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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30
Cotton Picking Machine.

The current number of the North
American Review contains a So
called symposium on the future of
the negro III the Southern States.
The articles read much as though
to the management OF the Review,
debate is an end, rather than Il
means to an end. 1t would have
been much more TO the purpose
for the editor TO have looked into
the chances of success as 70 the
picking of cotton by machinery.
If this can be done the labor situa-
ton in the South will be fairly
rcvOlutionizcd. The rcporte from
South Carolina regarding the work
of perfecting the Mason cotton
picking machine are favorable.
Preparations arc making for "a
decisive test in the next crop. II
entire success is gained one hand
and pair of horses will be able
TO pick in a day as much cotton as
fifty hands pick now; or i'll other
works, the picking that now costs
$50 will then cost SO 80. The cost
of producing a bale of cotton will
be reduced by about Sc, or a cent
and half a pound.
The Grcenville Is. c. News i'll
writing of the possible. revolution,
says: "The first result to be an
ticipated from the success of the
cotton harvester will be the cheap
cning of cotton and cotton goods
by the reduction Of cost of pro-
! ducing the raw material and the
increase of the facilities for pro-
ducing it. But the results will 60
further. The use of machinery
will leave vast amount of time
and labor now consumed by the
old process at the disposal of the
farmers of the South, and use will
have to be found for it. Demand
will be increased by cheapening,
but it cannot keep abreast of the
new possibilities of production and
competition, and limited ability to
consume opposed to an unlimited
ability TO produce, will keep the
profit Of cotton making down to a
rate which will forbid the mass OF
farmers wasting time or allowing
any of the labor they pay for to
remain idle"
Regarding the effect Of the new
machine on the negro the same
authority says "The negro will
A, be the first to feel the effects of the
new means and methods impcnd-
ing. A more intelligent laborel
than he generally is will be de-
mandcd, and the number of labor
crs will be vastly reduced. The
farm laborcr who has nothing but
his muscle will have to acquire
brains and skill or go. The farm.
er will he independent of him, and
there will be little need Of him
anywhere unless he develops and
improves greatly. Where ne will
go we cannot tell. The world is
becoming harder for q fool to live
in every year, and muscle is stead.
lily losing ground before brains
That is problem for the future
but the effect Of the system o
farming by machinery will be tC
improve and elevate the remain.
ing labor of the country and in
crease its power and strength. .
-Bradstrcet's.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30
WHAT A PITY.

Mrs. Power, of Las Ancnias, il said
to be the richest widow in the West.
She is handsome and has SI5, 00O, 900,
and il called the cattle queen.
The above has been going the
rounds of the press for some
months past, and is now evidently
on another swing around the cir
Gle. tits apity TO explode such a
nice little romance, but because
We, down here, are far from the
scene of this supposed glory, is no
reason why we should be treated
10 such humbug.
The writer put in the winter of
1866 in the immediate vicinity
of what is now Las Animas (not
Las Anenias). That country,
then, was of course, an uncultivat-
cd waste, During that winter the
writer killed buffalo and antelope
just above the mouth of Purgatoire
Creek Called Picket-ware, COM
monly). Las Anenias is below the
mouth of this creek, which emp
ties into the Arkansas River.
About twenty miles or less below
the mouth of this creek was the
residence Of a man called Vogcl,
but whose real name was general
ly considered to be Prowers. lie
was formerly wagon-master for
Tom Boggs, who III turn had been
wagon-master for Maxwell, one of
Fremont's guides who had settled
down, on the other side of the
Ration mountains in the neiglbor-
hood of Taos. New Mexico. Prov
crs had made some money hauling
freight across the plains, having
several wagons running in that
business. Each wagon cleared
from $500 TO $1,000 a trip and it
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30
MASS MEETING.

