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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09
and the secret of successful tillage of
the sOil--Citizen.
Horns ON or Off


There was a time, not many years
ago, when a mulley or polled animal
one without horns, was something of
a curiosity. OF course people did not
90 miles to see them, but most of our
readers will remember how oddly
md out of place the mulley looked.
More recently by almost common
consent, the people have demanded
chat for reasons of profit and hui
manity, both to man and among the
lnimals themselves, there should be
no more mlllleys, and the practice
If dehorning sprung into popular ia
ror. This very excellent practice has
extended to such breadth that we
:hould not be at all surprised if
eventually the animals with horns
will be as much of curiosity as the
mulley was formerly. From the very
Beginning there have been those who
bitterly opposed the dehorning Of
,attle as being an unnecessary and
ruel practice, but the tide of public
opinion has turned against them and
iehorning is the rule now, rather
than the exception. While the Oper
atom in itself seems little severe,
it is certainly no more so than is the
sirawing of teeth, to which we all
admit willingly because it subserves
our best interests. The after cOnse-
quences of dehorning are really
fraught with less danger than the
drawing of a tooth and both opera
tions are of such short duration that
the pain and shock is very slight.
The best way and indeed the only
way to bring a savage to reason is
irst to disarm him-take from him
I'll defensive weapons. AS a result
ne at once becomes tractile in dispo-
>ition and is ready to listen to rea-
son. 1t lis so with our horned ami
mails; once remove their horns and
they become quiet of disposition and
ire much more easily and econom-
ically handled, for which reason the
profit from live stock is greatly en-
HANGED. In the selection of an instru-
ment for dehorning, that one which
will remove the horns quickest, cut
ting clean and not crushing the
horn, must occasion the least pain
and therefore be the most humane
md the best. These are among the
claims made for the Keystone De-
horning Clipper by it's inventor and
maker, Mr.. C. A. Brosius, Cochran
vile, Pa. Write to the gentleman,
who will send you circulars, testinIo-
malls, etc., which will help you to
reason this matter out to your en-
tire satisfaction and profit.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09
Why I Keep Poor.

w. M. Bennett writes as follows to
the Leesburg Commercial, which is
strong argument in favor of good
roads:
Cultivating ten acres eight miles
from the station, | buy two tons of
commercial fertilizer at $35, $40 This
quantity makes eight loads with one
horse and takes six hours to the trip,
the time of myself and horse is worth
ten cents an hour or sixty cents a
load, adding $3.50 cents to the cost of
my fertilizer. make 800 crates of
vegetables which require II trips to
get them to the station, at cost of
$500 and a total on sand roads of
$117.4O. On good hard roads | haul
my $40 worth of fertilizer in four
hours each which cost $1.60; | haul
my 500 crates of vegetables in 35 trips
of four hours each at a cost of $14.00
making a total of $3.50 and showing
loss of $3.50 as a bad road tax.
On the sand roads it would have tax
en- one horse II days to have ship
ped my crop, which was longer time
than the shipping season, hence | am
compelled to keep two horses during
the year or hire from my neighbOrs
at a busy time when they too are
needing extra horse power. The net
loss incurred in keeping the second
horse may be safely estimated at $25
So much of my time is used in my
trips to town, shipping my crop, ETC..
that during three months of the year
l am compelled to hire an extra hand
which costs me about SIS. OF course
the extra cost of hauling crate mate
rial over bad roads, the difference in
the wear of wagons and the useful
ness of the horse should all be con
sidered in a close estimate, but the
foregoing items will suffice to show
what bad roads cost on my 10 acre
crop, viz: $3.50 plus $25 plus $45
equals 1O1.SO, tax of over $40 per
acre; this shows why l keep poor and
why intelligent strangers are not
coming to help develop our country
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09
Citrus Culture.

From a conversation with Mr.. J.
E. Ingraham, of E. c. Land Depart
ment, it seems probable the growing
of the orange and the lemon will be
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17

Use DR.. Miles, NERVE PLAsTERs for SPINAL
WEAKNESS. An druggists sell 'em for sc
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17
inequality i'm the World.

