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The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25
The Breton Cow.

The Breton COW is coming into marked favor with cultivators in France who have poor soils and re- quire a hardy race of cattle, not particular about their feeding, and at the same time yielding a supply of milk not to be despised. The Breton is really the Kerry COW, and is peculiar by odd coincidence to the most Celtic region of France. The Breton COW is of two varieties, the smaller possessing a brown or reddish marbled coat, and the large with q black and white hide. The smaller variety's average annual yield of milk is 264 gallons, which is rich, buttery and well favored :; it contains 6 per cent of fatty mat ter according to analysis. The Breton oxen, when fattened attain to a live weight of 10 to 12 cwt., and their flesh is juicy, fine grain ed and much esteemed in the Eng fish markets. The large Breton COW is a variety simply due to liv- ing on richer lands; yields a mean average of 896 gallons of milk an- nuallY. Efforts have been ire quently made to cross the Breton COWS with Ayrshire and shorthorn bulls, but no permanent success has attended the experiments, so ameli- orations are at present confined to happy selections from among the race itself.-T. Thomas in \. E. Farmer.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

The riotous conduct of cowboys on ocean steamers returning from Europe has been the theme of many complaints made at tho barge of fee. These men go to Europe to take care of large oonsignments of cattle, and on the outward voyage are kept busy and out of mischief, but when they return home, with nothing to do, trouble begins.
 The }atas4 oaea 0f disfHrherca raised by the cowboys was on the steamer Amsterdam, which arrived today. There were sixteen in this crowd and their actions were out ragoous. The steamship company has decided not to ship any more Of them as passengers. The lines that sail from England have also boy cotted them. New York Tele- gram.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

The N. ". Journal says: Clouds
 seem to be gathering over the cattle producers horizon, and some of the brethren are growing nervous. Gen. tIemen, there is a silvery lining be- hind these dark clouds. Be of good cheer. Present conditions are against you, seemingly, but the flu ture is as bright as the golden beams of the glorious monday sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

The Stock Grower (N. M.) says :: J. E. Saint thinks that the turn has commenced in the cattle business. He has bet hat that yearling steers will be worth $2O head be- fore 1893. He will also bet that prime beef cattle will bring Sc in the Chicago market before the 4th of July, 1891.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25
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A Kansas farmer makes use Of the following language to empha- size the fact that there has been a good rise in the price of corn: 1t took five bushels of corn to get in to a circus in this state last summer. This year 1 can get into the main tent. stay to the concert, go to the sile-show, and get picture of the Cncassian beauty all for one bush el."
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

The tattered chart found on the body of Lieutenant De Long, of arctic fame, now forms one of the most interesting relics in Colonel Langston's museum at Fort Ham, 1lton. in New York harb0r.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25
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The Loyal American well says that "the divorce between State and Church should be absolute" and that ito complete the divorce, all churches and other religious pro- perty should be taxed" ."
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25
Horse Notes.

