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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-05
Cos: Of Narrow Guage Rni!rond.

The narroW-guagc railroad built to
Ripley, Miss, has been ascertainod to
have cost, complete, as follows:
"Eorthwork, per cubic yard, 2S cents.
Iron, per ton, SIS. Piling and bridg-
ing, 50, per lincal foot; cross tics, y cnty
cents each. Two locomotives, $1,000
each. Three passenger ears, $1,000 each {.
Ten box cars, 500 each. Fifteen fiat
cars, 1915 each. One baggage car, 5000.
Three hand-ctrs, 500 each. Three
push cars, $50 each. Three water sta
tons, $500 each. Iron 30 pounds; to the
yard; the earthwork, cross tics, piiing
and bridging cost $4,000 per mile. Whole
cost, including discount on railroad
bonds, about &l1 sos per nlilo.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-05

Kellogg has commenced marking
and branding his newspaper calves
Eight were turned out in ono day last
week.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-05

Where negro stole p ycarlinG and
soldi to- butcher in Monroe, and where
these facts were clearly proven, twelve
Freedmen on their oathS, held he was
not guilty, The negro could n well
havcbccn cleared for y COW ~ fog her
cnlf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-05

Gen. Candy is of opinion that when
the Modocs are shut in from escape and
their supplies cut Off, they will come in.
If Gen. Candy will leave the field and
give Kellogg n chance to swear at the
Modocs, he will move them from their
lava beds, and bring Capt. jack and all
his warriors i'll before nightfall. Jacks
lighting il no match for Kcllogg's
swearing. Kellogg wants no lava beds.
fIc is stronger without any bed ut all.
Give him an open plain, and he will
lie ali over it, and never be shut in, or
cut Off once.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-05
y BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL.

y BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL.
For Young Ladies',
MONROE, La.
Tho session of 1ST2-'73 will commerce %,
Monday, the ID day Of September.
MIS-. Il. w BENTON, Principal, and La
StructrcsS Of tho Primary Department..
'TJios O. benton, Esq, Instructor OF t!,.:
Academic Department.
------------,I nStructrcss, OF French,
and assistant i'll the English branches.
Mrs. l.. w. WEDDEIL., InstructrcSs ni
Music.
Miss NJ. PE!rPES, Instructsess in Draw
ing. Painting in water colors or OIL elu-
broiicrl- and fancy needle work.
TERMS payable MoSTHI.r):
;iihiiarE Ci2Sscs.................. 500 per l:"
AsltillH - INSTRUMENTATION. 400 -
Academic ................... 500
French 90 .............. 300
Music{with use ofinstrun1cnD 600
Board, including was hing,
lights, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2o.0O
Drawing, Painting. &c, mt tcarLcrH'
charges. Aug. 2G, 1S72. soft
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-05
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS,
. ~---~.,----~-~-
EsbTRCE.

'I7HE firm of PICO Il Co. having been
= dissolved by mutual consent, and hav-
ing purchased tho goods, groceries, &C.
com prislng tho stock Of tho late house, j
Will continue the business in my own name
dating from July list, 1872.
Tho claims of every kind duo the lat @ firm
are i'll my hands for collection.
+. w. MICI1AUH.
Monroe, July IL, 1872.
In retiring from business, checrfully
and cordially recommend our successor,
Mr.. II. w. MlCHAtN, to tho public and
tho patrons of tho lat Q house.
PICO * co.
Monroe, July 13, 1872. 43:tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-05

"TIIE vienna IIERALD.'-A copy
of this paper, f. NJ. Leatherman & Co.,
proprictors, has reached us through the
mail. The editor, in mapping out his
line of march, says tho Herald will
s'stick closely to tho progressive features
of the great Republican party Of the
day" What features Of "thc great
Republican party' are even by fiction
dcnominatcd "progrcssivc," the Her
aid fails to enumerate, but we presume
the rcfercncci is mainly to tho overthrow,
by the great Republican party, of GER
tain constitutional principles held and
advocated by the Trenton Farmer. In
this view OF the case, there is something
pleasingiy appropriate in the attitude
assumed by the Herald. Tho new
paper begins life with our kind regards.
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11

