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Milford chronicle., 1895-01-18
Site Of Paradise.


Many scholars have supposed that this
island of Ceylon was the original garden
of Eden where the snake first appeared on
reptilian mission. There are reasons for
belief that this was the site where the first
homestead was opened and destroyed 1t
is so near the equator that there are not
more than 12 degrees of Fahrenheit differ
ence all the year round. Perpetual foliage,
perpetual fruit and all styles of animal
life prosper. What luxuriance and abun-
dance and superabundance of life What
styles of plumage do not the birds sportl
What styles of scale do not the fishes re-
veall What styles of song do not the
groves have in their librettol
Here on the roadside and clear out on
the beach of the sea stands the cocoanut
tree, saying: "Take my leaves for shade
Take the juice of my fruit for deleotable
drink. Take my saccharine for sugar
Take my fiber for the oordage of your ships
Take my oil to kindle your lamps
Take my wood to fashion your cups and
pitchers Take my leaves to thatch your
roofs Take my smooth surface on which
to print your books. Take my 30, 0OO 600
trees covering 500, 900 acres, and with the
expectation enrich the world. / will wave
in your fans and spread abroad in your
umbrellas. / will vibrate in your musical
instruments l will be the scrub in
brushes on your floors. Here also stands |
the palm tree, saying; Il am at your dis
posal With these arms fed your ances-
tors 15O years ago, and with these same |
arms / will feed your descendants $50 |
years from now 1 defy the oenturiesl'
Here also stands the nutmeg tree, saying |
/ am ready to spice your beverages and |
enrich your puddings, and with my sweet /
dust make insipid things palatable. "
Here also stands the coffee plant, saying, /
' With the liquid boiled from my berry ]
stimulate the nations morning by morn
ing Here stands the tea plant, saying,
With the liquid boiled from my leaf
soothe the worlds nerves and stimulate
the worlds conversation evening by even
ing
Here stands the oinohona saying; i
am the foe of malaria. In all climates my
is the slaughter Of fevers.
What miracles of productiveness on
these islands, Enough sugar to sweeten
all the worlds beverages Enough ba
nanas to pile all the worlds fruit baskets
Enough rice to mix all the worlds pud
1ings Enough oOcoanut to powder all the
worlds cakes Enough flowers to garland
an the world 6 beautv
Milford chronicle., 1895-01-18
THE ISLE OF PALMS.
WORK OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES
IN CEYLoN

Natures Luxuriance Adds Weight TO the
Belief That It Is the Site of the Garden
Of Eden - Christianity Must Triumph
over HindOo Superstition.
Milford chronicle., 1895-01-18
LEAVE PHlLADELPHIA FOR WILMINGTON

Ra.es TO Western points lower than via any
other line. G. o. sCULL, Gent Pasa. A gent,
n. q, CAMPBRLIAG General Manager,
Milford chronicle., 1895-01-18

from Franklin City.
Going North read down. Going south read up
DR.. N. CURBY BUaGHARD'S

R5llll q . : q : lsl.lAsl - ! 9: ~
LADIES. By special request from patients
at a distance, who can not personally consult
me- and being unable to answer the many cor
respondents, and furnish at short notice the
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16
Corn. Cattle and Profit.

