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The southern argus., 1891-06-25
The Largest Farm in the World.
From brakes Magazine

The largest farm i'm the world is one
in the Southwest of the State of Louis
lana, measuring 100 miles north and
south and twenty five miles east and
west The 100000 acres of which it
i made up We're purchased seven wears
ago from the State of Louisiana and
from the United States Government
by syndicate of Northern capitalists
Dv which it is now farmed. AT that
tllne It was vast grazing ground for
Inc cattle of the few dealers in the
neighborhood, there being 10000 head
OF cattle and horses npon it. This i'm
mense tract is now divided into con
venlent pasture stations or ranches.
the fencing alone costing $4,000.
Inc land is best adapted 20 rice. sugar.
corn and cotton. All the cultiyatino
dltchlng, ETC., is done BY steam power,
q tract of about half a mile wide be- |
Ing taken, and an engine placed ON |
each side. The engines are portable |
ana work cable attached to four
plows, the area plowed in this wav.
with the labor of only three men. be-
ing thirty acres. Narrowing, SOWING.
etc, is done in the same way. ana
there is not single draft horse on the
estate. Horses are, however, used for
the herdsmen, who look after the l6.-
NY head OF cattle upon the property.
which is traversed for thirty-six miles
DE the Southern Pacific Railway.
Inc company has three steamboats,
lpon the 300 miles of navigable wat
'rs which traverse their immense es-
ate, and also possesses a shipyard. a
)ank and two rice mills.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25
OUR GRAND SUBSCRIPTION PRIZES
"A lauy's beautiful silk umhralIa


"A laty's beautiful silk umbrella
worth So; an elegant album, worth
$3.50; number one lady's gauze fan
worth 80 cents, will be given to the
young ladies who collect the largest
amount Of cash subscriptions to the
ARGUS, provided they carry out the
following conditions, viz: LIST, they
must not be over 2l years Of age; I'd,
they must notify us when they 60 to
work for the prize; Sd, they must re-
port the names Of the subscribers and
the amounts of cash collected by the
solicitors at the end Of each week; 4th
the winner Of the first prize must re-
port at least $3.50; the winner or the
second prize not less than $l5O, and
the winner Of the third prize at least
30 cents; 9th, all The reports must be
in by August A, 1891.
The umbrella is on exhibition in the
show window Of j. M. Cooper's div
goods store; the pretty red plush al
bum is shown i'll the show case at the
post office book store and the handsome
gauze fan is displayed il the show
window Of the Racket Store, Baxter
Springs, Kan. The names Of the lucky
ladies with the total amounts collected
by them viii be published in the col
umns Of this paper, and The names Of
the first two winners will be neatly
engraved on their respective prizes.
Both colored and white may solicit.
Try it, you may be the one who will
receive the first prize. Go right to
work. Ask your friends to help YOU.
DO not be timid about business. Most
any one will assist you if he Sees that
you are trying to help yourself.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

Maj. Handy made a splendid ap-
pointment to the press department Of
the Chicago worlds fair in the person
Of Mr.. Louis Anderson.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

The rebel spirit Of '6l cropped out
full fiedged at the unveiling of jeff
Davis monument at Jackson, Miss,
on the 3rd.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

Kansas City Journal.

