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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-31
Another Reprieve For Patterson.

LOUISVILLE, May 23-William Patter-
son, who was to hang May Is, under ex-
piration Of the Governors ninety-day
respite, has received a second repr.eve un-
til June %
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
A Remarkable Jumper.

William Byrd Page, of the Manhattan
Athletic Club, has at last achieved the
height Of his ambition At the recent
annual games of the Stourbrhlge (England)
Athletic Club in the running high jump
he made a record of 6 feet 314 inches,
clearing the bar easily in his first trial at
that height. The previous highest amateur
record IN the world was 6 feet 2sa inches,
made by P. DAWN, at Carrick-on-Suer, Ire
land, July S, 1880, and the best English anna
teur record was 6 feet 90 inches, by NJ. J..
Brooks, of Oxford University, at Little
Bridge Grounds, London, April z, 1876.
DAWN is a man of more than average height,
while Brooks was Titan of feet 2 inches,
and both were of mature age and growth.
Page is Lad of 40 pounds weight, 2115
years of age, and 5 feet 81 inches in height.
That so small and young a lad should
achieve worlds record in a game rcquir-
ing such combined strength and skill is lit
tie short of marvellous.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
a Voice From Florida.

In the region of Tampa Bay we have
rainy spell. but as we are high above.
and so near the sea, there is no danger
of flooding" Our winter is 'oonsid-
cred past, and has left no traces of
frost, all kinds of vegetables having
tfiourished. as was natural. consider
ing the poor soil and the little atten-
:ion usually paid them. We plant or
set, and If they don't make we go
fishing or work OUT 10 make up the
deficit. Our orange crop was light.
but prices were good. The prospect
is good for q large crop for 1888;
trees are in bloom and in fine .eondi-
4ion. Our tourist travel was for atime
a complete failure. perhaps owing to
the ...yellow-feyer scare which pre-
vailed through the fall Tampa is.
nevertheless pushing dead ahead and
preparing to build a magaiieenthoteL
while adding several more large cigar
aanufacio cries, and looking for the
construction of several new railroads
to her great waters. But perhaps
yourreaders would be more interested
withsa recital of agricultural m alters
I feel that there is little to be said on
this subject sil ce we have made but
triiing efforts in this line outside of
grove-Miaking. There is evidence
enough to support the conclusion .that
were the suitable lands selected. the
PROF err methods applied. and the great
staple crop planted, All intelligent, i'm.
dustrious man might make a sur.
prising competency. Rice usually,
Yields thirty to ffty bushels per
acre. sweet potatoes two to four hum
dred bushels. sugar cane two to three
hundred gallons of sirup. worth fifty
cents per gallon. per acre. Now the
vegetables usually grown for market
purposes woa,d vie.d as well on the
farm / have ii, my minds eye as al
most anywhere. and Sometimes prices
aud returns would be wonderful; but
right here, in justice to the reader, i
must drop the. curtain figures do lie
aad fheories fail / propose, to ex-
pain nothing. but to try another way
OF making a living in Florida than
rnarketgardening or orange-growing.
Making a living at home is the neso
idea. All! but it is really o new idea;
Ii is q new idea for the whole South. and
1t is passing strange that it should
be: it is ridiculous that it has not
been practieed in the past But it is
never too Late to learn to do good.
and ..belter late than never Land
that man eau live on and .farG
under these skies. is worth all il will
ever cost. 1t is often said here among
our cracker" peorle. that if a man
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
The Cotton Situation in Mississippi
and Louisiana.

