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The Lands of Louisiana.

We have been favored with
a copy of an interesting report
made by W. J.. G. Baker, ESQ.,,
delegate from Louisiana to the
Louisville Convention, held last
year. The report Is addressed
to B. @. Yancy, chairman Com
mittee on Agriculture. It is
interesting, because 1t describes
our State, the nature of its
soil and climate, and what they
are capable Of producing with
the aid Of man. Accompany
ing the report is O neat little
map of the State. A glance at
the map, says the report, shows
that the State is meandered by
fine navigable streams, which,
with their minor tributaries and
lakes, make it one of the best
fwatered regions on the conti-
nent. No portion Of the State
is more than eight hundred
miles distant from New Orleans.
The State has an area Of
about forty-seven thousand two
hundred and fifty-nine square
miles, or thirty millions two
hundred and forty thousand
acres, divided by nature into
upland, alluvial, prairie and sea
marsh. The upland is describ-
led as generally level, though
frequently undulating, and
sometimes interspersed with
sandstone and ironstone ridges,
that never rise more than two
hundred and fifty feet above
the level Of the sea-. These up
lands are everywhere inter
spersed and penetrated by pure
streams of water, convenient
for agricultural and watering
purposes, and the soil is repre-
Fsented as generally productive,
and . mixture Of sand. The
streams have wide bottoms,
rich and fertile. These uplands,
though hitherto devoted princi-
pally to cotton and corn, are
described as being admirably
adapted to small grain, root
crops, and fruits Of all kinds,
and equal to any land for grape
and tobacco cultivation. The
i report says that much Of this
vast area is tinoccupied, and
can be bought at prices rang
4 ing from 124 cents to $40 pei
acre, according to locality and
i Improvement.
! Thelands known as the prai-
rie region are represented al
taking up about one-eighth q
the State, and comprise ths
principal portion Of the State
south of Red River and west o
the Atchafalaya. They consist
ofa vast expanse of rich ant
gently rolling land, generally
elevated and dry, and wateree
hy numerous streams, IWhicl
furnish convenient navigation
to New Orleans and the rGul
shore. The soil of these prairi
regions is represented to b
very rich; and for stoek-raisinI
!, purposes they. are regarded q
Z far ahead ef any other region
as they abound in o variety .
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Prosperity of the South.

80
From all sections Of the South,
but more particularly those re-
gions watered-b by the Mississip-
pi and its tributaries, the most
favorable accounts reach in re-
gard to the energy, prosperity
and increasing wealth Of the
people. The last cotton and
sugar crops were unusually
good, and the effects of these
great staples are already being
felt among all classes Of the
business community in the
prompt revival Of trade, and
the rapid extension of CONNER
cial relations in every direction.
New Orleans has resumed her
former status, and is more ac-
tive and brilliant than in the
paimist days before the war.
Mobile and Galveston are feel
ing the same impetus, and are
Z
sharing in the same advance
.ment, and another crop ofsugar
and cotton viii set the Gulf
States fairly Oh their feet, and
start them on a career of solid
and permanent growth such as
they have never yet known
Every southward bound steam
.er that leaves st. Louis is load
ed to the guards with supplies
drawn forth by the constantly
increasing demand-supplies,
too, not purchased on long
credit, to be paid for at an in
definite time, but bought for
cash. The orders for mules,
agricultural implements, ma
.chinery,, &c, to say nothing Of
provisions and breadstnffs, dali
ly pouring into our city, are
enormous, and We believe they
foreshadoW for the coming sea-
son the heaviest Southern trade
st. Louis has ever had. III The
fact is, that the portions of the
South alluded to are really in a
more healthy financial acondi-
ton than any other part of the
county, The exigencies of an
unsuccessful war have driven
the population back to first
principles, and taught them
that industry and economy.
coupled with the unequalled
advantages of soil and climate
which nature has bestowed, are
the surest5 road to Iindepend,
ence. That road they are fol-
lowing with @ zeal and an en-
! thuslasm never before witness.
ed, and the result is as sure I'd
be attained as waters seek the
sea. When we, reflect thai
hardly five years have elapsed
since the termination Of hostil
tiles; that the South was ther
hopelessly bankrupt, destitute
alike Of capital and labor; that
during ali that time time and unit TN
now, she has been groaning m
der an oppressive government
entirely foreign to her princi
pies and interest and that, j
spite of these obstacles, she ha
steadily. risen to the surface
We can perhaps form an est
mate Of what she will be, an
what she will do, when. ono
| SkAs& .*.a8 T94# IL &EG LII 5L 4As&
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| Planting Himself to Grow,