Among the guests at an oastnr
mountain resort, where the waiter,
are all Massachusetts school ma'ams
Is Texas man who is not noted TO,
grammatical accuracy i'm speaking,
lhe other day he said to a waiter
Miss, will you please pars that but.
ter" Butter" said the school ma'am
promptly, SIS noun; common n0un.
because 1t Is the name of a thing and
very poor thing, too, sometimes
singular number, when strong enough
10 go alone; feminine gender, as indi-
Gated by the long hairs often found in
H. ana Judging from the objections
raised by boarders to eating it: in the
OBJECTIVE case, subject to olemaroarine
understood. The Texas man said he
guessed he would try and get along
without butterifthat was what allied il.
The selfishness and filthiness of the
typical tobacco cheWer stands ont in
bold relief in the railway train. and
not III the smoker" either. for there
such things are expected. Floors and
alsles vilelv splashed and sprinkled
with tobacco juice are common sights
in cars reserved for ladies. A vonno
man who would repel with naughty
scOrn the charge of impoiteneSs to
ladies, has no scrupIes, on alightinr at
a station, to leave the few square feet /
OF flooring in front of his seat so filthy /
that even a respectable hog would /
avert his snout with disguised grunt. |
For railway carriage is public par
or or sitting groom, and every ocru-
pant is supposed to observe all the
)roprieties, decencies and decorun,
In private house. The
iced of training in the evil effects OF
narcotics Is most vilelv visible tol
very traveller; apparent also to every
me who has occasion to freou,
ourt-rooms and other public places
Our hope for the future i In thp
'ublic schools. From the chronic ~.
'acco-users of tie present not much
.ut copious splitting can be expected.
hey Will soon pass away To Other
eaimS; are now 80 passing. Let
hem 60. Thanks 10 faithful instrnr.
ION, generation Of men clean III
mouth, clear Of eye, vigorous in brain
onslderate of the rights aud feeling.
I others, Is coming up to possess the
ind.-Western School Journal.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

Talmage has shaved off his burn
sides. This leaves in his features a
tiny semblance to the late Henry
Ward Beecher.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

Whoop up II. Thos. Fortune for the
Haytian mission, in case the Hon.
Frederick Douglass resigns.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

The Kansas "A. nj. Il. conference
convenes at Fort Scott, Oh OF about
the 9th Of September.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

1t ought to be the pride Of every
race to support race paper.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

All matter for publication mus
reach this office by Monday noon.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

ingalls, lost four hours of sweet
slumber the other night when he
heard that Mrs. Lease had referred to
him as "brother ingalls,. Baxter
Springs News.
We shouldn't wonder if the ex-sen.
ator had lost the whole nights sleep
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

In making others happy we make
ourselves happy.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

Inc ARGUS realizes the fact that for
one 70 be understood be must be heard
and il it is not convenient to hear him
he must be read.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

We want 1900 subscribers BY Sep
tember Is, '9I.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25

The ARGUS reaches all classes, grades
and colors of people.
The southern argus., 1891-06-25
THE
STORE!

We do not charge you one
price one day and raise it
the next. We have one price
for all our customers and we
defy any one to duplicate our
prices on the same line of
goods. We invite you to
call and inspect our stock
and get our prices and you
will be convinced of the
The sun., 1891-09-06
STONEWALL J4CKSONS RIDING,
II HIS wiz HAD Been as Mad He would
Have Been Made . PrIssneP.
From the St Lou 8 Cob. Democrat

FTOW Me NJ Lou u 0o' Democrat
btonewall Jackson was the worst rider In
like man in . state OF profound lntox icalion.
ana and. sssmed every moment about TO fall or his
norse: he never iell; but ways Kept the
speota,ors bettin. ,odi- with themselves that
yards. His wondo fully bad rl'iing % was % as we'll
known In the Fedora! as in the Con iederate
army. and once nearly led to his capture.
~, IL was ,. Turing he famous march to Bull Run
undertook to daa little rec pnno ter ng on their
own account; The weather was bad, and 1t
Was wet and rainy, and they had on long
Watternrooi coa's that eompletely concealed
nation OF the country they Nere looking over.
and !urne to 60 back, when they found on
nearing bridge over smnl stream that he
Of feaeral troons, having a, piece o! artillery
ton from Which i could raks W the bridge. nH:.
Jackson did not hesitate moment Gal oplng
Up ~ nsh,na his men he shouted out to the officer
Who directed you to put that gun on the
rosd III, hIaEai away and mount 10 the wo Ids
will be sh It from tho brush on the other side"
On ne went as though In = terrible passion.
perating he off1csr; who colorsd, apolog2ed.
hs e Es 81:
gsllopsd on TO the left as though to pass down
the stream made sudden turn. thundsrsl
across the bridge. and escaped. The hsiuldlei
siar whom hs saw sckson and his M party W cross a
the bridge tows d the eNemy's lines and. con-
iecturinK the truth from Jsckson's riding. grt
his gun into position. and sent o shot after
learned qS iSm his Nas ass
had besn correct and that the otficer who fell
into such q passion about the gun vas no
otasg tbaR the famous Confederate General
The sun., 1891-09-06

