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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-30
TEXAS DusINEss NOTES.

w. II. Lee & Co. Of st. Louis ran an
attn chment on the saloon Of William Ma
loney. successor TO G. X. Wicker, alleging
an account due them from Wicker.
W. G. Scott has Just begun Dry goods
business at Athens.
The Barry Mercantile company OF Barry.
10 conduct a general merchandise business.
has been incorporated with a capital STOCK
OF $4,000.
William Ramsey Of DeKalb. general
store and saloon has filed 6oed OF trust.
Cameron Hunnicut have succeeded >.
K. Kimbrough Of Denton. clothing, etc.
Craven Bros. e. Womble OF Eulogy, gen
erai store. have been succeeded by J. ~
Crayns
moved TO Canada.
S. L. Williams has opened up grocery
store at Maiakon.
b. Burgheim has succeeded w. r. James
Of san Antonio, drugs. etc.
Richard Harris has sold his stock OF
drugs to Tom McConin.
b. b. stedman 4 Son Of Yoakum has
been changed 10 Stednan Bros.
The business OF r. McDonough 4 co. has
beerl closed out. r, Ritter purchaslpg the
rocket DEPARTMENT and Fred Gold the sad-
d1ery and harness.
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himSelf, herself. d their aeent ID tho
county where the same Il situated.
In case there he two rendlttons from this
cause. tho assessors Of the counties 10
which the property ID situated viii see
that 4 double assessment has been made,
and will only place one assessment on the
rolls.
PoI4L TAXES. The law requires the
! payment Of POLL taxes by every male rest
dent Of this State between the ages Of ~
ana SO yAars. except Indians not taxed, and
persons insane, blind, deal and dumb. Or
those who have lost one hand or one fsot.
Tho attention Of assessors Is called par
ticuiarly to the fact that they should not
HIST for poll taxes any person who Is not
resident OF the county: II poll taxes are
assessed on the unrendcred roll assessors
must certify that the persons so assessed
are known to them as residents OF the
county; fees for assessing polls will not
be paid unless article 5iuS has boon fully
complied with. Each poll tax payer must
be called upon. and, u found required to
subscribe 10 the oath tsee page ". other
wise much personal property might escape
assessment
LUMBER. Lumber on hand the list Of
January is taxable property. and when held
by a saw mill proprietor or other person Tor
sale should be rendered for taxation ut the
full value thereof, the same as merchan-
dte, si4I
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Cured in -Four Months.

I am thankful that !
ran write and any that J
am cured Of the chronic
catarrh. l have taken
,everal Bottles Of Pe-ru-na
ana two q Man-a-iin, ]
am feeling better now
than ! hsve for nearly
three years. A. said %
my parents. Just fc
think! Ia four mouths !
am cured Of that dreadful
djseasr. z" ! thank you
very n. och for your free
advioc and kindnsfs. you
juYt ~ you advertised ~
h.ghly oI Pf'ru.na.
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batter than DOctory.

q / AM now quite well. ]
praise fe-ru-na. PERU
IA cured me. Ithink and
know ~ equal ~ not
found, II has done for
me what four doctors ana
Ave ditcrent rnediclnLs
failed 10 do. I walk seven
biocks u church every
sunday and feel ratreahed
II Tho end a. ny wall
And futl3 sweet, refresh-
SisA = Nv
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+ Yoakum. Texas. January 90 Again 70.
day Georgia cocks proved no match for
Texas birds. Seven fights were had result
This clcsed the biz main. the final result
standing nineteen fights. Texas winning
twelve. Georgia six. one draw.
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.,oct and took SIX bot man, Iaftviile. Conn.
hes. IL completely cured Box ~,
me My cstarrIi IL all gone ana nave no
iAo'S Mrs. Pauline Auiterman.
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Chronic CatarrI,.

* ] was troubled for tan
years with chronic ca
farrh. ! used l'e-ru-na
and La-cu-pi-a for about
eight months and taust
shy that 7 am perfectly
cured Of the disease. 1t
viii he two years next
June sIpce ! was cured,
and have not been
troubled With any
symptom Of my old
trouble during this time.
Alvins Hxseukrnf.
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good Tor It. But my hus-
,and was opposed TO pat
INT medicines and would
not allow me 10 use 1t.
About a year ago he died
and I determined thnt J.
would nj least give Peru
ra q tiipi. i had the
druggist order come for
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II you suffer from iooseness OF bowels
Dr.. Siegert,g Ansosturs Bitterx will cure
you. 81 surs you 81 Dr.. ksGsrt's.
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Catarrh Of Lungs.

