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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30
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correspondent Of the Springfield Re-
p4oaea"' travelling through this state,
writes as follows:
"rhis State, as every one knows. Is
the finest wheat-growiog country in the
world, and it's farmers have cared. for
little else than the cultivation of this
grain; though at the present time the
raising otfhops occupies share of their
attention. The vines are growing well,
and present a healthfal appearance, but
the success Of this venture is as vet
doubtful, as fears are entertained Of
their destruction by insects, as happen
ed 70 some extent in Wisconsin. :Verv
little cultivated, or, as it is styled here,
tame fruit, is to be seen ia this State,
but the wild strawberries, raspberries,
gooseberries, plums, and crab-apples,
which grow in profusion, partly COM
pensate for this deficiency. It would
delight the heart Of any farmer, even
those Of your boosted Connecticut VAL
icy, to view this rich and prolific soil,
which requires no dressing, and which
moreover, is almost entirely free from
stones thereby allowing the use Of ma
calnery and greatly lessening the Ia.
bors Of the farm.
I. ''To a young man who il not afraid
Of hard work, Minnesota offers unusual
advantages. Even one possessed of no
capital, by industry and economy, soon
attains an independence. Homestcads.
containing eighty acres can be obtain
ed from the government, attendant
with no expense, save the cost of the
necessary papers, which amounts to
Slo' Taking advantage of this fact,
em'grants are constantly passing
through this city to the different towns
In the State. In addition to her ether
attractions, Minnesota adds that of a
healthful climate.
"Ihe healing properties of its air are
justly celebrated, and arc peculiarly eff
caclous 10 throat and lung diseases; in
yallds afflicted in this manner are
found in considerable numbers in al.
most every town in the State. The
greater part experience cures, though
time and patience are required, a years
residence often being necessary for
complete restoration of health. The
Inhabitants tell Of many wonderful
cures, and are oftentimes themselves
the representatives. of the miraculous
power Of this climate to change vast
Ing, worn frame to one buoyant with
life and energy"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

The Chicago Times boasts that
the Democratic platform "is common
sense platform" whereupou the Albany
Journal pithily replies ut is tariff
platform. It is an Andrew johnson
platform. 1t is platform made by
Confederate Generals aud Peace Demo-
Gratis, It is an attempt that was often
made during the war to dress rebels in
the uniform of Union soldiers to de-
ccive the sentinels on duty, BY the men
who starved our prisoners at Anderson
vile, and sent emissaries to introduce
infection into soldiers hospitals. It is
the last hope Of the lost cause and it
is doomed, With the candidate upon it,
! to be- , failure" ,>-r = -.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30
AN ACQUISITION OF. TERRITORY

The United States has taken posses
sioa of the small uninhabited islands in
the Pacific Ocean, about half way from
the Sandwich Islands to Japan. This
is the first acquisition of territory ever
made by our Government in this man
ner The islands are near together,
aud each is mile and half long by
a quarter of a mile in width. They are
occupied by Captain William Reynolds,
Of the Lackawanpa, in obedience to or
ders from the Navy Department. He
says he went ashore with six boat-'oads
of men and several officers, fred salutcs
and raised the stars and stripes on the
highest point, after which q seine was
hauled, a large number of fish caught,
and the day speut in picnicing. He
named them Midway islands, and called
the harbor, which is an excellent one
for vessels drawing less than eighteen
feet of water, Welles harbor. The Is
lands arc formed Of coral reefs, give
good water, are over fifty feet in eleva-
ton at the highest point, and partially
covered with shrubs and coarse grass.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
will probably use them fo1, coaling
station. ........
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

PRESERVING TOMATOES FOR VIM
rER.-Ripe, sound tomatoes, cut and
stewed until they can be put through
a cullender to take the skins out; then,
in = boiling state, put them in dry hot
bottles or jars, which may b. prepared
by setting them in hot water, and grad
ually increasing tho heat till the water
boils. Fill the bottles and let them
boil few minutes; cork and seal while
hot, outing the cork even with the top
Of the bottle !, keep them in : dry, cool
place. For sealing-wax, take two parts
Of rosia, l Of beeswax, and ! Of shel]ac,
melted together. 3 ,ssu,=nsts ...s5 ri
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

RASPBERRY CREAM.-Rub quart
of raspberries through sieve to take
out the seeds, and then mix it we'll with
some cream, and sweeten with sugar to
your taste. Put it in i bowl and froth
with a syllabub churn, taking off the
froth as it rises. When you have as
much froth as you want, put the rest Of
the cream into adeep glass bowl OF
dish, aud put the frothed cream on it,
rs high as it will stand.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30
THE HORTHERN PAclFI.> RAIL
ROAD. .
From Tie Helena (Aontana) Poet.

