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The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16

The establishment of q great cat tie ranch in Old Mexico, of which mention was made in yesterday s Gl0be-DemOcrat, may now be re- garded as an accomplished fact The land intended for the purpose lies in the State of Chihuahua, and is within the twenty-league limit, the so-called Free Zone" Within this zope the laws are especially favorable to foreigners, iaf|s under lre-, cent acts of the Mexican Congress Americans owning property within this zone are allowed all the rights and privileges of Mexican citizens, without in any way forteiting their American citizenship, or giving up the protection of their own govern ment. The gentlemen interested in the formation of the new cattle syn dicate held meeting at the Mer- chants National Bank yesterday afteruoon, and while all matters were not completely arranged in re- gard to the purchase of the land, there is no question that the pur- chase will be made. The final ar engagements will in all probability be completed to-day and the com pany organized. The tract which will be purchased by the syndicate is immense in extent, comprising one million and a quarter acres, with abundance of grass and water, and near the railroad. The com panv will be one of the largest ever formed for the purpose of cattle raising, the land alone costing more than half a million of dollars Many of those interested are cattle men of large experience, and as they control ample means no expense will be spared, it is said, in stock ing and equipping the ranch. A part of the plan is toput on a num- Der of blooded cattle, so as to i'm prove the breed over the common, and raise finer and heavier grade of cattle than are usually found in the southwestern cattle country. As soon as the company is organ ized the purchase of cattle and DO nies will be made, and within few months the company will be in full operation.-Globe-Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16

A CaIadian paper is authority for the ita[cment that a COW up there ha- gen birth to seven calves in 700 .cias and eleven calves at five births. That the weight of the herd-cow and caIves-is now over five tols. I.i=three years time, she has prcdaq4d 0Nerfour tons of beef and val, andIeXpects to increase this reOrd othis month. Who can beat ths feeQrd2
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16
,e prgsi1tf Courier savs 2 Nh

The Pfsstatt Courier says NIT. Powell, of E5s Angeles, California, is purcRagiig beef cattle in South ern Arfzo5a, which leads Us to re- mark tl1a Afizona is now furnish ing California with most of her beef and that lhig fact proves that some correspon3ents of eastern papers who cafF this ( desert country are tripped bp in their lies by this one
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16
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The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16

enough of the staple is produced for home consumption. In this res pect, however. we are like all Eu- ropean countries, with the possible exception of Russia. - Jackson (Mich.) Patriot.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16

The Albuquerque Democrat says
 a movement has just been inaugu- rated for the establishment of beef packing works at Albuquerque, and
 every business man will concede at once, without any argument, that this is t move in the right direc- ton. An enterprise of this char acter once started, though even on
 a small scale, will soon assume large proportions, and will mark Albuquerque for all time as the beef market of the southwest-and the, southwest is destined to be re- eognized before many years as the great beef producing region of the
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16
A SnnrIIL h6ilntr q

A Scoff0 c6unty cattlcman re- centlyshiPpsd five ear loads of fine beevcsto the K 35afngas City markets, and ater pay4hg railroad freights, stock yard GRa iE34 ifgeba, feed, commis- sions. etc.j had just Seven dollars aheatleft for h is cattle, The con sume pays too much for his meat, the roducer is not paid enough, and would be. to t4re advantage of bothf the leeches between the two couI, be boupeff&diTSocorro Chief tain. L....
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16

most improved plans, and protect ing the interests of all shippers will de provided. Let their motto be, down with the grinding monopolies and pooling.-Inter-Republics.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16

An oil as3ageasans the time to buy i when pgicesiure low There is truth andisoinmon sense in it. Stock cattlofare fcry low all over the Iau4qIcouitfy. Eastern capi- talists are takng advantage of these things anaJhaking heavy invest merts Hae'tilc)'and ranch lands. Hal, .astnt .6f Gray, who owned large prppaiiesin in New Mexico and Arizopa,, ebie just sold out to Chi .cag2 fpuseasersJ Maa1N stocksnof eFHis )aEaf hanging hqu(lsGi 0this stctienaoElIP Pa$o is crowded with pospeetels in search of this class q iHEestnents.-Iutcr-Rc
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16
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The project for building new and
 extensive stock yards at St. Louis is taking tangible shape. The h. ternational Range Association it seems has gone to work with ener- gy. They have interested capital ists of St, Louis and the east in the enterprise, bought 200 so,ff land, applied for d charter and are ready to begin work. They claim te have ample capital, the officers will be men of known business qualifea- tions and integrity. Every conven. fence for handling stock upon the
The St. Johns herald., 1886-12-16

