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THE OALTKSTON DAILY NFW I DAY. t'EUHUAEY 15. 1895. NOTHING LIKE IT, The Oldest Inhabitant Has Nothing With Which io Compare the Storrn. A FALL OF 2 TO 28 INCHES, The Wheat and Fall Oats Reported Kill yd Some Sections--Some Cattle Dying Navarro County.

Jefferson 'Feb. WHH a typical flt. Valentine's day, ami day which will live In the history o-f ttetutmont. Unlit fall of snow commtmec-d yesterday evening continued un- i mbout 1 o'clock fhls morning, when it commenced to heavily, and the break day Beaumuuters to see, for the first time history, the town covered a imantle of white, and that, too, to a depth of eight inches. Snow -has fallen lieuvKy all day, und at nlKlitfull wti inchej docp.

-with no indica i ui' let-up. The mills shut down Morns closed, and business practically sus ponded. Kveryfiody is snowballing and slelshridl.itf, and the -boys have gives, nearly overy man a anew 'bath. AT FORT WORTH. Fort Worth, Feb.

Snow ceased fulling about 11 p. in- yesterday, and today it has thawed i i to render grazing possible on the ranges, which fact greatly encourages the stockmen and leads them to feel that after all losses will not be so very heavy. It is still contended however, a detailed reports from the ranges of yesterday'e storm, which seems to have been general, will show heavy losses in more exposed localities ut least ThuB far travel 1ms been but slightly Impeded. for all trains are coming from i minutes to two hours late. A majority of the cattlemen here are' to the belief that the severest portion the tv Inter Is over, und that with pass- Ing of this snow fair weather will result.

A i the snow of yesterday readied Fort worth about 12 o'clock, nevertheless II a. m. far west as Big Spring's, and at points as far northwest as Gainesville about 3 a. m. AT HEMPSTEAD.

Hempstead, Waller Feb. commenced frilling at 5 p. m. yesterday evening and 1ms continued ever sines. The snow is now seven Inches deep ami HIM i rapidly.

Although the locomotives of the Central were not prepared to encounter i kind of weather, the trains liavo all movmi nearly on lime. No. 1, Conductor Bui II van and Knglncer and No. 11 in ten minutes late. No.

Conductor Ilonovan and Engineer Quill, No. came I on The locomotives on the A i brunch had to rest to-day and mogul No. 88, Hurveson and Oondm-tor Watson, pulled out train No. 21, and No. 93, Engineer a and Conductor Peterson, brought No.

22. AT CHANGE. Orange, Feb. An occasional Hake oC tutow was seen 'to fall yesterday afternoon. At 11.30 last night settled down I a.

veritable snow blizzard, and to-day there -were nine inches of snow on a level; at 3 p. m. an open Held quite level the depth averaged sixteen inches whprp there was no drift. At (i p. m.

It is eighteen inches deep on tho wniriM yrnund. There was some wind this morning, but Hluce noon there has been no wind at all. The- snow shows no sign of abating. TJioso who have known the country 1822 pay nothing like it was ever known. For the first Lime in the "history of the Hlelffhing has "been indulged In for a whole day.

Every mill, planing mill ond shingle imlll is shut down ou account oC the storm, Rurkevllle, Newton Feb. extreme cold and otherwise dteagreea- 'Weather that set In three -weeks ago Htlll continues. On Friday morning, the 8th, the thermometer registered the lowest point "vei' reached hero, degrees aibove zero. Since that time the weather -has moderated some, but It has been freezing, sleeting, Knowing and raining every day since the 8th. Stock uf all kinds that have not 'been "well cared -for.

are looking -bad. and many AJU i lie vvui dte -if thid c'uiu weainer uon- Mines. It Is bflleved that the crop was entirely killed out by last week's freeze Farmers done Wt very i and are 'behind with, all farm AT HI 'SIC. Husk, Cherokt-e Feb. Tcs- ierday was the coldest day experienced here during the cold npell, which has continued for the past two weeks.

The wrnther moderated in the evening and began falling and this morning haa attained a depth of about four Inches Cherokee county In well prepared for severe weather, as stock of all kinds are in srood condition and corn and feed plenty There 'is plenty of pork mid timber for fuel Is abundant. No reports so far of suffering for want of the necessaries since the blizzard AT CORPUS OHiRTSTT. Corpus Ohrlsti, Nueces Feb. 1-1. Tt commenced snowing" here last night about 12 o'clock and continued until 10 a.

m. to-d-ay. The snow has drifted In places to a depth of three or four feet. The iive-rage fall five Inches. It 1s ohe first snow a 'lias fallen here for about nine years and is the -heaviest ever fMany it tie children living here beheld this morning for the flrs-t time.

Many ilnea of bu inejh are suspended and nrtfM.na, old and young, are passing the flay wallowing: each other in snowdrifts. AT MARFA. CSIarfa. Presidio Feb. A see- "ond section of blizzurJ struck here yesterday afternoon.

The At arm com- mnnofd i high northeast wind, followed by a snowstorm of several hours duration. Hy m. the i a frt 'it i i Strr.d Ti-om p.i:nt It -liiu not varied much hiring the day. I i-uts on Southern mriflc a i a of hard the snow is or three dvt and freig-M trains finding- muuh difficulty in Rettlnjc through. AT BRENHIAM.

