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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-29
HERE AND THERE.

DO not think that because a horse
is well bred that he is incapacitated
for hard work, for he should in conse-
quence be the more valuable for any
purpose. No horse is too good to be
made useful.
Sheep and hogs should be raised in
greater numbers in Kansas in view of
the great market within her borders
which requires many more for slaugh-
ter than ever will be raised.
1t is just as important to know how
to pick, pack and sell fruit as it is to
raise it. 1t is worse than disgusting TO
produce fine fruit, and then by bad
packing and careless marketing lose
the appropriate reward.
Mule raising is becoming more pop
ular and general throughout the south
than formerly, and gives profitable re-
turns to the raiser where animals of
good size"and weight are grown.
Successful stock handlers know,
but great many farmers do not, that
a gentle, well educated animal is far
more valuable than a similar, or even
d NATURALLY DcGOcT OHC uOU SO bTdlHcu.
Few people realize the amount of depre-
citation resulting from the neglect of
this fact.
Farmers are beginning to realize,
as never before, that it does not pay to
raise any kind of horse. The horse
markets are being glutted with ami
mails offered for which there is no spe-
cial or general demand. Good quality
drivers, draft and coach horses will al
ways be in demand at fair prices.
No farmer who respects his bust
ness should be content with any sort
of stock that is not every generation
improving. Herein is the secret of sue
cess - improvement in everything,
stand still in nothing. This is human
progress. This is what has put this
young nation up with the most adj
vanced, and ahead of most of the ma
tions of the earth. This is what Ameri.
cans are Justly proud Of,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-29

cotton seed will do) The melons were
planted the last of April. About eight
days after the young plants made
their appearance they were thinned
out to one in each corner, and the
ground plowed and narrowed thorough
ly; throwing the dirt toward the hills.
continued to pillow and har-
row at short intervals un-
til the vines had attained
growth of two feet, then all cultiva-
ton ceased except small amount of
handwriting where it was necessary.
As soon as each runner, or lateral, had
perfect melon on it the end was
pinched off, and after there were from
four to six laterals each, with perfect
melon thereon, the end of the main
vine was cut off. l busted the vines
freely with air-slaked lime to prevent
bugs from injuring them, and watered
with liquid manure when they needed
it. From one of the vines / procured a
melon that weighed 1O2 pounds; ten of
the largest weighed 739 pounds.
Intelligent melon culture pays, and
pays well. Taking into count the
amount of labor, and cost of fertilizers.
there are but few crops that pay any
better, bringing in the money, too, at
time when flor the ordinary farmer)
money is apt to be scarce. l am of the
opinion that good melons may be raised
| with as little expense as sorry ones, and
much greater profit. Where other
fruits, such as apples, peaches, pears,
ETC., are destroyed by frost, melons are
doubly valuable. Unlike other fruits,
there is no off year for them. AS the
| fertilizers are applied exclusively to
| the hill. There is no land so POOR but
that with intelligent cultivation will
produce a paying crop. The cultiva-
| ton of the soil between the hills simply
| serves to retain the moisture from one
rain until the next. Melons do not re-
quire deep planting, but shallow cult
| walton is preferable.
One acre planted to melons and cult
| waited as described above will net the
fortunate possessor $3.50 to 5000, besides
furnishing the family with abundance
of healthy, luscious fruit.
Which pays best, wheat at $50 per.
| acre, corn $50, cotton $40, or melons at
$20O?-John w. Delk, in Southern Live
| Stock Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-29
An AlIirator,s Nest.

Alligator's nests resemble haycocks
more than anything else to which they
can be compared They average about
four feet in height and about five feet
in diameter, and are constructed of
grasses and heritage. First the mother
gator deposits one layer of eggs on
mortar-like floor, and having covered
this with stratum of mud and herb
age about eight inches thick, lays an
other set of eggs upon that, and so on
to the top, there being commonly from
100 to 200 eggs in nest. With their
tails the parents then beat down the
tall grass and weeds, to prevent the
approach of unseen enemies. The
female watches her eggs until they
are Matched by the heat of the sun,
and then takes her brood under her
own care, defending them and provid-
ing for their subsistence. DIR. Lutzen-
burg, of New Orleans, once packed one
of these nests for shipment to St.
Petersburg, but the young Matched
out before they were started on the
long voyage, and were kept about the
DOCTOR premises, running all over the
house, up and down stairs, whining like
Young punpies.-Harrison's Monthly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-29
THE PROSPECT FOR COTTON.
The Possibilities of the Plant Have Not Yet
Been Exhausted.