The st. Paul Pioneer Press says:
"The effect of the wheat and corn crop
upon railroad traffic is exerted in ways
widely differing. The wheat crop is
moved as grain, so far as it is sent to
market, with the exceptions success
fully established during the past year,
when it was demonstrated that at a
low price it might be profitably fed to
hogs and shipped eventually as pork.
AS result of the large annual export
of wheat, however, high per cent. OF
the crop is moved from the farm just
as it comes from the thresher
In the case of corn, however, while
the number of bushels shipped equals
or exceeds the amount of wheat ham
died by the railroads, the proportion
of the entire crop so transported is far
less. In small crop, perhaps only Is
or 10 per cent. is sold directly by the
farmers; in a large crop this amount
may reach 25 per cent. Consequently
of the bumper crop of Q, 250, 900 bushels
expected this year, only about 500, 000,-
900 bushels will go to market as corn.
But the influence of corn crop on
traffic does not stop here. The re-
mainder of the crop, excepting what
is saved for seed and other
local purposes, goes into cattle and
hogs and their products, which fur
nishes the railroads a sustained and
profta BILE traffic. The crops this year
will be strong stimulus to the raising
of cattle and hogs. The export de-
mand for corn is very small, and
there is no other method by which
such profitable returns can be secured.
The poor crops in the corn states dur
ing the past three years, especially
that of last season, caused the farmers
to reduce the animals they were feed
ing to the lowest numb ber possible.
This year stock raising will see a re-
vival such as has not been noticed for
long period. The corn crop will
make this path to diversified farming
an easy road to travel"
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16
PROTECT MOTHER EARTH.
Natures Garment Should Not be Ruthless
ly Stripped on.

Natures Garment Should Not be Ruthless
ly Stripped on.
One of the most serious injuries to
the old fields of our southern land is
the negro and his rabbit dog with the
ever handy match. We have thou
sands and thousands of acres of lands
once fertile and highly productive
that have been turned out to rest and
recuperate. Nature takes 1t in hand
and clothesit with sedge. grass, weeds,
briers and bushes, whatever vegeta-
tion it is capable of producing, and
the work of restoration begins.
The soil is filed with fine roots.
These die and rot and leave little
channels in the soil that admit rain
water. The air acts on the soil chem
ically, and dissolves and fits for the
use of other plants the large stores Of
plant food that even our poorest soils
have in an insoluble or locked-up con-
dition. The rotted roots, and
leaves and stems of these plants
also furnish a suitable food for
other plants that follow them. A
growth of grass and weeds, bushes and
briers, shades the land, protects 1t
from the scorching sun and washing
rains. The soil is kept moderately cool
and moist in summer, and not only be-
comes rich from rotting vegetation, but
becomes filed with fertilizing material
taken from the air. The air we breathe
is four-iifths nitrogen, gas we we can
neither see taste nor smell. The
nitrogen gas, as it exists in the air, is
useless as food or fertilizer for most
plants. Yet plants can not live with
out nitrogen. 1t combir with other
things and foFms solid compounds,
like saltpeter, aud in this shape is our
most valuable fertilizing material.
Saltpeter is most powerful fertilizer,
and is valuable because 1t furnishes
nitrogen to the crop. Cotton seed and
cotton-seed meal are valuable fer
tilizers chiefly on account OF the nitro.
| gen compounds they contain.
When land is kept shaded by grass,
weeds, trees, briers, etc, and especial
ly by a coating of dead and rotting
/ leaves and other vegetable matter, the
nitrogen of the air enters that soil and
is converted into saltpeter. OF course
that soil, in few years, becomes rich
again.
But the universal practice is to allow
the negroes to burn off natures cloth
ing of weeds and grass in the latter
part of winter and early spring, and
our Mother Earth thus stripped Of &ei
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16
YACHTING THROUGH MEADOWS.
Novel Experience in Cruising on the Nor
folk Broads in England.