There is, and there always has been,
inequality in the world, in spite of the
striving of generous hearts and en-
lightened minds for equality. Although
equality has never ceased I. show it
self, and effect itself, within the diff
ferent orders, and in modern times to
characterize at least specifically that
large composite order which we call
good society, civilization is still EN-
bruited and endangered by inequality.
One need not allege instances; they are
abundant in everyone's experience and
observation; and those who dread or
affect to dread the dead level of equal
ity are quite right in saying that even
in political democracy there is as
much inequality as anywhere. But this
does not prove that they are right in
admiring it, that it is not offensive and
stupid. Inequality still persists, but SO
does theft, so does murder, so does un-
chastity, so do almost all the sins and
shames that ever were. Inequality is,
in fact, the sum of them; in the body of
this death they tester and corrupt for
ever. As long as we have inequality we
shall have these sins and shames, which
spring from it, and which live on from
inferior to superior. Few vices live
from equal to equal; but the virtues
fourish.-W. ID. Howells, in Century.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17
The Costllest Bug on RECORD.

Secretary Morton was showing a re-.
porter through the chronological bu-
reau the other day, and this is part of
what the reporter says he said: 'I'vego
a bug in there that cost the government
$4,000; he don't look it, but he did.
It's a fact. One day an outfit of scien-
lists started in pursuit OF this bug.
They ranged all over the hemisphere
and stuck to his trail like bloodhounds;
they ransacked North America all the
way from the isthmus to Alaska. After
the most remarkable adventures by
flood and field, they freed their bug
and took him prisoner. He was then
brought captive to Washington, and
he's right there now in that brick
house, the highest-priced bug on earth.
a roundup of the total expense of that
one bug hunt came to over $4,000. But
we got the bug"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17
MONT BLANc's OBSERVATORY
All the Delicate Astronomical Instru-
ments Have Heen Carried Up.

All the Delicate Astronomical Instru-
ments Have iseen Carried Up.
The biggest permanent astronomical
observatory in the world-on the sum-
NIT of Mount Blanc-was at last COM
pleted and fully equipped with instru-
ments few days ago. There has
been temporary station there for some
years, but the instruments have been
small and of little power compared
with those now in place.
The establishments of this observatory
was task which at the outset seemed
impossible, and the obstacles which NJ.
Jansen, who headed the quartette of
French astronomers, had to overcome,
were unparalleled. Mount Blanc is
nearly 10000 feet high, and its ascent,
even under the most favorable condi-
tions during the summer months, is
difficult as well as dangerous. The
transportation of many heavy and deli
cate scientific instruments to the top
of the Hottest mountain of the Alps
was, therefore, a labor so great as to
seem beyond the range of possibility,
yet it was accomplished without the
loss of single life. The telescope and
the other instruments had to be taken
to pieces before being carried up the
precipitous mountain sides; even then
some of the packages weighed 100
pounds, and most of them about 80.
One of the guides who assisted in the
work holds the record of having made
the ascent more than 500 times since
the beginning of his professional ca
reer, and it was he who found recently
the bodies of the Austrian professor
and his two guides who lost their lives
not long ago.
In place of being entirely movable
about a pivot, like ordinary telescopes,
the telescope on Mount Blanc is fixed
and directed toward the polar star. A
movable mirror placed near the lower
opening enables the observer to study
whatever he wishes, its image being
thrown upon the glass. This makes
necessary protective cupola of COM
paratively small dimensions.
The particular advantage to astrono-
mers in having an observatory at such
a high altitude as this one lies in the
transparency and purity of the atmos-
phere. The study of the stars, however,
will not be the sole task of the observers,
for some of them will devote themselves
especiallyto meteorology, as on the
summit of Mount Blanc, says Prof.
Jansen, they will be in the very origin
of atmospheric phenomena. N. Y.
World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17
A WAY TO WIN SINNERS.
How California Cinnamon Are
Converted Occasionally.
Carried Away by the Charms of Almond
Eyed Inmates of Christian Missions
They Give Up Gambling and
Renounce joss.

