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The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15

TR COONS.
The Industry Has Lately Been Profit.
able Along the Gulf of Mexico.

The Industry Has Lately Been 'FRONT.'.
able Along the Gulf of Mexico.
The redemption Of the alluvial lands
along the Mississippi from overflow
by the construction of ~levecs, which
has been going on so actively for the
last few years, Is having the effect,
says a dispatch from New orleans. of
filling up the swamp lands and the
marshes along the gulf with immense
quantities of game, driven out from
above. A few years ago the woods OF
swamps back Of the plantations on
the Mississippi which seldom extend
more than two miles from the river,
were filled with %raccoons, 'pOssums
and other game to such an extent as
to prove a serious nuisance, the ami
mails playing havoc with corn and
other food crops. These raccoons have
been growing fewer in that section
for the last eight or ten years, but
wholly by emigration. They seem to
have pushed further south toward the
Gulf of Mexico, and the hunters in
the interior settlements or brules, in
Lafourche, Terrebonne and other par
ishes containing a large amount Of
sea marsh, declare that their country
Is overrun with %raccoons. There have
always been some there, but the num-
bers have increased there In a man.
ner impossible to account for in any
natural way.
While the coons have proved rather
troublesome in the matter of clearing
out corn fields, they are just at pres
ent yielding the hunters and trap
pers a rich harvest, and have made
up for the ruin of the alligator bust
ness. The bayous of Southern Louis
lana were alive with alligators twenty
years ago, but the demand for their
skins was so great and so large a price
was paid for them that the alligators
have been we1l-night exterminated.
The coons now take their place. and
are proving even more profitable.
The business of trapping and killing
coons has reached phenomenal pro-
portions this season, and several hun
dreds Of these animals are brought
into Thibodeaux and other towns al.
most weekly from each Of the sur.
rounding brules or bayous. The skins
sell for from Is cents to so cents
apiece, In proportion to the size and
quality Of their fur, and are readily
sold to Northern dealers engaged i'll
the fur trade, while the negroes pur-
chase tine skinned bodies at from j
cents to 10 cents. The trappcrs make
a very handsome living out of the
business, which lasts only during the
winter-e:ough to support themselves
throughout the year.
The coons are said to support them
selves principally upon the corn they
steal from the fields and the crayfsh
choupiquc and other fishes with which
the streams of Southern Louisiana
abound, tho coon being an expert
fisher. The coon trapping has almost
doubled the receipts Of pelts at New
Orleans this year since the hunting
season began.-Phlladelphia Bulletin.
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F0rei9n 0oaain.
~" O0uDtB.
Formosa has been opened to trade
Innan ----

Formosa has been opened to trade
by Japan.
Prince Henry Of Russia has arrived
In Rome with q message from Kaiser
Wilhelm and will arrange IN inter-
view.
Joel Leduf, one Of the wealthiest
lumbermen in the province Of Quebec,
died In Montreal Of heart disease. He
was seventy-two years old.
The Berlin Reichsanzeiger publishes
an imperial rescript thanking all Ger
mans abroad for the congratulations
they sent to his majesty upon the oc-
casion Of his recent birthday.
Gen. Count Won Schuvaloff, the gov
ernor general of Russian Poland, has
decided to submit to the car a liberal
programme for the government Of Rus
sian Poland, and II 1t is rejected he
will tender his resignation.
The London Daily News, in an edi-
sure pronounced upon Mr.. Bayard, the
United States ambassador. because"
says the Daily News, mo man Is bet
ter qualified to assist in a friendly set
Element Of the difficulties between
England and America"
Reports from Turkish sources, be-
lieved to be fairly accurate, state that
it Is believed the Zeitounlis are still
holding out. The Turks have made
seven different attacks upon the town,
but all have failed, and their losses
are reported to amount to 10000. 1t IL
alleged that $4,000 troops will be need
ed to capture Zeitoun.
Chapman Hyams, the New Orleans
millionaire brother Of the twins re-
Gently in trouble at Toronto, Ont, has
generously deposited in a local bank a
sum sufficient to v the $4,000
which Harry succeeded in getting
away from Martha Wells Hyams and
the interest on this will be paid her
annually.
The great Manchester ship canal Is
not doing much business, according to
the figures for last years operations
transmitted to the state department by
United States Consul Grinnell Of Man
chester. He says only small "cross-
channel boats carry out full cargoes
and efforts of the company to attract
the Indian and China trade have been
attended by disappointment.
It is announced that Justin McCar-
thy will resign the leadership Of the
Irish parliamentary party ut the COM
ing meeting Of that party. When ques-
toned regarding this report MI. Nc
Carthy admitted that it was his in
tention to resign, but he declined to
give any details. 1t is understood,
however, that he feels that his health
is unequal to the arduous position. But
he will retain his seat in parliament.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD
A Comprehensive Review Of tho
Important Happenings. Of tho
Past Week Cullel From the Tcl.
cgraph Reports The Notable
Have Attracted Attention.
Washington Talk.

