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| thence to Palestine, the junction of the st.
Louis and Iron Mountain route; thence to
Longview and Marshall on the Texas T Tacific.
thence to Texarkana, which derives its name
from the corners of three States at that point
conjoining; thence to Malvern, Arkansas, by
the Iron Mountain route. We are now
within % miles of the famous Hot SPRINGS
watering place, which five years since was
| disputed in its ownership. Now it is gov
| ernment property. A weeks sojourn there
Will enable us to give perhaps, some inter
| esting details of the place. But for this it
will suffice to say that the ride all through
| this, that, the other, and all ways
in Texas is of all characters
| immense grazing ranches; enormous
wastes of deluged lands and swamps worth
from ten to fifty cents acre, and no sale
| at that enormous forests; lumber districts
beautiful farms. Cities have sprung up here
and there and are multiplying fast, situated
| say fifty OF one hundred or more miles apart.
The ranches are not usually fenced 1t is
death to steal another's cattle; but to kill
man one has chance for life. Cattle are all
branded. Emigrants coming bv every
conveyance, and yet there is room and there
will be for some time
LIS Texas life pleasant one? !? can ONLY
answer, perhaps you like warm weather,
mosquitoes damp grounds and no society.
II SO you can find plenty of them Yet the
cities are as pleasant as cities of similar size
anywhere, and one can find pleasant asso
clates The great inducement is money!
making. Do people make money? Not all.
laborer Is laborer anywhere man with
capltal can improve it anywhere. Yet the
field here is good. People who have moved
into the State are attached to it, They saw
'Oh, your hot summer days are worse than
ours" Are the people healthy? I do NOT
think as general thing they look as healthy
as those of cooler climates Some assert
0or
year than at the North. ''You lose (they
say by cold more than we do by heat"
do not believe it. I think heat enervates and
drives away energy. The German immigra-
ton is considerable. / am told they are
satisfied without accumulating, with home
To such, this is a good country, if a good Sc
lection of the right kind is made. There is
not much trouble in raising what is necessary
for sustenance. Many people, perhaps about
the average, succeed in Texas Great for
tunes will be made by the wide awake who
have something to begin with and also by
those who will practice great self-denial.
In southern cities street cars are propelled
by the power of the mule. AS 1 have heard
or seen it stated, the only way to account for
the abuse of the quadruped is the belief in
transmlgration of some of the dreadfully
wicked souls of former generations of men
For it does not seem possible that the poor
dumb animal should be permitted to be so
cruelty treated without cause. Ny wife re-
fused to repeat her ride in one city where
the abuse was general. demonstrated with
a driver, who assured me, 81 must keep on
time or I shall be discharged" and away
went the whip. On one occasion a gentle
man was SO exasperated at the treatment that
he Informed the driver if he struck again he
would pay him in the same manner
trembled lest fight should ensue and was
relieved when all was quiet I have since
seen paper of the same CITY complaining
HSfof &1akf fIo1 1olia 8 =
to ride because of the inhuman acts One
poor animal, not much larger than a donkey
is whipped up hill before car load of peo
pie heavy enough for two mules of good size
and in better condition than can generally be
found in these parts. will except New Or
leans, where the mules look as if well fed up
on something beside corn husks, and where
the tails of mules are preserved to the animal
for brushing off flies.
The present trip through Texas has DEM
onstrated the fact that it is possible to obtain
better beef better milk and better butter
than on earlier visits Farmers begin to find
that in milking their cows and selling milk
there is profit. Butter is made to some ex-
tent for market. Oleomargarine is used on
some first class hotel tables. At one 1 gave
.he landlord knowing look, telling him if
he needed any more of that kind I could
give him the name of a New Haven firm
which manufactured a much higher grade.
He remarked that it was dreadful hard to
get good butter. Cattle by the thousand up
IN thousand on the ranches, looking in good
condition, caused a traveller to wonder:
why don't they have better beef, butter
md milk ?" The answer is, they are never
yrain fed; they neSof ni1keG Z they are
here for the purpose of multiplying for sale.
Truck gardening in the whole South is be-
coming more and more profitable and more
md more respectable. Labor generally is
ooked upon as less degrading than formerly;
he northern spirit of money making fast
aking root, the people finding out that
money is power. Everywhere, when con-
'ersing, you hear, 'Oh, that is passed I
hought all that was settled long ago We
re all one country now, A handful could
lot be found for again Politicians
vould ruin US if they could and elevate them
elves" At one hotel in an extreme south
rn city the question was asked, Where does
hat smoke come from ?" We were at break
asst Sure enough, the smoke curled from
he mouths of two Spanish Mexicans. Our
vaiter, who was the Spanish waiter, kindly
Informed that such was the Spanish Mexi-
an custom. At another we were intensely
Interested by the evolutions of negro boy
f fifteen, gyrating at the sound of music by
is elder brother after the manner of old
lave times. Such gymnastics it had never
cen fortune before to witness. All for
nickel. The wonder was to me how can he
o it evening after evening and be alive the
ext day?
One word about Texas trees. In Calves
on the winters frosts nearly killed the OLE
nders, which were the pride of the city.
he China Berry tree is one of great popu-
arity in southern cities, but to me they are
agged, unsightly trees They need trimming
ften down to the trunk that they may
gain sprout in beautiful foliage. The Um-
rella China tree is one of great beauty, and
fast becoming favorite ornamental tree
q the cities. The southern oak and elm diff
er entirely from those of the north. AS we
ravel northward find in the oak more
Naples grow profusely in the
orthern part of Texas and as we enter into
l do hope, for your sake. that it will never
"a necessary for you to stop off for forty
light hours in small Texas town to recruit,
specially over Sunday, when the laborers
n railroads and lumber districts have been
aid off, unless you have liking for profane
anguage, and hearing everybody sent to the
over regions, as well as delight in witness
ng human beings making themselves brutes
y drinking at saloons on either side of the
treet. We came to the conclusion that a lad
oes not run so much risk of ruin with all
he temptation of city before him as
mong the surroundings of drinking vii
,oe, be it in the North or South. M.
A Human Pendulum.
Thrilling Exhibition of Nerve by
House Painter i'm Cincinnati.