JAS. S. Rich ardson, the most extern
sive planter in the country, and who
owns immense plantations in Missis-
sippl and Louisiana, in letter to a
correspondent at St. Louis, writes OF
the cotton crop as follows: Il have
some cotton planted the first week in
April, and it is just coming up. 1have
some cotton with stalk seven or eight
inches high, with eight or nine leaves
on it, dotted along four or five and six
feet between these stalks, while the
balance of the seed is just sprouting.
This is caused by exceedingly dry
weather. We have had no moisture
to bring the seed up. The land was
broken up wet and we have had dry
weather ever since. AS consequence
the land was cloddy and the cotton
planted in the clods, as VIC had no
rain to melt them and could not wait
for it before planting, when we were
already so far behind. Negroes are
not working well; they are working,
but in don't care sort of way, and
not with a will. Cotton brought a
good price and negroes made money.
and as they did not spend it as fast as
usual, they have some left. and we
can't do any thing with negro with
money. He is Independent. I am
well pleased with our prospects in
Louisiana. Llnd IS in Il very much
better fix than in Mississippi. We
had no crops over there last year on
account of an overflow. We did a
great deal of fall and winter plow-
ing. which made the land in a good
fix for spring planting"
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

-Wetting gray hair to crimp it will
turn it yellow. ~
In using baking powder, one level
teaspoonful is the proper proportion for
each cup of flour.
"A bread-and-waterp oultice is made
by dipping q piece of bread, after the
crust has been removed, into warm
water. Lift it out at once and apply
hot.
Old china needs the greatest care,
both in washing and drying. Too hot
water may crack it. Luke-warm water
and soap are the best things for china,
and it should also be rinsed in luke.
warm water.
For Reaches. Sprinkle borax for
the large reaches or put phosphorus
paste about on bits of glass for the
small red ones, at night only. The
borax is perfectly safe and can remain
all day where there are children.
-Molasses Drops. One cup of mo-
lasses, one cup of brown sugar, one
cup of lard, three eggs, one teaspoon
full of soda. dissolved in boiling water,
five cups of flour, and ginger to flavor.
Mix well, and drop on buttered paper
in pans.
A correspondent writes in the
Scientific Americ an that the worst
toothache or neuralgia, coming from
the teeth, may be speedily and de-
lightfully ended by the application of &
small bit of cotton, saturated in a strong
solution of ammonia, to the defective
tooth.
-Tapioca Cream. two table
spoonfuls of tapioca in little milk al
night; add one quart of boiling milk,
yelks of three eggs, and one-hal1
cupful of sugar. Boil together
add one teaspoonful of vanilla, and
bake. Make meringue of the white:
of three eggs.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

will work two hours a day and make
produce for home consumption lie can
live. An old fellow from Georgia
says: 'If man will work as hard
here as he has to do in that State, he
can make better living" etc. l re.
peat, florida is but little known ex-
cept for the finest oranges in the
world. Hogs, cattle and poultry are
as healthy here as any part of the
world, while food for them can be
grown through every month. This
explains the possibilities for making
a living at home. Cor. Dirie
Farmer .....
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
HERE AND THERE.

