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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

land in the year 1343. 1t was recorded
by the earliest writer's that the Rye
lands stood at the head of the short
wooded breeds. Mr.. Herbert, who has
studied the subject, is of the opinion
that tn. Ryeiands extended through
England from the Thames to the Tyne,
and even intimates that the Cotswold
were produced by cross of the Rye
land with some heavy sheep. The
counties of Hereford, Shropshire, Stat
fordshire and Oxford sheep were only
varieties of the Ryeland breed. 1t was
the work of years, but in the evolu-
tions of the sheep Industry, potential
factor in good husbandry, the Ryelands
were gradually forced to give place to
a heavier, earlier-maturing sheep until
conditions were reached that the
heavier sheep could not supplant them.
Until this time they were known as
Hereford sheep; but when they were
confined mainly to the southern part
of the country, where it was the Gus,
tom to SOW great quantities of rye, and
to pasture focks thereon in the winter
season, they received their significant
name Ryeland That there were two
breeds of Hereford sheep we are led to
infer from the writings of william
Ellis in l747, for he shows there was
"a dark-faced sheep that was much
sought for by graziers and feeders in
Hertfordshire," where he lived, and in
other counties which were then re-
garded as feeding sections of England.
Iouatt describes the true Ryeland as o
small sheep, seldom exceeding more
than fourteen to sixteen pounds to the
quarter in the wethers, or than ten to
thirteen in the eve. They have white
faces aud are polled, the wool growing
close to and sometimes covering the
eyes. The legs are small and clean,
the bone altogether light, the carcass
sound and compact and peculiarly dc
velope6 on the loins and launches. The
Ryeland has that form which at once
bespeaks it to be patient of hunger and
| capable of thriving on scanty fare. II
| scarcely admits of a doubt that old
Ryelands would endure privations OF
food better than any other breed. Sir
| Joseph Banks, who was well acquaint.
| ed with their constitution and habits,
| used to say that the Ryelands deserved
a niche in the temple of famine. The
| weight of fleece rarely exceeded t7eo
| pounds, but it possessed a degree al
fineness unequaled by any other Brit
| ish breed. 1t was finer than she South
| down of one hundred years ago, bu,
not so fine as the Saxony. The Rye
land mutton was always spoken Of q.
of the best quality. The sheep was al
its best at five or SIX years old.-Oraags
Judd Farmer.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
Green Food for tho stock.

Green food all through the summer
and fall months can be obtained with
good grass, rye, clover, roots and other
crops planted on rich soil The food
value of all these products needs nc
demonstration. But great mistake
many growers make is to starve the
animals by giving them very little or
no grain. Good growing animals need
grain, even in the summer, when green
food is So abundant, and it is mistaken
economy to deny them this. The
dairyman finds this out when he tries
to sell his cream and butter and the
beef and pork packers when they cal
culate up the cost of raising every
pound Grain is an essential food for
cattle summer and winter.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
RAILROAD ECHOES.

J TIE auditor Of tina state Of Colorado
has announced that hereafter he viii
not allow mileage TO legislators and
public officers who travel upon railroad
passes. His action is based on a recent
decision of the state supreme court.
AUSTIN CoBBIS is extending his rail-
road to the Montauk end of Long
ISLAND. The deeds to 5000 or more
acres of land about Fort Pond bay have
been recorded in the Office of the Suf-
folk county clerk In Mr.. Corbin's name
CoSDrcroRs of the fast mail trains
east and west over the Panhandle lines
are required to go through every mail
car and see that only bona fide mail
clerks are on board. The regular mail
clerks carry permits similar to q pass.
THE charge for carrying wheat from
Chicago to New York ny ran in 1864
was 90 cents per bushel; in 1874 It was
reduced to 26A cents; in 1894 Il was
only 1872 CONTROVERSIAL of the rate 20
years ago, and little over one-fifth of
the charge 80 years ago.
THE Michigan Central has abandoned
the practice of testing for color blind
ness the train employees and yard men
with several skeins of worsted of diff
ferent colors, and only the regulation
flags and lights are used. The tests
are made both day and night, and the
distances are half-mile and one mile.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