Gen. Coppinger's nomination has
been confirmed by the senate.
There was an increase Of almost
$G,0OO,OOO in the public debt In Janu-
airy.
Mrs. Matilda Gresham, widow of the
late secretary of state. will probably
be given n pension Of $1,000 n year.
The controller OF the currency has
authorized the City National bank OF
Mayfield, Ky. to begin business with
a capital Of 100000.
Senators Villas and Mitchell have
united in urging the appointment OF
ex-Congressman p. v. Duester as cor.
sui to Creheld, Germany, vice Carl
Jones, deceased.
In a report to the state department
from Sierra Leone, United States Con-
sui Pooley says the vexed question Of
the delimitation of the British and
French boundary frontiers Is now re-
ceiving the active attention Of a spe-
cial Anglo-French boundary commits
sion which began work last November.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
Fodder VI. Silage.

Although Iowa farmers have great
number OF silos, i'll the discusst9n at
the recent state dairymen's convention,
corn fodder had many styonk. NdSo-
Gates WHO contended that ltswfplk-
ter feed than ensilage.: Foddsr5}E At
while green, well cured and ptotae6d
during the winter from the e1emenu,
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
Amoxt an Accident,
Speaking of narrow escapes" oil

speaking of narrow escapes" OBJ
served MI. Chugwater, reaching for
his second cup Of coffee, "did l tell you
I was on a train the other day that
came within three feet of running into
another train going ut full speed:"
"For mercy's sake, no.! exclaimed
Mrs. Chugwater. "How did it hap
pen!"
1.-THE train that came so near run
ming into ours" he rejoined, buttering
a biscuit, twas on the other track and
going the other way
1t was several minutes before Mrs.
Chugwater broke loose. but when she
did She made UP for lost time.-Ohto
State Journal.
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Accidental 11nppenInx..

The business portion of Rutland. ILL.,,
was destroyed by fire. Loss. $4,000.
Canon Smith. a pioneer of Michigan,
was killed Mt Edwardsville by q kick
from an unruly horse.
While burning brush, ear Dallas
City, ILL.,, one daughter Of A. Tolliv!ero
was burned to death and another very
badly injured.
At. Pittsburg Walter Willougllby
was instantly killed and Robert
Welsh and Charles McI4ain badly hurt
by u trolley car.
The extensive plant of the Wayne
Electric Light company, at Wayne,
Pa. was destroyed by fire. Loss,
100000.
While suffering with the grippe,
George Mead, q farmer at Dubuque,
Iowa, swallowed n capsule of corros-
i've sublimate by mistake for quininc,
and died in great agony.
Young John Robinson, son of Show
man John Robinson, whose menagerie
ia wintering ut Terrace Park, near
Cincinnati, was seriously wounded by
q large leopard which escaped from
the menagerie.
Fire broke out in the caboose yards
adjoining the shops Of the Chicago &
Southeastern railway at Lebanon,
Ind, which is alleged to be the work
Of incendiaries. Before the fire could
be brought under control every CO.
bose in the yard was destroyed. The
deed is laid at the door of some
strikers.
Twenty people were more or less Sc
riously injured by an accident OH the
new Sutro Electric road at San Fran
cisco, running to the Cliffs house. A
"a loaded with about seventy-fve
people was bound in for the beach, and
while descending a steep grade the
motorman lost control of the car, aud
1t plunged down at a high rate of
speed.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
FILLED Cheese

Lard. cheese stands in the same rcla-
tfon to honest cheese that oleomargar
Inc does to honest butter. Under the
guise Of benetiting a certain class Of
customers. whom it really Injuries. it
robs every dairyman in the United
States. According to George f. New
ell. In the Practical Dairyman. nobody
Is benefited except the manufacturer
Of the filled product. and he only in
the ems that any counterfeiter is.
There ought to be laws put upon the
statute hooks this winter that will for.
ever wipe out this stain ON American
dairying. If prohibitory steps are TAX
en- in the few localities where the
stuff Is made, it will do much toward
enhancing the price of cheese next
summer.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
Bitter Cream