1t is claimed by some that the
peach will thrive best when grated on
the plum sleek.
Beauty and ornament add to the
value of farm. A few trees around
the house may sometimes be of more
value than the ground.
An experienced breeder of swine
says that often when hogs are slug.
gish and Indifferent about eating moth.
ing in the world ails them but the
toothache.
Over ten thousand boxes of straw
berries have been grown on an acre
of land, which shows what can be
done with good varieties and excellent
cultivation.
Any body can introduce new va
rieties Of fruit by planting the seed.
though the chances are that but one
variety in a thousand will be worthy
# retention.
The mechanical condition of the
soil has much to do with the growth
Of crops. Lumps, clods and crusts are
draw backs. The harrow and culti-
yator should be used wherever eeded.
1T is better and healthier to let
hens that want to set do so if one has
the convenience. I1 is most natural
for them to take q rest from laying.
The eggs from such hens are more
likely to be fertile.
When many young chicks are
raised on farm. il is best to set out
the ,coops in small colonies rather than
have them all together. The birds
thrive bet er if. the colonies are at
least one hundred feet apart.
A prominent packing frm is au-
thorily for the statement that hogs fed
for lean are worth nine cents. as
against six cents for those fed for fat.
In Germany the demand is largely in
favor of the lean hog.
Kerosene oil will kill all kinds of
insects when used on trees, but the
oil will injure the trees. A small
quantity used in an emulsion may be
sprayed on apple trees. but it will Kill
the peach trees. even when used ON
them IN small quantities.
: The castor oil bean plant makes
an excellent anil beautiful border
along the walks but it is u strong aid
vigorous grower and demands large
proportion of manure. The ,plant is
said to be a protection against some
kinds of insects.
I -Manure is complete plant food BE-
cause it contains all the elements re-
CURED. Comm rcial fertil izers vary
iii composition, and the advantages in
their use is that they enable the farmer
10 select special substances that may
be lacking in the soil.
Watering fower-bed causes tho
grass TO come up, as well rs IN Il 1Wer
seed. Pick The young grass out rs
fast as it shall appear. until the young
flower plants shall have become well
root ii. The Zoe may then be used.
The first cu.tivation-;s the most im2or-i
tant .
Every time a crop is removed the
soil loses the amount of fertility re-,
quired to grow the crop. No soil can,
therefore. produce crops unless it is
provided with food. which should be
in the shape of manure or Fertilizers.
Keeping up the fertility of She soil is
simply feeding the future crop.
Both meadows and pastures re-
quire some looking after during the
spring. If there be bare or weedy
places throw on a little seed. II tn
pasture had been seeded last spring
and Che .'cateh' was not good it
would be good plan to again gooyef
The whole. giving seed as would seem
to be needed.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Living Improvements on the Farm.

The farmer who changes for the bet
ter either plant life or animal life as it
passes from one generation to another
improves vital power that extends
back toward the birth of the planet no
one knows how far and may extend
into the future with all possible im-
provements until no future shall exist.
Atte ntion is invited to that growing
vitality which has developed so large
d airy interest in this country and
Europe from very small beginnings
In the first. second and third decades
of this century Orange County.
N. Y, became famous for its delicious
butter, and by choice selection and
wise exclusion families of native cows
of rare excellence were bred, whose
parental blood had great value. A
statement of an Orange County farmer
lies before the writer, and is believed
to be true. that says, in substance, a
native cow, eight years old, born on
the farm, made three pounds and two
ounces of butter from the milk secret
ed in twenty-four hours and drawn in
two milkings. From March 81 to
April z, 1888 her milk contained
thlrty-three pounds of butter. The art
of putting heap of butter into cows
milk without harm to the mother of
milk is something that farmers may
talk about
The organized elements that form
butter. sugar and cheese are all, or
nearly all, ready for use before di-
gested in the stomach of the
cow The vital energy consumed
i'm changing cotton-seed oil or lin
seed oil in oil cake into butter is small
The expert dairyman or dairymaid
makes her cheese curd before the
milk is formed, using the decom-
pounding and recognizing power OF
Gods sunshine for that purpose. The
study of this industry leads up to both
animal and vegetable physiology.
This study has added about four-fold
to the yield of butter per cow for a
years feeding and milking within the
writer's memory. Valuable cows of
E6C0leHG UlOOu utNc OtCu hiikCa ny
overlooking. Treat nature with more
respect, and do not expect miracle
from either plant life or animal life.
There is usually a little more sugar in
milk than butter, and this sugar ought
to be worth more for human con-
sumption than to feed to pigs in whey
or buttermilk.
But how does an Orange County
farmer put 6S3 pounds OF gilt-edged
butter in cow milk in nine months?
OF course there is plenty OF grass.
sweet, green corn. and as much corn
oil or cotton-seed oil as can be taken
and not faint the product. The cow
that yields three pounds of choice
butter day can hardly be said to eat
butter or drink butter but she does
the next thing to it. She has a deeply
bred taste for rich. fatty .cow-feed-a
preternatural growth which may not
be quite sound or desirable. This
power to form three pounds Of butter
in twenty-four hours is the vital
growth of ten or fifteen generations of
butter cows. It shows the Importance
of physio, ogy to the farmer. MI life
is hereditary. Cor. Southern Cult
UGt0T
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
FLED IN MALE ATTIRE.
Experience of Two Young English Won
en- ConYerta In Nor m ondoms

