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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11
Open Noon Yes'y
! ing. Call. lClosetl Close.

a asked. b bid.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Opened quiet. demand moderate: Q p m.
dun. closed steldy; tenders. nov. 900.
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SUGAR.

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NEW ORLEANS.

Market fair for choice cattle and calves
oFerstoched with sheep ana hogs.
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OCEAN FRElGHrs.

The following ocean frelshu WV
cotton are quoted today: .oi llfa.t4
,er Dound: Havre. ls-AgHa ~
i3-Gia2-32d; New YORK ~ y"
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London. March io.-At the ~ as,rl !
sales today ls,iii bales W.. A rs1
T ssaIog 1i was offered isr S sss, sse.
e ahg Rs Following are en' v
tail: u.,,os s5t7 bales; tr. =
Is N I'd; sreasy, o .Ngl1,sai d, sTssg 4 ~
t isSi II sSsth Aauss s'rsi'ss IS s:l:
b 5an l's secured s'.slSSd a;,si 70 b.i
S ;s4 G Is a: " srssssy ssss,t%So sassss
81 Louis. Marcn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS,
CHICAGO.
The leading futures ranged as followS,

ArtIcie.- Iopen- High Low .Iclose
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To.a.s .,....lS.slj 56,6lp 6032.9i1 i.oo3 ,oyl I
Last year.....1lTl5 Apis 1853 81 man.
Difference .... 2lSO 1882 1,41g.3G0 .......,
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Opened quiet and steady, 1906 quiet
closed quiet; salcs 1sl0O.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11
CHICAGO.

Market bare of good cattle of all classes
and demand fairly active.
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COMPARATIVE SPOT MARKET.
The following are the closing quotations
for cotton on The spot today at the lead
ing markets together with closing Of mid.
ding yesterday. with today's sales:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
Poultry House Whitewash.

A capital whitewash is made by
mixing common water lime cement
with sweet, skinned milk to the
proper consistency. The following is
the government whitewash, and a fine
whitewash it is: Put two pailfuls of
boiling water in a barrel add one-half
Of bushel of we'll burned, fresh
quicklime; put in quickly one peck of
common salt, dissolved in hot water,
and cover the barrel tightly to keep in
the steam while the lime is shaking,
when the violent ebullition is over
stir till well mixed together, and, if
necessary, add more boiling water, so
as to have the mass like thick cream,
strain through sieve of coarse cloth.
Make a thin starch of three pounds
of rice flour and one pound of strong
glue, having first soaked the glue in
cold water, and to the latter mixture
add two pounds of whiting. Add this
to the lime wash, and also sufficient
hot water to dilute to the proper con-
sistency; keep hot while applying. It
will require about six quarts Of the
mixture to 100 square feet of surface,
and it will last remarkably we'll. It
goes without saying, that it may be
made any color desired. Poultry
Keeper.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08

quickly followed by violent diarrhoea
and rise of temperature. Other COM
mon accompanying symptoms are
dropping of the wings, stupor, lessen
ed appetite, and excessive thirst. Since
the disease is due to a specific germ,
it can only be introduced into a flock
by direct importation of this germ,
generally by fowls from infected
premises. AS soon as the symptoms
of the disease are observed "the fowls
should be separated as much as posi-
bic and given restricted quarters,
where they may be observed and
where disinfectants can be freely
used. AS soon as the peculiar diar-
rhoea is noticed with any of the fowls,
the birds of that lot should be chang
ed to fresh ground and the sick ones
killed. The infected eXcrement should
be carefully scraped up and burned,
and the Enclosure in which it has been
thoroughly disinfected with a one
half per cent solution of sulphuric
acid or one per cent solution of car
bolic acid, which may be applied with
an ordinary watering pot. Dead birds
should be burned or deeply buried at
distance from the grounds frequent
ed by the fowls. The germs of the
disease are taken into the system only
by the mouth, and for this reason the
watering troughs and feeding places
must be kept thoroughly free from
them, by frequent distinction with
one of the solutions mentioned. Treat
ment of sick birds is not to be rec
commended under any circumstances.
The malady runs it's course, as rule,
in one, two or three days, and it can
only be checked with great difficulty.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
The Melting Season.