IRreihflm, Feb. Snow ha? fallen continuously for i huurs and show? no wymptom uf The oluust. 1 i i The Hire hfforo. Snowballing and sleipliri llnir been order of the dny. All bust- Is Piispendort for spnrt.

a fw Ilsti- a i from snowballing, but ing serioiiH. The bound Central paa- tfonger fs mwrly two late. Tho Santa P'e due nt p. m. failed arrive, and 6 p.

m. was reported still ait Alvln. AT SAN ANTONIO. Pan Antonio. The snow- full, which begun last nlsht about 10 o'clock, continued i i i late i i I'all bciiiK i i 1 on a 1 Ilusinons was prec- IJcftlly suttiH-ntu'it ihe over aTKTwbfi-IllnR' nnd ri'Hnjr en Improvised vlelichs.

itt-poria received here show a the snowstorm was general over south- AT I i Kenney, Austin Feb. A wofk ngo tiilfl evening the 'bhsasard struck here. Ct beerv atilte cold tver since. The commenced falling atxtut 4 o'clock 9venlng ani It white. little plowlur fectn dunt In thU faction, an bvfore the KrouiMl too dry to plow.

AT FJJOREBVIIiliB. Floresvllle, Feb. inches of beautiful snow fell night aitd thin morning. There never has buoi suuh. a snow In thli courtly within ihe memory of the oldest Inhabitants.

in said to be better than a hard rain to prepare the ground, for plowing and planting. AT CURUO. i Cuero, DeWltt Feb. It Is said there la a foot 01' snowfall on the level It Is no exaggeration. It begun anowlnff about midnight and this evening 7 o'clock it Is still snowing without any letup.

The? oldest Inhabitant la snowed under and lias nothing to say. AT RICHMOND. Richmond, Kort Bend Feo. 14. --Snow cornmenced falling last night and has continued all day and 13 now on the if round eighteen inches deep.

The oldest Inhabitants have never seen such a snow In this part of Texas before. Stock Interests will suffer 'niuch. AT NAVABQTA. Navasota, Grimes Feb. twenty-four hours snow "bus, been foiling und Is now elirht inches'In level places and In drifts as high as feet.

People ivfoo who have lived in this section for fifty years IB 'the heaviest fall ever seen la Texas. AT'SAN 'MAR-GOS. San Mnrcos, Huys Vtfti. of snow this morning; mercury above: snow continued falling till 4 p. m.

Increasing depth, on account of thaw; mercury rose to 30 ut 2 p. m. This is the lieavlest snowfall known In t'ne 'history of Hays county. (DDL. RIO.

Del Rio, Val Verde Fob, began to fall here about midnight and continued till nearly noon to-day. Its average depth was Jour Inches, but in drifts It measured nearly twelve inches. This Is the llrst snow that hiis fallen here for several years. AT HTJNTSVILLE. Huntsvlllc, Walker Fob.

14. It has continued snowing throughout today. The full Is fully edx Inches up to the present time and It keeps coming down. The oldest Inhabitant acknowledges it to be the heaviest fall ever known in this section, AT WINCHESTER. Winchester, Fayette Feb.

heaviest snowfall ftver known in this vlo1n)tv hns neon In proerofji for th" twenty-four hour.i, wirh good prospects for a continuance throughout the night. The fall go far measures seven Inches on a level. AT TRINITY. Trinity, Feb. M.TMSnow fell for twelve hours here to-day, but as the ground Is only slightly frozen, much of It incited.

SL111 it in flve inches deep on a level. The temperature IB degrees below and is falling slowly. The sky Is clear at 9 o'clock to-night. AT RIO GRANDE CITY 1 Rio Grande City, Starr TVb. 14.

--'About one a-nd one-half inches oC snow fell here thin moraine. Young folks, most of them for the first time In fchelr lives, are pnow-biiillnir to-duy. snowfalls on lower Hlo Grande were fifteen and thirty years ago. AT PA-DESTINE. Palestine, Feb.

four Inches of snow on the ground t'hls morning; moderated at noon and much of the snow melted away. Slelffh riding all the go during the day. No casualties or suffering reported. Turning colder to-night. AT WILLIS.

Wlllla, Montgomery Feb. ll has been snowing lor twenty-four hours and promises t-, continue through the night, measuring fully six Inches on the level, the heaviest ever known. No damage reported. AT LOVELADY. Liovelafly, Houston Feb.

snow continued to fall all day, and now covers the ground to a depth of flve inches. Nothing of the kind was ever known to occur before in this section of the country. AT COLUMBUS. Columbus, Colorado Feb. ihas snowed aH night find all day and sttll continues.

The ground is now covered about eight inches In snow. Nothing like it ever seen here before. AT NEW CANY. New Caney, Montgomery began falling at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon and has been falling hard, Mjrht Inches deep nnd etlll failing; tt Is the heaviest known here. AT KRHRVILL1D.

Kerrvllle, Kerr Feb. leavy snow has been falling here since j'clock last night and Is now six or eight nches deep. It is the heaviest In the history of the place. AT CROCKETT. Crockett, Houston Feb.

continuous snow has been falling here since 1 o'clock yesterday evening. About flve nches on the ground and Mill fallinr: the argest fall of snow since '86. AT FARMERS' BRAJNCH. Fawners' Brunch, Dallas Feb. began to anow at noon yeeterday and continued until dark; ground covered six nches.

