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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-28

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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-28
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-28

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Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
DOWN IN DALE.
Moonshine Establishments Broken Up By
 Revenue Officers.

The following raids were filed in the office of the United States internal rev enue collectors office yesterday:
 c. S. Tutwilder, deputy revenue col lector, raided and destroyed a still near Daleville, Dale county, on February IA, said to be the property of James Lee. The capacity of the still was fifteen gallons and was estimated to be worth $15. Thir- ty-five gallons of beer, one flake stand and four fermenters were destroyed. No arrests were made. Lees premises were searched and a quantity of bottles and small amount of rum was found.
 The same officer on the same date de- stroyed a still near Daleville reputed to be the property of J. H. Harris and Mack Cameron. The still was fifteen gallons capacity and valued at SIP. One flake stand, two fermenters and thirty gal Ions of syrup beer and one gallon of rum were destroyed J. H. Horn was arrested and carried before Commissioner Strat- ton and pleaded guilty of working at the still, but claimed that it was the prop erty of Mack Cameron. -
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21

atus was on the ground. The mountain ous nature of the country, however, makes the battle ground inaccessible to Mexican troops unless they cross the American side at Eagle Pass, and to do this it would be necessary to obtain a permit from the war department. It is not known here<whether such permit has been applied for or granted The train was composed of ten cars, including four Pullmans and two tourists, pulled by heavy freight engine. Most of the crowd carried sizable baskets loaded with food for a two days stay at Langtry and Del Rio stations are in a desolate country not overburdened with lunching privi- leges. Adjutant-General Mabrey, at the last moment, took a division of his rangers and with them joined the "pugs." General Mabrey said he would camp on their trial until they were through. The train is due at Langtry at 4:23 D. m. to- morrow. The westbound is due at 5:37 and it is hoped to pull off the fight on Mexican soil in the interim.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21

another portion. The most prolific cause
 of failure to make ones labor profitable
 is from trying to cultivate land which is
 not in sufficiently good condition to make
 a good crop.
 If but one or two cows are milked it is
 not inconvenient to feed grain at milking
 time, but with a herd 1t is very trouble
 some. Some cows will not give down
 except when eating palatable mess.
 This Is the fault of the trainer and is
 bad state of affairs.
 Do not stop feeding the dairy COW as
 soon as she goes dry. Give her enough
 good food to steadily maintain a fair con dition of flesh and she will be all the bet ter milker when she comes fresh again.
 If she is allowed to get thin in flesh it is going to cost something to bring her up again.
 Probably the best animal to feed for profit the surplus milk of the dairy Is the, pig. He will eat unlimited quantities of
 it in all shapes and get fat upon 1t if he is young enough to take kindly the fat forming qualities of his rations, ptft even
 here there will be waste and loss If the feeding is not judielously done. The 3-year-old colt should not be put
 at hard work. He should have enough
 to do to exercise his muscles, but without
 straining them. The young colt should
 be put beside an old and steady horse,
 and thus used it will not be apt to do too
 much. If worked without injury during
 the year they are years old they will not
 be likely to be trained by any task in
 later years after bone and muscles have hardened.
 Dkease in a drove of hogs makes short work of prospective profits, but with proper feeding and handling no man need fear engaging in the business of swine
 raising. A fresh bed daily will repay all the work in the increase of the manure pile, and varying ration will keep the digestive organs in good condition. A hog with mango cannot prosper any more than a sheep with scab. It Is caused l by lice of many varieties. There Is noth- | ing better than kerosene to kill them. | They will soon disappear when it is | sprinlled about the places where the | hogs sleep. The natural remedy of the l animal is a plaster of mud.
 Experiment and experience of breeders who grow their pork largely on clover.
 grass, milk and mill feed show that pork produced In this way Is of better quality
 and is produced at less risk than where
 the animal is grown and fattened on corn only. Lean meat and strong bone are of inestima ble value in today's market. A one-crop farmer is almost always in debt for threefourths of the year. Every one should raise at least enough of by products which may serve as cash for exchange at the store. Attention to such | things will keep him more independent and bring him more profit in the end. The quality of pork Is becoming of | more importance each year. Our export | trade of bacon and hams amounts to | nearly $50 100000 annually. The bulk of | it goes to England. where Danish pro- l duct command top prices because of. ciiF | mate and the delicate food upon which | they rear them and our long shipments | tell against us
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Tn spite of all their loud talk the Texas people do not act as if their hatred of prize fighting were the real article. There has not even been so much as threat of lynching Maher or Fitzsimmons.-Topeka Capital
 "Protectionism" and free silver coin age-birds of feather-will sink or swim together. If the people do not want the country commercially swamped by the latter they have now no other choice but to turn against the former.-New York Herald
 T regret to say" remarks the Queen of England in her speech addressed to parliament. that the condition of hus- bandry is disastrous beyond any recent experience Measures will be laid before you with the object to mitigate the dis tress in that industry" So it goes.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21