The Democratic voters of Mad
ison Parish arc called to assemble
in Mass Meeting at the Court House
in Tallulah, on Wednesday.
Sept, 3, 1884, for the purpose of
electing delegates TO the District
Convention, to be held at Monroe,
September 10, 1881, which Dis
trict Convention will nominate a
of Congress for this the
9TH Congressional District. By
order Of the Executive Committee.
G.. \. RICHARDSON,
Chairman.
II. G. WEIGHTMAN, Secretary.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

Greenback and Democratic fu-
sion in Michigan, the former get
ting six electors and the latter
seven. Score one against the Re-
fpublicans.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

How would it do for a fine piece
of revenge, for the Irish to buy the
Tallopoosa and, and present it to
the English Government
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

The French bombarded the
Chinese arsenal and navy yard at
Foo Chow on Saturday last and
wiped them out.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

The Maine Republicans are be-
coming alarmed at the situation,
Ohio Republicans ditto.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

The steamboat Shields and the
wharfboat Maria Louise were
burned at Shreveport on the morn
ing Of the 25th of this month.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

On the 25th OF August the
French feet was repulSed by the
White fort above the mouth of the
river at Foo Chow.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

On and after September LIST
Lawrence station on the Y. s. Il p.
II. r., will he known as Haughton.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

1t is probable that children will
not be permitted TO dance after 10
o'clock at the ball.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

Yesterday construction train
got off the track this side of Lake
One, delaying the west bound train
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30
SPECIAL OFFER.

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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

Blaine is sick. He will be sick
or yet next fall.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30
THE TURN OF THE TUNE,

Which. together with the original story
of the "Arkansaw Traveller III told D!
Colonel SANDY Faulkner. will TO
m allied to any address on receipt OF 4oc'
pustage stamps taken. These pictures
are NOr given a. premiums, but are
mailed, postpaid, only on receipt Oh
price. Address
READ d BENHAM. Publishers;
April u. Little ROCK MN
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

Cleveland will be the next
President.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

SHREVEPORT, Aug. 2S.--Hon. n.
G. Blanchard was unanimously re-
nominated in the fourth congress
sioral jictr;c,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

The cholera is spreading all over
Europe.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

Incorporate.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

SGT ga nouns,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30

be protected in their efforts peaceably
to assert their rights when endangered
by aggregated capital and all statutes
on this subject should recognize the
care of the State for honest toll and be
framed with Il view of improving the
condition of the workingman. A prop
or regard for the welfare of the work
insman being inseparably connected
with the integrity of our institutions.
None of our citizens are more Interested
than they, in guarding against any
corrupting influences which seek to
pervert the beneiicient purpose of our
government and none should be more
watchful Of the artful Vaccinations of
those who allude 10 themselves and in
fiict injury"
In free country the curtailment of
the absolute rights of the individual
should only be such as is essential to
the peace and good order of the COM
munity. The limit between the prop
or subjects of government control and
those which can be more tittinglv left
To the moral sense and sclf-impoeei
of the citizen should be care
fully kept in view. Thus laws unnec-
essarily interfering with the habits
and customs of any ofour people, which
are not offensive to the moral senti-
mert e The civilized world, al1 wLich
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30

the gentleman after he came out OF
Roger A. Pryor's office on the 26th, 1t
set people to thinking how 1t could be
possible for the great commoner to be
chatting the Post correspondent at the
national capital and at the same time
submitting toan interview orquietly at
tending to his legal business In the good
city of New York. The Post-Dispatch
published little over a column of the
interview, and from the prominence
and standing of that paper it is likely
that IL believed Butler in the flesh and
blood was actually in New York. The
problem for newspaper readers to solve
is: Where was Ben Butler on the 26th
day of June, Ammo Domini lss4r If,
as reported, he was in Roger A. Pryor's
Office in New York city our enterpris-
ing contemporary should make all
haste In correcting special" which
must have been, from beginning to
end, typographical. error; or, a geo.
graphical error of the imaginativeshort'
range correspondent. However this
may be, we submit in all candor that
it is wrong in principle and an injus.
tice to readers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
Revelations of a Record.