Farmers report all the wheat and tall oats killed. AT RHOMB. Rhome, Wise Feb. snowed all day yesterday. The snow of wo weeks ago still on the ground in many places.

Farmers think wheat Is ail right. Bastrop, Feb. The heaviest inowrall ever known In thla county fell last about am-eii inches el. Snow Is still falling. the lev AT TFIHUACANA.

Tehuacana, Limestone Feb. J4, --The ground Is frozen hard. Stock Is suf- prlug much, and If there -Is not 8. chance or the better many die. AT CHILDRESS.

ChUdross, Feb. More enow fell ast nlrrht. Siockmtn report no losses yet xcept a few tastei'n Ti-xaii cattle brought during the cold weather. Tyler, Feb. afternoon's snow continued i the flrnt part of ihe night und the depth this morn- ng waa fully two inches.

AT EAGLE PASS. Bnglf Pass, Maverick Feb. buzzard reached and it UP fceeii snowing steadily a.u day, the first hat has fallen since '63. AT YOAKUM. Yonkum.

TVWitt -Jlght Inchon of snow at Toakum ihls i and hn been snowing all day rains delayed. AT IjIVINOSTON. Livings-ton, Polk Fob. now is now Inches deep and still filling. AT A I Carrlzo, Feb.

resent there are six Inches of enow iho arid cola" Indications point to ooldtolliurd to-night. AT aOUAD. Goliad, now twolve inches ana in still snowing. It Is the heaviest snow seen in thla county, AT WAELDKR. 'Waelder, Gonsales Fab.

snowstorm IHl; Inches and stUl coming, Ail houses are closed. AT OAKLAND. Oakland, Colorado Feb. Inched of snow fell httre lust night and it Is atlU snowing. Stock will puffer very much.

AT DAWSON. Dawaon, Navarro Feb. cattle are dying from cold. There has been snow on ground for eighteen AT JOBBER AND. Josaerand, Trinity FeU has been falling since 5 p.

m. yesterday, and at this writing la three inches deep. AT KENEDY. Kenedy, Karnes Feb. biggest snow for forty years and don't know how many more--fourteen inches deep.

AT LIBERTY HILL. Liberty Hill. Williamson Fob. snow fall occurred here tCbout midday, since -which It has been getting colder. AT GROVETON.

Grove'ton, Trinity Feb. inches of snow and still snowing. The loss will be great with cattlemen. AT JACKSONVLE. Jacksonville, Cherokee Feb.

34. --Snow to the three Inohes on a level jCell here last night. AT LAQRANGE. Tjogrange, Fayette Feb. six inches deep, twenty-four hours fall; still falling.

AT Plantersville, Grimes Feb. commenced falling aibout 4 o'clock this AT CHILLICOTHE. Chillicothe, Harrfeman Feb. 13. --Snow fell here yesterday.

IN LOUISIANA. New Orleans, Feb. more than twelve hours past snow has fallen here steadily and to-night the Crescent city IB wrapped In a mantle of white such as she never wore before. At 2 o'clock this afternoon, according to the weather bureau in the house, eight inches of snow hud fallen and the Btorm continued several hours later, though tha fall of snow was lighter. Street car service was entirely suspended this afternoon.and the hack- men reaped a harvest, charging unheard of prices for their vehicles.

The electric linen traversing the prlnclpitl HtrvuU were unable lo run cars early in the afternoon and to-night the streets deserted, save by those who are forced to be out. During the day business was almost entirely suspended and employer and employe joined In snowballing with a vim. To-dny'H snowfall was by three Inches the heaviest In the city's history. In 1851 there was a fall of five Inchon. In 1877 and 1878 an appreciable amount fell, melting as It touched the ground.

In 1H7B the full was an Inch and In 1S81 a trifle less than live inches. Dispatches received to-night show that the unow was general throughout the state, but was heaviest In uouth and southwest Louisiana, being eight Inches nt Ope- lousau, Plaqucmino, Jennings and Morgan City, and twelve Inches In Abbevllie, Crowley nnd New Iberia. Eighteen inches fell at Lake ClituleM. Sauw ID uuii fttUuig-tu all points. NEW CROPS FOB THE SOUTH, Cor.

(Issaquena. County, MI UK.) of the Practical Farmer. The south Is now thoroughly aroused to the Importance of a change In agricultural methods. The special crop system has resulted In complications from which It la necessary to freo ourselves before we con make farming profitable again. Cotton has bsen a "special" crop with all southern farmers, from the owner of a one-horse farm to a 10,000 plantation.

So long as the prlco of cotton remained at 8 cents a majority succeeded In obtaining fair profits from the business, but few will be able to survive at the present plantation prlrc, cents. With tlie betflnuliitf uf the new year comes the query: "What shall I grow this year on my farm In order to make a Jiving?" This has become a problem difficult of solution. Liverpool offers to sell cotton for this year's delivery (November and December) at cents. As thf quotations for future closely the pricft cotton," theskiei of the future are not very clear to the cotton producer, and many are preparing- to reduce the acreage to an extent that will be felt. This southern country Is capable of producing as much corn and hay as the most favored regions of the United States- regions where such crops have been given the attention of some of the best farmers in the world.

