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THE SOUTHERN MERCURY: DALLAS. TEXAS, OCT. 31. 1889.
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THE FARM.
Women in Horticulture.
A horticultural journal say that U has
"no patience with the uperflcial observ-
ers who twaddle about the degrading eflect
of the out-door work upon women. They
must be peculiar women who can be more
♦•degraded" by working in God'i pure air,
•mid the beautiful lights and sounds of
nature, among tho wonderlul pant ol gar-
den and Held, than by being cooped up in a
hot kitchen, handling poti and kettle*, do.
log chamber work, and mending old
clothes. No honest work is degrading to
man or woman, unless it Injures tho moral
nature or weakens the body. We owe to
our husbandB and wives aud children and
to our Maker the duty of performing the
work before us to the best of our ability.
We also owe to them the duty ot doing
tho work we are best lltted for, and to take
good care of our bodies lu order that we
may do our work well. No industrial pur-
suit is better lltted to women and they to
it, than horticulture; the culture of fruits,
flowers and vegetables, for pleasure or
profit. Already millions of women culti-
vate and love as pets tho few ilowerlng
plants and vines In their windows; thou-
sands know the pleasure ot flower bods;
and hundreds are practicing the art oí gar-
dening on a larger scale as a profession.
May their efl'orts succeed and may thou-
sands more j oln their number I Thus will
horticulture be honored, their own lives
be made more beautiful and useful and
mankind be blessed by the better health
and higher alms of the mothers ot Christen-
dom.
This 1b all' very pretty to read. It is very
pretty to see a woman in her sun-oonnet,
cultivating flowers and oven vegetables for
the fun of it or even for profit on a limited
scale. But to lay it down, Hat and solid,
that a woman is in her place at the hard
work of the fio.il or tho market garden, U
all humbug. Of courso she is better out-
doors than in the kitchen or the parlor, as
far as her strength will admit. But every-
body who growB vegetables for the market
must labor severely. It is one of the most
exacting callings that people engage in.
We have never seen a woman beueütod
by work in the field, We do not believe
that she belongs there. In the flower gar-
den ího is an ornament and she finds great,
pleasure In floriculture. The broad advo-
cacy of labor for women, which we have
quoted, Is too much on tho plano of the
lazy Indian's conception of woman's right-
ful placo.—Western Ilural.
Jute And Ramie In Texas.
Agreeable to my promise, 1 will tell
your readers of what I saw at Yorktown,
Texas, in the way of jute and ramie rais-
ing. Mr. Fremerey aud Mr. Nathro have
demonstrated that ramie can Do success-
fully raised anywhere in the central or
western part ot Texas—at least wherever
irrigation can bo had. I was shown the
third growth of the ramie plant, then stand-
ing four to five feet high on a small plot
which had been partially irrigated, and was
shown cuttings nearly six l'eet long which
were cut Irom the same plot in May and In
the latter part of July. Mr. Fremerey as.
sured me that four, and gonerally five, cut-
tings can be depended on irom the same
plot where irrigation is assured. But ex-
periments have provod that without Irri-
gation there can be but two cuttings av
sured, and that they cannot with certainty
be put in the best condition for decorticat-
ing. I Bend you by this mail samples ot
the ramie ribbons, they were prepared by
Mr. Fremorey's machine in my presence.
Mr. Fremorey Is enthusiastic ovor tlie
possibilities ol both the ramie and the juto
as a crop for the southern farmer, but he
says that in the westorn or drier portion
of tho south that both must be raised by
means of irrigation. He further states that
where irrigation can bo had the crop is
practically sure, aud that the crop which
can be raised will pay a profit equal to tho
best California fruit crop. I saw growing
■Jute plants seven to eight feet in height,
sud 1 was shown samples of the prepared
flber which I think equals any which
could be produced in any country.
