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With Prominent Visitors
to and Citizens OF Houston
Who Have Something In.
teresting to Say.

20 ieaNe there. do think. however. there
IRE Hpienuid opportunities to mako NANCY
~ TINS section ana In Your city and / am
nero TO look into some propositions Yon
n9Ne u fast town. II reminds mo OF ou,.
western cities In the movement vonr no
pie have. You can sec more rcbIt our pe ,',i
pedestrians on Main street I'm n minnie nv
any time of the day than YOU can 6nd
nh any Two streets Of any othcr citv in
leNns thnt / have visited You have tn
my mind. bright prospect and shall
nl9he some Investments IL possible before
Mr. T. ]. Anderson is assistant general
passenger agent Of the Southern Pacific
Athntic system. and all it's allied rurs
with HEADQUARTERS in this city. In CONVEX.
satlon with the Short Talks man he said.
mere is nothing particularly new or stnr-
tllhg TO reveal in railroad circles. can
say. however. that business in my depart.
lhehl IL steadily on the incrcasp or
course an Increase In my department in
uloMeS lat business is growing uot only
III the railroad world. hut In ali the nthrr
SpheleS of action. Each day. zach week
each month shows 4 decided Improvement
"frr tnc corresponding period of the prc-
Nlpus year. This tx very encouraging and
serves TO help us secure Tor our spgtrons
the best conyenienccs There is nn IAN,
ger either of all the railroads thaf load
inns way being able to bring into tho State
turing TINS century enough peoplc to
muse = mck of room. Our TERRITORY is al
most illllnilahlc. and KS resources AFRO eve,,
greater than its boundary lines 70, tbost
reasons my road heartily encourages imnt.
EnWlon' In fact IL spends tho1sqnd, Of
uu4llls annually in that interest and Will
Nuh'iuue 10 10 so Tor many years to come -
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Rarn -. Iilshoro

IIillsboro Texas. February 25.--The barn
Of Joe Watson was burned on Cobb creek
last night The particulars are not learned.
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Crowley La February Is. Frank
Jscquei, laborer in Star mill 4. while
putting hell on this morning was thrown
from a ladder on which he vas standing
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Barns Near Baird

Baird, Texas. February "a Three barns
belonging to r. y. Powell ANA Ed THAR
were burned with contents.
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TRY THIS TEST
Put some

Put urine in glass tumbler and let it stand
twenty four hours If 1t has sediment IL it is pale
diseoored, milky or cloudy srngy ropy your Kidneys
or Bladder in bad condition. Or. David Kcnnedys
Favorte Remedy speedily such dangerous symptoms
as pain in the back inability to hold urine, burning, scad
ing pain in passing it, frequent desire urnatc especially
night, the staining OF linen by your urine and til.
unpleasant and dangerous effects the system produced
by the of MhskeN. heer.
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KiIIed by FaIIIna Into a wen.

Yoakum, Texas, February o5.-Mrs Hen
ny Maynard, living on the Raetzsch place
eight miles north OF here. fell In a well
twenty.four feet deep with four feet OF
water this morning, death resulting In
stantly. When found her skull was frac-
tured.
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Piles cured Without the Knife.