Dear little bright-eyed Willie, e. a..
Always SO full of glee, 5s7 50.
Always SO very misehievous, ASs
The pride Of home is he. ,,zse ...... q.
One bright summer dayewe found him
Close by the garden wall, i. -
Standing SO grave and dignifed
Beside sunfower tan
I -H ~s4,fs.a5f4,! s5.r1z.s sesf5
His tiny feet he had covered
With moist and cooling sand .s'''
The stalk of the great, tall sunaower, Ia;
He grasped with his chubby hand. ~
When he saw us standing near him. 81 'fft
Gazing SO wonderfully Bts 1921 y
At bis babyship, he greeted US 3s,
With a merry shout of glee. a =. .Ffs
We asked our darling what pleased him,
He replied with face aglow,
s'Mamma, I'm going to be man; eisls
I've planted myself to growi' sssss z
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u The alluyia1 lands are repre-
sented to occupy about one
foufthtof the area Of the State,
a4sA
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Il. R. W1zEhi2as.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Minden, La viii
IA practice in the 10th and 11th District
Courts Prompt attention given to all legal
business entrusted to his care VINES
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A. II. LEONARD.
4. MUTT.
: y
Mutt 9. Leonard.

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Milan Street,
IA Shreveport, La. VIII practice in the
Courts of Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
Bienville. v7n40
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BELLEVUE, LA,
GENERAL c0LEEGILNF AGENT
WIN attend promptly to the collection o
w all accounts, notes, &c, at the usua
per esntaGe, VszsN
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Advertisements will be inserted at the

Then the spell of thirty years being bro
ken, she arose from her bed, took Iip the
thread of her active, speaking existence.
at the point where it had broken in I84O.
and nearly threw her husband into
apOplexy by the spectacle of her restora-
ton. This woman, they say, was in
sane, while the Chautauqua iady's si-
le1lce is allOwd to be a result Of any
thing but Iunacy.
'Great wit to madness closely is allied.
and thin partitions do their bounds di-
vide; , but why is it not possible that
the silent wife of Michigan has been
quite as sound in calculating wit as her
rival in this State? Worn almost to a
skeleton by household drudgerv and the
care of young children, she must have
been worked into an earlygrave if she
had persevered. By, taking to bed at
the critical moment, and battling medi-
cal interference by resOIutely holding
her tongue, she at once escaped from a
killing bondage, gained no end of rest,
was rid of all the perpleXity and trials
of managing the marriages Of her child
ren, and still left open toherselfa chance
of walking and talking again whensO-
ever those recreatiOns could be INDUCED
without accompanying overwork.-
There's method in such madness as
this IN Y World.
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Japanese Carpenters.

THE japanese Carpenters are ingeni-
| GUS WOrkmen, and their work is done
with marvellous neatness. A curious
| feature of their houses is, that they do
not contain nail, all of the Joints and
timbers being dOvetailed together bv
many ingenious devices; and the whole
work, even to the rafters, is as smooth
as if it had been polished down with
sandpaper, And the Japanese are q
neat people; for they use no paint to
hide any blemishes Of construction or
OrnamentatiOn-nO filagree work or
plaster-Of-Paris gew-gaws, but every
stick in the building is exposed. Every
night, as regularly as. She cooks the
breakfast or sweeps the floor, the Japan
ese housewife takes a wet cloth and
scOUrs the whole interior of the dwell
ing, leaving no part untouched, and no
stain or dirt spot to mar its cleanly ap-
pearance. Then the japanese do not
come into the house with muddy boots.
after the style of the American sover-
eign; but, having covered the floor with
neat mating, always remove the dirty
sandals before stepping upon il. ] stood
and watched the japanese Carpenters at
their work for some minutes, and nOtic-
ed the popularity of their movements,
The Japanese works towards him-that
is, instead of showing a plane from him.
he reaches out, sets the plane upon the
board at arms length, and pulls it to-
wards him and he cuts, saws and
chops in the same way. His saws are
fixed in handles, like a butchers eleav-
er, and the teeth slants or rake towards
the handle. The planes are constructed
ike ours, but the wooden portion is
very thin and wide. The adze is fasten-
ed to the end of hOOped stick, like the
handle of one of the crooked canes worn
on the arm on our streets; and although
their tools are different from Gars, vet
1 can not observe thatthey are awkward
in appearance or awkWardly handled.
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SILENT WOMAN.

