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The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
ARID LAND LAW.
Good Chances Open for Settlement Of
Property.


Washington, Nov. 24.-There are vari-
Gus schemes to utilize the arid land law
that was passed at the last session Of
congress. 1t gives the new states AMI
territories 1,OOO,0 acres each of gov
ernment lands If they will redeem
them. Among the schemes proposed is
one for the states to build irrigation
bitches with labor brought from the
overcrowded towns and cities of the
East and to pay for that labor half in
cash and half in land to be occupied
when the irrigation works are complet-
ed. 1t will, however. be difficult to i'll
duce any great number of city people
to go West under such conditions.
1t is proposed to establish a model ir-
rigation colony somewhere in the West
for the purpose of demonstrating what
can be done by a single man in the
way Of agriculture if his labors are
properly directed. Five thousand acres
of land will be taken in some locality
convenient to water and transpOrta-
on it with farms of from 20 to 40 acres
each. They will be organized on the
village system as adopted by the MOI
mons in order to avoid the objections
that people in thickly settled portions
of the country invariably raise when
they are recommended to go West. The
farmers will live in village with
schools and churches just as convenient
as they have them in Ohio or Massa-
chusetts and have their barns and
storehouses on their farms which will
not be more than three miles away at
the farthest Their wives and chill
dren will have plenty of society and
there will be a store established by the
association at which they can procure
at reasonable prices everything they
need. This is the plan suggested by
Brigham Young and it has proved to be
very effective in keeping the Mormons
contented and happy and in promoting
education and adherence to the doc
trineS of the church.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
FIGHT AT CHURCH.
Omcers Attempt to Arrest Murderer
and Have to XIII Him.

and Have to XIII Him.
Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 25.-A battle
occurred at a church near Carrollton.
Miss, to-day between officers and a
murderer, and as result one man Is
dead and two others wounded.
Ben P. Chatham, the marshal Of Car
rolltOn, and n. Brewer, a deputy sher-
if, left to-day for Enona. to arrest
Claude Moss, who is charged with mur-
der at Monticello, Ark, and who has
been a fugitive from justice for more
than a year.
Governor Stone honored the requisi-
ton of the governor of Arkansas, and
had ordered the sheriff of CarrolltOn
county to arrest Moss and deliver him
to the Arkansas officers.
The officers learning that Moss, who
had recently grown bold, would prob
ably attend church at Enona to-day,
left for that point and reached the
church Just as the minister was begin
ming services.
Moss and his companions were stand
ing near the church when Chatham
and Brewer approached. Moss threw
his hand to his hip pocket as if to draw
his pistol, when Chatham grabbed his
hand and Brewer. also grabbed him.
Moss being stout and powerful
young man, resisted the officers. when
both officers pulled their pistols. They
scuftled with Moss until they reached
the church door, 30 feet away, when
Moss had succeeded in almost wrench
ing Brewers pistol from his hand and
fired it at Chatham, but Brewer
knocked the pistol and caught the bull
let in his arm, intlicting serious
wound. He then rammed Brewers
pistol into Chathams breast and pulled
the trigger again and again, but Brew
cr's hand caught the hammer, and the
pistol only snapped. His hand, how
ever, was terribly cut.
BY this time Chatham had freed his
pistol from Moss grasp and fired two
bullets into him. killing him instantly.
Intense excitement prevailed at the
church, and scores of women tainted.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
More Trouble for Brazil.