itching Blind, Bleeding or Protrudlng
Piles Your druggist Will refund your
money II PAZO OINTMENT fails TO cure
you. 90 cents.
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and his skull was crushed He d.ed in
two hours His family resides at Pass
Christinn Mise
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Maln street this evening. The canton has
recently hten organized in this city and
Is making its rounds among the differaut
~ uEeS OF the Independent order of odd
au,,"Ts l2f thg purpose Of becoming better
aCqualnteu and lmprcsaing the members OF
the subordinate lodges and cneampmepts
wan the beauties ana advantages of tho
Sdhton. The members Of the canton will
nt ID tull uniform on the occasion Of the
NlSlt inns evening. Refreshments will he
| served by the Woodbine encampmcnt in rec.
ognltlon Of the visit and general good
time is anticipated The members of The
| canton IN run uniform made friendly
Visit to Houston lodge No iUl in the Filth
! Whrd Monday evening Members of the
canton can visit any lodge or encampment.
hut only members Of the cauto5 can visit
It's meetings.
SIXTH WARD MEETlNGS.-Tw polIt-
ical meetings were held in the Sixth ward
last night, one In the vacant store at the
| corner Of Washington and White, ana the
other in the open air at the corner of
| Washington and Stanley Mr. John stew.
nrt was the only speaker at the drst-nnmed
! place and at the conclusion of his remarks
nc meeting adjourned to Stanley and
Washington. At the latter point Mr. stew.
&rt made another talk and there were
speeches by Mr.. Wharton Bates and Fire
Chiet llussey, advocating Mr.. Stewart S
candidacy. Mr.. Bates also Champoncl the
cause OF Or J. G. Boyd for health officer.
Short talks were also made by Patrick
tgan, candidate for recorder; lngham :.
kcherts candidate for city attorney Or.
BOYD candidate tor health officer; :. h..
Ehrenwocth, representing James Ray can
didnto for chief Of police: G. II Montgopl.
cry, representing j, G. Blackburn, candl-
date for reelection as chief If police;
| charles Erickson, representing Matt DrCn-
Ian. candidate for street commissioner.
There were about POO at the first meeting
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PATRIARCHS MILI4ANTH vlslY.-
huston canton No. 10, PatriaSchs MlitaR
S military organization of odd Fellows.
WIN De the guest of Woodbine encampmcnt
:. us camp In Red Mems hall, No. 3O5ls
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this method for years, but we would
remember that when we commence
muiching we must keep il up, because
the roots will form too near the surface
to admit aft r cultivation. Then again
it should be remembered that there
are two classes of cover, crops, and
they should be used according to the
needs of the land. These are the
heterogeneous and acknowledgements plants.
To the first class belong the vetches,
clovers. COW peas, soy beans those
plants which gather free nitrogen from
the air and store it up in the soil by
means of little nodulc or tubercles on
the roots. The non-nitrogenous class
consists of such plants as rye, oats, bar
ley, millet. orchard grass, and, in fact
all the grasses proper-Fhese plants
add humus to the soil when they are
pl' wed under and assist in making
available the plant food already with
in the soil. In order to determine
which of these crops is needed the or
chardist has only to consult his trees
just as the stockman does his stock.
If the foliage has taken a sickly color
and the branches are not making an
annual growth of at least one foot in
length it is very evident that the soil
is very deficient in nitrogen, and this
may be obtained in the cheapest way
possible by raising one of thenitrogen-
Gus crops and blowing it under. On
the other hand, if thetrees are making
too much growth and not enough fruit,
SOW one of the -nitrogenous plants
oats, rye orchard grass as cover
crop. In cases where blowing under
is not feasible, these elements may he
supplied by means Of barn manure or
some of the commercial fertilizers. 1t
is now up to- the grower. Thetrees
will tell him what they need; it only
remains for him to comprehend their
neads and supply their demands. -
PRoF. JAMES TROOP. in Goodall' s
Farmer.
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Poultry DsW2&z w =
CONTRIBUTIONS SOLICITED PAGE
CONTRIBUTIONS SOLICITED FOX THIS PAGE

AS the breeding season is now
over, is advisable to turn the
chickens out and let them hustle.
only feeding them small amount
of grain at night. 1t is too en-
pensive to feed hens three times
a day on grain when there is an
abundance of green stuff, words
and bugs for them.
A large majority of the leading
breeders will not hatch a chick
during the summer months be.
cause of the difficulty in raising
them. Summer chicks NAV be
raised successfully if they are
kept free of lice and fed the prop
err kind of fooG. Yard and feed
them away from the large chicks
and disinfect the quarters fire.
quently to keep down the lice aud
mites.
William Hughes, the we'll.
known poultry, authority, says
that the pullet that will lay first
and longest is an ideal breeder
from which to establish a prolific
laying strain. Keep all such
Fullets and give their eggs to
some good brood hen, and keep
the strongest of her chicks; when
they have reached maturity it
must be remembered that the
males as we'll as the females
come from a laying strain. In
mating time during the following
season strive to mate them so
that they will not be closely re-
lated. Keep watch for the best
layers and in few years you
will have heavy strain of layers
that will be source of pleasure
and profit to you.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
Vicksburg, Miss, July +th. 1902.
Nix. c. 5. MITCHELL,
Dallas Texas

