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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12

the only one In the coast country, VIII
contract for all that can be raised at fair
price. Peppers, mustard art:cnoaes and
potatoes, both Irish and sweet, yield well,
and In cabbage and turnips we can beat
the world.
Milo maize. sorghum and alfalfa grow
well here, hut my favorite OF all the fod-
ders Is the Spanish peanut. have about
ten acres, planted May 10. that did not
have any rain upon 1t until the latter part
OF August. 1t is now about ready to har-
vest and will yield from sixty to seventy
five bushels per acre. The nut differs from
the commercial peanut in being smaller
and more difficult to separate from tho
vine. II contains more nutritious quail
tiles than cotton seed meal, while my
chickens, hogs. cows and horses prefer 1t
TO any other feed can place before them.
Last season l penned 100 pound shoat
by Itself, and fed 1t entirely upoa peanuts.
tops and all. 1t got nothing else but
artesian water to drink. l gave it every
morning what could carry al one time
upon an ordinary hay hook. ard the same
ut night In less than three months that
shoat was killed, and dressed l9c pounds,
and every one who tasted 1t said 1t was
the finest pork they had ever eaten. be-
lieve in favorable seasons. wh"I. the sbIing
Is not too wet, two craps Of thls mt can
be raised.
The summer OF ls37 will long lie reriem-
bered for both drouth and tycc,s've heat
and II gave all the residents OF this section
an opportunity Of learning how their land
would stand drouth. Every one bears tes-
timony to the fact they never cultivated
land that stood an extreme dry spei. as
did these lands. And that is true OF the
lands east and west OF us. at least within
the limits of Galveston county.
The price of raw lands IN this sccticn
ranges from $40 TO S75 p',r acre, tha highest
price being for lands immediately adjcin-
lug thu town site, i'he best CT lands With
In one TO two miles OF town can be pur-
chased for from SIS to $40. Farmers who
understand their business, l mean prac-
] al farmers can make betrer living
here from forty acres G. ground tkan they
can In the North from l60 acres, and can
also make II easier, Don't take ny word
FOR this, but come aui SOC for yourselves,
You viii be welcome. and you caa cttain
your information from til'ers OF the soil
like yourselves, but Who have no land TO
sell. Here. as In every other neN farm
ing country, you will find sumo dissatisfied
ones, but inquiry will show every time
HAT they are mon WHO never had a
knowledge OF practical :arn,'rs Come
and see us. Henry Miller.
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a coAsr COUNTRY COMMUNITY.
Grent Variety of Things which
Grow I'm Harris County.

TO the Editor OF Inc lost,
Clear Creek. Texas. September S.--we
are strictly berry and fruit farmers around
Clear Creek; our CROP OF berries was not
as good as It has been some years. but our
most prominent growers have ro,hing to
complain OF. even in this years crop. Our
berry season is from February l TO June
10. Most of our berries are shipped North
We have many truck farmers here and
those that have irrigation plants haso made
lots OF money this year. Tomatoes was
one OF our best paying crops this season.
We began shipping May and shipped until
duly 10, They sold from 40 to 70 cents
for one-thlrd hushei boxes. acting us
about 81. Is per bushei.
One Of our farmers, with irrigation.
planted two acres Of corn June Is and sold
the sreen corn the last OF July. This ccrn
was grown upon land that had already
grown crop Of onions. aud he il now shin
ping snap beans grown on the same land.
MANY OF our orehardists have srxwn
cotton between the tree rows in their
xoung orchards. this being the first season
snas cs<toa has been grown In ths eornly
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FINE FRUIT SECTION.
A Canning Factory and an .Ahun-
dance Of Artesinn Water,
To tba Natter - nh. pHst