In the town of Harmony, Chautanqua
County this State, is, according to the
neighbOring jamestown Journal, q WO-
man of family, who, discovering i'm 1919
that she and husband could talk only to
quarrel, resolved to speak to him no
more from thenCefOrth, and has, for the
last tWenty-One years, remained intleNi-
bly, true to her resolution. When her
husband wishes to communicate intelli-
gence to her for her views thereon, or
ascertain her designs in any given direc-
ton, he is obliged to instruct one or 9TH
er of the children to act rs a medium of
speech between their parents: and, al
though this curiOns state of things pro-
duces occasional awkardnesS, it is Ger
taiuly far preferable to curtain-leCtUr-
ing. The silent wife is represented as
am admirable hOusekeeper, good moth
er, and highty-esteemcd neighbour.
She merely prefers no speech with her
husband TO its alternative of wrangling,
and thereby proves herself no less acute
in wit than powerful i'm the nerve to
sustain it. Until very recently there has
been another silent wife, of even great
er endurance at BOllin, i'm Michigan;
but q result of intense sanity i'm the case
of the first woman has been attributed
to insanity in the second. Mrs Mills,
the latter, broke down under the trials
and privations of rude Western pioneer
life thirty years ago, took instantly to bed
and there preserved such ineXOrable ST.
Ience that her husband and family were
finally forced to conclude that she was
insane.
The Hillsdale NdBdord says that she
utterly silent and i'm bed
through all the long, long years, while
her children grewu married, and went
to new homes, and the cares and labor
Of the household were borne by Others.
Thus she silently lived and reclined un-
Til only few days ago, when q hired
attendant presuming upon her inability
10 demonstrate or complain, was guilty /.
Of marked impudeuco in her presence. |
On the instant she sprung up in her bed, /
with eyes flashing, and Withered the of |
tender with perfect blaze Of scoldiug!
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THE END.
SHARPER'S PERIL.

No wonder you are astOnished-Said
DicB-tO see such an article as that in
my possession, but if it is a strange
thing for me to have a Bible, the way l
came by it is stranger; I have had it for
three years, and ! intend to keep it as
long as I am upon this earth.
Three years ago was living by my
wits in the city of st. Paul. Perhaps l
gambled some; you might call it swim
ding.
At all events there was a chap out
there, a rich young scapegrace, who
loved to be fleeced, and no one loved to
fleece him better than Dick, and one
day he came to me looking very miser-
able.
Dick said he, 'pvc lost my watch, a
poor old turnip, but the old woman
gave it to me just before she died, and l
would not lose it for a splendid farm.
1 Imade some inquiries, and soon found
that the watch had gone into the Vir-
ginia backwOOd settlement.
How I found it out is nothing to you.
told Tom about it.
WELL he said, as tickled as a child,
all we have to do is to put an officer on
the track
You must make a sweet baby I in
terrupted. why, up there they'll shoot
an officer on sight,
Il would give five hundred dollars,
said Tom passiOnately, rather than to
lose that watch
|. Done I said, and the next morning
I started for Lake Howard, fortyseVen
miles in the dreary woods, dressed like
q backwOOdsman, with a couple of Der
ringers in my pockets, and mounted on
oT nj n1 thqt yU0C Onpn q hOr-o HayIioI,
we bought for S2S. A dreary woods it
was. To say nothing of the awful roads,
the backbone of my noble steed was
source of misery, for l had no saddle,
that would have excited suspicion at
once. So was glad at the end of the
second day, when five miles from the
lake I stopped to rest at log hovel by
the roadside,
The family were preparing their even
ing meal, l,-making it into mush-when
entered, and was about to take my
place at the table, when the old man
looked atme sadly.
Young man, he said, 4 see by your
looks that you don't know the Lord.
you are right there, old man. I said,
He's a stranger to me-
At that the old fellow groaned and
Immediately produced the Bible you see
before you.
Hear the words of WRATH he said, be-
ginning to read; and queer work he
made of it, knocking his mental shins
against all the big words.
l paid little attention to him, but I
got somehow vague impression that
his mind was not on his reading. Still
I did not set him down as a hypOcrite, as
I should instantly had he been any
where else but there where hypocrisy
seemed so sUpeTfluOus.
Wicked as I was, was rather pleased
than otherwise to find symptoms of
piety in that God-forsaken place.
The reading and the supper over, the
old man said inquiringly:
'Mebbe yer going into the Virginia
settlement p
There's just where Pm going,' I re-
pied.
Then if you take that ring with you,
violence will be done. Them people
don't know the Lord
Sure enough, like n COnfOunded fool,
as the wisest Of us may may be at times
l had worn my emerald ring all the
way.
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CIT Y
Church Directory.