Inquiries keep coming in about bitter
cream, and how to remedy. This is q
difficult matter to answer fairly. 1t Is
easy to locate the trouble, whether at
house or stable. It Is pretty safe to
say that If milk, when first drawn, Is
free from these bitter tastes complained
of, the after fault is in the surround
ings. When the food is bright hay,
free from rank weeds; the grain. corn
meal, oats, bran and the like, it is safe
to say milk Is seldom bitter from the
feed. A COW, long in ~lactation, often
puts a bitter taste into the milk, and
a bitter taste will frequently develop
afterwards. There is a great deal Of
free writing about microbes in the milk
and e other than No. Al, and lay
ing all ills Of milk and cream to some
Of the family Of bacteria, but we have
an idea that much bad flavor is due to
something getting into the milk, and q
chemical change takes place. A good
plan is to set each cows milk separate.
ly, and this locates it If it Is in the
COW. Bitter milk often results from
the S of bad straw as bedding, the
germs or mold spores falling into the
milk. The woods are full Of reasons,
but the right one Is often far to seek.
Recently a recipe to "cure' bitter cream
came to the attention of the writer. II
was simply to dissolve a gallon of this
bitter cream In three gallons of boiled
water reduced to 20 degrees tempera'
ture, and let it rise the second time;
then take it off, add enough weak brine
to 1t to make it fluid enough to churn
and the bitter taste would be fairly
eliminated, but it would be quite i'm,
possible to get a rosy aroma in the
butter. Prevention is preferable tt
cure.--I'ractical Farmer.
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Formal Protest.

Day after day the little boy had gone
to the p%ostottice and found Box No. 81
empty, while the boxes on either side
of it were always full. One morning
he went around to the side window
and called ont to the postmaster.
"Say, Mr.. Lecpery"
well, johnny said the postmas-
ter.
"My paw voted FOR Cleveland. Did
you know that:'
. presume he did, Johnny"
We'll. I'm goin' to write to Mr..
Cleveland, an tell him you've give
me paw a box that haiE't never got
no letters in it."-Iaramie Boomer
ang.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
Fractures.

1.-THE hired girl broke that Sevres
vase, you remembers"
"Plaw! What did you dol"
"Oh, l broke a northumberland
Tribune.
Black is the fashionable color for the
winter season in London. At a recent
ball four Of the most fashionable wom-
en- were attired in elegant gowns Of
black, of various materials.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
Gent-what ia tho reaso, VA, ,.h,ro

Gent-What is the reason you charge
twice as much for my cuffs as you did
formerly?
observation-disclosures you have
begun making pencil marks on them.
Gent-What difference does that
make!
Washerwoman-My daughters waste
30 much time in trying to make them
out.-Sp:Ae Moments.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
For Rutter

A reader wishes to know which is the
best grain for butter. cotton seed meal
or the linseed. Neither alone, both in
connection with some other grain. Cot
ton seed meal tends to make butter
hard, and linseed meal has the reverse
influence. Neither should be fed in
amounts to exceed two pounds per day.
They are best fed in conjunction with
wheat shorts and similar foods. As
they are almost one-half nitrogen in
composition, they are a dangerous food
to feed to the full grain demand Of the
animal, a 1t ovcrstocks the animal
with the blood-making material, hence
causes arrangement of the system, and
consequent fevcrish symptoms in the
udder. etc.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
A MIX Fever Remedy

The following simple remedy for the
first stages Of milk fever in cows, ap-
pears in. an exchanges: "Pare. slice
and boil until soft about a dozen good
sized onions in a pot Of water adding a
good handful of salt. Take about n
quart Of wheat flour, mix with cold
water to a thin batter. stir gradually
into the boiling onions, broth and all,
add water enough to make q thin
drink and give it to the COW, ut the
temperature Of blood heat. Never give
a COW cold water as long as there is
danger Of milk fcver.'-Wester Plow-
man
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
b So,

May-I hear that Mrs. Swells is 60
ing to get q divorce from her husband.
Isn't that remarkable?
Suzanne-Not so very. From whose
husband did you expect her to get it,
New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
All War over.

Father. You may asn:well give MD
thinking about that young Hardcash.
He doesn't love you.
Daughter. How do you know, pap?s.
Father. I met him ut the club last
F a1sas sa' h' 'sf''sS,t' lend me Is
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
From the Irish Standpoint.