son.S net Shsp ho ss came fo5yqfa to Ss are
deceived OF Mugwump leaders whispered to
III Arthur is nom mlnated II will defeat
the Republican party. but not destroy II: but
u Blaine II. nominated tho party Will both DO
defented and d 'stroy.d." And yet al this mo-
ment we SOC Blaine having twicc been Secre.
ttary tay o. state and four times " th ovsrwhelm.
DO the unanimous choice OF hts party. at this
mncmsnt In possession OF the Executive power.
Tho lesson left upon the ambition OF ihs
country by Cen. Arthur ~ that often drport-
ment mannsrs. md dress. and the lighter
eluirmsnt OF apublI o man carry him through
places whore dignity, stolidity. impact. and
ni. nTSi.-elass rowSs,s r. fSI Ms vas nnaaest!on.
was popular with hose who had come 10 CON
suprort to carry the city Of New York. or to
diminish. tho Democratic vote there, but
some other man would have avaiiod as
we'll II Arthur had been unpopular. The
Iice-Presilontlal office was not thought
TO be very significant and so much sever.
Of Arthurs masters In the political art. that
bis countcnanco aud company were roltef.
Mr.. ConklinE nevsr knew how he was manu-
iacturlng a mau Of eeniality and passivensss
into Prssidsnt by his own high: pitched i'm.
periou ness Men nfraid OF Conkling fell In
love with Arthur. Tho first time l ever saw
him he turned the conver1a,ion upon authors
such as Herman Melville. and referred
to books Of some two or three authors whom ho
bud thus taken care OF. l subsequently found
him rather sensitive person. captious about
what tho newspapers SAID and how they put
him In with other city politicians.
The sun., 1891-09-06
Met, Loved. Wed. and Partea.

,CINcINSATI. Sent 8 Albert Toihert i@ons st
the best.known young men about town b
was employed In tn. Southern Ra ,lws ONO
AMI also ia the Fidelity Bank. To his Iriepds
he was known as u connrmed bachelorJ GrsE
was their surprise when he returned IL the
city two week ago with pretty lady v(hom b.
thu, neighborhood OF Georgetown, ~. HoS
Ia her ls n rich blue Grass stock man.
The happy couple AFT 4 their marriae, visited
Florida; and contemplated trip to CsJitornis
when al g sudden they agreed % Disagree
canno, M. InGest as I'm @mskSnanmonsly says t!at he
Is a ma ter I conjecture. Mrs Toibert, 40 far
a., appearances are concer! cd. seems to be
caiiod halt, They consulted counsel
Tho ~ was he meeting Of to-day. Tol,
In United Sta es bonds. and as msa sure Of
Y cd luck, he loft attached tn .retn he coupone
which arr due next Januarr. Then thsy kisset.
eyes. and parted. She returned to GsorGVI
town. ue IL in this city,
The sun., 1891-09-06