? :101; four-year-old, 2:1O!.
 Treat the horse much as you would an intelligent human being and his training will be esay and thorough.
 Walter E., the greatest winner of Spithead races in the Grand Cir cult, has but two standard crosses in his pedigree.
 Salvador, won for his owner $113,- 2S0 in stakes and purses, while Firenzi has $1O2,026 to her credit. Two pretty good bread-winners for MT. Haggin.
 It is said that Adam Forepaugh, IT., has trained the pony Blondln so that he will successfully walk a tight rope suspended thirty feet from the ground.
 Messrs. Garlic & Shields stable of runners, when they leave the Montana circuit to come home, will have won thus far in the sea- son about $15,0OO.
 No doubt many horses if not "killed with kindness" are injured by it. High feeding with little work is one of the most common causes of stomach Arrangement and kind red troubles.
 No one afraid of horse should ever be allowed to train one, as any exhibition of fear in voice or coun- tenance will at one be noted by the animal, and in most cases advan- tage be taken of the knowledge.
 In great majority of cases horses do not need breaking. Now and again a stubborn, self-willed brute will be found that needs breaking, but the great majority only require training.
 The horse which has steady work,  good care and judicious feeding is the most healthy and the best able to withstand disease. There are many horses which have been methodicallY and iudiciously work ed and fed now living at a good age and still doing good work.
 Of S11 stallions exported from Great Britain in the first seven of this year 312 came to the United States, against 360 in the same time last year. Of mares we received 236, against 257. There were 284 stallions sent to British North America, against 349.
 During no year in the history of the American running turf have so many records been beaten as dur ing the present season. From seven eighths of mile to one and one- half miles all former performances have been cast in the shade by the equine heroes and heroines of 1890.
 The driving of Belle Hamlin and Justina to wagon in 2164 by Mir. J. c. Hamlin at Poughkeepsie last week, was an event without equal in breeding experience. MT. Ham, lin bred and raised the mares, also their dams and sires. He had not driven them together in three years, with the exception of once this summer at Buffalo. To make the feat more remarkable, Mr. Hamlin is 72 years of age.
 Robert Bonner regards the mile trotted by Sunol in Chicago recent ly as the greatest feat yet perform ed on the turf, and he shares Gov ernOr Stanford's opinion that the California mare will live to break the record of Maud s. Chicago has the finest track in the country, and this would be a good place for Su- nol to come in 1892 to astonish the world as a record breaker at the
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

Arrange if possible to divide the stock, keeping the weaker animals separate from the stronger a more even growth will be secured.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25
Nays of Fair Women.

Ileaverage woman stays in the ho,fs on pleasant days and visits twe three stores in an afternoon whe1 the winds speed has to be ta- ken with a lightning rod.
 She will rail for twenty five years against the barbarous fashion of boring the ears, and then she will punch holes in her ear lobes with a alarming needle if there is a ghost of chance of getting a pair of diamond earrings.
 She will take two hours to dress, and run back inta .Ae rouse three Ii mss if she is going oyer to Min nie's to spend the afternoon, and the next day, when she has a sud den chance to go frcm New York to San Francisco, she w ok toothbrush and her pursv Tn her pocket, button her cloak and gloves on the street car and be at the sta ton three quarters of an hour ahead of the train.
 She spills the coffee on the clean tab'scloth and smiles sweetly- whth there is company; and then she glares like healthy demon if William Henry lays the carving knife on the table when they are alone.
 She carefully mends rent quarter of inch long in her gloves, and goes for days with a tear two feet long in her petticoat.
 She will put sealskin buttons on a pIash coat and expect the whole wo;ld to believe that 1t is a real fur.
 She can hold forty-seven pins in her mouth and give an order to the grocery boy that will fill the mar ket basket and the milk pail.
 She laughs because the Smith girls wear old fashioned bonnets and cries because she knows of some T2es boy wha cannot afford win ter overcoat.
 She will arrange silk scarf over q picture frame until a mans eyes will bulge out with admiration, but she can't tie a plain ordinary neck tie to save her life.
 She will walk up the street in the rain to save a street car fare, and then she will give quarter of dol lar 10 the first beggar she meets.
 She will go over every carpet in the house with a damp cloth and a brush, and then go down town with a black spot on her nose.
 She will give a good course of lecturers upon the history, general appearance and people of the Ro- man Empire, and then she would get lost if she tried to go from Buff falo to Attica without an escort.
 She will read an essay on our in human treatment of the red man, and then she locks the door if she sees a sassafrQs vendor coming in at the side gate,
 She will fry beefsteak and expect the man of her choice to eat it,
 She is altoghter a lovable crea- ture, and she knows it.
 Interviewing the king of Finance With the Baron de RothschiId 1 did not get on at all. He spoke English so like my French that the situation was painful.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25
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The Southwestern Stockman (Ariz.) says: An exchange esti- mates the value of cattle sold in Arizona this season at $3, ,50Q,00O.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