Timothy O'Holligan was carrying ON
q clandestine correspondence with a
certain young lady Of his acquaintance
and he called at the postofice to see II
there were any letters for him.
Have 70 any letters for me-" no
asked.
"What name, sir7" asked the clerk.
"Tim Murphy"
"No, there are no letters for that
name"
"And do you think I'd be afther
tellin' ye me roit name, ye spalpeen,"
returned Tim, ansrily.-Pick-Me-Up.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
water Content Of Butter

At the request Of the Russian minis
ter of agriculture, several experiment
stations of Germany investigated the
water content of butter on the Ger
man markets. The average results are
not given, but those Of several stations
are quoted by the Office Of experiment
station - recent issue. One sta
ton lvul1u in average of 1919 per cent
and another found an average Of 1851
per cent. Some other stations received
q higher average, and but few a lower
amount of water, and that by a mere
fraction.-Western Plowman.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
How She Led Hin On.

How III Led Him On.
"Josiar," said Mrs. Corntossel, would
you fight eff they was a war;"
"Yes-sir-ree," vas the earnest reply.
"Every time.'
San git up in the gray dawn ter tho
sound Of a bugle an not make any fuss
cause ye didn't hev nothin' but hard
tack fur breakfast"
"'Course."
"Well, I'm glad to hear 1t. IF ye're
wilin' ter do oil that ye surely won't
have no fault ter I'm bout Sittin' mp &C
6 o'clock Tomorrow morrin' an, Light.
In the fire, SOS I kin cook 70 SONS
pancakes tibet wouldn't be dsspised hT
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15

not learn who was behind him. Great
drops of sweat ran down his face, his
hands shook, but again he opened his
eyes. There the shadow remained.
With renewed s%elf-control he turned
over, and there close beside him. stood
a dead man with q dagger sticking in
his heart and Il hand outstretched
with the fingers pointing toward the
right side Of the fireplace. For one
moment Carroll Jones noted the agon.
lied expression Of the eyes and face
81 the figure. as though 1t wished but
c"rld not speak, and then he swooned
Into entire Inconsistencies. Tue sun
was shining in the little window and
through the chinks Of the cabin when
the hunter for gold awOke. lie started
up, and, opening tile door with some
exertion, found 1t was full noontime.
What q long slumber lie must have
had, and how beautiful everything
looked outside after the terrible storm,
The cabin had served his purpose we'll
He quickly made up the fire, cooked
his breakfast and while eating it re.
membered q horrid, vivid dream he
must have had. and he shuddered as
he gaZed about the dreary place where
such an awful vision had appeared tt
him. Just then a slight scratching
sound near the hearthstone arrested
his uncomfortable cogitations. VIVA,
could It be? Perhaps a field mouse
had already ss.snuffed entertainment
and 1t passed ont of. his mind for
moment as he hurried his preparation
for his departure.
But there it was again. Scratch
scratch! scratch! And with all til,
bravery which, sunshine gives to mos
people he became annoyed. with. thl,
fasping sound. Curious to learn wha
caused II, he got down to examine til,
1oof In the direction from which /
came, when q food Of light through
the 0pen door revealed q half etfacei
4pd dried spot Of human blood. n,
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SHORT STOPS.
Brennan Banner.

BRENNAN Banner.
The Kyle Dipper has sue
cumhed to the inevitab le-sus-
pended publication.
Missouri still has $4,000
acres Of land subject to entry
under the homestead act.
The Empress theater, Lon
don has a stage SO large that
there is space on it for 5000
people.
Canada will hold an inter
national exposition at Quebec,
commencing about the middle
Of next May.
The Washington Post wants
to know why congressional sin
uers should be prayed for at
public expense.
The New York World an
nounced that the Sugar Trust
is at last to be called to account
for its violation of State law.
Hon. Murphy J. Foster has
been nominated by the Louis
lana democrats for the re-elec-
ton to the governorship of that
state.
The great aim and object OF
titled foreigners in visiting this
country seem to be TO contract
matrimonial alliances with
foolish American girls.
1t is estimated that the corn
crop of Texas 1896 will amount
to los, 100000 bushels, $4,000
600 bushels more than has ever
been produced in the state be
fore in a single year.
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GAVE THE FISH A JAG.

