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NATcHEz, aiiss., Aug. 10.-The company pro-
posing to build the Great North and South rail
road to New Orleans from Fort Scott arrived
here yesterday. To-day they proceeded to or
ganize the company in Mississippi under a char
ter to the New Orleans & Northwestern railroad
granted in 1884 The organization was made as
follows: Gen. j. H. Rice, of Fort Scott. presi-
dent; Col L. L. Bush, Lancaster. Pa. vice.
president; H. w. Bush, of Pennsylvania,
secretary; j. w. Lambert, Natchez, assist
ant secretary; G. F. Drake, Fort Scott.
treasurer. Fl. r. M. Whitman was chosen chief
engineer, and Col. A. A. Harris, Of Fort Scott,
general attorney: K. p. Tanneau, Natchez, as
sistant attorney. The members of the syndi-
cate then crossed the river to Vidalia La, and
filed charter for Louisiana, and organized the
company in Louisiana under the name of the
New Orleans. Natchez & Fort Scott railroad,
electing COL l.. L. Bush president; Gen. j. H.
Rice, vice-president; H. w. Bush secretary;
Isaac Lowenburg. Natchez, assistant secretary
Charles Nelson. Fort Scott treasurer Fl. r. NJ
Whitman, engineer Col. A. A. Harris, general
attorney.
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the com, established agencies independent Of
the Bee Line at this point, the company is
hardly satisfied with the present arrangement
and will undoubtedly build line of their own.
at no distant day, into Indianapolis. Under the
present arrangement it is difficult for the c., w.
& NJ. to secure anything more than local traffic,
while the management feel that they should be
doing some through business. their route being
as direct out of Indianapolis as that of the
Wabash, or the L., N. A. & G. Since looking
after their own business, their passenger receipts
are showing up $500 to $1,000 per month better.
and in their freight business there has been
marked improvements.
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EDUCATIONAL.

MARKHAM MILITARY AND NAVAL
wi ACADEMY, OXFORD Md.-A few vacancies
exist in this wellknown institution. Applicants for
admission are requested to make immediate appica-
tion For catalogue address Col B. j. BURGESS. Supt.
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AYERS Ague Cure never fails to cure fever
and agus and ell malarial disorders. War
ranted.
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Most seeds grow by first absorb
ing moisture, then swelling and
putting forth a germ and roots to
sustain it. Hence they require
some dampness in their seed bed.
But the potato is not Il seed. Its
first nutriment is from the starch
stored in the set and planted with
it. Hence not only Is dampness
not essential to starting potatoes,
but it is oven detrimental. If
potatoes are covered with dry
earth they will come up quicker
than they will If covered with that
which is wet. This is partly be-
cause dry earth in the same tenn
perature of air is warmer. When
a potato has been cut the surface OF
the wound must dry over before
the eyes will start. If planted
fresh-cut in very wet ground pota-
toes often rot, especially If this Is
early while the soil is cold. But
as soon as tho germ is above the
surface, OF even before, fine roots
starts from The base of the eyes
and, catching bold of the fine soil,
soon do away with dependence on
plant food stored in the set. If the
soil is rich and in fine filth the
seed may be safely cut much small
Ter than where it is poor and clod-
DIV
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THE FARMER IGNORED.
Western Farmer.

Western Farmer.
The United States has a reputa-
ton for enterprise and thrift, sec
ond to no people in the world. In
fact, in point OF rapid development
of every interest, it stands without
rival, phenomenal. In building
railroads, in digging canals, in fos-
tering all kinds of manufacture,
tho government has done much TO
aid the efforts of individuals. No
where else have individuals or cor
porations received such munifcent
gifts as have the railroads of this
country in the way OF public lands.
But it must be said to the discredit
of the government that IN tho mat
tor of aiding and developing the
agricultural interests of the coun-
try its behavior has been picayun-
isb. .
We do not have to 60 far to find
the reason for this state of things.
1t lies simply in the fact that the
law-making is always done by par
ties who have no intimate interest
in agricultural matters. Almost
all tho legislators, both state and
national, are lawyers. The farm
ers will not vote for one of their
own number when one has the
temerity TO run for an Office. 1t is
chargeable, therefore, upon the
farmers themselves that their inter-
ests are neglected. We do not see
any hope of anything better.
Whether it is due TO ignorance or
gullibility of farmers that this is
so, 1t is difficult to determine; but
one thing is quite sure, that if some
representation is not had by the
farmops 10 look after their inter-
ests in the lay making bodies of
the country, they may expect to be
ground down for all time to come.
We have no inclination to be in
temperate in language, but We do
not sec proper to permit DISPOSE
ton TO concnr in the present order
of things to submit to ''powers that
be-" to so far control US as not to
protest vigorously against i state
of things which We regard as mon
ance to the rights OF the majority
of the people. We want more
honesty in legislative matters, and
in order to get it we must have
fewer lawyers and more merchants
and farmers in congress.
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Weatherford Sun.