The Macleod (Montana) Gazette says: The new OxIey Ranch Com pany lately shipped to England GOO head of yearling steers, 10 mature there for the market. This is a very decided experiment. and is revers- ing the usual order of things. The result will be awaited with interest, and we hope that the venture will prove satisfactory and profitable.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

c4iO OOO4NtiA iAItIt>O e tJAC VI OGN OiAuO U would not absorb the pie. Now, we've volumes full of sageness, from the living and the dead ; but things we're really needing most are bet ter pie and bread. Economic id cation may be proper in its place; but good cooking, little maiden, is much better for the race,
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 All newspapers must be run from the business office. The man who writes your editorials should al- ways hand them over to the busi- ness manager for revision. Always remember that an advertisement is better than an idea. Sometimes an idea will kill an ad. for a shoe factory, and this is hard on the newspaper, I advise you not to open the hoodgate Of your think tank and sp eak the highest truth of the age. Always think of the average man. Ordinarily he is not inclined to reason, but looks to his paper to confirm what crude i'm pressions he has. IL is true that he cannot burn you as in the olden time, but he will stop your paper, which is kind of mordern burn- ing after all. 4 newspaper is like a governmental cannot be either above or below it's followers, 4 government that is poor must be advanced a too intelligent one vii. be pulled down. The newspaper simply represents the average man, his mind, prejudices, passions, class feelings and political nonsense. When writing an article, therefore, never take into consideration scholars or thinkers, but what will best affect or influence the common mind. Never put an opinion in your paper without first consulting the business manager. Always re- member that originality o6ends no- body's feelings. To run success fully country paper you must be judiciously timid and about three fourths coward. Whoop it up for the boys, not because it is wise, right or honest, but because 1t pays. Never ask what democracy or re publicanism' is, but get out cocks when some fool is elected in an off year, or make an excuse that the country is going to the devil be- cause the other party won, Keep your eye on the average man. Make your paper moral. Give full details of a cock fight in the local page and condemn it editori- ally. Be sure to get all horse races, prize fights, base ball matches, quarter sessions cases, murders, rapes, designations, scandals, etc., in your local columns, and weep tears of righteous indignation in the editorial page. This averages things, you know. People would not take your paper if they did not get the horrors, but they want an excuse for being so naughty and bad, and expect you 10 give it to them at two cents copy by way of editorial utterance. Elk.
 The Macleod { (Montana) Gazette
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

SOlulefS, when they went ID 10 save the Union, made a bargain ; that the country still owes them debt which they should compel it to pay. These things leave very bad taste in the mouth. Those who are dan cing around now demanding service pensions place the troops who fought for the Union in the atti- tude of hireIings and mercenaries. Atlanta Constitution.
 The injured, the dependent, the helpless, and children or widows of those who have fallen have been placed beyond the reach of want. To take sixty millions years or more for the others who are not in need is not to lessen the accumu- lation of a few rIch men, but it Is to cut down the scanty earnings of the poor. The sugar duty, for in- stance, takes nearly as much from the poorest day laborers as from any millionaire who has a family of the same number. Not only must such duties be continued, but others must be added. if q service pension is to be added to other ex- penditures of Government. The at tempt to carry such 8 measure will not meet with favor, and the dan ger is that it may risk all that grateful country has already been willing to do for Union veterans and their living representative who are in need.-New York Tribune.
 Admiral David B. Porter criti- cises the paper by Rear-Admiral s. B. Luce, read before the United States Navel Institute, for dealing too teaderly with those in the navy who instituted the system of re- ducing the sail power of chips of war and supplying everything with military masts.
 Not one of the new vessels" says he, lis fit for war purposes. Crpiscrs cannot cruise for want Of sail power. Battle-ships cannot go into battle for want cf endurance In the time of war they will be laid up on account of too much military mast and lack of sail power"
 He thinks that every warship should be fitted up with sufficient sail power for long cruises, so that they may economize coal, and in- stances the Confederate steamer Alabama by way of illustration.
 "This is the battle confronting the young officers of the navy" says be-" "and it must be fought now. We demand for our seago- ing vessels thirty-fve feet ofcanvas for each square foot of the midship section"
 "The fight should commence at once, to ascertain whether the ships of the future are to be fitted out under the same regime of mistakes which has characterized the past ten years, which has given us Q squadron of evolution that cannot evolute, and after training men un- der spars and sails until they be- come good sailors relegates them to ship where hoisting ashes is the nearest approach to seamanship that a boy can learn.
 NEW STYLE OF DOoR LOCK-
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-25