When the Terrell herd.law bill was
under discussion in the state senate
last winter, Senator Gibbs made use of
the following language in speech at
lacking the bill :
The preamble OF this bill advocates the
leasing OF the entire a,,r0U, goo acres of school
lands without recognizing the necessity of
reserving the strictly agricultural lands for
sale to actual settlers. such policy would
add fuel to the Are (of fence.cuttlng) This
would retard the growth of the state, aud
put every farmer seeking home In Texas ut
the mercy OF the railroad corporations and
land spectators, because the state has no
more homes for them on reasonable terms.
Isnot this remarkable for man who
now stands before the people az the
advocate of Land policy which con-
templates the leasing of not 10000, 600
but 81, 100000 acres OF the school lands?
Such a policy, Senator Gibbs said less
than six months ago, would add fuel
to the flames of fence.cutting. Such
Language from THE GAZETTE would
excite q storm of denupciation
as the utterances of an organ
of the fencecutters and COM
munist. Furthermore, Mr.. Gibbs said
then, as THE GAZETTE said the en- and
says now, that such policy in deal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30

Texas Is not fit for settlement ara !,
prove 1t they are trying TO ssc,,ra m, 20
GAZETTE as a witness, That 30 ,..n,s
10 not q very palpable hit. Snnrass,e !!
should be proved that THE q yr,,,r !.
was inconsistent. At Last n ,,a..,s
only be convicted of floppins" o o,,nl
from the pasture men to the sot vxeI
Is that any good reason whv ,. WEI.
snou,u make u change exactly the re.
verse! Inc fact, however, that the ad.
voca.es Oh the lease are compelled to re-.
sor1 10 sucn wholesale misrepresepta.
lions and slande, is sufficiently indie.
ae,ve OF the weakness Of their
cause. was much amused the other
uay oy the remarks of a lease.
law advocate. He is running for the
LEGISLATURE IN western county as =
stockman for the stockmen, and ia ba.
ing pushed by the stockmen.
There is great deal of gush IN tb,s
talk about the development of a conn.
Try. Theoretically and philosophicaliv
IL Is all very nice, but as practical
man l want to know what good the
actual settler is going to do the West
II you should succeed in settling IL mr.
there would be more poverty stricken
haif-starved farmers out there thar
You ever saw. AS it is we are gertins
along very nicely, and all makine
money. We have plenty of elbow
room and we don't want 1t crowded. {,
What could / say? Well, was toe
startled for any thing except to remarls
"One consistent lease man-iust one
and the campaign half over.''
LARA.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30

IT seems to be the fate of the Waco
paper has passed throsgh many tuct-
atoms of fortune, and is not yet done
with life. If Capt. EIgin re-establishes
the Examiner, with the Sunny South
still occupying the field. the prosp ect
for either does not appear to be prom
Using. II one morning paper in Waco
could not be made to pay, how are
two to occupy the field? Waco is ca
pable of sustaining one creditable daily
paper, in addition to the Evening Day
which looks prosperous, aud if the Elk.
aminer and Sunny Souih can recon
cile their differences it will be best TO
the papers and the town.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
Bogus information.

Under the present dispensation of
things there are few old established en-
terprises but have their aims, objects
or duties clearly defined and distinctly
understood. In a large mercantile
house the trade Is wholesaler in the
smaller ones, retail. The doctor has to
protect or restore the health of his pa
tients the lawyer is bound to assist
the court la arriving at correct conclu-
sions of law, or assist the Jury
in arriving at correct conclusions
of fact. The various tradesmen
and professors have duties clearly de-
fined which they are expected to per-
form to the very best of their abili-
ties; and lastly, the newspapers have to
keep the public informed upon current
topics and such news of Importance as
they can obtain or select. This is the
object for which newspapers are con-
Quoted and for which people purchase
them. 1t follows that the news fur.
nished should be Of reliable charac.
ter, free from all false coloring, and es
pecially free from any ''padding out
or elaboration which Is calculated t.
mislead the reader. No one de
sires to pay for news purport
ing to be from q reliable source
which 10 purely manufactured by til,
inventive genius of an editorial room
1t may be clever and so close to til,
real mark as not to betray Its origin
but 1t Is nevertheless wrong to thos
who pay the money for 1t. Moreover
| it is often ridicnlously absurd
especially to those who keep abreas
with the current happenings Of tn
day. This was the case with Wash
ington ''special' which appeared ii
our charming contemporary ON tn
Buffalo bayou, ON the 23ih instant
purported TO give All interview wit
a prominent presidential candidate
no less parsonage than Ben Butler
In Washington City, and people rea
1t with avidity, thinking they wer
keeping up with the drift Of the 2olit
: cal tide. When the New York paper
: OF the same date came to hand locatin
Mr.. Butler In New York, aud whe
the ST. Louis Post-D Dispatch represent
alive actually had an interview wit
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30