In a communication to the Germantown
Telegraph, Mr. NJ X. Young of Wiscon-
sin, complains that the word harrow never
finds place in the list of premiums offered
by agricultural societies. He admits that
manufacturers have throwna great variety
al improved harrows" on the market,
some Of which cost from $50 to $40, but
states that the main trouble with all these
arrangements of the harrow is that the
teeth are SO long as not only to prevent
all abrading effect of the frame upon the
surface. but also when used in seeding to
nover some kernels five inches deep, some
four, some three, and so on, causing irreg-
ular start and growth of plants, like field
of ott-replanted corn.
Farmers want cheaper harrow, that by
suitably combined results of frame and
teeth will effect a perfect pulverization
of the soil to tks depth of two or two and
= half inches at one dressing. If you OBJ
iect to the depth. Mr.. Editor, have to say
that it is as deep as the harrow in use pull
verizes the soil in half dozen dressings :;
and more especially have to say that in
asmuch as vegetable psychologists have
fully established the doctrine that no seeds
should be planted more than two or three
times its own diameter in depth, no har-
row used for seeding should have teeth of
either cutting or abrading action, or both,
more than two and a half inches long
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11
VOLUME A.
Profits of Co-Operation.

Some eight OF ten years ago, SAYS the
New England Farmer, Joseph d. Holmes.
Charles Jordan and William Millard, three
young farmers living almost within a
stones throw of each other, decided to
join in establishing a dairy milk route
from their farms to Pawtucket, Rhode
Island, some six miles away. Neither
farm was large enough to sustain Il route
alone, but the three together could do it
easily. Neither wanted to take the place
OF a middlcman and do all the marketing,
nor did either wish to give up his business
to middleman. So they agreed that
each should take his turn on the milk
wagon.
The milk accounts are all kept IN one
book, and the buyers at the illage settle
their bills by this book, whether il comes
by one OF another of the members of the
company. Each of the three men 90 with
the wagon every third day in regular
order, unless for accommodation sake one
goes a trip for one of the others Each uses
his own horse and wagon, and each knows
the amount OF milk that is taken from the
different farms every day.
The two trips that each one makes every
week enables him to market most of his
other produce, such as apples, potatoes,
sweet corn, tomatoes and other garden
products, of which each one raises consid-
cradle quantities, without making special
trips for such purposes Nor is there any
hitching up and going to the store for
purchase ali the buying, as we'll as sell
ing, being done on their regular market
days; and they are all in daily communi-
cation with the post office. which is no
small convenience 10 farmers
Under this system OF partnership the
cost of marketing is reduced to the mini
mum, while each bears his Just proportion
of the expenses and receives equal share
| in all the advantages Of the combination
Since this arrangement has been estab-
lished all their farms have been really
enhanced in value The young men have
| increased their stock, and it is better fed
| and better housed Buildings have been
| repaired and enlarged, more and better
| tools purchased, and the land is constantly
increasing in fertility and productiveness.
But little complaint is heard from them
about hard times for farmers They pay
their bills, take the papers, and know
what is going on in the world outside.
We have been familiar with this com
pany from its organizations and believe
the example these men have set is worthy
Of imitation by many farmers who are
now grumbling about the cost of getting
| their goods to market.
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11
Coon FRIED CAKES. Take one cuuI

COOP FRIED CAKES. Take one cup OF
sugar, two eggs, one tablespoonful of
butter, one teaspoonful Of soda, two tea
spoonfuls of cream tartar. one cup sweet
milk, and stir in -four until thick enough
CASTOR on FOR CoRNs. The Southern
Medical Record SAYS that castor oil applied
to the corn, after pairing closely, each
night before going to bed, sottens the corn,
and it becomes as the other flesh
France has l23 900 manufacturing estab-
lishments, employing nearly two million
workmen, and turning out annually, ac-
cording to the French census products to
the amount Of ten thousand millions Of
francs. or about 50 600, 600. 900
The squeaking of boots or shoes, SO often
source of serious annoyance, may be
prevented by ra.ping with a coarse rasp
the outer and inner sole, and all other
parts Of the leather which are subject to
trictional contact in wearing, and then
making Il free application of good wheat
or rye paste.
varnsh m ST for SiE Wicker " W"ort,, t,F Hh''Ss HhIen raeom
mends the following compositions One
part of good linseed oil is boiled down to
a slrup consistency, and mixed with
twenty parts of copal This mass is then
diluted with Oil of turpentine to the proper
| thickness The yarnish dries easily, and
| remains sufficiently elastic to stand with
out cracking by the bending of the baskets.
To have dry cellar dig ont the bottom
OF the cellar, commencing at the sides,
two inches below the walls, increasing the
| depth to the center, so that it shall have
the form Of an inverted arch. Then the
| earth should be pounded firmly, and well
ccmented, allowing the cement to go un-
der the walls an inch or so and up the
sides for two feet Then the bottom should
be filled up level with sand and paved. If
this is all properly done, the cellar will be
rendered dry permanently.
How TO GET RID OF AN lNGRowING
ToE-NAu. One of the most painful surgi-
cal operations is removing nails which
have grown into the flesh. There is no
necessity whatever tor this pain. The new
method is to keep the patient ten OF fifteen
days in a bed or on a sofa, with a bread
or meal poultice applied to the toe This
poultice is changed several times daily,
and the toe is bathed twice Il day in water
as warm as may be borne. In ten or fit-
teen days the nail becomes so soft it may
be cut with scissorn and removed by hand
without the least pain
The export of carrots from Bristol, r.
l., still continues brisk, several large
cargoes, amounting to about $4,000 bush
els, having been shipped during the last
week, in addition to those previously re-
ported. Quite large quantities have been
The producers d realize twenty-five mt cents
per bushel, or $40 per ton which is con-
sidered a fair price, although considerably
below the price for several years past.
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11