To read the articles of some writer's
on the above subject, one could very
readily form the impression that the
noting season was an exceedingly
critical period in a fowls life. Per-
haps, to certain extent, it is, says y
writer in Country Gentleman, but the
writer questions if it is as serious as
we are sometimes led to suppose. The
poultryman is told that he must be
on hand with condition powders" a
warm mash once or twice a day, a
green ground bone," 'bone meal
and "deodorized blood meal" and a
variety of other ''stimulators. All
this may be necessary to the fancier
who confines his stock the year
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
incubation from Stings.

The interesting observations recent
ly recorded regarding the freedom
from the effects of mosquito bites and
bee stings which may be induced by
previous injuries of this kind, demand
a word of notice. The idea implied by
this immunity is that previous bites
or stings inoculate the blood with
some principle or ''toxin' derived
from the poison, which in it's turn
protects the body from fresh attack.
An analogy can be seen between this
naturally produced immunity and
that which is presented by the treat
ment of diphtheria with the anti-tox-
in of the disease. One writer told his
experiences to the effect that being a
beekeeper, he had never suffered from
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
Chicken Cholera.

This is an exceedingly fatal conta-
gious disease, which is widely distrib-
uted over this country, and causes
enormous annual losses, especially in
the central and southern sections. The
first symptoms of the disease, says an
exchange, is, in the majority of cases,
a yellow celebration of that part of the
excrement which is usually white,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08

round; but to the average farmer, it
is sometimes a little confusing, TO
say the least. OF the different COM
binations mentioned above, and 9th
ers which can be considered under the
same head, the writer would select
one, viz, green bone, not because it is
necessary, but it is useful, not only
during melting, but any other season
of the year. Green ground bone is ex-
cellent for the laying or moltirlg hen,
the fattening fowl or the growing
chick. At the time of year when
molting begins, the Matching season
breeding yards are of no more use,
they can be very readily broken up.
If such a course is followed, and the
males and females are separated. less
trouble will be experienced, and in
the end it will prove the best for both
sexes. Some poultrymen follow the
principle of keeping their yards mat
ed the year round. Such course re-
quires much extra care and is far
more exhaustive to the chick.
During the early part of July, ha,>
is not only money and labor-saver
up all of our yards, shutting up the
males which we desired to retain and
disposing of the others, and gave the
hens free range over the farm, with
the exception of few valuable ones
which we retained in a yard by them
selves. This not only reduces the la
Dor in caring for them to about
quarter, but saves feed and gives
more room and time to attend to the
growing youngsters. For the past
year or two, we have made it prac-
tice to SOW a small patch Of buck
farm buildings, especially for the
poultry to harvest for themselves. It
is not only money and labor-savor
on our part, but gives the poultry
something to do at all hours of the
day, thereby serving to restrain them
from crops more valuable Last sea-
son we had small plat of mil1et at
some distance from the barn. Just az
fer it was cut, heavy rains came on
and it was caught in the swath. The
ground being level and rather low,
we were never able to haul it, or at
any rate not before it was seriously
damaged. The writer had flock of
about thirty-fve turkeys that got
what the bad weather would not al
low us to get. The writer never had
domestic fowls been able to reach it,
our returns would have been even
better.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08

stings after he had been once severely
stung by swarm. Probably his sys
tenn had become thoroughly inoculat-
ed by the big dose of poison he then
received. Of mosquito bites the same
experience has been related. But what
will be of interest to biologists is the
recital of yet another correspondent,
that such freedom from mosquito
stings is not invariably met with as
a consequence of frequent bites. 1t is
an illustrat ton of law l have never
been weary of pointing out when I'M
reasonable people have argued that
because a process or treatment did
not act invariably and in all eases in
the same way it was therefore of no
value at all. The law [ refer to is that
which teaches us that when we are
dealing with living beings we cannot
expect to find mathematical certainty
in our results. Life is a very differ
ent thing, in all it's variability, from
mathematical and exact calculations.
From the London illustrated News.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08