New York, Nov. 25.-The special dis.
patch to the World from Rio Janeiro
says: Italy has decided to send Il
fleet against this country, 1t Is learned,
on account of Brazil's refusal to arbl-
trate a pending question. Though the
action of the government in the case
is universally approved here, President
Moraes will prepare new propositions
and forward them to-the Italian gov
ernment. The United States may be
asked to arbitrate.
Part of Brazirs feet has left with
sealed orders. 1t is rumored that war;
ships have been sent after Da Cana,
who now commands 5000 men. The
monarchists, the report says, propose
rising all over the country. 1t is fear
ed the government will be unable to
cope with them. Troublous times are
predicted.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

AN officer of New York life in
surance company figures that there
are 10,437.041 insurable people in
this country, and that of this number
fully 7,366,414 are insured. Another
Insurance man claims that the aver
age American citizen is not more than
sixty days away from actual want, be-
cause the average American citizen Is
apt to live right up to his income.
He finds it much easier to leave q
thousand dollar policy to his family
by the payment Of about 1926 per an
mum than to save $1,000, and SO he
ignores the chances of rainy days
coming to himself, in the form Of
sickness, accident or loss Of position.
It is an open question whether life in
surance encourages thrift, whether it
co-operates with the savings bank or
the builaing association.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

commissioners is three years, salary
5000 year. The mayor also ap-
pointed Joseph NJ. Denel police JUS
tice to succeed Solon b. Smith, term
nine years, salary $1,000 a year.
Hess and Kearney are Republicans.
Cummings is Democrat and a men,
Der Of Tammany Hall. The old board
was composed of two Democrats and
one Republican. The new board will
stand two Republicans and one Dem
ocrat. 1t is understood that the in
coming mayor will not interfere with
the appointments made to-day and that
all the commissioners will be allowed
to serve out their terms.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
News from vsnexusla.

New York, Nov. PA special dis
patch from Panama says that the con-
stitutional assembly has decreed the
laws governing the liberty Of the
press.
Twenty-Five military officers and
men were killed near Tegucigalpa by
the bursting of an improperly loaded
cannon.
Severe earthquake shocks have been
felt In several provinces Of Venezuela.
The town Of Caracas was destroyed,
but the loss of life is small.
The Nicaraguan government has
leased Corn island for 10 years to La
cayo, formerly commissioner to the
Mosquito territory. Lacay0 intends to
establish cOaling station on the Is
land,
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

DR.. TALMAGE has resigned tho
pastorate Of the Brooklyn Tabernacle,
and says he "will either take another
pastorate or go into general evangelis-
tic work, preaching the gospel to all
people. without money and without
price" The reason assigned for this
step Is that the Tabernacle congrega-
ton has built three churches for him
each OF which has burned down, and
he thinks, ''it would not be right" to
call on them to build fourth. As
for the new pastorate Of which he
speaks the doctor apparently thinks
that it will employ him at its own
risk, and If churches continue to burn
under his administration, then he will
bow to the will of Providence and
preach out of doors.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
Convict Gets q Fort une.

Chicago, Nov. 24.-Samuel Carson,
an escaped convict from Jefferson City,
NO., who has been a Chicago convict
for 10 years. has fallen heir to $4,000,
left by his parents, and has surrender
ed himself. He hopes that with the
aid of the money he has fallen heir to
he can employ attorneys who will 30
cure him n pardon.
He was In prison for cattle stealing
near Marysville, Mo. His escape was
effected by concealing him In stone
pile In the prison yard about dusk, af-
ter having fixed gate lock 30 that
though apparently secure the lock had
not operated.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
Two Children burned.

Trinidad, Colo, Nov. 4.-About 6:3C
this morning the house Of Nlcollo Mar
tino Of Hastings-a mining camp Is
miles north of Trinidad-took fire and
burned to the ground. 1t seems that
Mrs. Martino went after some water q
short distance from the house, leaving
her 2-year,old boy and 4yoar-old girl
in bed. On finding the house on fire
the woman seemed dazed, and neg
lected to tell her neighbors of the chill
dren being In the house until 1t was toe
late. They were both burned to death
before they could be rescued.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