exception of Russia. - Jackson | (NIich.) Patriot.
 The following extract from one
 of Pony Bills epistles, is good for
 "punchers" reading, and if acted upon would help pay some of the
 printers bills. Read it and send in your subscriptions at once: You know times are not as they used to was. Range conditions and range management are changing. Stockmen have had a sorry season ot it; what with short grass in Lsome sections, few fat beeves, low markets, labor strikes in packing houses, railroads and stock-yards, pleuro-pneumonia, grangers crowd ing the range, and all the east try ing to kick the bottom out of the live stock business. Then irrespon- sible newspaper tramps are writing lying articles to hurt stOckmen, cowboys and the range industry, simply because they are envious and would like to get as much cap ital out of live stock as possible, and sink it in some ioint-stock humbug scheme or other of their own get up.
 With all these things to stand up under, stockmen are cutting down expenses and reducing wages.
 It is harder for a cowboy to get to the front now than years ago when there was plenty of free range and wages were high and cattle cheap. But for the right sort of a chap there is still room at the front.
 It is not enough now for man to know how to run cattle on the range and move them over the trail from one oountry to mnthrroa aiid plaes ! thenlat destination. iaI gsodIcoadis ton withoutfhaterlaLloss. fThersisq, lots of other things besides these first essential points that go along with the cow business now. And where will a fellow get posted on these new fangled rackets?
 I answer in live stock papers. There aren't a settlement of gran gers, tow-headed kids and yaller dogs in the west but rolls up a big ger subscription for their Punk ingtown Bugles" than any live stock paper gets.
 The live stock papers are making a brave fightagainst the big mOnop- olies that are squeezing down on the range business. It's the high rates of railroads and low price the Chi cago nabCbs grudge out for beeves that is putting so many cowboys out of jcbs, and causing cowmen to cut down grub bills and shut off every expense they can. If they don't they'll bust, and no sensible man wants to go busted, not in winter, anyhow.
 If times were plumb good stock men wouldn't have to be so tight with money. You know when times were good we punchers ate good fat beef and the best chuck the cnOk could get anywhere.
 Now we exist on sOwbelly. What is the cause of all this? Tight times for stockmen. What makes times tight? Chicago mOnOpolies. How are we to give monopolies a black eye? By live stock papers and united action.
 Now, see here, boys, four or five dollars spent by each one of you in subscribing for live stock papers will roll up a big contribution to- wards helping fight for better times. To read the papers will do you no harm, and you'll catch on to many thing necessary to know. You won't miss the money. I've seen every darn one of you blnk up against a counter and srend that much before you let up.
 Give us your Felr m this 5ght and see if thoa5 mOnOps afHp't fpona I 4 1 .rs.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30
A Valuable Plant.

DIR. Brandes, aphysician at Hitzackes,
Hanover, has written an article in a Ger
man medical paper, In which he demon
strates the valuable properties of the ma
charts alsinastrum, a water plant which
has hitherto been considered as an un-
mitigated plague, choking up rivers and
altogether useless. DIR. Brandes has re-
marked that in the district where he
lives, and where malaria and diarrhpa
yearly appeared in a sporadic or epidemic
form, these diseases have gradually de-
creased since the anacharis alsinastrum
began to infest the neighboring rivers
and marshes, and since four years have
totally disappeared. The above-named
water plant nourishes itself on decayed
vegetable matter, and grows with in.
credible rapidity. It thus destroys the
germs which produce malaria and diar-
rhpa: and besides, its presences obliges
the frequent cleansing Of standing
waters, a measure beneficial to health.
DR.. Brandes therefore proposes that the
experiment should be tried OF planting
the anachsris alsinastrum in marshy. dis.
tricts. e is also useful in protecting the
young of fish, and affords an excellent
fertilizer. The plant came originally
from Canada, whence it was brought to
England, and thence to Germany about
1910. In North Germany it rapidly spread
far and wide, and this year appeared in
all parts in unusual luxuriance.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30
Chicago characteristics.