hSatieIAotu Aouh.
Castor beans raised in Parker
county this season are beginning
to come in pretty lively. The crop
this year is purely an eXpcrI-
mental ono, and, considering the
unprecedented drouth, the result
must be regarded as a very graft
flying success. The beans thus far
brought TO market arc mostly of a
very superior quality, and, though
the crop has materially suffered
from the great drouth, with a few
moro good rams the yield will be
quite satisfactory, as the plant will
continue to fruit and rlpen until
frost kills It. All the farmers who
have tried the experiment crop
this year are satisfied that the soil
of this section is peculiarly well
adapted for the castor been cultpre,
and that in an ordinary good sea-
son it would be one of the most
remunerative crops that can be
raised in North Texas. The OIL
mill building is about completed,
and as soon as the machinery is
put up, operations and the mann
facture of oil will begin. The Sun
wishes the enterprise the best
possible success.
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POINTS To SELECT A GOOD zoe:

A small, short head, heavy jowl
and thick, short neck; ears small
and thin; must be straight from
the neck to back of flank; must be
let well down to the knees in
brisket; of good length from head
to tail; broad on tins back; ribs
rather barrel-shaped; must be
slightly curved or arched in the
back from the shoulder TO the set
ting of the tail; tail small; long in
the ham to setting on of the loins;
shoulder not too large 10 give sym
metery to tho animal; ham broad
and full; HAIR smooth and evenly
set on; skin soft and elastic to the
touch; legs short, small and well
set under; broad between the legs;
good depth between bottom and
top of the hog with pleasant, quiet
disposition; should not weigh moro
than tbrcs or four hundred pounds
gross at twelve tc eighteen months
old, according TO keeps color may
be black or white or a mixture OF
the two. Such q described hog
will measure as many feet from
tho tail TO the top OF the head as
he docs around the body, and Will
measure as many inches around the
leg Just below tho knee as nc does
feet around the body, and the
depth of his body will be four
fiiths of his height.
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SUICIDE OF GAMBLERS

An intelligent Swiss guide says
that the suicides at Monte Carlo,
the fashionable gambling center in
Europe, average one for every day
in the year. He says: "Some days
we had as high as three or four
such causaltIes. If 4 stranger kills
himself his body is dragged away,
the blood cleansed from tho floor,
and tho game goes on. l have
heard players mutter curses at a
corpse for having interrupted their
series or confused their system.
If the victim is n stranger, nobody
knows what becomes of the body,
except one of the special police
whose duty it is to conduct such
funerals IN their own mysterious
way. If tho ruined player COOS
out into the grounds before shoot
ing or stabbing himself, or browns
himself in one of the beautiful
fountains, even the players who
sat beside him tho moment before
never learn of his DEATH"
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have peepcd into quiet parlors
where the carpet is clean and not
old, and the furniture polished and
bright; into rooms where the chairs
arc neat and the floor carpetlessj
into kitchens where the family live
and the meals are cooked and
eaten, and the boys and girls are
as blithe as the sparrows IN the
thatch overhead; and l SEQ that it
is not so much wealth and learning
nor servants, nor toll, por dleness,
nor town, nor coy, nor station as
tone and temper that render homes
happy or wretched. And L see too,
that in town or country good sense
and Gods GRACE make life what no
teachers or accomplishments, or
means of society, can make 1.-THE
opening state of an everlasting
psalm; tho fair beginning of an
endless existence; the goodly,
modest, well-proportioned vcsti-
bule to a temple of Gods building
that shall never decay, wax old, or
vanish away.-Dr. John Hall.
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OBJECTIONS TO ooRN-FBD BACON