Let such aouth and apply the same methods, or rather, I should nay, the same brain work Intelligently, and I think the country would be surprised at results. There Is no section of the United States where stock raising could be made more profitable than in thla Yazoo Delta country. The writer, like the majority of nlanters, has given no special attention to utock raising as a business, but has, from time to time, Introduced in his county some thoroughbred cattle and hoga, and has found no dlfilcully In the way of breeding tine stock here, but, on the contrary, much to encourage thdse Who understand It. With a climate that makes unnecessary thnt great 'expense to Which breeders of stock In colder climates are subject--i. the erection of costly barns, would seem to me this expense saved would in be a profit.

It is only necessary to nave plain, cheap shelter tor stock for a Tew weeks at most. The growing season for alt crops ii so much longer than in the west, it is possible to grow all the grain and hay needed to keep any number of stock through the winter, and do It at a Ittle expanse. Our seasons are rarely such cause a crop failure. As for there will be no place where they can be raised cheaper than in the south, and no reason exists for purchasing pork from wt-'Ht, except that heretofore we could (he trouble of attending 1 stock or preparing pastures, by growing cotton at such prices as Jur.tined the -purchasing nf cured meats. There are few persons In south engaged in hog raising; it few breeders of line stock are scattered over lie state of Mississippi.

Some of those can supply as stock as any breeder in the United States, but I am afraid the mr.jorlty are careless anil do not give their stock the proper attention, for I have seen lock bought of MlaalHslppl dcalfrs i-iliM-H) that 7 nlmwrd Inr-k of good business methods. In this country thr-re arc 1 few coo-l hoffr Th? number are but poor grades--very poor. Indeed--few weighing nliovo KPVoniy-flw pounds at six months old nnd 1HO at rnonthR. The black hogji, Essox and Berkshire, are undoubtedly preferable, us they tUand the warm weather beat. The Chester White IB not a favorite.

Perhaps all of this Is owing to the care bestowed. Hogs receive but little care; they may be rnln to "root, hopt, or rtlnl" Thnt expression the admirably. Western visitors express surprise at the appearance of our lions, and well they may; yet it is all In the way they are cared for--or rather not cared for. GUN STORE Yftakum, OeWltt Fob StophcnBOn'g gun store waJ entered by burglars last night nnd ptatola and an amount of ammunition wore stolen. And pubiii c.i TDCCC I ntto ucts of the Re; BOND PLACED AT $6000.

Llano, Feb. In the habeas corpux trial, in which Win. Unthewa killed Joe D. Morler. Mtthflwn wu allowed ball bond piactl A.

hvyy. Aboiu Peoplei Miss H. Louise Stevens Give? an Interesting Talk Before the Brooklyn Geographical Society. Brooklyn Eagle. A land where oysters grow on the gutters run In the middle of the streets, where a two wheeled cart 1s next to unknown, a window pane a curiosity and the problem of existence is solved by a timber hut, a hammock und plenty of cassava bread, was dencrlbt-d by Miss H.

Louise Stevens for the members of the department of seography of the Brooklyn, institute. This land is Venezuela. Mtoa Stevens spent several months there with her father, a seologlst and mining expert, and beinpa woman of a jfood deal of observation and a keen eye for travel, brouKht buck with her some amusing reminiscences of the queer half Indian, half Castillan rt- public. "I shall Invite you," Alis.s SteVens said, "to so with me on a little trip to tlie com parti vely little known renlon lylnt? south of the Orinoco river in the 'state 'of Venezuela. We are accustomed to think of Venezuela as a small Country and aa compared with our sreat extent of territory It undoubtedly Is.

Still It Is not so inconsiderable with Its 597.DCO square miles, equaling that part of our country intr from the Atlantic seaboard to the Mississippi and from the southern boundary cf Virginia to the Canadian line. The climate is varied from the excessive hoat of La Gualra on the coast, said to be the hottest place on the tflobe, to Ihe frigid -cola of the high altitudes. I will take you directly from the port of New York to the city of Bolivar, sometime called Anffostura. can here the country and Its people i the Eurouuun g-losn Bprtmd over the seaports, and wfll nnd them Ilvlne in the simple primitive way of faithful Abraham. Many a man can be found there who Jiving In a rune dwelling surrounded by hlr srazinp flocks, can -arm hln retainers and muster for defense as quickly und ar erreytlv-Jy as Jld uld iJ.Ui-1- arch.

"Some Idea of the delta of the Orinoco can be formed. If you will Imagine a triangular space of country with New York harbor as one point, the. village of Catskill on tho Hudson and Scmnton, to rep- remitit the other two, this triangle to be wholly submerged and covered with for- no hill or crag rising above the general, Hat level on which to Jlx the eye. are inhubiu-d by tribe of Indians, who were forced lo take refuge In Union pm i from their canni- bul nelghborH. the Carlbs.

Here they built arborlal dwellings In the forests, and necoM- sity, the rnotlmr of Invention, led them lo conntruct hammocks ns adapted to their needH. IndfutiH luivc a nt range way of thc-ir dead. There being no land for burlitl, they take advantage of the water, which IB infested with small, voracious flsh, named utter the fierce Carlb jjavageK. Warn nan plunge the corpse, secured by a utout rope. Into the river.

