Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-16
MEXICAN AGRICULTURE.
Where Steers Are Employed to Do tn
 Flowing

where steers Are Employed to no the Flowing
 At the Casa Camadra are two old log houses, and in them live some squalid, yellow-hided humans who are to farm little stretch of bottom land this year. They require work steers to do their blowing, and MT. Bell has brought up half dozen vicious old "stags," which are both truculent and swift of foot. The Mexicans insist that they are not able to handle them, and Mir. Bell orders his punchers into action. I strolled out to the corrals to see the bulls ''gentled After lot of riding and yelling they were herded and dragged into the inclosure, where they. their ponies at the gate.
 was standing at one corner of the corral, near the men, when out from i the midst of the steers walked a big I black bull, which raised it's head and | gazed directly at me. The bull had never before in it's stupid life observed man on foot, and l comprehended immediately what he would do next, so lied out" for the casa at rate of speed which the boys afterward never grew weary of commenting No spangled torero of the bull-ring ever put more heart and soul into his run long hunting spurs. The bull made 8 ''fo'lorn hope" for the gate and the gallant punchers melted away before the charge.
 The diversion of the punchers made the retreat of the infantry possible, and from an intrenched position l saw the bulls tear over the hill with the punchers rolling their tails" behind. After an hour of swearing and hauling and believing, the six cattle were lugged back to the pen and the bars put up. The punchers came around to congratulate me on my rapid recovery from a sprained ankle, when they hap pened to observe the cattle securing off for the open country. Then there was a grunting of ponies as the spurs went in, some hoarse oaths, and for the third time they tore away after the gentle work oxen" The steers had taken the bars in their stride.
 Another hours chase. and this time the animals were thrown down, trussed l1p like turkeys for the baking, and tied to posts, where they lay to kick and below the night through in iul- potentrage. The puuchers coiled their ropes, lit their cigarettes, and rode of in the gathering gloom. The morning following, the steers were let mp, and, though wet and chilled, they still roared defiance For agricultural our
 l valuable as a rhinoeeros or Bengal tiger, and I await with interest the re- port of the death rate at the Casa CaEaadra during spring blowing = Harper's Magazine
 And your wife aimed and struck your head with the enp?' Yes sir. 7 Well then. all I Lave to say is that you shonld be very proud of her. - Inter Ocean.
 Tie fastest time recorded was by tie i.n pi State express on the New York Gent, ai and Hudson River rail road, May H. 1893. one mile being made ia g. seconds. equal to 1l2 miles ar hour.
 -Mistress-''Y must really breal eff t:sat dreadful habit Babette, O always wanting to have the last word. 7 Maid But how am t. know, ma am ta.at you have nothing more to say?''- Figaro.
 Brazil began railroad building il 1851 and has 5,5s) miles. One of it' lines. the Pedro segundo, is 52o mile long through d very difficult country On this line there are sixteen long tun rals It cost S(i( O0O 000