had cheap.
They also have fine assortment of
pistol cartridges, hatchets, axes,
tin ware, etc.
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NOTICE.

Having appointed Mr.. J. T. Dalton
my agent at Bastrop, he is fully author
lied to represent the MOREHOUSE
and all orders taken by
him will receive prompt attention.
JOHN MULHOLLAND,
Proprietor Morehouse Nursery.
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Cotton in New Orleans on
Tuesday was worth, low mid
ding, l0a; middling, III.
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By the LIST of October W. J.
Haynie will again be ready to sell
COOL brick at So per thousand. His
second kiln will soon be ready to
burn.
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Rev Advertisements
FURNITURE FOR SALE

The undersigned has for sale hi,
tire lot of HOUSEHOLD and KT c nis en-.
FURNITURE and wares, among whie WHICH,
are piano, bedroom sets, maTtr .n'cn
sideboard, tables. cook stoves, etc 1885,
Bargains are offered. Call at onca
sep.9-4t J.C. WFaRo
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Miss Emma Heller, who has been
spending the summer with her sis
ter, Mrs. Friedhei1n, returned to
her home last Wednesday.
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THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY,

States have just started upon
new commercial year. At THU
period sensible business mer
usually take a retrospective
glance at their financial condi.
,tion, and judge from Surround
ing circumstances what the fu.
ture may disclose.
Twelve months ago reason and
tangible proof persuaded every
thinking person that a prosper
Gus year was ahead of US. Crops
were good and the outlook Was
encouraging. The harvest babe
fair to be au abundant one.
Planters We're in good spirits
and merchants we're all aglow
with lively anticipations. Dis.
aster befell the crops in the
field. Cotton, owing to its dam
aged condition, caused by the
incessant autumnal rains, tnm-
bled to mere nominal prices. and
the country was left poor and in
debt. That misfortune aroused
the people to the Importance Of
practiclng economy, something
with which the msjority Of the
people of Morehouse were wholly
unacqoainted, and they resolved
to Give close and retrieve their
losses by another years hard la
Dor.
The year has closed !; the la
borer's reward can be estimated;
the future is still dark-dark as
midnight. And to intensity the
poignancy of our keen Gisap-
pointment, we have only heav-
Ter and broader misfortune to
gaze upon. Last year the grain
growing States made overwhelm-
ing crops and provisions were
cheap and plentiful. Now those
States have been visited by the
blighting hand of a prolonged
drought, and provisions are high
and scarce. The American con-
tinent, the great storehouse of
the world, has failed to make a
crop and there is q wall of dis
tress from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. In the South, where
the people depend almost en-.
tirely upon cotton as a means of
revenue and sustenance, the fail
ure causes more alarm. Two
light crops are more than We can
conveniently endure: We are
poor and our rich but, at pres
emf, barren lands, are all we
have. Provisions are advancing
every day. Cotton falls upon
the market with a dull demand.
Many European nations have
hungry eye fastened upon Amer
lean granaries and expect to be
led from them. Their demands
will force prices to spring higher,
hereby increasing the draw upon
bur depleted and impoverished
pockets. In plain, homemade
english, we are in bad fix, as a
people. The events of another
rear may unfold a ray Of hope,
Ind, as the darkest hour is just
before the dawn, light may burst
lpon US soon. We hope it will!
But while our condition is 80
unpleasant to contemplate, and
phile it is difficult to realize the !.
'wful seriousness Of our situa-
ion. it were wise in us to con- !.
Jude at once that the hardest
ear is upon as that We have
yer experienced. We should :,
.om this very day determine to|
overn ourselves accordingly.
here are many ways to econo- =
lizs. We should learn them. q
llers and drones should bel \
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The above named steamer will make
regular through trips from Ner Orleans
to Lind Grove, commencing with the
first navigable waters, and remaining
until the expiration of. the season.
Through bills Lading will be given
from st. Louis to Lind Grove.
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1 have couple of wagons left
which will sell on most reasonable
terms. j. S. Handy.
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Wanted.-Wool and Hides,
for which I am paying the biggest
prices. SAM S1LBERNAGEL.
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Read Capt. J. G. Weaks' ad-
vertisement In another column.
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STATE ITEMS.