In some remarks made before
the commute of the County Cork
Agricultural society, Mr.. Summer,
OF Cork, who is the manager of the
extensive haconcuring works of
Messrs. Lanham Brothers of that
city, dwelt with considerable en-
phasis on the undcrsirahlity of
fat bacon, and especially of that
fattencd on corn. lie condemned
tho practice OF some of the Irish
feeders of American corn, saying
that if they wanted corn-fed pork.
american is quite good enough"
as the fact of corn being fed in
Ireland did not improve tho quail
ity of the bacon. Said he: Fat
bacon is becoming more and more
objectIonable,and iftho bacon trade
is to continue 10 our country as u
source of profit, corn-fed pigs must
cease" He also SAID that n lead
ing member ofthe provision trade
in Hamburg said TO him last sum-
mer that "our bacon has dcterioat-
ed considerably since our farmers
commenced feeding their pigs on
Indian corn, the meat being too tat
and oily" All this Is in accord
with the growing sentiment and
taste on this side of the Atlantic,
that we want moro lean meat and
less fat in our pigs. We must stop
feeding so much corn to our pigs,
and give them n chance at clover
and other more heterogeneous and
matchmaking foods. The writer
referred to recommended the feed
ing of barley meal, pea meal,
crushed oats, and potatoes, with
mill stuffs and tallings. "Any OF
the first" said he, augmented
with the second, will produce pork
no country need be ashamed of,
and such as will hold its own
against all competition" He also
recommended the use of milk with
the feeds named. Is there not a
hint here TO our pork-raiscrs? We
have run to corn and fat pork until
we have disguised the palate Of
two continents. Is it not time 10
halt and see if we cannot throw q
little real meat with our bundles
of fat? No matter if there should
happen to be q little less material
for the use of the counterfeit butter
makers.-National Live Stock
Innrnnl
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The Requfy Of the Bible, even. is
its simplicity.

In pr9er TINT our town may have the best
s SSSas iP aRs EsR s g 9S I'll 4c feF
English Prescriptions, among which is
AckeF's Dyspepsia Tablets. They act upon
the system EheA suffering with pySpepsia,
lad breath, sour stomach, ? 'tHienGY, heart,
burn, &c, &c, with wonderful certainty,
hOnca they guarantee them to cure always,
or will refund the money.
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Farm and Home.


N1-1A@ " eAAeH-s
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Whom / took exceptions 10 the
statement in Texas Farm and
Ranch "that Wyandotte chicks
weighed two pounds at eight
weeks" l did not explain my
meaning exactly. The statement
as made led tho novice to expect
two-pound birds at eight weeks as
an average, which l still contend
is not possible with any breed,
though gladly retract my assor-
ton that any breed could not be
made to reach that weight at the
age given. Proper care and feed
will stimulate the growth of chicks,
and one will find every sason
small number among the broods
that will far outstrip the rest in
weight, and 1 have no doubt but
that the Wyandottes will furnish
some of these exceptional chicks,
and l know tho Langshans will
from experience. l referred the
article TO an Ohio breeder of
Wyandottos with whom / dealt
this season, and he wrote me that
he had just killed four cockerels
of that breed that weighed from
one TO two and one-fourth pounds
at eleven weeks, the average being
one and one-half pounds. These
chicks were fed from three to six
times per day, and had unlimited
range. This | think backs up my
opinion as to the weight claimed in
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Mr.. Eley's plan of treating dis
cases, as given in the last issue, is
a good one, but say what you will,
the hatchot and spade remedy can
never be popular, especially with
those handling fowls worth from
50 to $40 each. Experiments with
various remedies can do no harm,
and we may yet find cure for the
terror of the poultry yard-cholera.
Cleanliness is a great preventive,
but it won't win every time, unless
your neighbor will practice 1t too
This knew from experience.
would ask that Mr.. Eley give
his method of feeding, kinds Of
feed, etc. l have found one part
cornmeal and two parts wheat bran
an excellent feed for young and
old fowls-feed it exclusively to
my carly chicks until they can cat
corn and oats, and to my old fowls
for the morning feed the year
round. mix is with boiling water,
but cool before feeding in warm
weather.
trust our Texas breeders will
be in force at the Texas State FAIR,
but don't feel that l can make any
entries just now, as l am depend.
ing on a limited number of May
and June chicks, and though they
are "Black Diamonds" and "Pog-
nonock" birds, the disqualIfying
clauses may compel me to leave
them at home.
A. J. MILLER.
D.rperrnrp Toxyao
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FROM 115 LBS. TO 1851 LBS,
To the CuticuTa Remedies l owe My
Health, My Happiness and
My Life.