Pc. ru-na is the best
medicine / ever had In
my house. NY children
had a hnd cough aud
one o, them had the
lung fever. | cured them
all with Pc-ru-ila. !
shall do everything !
can 10 help your mtdi.
cine along. ! wr0te YOU
about m y youngest
daughter who had had
salt rheum ever since =
Sh,. Ia now cured Of II
medicine 10 thank. ] hs
sicians for her.
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ID tho el0mach IN bAWe1g ~ VA ~ ~
How nsfrf lliG ni<kd6Ga drrinR prfGHon9t ~
's1 So ~. IN ,'Ss' sfsrs Ss;1SlSs ~ q
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Catarrh of Head and Throat.
had had catarrh Of tho head and throat for
twelve years and bad read that Pe-ru-na was
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Chronic Disease Of the Lungs.

MT 4. " I5hden: az was entirely Fe9[oTed q
scott 81 Little health. hsye recon-
Rock. Ark. mended Pe-Yu.ua to eovs
erai ff.ends With splendid results; y. - 4
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HON. JOSEPH H. CULTIVATE.
WYANDoTTE BUILDING,
COLUMBUS, ONO, DEC. Is, 1897.

To WhomI
this leading enter
Verytru Onthwaite
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
Horace Greeley =. An Orator.

Mr.. Greeley was not an orator In any
scholastic sense. He had poor and
somewhat squeaking voice, he knew
nothing of gestures, and he could not
take an orators pose, which adds such
emphasis sometimes to the matter and
argument to be set forth. Not all his
years of practice on the platform and on
public occasions ever changed his habits
and methods as speaker, and he ended
as poorly equipped in the respects nam
ed for the vocation as when he began.
But he had one prime quality, without
which all the others are exploited in
vain. He invariably had something to
say, and he said it in such clear and
wholesome English With such sincerity
that he was all orator in spite of all the
rules.
To state it briefly, Of all the eminent
speakers | have introduced more
than once-there was not one who gave
better satisfaction, different and notable
as they were, than Horace Greeley. As
a consequence, he came to me oftenest
and wore the best. We might or might
not agreo with some Of his peculiar
premises, as when he says, 1.-THE mo-
ment drop Of alcohol is received into
the human stomach that moment the
stomach recognizes a deadly enemy, "
but he set his audience thinking and IL
Illuminated his theme. Benton in
Harper's Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
IREE PI AIMING

Having read recently an article entitled
successful Spring Planting" | would
like 10 pass one or two remarks. have
slways favored fall planting, both for
evergreen and deciduous trees providing
the evergreens are planted at the proper
time, not later than the first week iu
November, sooner IL possible. Ii Is II
we'll knoNn fact that nrsrly all trees
make roots even whpn their buds are
dormant, and by fail planting the neces-
say rootlets are provided for the sup
port Of the buds hen they start. The
great trouble With some planters Is they
do not take the trouble 10 fiil in every
little creyice srOund the roots when
planting aud 10 not always strsight"n
out the roots themselves. Another thing
fr, Quently overlooked l. the proper stak-
iug aud securing of the trees. IL u tree
is alioSed To rock with the Wind the
Young roots Just forming are drawn bN
every motion and rendered almost use
less.
| planted last fall (tirst week In No
y.mb.tl number of evergreeus, uur-
Sery stock, large specimens OF the differ
ent Retinospora and Abi-s -xcelss Nor
wsy spruce and from present. sppeNr-
suce> do not expect 10 lose more than
per cent. The season when planting Was
extremely dry, consequ, ntly We had 20
almost wash Ia v ith the hose. After IN.
trees were properly firmsd the stalking
MAS attended II and then they were
heavily muiched With coarse litter -
American Gardeuiug.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
INFORMATION WANTED.