Philena to accompany him, and he said
softly, as he polished his shears before
he put them away:
Now. Gideon, be a man, and ask
Philena to accompany you to the pic
mic. It's better late than never, and
you might get her yet. / almost think
she likes you little, and then she re-
fused John Haimes, and perhaps you
have been mistaken all these years,
and she does care for you. Anyway, l
believe I'll ask Philena to go to the pic
mic with me-"
He started out, and just as he turned
the corner who should he meet but
Philena He merely said: Good morn
ing" and hurried into the grocery near
by as though he really wished to avoid
her. He saw her when she returned,
but Mrs. Shower was with her, and he
returned to his little shop and passed
the day in miserable state of mind.
Day after day went by, and the
Fourth was at hand. The load of
merry men. and women stopped at
Dame Cations for Gideon. They had
a lumber wagon, with seats placed
around the box. and canopy of white
duck to protect them from the sun.
Gideon took his seat in the wagon, and
the horses started off at lively pace.
Gideon looked around. and there be-
side him sat Philena Pray. His heart
leaped to his throat and prevented him
from taking part in the conversation.
When they reached the picnic
ground, Serene Hemper said:
Here, Gideon. make yourself useful
and assist the ladies'" One by one he
assisted them from the high wagon.
AS he was about to help Philena, Mrs.
Stout stepped on erdress. and shs was
throwa fosward right Into siileon's
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
The RYELANp SHEEP.

A breed whose History Goes Back Msnr
Hasdreds OF Years.
There Is not another breed OF sheep
Ia England that can trace Its history
and origin so far back, or whose value
to the sheep industry has been so con-
tinuous and sharply defined for so
many centuries as the Ryeland. The
accompanying illustration OF Rye
land eve suggests the origin of the
breed, as there 10 considerable resem-
blance between her and the Meriuo
eve. This, with the peculiar character
of the wool, leads, according to Will
liam Youatt, to the suspicion that the
Ryeland breed may be OF foreign ex-
traction. The Meriuo breed in Spain
was eye of those valuable gifts with
which the Romans were accustomed to
propitiate an. enrich the people whom
they conquered, shey were never sat
isfed until they had effected both the
introduction of she,.2 and the estab-
lishment of manufactures. 1t is q
historical fact that ten years after the
invasion Of Britain by the Romans, in
the year rs b. c., the victors estab-
lished a wooden factory at Winchester,
and such was the character Of the fab
RIGS that they were in great estihna-
ton at Rome. 1t is easy to believe that
these fne-wool sheep were already
In the country. but it is possible that
they were a benefaction from the ccu'
querors 1860 years ago.
1t Is believed by Bishof that the
Herefordshire sheep, now called She
Ryeland, were the wool-bearing sheep
of England that gave such value And
interest to the wool industry Of Eng
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

An officer of the police detail said re
Gently: when l was a mounted po-
liceman learned of q most humane
and kind method of curing balky
horse. 1t not only never fails, but il
does not give the slightest pain to the
animal. When the horse refuses to ge
take the front foot at the fetlock, and
bend the leg at the knee joint. Hold
it thus for three minutes, and let j,
down, and the horse will go. The only
way In which can account for thi,
effective mastery of the horse is tina,
he can think of only one thing at q
time. and having made up his mind
not to go, my theory is that the bend
ing of the leg takes his mind from ths
original thought. Farm and Field.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