One of the most beautiful sights
that the people Of Tampa were ever
treated to is now to be seen at the
dam. The water is running over the
be seen nowhere else in the State.
Many people are availing themselves
of the opportunity given by the ex-
ceeding high water to see feature
occurring very seldom in Florida
landscape.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
The Hen House.


our best consideration at this season.
We have seen hen houses in July that
we were satisfied in simply seeing. We
did not care to enter, because one
glance through the open door satisfied
us that if we valued peace and COM
fort it would be best to keep out.
When you can look in and see few
crosspoles with the bark on, placed
high up in one corner, with nest box
or two half covered with dung, cob
webs and dust, and ridge of the ma
roosting poles above, the hens looking
pale about the comb and gills and
pecking away at their feathers in a
nervous, feverish fashion, you can
put it down at once that within that
hen house the lice and mutes abound,
and that it is not safe to enter it, eX-
cept with the warpaint on and a TOM
ahawk all ready to do battle.
There are just such houses. Plenty
of them, and many of them on the
farm where such things should not be
allowed to exist. They are unhealthy
Improbable and nuisance that
should be abated.
Now if we had such a henhouse
this is what we would do: We would
make up bucketful or two of white
wash. Then we would put on few
valueless clothes-the fewer the bet
ter and we would invade that hen
house for a fight. We would take the
nest boxes and make heap of them.
in the middle of the yard. Then we
would take down those roosting poles
and put them and every thing else
movable in the henhouse on the pile
of rubbish in the yard and then set
fire to it. Next, all the droppings and
filth would be removed and the walls
inside swept with broom. Then We
would take our lime water and a
broom and wash the inside of the hen
house as it was never washed before
We would put the whitewash wherev-
er we could reach, and all over the
floor too. The next thing would be
fresh nests and perches. The latter
we would have fat and smooth, and
placed low down, and before putting
them up we would wash them we'll in
kerosene oil. All over the nests and
the floor, too, we would put the same
kind of oil. Next, we would dig up a
place for the hens to dust, and sprin-
kle kerosene there, too.
After we should be through the sur
prised hens, on entering their thor
oughly renovated house, would cack1e
for joy. After few days they would
cackle because of having laid, and the
increase in the number of eggs would
more than pay for the work of clean
ing up, as outlined.
A renewal Of the lime wash once
a week during the summer would
make the henhouse a pleasure TO both
fowls and owner, instead of some
thing to be dreaded and Stunned be-
cause of it containing the natural
fruits Of neglect in the summer sea-
son-lice and mites.-H. B. Geer, Ten
nessee.
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POULTRY DEPARTMENT..

Address all communications to Poultry De-
partment, Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-30
News D The R0lOl|S.

Conductor Jack Bollons writes from
California that his wife's health is
improving.
| Livestock Agent John X. Rosson, of
the Katy, arrived in town from Fort
Worth this morning.
Travelling Freight Agent r. b. Webb
of the Iron Mountain, left town this
morning on business for the road.
Conductor f. B. Irvine, L. I. Adams
and w. S. Parish, of the Southern Pa
cific, are down with the dengue.
Robert Mays, popular engineer on
the Katy at Denison, is in the city,
visiting his brother, doc" Mays, on
Crosby street.
The Southern Pacific handled l6,O4l
bales of cotton ON the Houston divis-
ion since the first of August, against
q, 392 bales last year.
Conductor w. A. Shafer, of the
Southern Pacific, has gone to Boston
for months visit, and Jim Burns has
his run during the meantime.
Star Jones, assistant ticket agent OF
the Texas & Pacific at Dallas, is in
the city, accompanied by his wife, on
their return from a trip to Mexico.
Night operator, d. n. Langlois, of the
Southern Pacific. has returned from a
trip to California and is relieving
Operator Robischung at kingsbury.
Ticket Agent w. G. Rigsby, of the
International, has a new and complete
map of Alaska, showing the location
of Klondike, and Is figuring on how he
can offer reduced rates over his line 70
the gold fields.
There is at present a heavy move
ment of transcontinental freight over
the Southern Pacific, the expeditions
handling of which is due to the fast
schedule. which went into effect sew
eral months ago.
Ben Burleson, conductor ON the Bur
no branch of the Southern Pacific, is
in the city from Del Rio, accompan-
led by his wife, for medical treatment
of the latter. They are stopping
with Conductor III. II. Hyatt, on Sher-
man street.
Martin Jones, passenger conductor
on the Mexican International, between
Durango and Torreon, who arrived
here last week on a visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lock Campbell, has returned to
Mexico. accompanied by his wife, wEo
has been III in this city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-30