The Possibilities of the Plant Have Not Yet
Been Exhausted.
The possibilities of the cotton plant,
already numerous, are still increasing.
After having for ages supplied cloth
ing to large proportion of the inhab-
itants of the globe, its pressed seeds
have lately furnished a valuable oil
useful for human food and in many of
the arts, while the cake is priced for
live stock feed, and the ultimate resi-
dunn or refuse, makes fair quality
of soap. The stalks too, besides being
used for thatch and baskets, furnish
fiber that can be converted into gunny
and other kinds of cloth nearly equal
to those made of jute, and they are also
made into common sorts of paper;
while the lint which clings to the seed,
after it has passed through the gin,
makes excellent felt. The latest dis
covery, announced by the British con-
sui at Zanzibar, is that cotton seed is
capable of yielding sugar. The process
extracts the sugar from cotton-seed
meal, and though its details have not
yet been disclosed, the product is de-
clared to be of very superior quality,
fifteen times sweeter than cane sugar
and twenty times more so than sugar
made from beets. It's intensely sac
charine nature is held to indicate
that it does not arise from
cane sugar, but from some other
chemical material. What vast help to
industrial enterprise has not chemical
science proved, and who can imagine
the limits of its possibilities in the way
of fresh discoveries useful to the human
race.-Rural New Yorker.
To the above in view, and that it was
only last year that we read glowing
account of the discovery that cotton
pulp, treated with sulphuric and some
other acid, can be manufactured into
dress material that resembles silk so
fully that an expert could hardly dis
Germ the difference. Unquestionably
the cotton plant is wonderful plant,
but at the same time it has been the
innocent means of leading thousands of
southern farmers to the verge of bank
ruptcy.-Southern Farm.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-29
cULTlvATlNG MELONS.
How L Raised Melons that Weighed One
Hundred Pounds.


In selecting piece of land for mel
ons, choose one with a light, sandy
soil; one that is fully permeable to the
air, heat and moisture. (The land was
planted to cotton the year previous,
and made 760 pounds of seed cotton per
acre. The ground was broken broad
cast in March, and in April was re-
broke crosswise. The earth was ex-
cavated to a depth of eighteen inches
and about three feet square for the
hills, at distance of eight feet each
way, and was filed four inches deep
with corn cobs, then filed to a level of
the surface with rich earth to which
have been added one pound of super
phosphate, one gallon of hardwood
ashes, and two pounds of cotton seed
meal. Double the amount OF rotted
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-29

Found His Field at Last.-First
Thespian-How can that man Spouter
look so prosperous, wonder! He made
such horrible failure last season, that
he had to leave the stage. Second
Thespian-Why, you see, my boy, he's
running School of Acting, DOW
Puck
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-29

The Difference Between Them
Ted hear he left his wife. Do you
know the cause of the separation? Ned
At present it is the Atlantic ocean.
Judge.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
MrrKIY srArTMENr

or average actual enrolment attendance
and tardiness, city public schools Of Fort
Worth, Tex, for the week ending Friday,
April z 1893
second street-Actual enrolment 800 alb
sent 10, tardy o.
Belknap street-actual enrolment IA, ab-
sent 10, tardy ..
GAY streef-Actum enrolment 1si, abb
sent II, tardy D.
Texas street-Actual enrolment 1s4, alb
sent 10. tar1y U.
Missouri ayenue--Actual enrolment 252.
Broadway Actual enrolment 322, absent
IL, tariy ..
Magnolia avenue-Actual enrolment 112,
absent 8 tardy 1.
Bacon fInl-Actual enrolment g.. absent
2 tardy j.
The Home-Actual enrolment "a, absent
Ninth street-Actual enrolment 32s abb
sent -, tdrdy g.
High schooi-Actud enrolment 257 alb
sent 10. tardy o.
Total actual enrolment 2l19, absent us,
tRrdy ..
Number on Monday 2l35. Tuesday 2i50,
wednesday 2i2I, Thursday 2iOI Friday
2ilJ
The tardies are confined 10 the same build.
ings as heretofore The time OF year IS
now approaching when 10 VIII require oil
the Efforts OF principals teachers ana par
ents To Keep the pupils In the schools
Those continuing 10 the end OF the session
ana receiving promotion cards Will thus gain
a full year In their grades
Tie monthly statement shows q loss Of
only thirty weight ANA lt Us hoped that the
end Of the session. May 81 The monthly
cards VIII be sent out early next week.
Parents are particularly requested to ex-
anime these carefully.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
THE u. P. WILL FIGHT
The Maximum Rate Bill Of Me-
braska.
FEDERAL RAILWAY CONTROLS,
An Article BY Hon. S. N. cullom In ihe Rail.
way Aqt-The Santa Fs's Scheme.
Floods in Idaho Other
Railway News.
FEDERAL RAILWAY CONTROLS.