">one folks say dAt niKgcr Won sseai,
But | cotch one In my corn her.
IN il inform ,tion which am after.
wish 10 know what Causes the transfor-
nation of potatoes In the field II they do
not mix. have had them lose their In
dividuslity from planting 10 harvesting.
One instance, years ago, when the State
OF NJ ,iue variety were in vogue: They
uere quite long, and very near round,
with sunken ewes. At harvesting they
they had lost their identity. They
became Of n q ,ttish form, with eyes flush
with the surface.
Two years ago planted one row about
20 rods long with E,rly Vermonts,
purple in color; BY its side another row,
OF white potatoes. At harvesting about
one hill Ia perhaps Is were white, all
others were the Vermonts In form and
color. Can any one solve this on any
other hypothesis than that "they jine
drives?
We are beginning to see, now and then,
some Of the ncy steers after the order
Of years ago. Grade Durhams crossed
With the White Heads, make good
combination. And what is more e'j"y-
able for the OK fsncier than to move
,long by the side Of good pair Of oxen
or steers Of the Durham temperament,
susceptible to every move OF the gosd,
not through fear, but from mutual at
tschment. II tell you it Is fun" ss the
boys say, but ,hst for few years has
been all there WAS TO IL. No great
money compensation. A better outlook
is in store, or such are the indications.
sometimes almost envy these men
shen they come slong With their steers
viii Tucker of Sumner, has held 10 the
fancy. Chas Berry Of this town will &c
good distance To fad the same. Ed
vim Howard and Ezra Keen Of Hartford
are not averse TO good ones. G 5
'hilds has grade White Head calf, al
no weeks, which Neighet l10 pounds
rh.. tendency j. 10 return TO the fancy
Erades.
G.. TILTON
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
sawousT IN MANURE.

| have used yearly Tor the last ter
wears upon garden devoted Ia vegeta-
bles snd small fruits, contsining one
third Of an scre. thu manure made by
seven horses in Nhich shsvings and SAW
dust we're used for bedaing. The gr-eu
manure Is spaded under aud allowed tt
remsin one YEAR before IL Is mixed viii
the soil. and no ipjur, has ever been seen
in any Way from its use. Each spring
cover lawn containing twenty fruit
trees several inches in depth with the
same kind of manure; the manure Il
raked off when the grass begins to grow
No Injurious effects have ever been pro
duced. either 10 the grass or Trees
There might De evil effects produced
hoa ever, were the covering on the gras:
very deep, or TO the trees IL piled around
their trunks foot deep and packed close
ly. The soil is light and sandy. l have
used horse and COW manure In which
sswdust was used for bedding, for gen
eral farming purposes for thirty years
on both light aud heavy soils, and nev-'
saw auy Injury whatever from IL. While
probsbly little commsrci,l value Is add
ed 10 the manure by the sa~dust OF
shaviugs, in NV opinion, no injury ~t
be caused from It's use on any soil.-Cor
in American Gardening.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26

/ yhere somebody cryin GOT lax, outside
er my dinin room do, an / peeks out
an thar was little mistis, JUS as white
bout the gills as fresh w'itewash
fence and a cryin cause she was los and
skcered. / done lef' er heaps er dem
vittles in da. holler. Reckon better GO
back arter 'er, Mars Ranl'
Randall laughed his lazy, indulgent
laugh. Abrams irrepressible sense of
fun was one of his highest recommen-
dations in his masters eyes. He was
the kings jester.
"No. sir. You can leave them there
until you take to the woods again.
Abram rolled his eyes reproachfully
until nothing but the whites of them
were visible.
"Mars Ran. you ough,n't to lef' your
niger to be cuff 'roun by de overseer
lax a common fiel'ban. You oughtn',
dat. Icyarn't 'bide you wife trash" 4"
The amused look died out Of Randal's
face abruptly. Liza was fastening her
hat ON again with her back to him.
Strong had gone to fetch his horse from
the shed. A gulf had seemed to yawn
visibly between them all in u second.
There was nothing to do, nothing to
say. He stood stupidity by, looking at
Strong helping Liza into his own sad
die, and long after the gray had passed
out Of sight with his slight burden he
stood there. pondering the nice things
be might have said to cover Abe's in
fernal blunder il only he had thought
of any one of them before it was too
late.
Abram alone was supremely and ig.
norantly happy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
n. Couldn't Plow.

A certain incident connected with the
great Napoleon while he was in exile
in Elba il commemorated in the island
to this hour by an inscription affixed TO
the wall Of PEASANTS house.
a man named Giaconi was plowing
when the famous exile came along one
day and expressed an interest in his
work. Napoleon even took the piow-
share out OF the mans hand and at
tempted to guide it himself. But the
oxen refused to obey him, overturned
the plow and spoiled the furrow.
The inscription runs thus:
Napoleon the Great, passing by this
place in MDCCCXIV, took in the neigh
boring field a plowshare from the hands
of peasant and himself tried to plow,
but the oxen, rebellious to those hands
which yet had guided Europe, bead
long fed from the furrow. Youth S
Companion,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
cuIMNEy EIREs IN SPRING.