To the Editor OF The Post.
Alta Iona, Texas, September 6.--Alta
Iona is situated on the main line OF the
Gull. Colorado and Santa re railroad.
seventeen miles from Galveston. and thir-
ty-four miles from Houston. Thsrs are
thirty artesiap wells here. ranging from
800 to 900 feat In depth. furnishing Gal
weston with 100000 gallons of pure wstcr
every tweniy-four hours.
The land In this section Is largely A
rteh sandy loan, undcrlaid by clay sub
soil, aud is specially adapted TO the rails
ing OF every variety of fruits aud vege-
tables. Both corn and cotton have also
been successfully cultivated during the
past season, No country In the world can
excel Y In the production OF pears. plums,
apricots and FIGS The yield OF the latter
Is simply enormous, and the iem,nd for
the yellow varieties unlimited. They
commence hearing In their second year
and bring quicker cash reforms TO the
grower than any other variety OF fruit.
Strawberries. blackberries and dawberries
have all done splendidiy here. ana enor-
nous crcEn Of watermslons ana cantaloupes
have also been grown. Tonn, sos ana
beans can DO placed upon taa market
earlier from this section than any PLACE OF
which have knowledse. Our early crop
tnis year brought IS per bax. Cacumbers
s's's eneene0evs sna eur canning factory,
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wagon with any ordinary team. This Is,
In the summer time. the fAvorlte node Of
marketing fruits and vegetables; during
the month Of July over 1900 mainland
wagons crossed the bay bridge, many
coming from Harris and Brasoria cOlnties.
kets, and the etations along both the Santa
Fe and tho Galveston. Eouston and Hen
derson railways. furnish good shipping
facilities. north. cast and west. Under the
stimulus Of sharp. vigorous. healthy COM
petition. with improved and rapidly in
creasng ocean tonnage. the chelpeniuE
OF water TRANSPORTATION. with the Gulf OF
Mexico and in deep waters as Inc gateway
to tho high seas, the products OF the whole
coast country can speedily and profitably
reach the markets Of the world.
Il. r. Wheeler.
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WHAT COAST COUNTRY GROWS.
The Soil Of South Texas 10 Adapted to Nearly
Everything That Grows.

centbutcu herewith answ~ 70 The
quest planting euluvains all kinds Of cot
vegetables and fruits OF kind When
plant 10 plant and guilty. results achieved.
promising city in the South and universally con-
the residents OF other cities and By the
travelling public.
railroad Houston unmatched by city
distributing Dur
> o cotton
the Southwest and the National
her u-
ture.
the
the first magnitude
factories probability backward Houston
thoroughly and
ton Will not become a don't Invest cent
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that may be successfully grown at Webster
are vegetables OF nearly every variety,
melons, cotton, sorghum, sugar cane,
orn and oats. Strawberries. dewberries,
blNckberries and grapes, pears, peaches and
figs. All pay we'll II given proper cultiva-
ton and good market. We have two sea.
sons for planting. the first beginning with
the year, the second with September /.
Webster has flrst-class arteslan wd,er and
plenty Of 1t; Is a decidedly health'dl loca-
ton, has good church and school facilities.
with a very desirable social atmosphere.
G. Cole.
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THE WEBSTER DIsTnIOr.
FRUIT ana Vegetables in Abundance
schools and Churches.

FRUIT and Vegetables in Abundance
schools and Churches.
To the Editor OF The Post.
Webster. Harris County. Texas. Septem-
Der Sin compliance with your reoues,
VIII give my experience or opinion OF the
fruit aud vegetable prospects OF our sec
tion. nave been In Webster for two
years sugar cane, sorghum, corn and
oats, besides cotton, can be successfully
grown III our section. Strawberries. black
berries as well as dewberries, plums.
grapes, ngs and peers. My advice would
be for beginners to nut out strawherr,os
plums and figs at once. as the returns Will
come In much quicker than from pears
would also advise new people CONNIE
INTO the country to plant more Keifer and
Garber pears and not so many I,aconte
we nave the hest class of people in Web
ster and surrounding that any one can
hna In Texas. We have fine schools as
WIN as heat churches, and not saloon in
our city, 1t Is also a famous sweet no.
tato and melon section; sugar cane Yields
from three 10 four hundred gallons of
syrup per acre. N. w. Laws.
To the Editor Of The Post.
Webster, Texas. September Sin reply
TO your request to make a statement of
my farming and fruit growing at Webster.
Iexas, Will say that on the whole my eff
forts have not been very brilliant sue
cess l have been here four years. and
the work done has been very largely ex
perimen'al with very satisfactory results
In many things.
am working the heavy black land tha,
needs better drainage and more ;horougb
culture than have been able 10 give hut
bnt the small effort made IN that j,reu-
ton Is encouraging
we nave demonstrated beyond eoub. that
this soil and climate are PARTICULARLY
adapted TO fruit growing Fruit trees and
vines. grapes especially make a e1owth
unsurpassed elsewhere.
My principal income Is rom str,wlcrr,e,
and grs'pes. tho latter giving the lest re-
suits for the amount OF LABOR bestowed
sorghum is the main forage crop for stock
especially horses. three crops n Gear he,pg
raised from. he same roots.
Horses Keep in good sondislon On II.
gong much work without auy gain.
Aside from fruit and veSatsbla growins
nrst-ciass people and robust nta'th seem
INDIGENOUS 10 the soil Sal,anssepers and
'octors would soon have 10 orig .a,e or 81
TO uiiing the soil for living.
p. Han.
To tho Editor Of The rost.
Webster. Texas. September e.-r bsv.
been 10 T3as about four years.. TIE crops
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Waste of Lives.