Measures" are to be taken, but there Is only one measure that will give anything approaching permanent relief, and that is the reduction of the artificial value that has been given to gold by the demoneti- zation of silver.-Atlanta Constitution.
 If the Madrid government is wise it will listen with much attention to Gen. Martinez Campos, who has just returned from the wars Even while the crowd is jeering him for getting whipped he does not hesitate to tell his government that the troubles in Cuba should be ended by granting reforms, compromising even Cuban autonomy, if necessary" These are the words of sense and soberness and if wisdom has not departed from Madrid they will be listened to.-New York Ad- Vertiser.
 Kentucky is long in effectng the choice of @ new senator. MT. Blackburn is the choice of an overwhelming majority of his own party, which would like to see him succeed himself. The administra- ton influence, represented by the office holders of the state and by Secretary Carlisle, has succeeded in detaching just five votes from the column of 61, whose unanimity would re-elect the senator. This is a fair measure of the extent to which MT. Blackburn "misrepresents" the democracy of Kentucky on the silver question.--Philadelph American.
 AHc nSHt peSlHS lo loOk dS II It Wouiu be Mckinley against the field The schemers are bringing out in each state local candidate to hold the state vote until trades and combines can be made to auction off the nomination. Culom in Illinois. Manderson in Nebraska, Davis in Minnesota and other dummy candi dates in other states are to be used through a few ballots until the bosses can perfect their organization and consol- idate the votes under their control. The nomination of the republican candidate for president in 1896 will be the most cor rupt job in political history.-Chicago Chronicle
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
One Hundred Killed by Dynamite.

Johannesburg, Feb. 2O-The dynamite explosion at Viedendorp, suburb of this city, last night. was remarkably disas- trous. A hole thirty feet deep was made in the ground, and every house within a radious of half mile was raised to the ground. Two hundred injured persons have been taken to the hospitals, where several of them have died Comparative ly few white people were injured As yet nothing is positively known as to what caused the explosion. Twenty tons of dynamite had been exposed to the direct rays of the sun for three days.
 The latest estimate places the number of the killed at over 100. Many persons are missing. and there Is scarcely a doubt that they were blown to pieces.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
Grand Johnston rally at O'Brien's Opera House to- night.
A Heavy Snow Fall.

Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 20.-The thaw continued throughout last night and the tremendous snow fall has almost dsap- peared. It is conceded by the oldest citi- zens that such a fall of snow has not been seen here for ninety years, if ever be fore The depth was fully F inches on a level. The weather bureaus measure ment was 12.1 inches. ; U
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-07-10