I send you to-day some of the jute flber
which Mr. Fremerey prepared from .iute
raised in Texas, lie says it can bo pro-
duced in greater quantity per acre in Tex-
R8 than in ludio, and he also claims that it
U far superior in quality to the imported
fiber, riease examino it, and tell your
readers what you think ot It. Will you al-
so kindly take the trouble to submit it to
the inspection of some one who is an ex-
pert in Buch fibres y—«orne dealer In juto
and Juto goods. I thick that if wo can pro-
duce such fibers aB I saw at Yorktown. and
enn practically prepare them for the mar-
ket, we should not as a natiou be sending
our money abroad for theBe supplies which
we must have. It sceme to mo that our
farmers instead of meeting together and re-
lolving to down the twine and tho bagging
trusts, should put on their thinking caps
snd follow out the advanlagts which they
surely have for producing material hero at
home for the manufacture of twine, sack-
ing, and tho many articles for which tlieso
foreign-raised fibers are used, and thus aid
our nation to bo practically independent
of trusts.
If what 1 have written shall cause some
ol our manufacturers to investigate the
machinery which is made for decorticating,
and shall lead them to pick up the still
crude machines and perfact them, as sure-
ly our Invontlve mechanics can, and if I
can further aid, or have aided In setting
in motion the investigation of the fiber-
producing plant*, aud so stimulate their
production as an American commodity, I
shall feel well repaid. 1 wish io put my-
self on record with the prediction that
V7ithin ten yeors from now the American
larmer will produce all the fiber wanted
for the manufacture of twine, ropo, sack
lng or bagging, and will al-o produce all
the ramie tor the sail cloths, upholstery
and such finer goods a this fiber is used
for, also that American decorticating ma-
chinery will be so perfected that it will
decorticate the plants far moro cheaply
than the low-priced labor of Chiná and the
Indies. Fremerey's machine should bo
fcoughtout by our machinery manufactur-
er* and developed.
W. S. Makbiiam..
. Many of the creameries and cheese fac-
tories started in the Northwest during the
post two years have not been financially
successful, says tbe Northwestern Agricul.
turlst. It is rarely that an enterprise of
tbis sort paya tbe first year or two. Farm-
•rs have to learn about the business. They
at first and aore slowly.
After they find that their more enterpris-
ing neighbors are making money thoy get
ready to loll in line. These creameries are
otten built, like railroads, before there is
business for them. It takes more than a
building and machinery and butter maker
to make a successful creamery. There mu t
be plenty of good cows within a reason-
able distance, and neat milkers with fairly
good conveniences to keep their inilk until
crcam rises. With all these things it takes
time to acquaint larmers with tho methods,
and convince them that there is money in
the business. Once established It is aston-
ishing what a change a creamcry works iu
a community. Cssh transactions tako the
place of trading on long credits. Farmers
buy cheaper for cash or short credits. Mer-
chants collect añcTpay bills promptly. All
kinds ot business Is done on smaller mar-
gins and on a cash basis; mortgages are
lifted and men get free from the burden of
debt. Iu this way tbe cow and tbe cream-
cry workB wonders, and communities
which have found the new way ot living
wonder how they survived the terror of
the old way.
Blooming Grove.
Editor Mkrcuky:— We now give you
a remedy for hog cholera : Fded thorn a
mixture of sulphur, copperas, and salt in
boiled coru or grits; about ono teaspoon-
ful of salt and the same of sulphur aud
copepras to each animal, and pour coal oil
upon their backs. This remedy will pre-
vent and cure, it taken iu due time.
The Lost Boy.
A small cow, with tho right kind of ma-
chinery In her, writes a correspondent ol
the ltural New Yorker, can got all Lhc milk
solids out of a given amount of feed as well
as a big cow. But if you have good, big
cows and tbey give you a fair profit, keep
them, but breed them to tho smallest dairy
bull you can find, and if the result is a
moro concentrated cow, I think you are
the gainer.
Our efl'orts to increase the circulation of
The Mercury by ottering premiums, are
being responded to far beyond our ex
pectations. We hope that every true Alli-
ance man In Texas will at least send us In
one new subscriber apiece, that will satis-
fy us.
How Horses Learn Tríeles.
Horses, says 'Professor George Bartholo-
mew, aro a good deal like men; you can train
them to do pretty much what you want.
Nature doesn't seem to have meant them to
do much talking, but I believe their capaci-
ties iu other respects are probably far in ox-
cess of anything we have yet conceived. And
tho methods of training aro very similar.