In twenty-four will be entirely stripped of flesh by these Carlb The bones are then neatly arranged In a banket, BO Ingeniously contrived that the skull shuts down as a lid. In this compact form they are conveniently hung In the trees which constitute the Indians' homes. "The first appearance of land at the mouth of the Orinoco taken tho form of low growing butfheu, over which seemingly an untidy housemaid hud emptied tho rug- bag, and the rajrn have been caught on the brandies, curloiuly enough mostly on those nearest the water, our telegraph wires arc frequently decorated in this manner. This was, thciefore, the llrst Idea suggested -to my mind. However, In case the apparent rags nro oyster shells.

These bivalves, It Is well known, fasten themselves to convenient objects, so while the tide wan high they hud secured themselves upon thfse half submerged shrubs, and the water' subsiding, left them exposed to view." Miss Stevens described the mode of fish- Ing with and arrows, In w'hlch the Wuruna Indians possess the most remarkable dexterity. To the feather end of the arrow Is attached a strong but small cord, and this 4s reeled In the stern of the bout or canoe. The Indian then alms his arrow In such a manner an apparently to shoot directly over his head, but really at such an angle that the arrow, describing the arc of a circle nnd descend Ing, will the back of the unsuspecting finny victim. Naturally the fish so suddenly and unex- pPftPrMy nltflfkfvl wilt rtnrt nf an rated speed, the reel will work automatically and the fisherman wdll need to bend all his energies to keep his canoe up to the required speed and the doubling- and: twisting of his antagonist, until the poor fish Is exhausted and yields. The city of Bolivar is situated inland on the rocky shores of the Orinoco, which narrows to 1m If a mile.

It won named In honor of Simon Bolivar, the liberator, who assembled the first congress here in 3810. "This Is a city," said Miss Stevens, "where the Inhabitants will point with pride to the one house containing window panes. People have been known to travel long distances to look at these glass panes, and with the same conscious pride they will draw your attention to the only wheeled vehicle, a cross between a lumber wagon and a dog cart, In which one gentleman too portly to mount a saddle took his dally drlvp. The streets are built with gutters in the middle. "Venezuela society presents but two classes-- a top crust, residing in the cities, always the same, cultured, refined.

Every third gentleman speaks Kncllsh so perfectly as to make one blush for one's own shortcomings. I educated in Europe or the United States, they are well Informed upon all current questions. "Directly you leave the city you are among the people unadulterated, quite the contrary from the upper classes. They are extremely illiterate. One man In twenty and one woman In thirty cnn rend.

But a truer and more kind hearted people it would be hard to find. On a Journey through the interior everything must be carried on the backs of You paeu directly from the i into open country, and here," Miss Stevens remarked, "the traveler meets with his first dlsap- polntmom. This la the lack of turf. The grown In a cluimis or hillocks and Is so coarse that It seems no wonder the cattle whom one sees browsing over the savannahs look gaunt and half starved. A small bird or meadow lark Is seen perched upon tho buck or head of each of these.

cattle. They nro In rotillty frd-mln nf the oxen and their inseparable devouring the pestiferous narapntis or wood ticks which Infest tho fikJn. "A noticeable feature of the landscape on the savannahs Is the presence of groat white herons, standing five feet high. Thfse nro known an birds. I Is custom for mon riding Muring tho heat of tho dny to wear capacious white, linen capt-s for cooInnHp.

At a (flstanre those birds resemble a man clad in one of these capo.s Htmtnd on a horso. In war for Independence mistook enemy, but upon riding i i rnnge up flew the birds, I bus disclosing their mistake. Ilenne the The wunts of thr people are simple, bo.injy onllned to a little "bcof, cfissnva broad and coffee. Food Is easily procured and clothing IP regarded as a superfluous luxury, at least until the children have reached the age of 7 or 8. The women never wear bonnets, but a man's hot for Journey and a large scarf thrown over the hond to attend church.

Thoy have an excessive liking for a i nnd for Trench shoes end, like? mont southern people, mon, women and children are nil fond of dancing. All tho fofint days of the saints ilgiously colobratea. us well a.s ilio.tr own independence day and our I-'mirth of July. Thieving Is Almost nbsolnjoly Purmpr the entire stnr of i In Vrnexuplft the doors and windows wr rt kept unlocked, Super.stltlo.i. hftwovor.

rlfo. mid run.i to tho most ridiculous A German recent In a town of considerable iro wns almost mobbed becauno ho had the 5 resumption to Hy in tho face of a -hy a woi; in time of great drouth. Huch a Jh.iiK woman a rflure to purchaser in a thing unheard of. iMUK fried It once to the corr 1 htrraitment fcnd discomfort of the ktftiie.r. A woman, iviii asvftr at klid door, but wilt exchange yUncea and billet- doux with her senor out of the window.

Unfailing courtesy Is the rule and, although one polUwiBsa expressed In rather hy- ptrbollc terms, there much real good will behind, men language. talk was illustrated by many of the country and Its Among the-objects of Interest shown after the lecture were Indian bow and arrows sleeping hummock. Spunian soldiers birds for nf THE CARE OF HORSES' FEET. The following article speaks edltorluUy In the North British Agriculturist: although subjected -to as fast and work, do not suffer'so frequently from lameneas as they did thirty or forty years ago. Indeed, many veterinarians past ir.iddle age declare that since that period the number of lame subjects ban been reduced one-half, and 'the severity of the Injuries and the disablement -Wi-ey produce are likewise much diminished.

