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The Farmer's SJirtrc.
The following is" on oxtracif rem
paper read by Col. J II. Brlg-
vut at tno unio luunstriui moot
- hold in Columbus:
"ivfUiv till iutolltuont inch rots-
Jrnizu tho fact that the prosper
y of tho nation is dopondont up-
dm success o tho farmer. I
oliovo that I Iuxyo laid thofounda
ion for making some claim for
u furmor. I itslc for them a
tir sharo of tho wealth thoy pro-
ucc; that they do not receivo it
.wknowledfccd by every intol-
Igonl man and I do not need to
liter itito an argument to provo
hut is generally admitted.
"I claim for the patriotic fur
lor a fair share of recognition
Llien honors are being distribu
hi. It is desirable to keep some
If our ambitious boys upon tho
linn but wo cannot do so it wo
How our farmer classes to be
Imniwl in tho future as they huva
loon in the past. Tho furmor
lass should bo fairly represented
i the law making bodies of stuto
Ind nation; without such ropre-
lontation their interests will bo
leyleeled and they will suiter
hnu unjust and discriminating
liws. '
'The farmer should have a full
Lire of social culture and enjoy
iicnt. He should shave in the
IClUCaUOIUU UUVJMlUiyuMUim h.iiii-
jig which prepare men for suc-
os? iu life and for the response
lo duties of citizenship. How
;iii tho fanners securo for tbem-
olves and their families these
)rivilege$ a n d advantages
liich rightfully belong to them?
'here is only one way. Thoy
mst organize their forces and
o to work systematically and
persistently for this purpose or
here is uo help for them. "The
ard helps thoSq who hell) thorn-
L'lves" but the Lord will never
lo for any man what he win do
lor himself. There is no human
vnver strong enough to oppress
tul rob the farmer of afair share
f his earnings or honors if he
vill make available the power of
he millions engaged in tilling the
oil.
"Will the farmer of today by
trailer and legitimate means so-
rum to lnnisolf and his children
liat is surely his right or will
lio continue to allow others by
irjmi)ized mothods'to rob him of
Jn just share of tho rewards of
a labor and patriotic service
mil leave to his children a berit-
w of wrong? . Time alone can
mswer. 1 earnestly urge you
o irivo careful attention to pres
at conditions and those that are
liroatenimr to make it still hard-
r for the farmer in the future."
Rio qranderecedinq.
fort RinRgoIHay Soon Be With
out Any Water.
San Antonio-Tex.. Sept. 20.
S'ows of a soripus state of affairs
His reached hero from For tRing
-'old the military post on tho
lower Rio Grande. Qm account
"f the tickle tivrations of tho Rio
'Irmdo that iost is being threat-
I'lU'd with a water famine and it
" stated on the best authority
pat if important stops tiro not
luUn hoouto relieve thesituatfouj
tlw fort will have to be abandon-
hi
Tho iron bio in that section is
tin- Kio Grande is gradually ruu
' away from tho American
fll" uud cutting Into fhoroxicim
ti'l'ntoi'v. Inn. vim? n nimluv Stllld
Ittnk between tho water and the
u former American hftnit. As
wst as tho wator is receding tho
authorities tit Fort Ringgold aro
uJing pipes to roach into mo
Water and nmv tbnsntmlvnf irirto
ll!w been exhausted Tho intiuo
W now reaches into some shal
'w water and if a sunnl.V of llp&
01 the way fromSan Autonlodoos
nt reach Ringgold very shortly
UioiKist will oxiiorionco a torn
pornry wntor famine of u vory
pronounced tjpo ButovonwUh
"is trouble averted tho govern
nt will bo under continual and
wawoxponso chasing aflot tho
Hiulily reeodlng waters of tho
rut for its water nupply for the
lost
sooms effective to tho authorities
Is to lead tho river into hor old
channel thereby losing to Rio
Grando City the town near which
Fort Ringgold is located some
valuablo garden land. '
The Yellow Fever Germ.