Many and unexpected are the ways by
which sinners are sometimes led into
the fold, and the approaching mar
riage of All Leen furnishes an instance
of this.
All Leen is good little girl who lives
In the Presbyterian mission at San Fran
cisco, away from the pomps and vanities
of this wicked world. Every Sunday,
however, she goes religiously to church
along with the other girls who have
been rescued by the kind-hearted ladies
of the occidental board. The passing of
this procession is an opportunity eager
ly seized by the eligible bachelors of
Chinatown, who turn out en- masse and
line the sidewalks along the route, each
good one cherishing the intention of
asking Miss Culbertson for the hand of
the girl who strikes his fancy most. AS
for the wicked, they know that it is use
less to apply. Now, one gay and spright-
ly bachelor was particularly struck
couple of months ago by the beauty of
All Leen. He watched the procession
pass with eyes only for her, and when
she had entered the sacred edifice, in
stead of resigning himself to go home,
he made mighty effort to overcome the
prejudices of early education and fol-
lowed her into the church. From that
date change has come over the bach
elor. He no longer burns punk at the
shrines of his countrymen, nor does he
dissipate money in having his fortune
told; in fact, he has become in every
way worthy of All Leen, to whom he is
soon to be united.
During the present strained condition
Of things in Chinatown, however, he
shrinks from the notriety of having his
changed condition commented on by
his friends. Courtship, as it is under
stood in Chinese circles, is a somewhat
tame and practical affair. There is
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17
Nn Chinese fin I.eadyiIle.

There are no Chinese in Leadville.
The atmosphere is too rare for them,
and in other days when celestial
would stray into the camp something
or some one soon told him to stray out
again and he quickly obeyed the still,
small voice. Some years ago resi-
dent of the camp brought i'll a Chinese
cook. Within an hour the cook and
his employer were waited upon by a
committee of public-spirited citizens
full of information as to railroad time
tables and the hour for the departure
of the next train. The employer was
careless as to train time and so an
nounced. VERY WE'LL" replied the
committee. Eve will leave the time
table with you and will be at the sta
ton to see your friend off, to speed the
parting guest, so to speak. If he is not
there on time it will probably be neces-
sary to hang him, and If you should
get tangled up in the rope you will
have no one to blame but yourself"
And then the committeeman went plac-
idly away to their respective gold and
silver propositions. At three p. m. the
Chinaman and the afternoon train de-
parted from the camp in each others
company. That was quite a good while
ago, but never Chinaman has since
been seen there.--Louisville Courier
Journal.
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1-10-3t fri
Bus mess of Congressman.

An Investigator has discovered
that there are 23S lawyers in con-
gress, Al farmers, ~ editors, %
manufacturers, ! railroad manager,
2 steamboat owners, IA teachers
and college professors, rs bankers,
20 merchants, l house builder, 3
clergymen, Z who say they are "en-
gagged in business" s doctors, l
architect, l music teacher, l owner
of oil wells, 5 miners, 2 insurance
agents, l theatre manager, manu-
facturer Of ice, 3 civil engineers, 8
lumbermen, 2 owners Of stone quar-
ries, 2 real estate agents, l phar-
macist and l steamboat captain
Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17