Novel Experience In Cruising on the Nor
folk Broads in England.
The river was a thronged highway
Yachts, barges, yawls, rowboats-such
was the fiotilla riding between the
meadow-banks. With the sunny white
ness of the bulging sails was contrasted
the novelty of the prevailing back
ground: trees, farmhouses, hay racks,
garden walls, herds of cattle, windmills
"a landscape through which the NOV
ing sails seemed to play the role of
winged figures. Gradually the charm
and beauty of this river life began to
work their spell. The zigzagging of
the yacht from shore to shore was soon
accepted as a novel way of getting into
closer touch with a river bank, the mar
rowness Of the river and the low, close
shores giving one the sense of being at
one and the same moment on land and
on water.
All the usual sings and sights seen
and looked for from a yachts deck
must be forgotten, 10 be replaced by
/ fresh and novel experiences. For the
usual horizons seen from aboard a
I yacht, there were frinRes Of larches be-
+ hind which the blues Of the hills and
OF the sky came together; to test the
/ course % the wind one looked at the
tossing tree-bOughs, and 20 note it's
strength there was the waving grain Ia
take the place Of foafB-capped water,
The sails we met came from behind
barns, and the bows rounded the bark
/ OF tree-trunks
To speak a ship one had only 10 shout
/ across the meadows. As far as the eve
could see, the landscape was dotted
with white wings. Rarely above the
low shores did the river show its summed
face, and the boats in the narrow chan
nels seemed to walk upon the meadow
I The church spires of Horning and Hove
ton crowning the hilltops alone ap-
/ peared stable, for the ever-moving sails
gave TO the landscape a shifting and
fiuctuant aspect.--Anra Bowman Dodd
in Century.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16
How 1t Works.

How does the number of dogs in a
neigh borhood affect the crop of clover
seed? 1t has been demonstrated, that
where dogs abound the clover never
seeds freely. The explanation is thiss
Dogs and cats are natural enemies.
Where dogs are numerous cats keep to
the houses and avoid the open fields.
Cats destroy field mice when dogs are
few, but not if dogs are numerous.
Field mice, if undisturbed by cats, de.
stroy humble bees, and red clover de-
pends upon humble bees for the fertil-
ization of its flowers. If the flowers
are not fertilized no seed is produced.
Bundle bees have been imported in
many places for this sole purpose
Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16
Health and Disease In the Poultry Yard.


When fowls are iudieiously fed,
made to take exercise, and their guar
ters kept clean aud free FROM Ice,
there is comparatively no trouble
with sickness, except in case Of con-
tagion-
Poultry raisers should learn the
causes OF disease, how to prevent
them. and there will be no need Of
medicines in the poultry yard
When the combs and wattles OF the
fowls are a bright red color it indicates
a condition of health.
When you can enter the henery after
dark and hear no wheeling, it proves
there are no roupy fowls in the flock.
When the manure is hard and por-
ton of It is white. 1t indicates healthy
condition Of the digestive organs
When the edges of the comb and wat
ties are of purplish red and the move
ments sluggish, there is something
wrong.
When fowls lie around indifferent TO
their surroundings they are too fat,
and death from apoplexy, indigestion
or liver complaint will result unless
the trouble is corrected.
When the fowls are restless and con-
stantly picking their feathers, they are
infested with vermin.
When young poultry, especially duck
lings, appear to have sore throat and
swallowing is difficult, it is the symp.
tom of large gray lice on the neck.
II a fowl has a bilious look, with
alternate attacks of dysentery and
eostiveness, 1t is suffering with liver
complaint. A lack of grit, overfeed.
ing and idleness caused this trouble.
A hospital should be part Of every
poultry yard. As soon as fowl gets
sick remove it to the hospital and com,
mence doctoring 1t at once. The trou'
BILE with far too many is that they
wait until the disease is in its ad.
vanced stages before they commence
giving medicine. A very sick fowl is
difficult to cure, and when cured i:
seldom of value afterwards s.-Wisee n
sin Agriculturist
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16
HERE AND THERE.

Sheep men are rapidly improving
their herds with improved mutton
breeds, and consequently there is a
good inquiry for Southdown. Oxford,
Shropshire and Dorset bucks for breed
ing purposes.
Cattle feeders stand squarely in
their own moonshine when they feed
in open pens badly drained, and some
times knee deep with mud, with no
shelter to protect the cattle from the
driving rains and wintry blasts.
The trouble with the methods of
the common run Of farmers as to pork
making is they don't make enough out
Of their pigs during the first four
months of their existence. Good steady
growth from the day of the pigs ap-
pearance is the basis of economical
pork production.
If the most prolific hens were re-
tained and the worthless ones mar
keted, great Improvement would
soon result. 1t is the keeping of the
drones that makes expenses large and
receipts small. 1t is a loss of time and
money to feed ten hens in order to Sc.
cure eggs from only five.
There may be a better food for
young pigs than skim milk and wheat
middlings-three pounds of the former
to one of the latter-but it will N
hard to find. 1t is just as good for
breeding sows as for pigs. But in ad-
dition to this miXture the sOys need
plenty OF green pasturing,
With many farmers the most Sc.
rious problem of life is to get out n
debt The 'cnly way to solve it is
either to keep down the expenses or
to increase the income. or, If possible.
both. The danger is that in endeavor-
ing to increase the income expenses
are increased TO point that leaves NO
prdft
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16
SHE AND HER PARENTS.