ing with the states lands "would re-
tard the growth of the state and put
every farmer seeking home In Texas
at the mercy of the railroad corpora
tions and land spectators" What
has changed Mr.. Gibbs views Of the
reprehensible effects of leasing 80, 000,-
600 acres of school lands? He told
the truth when he said that 1t would
retard the growth of the state. The
GAZETTE has not ceased to say the same
thing daily for months, but change
has come DER the spirit of Mr.. Gibbs
dream. He now regards 1t as best for
the state as whole that n policy shall
prevail such rs that which he de-
nounced so recently and which was
calculated to "put every farmer seek
ing home in Texas at the mercy of
railroad corporations and land specu-
lators." Does Mr.. Gibbs think it well
now to turn the farmers over to the
clutches of railroad corporations and
land spectators?
The Dallas senator went even fur
ther than this in his denunciation OF
the herd law. He almost threw him
self into the embraces of the Seattle
kings" when he shouted;
We have given away n vast domain and
no., propose to force the stock men to buy ai
high prices or leave the state. II is useless
to cry that we must not let them eat the
| "children's grass" and with this as the battle
| cry turn large portion of our citizens over
| to the tender mercies OF corporations and
| spectators. II we pass this bill 1t Will
double the value of land for grazing pur.
| poses and make the rich richer and the poor
| poorer. We will succeed in bulllng the lana
market to such an extent that the railroad
corporations ought to be willing to pension
us for lite.
The "children's grass" was not such
a sacred thing then or, if so, Senator
Gibbs was very sacrilegious. He
thought it absurd to say that the
"children's grass" should not be used
by the stockmen and yet he is doing
what was so absurd then, for now he
is using that as ''the battle-cry to turr
"A large portion OF our citizens over tt
the tender mercies of corporations ant
spectators"
"If we pass this BILL" the senator
said, "it will double the value of LAND
for grazing purposes, and make the
rich richie. and the poor poorer" Die
not the state land board double tn
lease value oflaud, which policy the
senator from Dallas was positive woulG
make the rich richer and the poo
poorer? We would be happy to heal
his eloquent voice exalted in condem
nation of the land boards action il
( doing thing which he warned tn
f legislature not to do, and for which h
, predicted such calamitous results.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30

THE Palestine Advocate has found
another pint" in favor of the lease
law. 1t complains that under free
grass in the West the value of cattle in
East Texas was advanced "to such an
extent that beef is worth twice as
much as it ought to be-" Who gets
the benefit of these high prices? The
farmers of East Texas, certainly, and
they are not going to get very mad at
anything that made their stock adj
vance in price.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
MONDAY MORNING. JUNE 30.
The Gazette's Dallas Office.

Owing to the great increase of THE
GAzETTE's circulation in Dallas, it
has been thought proper to open
branch office in that city, which will
attend more fully to furnishing news
for THE GAZETTE and supplying our
Dallas friends with the paper. Mr..
J. c.. Men ealus, one of the most ex-
perienced journalists in the state, will
have charge of this branch office, and
with all the necessary assistance, will
attend to the business of THE GA
zElyrE, the Live Stock Journal and
the Wool-Grower. The fullest and
latest local news of the city will be
found in THE GAZETTE every morn
ing, and it will take large degree
of interest in Dallas affairs. Subscrib.
ers and advertisers in that city will
find it to their interest to patroniz,
Mr.. McNealus.
The Office will be on Lamar street
between Commerce and Main, oppo
site the new Merchants Exchasge
where the Dallas public are invite'
TO call.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
Pretty Good Sophistry.