said this, and then began stammer
ing apology for disturbing her.
She did not give him q chance to
continue, for she said:
"You said just now that you would
give a good deal to know what I'd
say Well, l say l am glad you love
me, and am willing to marry YOU"
A bright blush mounted her cheek,
and when Gideon realized that Fhilena
loved him, he had no use for Elder
Whites tongue, for he found his. own,
and for once said just what he
wanted to.
A small boy came up just then and
said: Dinners ready"
When they arrived at tho place
where the dinner was served, every
one remarked Gideon's gay and jovial
manner" and they guessed at the
cause, for the small boy had preceded
them and announced that he saw
Gid Bright a-kissin' Miss Pray,
That evening as he fingered on the
moonlit porch at Parson Pray's, ne
urged Philena to name day in the
near future when she would be his
bride.
When he walked home through the
moonlight he really believed that he
had kept his resolution and had asked
Philena TO marry him. He said softly,
as he turned the key in the door:
II am glad that / made that Dec
laration of Independence
AS Philena stood on the porch, with
Gideon's kiss still warm on her lips
she blushed and said:
Il think / must have made 9 spec'
lapation of Indepeudence' to-day, but
I'm not sorry. Wake Robin "
Arthsrs Home Magazine.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment wh,u
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.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
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 will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

Variety of food is essential for al
animals. To confine pig and give !,
nothing but grain will sooner or later
result in Indigestion and disease
Many of the so-called cholera victim,
have succumbed to a grain diet. Bulky
food is essential. Grass and roots, O,
any succulent food, will prove more
beneficial than medicine. IL an anime,
receives variety OF food II rf'l b
Tree from psny diseassA due se ipds
esAtioa,
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
Tobacco Destroys vitality.

Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine
means lost manhood, weak eyes, and gen
eral all gone look and feeling that robs life
of its pleasure. Tobaccois the rootof many
an impotent symptom, and No-To-Bac a
guaranteed cure that will make you strong,
vigorous and happy in more ways than one.
NO-To-Bac guaranteed and sold by Druggists
everywhere. Book, titled Don't Tobacco
Spit or Smoke Your Life Away Ad. Ster-
ling Remedy Co., New York or Chicago.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
Don't Get Scarab

II you should hear that in some place to
which you are going malaria is prevalent.
To the air poison which produces chills and
fever, bilious remittent and dumb ague there
is a safe and thorough antidote and pre-
ventive, viz, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
The great anti-malarial specific is also a
remedy for biliousncss, constipation, dys-
pepsia, rheumatic and kidney trouble, nerv-
BUSINESS and debility.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
Summer Tourist Rates.

The North-Wes tern Line Chicago &
North Western R'y) is now selling excur
zion tickets at reduced rates to st. Paul
Minneapolis, Duluth, Ashland, Bayfield,
Marquette, Deadwood, Dakota, Hot Springs,
Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Salt
Lake City, and the lake and mountain re-
sorts of the west and northwest. For rates
aud full Information apply to Agen is of con.
Meeting lines. Illustrated pamphlets, Civ.
ing full particulars, will be mailed free upon
application to w. b. Kniskern, G. p. q T
A., Chicago & North Western R'y, Chi
,ago, ILL,
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

.lsmor melted in a chorus sweet:
% say, can you see, by the dawns
early light,
What so proudly we hailed az the
twiligbt's last gleamtng!-
Whose broad stripes and bright stars.
through the perilous fight,
Ger the rampsrts we watched we're
so calamity steaming!
Ali the Starry Flag is glorious, and the chill
dren love 10 too:
And the land is safe and happy where the chill
dren's hearts are true.
How their youthful ardor thrilled me- as the
revelation came
That the Guard Is ever changing, but the Flag
remains the same.
We we're born too late for glory, but we still in
memory keep
Stirring echoes from the battlehelds where
warrior fathers sleep
We have held the Flag as ours. but To- tho
years are passing by,
And a newer generation waves the stars and
Stripes on high.
Better thus for now the rancors OF the strife
no more appall
And the children know no faction, and the Flag
belongs to all
Be 1t so we yield the prestige. for the New
Guard comes apace,
With the strength Of youthful millions. loyal
p1rpose in its face.
Flag of peace or Flag of battle. Children, it is
yours to love-
VIII YOU honor and defend II, as the gift Of
God above?
All the cnildren's hearts are loyal! From q
myriad array
North and south there comes the answer, as 1t
came that summer day:
Then conquer we must when our
cause 1t Is just,
And this DO our motto: In God is our
trust
And the star-spangled banner In tri
umph snail wave
Der the land OF the free and the home
of the brave"
charles w. Harwood In Youths Compan-
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