vorced husband; the colGi-hearted, treach-
erous deceiver -''
Stop" he said, coldly, and with a
strange tremor Of rcpressed excitement in
his voice; ''say no more Rosa Rosa
surely | must be dreaming This never
can be true!''
''Leave me, please l said, family; Il
would rather be alone"
"Do you really mean it, Rosa ?"
Il do"
Tell me, first, what is the accusation
which you have to bring against me ?" he
persisted
"Never" | said, haughtily.
Am i. then, to be condemned un-
heard ?"
'Lcaye me 7 | reiterated, passionately
For never will call you husband
again -
Rosa! = he said grayely, remember
that the decision Of this hour will last for-
ever ~
$50 let it be !" ! uttered
He turned away but as he turned a
cold hand encircled my wrist-the lovely
lady in black was by my side again like a
phantom.
stop minute" she murmured Il am
your husbands first wife,
''Isabel y he cried, starting as if SOM.
stunning blow had stricken him
'Yes, Isabel" she answered, ''your un-
worthy, shining, yet repentant wife Now
listen, Rosa Rayner, to the story Of my
life, and let yonr husband be acquitted or
condemned according thereto.
And in 4 low. monotonous tone, like
one reading death warrant, she told of
bfy Al ho,,
away from her wifely fidelity, ere yet the
honeymoon had waned over her bridal
flowers; how she had fled with the cay
I-othario how Judgment and repentance
had come all too late, when her false lover
left her to her fate
MY life is blighted," said She, but it
is no reason that yours too, should wither
The only reason for Edward Rayners
silence is Il sense of pity and delicacy
toward me-toward one who is not worthy
Of it. Oh, child child his heart is heart
of gold be thankful that yon have won
its love | speak this as one may speak
from the grave"
rose and tottered toward my husband
'Edward-can you forgive me?"
My Rosa =
And all this time he never spoke to the
shadowv form in black
The next morning Niagara Falls was
| all in u commotion. Mrs. Mortimer, the
| pale, beautiful widow. whose room had
beennextto mine, had accidentally strayed
too near the ledge OF rock that overhangs
| the American Falls, and this boiling whirl
! pool below had been at once her coffin
and her grave Two OF three little boys
had seen her fall
She walked right over said they
gust like She was blind, and didn't sec
| the water"
May Heaven have mercy on her soul =
| whispered. And Edward drawing nut
closer 10 him, murmured:
God bless yon for those words my wife :
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11
A Song of Spanish Glory.

Caught on the sea and shot on the shore.
Santa Maria. There We're but four,
And what was that but mere beginning.
A bite before lunch or a beggar's winning.
To souls whose hunger clamored for more:
The easiest Victory under the sun.
With no disgust of an answering gun;
Steam and speed. an hours quick sailing.
The rebels the while their doom bewailing,
And then Spain's mercy, and all was done.
Glory enough for one golden day,
With blood to follow, and no DELAY
To rufile our pride DER the blow we'd stricken
But we knew how the hearts in the hills woul,
sicken
When they heard how prompt was our Sranisl
way.
Man or woman, or Young, or Old
On shore, or sea-whie we keep our hold
And Spain's on the ever faithful island,
Rich plantation and rugged highland
There'H be dead to count when the tale is told
Blood has dropped like Il tropic rain
Ger the long path worn by the feet of Spain;
Blood to the lips and the horses brides
BY the shrneS Of freedom and other idols.
And any color but red were Il stain
Caught ON the sea and shot on the shore.
Twas Il merchant steamer and nothing more.
And we Were true to our ancient glory,
And we added yet charm to the story
That Cuha'S rebels may Shudler Der.
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11
An Old Crime Revived.