You cau't force a horse into learning o thing
any more than you can a man. Affection
is at the root of successful teaching in both
cases.
\Ynen I buy a horse and begin to train him
my first stop is to win his confidence. Till 1
accomplish that I can do nothing with him.
Then I begin to teach him a simple act. To
make him lift his foot on a pedestal, for in-
stance, I would place tho pedestal in front of
him and touch him gently on a sensitive part
of tho knee, at tho same time constantly re-
peating some word expressive of tho act I
wanted him to porform.
Of courso tho horse doesn't know what tho
word means, and he does half a dozen
wrong things before he does tho right ono.
Tho moment ho does it, however, I hold tho
foot there, fondle it, aud show my approval
in every way possible. This is repeated so
many times a day till tho horso gets to know
what is wanted whenever ho hears tho word.
So with the moro difficult acts. Some of
them take a long time to learn. It took me
nearly a year's patient work to teach Abdal-
lah to walk, trot, march or paco backward
at a singlo word of command, but the way
ho does it now repays mo for all tho troublo.
—Philadelphia Republic.
Bottom hill Women Workers.
Their food consists of a meal of thick soup
at night made of lentils and bacon, with
black bread and perhaps a few raw garlics.
Tho other two meats consist of black bread,
hard and sour, cheese and raw bacon, with
beer for a boverage. At noon time garlic
also is eaten raw. This is their regular diet
year in and out. Somotimes on feast days
they got a little mutton or roast pork, or
sometimes a gooso and potatoes, tho height of
their ambition.
On Sundays and feast days tho whole num-
ber appeal- in clean clothes, remarkable for
their barbaric display of color and ornament.
On these occasions tho woman havo clean long
sleeved chemises, with black velvet peasant
waists, embroidered with colored threads and
silver, and a brilliant kerchief is tied over
the head, and sjioes and white stockings aro
worn. Children are dressed in tho same pic-
turesque style. It makes no difference to
them what tho physical condition of tho wo-
man, she must keep on working, and it is not
uncommon to seo women on tho verge of
motherhood climbing tho ladders with heavy
loads of brick or mortar; but theso Bohemian
womon workers form one of tho most pictur-
esquo sights of Vicuna at work or in tho
streets.
Itejjret Either Way.
Tho Hon. Richard P. Marvin, now £0 years
old, and living in Jamestown, N. Y.. tells
this story concerning tho lion. Nóah Davis
and the Hon. Martin Grover: "It wa3 long
ago, when I won presiding judge of the court
of nppeais, aud Judges Davis aud Grover
were on tbo bench with me. During a wholo
day cases bad been coming up for reviow
that were on appeals from decisions made
by Justice Grover or Davis. After awhile
Judge Grover wrote on a slip of paper, 'How's
this, Davis; all the appeals aro from your de-
cisions or miue?' and handed it to me to pass
to Judgo Dnvis. Davis wrote underneath,
'Wo do all tho business,' and passed it back.
Tho proceedings went along for a day or two,
when wo began to review cases on appeal
from my own decisions, and again Grover
passed along a slip of paper for Judgo Davis:
'How now, Davis! No appeals from ours.'
'Wo commit no errors,' answered Davis,with-
out hesitation,"—New York Observer.
To Prevent Steel Implements ltuitlng.
The following is said to be a good appllta-
tiou to prevent metals rusting: Molt one
ounce of rosin in a gill of linseed oil, and
whilo hot mix with it two quarts of kero-
sene oil. This can 1 kept ready to apply at
any timo with a brush or rag to any tools or
implements required to lay by for a time,
preventing any rust, and saving much vexa-
tion when the tool is to be used again.—Ex-
change.
OLD HOPE LODGE FARM.
AN OLD HISTORIC PROPERTY IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA.
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Star Catarrh Cure, tbo greatest remedy on
earth for catarrh and colds In tbe head.
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A Quaint Mandón Containing Hunt Old
furniture and Many Relic —Clonotn
Ilnousli to Satisfy Any Housekeeper.