as at that of Berlin, the so-called great
dignitaries having to satisfy themselves
with a pittance of $4,000 year, while
the minister himself receives but $4,000
This is not surprising when the cnor-
nous number of persons who figure on
the pay-rolls is taken into considera,
ton. For instance, there are no less
than 500 housemaids and 1880 liveried
footman. Every servant, high or low
is entitled to q pension after working
in the royal household for 20 years.
Over and beyond tne civil list received
by the emperor from the treasury of til 2
empire and that of the kingdom, b.
draws from the war department fu'
salaries for the different military com;
mands he assumes. AS commander in
chief of the army, he is continually APP
pointing himself colonel in chief of this
or that regiment, which has thereupon
the right to style itself the ''leib" OF
body regiment of his majesty. When.
ever one reads in the gazette that he has
thus honored regiment in the army,
one may take it for granted that it en-
tails an addition to his income in the
Shape of a colonePs pay and allowances.
Jnasmuch as at the present moment he
holds the colonelcy of some so different
regiments, it will readily be seen that
this constitutes no inconsiderable addi-
tion to his income, all the more as the
colonelcies carry with them forage al,
1owances for about 200 horses.
Out of this civil list the emperor Is
expected to pay the allowances of the
various members of his family. But
this is not a heavy drain on his purse.
Hin brother, Prince Henry, and his
brother-in-law, Prince Frederick Leo
pold, have each inherited immense pri-
vate fortunes and are practically indie
pendent of any allowance, while the
only other princes of his house, Prince
Albert of Brunswick, the crazy Prince
Alexander, and the eccentric yet tai.
ented Prince George, all three elderly
men, are exceedingly wealthy. In
deed, they figure among the richest
princes of the blood in Europe.
A Virginia Oyster Farm.
William L. Marcy, of Annapolis, has
an oyster farm at New Point Island,
Matthews county, Va. The farm was
started about a year ago. Mr.. Marcy
has introduced the painting of tiles,
made of clay, and coated with mix
ture of cement, quicklifne and sand,
SO as to give the spat something to adj
here to. The tiles are concave in shape,
is inches long, with width of five
inches at one end and six at the other,
They are set OH the bottom lengthwise
with the flow and -ebb of the tide.
When the oyster has developed to the
proper size it is, by means of the ce-
hent, scraped from the tile, and the
tile, after drying. is ready for use again
at the proper season, during the last
week in May and the first week in June.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-07-10

Elobes d whole year passing sometimes
without drop Of rain. Geoiogically,
1t is curious place. The streams rise
in the mountains, but never reach the
sea, and the debris carried by the rivers,
instead of finding It's way to the ocean.
il sprePd upon the plains, the rivers
drying up before they reach the sea.
Semland, in the state of Sonora, was
never seen by white man until about
two years ago, when the bureau Of
ethnology sent out an expedition to ex-
plore that region. The natives are con-
stantly vigilant every moment, from
day to day, week to week, month to
month, year to year, expecting and
treading the approach of an enemy.
They are always prepared for any emer-
gency. The dearth of water was the
greatest obstacle to the exploration.
Every drop we used was carried from
10 to Is miles by men under heavy
guard. Water there is more valuable
than gold, and often we measured it
out in spoonfuls. In counting the dam
gers and labor of securing water we
estimated it worth at from three dol
lars to four dollars quart" -Chicago
Poet
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-07-10
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
STATE or VFCNONT.

Henry NJ Hulctt,) Windbam County
W Court,
Anna E. Halett sep;embcr term 1896
Whe cas- Henry NJ. Hulett of STATION
in said county has brought. aud fed in
this office his petition against his wife,
Anna +. Hulctt returnable 10 the term OF
County Court next TO be held at New Zane,
in said county, on the second Tuesday of
September, 1896, setting 70 til that he
was duly married 10 said Anna L. on
the 8 b day of August 1871 ihat he lived
aud cohab led with tue said Anna f. at
Straiton aforesaid from November 20,
on his part faithfully kept and observed
the marriage covenant and hat on 10 W.T.
the first day of July 1895 aud for long
time thereafter 10 wit from sal first day
of July lS93 10, TO wit, The 20th day of
October 1895 the said luna L. coniinu-
ally treated him with intolcrable severity
did cease TO i've aud conan WIN the ;, Nd
Auna Z. on he day and year list afol e.
said and furner setting tof,h ,naG Inc
said Anna L. now reside, without the
State of Vermont and b hei last known
residence was in tn. sttie of-M S~ou j.
and p aging that Il bill of diYo.te be
granted unto Il m from the >ai' Anna L.
for the cttse at,ra aid.
And whereas he sad Anna i. Hu'ett
now e> .des without this SAFE $, tha'
ordinary piocc.s OF the cou t cannot be
served upon her.
IT Is ORDERED that he said Ann f.
Hulett be notified of ne pendcncy OF
said petition and of the Term of couit 10
which the same is reiugnable by publica.
ion of this order for three weeks sue.
cessivelv in the Loadoader.y STIR, q
newspaper p intrd at Sou. b Londonderry
in said ounty, the last publ cation to be
at least s;x weeks previous TO said next
Sentember ie m of said court
juno 90, 1896.
r. Tyler, Clark.
A. f. CuDwoRrH, Petit .ner. Atty.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-07-10
GALA DAYS In MONTERREY.
Fifty Years Since Sloat Raised the
Stars and Stripes.
Four Days of Fourth--July tho Big Da-
of the Celebration-The Bear Flag
Raising and the Work
OF Fremont.
(coPYRIGHT. 1861