A MAN may do very well with very little
Knowledge. and scarce be found out, in
mixed company; everybody is so much
more ready to produce his own than to
rall for display of your acquisitions
Lamb
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

"FANE,' said Uncle Eben, lam err good
deal laik any udder kim OBJ advertisin'.
Tain no use ter man onless he had de
right kim OBJ goods ter back itup Wild
Washington Star.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

GIMME -"Wots de matter wild Your
Chonnie-'sIm sick. De doctor says I've
got an ulster in me t'roat. "-Philadelphia
Record
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

BILLY-"Maw, l should think it would
be heap more careless to castpearls before
chickens than to cast 'em before swine"
His Mother-"Why so, Billy9" Billy
"Cause they'd eat EN-"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

"FELr slippers" advertised in the shoe
stores, are thought to be those felt by boys
in their rude young days.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

Mrs. MusuLEY-''John has got the hypno-
iismn Mrs. Gushley-'What kind OF dis
ease is that" Mrs. Mushley-"Why, you
know, rheumatism in the hip. "-Boston
Courier
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

PIsos Cure for Consumption is an A No.
l Asthma medicine.--W. X, WILLIAMS, An
tiooh, Ills, April IL, 1894.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

NoTurSa so completely robs confinement
of the pain and suffering attending it as the
use of Mothers Friend" Sold by druggists.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

" ,Sa ,,, she asked, as they sat lookp,
He looked long and suspiciouslv at bsr V shI
averted his face and slipped into il ano sen
clove.-CiLcinnat Tribune. "'o'aef
A PEssIMIsT is man with a near.sivb,.,
soul.--N. Y. Press. 'sa'ea
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

GETTING rich on earth is impossible with
out first laying up some treasures above
Ram s Horn.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

HoTELKEEPERs are people we have to put
mp with.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

HERE were waving
hands and banners, as
the crowded car rolled
by.
There were shouts from
merry children ringing
to the summer skv;
Then a strain OF music
rose and swelled and
pealed along the street.
As their gay. tumultuous
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price Toe.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
Hoods SarsapariIIa

The great blood purifier which has proved
its merit by a record of cures unequalled
in medical history. With pure, rich
blood you win be well and strong. Do
not neglect this important matter but
take Hoods Sarsaparilla now.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02

[ d E o y
BRIGHT was
the proprie-
tor of t h e
only barber
shop in the
vi La g e of
A. III c
was we'll to-
do and un-
married. and
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-02
MOTHERS

and a permanent cure in DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. Taken during
pregnancy, the Prescription
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
THE MoGoLLoNS.

From our Special Correspondents.
Bill Davis, formerly of Grafton, has
been seen in the Mogollons.
We have been having a flood like the
rest OF the country. A regular cloud
burst. Which although it only lasted
but a short time, did much damage to
dwellings and roads. The following
houses were flooded or damaged: Gold
dens saloon, houses OF VIM. Ravens
croft, Chas. Mum. Ellis Miller and
Philip Bach. jr. The Mogollon hotel,
built by johnson and which is situated
against the slope of the hill, took wa
ter on the first and second stories and
the furniture was damaged as well as
the house. The Maud S. sustained a
loss in wood and other property, and a
damage to the road, just below The mill
and for about a mile or more in extent,
which will take about a week to re-
pair, was done by the rushing waters.
Ellis miller sustained a loss IN MS store
of hay and grain, his corral was also
injured. ID. r. Browneli's frame house
was rolled over by the flood and smash
ed up 90 that it looked like the. com
bined democratic and populist plat
forms.
A sad accident which caused the
death of Capt. l.. w. Burris has caus-
ed this camp to mourn. A force of
men was sent to work repairing the
road which was washed out by the
flood, and were rolling heavy boulders
down into the gaps, when Capt. Burris
who was passing below was struck by a
large boulder and was horribly crush
ed. A coroner's jury returned a yer.
dict Of accidental death.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
DOCTORS AND cLERGYMEN.