regular routine at the mission, in which
a compromise is made between Ameri-
can and Chinese customs. The bride
groom-elect may see his future bride,
he may even converse with her from OPP
posite sides of the room, but the propri-
cites would be completely outraged if
the betrothed couple were to shake
hands. Two or three times week the
fance makes a call of from five to ten
minutes duration, and if he is desper-
ately enamored he never goes
empty handed. Sausages are a gift
that is highly appreciated, and Chinese
vegetables are also much esteemed.
Fruit is frequently brought to the en-
gagged ladies, both in the Presbyterian
and the Methodist missions, but it would
outrage Mongolian etiquette to bestow
candy. The love-mazing is generally
monosyllabic on the part of the young
lady, and even the man finds his gift
of conversation languish. At the Pres
byterian mission charming young
Chinese girl named All Cheng, profess
sional interpreter, satisfies etiquette
by being present during all the inter
views. Many Chinese merchants have
offered to lay their hands and hearts at
All Cheng's feet, but she has seen so
much of love-malling as an onlooBer
that she refuses to go through the
ordeal of entertaining a fiance on her
own account. Even the touching ro-
nance of All Leen has not inclined the
little interpreter to follow her example.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, on the 3Oih day of July, 1890,
W. J. Young did convey unto Theodore
Goldsmith, Trustee for Il. G.. Sellew, by
Deed of Trust, recorded in Book Volume
so, Page 475, ct SEQ. of the Records of
Bexar County, Texas, the following de-
scribed land and premises, situated In the
City of San Antonio, Bexar. County,
Texas; and more particularly described
In the City of San Antonio and State Of
Texas. on the west side of the San An
tonic River. in Lewis and Paschal's Ad-
dition, and being Lots Nos. Two and
Three in Block Twenty mine, bounded
as follows; Northeast by, lot -Four in
same block; Northwest by an alley;
Southwest by lot One. and Southeast by
Oakland street, each lot fronting twenty
yaras on Oakland street, aud running
back beween parallel lines ffty-seven
varas, and being the same property con-
veyed to the grantor here by NJ. f. Lewis
by deed recorded in Volume 6s, pages
$780, BAL, Bexar County Records.
And, whereas, said conveyance was
made for the purpose OF securing the
payment of one principal promissory
note for the sum OF Twenty. three hum
bred dollars and interest thereon, said
note signed by w. j, Young, and bearing
date June 7th,- 1890, maturing two years
after date, and is secured by said deed OF
trust.
And, whereas, it is provided In said deed
of trust that should the said w. j. Young
fail to pay said note AZ maturity land the
same is at the option Of the holder to me-
ture upon the default in the payment OF
any installment of INTEREST,". then or AZ
any time thereafter the said Trustee shall
upon demand In writing made by the
payee Of said note or any holder thereof,
proceed to sell said property as provided
for by the terms OF said deed Of trust.
And, whereas, said principle note Is
long since due and no interest thereon
has been paid, and said default has hap
pened, and T. G.. Sellew, the payee OF said
said deed of trust to sell the above de-
scribed premises according to the terms of
said deed of trust, and said Trustee refus-
ing to act, and III. 2. DROUGHT has been
appointed Substitute Trustee, as provided
TO be done by the terms OF said deed OF
trust;
Now, therefore, /. H. P. DRoU GIT,
Substitute Trustee as aforesaid, by vir.
tue of the power vested in me by said
deed of trust, and in accordance with
the terms thereof, will on the 4th day
of February, 1896, Chat day being the
first Tuesday In the month of February,
1861 between the hours of 10 o'clock
a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m, at the court
house door of BexaT county, Texas
offer the above described premises aud
property for sale. and sell the same to
the highest bidder for cash, and after the
sale | will make to the purchaser thereof
good and sufficient deed to the property
SO sold In the name OF w. j. Young, and
receive the purchase money and apply
the same according to the terms OF said
deed of trust
Dated this 10th day of January, 1896.
I'll. p. DROUGHT,
1-l0-3t fri Substitute Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17
In Memory of Won Moltke.

A Moltlle stone is to be erected on the
banks of the Baltic canal, 80 miles from
the western entrance, on the spot where
the old field marshal inspected the
works in 1891.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17

A famous advocate confessed himself:
II am never so happy as when am de-
Tending aprisoner know to be guilty;
for if he is convicted he viii get his de-
serts, and If get him of it will be q
tribute to my skill"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-17
pemocratie National Convention.

WASHINGTON, January 16.-The
committee today decided to hold
the national democratic conven-
tlon July 7th.
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Jerseys Republican Convention.

Trenton, April 15.--Nearly all the
preparations have been completed for
the holding of the republican state
convention in st, Louis. The conven-
ton will be called to order at noon in
the Taylor opera house by State Chair
man Franklin Murphy of Newark.
The convention will choose four del
egates- at-large and two delegates each
from the eight congressional districts
in the state.
The advance guard Of the republicans
is expected this afternoon, and by this
evening it is thought that all the state
leaders will be in attendance
The majority of the republican lead
ers of the state are said to be for Nc
Kinley for president, and it is thought
that the delegates will go instructed for
him, with Garrett A. Hobart of Passaic
as a vice presidential candidate.
The delegates at-large who are slated
are United States Senator William j.
Sewell Of Camden, Hon. Carrot A. Ho-
bart OF Passaic, Chairman Franklin
Murphy of Newark and ex-Congress-
man John Kean of Elizabeth.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-16
counterfeiting Postage stamps.