! a
From Tie Helena { (Aontana) Po.t.
The popular heart is right; nine
tsnths of Montanians arc awake to the
importance of the Northern Road, ano
We ask nothing better than that the
people Of Montana hold meetings III
every town, and pass resolutions upon
this subject. twill be powerful in
nuence brought to bear upon Congress,
which they will be glad to recognize as
authority for the immediate endov.
ment of the Northern Road. By al,
means let there be meetings. Let it
be remembered that the eight largest
railroad companies in the United States
have secured the charter of the North.
ern Rad. Let it be remembered that
it Is by seven hundred miles a sholter
route than the Union. Let it be 70,
membered that We are nearer Chicago
and New York by the Northern Road
than we would be at Salt Lake. Let
1t be remembered that the Northern
Pacific will build five hundred miles of
trunk line through the heart and
length OF Montana, and the Branch on
ly q couple Of hundred in one corner
Let it be remembered that the Central
runs through a barren, desolate, sage
brush'an alkali or rugged mountain
oas country for nearly one thousand
miles, while the route of the Northern
is through the best grain producing
valleys, and the greatest mineral belts
on the contradiction Minnesota to
Puget Sound. Let it be remembered
that the Central is being built at bu,s
two points, and the actual construction
Of the road from Omaha to San Fran
cisco will only have taken three or
three and a half years, while on the
Northern roae, over 700 miles shorter,
construction can be commenced at ten
or twelve different points accessible to
steamboats,, and the work be prosecuted
much more rapidly. Let it be remem-
bered that less snow falls on the North
ern route, the grades are easier and the
fuel more plentiful. Let it be remem-.
bere3 that this Northern road will be
the highway Of empires through the
heart of the one just coming into the
hands of civilization and development.
Let it be remembered that the govern
ment cannot afford to Withhold its aid ;
that Gems. Grant, Sherman, Ingalls,,
Meigs and others, have reported in its
Favcr, and that the wealthiest compa-
MES and most energetic railroad men in
the country are interested in, and work
ing for it. Let it be remembered that
10 four or five months the eastern
journals that barred their columns
against it for this session, will throw
every energy in its favor that the New
York Chamber of Commerce have de-
clared for.it, that Congress has renew
ed its land grant; that a whole tier Of
States and Territories With more "lisht-
ming" in them than all the rest combin-
ed, are united for its SUCCESS. Il
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

7 APPLE FLoAr.- To ono quart Of ap-
pies, slightly 'stewed, and well mashed,
Out the whites of three eggs, well beat.
.en, 81, and four hcaping tablespo poonsfal Of
ioaliff m msugar beat, them together for Rf-
ab,e Teen minutes, and cat With rioh milk
and nutmeg. 'sts'& N'Ss4a IS k3"=. :. 5s.ss.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

APPLE FR1rrERs-Make = batter
. With three eggs, Eve ounces Of -four, =
little salt; beat the batter smooth, then
add, BY degrees, IS much milk a viii
make it like stiff cream, peel your .p-
pies, and cut them il thin slices,s take
out the core, dip them in The batter,
and fry them 10 lard pnt them on !,
sieve to drain; sih sugar over them. !.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

"A crusty old bachelor says that
Adams was called s'Eve" because
when she appeared the day Of mans
happiness was drawing to close.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

DIX 70 seymour--''I have troops
enough to take cara Of the mob, and
you too s;.:,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

"A woman ii Usnada disagreeing
with her mother.in.law, took her up
and quietly throw her into !. forty foot
well. ....eI =s,sZ s=e :.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

Wade Hampton Gays athe |, cause
for,which Stoneval Jackson and Jeb.
Stusrt fell cannot be in vain, hnt in
some form willJet triumph. !.aI
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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

STRONG & WILLIAMS,
- SUCCESSORS TO R. Q: STRONG ~
- ass Third street, ,zst. Paul,
nEALERS in, Carpets. Oil Cloths, Mat
l )tings, Curtain Materials and Trimmings
Upholsterinr and Furnishing Goods. Wih3
dow Shades Wall Paper, Mattresses
Feathers, &c. v7n4V-1yS1
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My arrangements with ono Of tho oldest
Importing and Jobbing Houses Of the East,
and having buyer in tho market oil the
time, and buying my Goods all for cash,
Minnesots Merchants will find bargains at
oil times in nv Store. II ! v9n18-t
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

- JOB PRINTING
OF all kinds, plain or colored, executed short no
ttce in the best stye and at St. Paul prices Print
ng done in German and Norwegian, as we'll as Eng
tsh, and warranted to give satisfaction
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-12-26
BELLEVUE, LA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1868 1T

no other port on the Cult or on
the Atlantic coast, and which can
not long escape the attention of
capitalists and business men.
Here on the Pascagoala river
and It's tributaries is an inexhaus-
tible supply oflumber, enough to
fill demands for a century tocome,
not only of hard pine lumber, but
also of cypress, oak of various
kinds, ash, hickory, sweet gum,
poplar, juniper, cherry, black wal
nut and some cedar. Moreover,
the hard pine lumber is at least
a hundred per cent. more valuable
for many uses than the soft pine
and spruce of the Northern forests.
Spars have for 20 years been ship
ped from the Pascagoula region to
England, France and Spain. A
single piece, 92 feet long and a
foot square at the upper end, is
said to have been the finest spar
ever shipped from this country.
Il Cor. Chicago Republican. f. III
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G.. sNfc CLe2s@ghGEse,
Rich'd We. Turner.