Exactly 939 DEATHS OF persons from rabies
nave ban recorded In England aud Males
during tho Ia jS yeas. the yearly average in
crossing from during tho first 10 years to As
ut The present time.
IN" pre- entlve measures in Prussia have
re lucel the dea hs remarkably. For the dec-
r9e ending In 1919 there was II yearly average
OF lho. while during the 10 years ending in
loSo the yearly aver gc was only AZ.
ID :. 4 EouY OF the Pasteur Institute In Paris
showing what had been acc IN plished in the
institute during the last five years, beven
sons VINO ave been btten hy auimals Known
TO b- rabid were inoeul ai ed between the bsgin-
ming OF $50 aud Jan. s Of this ysgr. Only rs
death rate being less than one Der cent
The sun., 1891-09-06


driving ,iuri iIusiy together at the sam mo:
meat 1t s simply hn, y diIergnt M variety Q,
mem mem requiring CLOSE Observation and cool
There ara no forms OF cloud more grand and
Latin aimaus m i mound Or hil. Hoavins S tlIe ue
nGnn tue spI SEy yeins
and ths nos,Ic imasinatIon; AihoaSS yo spe
thundsr and iiFhtnins nnd wi d; but I'N'ei W en-
SH sy 'sess i hSs her
but when they disappear the n " watch W We Vol ~ ne
signs Of tho weather for. often, especially in
midvneEE such fHr weather enmu! prove to
ths wind This IS IN sense true. I atkomsR tko'Il
why this should be When SHat 'utwost osw WIND ind
Is about to shit to the nor west the mseling
an aerial battle that !. called thunder storm
l. the lnngIags OF sailors i is called shift, II
ths Ms Sy the hps
wesI. This may 90 on Tor honrs but when the
shift o. III. wind finally occurs it Is very sui
by electrical effects often far more appalling
at sea than on land; particularly after the
q ss Ealing of or 'hs ths SssS Aan,s III;
!hn, when MO- you zee It lIghten In the southwest
In too soon. A shift II tho wind generally fol-
lowing another heavy wind is danger lus be-
cause IL presses q shin against q high cross
sea. and the sails must be instantly trimmed
70 meet the change or the ship may go down.
The change Ia usually announced ky short
lul!; an absolute calm OF a lew minutes.
The most trea'ho GUS wind on our coast ia
what is called smoky sou we.Ier Tn. sky
wind shows determinat ON to increase. Oiton
1t proves only a strong breeze, going down
squali out OF tho northwest. But occasionally
and Without anv arparent reas"n or warning
serious disasters. Keen your weather eve
well open; th.ref 'fe and watch We carefully
when Il is blowing a smoky sou'westor. nar-
Leave Tho girls at home At such a time and
have port handy II you should need to run
morning seem to threaten long storm look
not 30 much 10 WindwaEd as TO IsewaTd. II
The sun., 1891-09-06

the leeward Ia clear there Ia little to fear; but
II n sniien, dense. gray bank 10 there. thsn
look outl
Every one has heard the saying:
Rainbow nt night
Sailors deli ylti
Rainbow at murnirE
Sailors take warning.
The statement In tho FIRST rnrt OF this verse
o',eu comes true. ut least for u Few hours put
the rainbow In the morning 4. an unfntling
align OF ioul weather near ut hand. SO also 10
glow thrown over q cloudy SKY at sunrise.
clouds 1t Is likely TO be followed BY gloom anu
storm. Az unusually heavy .,. dew on, on SeiHr;
low wal Ing in the shrouds foretcll- a s,uth-
wcat gal. But II ono secs spiders weaving
their webs In tho rigging he may expect spell
&. @. W. BENJAMIN.
The sun., 1891-09-06
RABIES ~ rUROPE

Death Rnto In Enli nj aud Prussia and
Work OF the Pa>ieur Institute.
At tho recent International Congress of
Hygiene In London tho subject OF hydrophobia
came w for discussion. Prot. George Fleming
gave the following table. showing the number
OF cases Of rabies among animals In England
during the last lour years:
The sun., 1891-09-06
CHESTER ALAN ARTH UR.
DENT AND PREsIDEHr OF THE
UNITED STATES,