A Chicago letter to the Louisville
C0u'7er-JoWrndt says: This is a great
city. One naturally gets that impression
as he passes through the suburbs COMING
in. and he realizes that the impression IS
q fact when he stands with his hands in
MS pocket on q street corner and watches
the procession trot rapidly by. No gen.
ulne stamped and trade-marked C6ica-
goan ever walks; he leaves his business
mousse In a canter, which increases To a
brisk trot before he reaches the Mace
where ne grabs and bolts his lunch. and
for a change, this order is reversed on
the home street.-The trots into the bust
ness house. If you corral him with
a question and break his oait
ne scowls, swings his arms
ready for q start, and, as he gets under
neadWay, splits out spitefully: ask
that policeman and is ont of SIGHT.
You ask the copper and he don't know:
the amount of ignorance contained in
n OF these guardians of the law is as
tonlshing. One of them could not To-
cate the Palmer Hou Q or the Western
Union Office because it's not on nv
bate, yer know" The average native
Chlcagoan is as selfish as the hog he
butchers. and has just about as much ac-
commodation about him. OF course
there are exceptions, but they are like
the oasis in the desert-few and far be-
tween; but there is no g~ainsaying the
TACT that this is q business town from the
word go.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30

all along the coast. Peru has been a
great sufferer, Callao being destroyed in
1886 by a shock and a sea-wave ninety
feet high, and again being overwhelmed
in 1746, while africa suffered much in
August, 1868, from a great earthquake
wave which extended to all the shores of
the Pacific. In Chill in 1922 occurred
an earthquake in which were noticed the
remarkable twisting effects, and 100, 600
square miles of land were permanently
raised from two to seven feet. At mid
night of February 90, 1885, the city of
Conception was for the fourth time de-
stroyed by an earthquake; 800 shocks
were felt within two weeks; there was a
sea-wave thirty feet high; and a subma-
rine volcano near Juan Fernandez IslaEd
sent up q column of fiery ejecta through
a depth of 500 feet of water. I nApril,
1862, there was a great earthquake ex-
tend ng throughout the southern part of
South America, destroying ~, 900 per-
sons in Buenos Ayres.-NeD York 1rib-
une.
The most recent disturbance in the
United States, the upheaval east of the
Mississippi River and the partial destrue-
ton of Charleston, S. c., are SO fresh in
the public mind as to require no detailed
description.-ED.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30
"Why I mean this: wasn't it easis4 to

"Why, I mean this: wasn't it easieA to
make your confession by telephone, and
ask my forgiveness by telephone, than it
would have been standing face to face
with me? Wouldn't you say that it
would be easier, Glenn2" she continued,
as he came up.
II haven't made any confession, or
asked your forgiveness by telephone, or
in any other way" Betty declared.
"Whatm cried Helly, ''you haven't
confessed by telephone! Who did, then2
Somebody did,"
Glenn was smiling with q comprehen-
sion of the situation. 81 was the peni-
tent" he explained.
'sWss that you, Glenn?" Helly said,
her face SOLDERING at the revelation.
''The voice didn't sound at all like
yours"
"Well, as to that, l suppose a person
uses a higher pitch of voice thau natural
in speaking by telephone. Beside. you
haven't heard my telephone tones enough
to be familiar with them"
$50 you hadn't made any adyances2",
Helly said to Betty.
"Not an advance" Betty laughed.
"And I've gone and invited you to my
house to stay forever!" Helly said.
stTm so glad I don't know what to do,
for I was wishing to make up. And
though didn't ask your forgiveness by
telephone, I have asked it by this note,
which | meant to send you by Glenn"
Betty drew a scrap of paper from her
pocket, and handed it to Helly, saying:
my bond to keep the peace with you"
-Kouth's Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30
How Birds Fly.