But THE GAzlTrE sophistically says that
the people OF East Texas enjoyed their free
grass in former generation, and therefore
the demand for free grass Is eminently lust
and righteous. This is sophistry of which a
school-boy should be ashamed. THE GAZETTE
must be aware that there was no law which
secured free grass to the people of East Texas
forty years ago, and that in case they enjoyed
1t, 1t resulted wholly from the sparsely set
tied condition of the country.-[San Antonio
Times.
If there was no law which secured
free grass to East Texas, neither was
there law which denied the right OF
free grass. If there is sophistry in this,
make the most of it. West Texas does
not ask for law to secure free grass;
she only asks that the present law
which allows an individual or corpo-
ration to rent hundreds of thousands
of acres and take it away from home
seekers shall be repealed. She asks
that Texas shall hold her lands for set.
tiers, and not for the benefit of alien
capitalists, who are more interested in
excluding than inviting settlement
She asks that grass shall be free to the
settler to herd his stock OH until ht
can make his farm self-supporting
She asks for no perpetuity of free grass
When the country is settled and tn,
range is all taken up there will be ne
use for lease law, for there will b,
nothing to lease. What will the lease
law advocates move for then? A hero
law? That is their only escape from
free grass. And will the state welcome
herd law then more than now?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
Baronial Estates in the West.
Chicago Herald.

1t is gratifying to notice that
congress is at last moving on
the alien land-grabbers of the
West. Dozens of these for
eigners have secured baronial es-
tates comprising millions of acres of
the best soil of our prairies, and others,
attracted by prospective profits, are
making arrangements to acquire like
possessions. 1t Is to be regretted that
so many millions of acres are al
ready in the hands of aliens, but 1t Is
not too late to stop practice which
threatens In short time to exhaust
the public domain and put intending
settlers at the mercy of the system OF
landlordism which has cursed so
many parts of the old world.
The reckless and criminal suuander-
Ing OF the public lands of America by
congress will always remain matter
OF reproach and shame upon the men
responsible for 1t. Without foresight.
common honesty or personal pride
congress after congress voted away
whole empires to enrich corporations
and spectators. Much of this land
has never been earned and "a great deal
OF 1t. on which the favored corpora.
tions have already realized, was never
intended to be earned. 1t has been
squandered ruthlessly and corruptly
and history will hold the men who
did II accountable for their folly and
crime. The present house has taken d
few feeble steps toward the reclamation
OF some Of the vast grants, but much
remains to be done In justice to the
government and the people.
Every unearned land grant should
be forfeited. The bill prohibiting The
sale OF ,00o, 900 acres estates toe nglish
barons should be amended so as te
deny to citizens as well as aliens the
privilege OF gratifying their LAND
greed, and then 1t should be passed
This Is matter which will not admit
of delay.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30

"THE liberalityn of the Herald is
indeed a subject of wonderment. 1t
kept excessively quiet about the land
board and its ruling until the stock
convention assembled in Dallas, and
suddenly blazed forth. with broad
side against the board, which it is now
industriously engaged in repudiating.
Was that ''liberality" for revenue
anl,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
GILNIER.
An Alleged Murderer Eojoys the Hospi
talities OF the Sheriff.

Correspondence ofthe Gazette.
GILIER, June 27.-Last night about
dark man called at Sheriff Earp's
residence and asked to stay all night
The sheriff recognizing him to be
George knight who murdered Andy
Burt (colored) last year, invited him in
He told Mr.. knight that he was some
what crowded at home, but had .
place for him In town. He IL now
safely lodged in Jail waiting for bis
trial.
We had quite nice rain here last
evening, and prospects for corn are
much better than before. The rain
though not heavy, was sufficient "a
delay the Texas & st. Louis train by
washouts.