Dispute as to Original Owner.
In Whitemorsh, Montgomery county, a
short distance from Fort Washington, and
only a stone's throw or two from tho famous
old fort in which the American soldiery in-
trenched themselves after their defeat at tho
battle of Germontown, stands a substantial
mansion, which is notnblo for its age. tho
associations connected with it and the elegant
simplicity of its architecture. It stands
back from tho Bethlehem piko several hun-
dred yards, and is shaded by venerable white
pines, horso chestnuts and other trees, somo
of which are moro than a century old.
It is mi uuusunlly large house, with a brick
front and an abundance of large windows,
over the caps of which are pressed brick or-
namentations.
old time architect!1 re.
Tho entrance is through a door of moro
than ordinarily largo size, and, by means of
soapstono steps, in which aro graven tho in-
itials of tho children of tho residents for more
than a hundred yeurs back, and underneath a
portico supported by large columns, quniutly
carved. The doorway enters upon a hall forty
by twenty feet, which divides the houso into
two equal parts, anil leading therefrom aro
many doors, with arched and kevstoned tops
and columned sides. All tho ceilings are
thirteen feet high. Tho rooms are largo, uut
an otherwise barnliko appearance is broken
by tbo numerous doors throughout tho house.
It seems as though tho owners hud set them
wherever thero was an availablo wall space.
-The greater part of these doors open into
closets, so large and so roomy as to be ample
to hold a bedroom suite und still leave spaeo
enough to turn around. Every chamber has
at least two or three of theso wonderful
closets.
Every room from floor to garret is furnish-
ed with large old fashioned fireplaces, the
mantels and fronts of which on tho first floor
are of black marble, and the fronts of those
on the second floor of light bluo tiles, on
which uro enameled curious figures. Tbo
main stairway leading from the hall to the
garret is wide onough for a public hall, aud
rises by easy flights of broad, low steps from
story to story, and is inclosed, except on tbo
landings, where there aro richly carved bal-
ustrades. Besides this stairway there are
two others, ono ut each end of tho house—
semi-concealed, dark, uncanny, winding af-
fairs, set in the partition walls, and leuding
from tho cellar to tho garrets, aud communi-
cating with all tho rooms in tho houso. Ono
of tho garrets is nearly 100 feet loug and 30
feet wide, and was fitted up in 1864 as a lodge
room for tho Tree Masons, who in that year
split from tho Gerinantown lodge, but was
novel* occupied by them, on account of tho
death of tho owner of tho houso, who was
ouo of tho Bcceders.
Instead of rafters, the roof is supported by
heavy oak beams, on which aro laid three-
inch plunks. Hidden away in tho garroU'
aro relies collected from timo to tiino by for
mer owners. A bundle of war arrows, the
tlint heads of which aro said to bo poisoned,
taken from an Indian warrior supposed to
have been one of a band attached to tho Brit-
ish army; two bows that belonged also to an
Indian braveof tho past; a ghastly collection
of human bones in a box—bones that once
formed tho skeleton of a half grown boy;
also un immense palm leaf fan, used by serv-
ants moro than 1!25 years ago to keep tho flies
from tho dining table of Samuel Morris, one
of tho owners of the placo.
Thero aro conflicting stories as to who
erected tho mansion. As u result, its exact
ugo is unknown, but it is agreed tlmt it was
built not later than 1TU5. It is stated on the
one hand that tho houso was erected about
17.il by Henry Hope, the first owner of tho
property, after whom the place was named
"Hopo Lodge Farm" three-quarters of a cen-
tury later, und who received a grant of 500
acres of land from William Ponn.
On tho other hand, it is claimed by tho de-
scendants of Samuel Morris, tho second
owner, and who was also tho possessor of a
largo mill on tho Wissahickou, near by, that
ho was tho builder, and tbis claim seems to
bo the better founded ono. Those who claim
llopo as tho builder say that ho was a bach-
elor, aud that tho bricks with which tho front
of tho house was built camo from England,
being brought over as ballast of a ship. Tbo
wood work of tho interior is also snid by com-
petent carpenters to have been imported. It
is also related that wiieu the houso was fin-
ished ho gave a grand houso warming and a
reception to meet his intended brido and her
mother, invitations having been issued to
all tho leading families for miles around.