It is but lately that tho microbo
of yellow fovor has been found
und identified. Its discoverer
an Italian physiclannamed Sana
rella now ono of the faculty in a
Sonth American college gives an
uccount of his invostigatious m
tho London "Lancet." It was
whilo searching for tho germ at
Montovicoo that ho caught tho
disease in a sevoro form. On re
covering he pursued- his germ
studies in the hospitals of Rio
Janeiro and Flores. It was at
tho latter place that he first dis-
tinguished the yellow fever mi-
crobe but not as he expected
in the alinientnry canal. Ho
found it in tho blood and tissues.
It is a rod-shaped microscopic
creature with rounded extremi
ties generally combining in pairs
or groups. After experimenting
with it on 2000 animals Dr. Sanu-
rolla believes that it affected the
most of them; though birds less
than others. It avos fatal in a
few days to mice ami rabbits.
The doctor believes that it is a
blood poison and transmitted by
the air as an ell as by water. It is
needless to follow his descrip-
tion of the action of the poison on
the different organs. Frequently
it affects a community in a light
form. .
"With the fact of contagion es-
tablished the proper way to deal
with the disease is to keep it out.
To this end sanitary authorities
should act with great vigilunce
and be promptly provided 'with
all the resources thoy need. One
theory recently given promi-
nence in the dispatches of the
day is that the disease can not be
propagated without a mean tem-
perature of at least 70 degrees
sustained for neariytwo weeks.
This condition has prevailed in a
score of states this month.---Bronhum
Press.
gutter Exports.
The choicer grades of butter
have been selling at advanced
prices owing to diminished pro-
duction and consequently reduced
receipts in this and other mar-
kets First class makes are
evidently going to sell high from
now on lis the falling away in
pastures has made butter scarce
and dealers aio unable to supply
their wants. With receipts hero
of 0000 tubs per week less than a
week ago and about 000 tubs
less per week than a year ago
buyers have to put up in many in
stances with poorer grades than
thoy are in search of and a great
deal of butter has been taken
out of cold storage during the
last threo weeks. Some of those
lots were butter which had been
bought for export butwhich was
stored temporarily and for lack
of ocean steam or room could not
be shipped promptly. Being
able to secure vessel room at last
these lots wore taken out In
addition to these numerous loth
have boon taken out or cold stor-
age for domestic use find to. ship
south. There is an excellent de-
mand from local consumers ship-
pers and exporters uud -i-7IJ
fefti Jl.s wore exported from this
country during July against
2110070 lbs m July last year.
During tho sevon months ending
with July lO.riJirlO-l Ihs wero
exported showing uu increase of
0200000 11. s over tho llko period
in 1800 During the last seven
months 01071051 Ids of oleo oil
wore exported a deureuso of 4
176011 lbs from the exports for
the same period last year -Stock
man and Fanucr.
Prosperity All a Fallacy.
p mm. j
Kx-Govornor and Kx-Unltoil
States Senator Daniel MoConnell
a leading Republican of Idaho In
n recent interview regarding tho
alleged prosperity and other
features of the llumiu admlnls
tratlon wild
'Tho great howl that tho oast
era press has been making about
tho groat boom in business is ail
u fallacy and if tho truth wore
known it is paid eampaigu mat-
tor for future service. I hayo
just returned from a trii through
the east und I never saw busi
tiess in such ti state Of stagna-
tion. It 13 truo thore Is an in-
crease of business in the trusts
monopolies corporations etc.
and as an example I cite tho
sugar trust who has increased
tho price of sugar one-half cent
por pound and which moans
millions of dollars annually add-
ed to the coffers of that trust.
Tho workmgman has to bear tho
largor part of this increased tax-
ation. It is claimed that the ad-
vanced price ot wheat is attri-
buted to tho Hanna-t)ingley tar-
iff which is certainly not tho
case but is occasioned by short
crops which is natural in the
course of events. The supply is
not equal to the demand hence
the advance. But some of the
people of the country aro credu-
lous enough to believe that it is
Mckinley and his promised pros-
perity. Another thing tbat
serves to keep .from the people
tho existing condition of affairs
is that the telegraph companies'
aro upheld by congress in their
enormous charges for telegraph
service thus depriving tho peo-
ple of the knowledge that they
have a right to know by reason
that they are they the supporters
ot the government. Congress
to rectify tho flagrant wrong
should pass a measure compell-
ing the telegraph companies to
put the rates within the means of
every country editor then he
would be able to present from
day to day the happenings of the
country and thus set right many
things that have heretofore
been misunderstood as 'hard
times.' If such measures were
adopted you would soon see a
better form of government and
clean politics. The great politi-
cal morgue at Washington would
then legislate for the people in-
stead of for trusts- monopolies
syndicates and combines."