IsT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-West Court Street.
Rev. J. A. P. McGaw, Pastor. Services every Sab
bath. Hours: II, A. n, ~, P. n.
Sabbath School at ., T. N.
Lecture and Social Prayer Meeting on wednesday
evening, at O'Clock.
Ey. LUTHERAN CHURcH.-South-east corner Comt
and Walnut Strcets. Rev. A. J. lmhoh, Pastor
Services every other sabbath. Hours II, A. NJ z P.
Sabbath School every Sabbath 9:l5 p. N,
lsT METH. E. CHUBoH-So Southwest corner Church
and North Main Streets. Rev. Wm. Fitzgerald Pas
tor Services every Sabbath. Hours II, A. 81, z, p NJ
Sabbath School at 81, P. N.
General Class Meeting, Monday evening" at ="
Regular Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening, at Z,
O'Clock.
ID METH. CHURcH.-East Water Street Rev. J..
Ford COnrey Pastor Services every Sabbath. Hours;
n, A. NJ, ~, P. NJ.
sabbath School at .. p. NJ.
General Class Meeting, Sundays at 3 A N. Young
Mems Prayer meeting, Thursday evening at md
Church building, opposite Market House.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening, at Church.
BAPTIST CHUBCH.-East Court Street. Rev. B. T..
Taylor, Pastor. Services every Sabbath. Hours H.,
A. NJ, z, P. N.
sabbath School at 9, An.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening, O'Clock.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-Corner Scioto and Kcnton,
Streets. Rev. W. !. Petrie, Rector Services every
Sabbath. Hours; IL, a. m, N p m.
NEW CRURCH-North-west corner South Main and
REYNOLDS streets Services every Sabbath. Hour: H.,
q. m.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.-JOhn Street. Rey. J. \. Kear-
ney, Priest Services every Sabbath. Hour: II a. m.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED CBURCH.-West Market St.
Rev II. H. Thompson, Pastor. Services every Sab
bath, Hours II a. m.
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The Future Of Che Lake Trsds.


The time is not far distant when vess
sells laden with minerals from the Lake
Superior mines, and grain from Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Iowa, Dakota, and all
the Northwestern States, even from
California, will pass through Lake Su-
periOr from Superior City, Duluth, and
other ports, direct to Liverpool England.
And the sight of this is not going to be
reserved for the next generation. We
are going to see it; and right soon. A
network of railroads will soon spread
over this vast territory, from Lake Su-
Superior to the Pacific coast, and towns
and cities rise along every line. The
st. Paul and Pacific Railroad is now
penetrating toward Lake Winnipeg, in
to the Selkirk settlement, where the
fires Of revolution have been recently
kindled. The Lake Superior and Mis-
sissippi Railroad viii soon unite the
Mississippi River and Lake Superior.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Compa-
NY are ut present vigorously pushing
their road from Duluth to the Red Riv-
cr, at the western boundary of MinnesO-
ta. This road, soon rs possible, will
cross the Red River, and pass on to Pu-
gets Sound, and also to Portland, Ore
gOn. Few people who have been uD
here have more than a faint conception
of the fertility of this belt of the great
Northwest. 1t Isl magnificent country.
Its climate is delightful; its agricultural
resources are superb; it is large and
wealthy enough TO become i'm itself if
separated by an ocean from the rest of
the world, one Of the greatest of nations
with q government of the highest rank.
But il is not isolated in its greatness. Tt
is a vital member of the Union, and is
about To prove itself to be the one pos
sessing the most vigorous vitality. Ii ia
not one of the eNtremities of the domain
of the Union, but is, i'm fact, the great
vital center, having for one arm the
Southern States down to the Gulf and
for the other, British America up TO the
North Pole.-LippicOH'S MaqdriaC.
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Hot Summers,