Monterey, Cal.-The City of the
Mountain of the King is getting ready
to celebrate in fine, large California
fashion, the both anniversary of the
raising of the flag of the republic; and
owing to- the commendable foresight
of Commodore Sloat, u. S. n, in hoist
ing the Stars and Stripes on July Z,
1916, just three days after the glorious
Fourth of that year, the rest of the
country will have to envy Monterey a
four-day celebration, grand Saturday
to-Tuesday iamboree with few hours
of Sunday to sleep in.
For that matter California, has had
semi-centennials in plenty during the
past year or so, and will for four years
to come, if the discovery of gold in 1s47,
the argonautic expedition Of 1S49 and
the admission of the state in 1850 are
not forgotten by the energetic Slopers.
Still, Monterey has rather the best
Of it. A quiet little town enough now,
she is historically SO important and so
full of memories of stirring days that
her people will welcome the chance of
recalling her once proud prominence
as the colonial capital of the Spanish
power. Besides there is a festive and
Fourth-of-Julyish flavor about the
whole scene that is to be recalled
Capt Mervine landing his $50 sailors
and marines from the Savannah and the
Cyane and the Levant, lying in the har-
Dor, and marching them to the old Gus
tom house; his reading Sloat's procla-
nation to gang of greasers who re-
ceived in silence the words they did not
pretend to understands; the hauling up
Of the new flag, and the boom of the
salute of 81 guns which followed. This
gives the key to the celebration, oratory
and powder and the Wanting of Cali
fornia's glorious climate and unequaled
products.
In some ways The Bear flag incident
was more picturesque; it was on June
IA that Ezekiel Merritt, Seven-Foot
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-07-10
READING THE PROCLAMATION.


Britain couldn't have had Californr.
anyhow. On October II, 1S45, Secre-
tary of State buchanan wrote to Consul
Larl1in at Monterey: whilst | rcpaat
this government does not, under exist
ing circumstances, intend to interfere
between Mexico and California, it
would vigorously interpose to prevent
The latter from becoming British or
French colony"
These existing circumstances"
ceased to exist when the Mexican war
began.
First and last, there were four flag
raisings il California. Commodore
Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, United
States naval commander in the Pacific,
raised it in 1912, having heard false
news of the outbreak of war He apol-
ogized and took it all back. Fremont
raised it over Mount Hawk and didn't
apologize. The Sonoma irrepressibles
had fun with theirs, and were unno-
ticed in the rush of events. But the
Sloat raising was the final and official
one. Hence MoAtereys prospective
joy.
The Bear flag semi-eentennial was
held June 10, the 14th being Sunday.
Harvey Patterfield, of Napa; Benjamin
Ewell, of Sonoma, and Henry Beason, OF
Mendocina, the only survivors of the
little party of 33 original bear fiaggers
we're there, and right in the middle OF
the programme they reraised the pre-
cious original flag with accompahi.
ment of huge enthusiasm. There will
be more survivors and native sons il
| Monterey next week. j. r. JONES.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-07-10