In a paper recently read before the
American Association for the Advance.
ment of Science at Buffalo, /. Lancaster
gave some insight into the means by
which soaring birds keep themselves sus-
pended motionless in mid-air. He spent
five years on the Gulf coast of Florida
observing the fight of birds. His
method was to assume a dress painted to
resemble a pine bough, and taking up
his position in a tree top watch the birds
for hours together. This is n of the
things he saw:
The gannet, when a tree top near their
breeding places was occupied, would
float within a foot of my face as rigidly
lmmovable as a board. They have
alighted On my head with their toes in
my mouth. They would weigh as much
as eight pounds, with about four or five
square feet of wing surface. A stiff
breeze was required to float them if they
in n place. They seemed to
sleep, as their eyes were closed for an
hour at a time. They were in a position
perfect equilibrium. [ have gently
pushed them with a stick in various d.
rections while they were thus balanced.
and any effort at all would move them in
any direction until they would waken,
they were not long in doing. The
P 2sition of the wings of all birds while
IN the act OF soaring was on an incline,
highest in front. The heavier the bird
the more the inclination. These gan
nets would float at an angle of about
fifteen degrees with the horizontal. The
birds at very low inclination, Of
'en seemingly nearly level, but all birds
the power of varying their inclines
o suit their purposes.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30

A peculiar accident recently occurred
in Goxlodge eolliery, near Newcastle, in
England. The ''back shift men, to the
number Of about d hundred, after having
descended the shaft, were riding on tubs
drawn BY q wire rope, which was kept in
position by stsheayes" hanging from the
roof. These revolving sheaves are OF
metal, and about three feet in circum-
ference. The rope is worked by the en-
gines above ground, and is connected
with the first Of d line of tubs, and so
hanls the tubs along to the vicinity of
the 'face.o, Of the coal, where the men
wBfk. IA string of fifty tubs was in
motionss over thirty of which contained
three men each, In a sitting posture, when
one of the shcaves under which the tubs
were passing broke from its place in the
roof, and cam in contact with the heads
of the men sitting in the tubs, which
were going along with considerable
speed. An a'arm wassraiscd, but before
II could be responded to the tubs had
200 yards furtheron. Thirteen of
the meh receieed injuries Of a grave
about the head and face, and
seven Or eight others sustained hurts OF
D minor nature
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30

Engineers pronounce the project Oh
tapping Niagara River by means Of a
canal entirely practicable, and experts
have declared that not elsewhere within
the known world are there such natural
advantages for the creation of a gigantic
water-power, and that it can be delivered
at Lockport to the extent of 800, 00G
horse power, if so much shall be wanted,
at a minimum Of expense. Lake Erie
and all the great upper lakes would be
the mill pond for this power, the Mag,
ara River the head race and Lake Ontario
its tail race. The supply of water can
never be diminished by drouth; no spring
floods nor freshets will tear away the
dams, for there will be no dams. The
supply oil water will be uniform, unin.
terrupted and practically unlimited. Al
the ordinary capitalized value of a horse
power this would add about $500, 000,.
900 to the material resources of the
country.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30
Curiosities OF the Number Seven.

CuriOSities OF the Number Seven.
The frequent recurrence of the humble
seven in the Bible seems, says the Gin
cinnati Inquirsr, to indicate that Their
are associated with it certain events, tina
it may be termed the prophetic, repre-
sentative symbolic number consecratec
in the holy scriptures and the religion o.
the Jews and other nations, by many
mysterious events and circumstances.
The old testament informs us that Goo
completed the work of creation in sever
days an set apart the seventh day to bt
a day of rest for all mankind.
The slayer of Abel was to be punished
seven-fold and the slayer of Lamech sew.
enty and seven-fold.
Of every clean beast Noah took into
tho ark by seveus and took with him
seven souls when he entered the AK.
After seven days the waters were upon
the face of the earth. The intervals be-
tween sending out the dove the second
and third times were seven days, and in
the seventh month the ark rested on the
mountains of Ararat.
In Pharaoh's two dreams he saw seven
well-favored and fat kline and seven ILL
favored and lean kline and seven ears of
corn on n stalk, rank and good, and
seven ears blasted by the east wind,
which was followed with seven years of
great plenty and seven years of famine.
The children of Israel were COM
manded to eat unleavened bread seven
days and to observe the feast of I'M
leavened bread; seven days shall there
be no leaven bread found in your houses.
The seventh month was signalized by
the feast of trumpets and the celebration
of the feast of ~tabernacles.
Seven weeks was the interval between
the passover and the pentecost.
The seventh year was observed as the
Sabbatical year, and the year succeeding
seven times seven years as the year of
jubilee.
Seven days were appointed as the
length of the feasts of t~abernacles and
passover.
Seven days for the ceremonies of the
conservation of the priests.
Seven victims were to be offered on
any special occasion.
When Abraham and Abimelech wanted
to confirm an oath they took seven eve
lambs of the flock.
Jacob served Laban seven years for
each Of his daughters.
Delilah bound Samson with seven green
withes and wove the seven locks OF his
hair in the web.
Seven priests, bearing seven trumpets,
passed round the walls of jericho seven
days, on the seventh day passing around
seven times, and it fell.
Nebuchadnezzar had the furnace heated
sever times hotter than it was wont to
be heated to burn the three Hebrew chill
dren, and was driven from among men
to the beasts of the field until seven times
passed over him.
Elisha commanded Naaman to washin
Jordan seven times and be cured of his
1eprosy.
The sluggard is wiser in his own con-
ceit than seven men who can render q
reason.
In the new testament the Saviour COM
manded TO forgive an erring brother not
until seven times, but seventy times
seven if he repented.
In Revelations of St. John we read of
seven churches, seven spirits, seven stars,
seven seals, seven lamps, seven golden
candlestlcks, seven angels, seven walls
and seven last plaques.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30
a New Disease Among children.