Kaufman Sun.
Early Fruit.
A writer in American Garden-
ing says that a branch of a peach
pear Or apple tree can be made
to mature its fruit earlier and
produce largor fruit by twisting
a small wire tightly around the
branch just below the fruit. This
checks the downward ilowof sap
turning it into development of
the fruit causing abnormal
growthand early matu rity. Some-
times a young tree may not de-
velop fruit buds but may bo
forced to do So when its wood
buds are lorming by at once
chocking tho growth of the wood
buds and causing them to devel-
op fruit buds. This should bo
dono later than July. Tho wire
should not bo tight enough to
rupture the bark or it will de-
stroy the branch. Grape grow-
ers sometimes cut out a band of
the bark about a quarter of an
inch long just below the cluster
which thoy want to enlarge and
ripen early. Itthos taken all the
substance of the shoot and often
more than doubles its size but
us tho girdling kills tho limb it
must bo out out Tit tho next
pruning
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Dr. Klefer's Quarantine Experience
at Navasota.
Clay Sept 2a 07.
Leaving Clay Station in Burle-
son county at 5:80 yesterday on
the Santa Fo train I was soon
seated reading tho dally pipers
fooling good tit thoimprovod con-
dition m tho yollow fovor record
in the nfoctod towns. Thoro
wore but ten whlto passengers
aboard but a coach nearly full of
negroes All wont on well till wo
lauded on tho platform ut Nava-
sota where a sot of otHeors mot
ns commanding us to step at
once back into our car and await
the ordoys of tho city council still
in Bossiou.nnd having just passed
quarantine regulations. A few
passengers having no baggage
slipped off and got away. Hero
wo wore ordering supper from
the hotel and wont to eating
while waiting1 further develop-
ments. First order came that
tho mayor and health officers
would wait on us in ton minutes
to examine our record.
Waiting patiently for an hour
the second order came that wo
bo kept on the car all night ex-
cepting those who desired to go
on tho Central trains either south
or north.
At 10 o'clock the Central train
going north arrived and ono pas
sengor was permitted to get on
undone man was happy. At 11
o'clock another train from Con-
roe came in and all its passen-
gers were transferred to our car
and placed under the same con-
trol. . A number of us were quite
cheerful as the time drew near
for the Control train going to-
ward Houston was due. But Dr.
Peebles the health officer con-
cluded it would be more satisfac-
tory to tho citizens of the town
not to allow any more transfer-
ing from one train fo the other
so a number of men living in
Houston and having business
there were forced to remain all
night in the car and be allowed
to go back to where we came
from. The doctor had simply
lost his head and perhaps the
people likewise. Our car was
left right in the Center of town
crowds of people came looking
at us as though we were a cir-
cus show. Men could come in
and go back yet to allow us to
walk ton yards to the depot and
get on the train to take us toward
Houston was not be thought of.
That there was great dissatis-
faction and even profanity at the
unreasonable treatment meted
out to us I need not mention.
Some of our crowd determined to
institute suit against the city.
But under such alarms as were
produced by the news that ten
cases of fever were fouud in
Beaumont much hilty and need-
less measures are tobo expected
III a few days this will all be regu-
lated though just now some of
us are terribly put back and
put to heavy expenses and other
losses. But all will be well if the
fever can only be kept from in-
vading Texas. F. Kiefor.
Improvement Committee.
The members of tho above
committee and a number of
other citizens met in Tho Repor-
ter office last night to hear a re-
port of tho sub-committee ap-
pointed by the Fair Association
committee to investigate and re-
port upon the feasibility of hav-
ing a meeting of tho association
this year. After consulting
nearly every business man of the
town and as many of all classes as
thoy could see the committee
through Col. Bontloy reported
that it wtts generally agreed that
we could get ready for the amuse-
ment part of the fair at least
and recommended that wo have
tho opening soon nftor tho close
of the Dallas fair in November.