Interviewing the king of Finance : With the Baron de Rothschild 1 did not get on at all. He spoke English so like my French that the situation was painful.
 T am from the Graphic" said I.
 "Ah!" said he; "ze London Gwapheeque it ees one great pa per"
 "No," said I. "The New York Daily Graphic"
 "Ah!" said he; T see. No, I know messing about eet."
 But l have come to speak upon financial matters"
 "Fenarnce;" he asked.
 "Yes," said I. Enhance"
 "Ah!' he said "zat ess one gr-r and subject Of which can speak notary zing at all. Julian Ralph, in Chatter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-14

of Sam Nesbitt of this city, is enthusiast
tic over the Palace, the music and Texas
in general, though she says it seems to-
day like che had brought her climate
along with her.
In the midst of "Tannnauser' Miss
Flip says, "Oh, isn't Wagner di-
vinei" then goes on in the same breath
to tell her escort what a ''dandy time'
they had out here on opening day; how
- - had to sit on an old beer keg.
Alas, one cannot be expected
to keep tuned up to Waegnerisn pitch
all the time!
Mrs. Grady and Miss Salmon of Haden-
vile, KY, linger with true Russian craze
appreciation over the handsome rugs and
skins, in. the display, and wonder that
such luxurious fur can be produced in
the sunny land of Texas. People are
slow to believe that Texas can produce
anything except an iceberg and stingy
man.
Verify, there are tricks in all profess
sions as well as trades. A truly Gill
morean trick is this of Conductor
Hecker, of catching up the third beat of q
flowing waltz on the tip of his baton and
holding it (and the listener IS BREATH in
mid-air for a full effective minute; it s
pretty, and it'll "chie, - but Its tantal-
izing.
"We' wonder what hpizzacato"
means. It's pronounced ''pitzscato"
and every delicious catchy encore these
famous bands play is "pizzicsto. -
This elfin dainty thing now given us as
"lagniappe" Is worth the whole after
moons fatigue. "We' wish Fort
Worth would buy the "ElgIn. -
Here comes a lovely woman in hello
trope and mode dress. l guess she's
bride, but-there's "Il Trovatore" by
the band. "We" listen. If Queen
Victoria and her whole family were to
come IN just now they would have to
writ for "a personal. -
BELLE HUNT.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-14
CORNER STONE LAID.

Interesting Event at the New Methods
Church on Lamar. Street.
At O'Clock yesterday, as the corner OF Sew
enth and Lamar streets, Very interesting SER
vice was held IN laying the corner stone of the
Methodist Episcopal church. large company
was present and were greatly delighted with the
prospective Church, so rapidly nearing compile
ton. The service consisted of the regular rit-
ualistic form Of the church. The following
ministers took part in the service: j. l. Nc
Laugklin, of Dallas. @. Q. Draper, presiding
elder OF the Fort Worth district, A. A. John
son, Of Fort Worth, william Tomas, OF Dallas.
An interesting sketch of the church in the
city was given By DR.. johnson. The address
was made by G. C. Draper, giving brief out
line Of the statistics OF the church at large. He
was very interesting throughout the entire
address.
TIE list of articles deposited in the stone was
read. and then the presiding elder formally
laid the stone according 70 the ritual OF the
church.
The choir rendered good service.
very interesting and impressive incident
was the floral Offering The sabbath school and
following order deposited them on the stone:
An aged father and mother came nrst, followed
by young men, young ladies, boys and girls
and at last little child borne in the arms OF
another dropped its tiny offering. The cadets
from the Fort Worth university were present
and contributed much to the interest Of the oc-
casion. They stacked arms and stood IN ranks
laid, Ia due form they fled past the stone and
each cadet deposited q slip Of evergreen. Nc
one could witness this scene without being
deeply moved.
the city More than $50. 900 viii be expended
upon it The plan Of the building Is unioue.
utilizing all the space. All the appliances
Esed in modern churches VII be employed. 4
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-14
Pension Report.