The Former Much the Shorter Lived, Their
Arduous Work Being the Cause.
The deaths of several well-known
medical practitioners lately at ages
but little beyond the middle period of
life have given a shock to a good many
of their professional brethren. And
no wonderl One of the first things a
doctor naturally aims at is the preserva-
ton of his own health and life. II he
cannot keep himself alive and well, the
prospect is certainly not encouraging
for his patients. 1t is commonly be-
lieved that doctors r a short-lived
class. Is the popular belief well found
ed? It is, according to the London
Hospital, only too well founded. In
his ''Vital Statistics" DR.. Arthur
| Newsholme informs us that of every
1000 clergymen between the ages of As
and 65 only L % die annually. But of
every 1000 doctors between the ages of
As and 65 nc fewer than 2s.OS die every
year. That is to say, the mortality of
medical men is almost double that of
clergymen. And the rate is increasing.
Twenty years ago it was only24 instead
of 2S. These are facts to make us
pause. They seem to throw an ugly
doubt upon the competency of our pro-
fessional skill. 1t may perhaps be
argued that clergymen are financially
more prosperous than medical men,
but that would be quite fallacious, be-
cause DR.. Newsholme includes in his
clerical class the ministers of all the
nonconforming denominations; and,
class for class, there is no doubt that
medical men are much better off than
the body of clergymen as thus consti'
tuted. What is the reaso then, foI
this portentous death roll? 1t is to be
found in the arduous nature of the doc
tors daily work. But then the doctor
knows the arduousness of his work
and if he had faith in physiology he
would ~counteract the effect of thai
arduousness by more holidays and by
combining with his fellow doctors t.
diminish the killing strain. This is ;
matter which is generally talked abou'
and then dropped.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
HOW TO WIN AT EUcHRE.

A Louisville Player Gives the Secret of
Her Success Last Winter.
There are as many superstitious peo-
pie in the world to-day as there ever
were, says the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal, and the belief in signs, charms and
omens has by no means passed away.
A charming young married woman
won almost all of the prizes at the pro-
gressive euchre parties she attended
last winter. She plays well, but, as a
friend told her, 'the best players have
to hold good cards to win" At the end
of the season she t0ld what she thinks
has been the cause of all her luck. 81
never fail to cut my finger nails before
breakfast every Monday morning" she
said, "and that is my magical charm
against bad luck for the whole week"
A pretty little woman, whs was visit
ing here from a neighbering town,
locked adlniringly at her own dainty
fingers and anxiously inquired "if
filing would not do as well, for cutting
the nails injuries them So" but the
lucky one was positive it would not,
and the pretty nails would have to be
sacrificed if their owne wished to win
One Of the best II l know shows q
piece of silver to the new moon each
month, and if she has to urn back
after she starts anywhere she carefully
splits before she sets out again. The
most cherished possession Of n Of the
most successful singers now on thu
stage is a pairo of old stockings she wore
an the night of her greatest triumph
and she is so sure that SO long as they
remain with her so long her luck will
last that she would part sooner with
her costEest gems than With these worn
silk hose. 1t is said the late Mr.. Bel
mont would bet heavily if a fight Of
birds crossed his path while he was OF
his way to the race our And so on
from high to low, everyone has a pei
superstition carefully hidden away o.
lauchingly confessed.