San FRANCISCO Post.
did ever see drunken fishY'
inquired a Sonoma country
wine grower.
No one would confess that he
had seen intoxicated fish, and
the silence Indicated a predis
position to incredibly.
y suppose yon are going to
tell us about a drunken catfish
staggering down through the
orchard and catching a bird, .
suggested one.
DO you think l am liarl'
demanded the farmer indignant
ly but he was left in ignorance
as to the belief Of his hearers.
My winery is right on the
bank of a little creek. This
time of the year the water
stands in pools and every pool
is full Of front, suckers and
pike. All of the waste from
the winery is thrown into the
creek, and that is enough to
discolor the creek, and that is
enough tc discolor The water,
but the other day big vat Of
sour claret hurst and nearly ali
of it ran down iato the hole OIL
water just below the winery
In half an hour he pool was
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A Good Medicine
Wife Cured Of Rheumatism
Husbsnd'a Health Improved by
Hoods sarsararIIia

&c. /. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mess.:
"My wife Yves suffering severely with
rheumatism. I purchased G bottle of
Hoood's sarsaparilIa and she was soon bet
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crowded with fish floating belly
up. ] thought they were dead,
and pulled a big pike oat but
he wiggled and Topped around
just like an old drunk trying
to get up without anything to
hold on to. One by one they
disappeared as they sobered up
ard when the water cleared two
days afterward there wasn't a
dead fish in the pool. They
had just been jagged"
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IL. Prices -re..1s Baking Pewter
ds,ag5et Gct Mad,i ai-iwLis. F-ir. s.r trs1ei5eo-
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ROASTING DUNRAyEN.

London, Dec. 29-The Chron-
icle says: Lord Duuraven's
failure to incriminate Defend
er's crew or owners is complete
He may now in cold blood re
feet that he has done more to
breed bad blood between the
two nations than President
Cleveland and Secretary Olney
combined.
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The San Diego SIN thinks

The San Diego Sun thinks
that the best congressional tim
Der grows in Duval county, and
suggests Judge Luby's name.
Tie judge has the brains, all
must admit, bu; his politics are
of the wrong color, aud don't
match that of the voters of his
district
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GLOBE DEMOCRAT: Turkeys
treasury is empty, which would
be dangerous situation in any
other country. But the six
Powers assembled at the gates
of Constantinople will hold the
blood stained old sham Gov.
prnment tegether for fear of dis
turbing the status quo.
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NEWS from Arkansas Pass is
Is somewhat less frequent than
it used TO be, although as anx-
iously awaited IF any Off
cial soundings over the bar
have been made lately, we have
failed to observe the the report
of samc.
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~ MONROE DOCTRlNE.

I'iIt mONHOE OCGIRlAE.
Houston Post.
The theory of the European
nations that because the United
States alone maintain the Mon
roe doctrine and it has not been
formally incorporated in inter
national law, therefore our con
teniion is absurd, is not justifi-
ed by the history Of the nations
and the growth Of this inter
national code.
1t is code that has been
built up by The individual con
tributions of separate nations.
Oar very opponent in this con
troversy, unaided and alone,
has had some of the best re-
cognized principles added to it
simply because it insisted that
they should be so added. So,
too, the United States in the
second war with Great Britain
successfully maintained prin
eiples that today are conceded
to be among the strongest in
the law of nations. Internation-
al law, while containing many
humane propositions and char
liable provisions, is yet the de
claration of force. What the
strong nations desire they gen
orally obtain.
The action in Brazil and Ar
gentine in direct line with the
action of the United States is
the answer of America to this
purely perfunctory assumption
Of Europe. 1t is very grievous
mistake to suppose that the
Western continents are not
united in the assertion of this
doctrine and that they have
not the right TO incorporate it
in the international code-and
they will be found to have the
power to make it a codal pro-
vision. Europe is making an
other of its great and proverbial
mistakes in opposing us. The
result is likely to he that the
new world will demonstrate a
strength to the older nations
that viii astonish them and
probably place the United
States in a position to dictate
to the world-a consummation
of their destiny that has long
been predicted for them. Hor-
rible as war may be, it some
times operates as the hand
maiden of civilization in giving
that nation the prestige which
IS the chosen instrument Of
Providence in working out
great and apparently unfathom
able result.
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The ladies should make the
most Of this leap year as there
will not be another for a period
of eight years, or not until
19o4-aIthough it is possible
that ere the new century dawns
the new woman" may have so
reversed the order of things
that the privileges of the fair
sex peculiar to leap year will
become regular woman's rights