There were rlum and sour visagcs
about the various railroad headquarters
yesterday. aud the only subject heard
discussed was the passage Of house roll
80, or the maximum rate bill, says the
Omaha Bee
Clerks wondered what effect Il would
have upon their salaries, yard men and
track men saw 10 It's passage q reduction,
not only IN working hours. but in wages
while heads Ot departments generally rec
fused 10 talk upon the subject because
NO action bad been decided upon 10 meet
The problems growing Uut Of It's passage.
Before Do b. known how seriously the
bin will affect the railroads, aud in what
special cases The rates VIII have 20 be
lowere1 20 conform 90 The spirit and let.
ter Of the law, the rate clerks OF the va
rious railroads in Nebraska VIII have 10
compile q new rate sheet, aud this means
untold work on the part of the rate
workers.
The Union Pacific was not os active ais
other railroads Boo opposing the bin, and 81
viii depend on lts relations with the goy-
eminent tu cyadc the new luw. II Dr. iu-
t.mutpd that this corporation win go into
the courts ut the FIRST opportunity and
fight the statute. General Manager HOl.
drpdgc of the Baltimore and Maryland.
iu an interview with n Doe representative
yesterday tried 10 mukc n ease against
the bill in the following manner.
There is no doubt in nay Iuiud but that
house roll No. 80 III put in effect would
cripple the business and manufacturing
interests OF Nebraska, and would Zoe Of
mo- benefit tl the farming community.
which 10 is intended 10 help. The loss
90 thp railroads uf Nebraska On incoming
freight would amount 60 % large sum-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
FLOODS IN IDAHO.

For q week past the Union Pacific has
been unable 90 get trains through 10
Portland on account Of the terrific floods
nn the Idaho division Of the system In the
Snake river country Bridges have been
carried away and lnndslidps have been
OF almost daily occurrence Wednesday.
however the road was able 10 resume
business. the tracks being clear and nll
The bridges in repair n had been four
days since trains were able 20 get
through io Portland series Of circum-
stances largely interfering with the pas.
snce of trains. When everything seemed
clear on the Idaho division aud trains
hod been started toward Portland a
hung up traffic to the general disgust of
everybody in the service aud out How
ever. traffic has now been resumed and
officials believe all the difficulties are
over
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
THE SANTA re awake.

T,t,av Vic ~ ott",,,iin,. 49, ,,actir,.
of the Western Passenger association.
announced that the Santa Fe had in
terposcd objections 90 making World
fair rates on the ground that the lines
west of the Missouri river had not agreed
upon basis Of rates This objection. It
is understood. means that the Santa Re
is determined 10 enter the .transconti-
mental field aud make big bid for
Worlds fair business. The Santa Fe
with IFS line 10 Southern California Is in
position 10 make h particularly disa-
grccablc for either the Southern Pacific.
Union Pacific or Northern Pacific. and
"the dog in the manger' policy pursued
nt present is causing no end Of trouble
Dbl p1stonger CIRCLES. Omnhn Boo.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
A Stirring Appeal to Citizens of
Fort Worth
TO ATTEND TODAYS MEETING,
Chairman McCarlhys Call Tor Meeting this
Morning is Not Intended Alone for Sub
scribsrs 10 the Rock island Fund.
All Citizens Invited.
(Commupicated)