During tho reception, however, it is said ho
drank too much wine and rnado uso of an of-
fensive remark to his betrothed, which so
angered her that ib& canceled the engage-
ment. This, it is related, so preyed on Iioj>e's
mind that shortly after he sold tho property
to Samuel Morris.
Samuel Morris was the eldest son of Su-
sanna Morris, tho eldest daughter of Robert
aud Husailna Heath, who camo to Philadel-
phia with William Penn in 1701. Susanna
Morris was a noted minister of tho Society of
Friends, who mado threo journeys to Eng-
land to preach, during ono of which, in 1731,
she was shipwrecked, notwithstanding that
she was warned beforehand, it is related, by
threo success i vo dream of tho coming catas-
trophe. Samuel Morris, like most of tbo
Friends of that timo, in that section, was a
strong Itoyalist, even going so far, it is said,
as to drivo his cattlo to Philadelphia for tho
use of tho British soldiery after tbo battle of
Gerinantown. rather than let tho Americans
have them. With him on the farm resided a
niece, Annio Evans, who fell iu lovo with and
married Col. Alexander Anderson, a young
American soldier of tho revolution, in spito
of the violent opposition of her uncle.
On tho death of Samuel Morris tho prop-
erty camo into the possession of Joshua Mor-
ris, a brother of Samuel Morris, aud by him
it was sold to William West. Ho died in
176 . April 17, 17o4, tho executors granted
tbo premises to John Wilcox and Joshua Km-
len, to tho use of James Horatio Watmough
for life. Üio wot a general in the revolution-
ary araiy, and was a grandfather of tho wifo
of Gen. Russell B. Thayer. After residing
on tho property for somo years he rented it
to tho well known Steel family, of German-
town, who lived there nine years, and ho
took up his rcsideuco ou I'rico street, Ger-
mantown, whero ho died, Jan. UO, lSUi.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Elcctriclty lu tlio Heart's lioats.
Dr. Augustus Waller, of tho hospital
schools, lias ruado a number of experiments
showing that it in ]>ossibio to dctoct, by exist-
ing electrical instruments, tbo electric cur-
rents generated ut each boat of tlio heart.
Two pooplo holding each other by tbo hand,
and connected with a capillary elect remoter,
givo evidcnco of eloctrical shocks through
each other. Tho hands of a vingle subject,
dipped Into two basins of wator in connec-
tion u ith tho electrometer, give a deflection
of tho instrument at every boat of tbo pulsa
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CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafness, Hay Fever—A New
Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generi.ll; aware that
those diseases are contagious, or that tbey
are due to tbe presence of living parasltcB
in tbo lining membrane, of the nose and
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however, has proved this to ba a tact, and
tbe reBUtl of tbis discovery is that a simple
remedy has been formulated wheroby ca-
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applicatious made at home by tho patient
otiee lu two weeks. N. it.—This treatment
is not a suutT or an ointment; both have
been discarded by reputable physicians as
injurious. A pamphlet explaining this
now treatment is sent on receipt of ton
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AN 0PP0RTUITY OF A
LIFETIME
la Now Offered.Ono of the finest Fruit
Farms is Now OiTerod for Salo In
thj State ol' Texaa.
Situated on Hickory Crook, six miles
northwest ol Lewisville, ten mllos south-
east of Donton and one and a-lialf miles
from Garza station on tho Missouri 1'auitic
railroad.
DESCRIPTION.
This fruit farm has L'-U 1-2 iteres and en-
closed with a good wire fence. There aro
about 100 ucres In cultivation, tho balanco
iu line woodland pasture, with a living*
stream of water running through It, be-
sides Hickory Creek, which runs a mile on
the north side, a nover-lulllug stream of
water.
My orchard contains fully 1,000 bearing
apple trees, with a favorable year will
boar from two to three thousand bushols
of apples, including lilteen or twenty of the
best variotios; 100 peach trees, early nnd
late; 100 gooBe plums und German plums;
00 pear and quince; two acres of blackber-
ries; six aeres of alfalfa, which furnishes
six crops a year; 800grapevines. Thero is
ono dwelling-house, two tenant houses und
three uevcr-lalling wells of puro, soft water,
with necessary outbuildings and lots.