Mid~ inter il usually supposed to be
the time OF greatest danger from chimney
fires, says the Philadelphia Record; but
nov, when fires are allowed to get low,
and more wood Is used, the SCOT collects
more rapidly, and unless care Is taken,
a fierce blaze In starting new fire will
iyuite the sOOt and cause chimney fire.
There is no better method Of avoiding
this than burning pieces OF zinc. AT
this season plenty of old zinc should bs
kept on hsnd for this purpose. A piece
pls ced on the live Goals 10 hot stove
will sffsctually clean out the stove pipe
md chimneys, the vapors produced Car.
rying of the SCOT by chemical decompo-
sition. This should be kept In mind oy
those who have been burning wood To-
stead of coal for fuel, and also by those
,ho use quantities Of paper, shaving
etc., 10 the frequent kindling OF fires
CultivatOr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
NUMBER II.

Go way. chile lou am pull the
wool over Gle Tempy's eyes yit. Go
long. You mout es well give up tryin
to-"
She went "along," Tempy's fat
chuckle pursuing her. Went up stairs
10 her bedroom, where she supplement-
ed her own personal adornment by pin
ming some Of the prettiest Of the quill
ed white blossoms against the dark blue
bosom Of her silk dress, and by the time
Thunderer had plunged fairly into the
dusty corporate limits Of the Debulous
town Of Sessumsport poor little Amy
was in a fiuttering condition of over
readiness for Randal's return with
Adrien Strong, whose material tastes
were all prepared for. She was looking
at life through the narrow slot Of a
wooden environment and saw very
many insignificant objects through the
magnifying medium Of an i'll nourish-
ed imagination.
The postal service for the sparsely
settled neighborhood about SessumspOrt
A -four by four wooden box, with
90 pigeonhoies alphabetically arranged,
furnished ample accommodation for the
local mail. The possession of this hon
eycombed box excited the competitive
spirit in Sessumsport commercial cir
cles periodically as nothing else had
power Ia do. IL was drawing card, 20
to speak.
Wherever that box was located there
would be the grand rally on packet
day. There would be- hitched 10 the
long, much nibbled horse rack under
the sycamore trees every grade Of sad
die beast, from the rope bridled mule,
with its folded gunny sack saddle and
it, barefoot rider, sent ten miles by old
man Harvey, on the other side Of the
creek, for the regular weekly letter
from the theological seminary where
his boy Hal was being made into a
preacher up 10 the shining coated
English saddled thoroughbred high
steppers that fetched in "A Chambliss or
n Strong or Cathcart hungering for
news from the outer world. There
would be congregated on the time pol
ished gallery benches when the weather
permitted, or about the rusty cylindric-
al redhot stove inside when the wealth
er would not permit. patient. leisure
ly, philosophical set Of men, who found
no fault with the mail packet for being
10 or l2 hours behind time, but i'm
proved the compulsory probation by
posting themselves in local gossip
There would be- the briskcst demand for
whisky toddies and cigars, and if "a
little game" helped 10 shorten the
wait" what was 10 hinder?
Mr.. samuel MCGUIRE, dealer in whole
sale plantation supplies, dry goods,
shoes, tinware, hardware, plows. fine
liquors, cigars and few other nCces-
saries of life, had secured fye years
lease Of the ''four hy four box. ard 10
was 10 Mcclure : horse rack mat ran
dal ChamhliS hitched Thundorer
When Randall reached home, hc fouId
that comprcmise plan had been Lat
upon in his absence.
Amy and his mother were 20 call the
next day on old EOen Martins daugb-
ter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
lTo BIZ COZ TISUED.l |
Archbishop Temple.

Speaking Of Archbishop Temple In
the Lambeth conference. The -. James
Gazette says: 1T is well known that
the utmost good feeling and unanimity
prevailed at that historic gathering, but
it is not perhaps surprising that some
of the exotic prelates were at first lit
tie astouished at the blunt, plain spoken
straightforwardness Of the archbishop.
No doubt sometimes their lordships
were told exactly what they bad TO do
and how they were 90 do il with an alb
sence of circumlocution which was en-
tirely new to them, and one OF the
American bishops summed up his feel
ings rpon the perhaps rather more than
military decision of the present successor
Of st Augustine in highly successful
epigram i love that old man, he said,
with the characteristic Yankee drawl
which even bishops upon the other side
Of the Atlantic rarely quite lose, but
if he behaved like that in my country
he would be shot.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
BELIEVES FARMING PAYS.