BETTING is bad thing always. II
must be especially bad where man
makes . foolish bet. A ride in a
wheelbarrow as method of paying an
election bet seems silly and childish
enough. A case has occurred in
New York state, however, in
which devotee of Hill
agreed to pay one cent for every
vote that Morton received above tho
head of the Democratic ticket. The
sum which he has to hand over If the
terms of the wager are strictly On
forced is something like $1,000.
Enough to give almost any one pause.
This is undoubtedly the most remark
able bet of the campaign.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

AN Englishman at continental
watering place, finds that at the termi-
nation of his sojourn there he is ex-
pected to tip first, the chambermaid
(female) second. the assistant chamber
maid (male); third, the head waiter;
fourth, the waiter who brings coffee to
the bedroom in the morning; fifth.
the waiter on duty at dejeuner and
dinner; sixth, the head porter, and
seventh, the page who goes on errands.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
Will Grow Cannigre.

San Diego, Gala, Nov. 25.-Arrange-
ments have been perfected by the
ranchers Of this vicinity for the plant
ing Of canaigre on a large scale and
company has been organized to handle
the product. A tannery is to be erect
ed in this city to cost $4,000 and the
plant will be extended as rapidly as
the supply Of canaigre increases. The
roots grow wild In lower California,
but 1t is believed the output can be
largely increased by cultivation.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

Two young women, occupying seats
in the front row OF balcony,
in theater not long ago, turned
to the persons behind them and said:
''f you can't see over our hats please
say so and we will take them off,"
This statement can be verified by aff1-
davits of not less than six responsible
persons, who declare furthermore that
the two young women were handsome.
lady-like and well-dressed, as they al
most invariably are in such cases.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
r,rd,n.nd ward. Ch,ldr.n.

Geneseo, N. w. Nov. 2l.-Ferdinand
Ward has received from Governor
Flower the papers restoring to him
full rights us n citizen. Mr.. Ward will
MT once institute legal proceedings for
the possession OF his son, whom he
claims is withheld by an Irregular
guardian. He will also bring an action
against the Franklin Trust Go. for the
recovery Of certain collaterals which
1t ia claimed are illegally held by that
company. Mr.. Ward now holds re-
sponsibie position In the Office of tho
surrogate Of Livingston county at
Gencseo.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
PROTESTING AGAINST FEES.
Students Of Kansas University Brings
Suit in the Supreme Court,

Students of Kansas University Brings a
Suit in the Supreme Court,
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 21.-A suit has
been commenced in the Supreme couri
by the students of the Kansas State
university to test the right of the re-
gents Of the institution to exact library
laboratory and graduation fees from the
students, the action being a quo-war'
ranto proceeding on relation Of the at
torney-general.
The question has been in dispute fol-
some time. Attorney-General Kellogg
ruled that the collection OF the labora
tory fee was proper and legal, but later
an opinion was given by Attorney
General Little to the effect that the
collection of all such fees was unan'
thorized and illegal, on the ground tina,
the state makes ample appropriations
for the expenses OF the university and
that the shatute expressly provides that
admission shall be free to all the peo
pie of the state.
No library fee was collected until Sep
tember 1892, when the students Of the
law department were taxed S. each. In
1893 the library fee was extended
to all students and an additional tax
of $50 was imposed on law students
In 1892 the fees collected were 81,
4G6.44. No report has been received OF
the collections for 1893 and 1894.
The law students in some instances
refused to make the payments, and re
ferred the matter to Attorney-General
Little, who decided against the re
gentS. They renewed their objections
and requested him to bring suit, and
engaged Judge John r. Morton Of To
peka to represent them. The petition
shows that the university receives an
nually from the state $4,000 for
current expenses. In addition thereto
tho legislature of 1893 appropriated
$4,000 for the purpose of keeping
up the library and laboratory for the
years Of 1894 and 1895, a part of the
money being specially appropriated for
the purchase of books, and 81, 900 each
year for the purchase Of chemicals. An
appropriation of $4,000 was also made
for the erection OF and equipment OF
the physics and electrical engineering
building, and another sum Of $4 800 for
maintaining and conducting the expert.
mental station.
The regents contend that the library
and laboratory fees are not admission
fees, but fees exacted to keep the lib
rary in an available condition, and ia
provide extra facilities for students
They regard the decisions of Attorney
General Kellogg and Attorney-General
Little as IL stand-Off, and continue Ia
charge the fees on the opinion given by
the law faculty Of the institution, that
the charge is just and legal.
A~o. ). ru"m'ns. Got. Job.
New York! NOT. 2l.-Mayor Gilroy
to-day AppoIHted C9Rgressman-Anss J
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