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n 0enHeman u the Whits house-Entsr.
Tag the Executive Mansion By the BACK
Door. He was the Most Successful, or
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history or the Republican Farty.
ALBANY, N. T., Sent. AT the Albany Rura,
Cemetsry, upon a high place, surrounded
By many respectable tombs and In sight
Of the spires Of tho old Polytschnic School
Of Troy, ono comes upon a nav monument
which would attract his attention even II he
did not see toward its base In large letters the
word "Arthur" II stsnds within An elaborate
coping of low granite posts with leonne or
noudescript heads upon them. and consists Of
bronze ngurs to the left Of a granite sar.
oenh uu. ana h,obsr than ~ ,ovino v,th h.r
The record-union., 1891-09-02
WORLDS FAIR.
The National Board OF Commissioners
to Meet To-Day.

The National Board OF Commissioners
to Meet To-Day.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-The National Board
Of Commissioners of the Worlds Fair.
and also the Lady Managers, will meet
tomorrow. One matter TO come before
the commission viii be the question of
how TO avoid deficit of about 81, 900 in
the appropriation for the year. It is
probable this will be accomplished by
cutting down salaries President Palmer
has already agreed to give uD his 35. OCO
salary, ana DircctOr-t'gneral Davis vol
UNFAIRLY submits TO q cIt Of s., 600 Twelve
thousand more viii be saved by dispens-
ing with the April meeting.
y local paper Says the Finance Com
lnlttee IS considering the proposition OF
asking Congress to make the fair man
agement a loan Of $1,000, 600, taking a
mortgage on the receipts. in any event.
as the Government has provided for the
giving Of medals and juries to award.
Congress will be asked to appropriate
enough money for medals and iuries-
$500, 900 to S7G0.000.
Traffic Manager JacoX has been advised
by the managers Of the Pacific Coast
steamship companies that all lines which
they represent will grant half rates on
exhibits to and from the exposition. The
Southern Pacific Railroad has made the
same announcement.
The record-union., 1891-09-02
Special to the REcoRD-UN1ox.

BUTTE (Mont.), Sept. l.-To-6ay:s pro-
ceedlngs in the famous Davis case were OF
more than ordinary interest. The pro-
ponent, John A. Davis, was on the stand.
also A. J. Davis, of the First National
Bank, a nephew of the late 4. j. Davis.
who testified that the signature to the
Will was genuine. BY mutual agreement
OF counsel, and the consent of the court. a
practical chemical test of the ink in the
Will took place in the presence of the
court and jury, only letter in the BODY
of the will and one letter in each of the
signatures OF the attesting witnesses, to-
gether with portion Of the scroll line
under the alleged signature, wero sub
jected to the test
The contestants, through their experts.
Harry Il. Tolman of Chicago, David n.
Carvalho, Daniel I. Ames of New York.
and DR.. William sE. Hogan Of Troy. n.
Y, have been testifying, and claiming
that the Will was written with nigrosin
INK, when was not known or manufact-
urea uhIll many years subsequent to the
time the instrument was executed. They
also claimed that the signature of Sconce.
the only living witness to the will, was
written with iron ink. The tests to-day
We're conducted by B. L. Tolman for con-
testants, while II. r. Seges and 0. d.
Oston, late Superintendent of Tests on
the Union Pacific system, represented
the proponents.
About an hour was consumed in MAX
ing the tests and taking the testimony OF
experts as to the result. The test showed
concluslyely and TO the satisfaction of the
contestants, that the evidence given by
Hedges several days since, that not onIv
the body of the will, but all signatures,
were written with logwood ink, which
has been in use for forty years, was
satisfactorily confirmed to-day by an an
alysis, and the result has caused a sensa-
ton: The court will present the case to
the jury in few days, and it is expected
that the result will be known about the
II N inst
The record-union., 1891-09-02