There's house few miles from ths city
frequently iinasr outside;
IT'S ths home OF q maid who Is pretty,
maid l would like for my bride
I fear that never shall win her.
MY passion Is hopeless and mute
m sure thai her parents would skin her
II they thought that she smiled on my suit
Her eyes are the purest and brightest
Tina. ever encouraged hope:
Her skin is the sofIezt and uhitest
That ever she'd lust.r on soap
Fer hair Is the richest and gosdess
That ever hairdresser dressed;
And hsr parents are surely the coolest
heroine ever possessed.
Her voice. It's . mezzo-soprano.
Would make even Patti afraid.
And the way that she plays the plano
Puts Rubinstein quite In the shade
More perfect she Is than perfection.
Resign her can't and #on'ti
And Ehe looks upon me with Affection
But her parents-oh, bother theml-dont
They intend her to marry q title;
They want TO address her, Your grace
They've made up their minds this Is vital,
Which scratches me out of the race.
Nor do I. In theory, blame them;
She's worthy q duke, aver.
It's true I'D be puzzled 70 name them
A duke that Is worthy OF her
Oh. know she's beyond and above me;
deserve TO be hung. I'm aware,
For presuming TO think she could love me.
But don't altogether despair
For my heart undergoes an expansion
When think. what I'll tell you about.
OF that night when called at her mansion
and her parents. God bless them, were out
When think of the way she received me-
or the way and the words that spoke;
OF the dag that she blushed and believed ne
or ihe sixpenee We solemnly broke;
OF the mutual hopes we con1ded,
AS we blended our voices In song,
And that rapturous kiss we divided
Well, her parents can 60 to Hong Kong
-Idler
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16

OF fear on his greasy Jewish features.
Having dressed myself, / saw 70 the
fixing Of onr apparatus. taking more
than usual care To make sure that all
the gear was sound and in good order;
why, knew not. but ] shall be thank.
ful for .hat extra bit Of precaution 70
my dying day. At the very last mo
ment Jim arrived, and had just time
20 get his war-paint on-that is, don
his theatrical fnery-when the bell
rang for our appearance. As we pre-
4 pared TO 60 on he looked al me earnest
ly and whispered
What's wrong, Jack?"
II know alji" ! hissed. "Let us 20
through this nights business, and then
part, before worse comes of IT,"
He flushed crimson through his
makeup. but said nothing, and we
went on together ss usual, meeting
with splendid reception. That even.
ing Jim fairly surpassed himself in
skill, grace and daring. l could per
ceive among the sea of faces below that
of Flora Denbigh, with her eyes fixed
admiringly upon him. My blood
boiled, | felt sick and giddy, half mad
with jealousy and desire for revenge.
We had now reached one of our final
acts. l was hanging from the bar by
/ my feet. Jim was at the other trapeze
preparing for flying leap to my hands,
whence he was to take couple of SOM
eJTaults into tite net benegtb US. Re
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16

"The ropel the rope!"
This aroused the professionals from
their stupor, and the climbing rope by
which we ascend to the trapeze was
brought within my clutch. More dead
than alive | slid down it with Jim still
In my arms.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16

What became of Flora Denbigh? Oh.
she Tilted us both and married rich,
retired old tradesman. She buried him
recently, and is quite ready to lead an
other victim to the altar-but it won't
be Jim or me.-Tit-Bits.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16