Professor Lemaistre, of Limoges, de-
scribes d new disease which is at the
present time quite prevalent among the
school ehildrea of France. It is known
among the common people as perieche,
and Is contagious. 1t consists in an
abrasion in tue corners of the mouth
which become little ulcers and sometimes
bleed; it lasts from two to four weeks.
The des eription given of it corresponds
to what is commonly called In this coun
try d cold Sore or fever blister. Y In
the sore Iemaistre has found a microbe
which he calls strcptococcuN plicatilis.
These have been found i'm drinking water,
and it Is surmised that they Nave been
transferred to the lips of 4 person.
thence 30 the edge Of a cup, and thus
all who used the cup became affected.
Professor Leinaistre has examined the
800 children who attend the thirty
two schools of Limoges, and has found
312, or q in seventeen, affected with
the disease. Although Professor Ie-
maistre il connected with the Ecole de.
Medicine, of Limoges, his explanation is
20 biz accepted with q good deal Of eau
tion. It Is hardly probable that d new
disease has been discovered, or that It'll
method OF propagation can be SO easily
explainel The difficulties surrounding
the demonstration Of the connection be-
tive a microbes and the disease are so
greet, and the men competent ! b trace
tho various steps In the process so few.
that ne shall feel compelled TO wait for
further evidence before we accept pey-
ledhe as / new disease. and this variety
Of s-tTept0eoccus as its germ. -Scienes.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-30
The Latest JeWelry Craze.

The newest and latest jewelry craze
h@s reached Philadelphia. 1t is a Gu
rious little porte bonheur, said to be more
efficacious in commanding fortune than
even the horseshoe of the fathers. 1t is
said to have originated in Egypt in the
years when the pyramids were young,
and bears the original name of Oudja,
which signifies happiness tempered with
good luck. 1t is in the form of a thin,
Hat, oblong of metal intaglio. and bear
ing the eye of the Sun-god Horus, from
which a tear-drop falls, intended to rep
resent the mysterious origin of the river
Nile. The Pharaohs regarded it as a tails
man, capable of warding off adversely as
we'll as of promoting prosperity, and it
is found sculptured on the rocks, cut on
pillars, and engraved on mummy cases.
In London this new charm is becoming
quite the rage, ordinary Juror being
stimulated by the curious history said to
have attended its introduction into Eng,
land and modern civilization.
The fair young wife of gallant officer
in the Guards received one from her hus-
band fighting in the Soudan with the
legend: "This is the charm which pro- |
tected the c~ultivators of ancient Egypt |
against misfortune; may it act likewise |
in your favor and insure brilliant DAYS
for your future" A report came soon
after that the guardsman had fallen a
victim to duty and honor. But the
yo ng wife had conceived a superior
faith in her Oudia andrefused to believe, |
published official news of his
death. An extraordinary escape and
unexpected return of the officer has been
accredited to the protecting influence of
Egyptian talisman, and in fashion
circles the Oudja is speedily becom-
ing all the wear.-Phladelphio Times.