Gov. Wil!z is in very bad
health. His recovery Is very
| uncertain.
Provisions OF all kinds nre very
scarce in Homer, says the Guar
| dian.
The Free Press says the sugar
crop near Morgan City is doing
we'll.
The whole population of Rich
land parish is $40 souls-and
two Cinnamon.
The Ouachita river is lower
than the "oldest inhabitant" re-
members to have ever seen it.
Madison parish has total pop
u|ation of 1896 people. It is
one Of the wealthiest parishes in
the State.
Miss Matte Williams, one of
the most charming yonng ladies
of Minden, died in that town re-
Gently.
The thirsty people of New Or
leans are on half ice rations now.
There is scarcity Of ice from
Memphis to New Orleans.
Five head of cattle recently
died of overhead in Avoyelles
parish. They actually "smoth-
ered'' to death while roaming in
q pasture.
The cotton crop will be less
than half of that made last year
in Natchitoches parish. Stock
is dying for wait of water in that
section.
in East Carroll parish recently
q negro woman gave birth to
three male children, one black,
one white and one "kind. %
mixed."
The Mir den Tribune makes
an eloquent appeal to the farm
ers of Webster to pay their cred
itors all they can. This is no
time to act the rascal!
There is an insane negro man
in the Rayville Jail, who is so OBJ
that he has to be kept
chained 10 prevent his injuring
the prisoners.
Rayviile's population increased
last week by the arrival of two
Chinamen and their families. |
One of the Mongolians has eau
casian wife.
The editor of the Ouachita |
Telegraph is engaged in fishing |
and hunting down On the Qua.
,hita. He says the crops or the
river south OF Monroe are mag
smell.
Robert White, ap aged and re.
'pected citizen OF RichIand, was
brown from mule last week
md had his neck broken. Mules
will always be mules in spite Of
he hard times.
The city papers of the first OF
his month were mammoth
sheets, full of enterprise aud
costly advertisements. The Dem
'crat 'took the horns" in the
picture business:
The New Orleans Democrat is
,nxious for Arthur to assume the
Aicial duties of the President
nd thereby check the practical
nterregnum now existing in our
lation.
Mr.. r. S. Raughton, killed a
10 Richland parish
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SHINGLES AND BOARDS.

Delivered in town or at the stump.
Orders left with J. 7. Cole will receive
prompt attention.
jaly29.
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President Garfield was remov-
ed from the White House to the
Baltimore and Potomac Depot
where the attack was made upon
his life in Jnly-last Tuesday
morning, Was then placed on a
spring bed in a special car, and
taken through 10 Long Branch.
The trip was unattended by any
unusual occurrence, and the suff-
ering Chief stood the journey
finely. His doctors think the
change Of scene and air will have
a salutary effect upon the Presi-
dent. The interest of the nation
will now gather around Long
Branch, from which we hope
soon to hear that the President
is rapidly getting well. A dis
patch from that point yesterday
announced that he was sitting
up.
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100000 brick for sale at from
So to $3.50 per thousand.
H. D. VAUGHAN.
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Fresh turnip seed at
j. A. MOoRE's.
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Fresh tnrnip seed at
J. A. MooRE's.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

There will be preaching at the Bap-
list Church during the year 1881 on the
second q od third Sundays and Saturday
nights before in each month.
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! METHODIST CHURCH Services every
first and third Sabbaths, in each month,
morning and hight.
!. Sunday-school every Sunday morning
I j. Nj. MCKEE, Pastor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-12-07
Wild Shooting In Arizona.

II was Mt Deming, | think, that bul-
living cowboy, who had been having hii
own way pretty much to suit himself,
had about succeeded in taking the town.
4 railroad employe and his companion,
A newcomer, young and Just from the
states. were subjected to several annoy
mo exhibitions Of his lawlessness. st
lenyth tine town got little excited, and
the Young stranger, remarking At some
one would vet he killed, proposed to DIS
arm the native. The cowboy was gal
Looping r:p and down the street firing iis
rsyolyer, and every now and then DIS
mounting before saloon, or else riding
deliberately into it, and taking on more
fuel. At length he ran out OF a saloon
and coolly fired down the sidewalk.
Then. without looking around, lard M;
oistol back over his shoulder aud pu'iet
the trigger. As misfortune would have
IL the Young newcomer at that very
moment came out Of a saloon near by, an.
receiving the ball full in his forehead
fell dead. The crazy assassin wa
lynched soon after, bur to what pun
pose :? Nothing can aN,ne for such Il
S-so.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-12-07

A MOTHER who wrote to a Chicago
newspaper cxpostulating with its pub
fishers for admitting certain articles to
its columns, got this canstic reply: "We
publish first and last newspaper. IL
cannot be a tact. Nothing shall appear
in these coIums which the purest minded
woman should not know. They may oo'
casionally appear facts in this paper
which she would not want publicly to
discuss. The poorest protection in tins
world for virtue is Ignorance, The best
protection is knowledge, which stands
uptarnished in the presence OF vice.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-12-07

Wg,r is that which has three feet but
M legs, is all body but no limbs, has no
toes on the feet, no head, moves grea'
deal but never uses its feet for that pur-
nos nose has one foot at each end and one
r. the center of the body? This Is
,uaer creature in some respects, and IL
yerv nomlar among the ladies and some
sontlsmen. 1t never walks out, bni
Goes with one foot where the head might
be- dragging the other foot behlnd.
These feet have nails, but no toes, no
heels and no bones in the feet. Answer
A yardstick.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-12-07

THE Beecher family never do things
by halves. Wm. G. Beecher, second
son of Roy. Henry Ward Beecher, and
Assistant District Attorney OF h'nss
County (Brooklym, was married the !,
other day to Miss Jessie BiSelow, the
daughter of G. D. Bigelow, a wealthy
merchant. The father performed the
ceremony, who was 50 deeply affected
that his voice completely broke down to-
ward the close. Upon the following
day, without any knowledge of Williams liam
marriage, II. F. Beecher, Of the Paclno
Coast, youngest son of Rev. II. w.
Beecher, was married to Miss hatno
Foster, of Nevada. The way thiS
family takes to women does beat ALL