lay never passes that dp moi think and
speak kindly Of the CuticuEl Remedies, Seven
years NJ" all Of a doz"n humps formed On my
neck, rInCin" in size from q cherry stone 10 IN
orange. The large ONES were GrighlluI foln"k AZ.
and painful Ia bcar; prl,lr turned aside when
they saw me. in disgust. and ! wls ashamed in
he nn the street or in s"ri,iy. Physicians and
their treatment. aud all medicine, failed To ln
any gond. In a moment uf despair tried the
Cuticura Remcdi"S-Cuilcura, the great skin
Cure, AMI CulicurI soap, an exquisite skin
Beautilicr, externally. and Cuticura Ecsolvcnt,
the new Blood Purifier, internally : the small
jumps las call lhcml gradually disappeared,
and the large ones broke, in about two weeks,
discharging large quantities Of matter, leaving
two slight sears in my neck to-day to tell the
story Of my suffering My weight was then one
hundTe'l and fifteen sickly pounds my weight
now is one hundred and .iNty-Our solid, healthy
pOunl4, AMI my height Is only five feet live
inches. In my travels | praised III" tuiirura
Remedies North, South. Ea-l, .i;ui -" est. l..
Cuticurl EcInriic- owe my health, nv hauri-
nsSs and my life y prominent Jew YORK
druggist asked N" the ntht idy. '' nu you ,'il
use the tulicu"a Rcmc'ioS; yuu Look Ia he in
pcrfrct health 2 - NJ rrply WIS. e do and
shall ALWAYS have hcNCr Known what sick.
ness Is since commenced using the Cuticura
Remedies Sometimes I am laughed n hy
prai-tng Them 10 people moi acquainted Win
their merits. hut sooner or later they will come
tn their sense, ami believe the same ~ thu-c that
use them, Is dozens have whom / have told
Nav the time come when there shall l'r larg"
Culictiys Supply House in every city in tn,
world for the benefit Of humanity, where the
Culirura Remedies shall lee sold only, 50 there
will be rarely a need Of 'vcr rnic,ims: drug
store II. HUSBANDS.
30 Fulton It New York, y. Y.
Cuiicrlra Remedies are Il positive cure for every
form of skin and Flood Diseases, from rinrplc,
To SrrufIla. Sold everywhere. rricr Cuticura
~ cents soap, - cents; Rcsulvcni, 81. Ere
uarcl nv the Potter Drug and Chemical Co.
Iiustnn, Mass. Send for ''llOw 10 Cure Skin
DiscaSes:'
Send for How TO Cure skin Diseases -
DIkHrLES, Elackhcads, skin Elcmishcs.
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NuE WORLD WITHOUT SUGAR.


e1as Farm ana hanch.
Has any housewife ever realized
the alarming condition OF cookery
in tho bcnighted generations be-
fore the invention of sugar? 1t is
really almost too appalling to
think about, So many things we
now look upon us all but nccessa-
ries-cakcs, puddings, made dishes,
confectionery, preserves, sweet
biscuits, jellIes, cooked fruits, tarts,
ctc-werc then practically impos-
sible. Fancy nowadays to live II
single day without sugar no tea,
no coffee, no jam, no cake, no
sweets, no hot toddics before one
goes to bed the bare idea of 1t is
too terrible. And yet that was
really the abject condition of all
the civilized world up TO the mid
die of the Middle Ages. Horacc's
punch was sugarless the gentle
Virgil never tasted the congenial
cup of afternoon tea and Socrates
went from his cradle to his grave
without ever knowing the flavor of
peppermint bulls eyes. How the
children spent their Saturdays or
their weekly holidays, is Il pro-
found mystery. To be sure, peo-
pie made honey it can never have
filled ono-quarter the place that
sugar fills in our modern atfec-
tons. Try for a moment TO real
ize drinking honey with whIskey
and water, or doing the years pre-
serving with pot of Narborine,
and get at once common measure
of the difference between the two
as practical swcctcners. Nova
days we get sugar from cane and
beet root IN abundance, while su-
gar, maple and palm trees of va
rious sorts afford 4 considerable
supply to remoter countries. But
the childhood of the little Greeks
and Romans must have been abso.
lutely unlighted by single ray OF
Joy from chocolate creams or Ever,
ton taffy. The consequence of this
excessive production of sweets in
modern times is, of course, that we
have begun to distrust the indica-
lions afforded us by the sense OF
taste in this particular and to the
whoIesomeness of the various OBJ
| ipcts.
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make porous plaster having like the medicinal
qualities Ol licusnn's, the camp followers of the
profession produce tons OF
worthless plasters, aud give them names which
resemble in print that uf the "suuiI = aud, when
carclessly spHksn, sugnd like It, For example,
Cheap John druggists Will uirr You trash vari-
scicine" or "Capucin'' Uiasters, prrllccd some
times with The name ''Bcntun's'' or Bur
ton's.' We earnestly caution the public
against the whole tribe Of them. They a.r absu-
luteIy u5Gls45 is remedies Tor disease. To be
sure they cheap, hut plain muslin Is cheaper
and lust a. eiliCaCiuUs Ask for Ben 5un s. watch
the spelling, and look for the Three Seals
trade mark, and the word ''Iapcluc, - which is
,.,,t In - al the vtsutsfu,
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PALESTINE, Texas.
THE KITCHEN.