PRESIDENT STICKNEY OF the Maple
Leaf road declares that the present
depression is due in large part to, the
overcr6wding OF the cities and advo-
cate{ the turning Of the tide to the
fer9fA Mr.. Stickney is unquestionably
TfG4k but Esw can the farmer boys
nee eroYding intd the cities be
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

LADY EDMUND FITzMAURICE, an
American girl who married an English
title has been freed from her marriage
ties by the London courts. She is
only one OF many foolish American
girls who have thrown away their
happiness for empty titles, but it is a
question whether her fate will prove q
warning to even one young woman.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

The weather prophets all predict u
hard winter, which is probably the
right thing to do. 1t prepares the
people for the worst, and it is just as
likely as nos to turn out that way.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
Silver EXPORTS,

New York, Nov. 24.-The Advertiser
says: The exports of silver from Lon
don thus far this year have been: TO
India, 4.253, ,S15 pounds. against 5,0<s,-
G4e pounds, against 1,313, Ola poundsA
Cand China. 1854 ,041 pounda lngainst
! 1,628. .8S1 poundh. Considef
- Aft6eAeg. tO tlse plan "
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

This Is the time when hunters puid
through fields and meadows treaI,
and crawl through fences with their
guns, and come home full OF lead.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28
Iows's Rsturps.

Des Moines, J9wa, Noy. M.-Com-
~ ~ 1,ssssi 13 ~ ~ Nc. e
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

Amo. ). ,ummlnEs Gets = Job.
New York. NOT. 2l.-Mayor Gilroy
to-day appoiGtcd C9pgressman~Afnss j,
o. 1ih1 w. 1npN 5laciQner. %
The Delta independent., 1894-11-28

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The Bossier banner., 1894-11-15
Canned Fodder.

Ensilage is nothing in the world but
canned fodder. You take fruit and can
it and use it upon your tables, and if it
is properly canned it is nearly as pala-
table as fresh fruits, as near as it can
be. Now, we take fodder and by
means of silo we can it. A good silo
is an air-tight building, or as near as
it is possible to make it, and in
it is placed the food in a compara-
lively green state; the enormous
weight of the green food causes it to
settle. The weight of ensilage in a
silo when settled is from forty to fifty
pounds per cubic foot, and the result
is that it settles so compactly as to
drive the air out, and the ensilage
keeps so long as the air is not allowed
to come in contact with it.-Farmers
Home Journal.
The Bossier banner., 1894-11-15
HERE AND THERE.