So far as the races of all kinds
go including horses boats bicy-
cles rabbit races etc. early No-
vember will be all right. Other
features can bo added so as to
givo ns five days ot solid fun
and ontortaininont and thus
introduce tho grout fair and ox-
position of 1898. A motion was
made and carried that tho Iiir
Association com. at onco proceed
to inaugurate tho entorpriso by
raising funds socuring grounds
etc for tho oponlng meeting in
November. In other words the
West Toxas FHlr Is an entity and
no longor a moro possibility.
Another motion was carried to
Instruot the commltteo to lease
or buy suitable grounds and put
a permanent fouoo around thorn.
Strong proforenco was express
oil foru oito near Lytlo Luke but
these details will bo disoussed
by tho lftiir commltteo and re
ported to tho General or Central
commlttooin duo thuo. A mo
tion was made mid carried that
the 'Fair committee be asked to
look after tin exhibit asked for by
Mr E. P. Turnei1 Goh'l Pass.
Ag't T. & P. R'y to Bond for in
theexhlbitof that company at the
Dallas fair and returned to us in
timo for Uso in our fnir.
Tho Contral commltteo decided
to add one more sub-committee
to its working force viz: an Edu-
cational committee. It was stated
that important matters aro to be
looked into in this connection.
Chairman Cockrell appointed a
chairman but took the appoint-
ment of other members under
advisement to be raported at
somo time in tho near future
after consultation with other$.
: A most gratifying report was
made by tho Confederate Home
committee including a letter
from General Phelps command-
ing the Texas Division U. C. V 'p
in which ho promised to mention
the Abilene Home in his annual
address and go upon the floor to
urge its importance with a view
to making this nucleus of a great
institution. This Confederate
home promises tc be agreat thing
for old veterans as well as for
West Texas. Let our people do
all they can to aid the committee
having the Home in charge
The railroad was talked of us'
a matter of course Major J. F.
Buck making a short but pointed
address upon the question. Great
interest was manifested in it
but tho committee had no report
ready at present. No one could
gainsay the fact that our people
are intensely interested in the
railroad question. The interest
manifested at the meeting last
night was certainly very grati-
fying and we truly hope that
something will come of aU this
agitation.
Wives Must Support Husbands.
Under the law of California
the wife con bo compelled to sup-
port her husband says the Bos-
ton Woman's Journal. This
point was established recently
by a decision rendered by Jus-
tice Temple of the Supreme
court concurred in by Justices
Henshaw and Van Fleet and
Chief Justice Beatty. The cir-
cumstances on which the decis-
ion was made were peculiar.
In Los Angeles county there
lived an aged couple named Liv-
iugston. The wife Mrs. Mary
A. Livingston has reached
the mature ago of 70 years and
her husband Samuel W. is even
older than his wife. In fact ho
is so aged as to be infirm and un-
able to support himself. Some
time ago the wife deserted her
husband and he was left as help-
less us a baby. In their more
prosperous days the wife always
carried the bank book and furth-
ermore she had mouey in her
own right.
After tho old woman deserted
tho old man he sued her fot
maintenance and won the suit
the superior court of Los Auge-
los county ordering Mrs. Living-
stone to pay hor husband a
monthly allowance of $21. Sho
at onco transferred all her prop-
erty to her daughtor so as to
avoid tho execution of tho order.
Sho was cited to appear aud show
cause why she should notbopuu
ished for contempt. Tho con-
tempt proceedings resulted m
her being committed to prison
until such a time as sho would
comply with tle order of tho
court From that judginotit sho
uppoaled to the supremo court
and tho judgment has been af-
firmed. Dallas Texas Sopt 10th 1697.
Pub Abilene Reporter:
Abilene Toxas.