some people use their energies l.,
Hurry S w1stes the Greater part of themS'
n n,i,laion and foolish anxiety kee.,s thsr,
- SSs.I,ny wasting precious vitality Tbis
tstinn oisnhess. People do not want irri
t1raaS3n or stimulation. When anvona l.
.lred he wants rest, not stimnlants o Wha Is
lion ' ne. energies begin to flag recupera'
80" 70 i, ny irritation. is wanted.
N NJ stimnlant." A very mistaL en- IA
orat Iioap, such a one is IN need OF ,avss.
Sti moia, ., recuporation. but not stimulants
oalnu,ahts draw upon the yiror wh;oS
, vne airaaay possessess they produce M !,
v,gor. When one is tired out. nrrvo, no
mean ana respondent. Pe-ru-na Is wha ,
Is needed In the system. Pe-rn-ns ,, wnat
a $500. recuperates, builds up. vitai,yass
renea,ss; rsinforces Unlike 50 many Other
ss esssu,les. II does not simply irritate ana
stimulate. Pe-ru-na is an invieara e, anu
~. We, ana blood, Send for a COPY Of M 70
ru snt ans latest book. Address The Pc.
Cha Asnutao'urang Co., Columbus.
a.
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TOBACCO CULTURE.

Harris County n Splendid Field for
Growing Tobacco.
To the Editor OF The Post
| Houston, Texas, September S.-There 10
no longer a doubt in the minds of those
who have investigated the question that
tobacco can be successfully raised in Har-
ris county.
The writer knows by experience that leaf
dealers in Detroit and Chicago, too, are
| filling orders sent them for pure imported
Havana with Texas grown tobacco.
OF course 1t is a fraud, but the fact that
these tobacco dealers can palm off Texas
| coast tobacco on cigar makers all over the
Northern States as pure imported Havana
tooacco is one OF the strongest arguments
that could be made in proof of the superb
ority OF our tobacco over Northern growth
II is as II pages had been written in proof
tnereof' There Is more tobacco raised in
Harris county than is generally known.
nave had scores of farmers in to see me
and they have begged of me to buy their
crop, varying from 800 pounds to 1000
pounds
Here is one Of the best openings for
business In the city of Houston--I mean
the purchase OF leaf tobacco from the
farmers. 1t can be got at from 10 cents 10
10 cents per pound. When properly ham
aled and cured ii will sell at from 30 cents
W 70 cents per pound. II some one viii
start company with s25,00O capital mr. az
i'tie as $4,000 and stand ready TO take
the tobacco from the farmers it would have
four effects: A"'e
d 10 stimulate the growth of tobacco.
a. 10 advance the price of land.
o. 10 make large dividend on the stock
=. To bring into this county doub,e ~.
amount brought in from sale of arr,cnio
eura, and horticultural p.rGucts,
a., ouacco raised here can be sold throu ah-
out gu me Northern and Middle States ana IN
an n'V ,be IN iact all over the civilized world
al 'ne world Will pay tribute TO our ,arn,
ers, IL Is an enterprise with less rel, IN
any hn lne OF business in Houston. Ins,ead I@ =,
b bayins az Wholesale and selling AT retail
naying accounts standing with hnndrees ~
ta yu' soa the company would buy at re- q.
always for cash pluiit ana
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-27
DEATHS DOINGS.
A Death in Iowa That Will Interest
Austinites.