communicated
Editor Gozette-The apathy and in
difference Of some Of our people in re-
gard to securing the Rock Island rail-
road pusscth understanding, and IS alto
gether unlike Fort Worth, which has
hitherto performed its whole duty in mat
ters Of public interest and concern.
The Rock Island road Is one Of the
most valuable prizes ever within the
reach Of the city.
1t "a one of the most potent factors
In the development Of the west.
IL has performed more and better SER
vice 10 building up territory contiguous
to its line than any railroad system in
the west
It Is a prize worthy Of the best effort
Of the people Of the city.
Yet there has been less interest mani
, Tested than ia any undertaking that has
| ever been presented To- the city.
Business men and property owners.
who have heretofore worked with zeal
aud energy, have not responded TO the
call made upon them and have stood
with folded arms, and remained indiher-
ent and inactive,
The announcement Of an evening paper
that the deal had been concluded could
not bc further from the truth. and may
/ nave influenced many people who in
| ierrcd from this announcement that
| there was no necessity for further eff
! fort.
The effort should not be abandoned.
| IL is seriously hoped that every subscrib-
| er TO the guarantee fund win answer
| Chairman McClrthy's call and attend
the meeting 40 the chamber OF CONE
merce this morning A / read his call.
| b is Inferred u Is intended for subscrib-
erS only but ] assume that any man
| in The city who has not placed his name
on the list, and who Is vc' willing TO do
So, viii be cordially welcomed.
Lot every subscriber attend.
lpt other meu come mp and subscribe.
and make one more united effort TO So
cure the Rock llsaul
Fort Worth cunuOt afford 10 let 10 20
by this city. SUBSCRIBER
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
MN RRAKENLEN.s SrRIIir.

Waco Tex. April . (Spcciulj Tho
recent strike of brukcmon ON the Texas
Central railroad aud the trouble which
is stated tO have OccnsiOued DO. has not
been finally adjusted The contract
which the men demanded was not salts
factory, they state. when forwarded 10
them by the general manager The op-
orators also demanded scale Of wages.
committee of brukpmpu. operators and
conductors are Zoo the city 20 confer with
Mr.. Hamilton, general manager. aud the
matter will undoubtedly bee settled. The
committee says that mo- authorized state
mcut has been issued by 10 concerning
the matter and refuse 90 talk about H.
There are but small number of men
nuccled hy the disagreement and all
say 10 viii be- arranged satisfactorily.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
SPECIAL RATES



During the month of April the Santa
Fee viii make reduced rates for the fol-
lowing meetings:
Knights TTnplur conclave.
Lumbermen's association OF Texas.
Funeral Directors convention, at Cal
weston, April IL.
State convention y. NJ. @. A., Corsi-
cana, April 10.
Grand lodge Order Sons Of Hermann,
Dallas. April 10
Annual convention Texas State sunday
School teachers. WnXahachie. April 10.
Reunion cX-Confederate veterans.
Houston, April Is
Grand lodge knights of Pythias and
Uniform Rank eL,dmpmeut, San An.
tonic, April 1S
Grand council American Legion Of
Honor, Waco. April IS.
Travellers Protective association. Gal.
weston, April 10
German Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
Brenham, April 20
ASK amy Santa Fee agent for particulars
as To rates, limits and tickets.
a. g.. THOMPSON.
g. J.. and H. A.
WIN. DOHERTYs Z. and II. A..
4O3 Main street.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10

arrangements to put down nm artesian
well nc this place.
Arrangements were completed today by
which Charming is 10 have another mer-
camille establishment There viii be no
lack Of backing for this enterprise and
they will put ia n large aud complete
stock at once
The people Of Charming are highly
pleased with the developments Of the
past few days and look forward to a
new era Of prosperity.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
ronnrNsrn nAnnoAn r1,n rAnLn

d-cavlng Iimcl
Texas and pacinc- Eastbound: $40 a. M
qf5 o. M 1880 O. M, 4.iO D. ni.i 0'4V
q. no. Wcsthound. gioJ a. i1.
Texas aud raciic transc0niinental o.
yislon-Lcayes s:45 0. NJ. Arrive 40 ,
M.
Missouri Kansns and Tens Norihb3una;
a0:85 a ~, 1880 p. M. s0uuthbound' lO.lV
a. fn 10 D. m.
Fort Worth and Denver Northbounn;
1030 a. m. 0.16 p. "a.
Houston and Texas Centrai--S0uthhound;
$3.50 n. m 01O d. m.
S35nta 70 roate,Nortlho9ynLogi o'go nio.oS
q, m.
Cotton Belt routo--Eastbound $50 &. m,
Fort Worth ana Rio Grande-s outhhound'
500 d. m
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10

CONGRESSMAN BELL WILL FILL THE
VACANCY FROM THIS DISTRICT
o. BY EXAMINATION.