Thlo Is rightly ascrfbed to tietter knowledge of the horse's foot, nor only among veterinarians, tout among horsemen; to the reasonable measures tukwi to keep the foot sound and strong, and to the Increased cure and skill used In shoeing. But profiting more fully and widely by the experience already gained, further advantage might still foe secured. Breeders evon now seldom pay sufficient attention to Uhe faot of thflr fouls and colts either when they are In the yard or at pasture. Once a month, or oCtener, the feet of the youngsters Should be carefully examined any anything amiss rectified. The ground surface of the crust should be kept level and any "broken portions, In order to prevent further tearing, should be removed.

Animals with rhin. weak, soft hoofs may early require the fore feet to be with tips, and especially where the soil is hard and rocky. If this is- not done, lameness, permanent deformity of the feet, altered relations of parts with 4-oiiderurnt a action, may result. Tlie hind feet, usually stronger and iougher, seldom require protection In young unworked animals. It should scarcely be necessary to remark that, like any other shoes, these tips require at Intervals of four or five weeks to be removed, the foot maue level and the protecting plate tacked on.

If not thim dealt with, they are apt to become displaced, and -hence may do more liarm t'han The Blidelng of horses for ordinary work JB now generally well arid carefully done. Two desiderata are required of the shoer. He must make or select the ahoes suitable for the weight, work and action of the horse and must alter and fit them properly. Further, he must prepare the foot. After removal of the old shoe, any auper- horn around the ground surface, where wear Is limited owing to the protection of the shoe, ia removed by the knife or rasp.

A very essential point is thu perfect levclness from toe to heel of the ground or bearing surface of the wall. If either heel or toe are unduly raised, tho functions either of the extensor tendons and ligaments in front of the limb, or of the flexors at the buck of the limb, will be interfered with. The paramount importance of this level bearing: is strongly Insisted on by Mr. W. Hunting, in a paper on "The Nntlrpr! Rvils of Sboolnjr" recently read before the Central veterinary medical society: "Unless the foot were properly prepared to start with they could not shoe it properly.

They knew that the under surface of the horse 8 foot must always, be on a line parallel with jhc ground--It must be a plane surface. Any raising of tho heel altered at once the angle In front and foru changed the articular surface on which HIM fonm-p of Ihr- Ing rested. If thcy ralscd tho toe the alteration was In the other direction. No matter how overgrown or large a horse's foot was, when It was stood upon the ground the lower surface must always be level -with the ground. In preparing such a foot they.

must lower both heels und toe. There was no definite guide in this operation. They must use tbelr own common cense, biiHlnv practice on the natural form and position of the foot und When a horse atood level upon his foot, the weight through the column of bones forming the lew rested upon one foot. In front and behind this column they hud the muscles ami to.ndonp, which hud a proper relation to each other. There was a certain length of tendon which "woe best adapted for the action of the if they raised a horse's heel an Inch that must have a decided effect upon the relative angle of bones Into which the muscles and tendons normally just fitted.

He did not eay that raising a horse's heel half an Inch for a month or a week would permanently injure i but IIP did assert that anything out of the normal must affect the roper action of the muscles and tendons nnS the limb. If the in- Jury to a horse's foot from shoeing were no acute as to cause any pain or tenderness tho horse naturally endeavored to rest his foot by relaxing his muscles. The result of (hut WOH that he went forward at the kmse, and he (Mr. Hunting) believed that, lu nt least 80 per cent of caaes In which a home stood forward at the knees, they had an indication of pain in the feet when a horse went forward at the knea every bone of the limb altered its position, and If this were continued damage to other joints ensued." The soundness and serviceability of the horse's foot depend greatly on the substance and strength of the crust forming the wall. In a good foot, this constitutes a stout pillar of support which should rest on a broad webbed, level bearing shoe.

The sensible, careful ahoer is accordingly warv In reducing the wall surface either with rasp or knife. To maintain the strength and toughness of the hoof, and Its capability to hold the nails firmly. It should not be luuulied i unless around Its lower edge, which has rested on the shoe. At no part should the wnll crust be weakened. The practice of cutting out a piece of the posterior wall, and often along with it a piece of the for the so-called 'opening "of the heels," Is most reprehensible.

A fancied smart finish Is obtained at the sacrifice of stoutnesa and possibly of soundness. The sole In many horses, whose secretion of horn is active, requires some reduction when the shoe Is removed- but It should not, as was formerly common, be so thinned that It yields to pressure of the thumbs, and thus become dangerously liable to bruising and Injury. Not even in case of corns, aa Mr. Hunting points out. Is It needful to make- the extensive excavations into the sole and crust which are sometimes perpetrated, unnecessarily interfering with the durability nnd stability of the parts.

Any ragged portions of the frog are trimmed. Its soft structure affords a tempting object for the smith's knife; but It la snd blunder to mutilate this useful pod, which. In its full developed, healthy state, relieves Jar and concussion, supports weight, where the shoes are not high-heeled, lessens slipping-, and moreover, diminishes contraction of the hPfls. These Important functions are performed so long as the frog remains uncut and hoars some pnrt of the weight for which It was Intended; but when Its external, more grandulur parts are sliced away, and It does not perform the uses for which It was constructed. It shrivels becomes dry, and sometimes diseased.