A ttorney at Law, Bellevue, La.
N Will practice in the parishes of
Bossier, Caddo and DeSoto. All busi-
ness entrusted to him will receive
prompt and energetic attention. IL
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Sinking Work.

The article below, which we copy
from q late number Of the United
States Economist, we commend
to the careful perusal of every pa
rent who has sons to 'bring up.n
The fact mentioned by. our San
Francisco and New York contem-
poraries exist also in every city,
town and village in this State
namely, that good, industrious
mechanics earn far more money
than the average Of "profession1
ais and more than twice as much
as clerks, statesmen, etc. In re-
gard to the social standing of the
two classes, all Of that is rapidly
undergoing change.
A San Francisco paper com
plains Of the tendency of young
men to crowd to the city from the
country, and to engage in busi-
ness and professional pursuits in
place Of farming and mechanical
industry. As an evidence of the
folly Of this course it represents
that while good mechanics in that
city can obtain constant employ
ment at wages averaging 800
per month, clerks and statesmen
can only command $40 or 80 a
month, and find it difficult to OBJ
tain employment even at these
prices. ye9tpyg 4
The complaint Of our California
contemporary is common to all
| cities. In this city clerks, book
| keepers and statesmen do not com
mand, as a general rule, half
| the wages that is paid to good
/ mechanics. We have known we'll
educated but unemployed iphysi-
clans and lawyers lament that
they were, not mechanics, and en-
W the s. a day that is paid to
bricklayers and carpenters. It is
a fact, that in New York at the
present time, skilled workmen of
almost every trade are better off,
and enjoy more of the solid eom-
forts Of life than the crowds of
professionals and clerks that have
to work more hours for less mon
| ey. OF course there are CLERKS
and salesmen that. command sew
/ eral thousand dollars a year for
i ~
their services, but the lucky Or
to speak more correctly-the able
ones are few in comparison to the
number who are obliged to ''keeE
up appearances" and support
family on $500 a. year or less. I
| is also fact, that while gentle
] man1ys avocations are oyercroWd
ed there is no complaint Of thi:
kind in reference to skilled work
1s1bsl1s T60da8 at ,aaftw I8'
men. It is a proyerb, that q gOof
mechanic can obtain employment
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A.. B. W'Nfk6ass.

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Min
n den,, La. Will practice 10 the
l 9th and llth District Courts Prompt
attention given to ali legal business en-
rusted 10 his care. n23
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r. III. EOrz.

A ttorney and Counselor at Law.
IN Bellevue, Bossier parish, La.
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Ltgciest I'D. Ssgntgisgge,

4 ttorney at Law Address Shreveport,
n La, Win practice in The .Courts OF
Caddo, Claiborne and Bossier, and in the
United States and Supreme Courts of the
State All claims for collection in Northern
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana or Mississippi
promptly attended to-, $50.
REFERENCES -Wyche & Richardson, Spy
ker 4 Sandidge, Hays g. Adams, Hon. H. NJ.
Spofford, New Orleans; Dr.. VIM. Burt,
Humphreys & Dashiell, Harrison & Crusoe,
Columbus, Miss; Sam. Mosley, Texas
Leading members of the Bar, in Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana. v6nll
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B. r. Fa9.t,

A ttorney at Law. Bellevue, Bos-
"a sier parish, La. v6nl6
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The Lumber Region, Shell
Banks, Etc. of Southern
7sHoa Mississippi. A