Horses, cattle, Hogs, wagons, mowors,
cider mill, in fact everything on tho place
is for sale. TermB, half cash; balance, 2
and 3 years.
For further particulars inquire on tlio
promises or address
WM. MCKinnjcy,
Gmza. Denton County, Tex.
TO GINNERS.
Wanted—Ono thousand cars cot-
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by /*HUU('KM3 & SONS,
60 Main St., llallas, Texas.
Oontriiots rnndn for tlio season.
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
Bend 20 els. for mnlllng
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a!u nml vualitvof Wntor.
'" .oil Light, llndaQold.
Mitlli'd fur £5 ct«.
"nallookHOcta.
Tho Am.rioan
W.n Works,
•UIWI1A. ILLS.
AGENTS WANTED
THE "HEEflT
SELF WRINGING MOP!
(l'at. May 16, li-88.)
It" loud all others."
in tlio verdict of nil
whoxioit. Arucliot
on ilitii mophcliailio
liautl by retaining
the liolit ut any stuvro
of tho work. Don't
touoli the water with
your hand*. Hollín ?
wator ran bo itguu,
also rotiiah, lye,etc.,
ji iiO'lrnrl. It' you
dcslro to wiibIi window , toinord up hinh, In
fact, anywhere, the mop, by niotiuB of tho
rachct, can bo held witiumt tlw aid ol' tho
ba'id thusroiiiovinir the s'ruln. Wiito for
vtrcularf. Hold oso'naivoly th ouirli anula
throughout tlio I'n led Siatwu. Writ" lit once
fo-territory. T> 15 UACINK MAM.EA11LH &
WRODülií IKON CO , ltaeliu , WIh.
'OSGOOD'
8. Standard
SCALES
_______ oraoanuit
, FroightPaid. Fully Warranted. 3Ton$3B
¡ ether tin nrop>irtlniiiiti.|y low. A^nt. w.ll paid. Bend
forHl ratAloguj. Adilrfw H. W. Ifi iUAUD. O.u'l Aeant.
Dallo*, 'Ulan. Encino , Hullera, Mills, Ulm, IkltliiK, a
or k.harry7
Manufaoturer of
Iron Roofing,
Iron Fencing, 8c.
44 and 40, «wins Av.,
The Panhandle
Machinery and Improvement Co.
soil the
Famous U. S. Solid Wheel
A. 3VE
i «ft x
x> ij
CO
CO
S3
Wlntl Mill cvor «old In Texas. Long
stroko, durable, N# mill ever boforo of-
fered ling given such satlsl'actlou. Send
lor catalogues,
Tlio abovo Company are State Agents far
thocelebiated Halladay Wind Mills, Salem
Vumps, Furqubar Engines, Eureka Wind
Mills, ete. llavo always on hand a lull line
of Machinery Supplies, Brasa Ooods, Belt-
ing, Pipe, Well Casing, Well Drills, eto.
Contract to furnish entire mill, gin 0r
wator-tank outfits. Got their prices. If
you need anything In machinery Hue, you
can savo money by so doing.
Llvo agents wanted in every
county in the state.
Address the
PANHANDLE MACHINERY & IMPROVEMENT CO..
Itirt Worth, Tm
DALLAS
TEXAS
Attention Farmers!
USE THE KING
Castor Oil Axle Grease.
PUT UP IN 5-LB PAILS
This grease is superior to all other
for buggies, wagons, or farm machin-
ery, and used by a large number ol
Alliance men—and will be soon placed
on sale at nearly all Alliance storea
If your local merchant does not keep
it, write Alliance Exchange, Dallas, or
to the
KING MANUFG CO.,
Box 79, Dallas, Texas.
ra. ra. HAMILTON,
Wall Paper, Window Glass, Paints, Oils,
Artists' Materials, Picture Frames, Sto.
74,7 Him Mtroot XJollaa, Texas.