at San Francisco for arms and anmul.l-
ton, drove the Mexicans out of Sauce.
Ito and gave the name to the Golden
Gate. On the Fourth of July he celebra-
ted in Sonoma and organized four com
panies of American settlers, Thus the
Bear flag men We're taken under the
shelter of Uncle Sans bigger banner,
after having played it alone for go days,
though some say they had an under
standing with Fremont all the time.
All this while, fighting was going on
in Mexico, but there was no telegraph
IN those days. Sloat had lain with his
ship in Mazatlan awaiting news. Sir
George Seymour with the British ship
Collingwood, was in San Bias. Sloat
feared that the Collingwood would
reach Monterey before him and some
how interfere with the plans of the
government; so the moment he heard
the news of fighting at Matamoras he
crowded on all sail for Monterey, which
he reached on July 2. That he did not
raise the United States flag until five
days later, while Fremont had done so
a good many days earlier, is the reason
why Sloat is not popular hero in Cali
forhia and Fremont is. Still, Monterey
has d kindly feeling for Sloat and it's
people take pride in showing visitors
where the march of the marines from
the water side took place.
Probably no region so splendid and
valuable was ever captured with so lit
tie opposition. There was little fight
ing after the 18th of July. Sloat refused
the offered services of Fremont's Bear
Flag battalion, but Commodore Stock
ton, succeeding him, promptly accepted
like offer, and six months later it was
to Fremont that the Spanish Californi-
ans surrendered, receiving uncondition-
al pardon and full rights of citizenship.
The fear of British interference was
not unfounded. On July Z, the very
day that the flag was raised, Gov. Pic
Pico issued to Father Mcnamara
grant of 13,50O,OO0 acres of land-a
strip from the Sierra Nevada noun
tains to the sea and from San Francisco
to Los Ahgeles-for a British colony of
| 5000 families, each of which was to
have $4,000 acres of land! The consent
| of the Mexican authorities TO this
wasteiul grant was gained on the eX-
press plea that it was the only way to
keep the Yankees out. But of course
the grant ceased On July to be more
| than waste paper.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-07-10
/. HOSTING THE BEAR FLAG.

Semple, William Ide and 80 other Amer
lean settlers took possession of Sonoma
and raised the flag of the Californian
republican oblong of cloth on which
caricature of a bear was stained in
berry juice. That Bear flag is to the
Society of California Pioneers the most
precious of its relics. 1t affronted the
Spanish air less than month, being
hauled down on July ii, after the flag
patriots had heard of the Monterey in
cident
The hero of the Monterey celebration
will be Fremont, the Pathfinder, and
not Sloat, the actual raiser of the flag.
That can't be helped. Sloat was a
lantern jawed. smooth-shaveD sailor Of
the old school, who obeyed his orders
hesitantly because they were unusual.
Fremont was of the bearded, energetic,
modern type so common in the war of
the secession. He came over the noun
tains in 1916 upon his third expedition,
leading peaceful force of explorers
and surveyors with private instruc
tions, as he says, ''if needed. to foil
England by carrying the war then inn
minent with Mexico into its territory of
California. At the fitting moment that
territory was seized and held by the
United States"
A considerable number of historians
say that Fremont never had any private
instructions at all, or at least, any valid
ones. But a little matter of that sort
would never have troubled John C.
Fremont's party went by way of Salt
Lake, giving its present name to Hum
boldt river, and in December, 1916,
turned up in Suffers fort. where gold
was soon after to be discovered. EARLY
in 1876 the explorer went to Monterey,
called on Don Jose Castro, the Spanish
hero and general, and on other promi'
nent provincials. He wintered in San
Jose with the Mexicans' consent and in
March resumed his explorations, when
he was met by q Spanish officer, Lieut..
Chavez, who ordered his party out OF
the territory. Fremont was not quit
peak, of the Gavilan. ran up the Amer
lean flag and kept it up there three
days. Later, he avoided fight with q
superior force of Mexicans by drawing
off north towards Oregon. Six hum
dred miles north of Suffers fort he was
overtaken by messages from Lieut.. A.
d. Gillespie, and turned back with the
famous Kit Carson and ten other scouts
to meet Gillespie.
Here comes into the story another
quarrel of the historians. The accept
ed account is that Gillespie brought to
Fremont a well-memorized verbal mes
sage which. considered in the light of
previous knowledge" made it plain to
Fremont that "at last the time had
come when England must not get a
foothold; that we must be first. ] was
TO act. discreetly but positively"
1t was less trouble to Fremont to be
positive than to be discreet. Hence he
was a man beloved of his fellows.
The same night Ialmath Indians at
tackled the little party, and killed three
of the men. Rejoining the main exIedi-
ton, Fremont went south again, raided
rancherias for stores, wrote TO Capt.
Montgomery of the q. S. S. Portsmouth