Nix. c. 5. MITCHELL,
Dallas Texas.
Dear Sir: Replying to your letter
Of recent date I am surprised to note
you say you have 1t heard anything
from me since receipt Of the car of. Red
Poll and Short Horn heifers. I wrote
you long letter from Ell Dorado on
the 24th. inst. in praise of this lot of
cattle, also inquiring for two register
ed males an two registered females,
which have intended to add to my
flock for some time. Twas waiting to
see how your recent shipment, above
referred to, should turn out before
writing you in reference to this regis
tered stuff. Since they cama fully up
to my expectations and your repreSen
tations, l will be pleaed to give YOU
preference over your competitors, other
things being equal. Keep a sharp
look out for good stuff for me and you
will find it to your advantage.
am we'll pleased with the honorabl
and straight forward way i'm which
you have dealt with me in the past and
l hope our future transactions may be
many and mutually satisfa Glory. If
was disposed complained unfairncss
or Misrepresentation III regard TO our
past transactions l would not know
how to go about it, as there is no
ground for it. and, furthermore, my
friends and neighbors would overrule
me without ceremony, The cattle
speak for themselves. The fact that
you have sold two car loads in the vicin-
ity since the arrival of those shipped
me should attest the worth without
testimony from ME. Mr.. Fortuer gave
your brother his order for IS fit Ell
minutes after he saw this shipment IL
hours after their arrival at Vickburg.
You should have little tr, uble i'll dis
posing of great part Of your offerings
here now. If your brother had gone
with the writer over on Big Blacl; kIver
/ am certain he would have booked an
order from Mr. Will X rk at Bentonia
l understood however, that the orders
he had already taken woui be all the
she stock he cared odispose of at pres
ent.
You deal as squarely by these people
as you have by me and you will soon
have a market here for all your offer.
ings. The people of this section are
out for 'more blood and better blood. -
Like Rip Van Wrinkle, they have
awakened from their lorg sleep: have
ceased tp dream of the 7 lean and =
fat ears, and have awakened to arcal-
ization of the fact that the : fat kind
tgood blood) must eventually swallow
up the lean kind, (scrub stockl. lis
the old Darwinian principal exempli-
fed, 1.-THE survival of the iittest."
You are at liberty to use this letter
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TIPS TO TURKEY RAISERS

You wish to know something
about growing turkeys! Well:
Don't let the young turkeys
get wet.
GIVE water only in small and
shallow vessels.
They are tender until their
feathers are full.
Supply dust-bath, fine gravel
and ground bone.
Fresh bone finely cut will be a
good thing for them.
Give them a roost in an open
shed facing the south.
On dry, warm days let them
range, but never on wet, cold
days.
Don't leglect the mites and big
lice. Greasing will drive them
off.
Don't let the turkeys run on
dirty ranges or in filthy quarters
Thereafter supply them with
cooked rice, or turnips or pota-
toes.
Remove the coops to fresh
ground frequently in order to
avoid filth.
Add little raw meat, fine
chopped onion and green food
daily.
Don't feed them inside of
twenty-four hours after they
come out of the shell.
Mate pullets with two-year-
old COOLERS, or yearling goblers
with two-year-old hens.
Keep them free from lice by
busting with insect powder.
Dust the hens, too.
One gobbler will answer for
twenty to twenty-five hens, as a
single mating fertllizes all the
eggs win lay during a season.
During the first week feed
them with sifted, rolled or ground
oats, cooked and crumbed and
mixed with a beaten egg. With
this give them milk and curd.
Feed them five or six times a
day. Farmers Advocate.
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When dressing poultry for
shipment pluck the feathers dry;
scalding- INJURIES the flavor of
the flesh.
Every once in awhile as good
LAYERS can be found among scrub
fowls as purebreds, but the great
majority are usually poor layers.
Sunshine is one of the very best
tones for small chicks, but see
that they also have plenty of
shade in place protected from
the wind.
In order to repre- duce surely
and satisfact orlly, standard bred
fowls should be used, and they
must be kept pure; crosses can
never fill the bill under any cir
cumstauces. Select your breed
and stick to it; nothing can be
made by continually charging
breeds.
A common practice among
! housewives is to feed the chickens
at the back boor. Don't do this
unless you want to make this
their feeding GROUND. A few
days is all that is necessary to
make general nuisance of them
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LIKE a FAIRY TALE.