full turtleheads, the sullen bullsnakes,
the gentle bl1e racers, the spreading
adders, and many kinds of water. grass
and garter nlkes. Alligators from
Florida and crocodiles from abroad, as
well as some foreign snakes, are con-
stantly kept in stock for customers,
mostly circus men.
Estes is natural snake charmer, and
never, unless requested by his Gus
toner, takes out the fangs of the ami
mails in which he deals, and to this
fact he attributes considerable of the
success he has had in raising them.
He will, without fear, fondle RATHER,
a bull or an adder, force openits mouth,
and with his finger nail deity expose
the poison sac and fangs. In all his long
experience in this sort of thing he has
never been bitten, His fayorite method
of capture is to grab the RATHER by the
tail and dextrously swing the snake
.nto a sack, but when one is found
lying at full length Estes grasps it
tightly back of the head. Though he
has many assistants among the farmers
of this vicinity, there is no other man
in this part of the United States who
dares to open snake jaws with bare
hands as he does carelessly. His little
daughter Hazel, who is only eight years
old, seems to have the same power over
he reptiles, and can often be seer
handling the most deadly snakes and
allowing them to twi1e about her arms
and neck.
So far this year about GOO snakes OF
the more valuable varieties have been
shipped from this farm. Not only are
circuses and menageries customers OF
Mr.. Estes, but inmany cigar stores and
saloons the reptiles are displayed as
attractions to custom. A few days ago
a rattler six feet long, eight inches
in girth and with 90 rattles was sent
to Minneapolis saloon keeper for his
window. Rattlers are Inexpensive
things to have about the house, for a
healthy reptile taken in the spring will
need no food for year. The rattlers
in confinement are now becoming blind
preparatory to. shedding their skins
The wild rattlers do not shed their
skins quite so early. The food given
these pets consists chiefly of gophers,
frogs, rats, squirrels, birds and rabbits
being added occasionally.
The small boys in this vicinity de-
rive a considerable revenue from catch
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-30
HOODS Pills cure sick headache. x cents.
JOSEPH sHEERN.
Sudden Death of a Leading Citizen
Yesterday.

Sudden Death of Leading CITIZEN
Yesterday.
Mr. Joseph Sheern, aged a years,
died suddenly yesterday afternoon at
Z O'Clock at his residence, No. ODD Gar
den street, from an attack of heart
failure, superinduced by a severe at
tack of dengue fever, which seized him
Saturday morning. His wife and som
in-law, Mr. James L. Burnett, were at
his bedside when he breathed his
last.
Mr.. Sheern was able yesterday
morning to come down stairs at his
residence but in the afternoon late
he became faint and sitting back in
his easy chair died in a few minutes.
Deceased had lived in San Antonio
for the past % years, coming from
Lafayette, Ind His birthplace was
Terre Haute, of the same state. He
removed with his family to San Ar
tnoio for the benefit of his health,
being affected with incipient consump-
ton. He embarked in the business
of an undertaken and during his car
Ger has been recognized as the lead
er in this business in this city, ac-
cumulating comfortable competence
thereby.
He was a devout member of the
Catholic church. was an exemplary
citizen. courteous to his business as
sociates and kind and pleasant to his
friends. He was charitable and SYM
pathetic and the world will never
I, ax-tn of his hpinln0
hand to the needy, as he was unosten-
tatious and said nothing of these acts
to any one Deceased leaves a vile
and one son, the latter Joseph Sheern,
Jr., being now in New Orleans. too III
TO attend his fathers funeral. HIS
daughter. the late Mrs. James T.
Burnett. died some two years ago.
She left him grand son.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-30
DOLLY MADISON.
saved the Declaration of Independ-
ence from British Hands.