ii aeuEs4ss - ii 4aH Gaa
p This letter / shall devote to the
lumber region of Southern Missis-
sippi, and would call the atte1l-
tion OF your lumbermen and the
public at large to the locality on
the Mexican Gulf and the enOr-
nous extent of the country in
Southern Mississippiundeyeloped,
yet full of resources, watered by
the Pascagoulariver and its tribu-
taries. Eighteen years before the
settlement Of New Orleans, and
only few months after the first
French settlers landed at Biloxi,
twenty miles westward, Bienville
explored the Pascagoula at least
up to the point where it had been.
crossed by De Soto about one hum
dred and fifty years earlier. Bi
enville doubtless listened to the
''mysterious music," which is Ger
tainly heard at times at the mouth
OF the Pascagoula, but the cause
of which no one has satisfactorily
explained. He left on record. his,
impression Of the splendid live,
oak groves along the lower river,
the fine shell bluffs and the som
Der pine forests stretching back
into the interior. / s5ooS9o 9i
If the readers of the Republican
will glance at the map of Missis-
sippi it will show that a. large
part of that State is drained by
the Pascagoula andi it's tributaries.
Dog River empties into. the Pas.
cagoula about eight miles above
the gulf and reaches up into Ala
bama between 500 and 400 miles.
About 80 miles above its mouth
the Paseagoula branches into the
Chickasawha and Leaf rivers, both
of which extends some 800 miles
into the interior. Light draft
steamboats, have run up to Enter
prise, Miss, a distance of 400
miles. 1t is computed that the
Pascagoula and its tributaries
furnish 1900 miles of navigable
water, which is, of~course, every
where available for RATS, and is
lined with inexhaustable forests
Of pine, cypress, etc. Along these
rivers are. cane bottoms, of the
richest soil, ,eaislly protected from
overflow, reclainable with labor,
and which would produce enor-
nous crops of rice, cotton, etc.
There are also some heavily
timbered bottom lands and alluvial
tracts that would equal any part
Of the South In fertility of soil.
Bat by far the the greater portion
of this neighborhood is occupied
by the piney woods, than which
no part of the country has been
less understood, more abused, or
willin the end prove to be more
valuable. Readers at Chicago
should appreciate, as they doubt
less will, these figures of this mar
velous lumber region of the gulf.
In no other part Of the United
Estates can subsistence be obtain
ed at so little cost of labor. I'm
mense herds ofcattle would thrive
in these natural. parks of the
South, requiring little if any pro-
visions for the winter. In the dry
,er portions sheep can also be rails
ed to advantage as soon as the
dogs shall have been subjected to
st. bartholomew massacre.
Every Kind Of fruit and vegetable
peculiar to the South, and many
1 raised in the North, grow to per
1 lection. Where the pine land has
been slightly enriched the sweet
qPpotato5, gr6aado nut and castor
fbean are remarkably productive,
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NUMBER SO.

any where, while the number Of
idle statesmen, book keepers, law
yers and doctors Ia constantly in
creasing.
This is a serious evil, and, uli-
fortunately, it il one that is likely
to increase in place of being di-
minished. This is largely due to
the injudlcious conduct of fparents
who think that it is a disgrace
for their sous to begin life the
same as their parents and work
for living. Our colleges are
crowded By young men who de-
sire learning not for its own sake
and for the intrinsic excellence OF
knowledge, but as q means for
getting "an easy living" And,
as if this evil were not enough,
there are already institutions spe.
cially established for grinding
raw country lads into full fedged
merchants, shipping clerks and
book-keepers, in q few weeks time
and sat the lowest possible priee.n9
In this way the cities are over
stocked with professionals to the
neglect of honest industry. alE
1t is time that sounder. views
should prevail upon this subject.
Parents should understand that
it is their duty to give their chill
dren sound industrial education
as well as good natural culture
The foremost men in New York
have risen from the workshop. A
trade, well learned, is o mental
discipline in itself. It trains young
men to overcome physical obstacis
by energy and skill. r.4g "
One of the most eminent and
popular men in this city, of high
culture and worldwide reputation,
possessing all the advantages Of
wealth and Federal and State pat.
ronage, gave his son a college ed
ucation indeed, but he also gave
him instruction in the theory and
practice of agriculture. The con.
sequence is, that the young man,
instead Of being a useless hanger
on of society, is now one Of the
most flourishing farmers of tho
West, and brings the advantages
of his high culture to bear on the
practical every day affairs Of life.
| It wouldb be easyto enlarge upon
this theme. This growing distaste
for industrial pursuits is onccf the
worst featages Of the times. There
lis danger Of the whole class Of
/ American artisans ard mechanics
dying out, and of our wcskshops
passing entirely iRto the hands of
foreigners. Persons who fail to
give their children a SQUAD indus
trial education fail to comprehend
one Of the most significant signs of
the times. This may be regarded
las the grand era Of labor, and
4 there will be no career, ne future
for those who are not qualified by
,thand as we'll as brain culture to
taccept the destiny that is opening
to our country. Erchasse. '''
4 To MAKE Cows GIVE Milk
Ia Wisconsin farmer says: sTf
5yoa wish to get a large yield OF
rich milk, give your COW, three
times a day, water slightly worm,
Slightly salted, in which bran has
been stirred at the rate OF ono
lquart to two gallons of water. A
COW will gain Immediately under
the effects of it, and will become
SO much attached to it as TO nRg.
EfuseEclear water unless very lthifs-
ty, but this mess she will drink
almost any time, anaWsk for more.
! fTbe aFnount of this Iritttc d nm ar.