The best shoes for every purpose are those made plain on their bearing surface wide webbed, nnd scrupulously level. For the lighter legged horses, seated shoes may be used, provided the web Is of adequate Width. Air. i aptly states that the surface fit of the shots must be adapted to the foot, and the surface of the foot to the shoe. Ho condemns all shoes with a narrow bearing, and also those sloping outward ihe heels, which concentrate the pressure of the last Inch nnd in of the foul upon quarters--the very weakest part oC the foot.

He characterizes the shoe with spring heels an abomination. LJAfVini IMP fiC PHTTHN i HANULINfa OY COTTON The Average Tare on a Bale of Cotton Is 23 Pounds or About 5 Per Cent. What It Costs the Farmers of the United States to Wrap and Tie the Present Crop--A New Process in Use HEHTC'S A QUICK HXQAGEMENT. Cincinnati Tribune. "I hear thn-t you are onpnpred to be married to a young lady In Ban Francisco," remarked a reporter to a well known man of a I I "Vos, tlv "IjCi me congratulate you.

I don't know her. but 1 am sure a you could make i but a wise i-holro." "My the way, if you i promise not to tell I I i lot you know a Incident my cnmuKoment." The promlpo being given, he went on and related the following: "I was on the point of asking the question several times, but smnohnw thought she would refuse rno, so the lost day I w.ia out there I managed to summon up enough conrnge to pip. She told mo. (o Rive her tlmo. loin her that I must leave that nlfr'ht, and would she toll me She said She would i-onsidi-r.

1 an answer, as none omm for a week, rould a no lonvr, so sti'pplnif into a telegraph of lice on my way home about 0 0 r-lnolc onn evening, sent the following tnoLisafio; tell me. IB the niiHWt-r you or no? 10 o'clock tho reply came: "Of course I WHH happy nnd i that, on rending (he loiopram for the hundredth" tlmo I noticed -that It was Hied nt 4 In tho nftornoon. Vnr moment wns pt.igcrf-ro.-i' but I soon thought of tho reason. It WHS the difference in time between rinommitl and San Francisco. I could not help laugh- Inir wh-n I thmicht thiu WAX he- fere 1 had ivoii.

aakfld ttw Waco, Feb. The News: The letter and resolutions from the Galveston cotton exchange, published lu your recent lasue, are of great Importance to the cot- 1 ton growers and the business Interests of thla country. The following is an extract from tlie 'letter: i "The comiplaiutB.Irom commercial bodies and individual consignees as to the ragsed and disgraceful condition in which Amerl- i cotton is being discharged at soa-porta and mill points have 'become so loud and general, and are recognized to -be so justl- fitd 'by evei-yibody In the trade) that we be- i i lleve concerted action should be taken at i once by all the cotton exchanges In this I country and abroad to reform present meth- i ods as far as lies In their power. The and cutting of fcnli-s by stevedorrs has of late become such a crying: evil and such an offense against the rights uf owners of -cargoes, a recommend to all exchanges to take ttie most stringent measures for i the suppression of this practice, If necessary, invoke the aid o' the criminal courts to punish the offenders." The letter very properly states a much of this trouJble is chargea-ble to the i i quality of 'bagging and ties now in use, and the following la one of the resolutions they have sent out to the cotton exchanges in t'hls country: "That, from and after September 1S95, nil bales of the new crop covered with less than six yards of 44-inch bagglm; of a lighter weight than pounds minimum per yard, shall be declared unmerchantable, un- less recovered properly at the expense of the seller." The evils complained of are not overestimated; fact, the half has not keen toM, Under the present system of handling cat- ton the average tear on a of cotton Is 1 23 pounds, or 5 per cent. This la the 'loss of tlie producer and is caituud by the faulty wrapping and tying of the cotton as at lireserit g-In and compress.

It may be wf interest to some of your readers to know what it 'costs the farmers of the United States to wrap and tie the -present erop of cotton, and remember, after all this -money is spent, the result Is a fall urn. nml cotton is "unmerchantable." Estimating the present crop at 10000000 bains, it will require 60,000.000 yards of to co-ver the same. At present prices, If they use bHgtfintf, the cost will 'be $4.800,000. Add 2,000,000 bundles of ties that will cost $2,200,000, and yo-i iiuve a total cost of And should not be forgotten that the most of i money goes out of this country, never to return Tlu- romorty by the cotton exchange Ifi wood. If the present tern of ginning, pr'-sKing anil compressing IB lo continue, tout so sure as time passes there will be a revolution In the and manner of preparing our cot Lou for mar- ktt, in fact tin we Is DOW a new process In actual operation In Waco.

for InK ami compressing of cotton that will ami doefi correct each and every evil complained of under the present Under this new process the done at the Kin, no uduitlomiJ Fpace, power or labor. The rcRiilt is the cutton Is coinprepHtfl to a density of i -to 'thirty-live pounds, where the proscnt ge-t twenty to twenty-four pounds, saving the charge of BO rents por bale for compressing; but of still greater Importance Is the fact that under the new prnrass t'he cotton Is entirely covered wlrh cotton duck, thus creating a new demand for thousands of bales of our low grade cotton. I't has 'been tested fully, several hundred bales shipped to New England nnd more than a hundred to Liverpool. These trial shipments actually gained In weiKlit and landed at the mill in as clean wnuUlun JufL Ihe xin. Another advantage, there nre no ties used on this cotton, thus saving 22 cents on bale, w-h'Ich amounts to the net sum of $2,200.000.