ERnWttN0 TRpo.
IL does me good occasionally, in pass
Ing through our rural towns, to meet
with man who Is heartily of the opin-
lon that farming pays, and pays better
than shoemsking or most any OF the
avenues OF labor open 10 an inhsbitan,
OF towns or cities In this section. Such
a man IL Charles l.. Pinkhzm, Of North
wood Ridge. Mr.. Pinkham BY no means
poses as the only pebble on the beach,
and | sm morally certain that There are
Others" and | hope they, or he, will
take no offence at my special mention,
Mr.. Pinkham has some good ideas, be-
lieve, and. rs he might be too modest to
spread them before your readers, l will
try to give you briefly few Of them.
He Is an advocate of raising more
sheep and cattle and less vegetable
produce, like potatoes, beets, turnips,
corn. oats and hsy, to turn on. Raise
what you can feed out Of these on your
place, but turn of beef, veal, mutton,
young lamb ard wool. Butter and eggs,
he says, are also profitable, because, "a a
rule, your local grocer will call for them
and pay good prices. Mr.. Pinkham il
unslteFsbly opposed 10 the plan Of doing
most Of your farming on the road TO and
from the village and around the stove al
thc grocery store.
Another thing he believes In Is raising
berries for market These grow wild in
great abundance round the Deertield
Mountains, and few days picking last
fall netted over Slo0 on small patch OF
land taxed for next 20 nothing, and
q k.~ n. h.ar
class. Mr.. Pinkhsm's reasons for his
views are the ease with which cattle aud
sheep can be taken care OF, the fact that
they can be sold at the bsrn and turned
into ready cash. while their manure Is the
best kind of fertilizer 10 keep up the
land. Horses, beyond the absolute ne
cessities of the farm work, he would not
serp at this time. while sm no eu-
thusi.st as TO the future of New Hamp-
shire farming, believe that many man
Who Is eking out a poor existence In
cotton mill and shoe factory towns, liv-
;ng on the ragged edge of hope and fear,
alternating betweens poorlypsid aud pre-
csrious job and intermittent spells Of en-
forced idleness, would be immensely bet
ter of 70 strike out, and IL he has no
means 20 buy, lease a farm, and, begin-
ming with calves aud hens, picking oer-
ries in the season, roughing it in the
woods for year or so in the winter,
gathering a stock of tools and furniture
at the occasional auctions, building him-
self up into an independent position
This Is being done by SSedes and
Frenchmen. Our fOr.fsthers, in a wild
and ssvsge-infestrd wilderness, did more
than this, encountered heavier hardships
and | see no reason why il cannot oe
done to-day. | do not say one will thus
become wealthy; the avenues TO wealth
are rapidly closing up; but, despairing
Of that, there Is still great ssti-ftction
In being measurSbly independent and
''your ONn nboss."-Sumner +. Clsflin In
Farmer and Mirror
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26

Concerning farmers institutes Prof. T.
ID Woods says: The inspiration that the
farmers get at the institutes Is what
does the most good. Ii is not the rules
they learn, for there are no rules oi
forming. hut the interest the speaker
creates. The grest drawback Is that
those who really follow up thu institutes
and are interested in farming. are not
~holly farmers, so the general farming
nuhlic doesn't receive the benefit thst II
should.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
A suee..sful Autbore.s.

Returned Tourist-By the way, Mrs.
De Beauti, | have not seen your charm.
ing daughter since my return. When ]
left, she had determined to submit her
first novel to the leighton Magazine.
Has she been successful in her literary
aspirations!
Mrs. DE Beauti-Perfectly She mar
ried the editor. New York Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26

Nine-teuths Of the county associations
could increase their usefulness and les-
sen the cause Of their poverty BY dis
pensinR With few Of the races provided.
The only justification I have ever heard
for races 1t county fairs 10 that they are
necessary TO draw . crowd.-New Eng
land Taruaer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
Authorizations.

The ST. Louis star is greatly worried
because the Boston Globe abbreviates
the word president. We notice that
The Star abbreyiates the word saint"
u the name Of its own town. Why isn't
! saint entitled to ~ much respect as q
president!-Boston Globe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-26
VIII BE seen.

He-What is the use Of putting all
that trimming on the back Of your hat;
Do you suppose any man can see the
back of your hat when he meets your
She-No; but every woman Will
when she passes me. London Fun