The interest excited by the Mckay Iii
Il0Xie case, which is regarded a9 The Sc.
,i,rl uf ulic iIclcu ,J,,..> ------l
the fact of its involving property once
held by her alleged murderer, Richard J.
Robinson, reViVeS the story of that dread
tul crime, whicn the st Louis Rrpubj-
can gives as follows: " Helen lrWctl
whose proper name was D0rca- Dton,
was al the time of the murder twenty
three years of age, of magnificent torlu
yivaciOus manners, graceful carriage, amt
mCst attractive features. At sixteen wears
OF a@e she left Augusta. Me. her birth.
place, and went to Portland. her parents
having died Here she was inyciglrd iNla
brothel and from that time her lito sag.
one of intrigue and shame. I'm lN%2 -Gr
arrived III New York, where hcr career
was rs eheekered and extraordinary IT. .a
any other Of the large cities where -Dr
had reigned with lustrp. Here She n,,l
Richard p Robinson, a young man pt
| respectable Connecticut family, possessing
good looks, pleasing manners, and 4 pa
sionate disposition. QuarelImg with h'~
first employer, he was taken into thee
tabishment of Joseph HoNie. subse Iurut-
| ly a member of Congress, where he Wa
when arrested for the horrible Grim" ur
murder, Robinson had grown tired o.
| Helen, and ilelrn stung with jealous
| followed him to his new haunt~ ann up.
| braided him with his deScrtion of her
Robinson then resolved to be free hom
| her annovances On the night at the
| murder between nine and ten o'riocN.
| Robinson entered the house where llplrr
! Jewett lived and went to her room An
! hour later wine was served there. AZ
| r,l- or 1.,t, ~ lt4t
| house. who had been kept awake by Dis
| turbances in Ielen's room, heard the
sound Of heavy blow, followed by ,
| long, low moan Presently She heard
the door of her room open and softly c.u,r
again. and the next moment IL person lett
it for the stairs. At three O'Clock the
flames We're seen proceeding from lIclru
Jewett's apartment, upon quenchin@
| w hich the liteess form OF the beautiiu
woman was discovered on the iloor. h"r
forehead cleft with Il butcher stroke. Iui
her body burnt to Il cmdcr Robinson
cloak. or one similar To his, was found I'm
an adjacent yard. and near by hatrhr.
| which the porter III lIoNic'> Store idcu',-
fed Robinson was arrested while IN bed
| with hi~ room-mutc n few hours after tn.
murder His roommate had not heard
him come in. but had awakened ''
the night between one and two or."c,.
a. he thought aud found Robinson lhrr.
His clothes were hung over the feast .s
the usual order. His behavior WH- NcN}
coul when arrested and ai~u iIutiu4 ..l-
trial A grocery man SWurp That E,Uu.
SON Wa. at hi~ store a milr away 'row 'b,
scene Of the murder n ten U.rlnth Ir-
| nicrht If nccIFrpd Th,N hnI ,,Guulr.t
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11

there is too little distinction between them
to have the last sufficiently appreciated
and enjoyed as an honor and reward. and
the first permanently felt as a punishment
and disgrace of being convict ard the
unaccustomed privation of liberty, are
grleyous and show themselves in impaired
health and depressed spirits; that long
coniinements, where the convict ceases to
plot his escape and tails into the routine Of
habtual prisoners fairly show A lot in
life to which men so easily and comfort
ably conform themselves does not have
sufficient terror in the imagination of bad
men to keep them from crime.
Then again it ought to be considered
how unjust it is to expose the lives ol
valuable citizens to the malicious passion,
of men capable Of murder, who hope to
achieve liberty byt he killing of their keep
ers. This is no 'problcmatical danger The
wardcns of our State prison and of Mass
have both within few Years fallen victims
10 the ferocity of convictS# At the rate a,
which murders have increased in this State
dur ng the last year We shall soon have 4
hundred dangerous and desperate men H.
keep III prison for life. Who will under
take the dangerous task of guarding them
The fear Of them Will be so great that
their keepers will be compelled either for
the sake of saving their own lives to relax
their vigilance or the strictness OF their
regulations and so virtually connivc Al
their escape, OF putting themselves reso-
lutely between them and liberty will make
every plot for escape involve their OWN
death. &, +. TAEUr
*And also in Connecticut where the conyi,
Wilson called the Warden to his cell door va
thrust into him knife fixed To a cane. |t'I
Journal.
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11
A WRINKLE ABOUT THE AGE OF HORSE