Many friends of Mr. A. L. Rhomberg,
who formerly lived in this city, will be
panied to learn of the death of his father
in Dubuque, Ia. May Ii. In chronicle
ing his death, the GlObe-Journal of that
city says: " ''
"Mr. Rhomberg was born in Austrian
States in 1852. settling the following
year in Dubuque. When he arrived
here he had no more capital than a
strong heart and willing hands, but.
being man of tact and industrious ways,
he soon amassed money enough to en-
gage in business. In 1868 he built in this
city one of the largest distilleries in
Iowa, and engaged on an extensive scale
IN the distilling business. In 1873 he
| transferred the dstillery into Touring
mill: and when the proposition to build
what was then known as the River
| Roads was brought up. he, with Hon.
| j. II. Graves, took leading part in thei,
construction. Mr.. Rhomberg was the
lrSt vice president and superintendent of
| the Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque and
| the Chicago. Dubuque and Minnesota
rlver roads,. and president of the con-
roads, which are now a part of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul system.
He was the president of the roads at the
| time. they were purchased by the Mil
Waukee. he was a man of great energy,
| and under his management the work of
constructing the roads was carried to n
| successful completion. Later he became
identified with the Dubuque Street Rail
way company, of which he was the prin-
cilpal stakeholder and president at the
time of his death, transferring it from
| a horse car line into an electric system.
For several years Mr. Rhomberg had
| large railway interests in Texas, but he
| disposed of these several years ago and
devoted himself exclusively to his street
railway interests. In 1857 Mr. Rhom-
berg married Miss Catherine Breall. who.
with i've children, three sons and one
daughter Mile, survive him. The sons
are A L." Joseph H. and Edward He
is also. survived by his brother Dominick
and other relatives. Mr.. Rhomberg was
man whose character was above re-
proach He was an excellent citizen,
and held in the highest regard by all his
fellow CITIZENS His was n long. active
and very useful life: he did much to
bring prosperity to DubuQue-more prob
ably, than any other one man in the city,
and now he has lain down the burden
of life. he will be sadly missed. He was
a genial whole-souled man. always with
a smile on his face and with a good word
for all. In the evening of life he has
been called from the scenes of earth: he
has gone to the other and more beautiful
shore to reap the rewards of life well
spent"
The deceased at one time had a CON-
trolling interest in the Austin and North
! western Railway. having assisted very
materially in its construction.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-27
The Eagle Lake Assembly.

Eagle Lake, Ind, May 23.-Thougn the
general assembly has not been in session
today. it has not been Il day of idleness.
Many ministers have preached in neigh
boring towns. bust most of the commits
sioners and visitors have remained here.
Consequently the meetings held in the
large auditorium have been fully attend
ed. Three sets of meetings, each double,
have occupied the day. In the morning
Or. James a. Worden, superintendent of
the board of Sunday school work, con-
tinuinS the Sabbath school lesson. The
second service consisted of missionary
address upon Alaska by the moderator.
DIR. Sheldon Jackson.
The first hour of the afternoon was de-
voted to the interests of the American
Sabbath union. Addresses were made by
DIR. |. w. Hathaway. general secretary
of the union; Hon. Samuel B. Hur of
Philadelphia, Hon. William Lannng of
Trenton. n. j., Mrs. Darwin Nj. James
of Brooklyn. president of the Woman's
National Sabbath alliance. and Elder
James Yereance of New York. manager
of the union The following hour was de-
voted to the wOmen's executive committee
ON missions. Rev. John Hewitt of Empo-
RIA was presented, and an address was
delivered by Rev. John Eaton of Utah.
Among other things he said the idea that
polygamy was dying out was mistake.
In the evening DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman,
pastor of Bethany church. Philadelphia,
preached on The Holy Spirit" The ex-
ercises of the day were closed with a
meeting in the interest of missions, both
home and foreign, the speakers being Rev.
e. Brown of Dubuque, Rev. Samuel Moi
felt of Corea, Rev. Henry G. Vanderbeet
of Newark. \. j., and Rev. William j.
Booker of Chill.
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minutes before his death he was never
heard TO complain.
Yesterday morning he was about his
home as usual and went out to milk his
COW as was his custom. In the COW lot
he suddenly began to vomit, and was so
sick he returned to the house, where he
sat down in a chair, and again vomited.
A few moments after this he threw his
head back. and his lower limbs became
rigid. This was really the first alarm
ing symptom, and Mrs. Grant hurriedly
sent for DR.. Frank Mclaughlin. The
doctor responded promptly. but when he
reached Mr.. Grant he was dying. and
in less than ten minutes he passed away
Bob Grant had lived in Austin about
twenty years, and twelve of them he
was head foreman of the Eclipse livery
stables. For several years after sever
ing his connection with the stable named
he conducted livery business on his
own account. Recently he has been
following the profession of veterinary
surgeon.
Bob Grant had. many friends in town
who will sincerely deplore his sudden
and unexpected death. He leaves
wife and several children.
The funeral will take place this morn
ing ut 10 o'clock from his late residence
on East Eighteenth street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-27
Would Not Pay.