1*1 E A DQ U A RT ERS FOR WHEEL GOODS.
Wo soli Buffglos, Pliuitons, Carriages, Hacks, lload Carts, eto. Should you desire
a bargain, wo can lavpr you. Ouryo ids aro htiiioti.y fiiiht-oi.ahh. Weguarantoo
everything soló. Call or write for our cxcoodlngly low prions. Information given
promptly. Yours truly,
WOOD SOW & /\LLI3RI~TON,
S40 Commerce Street. DALLAS, TEXAS.
—a,„i. jju-ga——■—— — ■ 1 !■ .1.1 ..j. i.j_ lu
Protective and Detective Association,
Established in i88r. Head office,
Dallas, Texas. Branch offices—Atoka,
1. T.; Fort Smith, Ark.; Wichita, Kan.,
and Denver, Col. Agents wanted in
every section of Texas, as well as oth-
er states. For terms, apply to P. & D.
Association, Dallas, Texas.
Dont ncglect to send us the descrip-
tion of nay slock you have lost in the
last 12 or 18 months, as we are finding
numbers of them that had been given
up, and it will not cost you anything
if we don't find them.
FA RMrCHS. you can-
not. nirord to buy a
Nulhu Plow until you
havo cxnmlnod tlio
merits of tlio Trlci/cle.
IIUwqrronted the Ughtel
draft nnd to worlc vt/ual
to any other plow mado
In 011 u Unit of land.
It luis rooolved tho
entliusliiNtlo pratHo of
thousands of I'txas
larmers.
If not sold by your
merchant, havo him
order one tor you, or
write 11s for elroular,
prico and tertriM.
(gpPERj
r CO.MAHUFACTliRfft.Cj
tassEnraaKXx!/
In ordor to Introduce
Into now Jocalltlo* ivo
will send a Trluynlt to
reepoiiílbl lartnors to
he settled for when It
«loo >cooM work. Wo
do not olfor it as tho
chcapeit Out the butt
made for tho monoy
we ask.
Do nut be deceived
liy agents olalinliiir to
havu ii cheap plow that
Ik .111 ' as ([muí as tho
Tricycle. Fifty years
oxperionco and ampio
capltiil enable us to
produco 11 Hrst-clasi
ilow at at leiut poasl-
ile eost.
Toxas.
I A 11 IjI JV OItlOIVI)OItl!,J«1 CO., On 1 Inn.
Machinery and Machine Supplies,
Iron Pipe, Well Casing, Steam Fitting and
Brass Goods a Spcciilty.
ENGINES, B0ILEES, PUMPS, MILLS, Etc,
LIDDELL, HUNTER & CO.
JNO. G. HUNTER, Manager..
Office and Show Rooin—407 Main St., (Opposite Grand Windsor Hotel)
Warehouse—At junction T. and P. and Trunk R. R., Dallas, Texas
Bar^aips! Bar^aips!
1
$9.50 and
$.'2.00.
1.50.
2 for
2 for
I have placed in my hands the following goods, which must be sold.
offer them at the following low prices:
Piarlow (2-row) Corn Planters, $27.50.
Blue Grass Sulky, - 30.00.
Meikles Steel Ueam Plows, 8.00,
5-Tooth Harrows,
7-Tooth Harrows,
Side Harrows (5.tooth) -
Laurel Riding Cultivators,
Iron foot Sweep Stock,
j 2 to 22 inch Sweeps, from
Steel Shovel Blades, 6 to 10 in. ...
Hardened Steel Blades for Cultivator, -
Avery's Cast Shares, .....
Avery's hand Sides, .....
Meikles Mould Boards, ....
A complete stock of Beams, Wrenches, Handles, etc
Take advantage of this offer, and don't wait until you have to use them
to purchase, and pay double these prices for them. There are many extras ¡P
this stock, too numerous to mention. Write for what you want.
S. D. A. DU
id Manager Farmers
2 for $5 1.00
2 for 55.00
13.00
3-5o
4.00
3-5°
42.00
2.50
25c to 35c
35C
45c to 900
- to 35c
40c to 55c
$2.25 to $2.75
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