Under thin process the cotton is practically fire proof. There vory many advantages under this now proems, aucn as saving In compress charges, Insurance. weighing, waste and damage, and. others need not be mentioned. Suffice it to say, tlhat a very conservative estimate will show a savins: of more than 14 per bale In 'the expense of marketing a b-ile of cotton in favor of the new process, which means a saving of WO.OOO.OOO on one yenr's crop The Joss under the present system Is borne by the producer, and Is Indeed hard to when cotton Is so very chran.

This new machine has passed the experimental stage, The leading mills in New England have tested hundreds of bales ami are more than pleased. The lending insurance men have made a thorough test of the -bales by actually trying to burn them, and have atrreed would save at least per cent of the present rate on cotton; the railroads and steamships have tested It ly loading it In oars and rthlps, and by weights and measures have demonstrated that It can be stored In 25 per cent less space than the old style These know nre liable to bo questioned by -ttiose who have not heard of this now invention, plant is here and open to the wortd for Investigation. If It la all that I claim for It, would It not be well for the cotton exchange to appoint a committee and aee it in actual operation? Then rf they are satisfied let them recommend the new process and save to the people of -the south -this Inrffp sum of money. BART MOOHH3, LEAD PENCIL FARMING. Alvin Adklns In Country Gentleman.

This crop Is grown to excess. It seems to be proof against flood or drouth. It prospers on the higTil-ands. and yields proxllRl- ously on low land and prairie. North, south, east and west, Its patrons find It unfailing.

But somehow, when It gets Into gencraJ cultivation, it disappoints the average farmer and he either abandons it entirely or Uys a. new variety. I latter case he Is invariably a year or two behind the market. A sample copy of a western dairy paper is at hand. Its contents may be summed up about this way: "Get a Jersey tind a separator, and live and die rloh." This reminds us of the old notion that all thnt one needed to succeed In stock ranching: waa "a bull and a branding Iron." Experiments along the line of this facetious advice have been, In many instances, disappointing; In not a disustrous.

In no branch of fanning -has the lead- pencil farmer made his mark more effectively than In tho mutter 01 wheat growing lunli'MoiJ lh" arrknil- tural press i forecasts uf two-dollar wheat. They produced Ilsrures to show conclusively that the population was rapidly overtaking product ion, and that this. In connection i Inevitable "war in Europp." was bound to aend two silver dollars rolling I tliu fanner's iMirh box I'or every biiRlml of wheat In his si-unary. But up to date the grower Is holding 1 his wheat. Apropos the i i i scheme IR sprung 1 And iu a line of load-pencil farming- recently In fa- vor.

Tliis WOE rr.Mns". The J.itf 1 r. F. Johnson observed that, when western formers could rulcf PCM', i -hornfs at 7 or 8 co-nta a pound as cheaply as fat i cattle to b'i bold at 4 cents, it was not surprising a everybody was Kofng Into Tiorse breeding. But the advent of the electric motor, the bicycle and the panic have done tha business for the horse breeders.

It was pointed out that scarcity of corn nnd oats nnd abundance of Indicated a change In stuffs, as other and cheaper foods would bo resorted to. Hut if the horse a i the drtnnnd for ford will and for tho bicycle and fuel for (ho supply of t.hr farmer In bound to feed loss. All thinp-s i i i not only a vnln i for Mfety, but a very ev-pMislvo power. the user of want to stop work he PMpa rmtttiitf I i his htn th" a a winter and summer, keeping up meant, no matter the plow goon or a In this hualneflft th? farmer is itiurji more in need of a laad- Ivast spring a neighbor out he was golnff Into mnakmHon urowlng on Jarge scale. Twolve acre? were plowed fortlHrprp hoitrht nnfl of th" purcsf hum- drad pounds without a doubt.

put At w.00 per iwund six or'seven hundred poumlrt would net a unug- num. But the net rt'i'ultH are less 100 pounds, plump fe.rtltlzer bill and, market wunn't up lo ftmcy nmiros. Moral: Don't depend too much on pencil forming. But why don't you raise more chickens? Nlm-ty-Hvf oi-nta nnu more a pair, and quick sak-S Suoh was the word a few ago. If one Is to Judge by the of chicken coops piled to the top of steamboat pilot house's on passlnK end all going back home to be reillled and re- chipped, und the current prleen indicate anything, it la that up river people are ing.abundance of vhleken at very low coat.

bvit ten days before (he new crop of peed will be In full bloom. No i a what Dm weather, mammoth cabbage heads will recklesHly exposed upon wheelbarrows scarcely la fire enough ta hold them, potatoes that will mature in six weeks will be offered tu the winds for a rfong; "specialties," the moat fetching crop of'all, will be exposed to the caught gaze of the greenhouse, and the everlasting ilower bloc-ms" (on paper) will dazzle the eye of the novice O.IH! In the end tlie lead pun- cll farmer will gather in anothei harvest. But the seed buyer won't. The Royal academy IB entirely self-sup- jigrtliiK. I tlif surplus of a respectable to $130,000 a.

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I commenced to recover after taking tbo first hot- tie, and by tho time I had taken twelre bottles, I was entirely cured-- cured byS.S.§. vrhentho world renowned Hot Burlugn had failed. WM. 8. LOOMIS, Slueveport, La.

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