Fort Worth. April s--Therc win be held
o. Gmnbury Do Hood county go lp a. M.
on Saturday. May d. nrNf, e competitive eA.
animation Tor the purpose OF selecting O
naval cadet Tor the Eighth congress .uuaI
District The candidate win hp examined
lu reading spelling writing arithmetic. ul.
The applicants must bee over ~ lud under
~ years NJ age. q. X. BELL.
The papers Published in this district are
q. H. BELL.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
CLAIMING PLEASED.
THAT THE CAPITOL SYNDICATE
HAS PLACED IT'S LANDS ON
iLINHVV aHL

Claiming, Tex, April S.-CSpecinl y
Ex-senator Farwcll and Colonel Tavlor
of Chicago have been In town for the
past few days looking after the interests
of the Capitol Syndicate property. As
q result the lands Of the Capitol Syudi-
cate ranch are offered for sale in large
or small tracts at 81 per acre on ten
years time.
The owners of this property have made
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10

river from 20 cents to Il cents per hun
dred"
FEDERAL CONTROL or RAIL
WAYS
Hon S. NJ Cullom. United States sen
ator from Illinois. viii contribute TO the
next number Of the Railway Age a care
fully written article on "Thc Federal
Control Of Railwaya." and In the fol-
lowing issue Mr. George r. Blanchard
commissioner Of the Central TrHitic as
ISOLATION. will make reply, taking issue
with some Of bis distinguished senator 8
positions As Mr.. Cullom was long the
chairman of the senate committee on
Interstate commerce. and TO q large ex-
tent author of the Interstate commerce
act, while Mr.. blanchard. from bis exc
tended experience as n railway officer
and for years past as the head ~ q great
association u roads. is specially qualified
20 speak OF the practical side Of rnilwpy
legislation, these two papers will DO
found Of unusual interest and import
uuce.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10

For wedding presents nothing Is moro
appropriate than u nice piece of silver
wurc. IL YOU want TO get the best as
sortment aud lowest price, go 10 More
hous y BcBude's. 501 Main street
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10

Chase Il Sauhou's teas like their
cotfces, are absolutely the best quality
attaingble. We win handle these tens
exclusively this summer Turner IL
linErn.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10

Chase & Sanborn's teas. like their
conecs. are absolutely the best quality
attQinablc. We will handle these tens
exclusively this summer. Turner q
Dingcc
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10

The only brand bearing the name Of
Is. Il. Gruvely's superior chewing TO.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10
ATTEND.

the big jewelry auction sale NJ pffnfFe's
every day at p. M, aud 1880 p. m.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-10

river from 20 cents to Al cents per hun
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-04-29
THE CROWN LANDS.

The advocates of the lost cause tell
the natives that the annexationists
could not carry out their pledge to
homestead the crown lands
d. Because the lands are private
property
UI) Because they are under lease
1t cannot be that those who use this
argument do so seriously. Every body
knows, or ought to, that the crown lands
long since ceased to be the personal
estate Of the monarch and that they
became subject to the control of legs
lative authority-an authority which
would be vested in whatever law
making body might exist here undel
the rule of the United States THAI
being true it follows that a homestead
act, covering the disposal of such par
of the crown lands as would rever
every year or 50 from lessees to lessons
would be legally operative.
Touching the leases it is untrue tina
the country would have to wait thirt,
years for them to expire They wer,
not all made, by any means, in 1898
Some of them have continued thirt,
years already Others will soon run
out. Much of the holding has beer
repossessed by the government anc
would be ready for partition as soon a!
America had taken control here, anc
then the natives would begin to be
provided for.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-04-29
THE SAFE COURSE.

A royalist paper in this city affects
to believe that because the STAR does
not see prosperous days ahead for Ha-
wall until permanent government shall
have been secured, it cannot consist
emily approve longer tenure Of the
temporary regime now in power.
That however, does not follow. The
Provisional government is the only
avenue open to solid political ground
and it is the duty of all good citizens to
held the thoroughfare until the time
comes to march safely out of it, To
leave it now because the route beyond
is INSTRUCTED would be a folly which no
reasonable being could commit. The
only other avenues that could be
entered lead either to the rotting and
fetid slough of the monarchy or to the
quiCksands of republic, and either OF
them the friends and advocates OF
stable government do not propose to
traverse.
1t may be a hardship to be forced
to stay in Provisional street -four years
more, but not so much of a one as it
would be to live among the evil smells
of Royalist alley or to venture along
the uncertain footing of Republican