Mckinley bill has had the effect OF unit
ing the national and foreign population
OF Hawaii upon the subject of annex
alton. He has just received one of the
native newspapers, which advocates the
formation of a republic or immediate an
neXation to the United States. 1t is q
fact remarkable as it is, that this is the
first time in Hawaiian history that the
natives have publicly favored such a
thing. While it is true they weary of
monarchy, yet nothing but the blow at
the Hawaiian sugar industry could have
brought them TO favor annexation. The
hope of the planters there is that the
President win next year exercise the
power given him 10 place duty again
upon beet sugar from such countries as
have not vet reciprocated with the neces-
sary free eutries. This would relieve the
burden, but at any rate the Hawaiians are
preparing to negotiate with us for free
trade.
Thurston says now that the sugar in
dustry IS no longer n great source of in
come, it is intended to bring the islands
prominently before the world as q land
for tourists.
The record-union., 1891-09-02
GRAM CONGHEss.
Efforts to Establish a European Free
Trade Grain Agreement.

Efforts to Establish European Free
Trade Grain Agreement.
VIENNA, Sept. 1.-The election for
President of the International Grain
Congress took place here Saturday. Herr
Naschauer of Vienna was chosen Presi-
dent. The opening meeting, which took
place yesterday, was largely attended.
The representatives from Germany were
quite numerous. Many of the Govern
ment representatives were enthusias-
tically greeted, and the full sympathy
and hearty cooperation of the officers
was marked.
President Naschauer, in his opening
speech, dwelt upon the greatly improved
policy followed by the grain Industries.
and expressed the hope that all the
middle parts of Europe would unite in a
free trade agreement for all grain pro-
ducts by this time next year.
In the grain market ready money
transactions were confined to the mar
rowest limit, only the very best sorts
being in demand, and OF these there is an
absolute dearth. Too high prices were
asked for medium kind and the lower
offers were unnoticed.
The record-union., 1891-09-02
Special to the RrcoRp-Uxrox.


LONDON, Sept. 1.-Tiolent gales and
rainstorms continue to sweep over Great
Britain and Ireland Dispatches from
Dublin state the crops throughout the
province of Ulster are in pitiable condi-
ticn, and that in many parts OF Ulster
and elsewhere they are almost entirely
submerged. In other sections the crops
are completely destroyed.
Off Ilfracombe, near Barnstable, Devon
shire, to-day, during one of the many
gales which swept over these islands re-
Gently, q passenger steamer having 100
passengers on board had a narrow escape
from destruction. 4 succession of heavy
seas struck her, sweeping the decks,
smashing in the saloon skylights and
pouring tons Of water down the compan-
ionways.
So severe a pounding did the steamer
receive by the waves that many passen-
gers were severely injured, of which
number six are in precariCus condition.
In the Mersey a fishing smack was
fOundered and ali hands lost.
On the south coast Of England there
have been several wrecks.
Last night the Government cutter Beat
rice was stranded off Gravesend.
The record-union., 1891-09-02
THE PRICE TOO LOW.
Causes Which Led to the Outbre
Among the ChiIcRt Indians.

Causes Which Led to the Outbreak
Among the Chilcat Indians.
NEW York, Sept. 1.-The news of an
outbreak among the Chilcat Indians in
Alaska has been received in this CITY
from Sitl<a. According to the advices.
the United States gunboat Pinta was
summoned by the citizens of Chilcat and
remained there three days settling the
difficulty. On the return Of the Pinta to
Sitka the officers were reticent. and it
was impossible to obtain from them or
through any other source any news Of the
trouble, excepting that it was through a
reduction in the wages paid the Indians
engaged in the salmon fishing. AS the
Indians had gone to great trouble and
some expense in curing the catch thew
felt the owners of the canneries were try
ing to impose on them. They refused to
dispose of their catch at the price offered,
and when the canneries held out and an
nounced that they would close up rather
than pay the price demanded, or any
other price than five cents a fish. the In
dians became angry and prepared to
break out against the town. 1t was then
that the Pinta was summoned. 1t is un-
derstood at Sitka the matter would be
settled without bloodshed, but at the
writing advices state that the Pinta was
preparing for a second visit to the place.