A WRINKLE ABOUT THE AGE OF HORsEs.
A short time ago we met gentleman from
Illinois who gave piece of information
in regard to ascertaining the age of hors-
es after they nave passed the ninth year,
which was new to us, and will be, we are
sure ITO most of our readers. 1t is this:
After the horse is nine years old wrinkle
comes on the upper corner Of the lower
lid, and every year thereafter he has one
we'll defined wrinkle for every year over
nine. If for instance horse has three
wrinkles, he is twelve, if he has four, he
is thirteen Add the number of wrinkles
to nine and you will get it. So says the
gentleman, and he is sure it will not tail
As good many people have horses over
nine, it is easily tried. If true, the horse
dentist must give up his trade. Field
and Fireside.
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11
EApd for Hens.

A correspondent gives his experience in
the care Of hens. He kept last winter a
dozen and a half Light Brahmas. AS he
got from six to fourteen eggs per day
through the season, he thinks his plan of
feeding good one, and desires us to make
it public for the benefit of those who want
to get eggs through the winter. We most
cheerfully comply Here it is
l feed each morning a warm mash Of
equal parts OF wheat bran, wheat mid
dlings and corn meal. | put Just enough
of boiling water on to wet it, and give
them no more than they will eat up clean
through the day; besides this, give them
wheat screenings and corn all they will eat
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11
Hints to Bergh.

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The Republican journal., 1873-12-11

The Indiana Farmer publishes the ex-
perlenee Of Daniel A Mills of Bridgeport,
whose hogs were dying at fearful rate''
with cholera, until he turned them into his
apple orchard, when all those which were
not too sick to eat fell to and devoured the
windfalls with gusto, and began to mend
Immediately, "a marked improvement be-
ing obvious IN three or four days.
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11

THE BRIGHT SIDE. Look on the bright
side; it is the right side. The times may
be hard, but it will make them no easier
to wear gloomy and sad countenance.
1t is the sunshine, not the cloud, that
makes the flower. Troubles give sinew
and tone to life-fortitude and courage to
man. That would be dull sea and the
sailor would never get skill where there
was nothing to disturb the surface OF the
ocean. What though things look little
dark the lane will turn and night will
end in broad day. There is more virtue
IN one sunbeam than in a whole hemis-
phere of clouds and gloom
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11

The durability of chestnut under favor
able circumstances, is shown by recent
examination of the roof of Westminster
Abbey. which was built of that material
nearly five hundred years ago, and is still
perfectly sound
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11
A CRASH. 4 tarmlngton correspondent

CRASH. \ tarmington correspondent
of the Portland Advertiser says:
A few evenings ago a storehouse in this
village occupied by 5. B. Bonney \ Co.
burst from the pressure Of the large amount
of corn stored inside, about 20 900 bushels,
1000 of which had been put III during the
day The corn, bricks, and timbers came
nearly across the street Mr.. Daniel Bon
ney had Just left the building, and was then
within fifty feet Of it, Had the building
burst Il second sooner, while he was pass
ing in front of it, he must have been in
stantly killed The Phillips stage was Just
starting to pass that way, and had the build
ing stood Il half minute longer, that must
have been covered, and undoubtedly some
persons would have lost their lives. A large
force of men were put to work, wheeling
the grain into an adjoining storehouse, in
the course of the evening, and kept at
work all night. Some 5000 We're spilled.
The following epigram was made when
DR.. Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle, was
one day appointed to preach before the
house of peers:
"'Tis well enough that Gooden ough
Before the Lord should preach;
For sure enough, they're bad enough
lie undertakes to teach"
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11

An Irish editor, in speaking of the
miseries of Ireland, says "Her cup of
misery has been for ages overhowing, and
is not vet full
The Republican journal., 1873-12-11

*And also in Connecticut. where the conyiO .
Wilson called the Warden to his cell door a,l
thrust into him knife fixed to Il cane. I'l
Journal.