ence from British Hands.
The capture, invasion and burning of
our national capital by British forces
under Admiral Cockburn are graphical
ly recalled by Clifford Howard. Mr..
Howard lucidly tells of the incidents
leading up to the invasion, and
pictures the terror and excitement
of the people of Washington, who
fed, shouting, screaming, jostling
one another under foot, into Vir-
ginia as the enemy approached.
President Madison had gone to the
front, and his wife was anxiously await
ing his return, in fear for his safety.
The white house attaches had nearly
all deserted their posts, but Mrs. Madi-
son had packed all her husbands papers
and records, and as she was about to
abandon the house bethought herself
of Gen. Washington's portrait. The
heavy frame inclosing it was broken
by q servant with an AK, and she re-
moved the canvas with her own hands,
keeping it from falling into the hands
of the enemy.
at was them" writes Mr.. Howard,
"iust as she was in the act of hurry
ing away, that Dolly Madison was seized
with an inspiration that will ever cause
her name to live in the heart of every
true American. She stopped to think.
! What if the white house should be
burnedT Did it contain anything of
value to the government that she had
neglected? The declaration of in
dependence? In a flash she called to
mind this most precious of all docu-
ments. Carefully treasured in q case
apart from other papers it had been
overlooked in the worriment and con-
fusion. 1t must be saved at all hazards!
Without a moments hesitation she
turned and rushed back into the house.
'Stopl for heavens sake, stop!' cried her
friends, vainly endeavoring to intercept
her. Regardless of their commands,
regardless of her danger, the brave
woman sped to the room containing the
treasure for which she was willing to
sacrifice her life. Without attempting
to open the glazed door of the case she
shattered the glass with her clenched
hand, snatched the priceless parchment,
and, WANG it exultantly above her head,
hurried to the door, where she entered
her carriage and was rapidly driven
awayin the direction of Georgetown
Ladies' Home Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-30
SNAKES FOR THE TRADE.
Man In Minnesota Runs a Queer
Sort of Farm.
He Has Turned His Talents to Ac-
count by breeding Reptiles for
Circuses Matching Out Rat
tiers and Adders.

Along the warm and honeycombed
limestone bluffs that line the Zumbro
river at Rochester, MIMI, are the homes
of vast numbers of snakes. In the early
days of the settlement of the north
west there were myriads of all the sorts
of deadly snakes known to North
America to be found in that neighbor-
hood. To-day there are more snakes
caught for circus companies and other
buyers than anywhere else in the coun-
try except in some of the lower coun-
ties of Florida. All along the Missis-
sippi and tributary streams where
snakes are to be found they are caught
for the Rochester farm and sold to o.
w. Estes, young man, who runs the
snake farm, and for several years has
been making success of the venture.
Mr.. Estes also carries on snake
hatchery, something after the manner
of hennery, but considerably more ex-
citing. The eggs produced by his stock
are gathered and laid in the sun on
the sand, where in time they hatch out
Youngsters fully as lively and veno-
nous as their parents. So far this year
several hundred have been Matched,
and all have thrived on the treatment
given them by Mr.. Estes and his as
sistants. Many of these young snakes
are reared for sale, and others are used
for food for the king snake and others
that eat only their own kind.
A large part of the business of this
Minnesota farm is in rattlesnakes, as
they are more plentiful than any other
variety. A single days receipts OF
diamond-backed and other rattlers oft
en- runs up to several score, especially
when an outside catcher for the farm
brings in his sacks full and sells them
70 Mr.. Estes. These snakes vary from
three to six feet in length. Among the
other varieties received and grown are
spotted adders, blowsnakes, the beauti-