Mr.. Lyle Woods of San Antonio. a post
Office inspector for Texas, was among the
prominent arrivals in the city yesterday.
He called ut The Statesman office to tell
us about the airship he saw near Beau
mont few days ago. He went into the
minutcst details about the craft, as to the
size, number of men, and big black dog.
He said il was close enough for him to
tell the color of the clothes worn by the
crew. and the man who seemed to be in
charge must certainly he an Englishman,
as he was attired in suit of the latest
imported English serge of II red roam col.
or. Mr.. Woods was willing to make af-
iidavt to the truthfulncss of his story,
hut was not willing to pay the regular ad-
vertising rates ON matter of this kind, in
consequence of which The Statesman's
readers are prevented from reading a
very interestingly article.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-27
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
THE ORATORICAL CONTEST.
superb and Timely Addresses Lnsi
NIubt by brilliant Young Orators.

Night by brilliant YOUNG Or"'oTH'
The seventh annual contest Of thS
Southern Interstate OratOrical assocln
ton took place last night at the nlver
sty before an intelligent and critical AZ
dicnce that filled the spacious auditorium,
including nearly all the seats in the gal
lery. -,
The stage was prOfuscly decorated with
palms and flowers, and the music by Pro.
fessOr Bcsscrcr's orchestra contributed
much 10 the pleasures Of the exercises
The contestants were Morris Sheppard
of the University Of Texas, subject, 1.-THE
Mission of Suffering
J. j. McNully Of the Vanderbilt uniyer-
sity subject, sour constitutional Gov
eminent"
j. $. Tanner Of the University Of the
South. Suwannee, Tenn, subject, Saxon
Versus Latin"
All three of the addresses were gems
Of rhetorical art and their delivery
smooth attractive and forciblc. All were
clevnting in sentiment and cnnobling in
thought. and they brcathcd Of hallowed
love TO humanity and Of fidelity and pat
rotism To ones country.
The composition of Mr. Sheppard and
its sublime sentiments were exceptionally
fine, but he lacked in the persuasive power
of oratory possessed by his young brother
from the mountains Of east Tennessee,
and the committee unanimously awarded
the medal 10 Mr.. j. :. Tanner of the
University of the South.
The committee was composed of Rev.
X. j. Briggs, Hon. II. II. Gaines, chief
justice of the supreme court of Texas,
and w. Il. Seclcy, Ph. ID.
DIR. Briggs in neat and beautiful lit
tie speech presented the medal to Mr..
Tanner and il was the signal for the
Suwanncc boys to give their yell, and
they did il with will
The vast audience enjoyed the address
cs and all three of the young men were
frequently spoken Of in the highest terms
as the crowd filed out of the building.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-27
HE WASN'T POSY.
Uncle Dick Royce Is just a Plain.
Matter-Of-Fact Man.

Matter-Of-Fact Man.
A Statesman reporter, holding gentle
converse with Uncle Dick Boyce in front
of the court house last night, said:
Uncle Dick. you came here when this
was wild Indian country and you
could number the houses in Austin on
your fingers. Does your memory ever
drift back through the whirlng mists of
No, sir" vigorously interrupted Uncle
Dick. My memory doesn't rambe
back through mists. The rough and
hard licks of my life are not enveloped
in mist, but are rs clear as the MONDAY
sum-"
1T must have been a strange but de-
lighttul sensation to you. Uncle Dick
when you nrst saw the matchless
prairies and heard the carols of the
feathered songsters as they wooed each
other among the whispering leaves of the
trees"
Say" Uncle Dick again interrupted.
just as the reporter was going to ring in
something about the uplifting DEPTHS of
the blue armament, "the praries didn't
have any trees on them consequently
BIRDS dld mt sing among whispering or
any other kind of leaves. The truth is,
the only bird | saw was a Mexican buzz
zard. and he looked as if he was sorry he
was there"
WAS not the very air redolent of
flowers that bent low as the sun smooth
cred them with kisses and
NO, sir. There wasn't flower in a
thousand miles of me. The prairie was
as blank as a newspaper mans pocket-
book, and norther was blowing that
would have made an Esquimaux SILVER"