ST. LOUIS, No.. May Ex-senator Davis makes
long written report upon the differences be-
tween the two houses. 1t says that in the opin-
ion OF the senate committee the two measures
are entirely irreconciliEble, and in the commit
tees Judgment the house measure is who'll
benefits those who do not need pen
sions at the expense of those who
senate committee that it is the duty OF the gov
eminent before entering upon any other PEN
sion legislation to provide for the needs OF dis
abled and dependent soldiers in the most liberal
manner possible. The senate bill was framed
upon this theory. Its object Is relief to the ne
cessitous. and not to those who do not
service pension is matter which should not be
involved with the disability bill. Service PEN
sion IS a matter requiring most careful consid-
Grafton in order that Justice may be done to the
soldier and to the country, Estimates prepared
by Capt. Ainsworth OF the adjutant- generals
office show that the approximate aggregate cost
sixty two years will be 81, Isl, O95 ,525.
upon the basis of sixty years the cost will be
must be paid before the end Of the year 1915 and
the average annual payment would be Sal, 523,.
1872 1t should be stated, however, that these
estimates i'm are subject to an annual reduction of
who are already on the rolls at s4.s4
per month on an average. These esti-
the house committee, but the senate commit tee
adopts them because they seem to be based on
valid reasons, and because all experience has
shown that pension estimates have heretofore
invariably fallen below the actual cost The
committee does not believe a service pension
would give satisfaction to soldiers. 1t
is invidious, it is a tontine measure. It
places man who served ninety days upon
the same footing with him who served four
years. 1t compels the youth who enlisted at
eighteen, losing his opportunity for an educa-
ton, and who was discharged veteran
at twenty-three, to wait twelve years
before his claim for recognition will
be entertained. 1t is the committee
opinion that whenever it is deemed wise to in
augurate system Of service pen
sion it should be for the benefit
of all living soldiers who were honorably
discharged, and that the rate of pension should
be graded according to the length of service
The estimates submitted to the committee re-
specting the average term of service vary from
eighteen to twenty-six months. On this basis
the annual charge would be s6s 62s, SIS. The es-
Inmates. however, are largely conjecture.
With regard to the proposed repeal of the ar
rears act, the committee state that the secretary
OF the interior estimates that it would require
SIG, 220, 200 to pay the claims allowed between
the date the arrears limitation went into effect
ard January l, 1886, and $Z25, I45 200 to pay the
arrears on all claims still pending. These esti-
mates do not apply to claims filed since the be-
NJ
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-14

W. s. Decker of the Panhandle Is in
the city. When asked what he thought
of the Spring Palace this year, he said:
Gas far as the general decoration of
the Palace is concerned, it surpasses that
of last year. But am sorry to see that
for some reason the counties are not rep
resented as they should be. l believe
that if the Palace was held month or
six weeks later, more counties would ex-
hibit. / know that it would be the
case with our Panhandle counties. You
see that the season with us
is not so far advanced as
it IS in other parts of Texas. Take, for
instance, my county armstrong;, which
is located i'll about the same latitude as
Kentucky and the other Middle states,
and we cannot be expected TO show you
ripe Strawberries and such things at this
season, while at the same time we have
all kinds of grain, vegetables and fruit
in the ground and doing nicely. This
will explain why our exhibit at the
Spring Palace is not more extensive.
We will ship in from time to time and
hope before the Palace closes to have
enough on exhibition to show that the
'Staked Plains country and the Pan
handle is q farming country. By the
way, 1 could talk to you for two weeks
on the possibilities and probabilities of that
well favored section of the state, but
space in your valuable paper must be
limited at this time, so l will excuse
vou1,