LIKE n + AK i ALE.
This is no fanny tale, although
will admit that it does sound
|omething like the yarns OF Mum
ehausen.
1t is about that darling hum.
Eble hen that sings moi, neither
does she spin, but lays eggs to
beat the band.
This story : gospel truth and
! it's worth FASTING in your cash
Sdrawer, or SumeW here else, 50
hat it will continually remind
You of the lead pipe clnch that
the farmer has got on this whole
Forld.
She laid eggs enough last year
a m talking about the hem to
bore than pay of the receipts of
be postal revenue, or to have
aid the entire expenses of the
var department of the United
States.
If you'd drop all the eggs she
aid in 1901 onto the United States
havy, thev'd sink every battle
ship to kingdom come. and still
leave some eggs floating.
If you'd take train to Chicago
and look out OF the car window
and see chicken along the track
every tour feet apart, you'd
think it funnv-"wonderful!"
But it's gospel truth, that there
are enough hens and ROSTERS IN
the United States to set one ev-
cry four feet, along every rail-
road track in the United States.
There are about 2S4 900, 1000
chicXens in the United States,
and 19l, 600 miles of railroad.
You can set EN- along (the
.chickens) and figure it out for
yourself.
. In 1901 this bunch of chickens
laid 10000, 10000 eggs.
That's only an average of 50
|eggs year.
Ihe average seems low, but
that's because some chickens do
not lay all the time, and some
never lay.
If Congress should pass a law,
and make equal division of all
the chickens in the United States
there'd be about three and three
quarters chickens for every man
woman and child in this country,
and about l42 eggs for every one
of us.
Oh! she's a great hen.
Eggs are not such heavy af-
fairs, either. Some will weigh
two ounces, and others won't
weigh more weigh more than an
ounce and a half.
All the eggs laid in the United
States last year would weigh
about 655 900 tons, or about four
times the tonnage of the United
States navy.
If all the eggs in the United
States were rolled into one, the
bunch would make an egg about
$50 miles long and as big in pro-
portion the other way.
If all the hens in the country
were rolled into one, they would
make nice Thanksgiving dish,
weighing about 1,O0OfOO0 tons. -
The Retailers List.
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ALEXANDER SEED CO.,
of AUGUSTA. GA,

announce that their new crop of
Turnip and Ruta-Baga seed are
in stock. You can depend on
what you get from them to be the
best. By planting their seeds,
with fair season, you can be as
sured of good crop.
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or any part of it as you see fit, and
hope il will be the means of yourmak
ing other sales in this section and
thereby benefit the stock raising indus
try here about.
Please write more fully about the
males you offer, you barely mention
them. WheE do you expect to load
another shipment for Vicksburg?
With best wishes for your continued
success. am, Yours Truly,
MRS. LAURA V. RU:RELL.
Mr.. Mitchell is now booking
orders for November delivery of
- head of high grade Short Horn
and Red Poll yearling Heifers
Write him for prices. They will,
surprise.
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Mr.. MURPHY CHARGES
FRAUDIN BURNS WILL
SHORT STORIES FROM
The SMALL AID. PAGE
Some Of the PeCuliaTities Of the En-
glish Language as Used II News
paper Advertising