Never let the tea boil.
Tepid milk and water cleans oil
cloth without soap.
Bread and cake should be kept
in o tin box or stone jar.
Sprinkle sassafras bark among
dried fruit TO keep out worms.
If your fruit pies boil over, roll
up a small tube ofwhfte paper and
and insert it in the hole in the up
per crust. Tho joice will boil up
in this, and not run over into the
oven. .rF
Earthenware-To prevent crack
ing.--Before using new earthen-
ware, place in boiler with cold
water, and heat gradually till it
boiIs; then let it remain till the
water Is cold. 1t will not be IIa-
BILE 10 crack if treated IN this man.
ner.
Lemon Cream Pie.-The, Juice
and grated rind of one lemon, one
cup of sugar, the yolks of two eggs,
three tablespooniuls ofsifted flour,
and rich milk enough to fill your
plate or pan. This makes a large
pie, and should be made with an
under crust only. Bake until near
ly done, then take it from the oven
and spread over 1t the beaten
whites of two eggs, with two table
spoonfuIs Of powdered sugar. Set
back in tho oven until brown. Eat
cool or quito cold.
Amber Pudding.-Peel and cut
up about eight apples, and STIR
them over the fire with four ounces
OF butter, thojuice and peelrof one
lemon; when the apples arc quite
soft, mash them up or put them
through a seive; STIR IN four yolks
of eggs, and bake IN a pIe-dish
which is edged with paste. When
done, put the whipped whites on
tho top, and return 1t to the oven
till it Is nicely Drowned.
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The cable told several days ago
how Gladstone in the House of Par
Lament went up and shook hands
with Chamberlain. 1t was taken
as proof that the friendship be-
tween the two men was unbroken.
Later news pnts now Interprcta-
ton upon the act. Says Edmund
Yates IN tho London World :
"Gladstonc shook hands with him
IN the coolest, drlest, stiffest man,
ncr possible. lie did it, in fact,
because he could not help doing 1t,
nut 1t was performed in such a way
as to convey to all who saw ii that
the personal relations of the two
men were very strained"
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If indigestion, constipation AMI biIiopsRess
torment Che body, the head cannot be q ear.
Thess disorders react upon the brain most
llurtfuliy. and produce cloudiness in the
organ Of thought not experienced by a
ing maiadies may Be entirely dispelled by
that peerless Alternative, HostGtteTs Stomach
Bitters, which cheers, refrcsites and inyiGp-
rates the brain and nerves, while it regulates
the organs of digestion, assimilation and bill
ious secretion. 1t expels the morbid humors
which poison the system through the bowels
and urinary passages, and cXGrts a powerful
invigorating influence ~ eel. Its cathart'c
action is never irritating, violent. or R...niil,
but even, natural and progressive. As an
appetizer and promoter Of sleep. the Bitters
is nnrivalled; it mitigGtes the inirmities OF
age, relieves the ailments pec4iiaF 10 the
rcntler sex, arrests premature decay, and
builds up IN enfcebled physique.
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If one COW will give rs much
milk and make rs much butter and
cheese - would two more com
mon cows, better pay two prices
Tor the one good cow, the extra
cost will soon be saved IN the feed,
TO say nothing of the extra trouble
of caring for two animals instead
of one.
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The Fronch statistics just pub
Iishcd contain alarming informa-
ton of the increase of CRIME among
children of both sexes. The
decentralization OF the young idea
has evidently reached a point in
Franco which demands the serious
attention of all interested in the
future welfare in the country.