Dour Sir:
It is proposod to mako a dis-
play at tho Stuto Fair of products
such as fruits grains vegetn
bio forage minorals now ma
torials suitable for manufacture
grown or found In Toxas. Those
specimens will form part of tho
Texas and Pucitlo Exhibit and
will bo carofully laboled so as to
show by whom grown or furnish
ed name of town or county
Fruits should bo sent In sufficient
quantity to JUl jars measuring
from olio to 11 vo gallons Gvulus
grasses ot3. in convenient bun
dies not less than six inches
thick. Corn sugar-cane in bun-
dles of ono dozen stalks; and.
othor exhibits in convenient
packages. As these exhibits wil
bo displayed without cost to tho
parties sending thorn no charge
should bo mado for tho material
sent. Ship by Pacific Express
using enclosed tugs for tho pur-
pose. Vorv truly
E. P. TURNER
G. P. & T. A.
Referring to the above Tho Re-
porter urges upon tho farmers
tho necessity of complying with
Mr. Turner's request Much
good may be done this country
by this means. Wo will forward
all articles and trust that our
people will not neglect this.
Leave your exhibits at The Re
porter office and we will see that
you get the proper credit. As
the Dallas Fair opens in about
three weeks no time is to be lost
us the railroad company will
want tho exhibit in place before
the fair opens. 91-Gt.
iczema
Is the external indication of a con-
dition of the blood which produces
fiery irritation almost unbearable. It is
a mistake to think that this local irrita-
tion is the disease itself it is simply an
evidence of a disordered condition of the
blood. The seat of the disease is in the
blood and this is why the various salves
and ointments usually applied have no
effect whatever They cannot possibly
reach the origin of the trouble; only a
blood remedy can do that. S. S. S. is
without an equal for blood diseases aud
promptly and permanently cures Eczema
and removes all taint.
Much torture could be avoided if the
first itching symptoms were heeded and
a course of S.S.S. taken promptly as ap-
parently insignificant skin irritations
usually develop into the v;brst form
of Eczema unless'properly treated.
It matters not what other treatment
has been tried in vain S. S. S. always
gets at the seat of the disease and
forces it out.
Mr. William Armstrong an old resi-
dent and h'Rhly respected citizen of
DePere Wis. writes on April ist 1896.
MR. WILLIAM ARMSTONO.
"I have been a sufferer for eight years
with that horrible disease. Eczema at
times all over my body and no person
can describe the burning and itching I
had to endure.
"The extent of my sufferings can be
appreciated when I state that my con-
dition was such that I could not take
my bed aud for three mouths I never
laid down but was compelled to sit in
my chair when not moving around r
was treated by the best of physicians
with no success and tried all the patent
medicines recommended for Eczema
without any good results. I then went
to the Indiana Mud baths with the same
results nvd then to Mt. Clements the
celebrate 1 medical resort where the
treatment parually helped me but the
disease shortly returued. I went to
Florida thinking that a change of cli-
mate aud water and the citron fruit
might cure me but found no cure.
"I then tried S.S.S.amlafterthreeday
the burning and itching subsided and
I coutinued to improve steadily until I
was wellentirely cured. After com-
tneuciug S. S. S. I never put an extern
nal application to my limbs pr any part
ofuiypodv. You may refer tome any
peon suffering from Eczema. I will
always) keep the S. S. S in my house
for 1 consider it the best blood mediciu
ol the present age. I am seventy years
jof age and am now in perfect health."
For real blood diseases relief can only
be obtained by using a rtal blood reme-
dy. So many people who are sufferers
jrom an obstinate or deep-seated blood
disease make the mistake of taking re-
tdies which at best are only tonics ami
cannot possibly reach their trouble. It
is in iust such cases which other so-called
blood remedies cannot reach tbat S.S.S.
has wade some of the awt woadttfitl
cures.
S. S S. cwrea permanently Ci-ncw
Catarrh Rheumatism Eczema Tctttr
Contagious Blood Poison Scrofula awl
all other disease having their origin in.
the blood. It is a
A Real Blood Remedy
and gets at the seat of disease aud force
it out promptly even after other so-called
blood remedies have failed. S. S. S. k
guaranteed purely vegetable
Hooks on blood and skin diseases will
be mailed free to any address by Swift
Specific Co. Atlanta Qa.
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