Persons who read she announcements
made in the small ad. column find Dlen-
" 10 amuse and interest them # they
mad the first whack at the ad. copy. how
ever. they would fnd a great deal more
amusement IN discussing this subject
a few days ago q gentleman said 20 a
Times reporter
You fellows must have a lot Of fun
reading the small ad. notices. a friend
Of mine wanted TO let front room
some time ago. and decided TO advertise
it. You may have read the notice. It
was something like this:
g 'TC rent-a front room; no objection
to children.
We'll. that was all right. but when
the ad- was handed TO me to take to the
newspaper Office it read this way:
70 To Tent-a front room, with child
dren.
Another friend Of mine, who knows
that ! 90 down town every day, asked
me TO take an ad- to a newspaper Office
for her. She had lost cat aEdswanted
TO advertise for It Il was q Black Ie-
line, she said. with two white paws, and
the ad- she gave ne was something like
this:
" 'Lost-A black cet with only two
white feet on the right side Of Blank
Street between Blank and Blank Streets
You couIdn'r DO much work after get
ting hold OF a couple like that. could
you?
Nevertheless" went on the gentle
man, the small ad- column Is the most
interesting Ia any newspaper. And it
is really a great help and comfort to
finders rs well as 20 losers Of anything
For instance, know a lady who some
days ago lost . pet fox terrier. It van
ished from under her very eyes one aft
eTnoon- She Informed xhe police and
told all the small boys N the neighbOT-
hood and sought diligently herself for
the lost, stTayod, or stolen pet But
there we're nc results Sc she decided
to put an ad. in The Times
The ad. appeared first IN tie after
noon issue, and in less than al hour and
a half after the paper was on the streets
the lady received q Eote directing her
to call ct q certain number and she
would get her pet
"Oh. ] tell You, If you have lost any
thing and It has not fallen into the
hands Of a dishonest person, small ad-
I IN Tie Times viii give you satisfactory
results. Or If you have fond some ar
tIcle which you wish to return 20 the
owner, ad. II In The TimEs. and you VIII
soon be relieved Of the care Of it,
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dria. stating that the bills had been
passed. Judge ). n Love, Eho was pre-
siding over the court then directed tina.
a jury be empaneied TO meet at the
county court house Friday at 10 a. Il.
There was no delay IN securing bail
for Nelson and within an hour after the
court had set the amount Of bond re-
CURED the two gentlemen named above
qualified for him Nelson was brought
10 the court house from the JAIL when
Is but q short distance away. by Sheriff
Palmer. and did nCt appear to be sur
prised that he was 10 secure his free
dom He has made q rncdel prisoner and
smiled at the report that al attempt
was TO be made at Jail delivery.
During his Incarceration his wife visit
cd him twice daily and brought him food
She also had a fine Tgg placed on the
noor Of his cell and the place behind
the bars presented something of q home
like scene.
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CELEBRATED THEIR
WOODEN WEDDING
Z lends Pleasantly Entertained by MI
and Mrs. BramIett.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Bramlett last even
ing celebrated at their cosy home. 201S
Portner Place northwest. the fifth an
niversary Of their welding. Preceding
the service OF an elegant buffet luncheon
the company vas enter aimed by mu-
81 al program CT rare merit. consisting
OF violin and whistling duets By Mr.
Bramlett and Miss CiaTrl Devantier. Mr..
an3 Mrs BTamlett were the recipients
of may appropriate AMI handsome pres
cnts as souvenirs CT the occasion. Among
those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. Seay. afr. N. Golden
berg, Mr. and Mrs. Bar ,lay Adams. Miss
Josie fowls. Miss Clara Devantier. Miss
Daisy Bramlett. sir Emanuel Rice. Mr..
T. Freeman, and Nj c. V Gates
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LAWLER WILL COME
BACK FROM AFRICA
Former Policeman Who Disl9-eared
Writes to His Mother.

a dispatch was received in this city
last night from Norfolk, Va, stating
that the mother of Patrick Z. Lawler
at one time a Metropolitan police officer
in this city, and who nyster:ously dis
appeared about six months ago. had re-
ceived a letter from him dated Cape
Town, South Africa. The letter stated
that be had saved up considerable mon
ey and wa, en- route for his home after
having served in the Boer army for q
short period.
Lawler has wife and four children
all of whom are living in Norfolk with
his mother. He was appointed TO the
police force after the Spanish-American
war and served about enc year after
which time he was dismissed for neglect
Of duty At the time Of his connection
with the police department he served In
the Eighth precinct under Lieutenant
Jordan
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Went On His Bond.

Nelson was released from the Alex
andria county jail yesterday afternoon
after bond in the sun Of 81, coo had been
put up for his appearance before sDe-
cial grand Jury which has been called
TO meet in the court touse at Fort Myer
Heights tomorrow lir William Dun
can. supervisor Of Alexandria county,
and Mr. John Harlow. a wel1-kaown
resident Of the city Of Alexandria.
went on his surety.
On account Of the delay CT the Viz
GINA Legislature in passing laws
relative tG petit and rand juries It was
thought when Nelson's release was Sc
cured he would not be called upon to
appear before the grand Jury fer some
time. However. while the court was in
session yesterday d telegram was re
ceived from Mr. John r. Cation, member
Of the state Legislature from Alexan-
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FINED FOR KEEPING
A CAT IN 4 CAGE
Nj. vauuetta's Inventive Genius Costs
Vim Five Dollars.

A case IN which the charge was cruel
" to animals, tried in he Police Court
today, was Of unusual interest Thomas
-. Vannetta, sixty-fve years OF age.
was accused OF toTturlng a cat.
". r Haynes, an agent OF the HUI
name Society, said that VaEnetta had z
cat in a cage and prodded it painfully
yannetta said the cage IL question was
a patent for trapping cats, dogs, OF
other animals. and that he did not use
the rod to punish cat confined in it to
Illustrate its merits. but simply TO op-
crate the machine, and that the cat
was not touched
The trap was on exhibition in court.
but Judge Bundy considered that the
simple confinement of the cat. especial
" as Il did not belong to Vannetta, con-
stituted cruelty. and imposed a fine of 81