An Improvement - "Mrs. Ham
merhard doesn't pound the piano -
much as she did" mo; since she's
been taking boarders she spends her
time pounding the steak. ~ Detroit
Free Press
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-16

protection. exposed TO washing rains
and scerehing sun. IS kept IN meas
ure barren speak from NY eMn e&-
perieuee and that Of many others when
say that land that vii produce .
rank growth. Of whztsver kind, vii n
q few years. II protected from IRE, oe-
come as rich as il ever wss--ProL ".
C. Welborr, in Southern Farm Gazette
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-10-17

An Ordinance creating the Office Of
Inspector of Sewers and Plumb.
ing and defining the duties and
powers thereof
BE Il enacted by the Council Of
the City Of TeXarkaua, Arkansas,
Sec !, That the olllee of lnspec'
tor Of Sewers and Plumbing Is here.
by created, and such officer shall be
elected by the City Council immedl-
diately upon the passage of this or.
dmauce and he shall hold Office until
his successor ls elected and quail.
lied and the Couucil hereby reserves
the right to discharge him at any
time, with or without cause; and
before entering upon the duties Of
such Office he shall take tie usual
oath OF Office aud shall give bond In
the sum of two thousand dollars
with good and sulicient suretles, to
be approved by the Council, for the
faithful performance Of his duties,
He shall receive for his services the
sum Of seyenty.Aye dollars per
mouth,
Sec, 9 That Il shall be the duty
of such Inspector to take charge of
all sewers delivered to said City by
the improvement districts therein;
90 keep the same IN good and ser.
yiteablc condition, free from OBJ
struction or defect, to attend TO
the flushing of the same; TO super.
intend all connections made there
with after they have been so deliy'
cred and TO keep a record and map
showing each connection with the
city sewerage system, which said
record ana map shall be the proper.
ty of the City, and be open to the
inspection of all persons, and 20 give
notice Of all llpersous owning or oecu.
pying property within sewer dis
triets, aud who by law, are requir-
ed TO make sewer connections, when
the failure 80 to do is attended with
danger TO the health, TO the Board
OF Health OF the city of TeXarkana;
TO warn all persons, when required
TO do 80 by said board Of health, TO
make gueh sewer connections and
Go keep the same properly flushed
with the water works, or other suf'
ncicut sources and when directed so
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-10-17

II Is said that a man who won't
buy a paper because he can borrow
one has invented 4 machine by
which he can cook his dinner by
Che smoke from his neigbors
chimney, The same fellow sits in
the back pew IN church to save con
tribution, aud is always borrowing
a ride TO town TO save the wear
aud tear ON his own horse flesh,
Yes you know him, He is first
cousin to the man who never winds
up his watch for fear Of breaking
the spring, He was undoubtedly 4
near relative to the man who went
into the back yard during the re-
cent cold snap, soaked his hair in
water, Let it freeze then broke IL of
in order to cheat the barber out Of
4 hair cut,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-10-17

eve believe that the rank and file
of the Democratic party should at
once assert themselves in the DEM
ocratic party on record in favor Of
the im mediate restoration of the
tree and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the present legal ratio
OF 16 to /, as such coinage existed
prior to 1873, without waiting for
the aid or consent Of any other ma
tion; such gold and silver coin to be
4 full legal tender for all debts pub
lie and private"
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-10-17

to do by said board of health to re-
port III failures TO make such con-
nections or to do said flushing, after
notification as aforesaid to the City
Marshal, who shall arrest such per
sons, and upon conviction thereof,
in the Mayors Court of said City,
such person shall be subject to a
fine OF five dollars for each day said
failure shall continue.
Sec 3.-That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with, are hereby repealed and that
this ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its pass
age.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-10-17

Silver is rising rapidly in spite Of
the fact that no steps have been
TO make it primary money, How
strange this must be to the free
silver men. Arkansas Democrat,
The main reason of its advance is
because there is every probability
of free coinage in this country, in
the not distant future.