Experience of Two Young English Wom-
en- Converts in Mormondom.
A woman about twenty years old was
accosted by policeman in the Pennsyl-
vania depot at Jersey City the other after
noon because she appeared to be in men,
tai distress To New York Tribune re-
porter she told the following story:
Her name was Eleanor PASTOR and she
had Just arrived from Salt Lake City
About month ago, she, in company with
seventeen other converts who hal been
secured in Cornwall, Eng, were taken to
Salt Lake City by Elder Bascem. Bascom
already had three wives, the principal Of
whom was one named Hannah. a gray
haired woman. When the elder announced
his Intention of taking to Miss Pastor and
Miss Clegg, her companion, Hannah be.
came jealous and angry. Both the con.
verts objected to remaining in the
elders household and one night they
tied together some clothing and low
cred themselves from window OF the
house. They were discovered in an alley
near the tabernacle by Elder Junius T..
Wells, Mormon, who, Miss PASTOR says,
sides with the Government. He took the
two women to stable and provided them
each with suit of male attire, in order to
facilitate their escape from the city. On
the following morning he took them to the
railroad station and put them on the train.
While they were standing on the plat
form Elder Bascom came up and ask I'd FL
der Wells if he had seen any thing of the
two missing women, not recognizing them
in their new garb. On the train they re-
lated their story to the women passengers,
who provided them with suitable clothing,
while the gentlemen made up a purse for
them. At Omaha Miss Clegg left the train
with a lady who had promised her situa-
ton. Miss Pastor is of bright intellect,
and says she had no idea until she reached
Salt Lake City that Bascom intended ia
marry her.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
Worth Knowing.

That ALLcoCK's Porous PLAsTERs are
the highest result of medical science and
skill, and in ingredients and method have
never been equaled.
That they are the original and genuine
porous plasters upon whose reputation i'm
itators trade.
That ALLcocK's Porous PLAsTERs never
fail to perform their remedial work quickly
and effectually.
That for Weak Back, Rheumatism, Sciat-
lea, Colds, Lung Trouble, Kidney Difficult
ties, Malaria, Dyspepsia, Liver and Stom-
ach Affections, Strains and all Local Pains,
they are invaluable
That when you buy ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsTERs you obtain the best plasters made
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

FREE! A 3-foot French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, MER-
CHANTS ONLY. R.W .TANsILL & Co. Chicago
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

THERE is Means of Graduating local dis
ease of the skin, viz: Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

A wALK1NG-sT1cK may be described as
"the old mans strength and the young
mans Weakness and an umbrella as "a
fair and foul weather friend who has had
many ups and downs in the world"
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

THE peasants of Roumania seems to hav
a row mania.-Ptttsburgh Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

A HOUSEKEEPING trust-the maid and the
bachelor agreeing to be one.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

To LAZY men-Half a loaf is the first start
to no bread -WashinQton Critic.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

Ii addicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25c
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

A GOOD mount y with plenty Of reserve
power-Mount Vesuvius.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS. Ru,,gan P. O., Columbia Co.,
Pda says: My daughter had catarrh when
saee's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro.
cured bottle for her, and soon saw that II
helped her; third bottle effected permas
nent-cure She lie now eighteen years old anc
sound and hearty" @
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
THE MARKETS.