Raising our own dogs and buying
our hogs, is a custom more honored in
the breach than the observance
Boiled pine tops and put in slop
will cure thumps in hogs Turpentine
is also good.
The first oil we'll in America was on
a small farm in the mountains of Wavne
county, KY. 1t was discovered in 1929.
Keeping a lot of idle cockerels is
waste of feed, and general nuisance
Sell them or eat them to get them out
of the way.
One acre of good, stock hens will
prove more profitable in twelve months
than four acres of wheat or corn, and
instead of exhausting the land they i'm
prove it. But they must be properly
divided and housed.
Recent and numerous tests show
that a mixture of corn and wheat fed
to hogs of the right sort will net the
feeder from seventy to eighty cents
per b"shel This beats the market
price of either of these grains.
"A sleek, well-rounded COW is very
handsome and might be cut up into ex-
cellent roasts and steaks, but she is not
handsome in the eyes of practical
dairymen. She puts her fat upon her
person, and not in the pail
1t is barbarous, as we'll as expen-
sive, to confine or ship fowls in coops
SO low they can not stand up straight.
The punishment causes them to loose
condition, and become in consequence
a slow sale.
1t is beginning to dawn upon those
who eat beef for the purpose of sustain
ing bodily vigor and health rather than
for the pleasures of the palate, that our
beef is made too fat. There is more
nutriment in given weight of grass
fattened beef than that fed largely on
corn.
The policy that permits the ground
to be bare all winter to have it's fer
tility leached out by rains is disastrous.
Sow it down in rye or barley, pasture
and plowunder in spring, if the ground
is needed for other crops. A pound Of
fertility saved is as good as pound ap-
piled, and costs less.
Chickens to eat are well enough,
but eggs we must have Eggs come
nearer being current cash than anv
other product of the farm or door-yard.
Twelve eggs are good for twelve cents,
and the more egg-producers we have
the more cents will follow as a natural
consequence
"A silo twenty-five feet deep and
twelve feet square viii hold feed sufi.
Gent to last twelve cows six months
Each will consume about sixty pounds
daily. The corn should not be har-
vested while too green and succulent,
lest much Of the feedine value be lost
The Bossier banner., 1894-11-15
The Color of Milk.

We often hear, says one of our for
eign exchanges, a dairyman boast of
the fact that his cows give a ''rich
looking" milk. Hence arises the ques-
ton; Does light color always indi-
cate a poor milk, and does a yellow
color always indicate rich milk?" AS
a matter of fact, color of milk is no
safe guide to its richness in fat con-
tents The color of the strippings and
the first milk will answer this ques-
tion. The strippings are usually six or
eight times richer in fat than the cor
responding first milkings, and yet both
are of the same color. One authority
states that the coloring matter in milk
is nitrogenous chemical compound,
and he calls it lactochrome, and says it
is this compound that gives milk, but
ter and whey its yellow tint. The
amount of this coloring matter in the
milk is influenced by the food of the
animal as well as by its Individuality
That the color of milk is not certain
index of its fat contents is borne out by
the white butter usually produced on
winter food, and the golden-hued June
product, though June grass milk is not
phenomenally rich in fat-though the
fat is highly colored. National Dairy
man,
The Bossier banner., 1894-11-15
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure LIQUID
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due tc ITS presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
atiye; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free FROM
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for. sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you viii not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Bossier banner., 1894-11-15
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.


4 CARLOAD of matches was iguited
by friction il transportation and
burned the other day at Burgir, Ky.
THE consumption Of wine in Mines,
France, averages bottle a day for
every man, woman and child in the
city.
THE tensile strength Of wrought iron
rods varies as the square OF the diam
eter. A 1-inch rod will support 1900
pounds and 2-inch rod $4,000 pounds,
TEE leaf of the cocoanut tree is
nearly thirty feet long a single leaf
Of the parasol magnolia of Ceylon af
fords shade for fifteen or twenty per-
sons.
TRoMsoE, in Norway, has just eeie.
brated it's 1,O00th anniversary. In that
time it has grown from sixty people to
5000. The inhabitants are chiefly de-
voted to fishing
THE alligator does not attain his full
length until he is fifty years Of age.
When one year old his length is about
twelve inches; at the age of ffteen he
has grown to two feet.
TIE cold is so intense in northern
Siberia that the earth never thaws to
greater depth than five or six feet.
Bodies buried at greater depth re-
main perpetually frozen.
A RAILROAD between Coalzacoalcos
and Salina Cruz, Mexico, which opens
new means of transportation between
the Gulf of Mexico and tho Pacific
coast, has been completed recently.
THE pin machines of England, Hol-
land and Germany turn out an average
of $1,000, 600 pins for every work day of
the year. At Birmingham one factory
makes 30,0O0,000 pins per day.