Chicago, April 15.--W. B. Peters, an
engraver, and John Voney, litho-
grapher and engraver, were arrested
last night by Captain Porter of the
Federal Secret Service on the charge
of counterfeiting twocent stamps in
large quantities and selling them.
A. j. Bodkin, who was manager for
the Pauline Hoyt Formula company,
is charged with being a member of the
gang officers are unable to find him.
The mails lately have been flooded
with hundreds OF letters bearing coun-
terfeit stamps. The stamps We're be-
ing made at the factory in Western
avenue on photographic stones twenty
Ave at time. for experimental pur-
poses, but arrangements had been
made to run off one hundred at time
when the gang felt safe.
Peters was caught in the envelope
addressing Office of w. w. Devices, 4C
Dearborn street, arranging for the sale
of stamps.
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DEMocRtrrc oNyEyrIoN
WIN be Held in the City of Hartford o
,hmeIO.


VIII be Held in the City of Hartford on
june 10.
The democratic state central commit
tee convened at 1890 yesterday to de-
eide upon the location of the conven-
ton to nominate delegates to the ma
tional convention. The meeting was
held at democratic headquarters in the
Exchange building and as early as u
o'clock some Of the committee We're
present.
Among the prominent members were
r. j, Kinsella of Hartford, r. j, Vance
of New Britain, F. J. Brown of Water
bury, secretary; John P. Carney of New
Haven, George Gum of Milford, proxy
for Charles Comstock Of Montville; It.
S. Stevens Of Bridgeport, John w.
Church of Putnam, C. S, Burllngame
of Brooklyn, Captain John Carroll of
Middletown, A. V. Porter of Hebron,
and j. V. Squire Of Stafford Springs.
Many members in discussing demo-
cratic prospects made sanguine state
ments, but apparently were not very
sure of their predictions.
The main question came up behind
closed doors at t2:45, when the claims
of Hartford and Bridgeport were re-
spectively urged by r. j. Kinsella and
Frederick S. Stevens.
On the first ballot. Hartford received
the majority of votes, Bridgeport being
next and New Haven third.
The date of the convention was set
for June 10.
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American Flags.

Next Wednesday evening, April 3d.
Augustus Bedford will lecture in Me-
chanics' hall, 1888 Chapel street, on the
Origin and Evolution of the American
Flag"
A prominent member says the lecture
will be one of the best ever delivered
here. His lecture treats of the history
of flags Of the North American CONT
nent from the earliest settlement to the
present day, and eXemplifies the mill
tary and naval standards that have
been in actual use from the earliest
colonial periods 1t is said that Prof.
Bedfords maternal grandfather furn-
ished the original draft of the present
'old glory" and that the lecturer has
made the flags OF this country a life
study. He is the author. of the bill
which forbids the use of the American
flag for advertising purposes. Prof.
Bedford possesses about forty flags,
and they viii be exhibited and ex-
planned and their history given.
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Holy Water Free ofDntr.

New York, April ia most perplex-
ing question has finally been solved by
the custom house officers. They were
in doubts as to whether holy water
should be admitted into this country
free of duty or not. A consignment
of 1t was recently received, and Collec-
tor Kilbreth and Deputy Collector
Esterbrooke were in a quandry as to
it's classification. Mr. Esterbrooke
thought that it came under the head
of unenuemrated articles in the Will
son law, and that inasmuch as the
duty on such articles was 10 per cent,
duty of 10 per cent. must therefore be
collected on holy water.
Special Deputy Naval officer Gour-
ley handed down the opinion that it
came under paragraph 556 of the act OF
1894, which considers natural spring
water free of duty. Collector Kilbreth
accepted Mr.. Gourley's opinion.