APPLAUSE at the opera is cheap-to bs
obtained for song.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
"Untold Agony from Catarrh.e

Prof. W. HAusNER, the famous mesmerist.
of ithaca, N Y, writes: Some ten years ago
I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up 40
incurnble, and said must die. My case was
such a bad one, that every day, towards sun.
set my voice would become so hoarse could
barely speak above a whisper. In the morning
nv coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. By the use of DIR. Sases
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was well
man, and the cure has been permanent
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dun,
heavy headache, obstruction. of the nasal
into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery,
and acrid, at others, thick. tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are
in the ears, deafness, hacking or. coughing to
clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers. the
voice is changed and has nasal twang; the
paired; there is a, sensation of dizziness, with
mental depression, hacking cough and gen,
eral debility. Only few of the above-named
symstorps are likely to be present in any one
case. Thousands Of cases annually. without
manifesting half Of the above symptoms, re-
suit in consumption, and end in the grave;
dangerous or less understood by physicians.
By its mild, soothing, and healing properties,
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Kennedy cures the worss
Coryza, and Catarrhal Headache.
Sold BY druggists eYerywhere; 90 cents.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
aConstantly Hawking and spi,ting.''

THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq, 1909 Pine StreeA
ST. Louis. Mo-, writes: II was great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. At times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostriis.
thought nothing could be done for me. Luck
ily. was advised to try DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and am now well man. believe
it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give it g
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

Wanted in County shrewd under instructions
In our Secret Service Experience Particulars Free
Grammar Detective Bureau Co.44 Arcade e;ncnnasio.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-09-27
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1T is RUM0RED

That the country will have to get
along without a Colonel: that the
Boston dude who arrived recently is
beginning to lose his "culchaw ="
that the ladies are fond of milk
shakes: that there are two gambling
dens within stones throw of the
Bell Tower: that fat men don't like
the present weather: that the Mari
posa viii. bring another bride: that
the Hotel will soon be entirely
lighted Iby the electric light: that
there are too many gossips in Homo
lulu: that Chinese cook owned up
to having been taxed 50 at the tune
the Constitutional Amendment was
under consideration that the United
States is not DESTROYS of anneXing
this country, although averse to its
being taken by any other nation.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-09-27

these words must not be taken liter
ally; for the relations ought not to
be of business only, but rather of
sincere cordiality and mutual trust.
1t should be any employees highest
aim to have the sole interest of his
employer at heart, for by so doing,
he will attend to his own interests as
well. A machine will furnish GER
tain amount of work which is given
it to be done; different however
ought to be the results of such en-
ploycs as are unwilling to place
themselves on level with q machine,
but who perform their duties as they
ought to be done, even if it should
require little extra effort of them.
1t is unpleasant TO have to acknow-
ledge that large number of work.
ingmen prefer to play the part of
machine.
A mechanic, who had been work
ing for about year at monthly
salary of 500, exclusive of land
and house free of rent, played an
unenviable part lately. Without
any cause, he threw up all of sud-
den, his position, hardly giving any
notice of his plans or giving his en-
ployers a chance to obtain another
man to fill the place before he left.
Arguments were of no avail, and Of
course the employers let him leave,
causing them probably little tenn
porary annoyance. Had this man
asked for vacation he would pro-
badly have got it, while the very
desirable position would continue to
be his. But as he intends to look
for big potatoes only, it will be more
probable that he will shortly be Dig
ging for peelings, glad to get them.
This case is not rare one. Can
we blame such of the members of
the Legislature as were slow in COM
ing to conclusive action concerning
proposed laws on the Chinese Cues
ton, in view of the actions of class
of men like The one above. All the
planters, and public and business
men, have had an opportunity TO
converse with on the Chinese Cues
ton and other public affairs, in
variably agree that white labor
ought to be protected, and that le-
| gislation ought to be passed concern
ing the coolies. No doubt such
legislation would have been had long
ago, if our planters and business
men were assured that they could
repose complete confidence in the
workingmen. The future welfare Of
these Islands depends great deal
on the laboring classes; let them
place themselves in their right posi-.
ton and study the principles Of
equity, liberty and justice. The
planters and public and business
men will certainly prove their goot
faith in return. In such case the
annoying questions of "Capital ant
Labor" and the "Chinese Question
will be forgotten and buried in obi
Won, at least as far as the Hawaiian
Islands are concerned.
BYE AND BYE.