This is not the hottest summer known
In Il32 the earth cracked by reason of
the heat, the wells and streams of AIsace
al dried up, and the bed of the river
Rhine was dry. In 1852 the heat was
so great that sand exposed to the SUMS
rays was hot enough to cook eggs. In
Il6O great numbers. of soldiers i'm the
campaign against Bella died from the
heat. In 1876 and 1877 crops of bav and
oats failed completely. In 1903 and 1904
aman could have crossed dry shOd. over
the rivers Seine, Loire, Rhine and Dan
ube. In 1898 and 1894 multitude of an
imals perished by the heat, which was
so great that the harvest dried I'D. In
l44O the heat was extraordinary. In
1888, 1888, $40 and l541, all the rivers
were nearly dried up. In 1856 there was
great drOuth, which extended over
nearly the whole of Europe. In 1915
and 1916 there was in Italy, France and
the Netherlands an overpowering heat
In l647 there were 4S consecutive days
of extreme heat. 1873 was very hot. as
were the first three years of the 18th
century. In 171S it did not rain a sin
gle time from April until October! The
growing grain was burnt, the rivers
dried up, the theaters (but wherefore is
not stated) were closed by command of
the police. The thermometer showed
36 Reaumer, equal to 113 degrees Fab
renheit. In irrigated gardens the fruit
trees blOOmed twice. In 1723 and 1924
there was great heat. The summer of
l746 was hot and dry, growing grain be
ing calcined. Itdid not rain for months
las, ,-54-6O-67-78 and I78S were years in
which the summers were extremely hot
In the famous comet year-1S11-the
summer was warm, and the wine pro-
duced the season was very precious. In
1918 the theateTs had to be closed on ac-
count Of the heat, the highest tempera-
tWe being 35 Reaumer, or 112 FabreR-
heit. During the three days of the rev
.OlUtiOn in July, 1880, the thermometer
stood 36 degrees CentigTade-abOut ga
Fahrenheit. In 1882, during the upris-
ing Of the 5th and 9th of July, the tenn
perature was about the same.
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URBANA, OHIO, WEDNESDAY. JULY 30, 1870.

blue-set me to thinking of things al
most forgotten, and things that were
sad to think of then-Of days that were
different from these days: we'll
When Tom Vincent, like a man paid
me five hundred dollars I went into q
picture agency business, and have not
touched a card since.
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v
gle We peace. Amen"
They arose, and returned to their
places to receive the usual cOngratula-
tions Mother PettibOne had wisely deter
mined to hold her tongue, until the ele-
CANT supper was served, but the dia-
monds and FIOra's beauty were too much
for her weakened brain, and after kiss
ing her niece, she turned to the COM
pany and cried out. we've never seed
the like before, and ye never will agin
in Penway. A real FORUM on her head
and no mistake. The st. Johns is true
blood yit, as sure as my names Kitty
Pettibone."
a few months after this, the young
but popular and rising writer, Aurelins
ST. John Pettibone, surprised the good
people of Penway, by bringing from the
far South a lovely bride, who added
grace and beauty to the elegant home of
his mother and sister, who was a tender
daughter and sister to the old lady and
Meg. In after years, lovely little chill
dren romped and played in Meg's neat
garden walks, and spOrted beneath the
elm by the flowing stream where their
father had made love to their fair young
mother. Aurelins had chosen the pen
as his profession and as years sped on,
he won and sustained high literary
reputation. Penway is pointed out to
travellers as the home of the distinguish
ed writer and humOrist, for Reels geni-
us was of that cast which gathers the
young and old around the cheerful fire.
side, to enjoy tales of adventure and
spirit
Mother PettibOne was very proud of
her son, and after some Of his first sue
cesses, exclaimed. ''I always knOwed
there was a great deal in that boy he
he but take no claim in it, for he in
herits it from poor Pettibone. That un-
fortunit man was genus and nobody
could beat him spinnin' yarns. I tell
you it's the PettibOne wit, coming out of
him. The st. Johns is true blood and
proud but not much given to gab'
Kate returned to Cincinnati with the
ThorntOns and there, after a season of
gayety, made herself so agreeable to a
young Naval Officer of fortune, that he
obtained leave of absence for a year,
and they were married.
Mother Pettibone gave her consent,
but shook her head sagely, saying, 'T
know Col. NIelrose you're a nice man
and Kate loves you, but marrying sail
or is awful Tesky and I wouldn't swap
places with either of ye, he! he! I
think We'll have a gale to end it with,
but don't blame me ifye go down in the
salt seas"
Col. Melrose did not go down, but af-
ter a three years cruise, retired on an
ample fortune, for the sake of his bright
eyed wife.
On the banks of the Hudson a noble
mansion is shown to strangers, as pal
ace of refinement abounding in works of
art. The picture gallery is far famed,
but IovelIer far, is the group which gath
ers on the wide lawn, in the summer
twilight. Julian, Flora, their beautiful
children, and those who are eyer objects
of their care ElinOr and her charge
And looking from the bright young
Claire and the pensive gypsy, we see a
bowed figure, too feeble now to walk
with a cane. In tive recognize the rug
ged visage of Katrine, whom the mis-
/ frose ~ fI,o ,,,oDciOY, ooIlc TfIo oDoro1 OF
her house hold