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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

OLD King David composed his psalms
and songs by the camp fire on the pans
Of Palestine. Our attorneys prepaf'
their briefs, and our preachers their ser
mons, by the light of A. Hitzfelds Pat,
emit Portable Gas Lamps. Try them, all
Won who do not know the luxury thereof
and you will never again use coal oil OF
tsllow candles. loo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

Wilkinson's, No. III Main
-. ~ ~ Sunday reading. He has all
.,a 1',d ~ 5a;iv and weekly papers from
all all points n also the Uben Land and Nicer
! spIendidly illustrated mGeazine, pub ?.
lished at Stuttgart, and other leaaing
German periodicals. sold at EA stern
prices See his advertisement in 20
days paper in regard TO prices ,neu
90 and lay in your Sunday reaolng'
Call early and often.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
80 rrrrIso. ID JsiEersOn 8. 9s

pm wn,,4HT, the enterprising news
dealer whose empo. '1'' = 'C'-'el = =.
296 Main street. has an tn 'a'e',
and periodicals., and the very - -
cigars. Give him a call.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

Memphis and Arkansas River Packet COMFY
is. Mail Line-FOr Pine BluG, Little Rock
and and all points through to Fort Smith.
GAINESVILLE. b. Adams. master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE r.
w on SUNDAY, Doth instant, elisiE1,tt2
at pm, and will reship her Hzzssa.-iaa
freight at Little Rock, for points above, on the
steamer Fort Smith.
JOHN N. HARDIN. Agent,
122-126 Office, No. Promenade street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

ALL papers and magazines at Eastern
prices at Walkers news depot, lO5 Beal
sire et, opposite the market. Papers and
mag azines viii be sent to residences
wi,ho ut extra charge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

Independent Arkansas River Steamer-For
Pine Bluff and all way landings.
PINK MARBLE. ...........John Fenwick, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE No..
w on SATU RDAY, 25th inst, sllg6ef,.$
at pm. Apply TO sGsLas-.sssss
K. W. LIGHTBURNE. Ag't,
12i-126 900 Front street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

St. Louis and Vicksburg Mail Line = For
Helena, Chicot, Greenville and Vicksburg.
CITY OF VICKSBURG....,..-,Ca Carter. master
WILL LEAVE FROM THE E-y.
w Elevator building on SAT laltEA ei.9
URDAY, January 18th, at pm. aSd-alsslSls&
l24-126 AID. STORM, Treasurer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

LIFE is short and human strength a
precious boon that should be duly
guarded like an eagle does its young.
Why then allow the fair women of our
land to exhaust their vitality at the
washtub when Hitzfeld's Premium
Washing Machine is SO cheap. 1873
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

FREsH Canadian ost neal, sweet cider
pure strained and comb honey, aud a
full line Of extra family groceries, at j.
Devotos, corner Of Third aud Adams
streets. 1851
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
STEAMBOATS,.



Memphis and St. Louis Packet Compa. ny--.For
Hickm an, Columbus, Cairo and ST. LoTis.
BELLE MPHIS.................-Crane, mastsr
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE O-s,
w THIS DAY. January 18th, LRsftS{g
ats pm. ss1s.asStsis1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

me "Memphis city Fire" does =
Ffre n nd Marine business once 10
w.dt.. n street. l20-lg
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

FoR a few dollars useless stoves can
be made az good as new, at T. S. Jukes'
s2s Second street Repairing burnt-out
stoves q specially. eod'lss
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

Tbs wastes arising in the action Of
the system are carried through the kid
neys and liver. Hamilton's Buehu and
Dandelion assists them. Griswold q
Co, Main street, will tell you about it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

Coal oil Il explosive
That il Hell known;
Namm0th oil il " nc" explosive,
A. will 81 any time Be shown
I3s By A. HITzFELD 4 SoN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION,
THE CITY.

P1rTsBuRe and Camel coal and gas
coke. Brown b Jones, Office 1872 Main
street, Bethel Block. 7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

For the finest solid gold jewelry go to
the Jet Palace. GOT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
TAKEN UP.
BOARDING.

.~TAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMING THE
formef patrons that have taken charge OF
a Vhitemore House. and hope by attention
tne ', mess and the comfort of travellers 70
, ~ pas share of public patronage Terms
moderate. oi'' A. j. MILLS. NJ. D.
A. wL.. 1ore will still be found at the
MT, Mnite eho md III Adams street; Hi
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

WRIGHT's ne plus ultra minced meat,
the best manufactured, for sale by
96f LYLE & SHIELDS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

SHIPPING TAGS printed just at New
York prices at the PUBLIC LEDGER
Office, AT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

H 2H miles from the city on the Horn Lake
road, known as the jacob Place OF Forest
Retreat. This place is stocked with choices
fruit, such us grapes. peaches, pears. ,apricots,
ETC., and is well suited for market garden:
unfinished. Possession given Immediately.
Apply to Swayne & Colman, Rental Agents,
No. lis Main street, or to j. W. Jefferson, No.
l6 Mndson ST. llZ-I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
WANTED.

uTANTRD-NEEDING MONEY .IMME;
w diately, will sell marble work OF all
kinds at very reduced figures for thirty DAYS.
nj THOS. MAXWELL. 80 Union st:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

NOR RENT-ONE OF THE BEST OFFICES
In the city, ground floor, No. 10 Madison
street, next the LEDGER office; $50 per month.
Apply at business Office Of PUBLIC LkfskR'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

stations.

flielow high water Of lS1l.
Blank (.....l indicates no report; ciphar O)
stationary; 81 rising; I'D gOrged.
l0ficiall S. W. RHODE,
Observer Signal Service. u. STA.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

For solid gold jewolry go to the Jet
Palace. Dol
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

NOR RENT-A STORY BRICK
store-house on Second street, opposite
Greenlaw Opera House: Possession given
February 9Th, 1873. Applyto
l2i-f W. MESSlCK, % Madison st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
EnMo %TIoNAL.
MRS. III. %4LE'S
Memphis Female L Similarly
469 SHELBY STREET.

VT AFFORDS NE MUCH PLEASURE Il
Il announce to my old patrons, friends and
pupils, that will reopen my school, for
young ladies'. on Wednesday, January 22d. l
will De ready to see my friends and enroll
pupils on and after Wednesday, December
18th, at my residence.
MRS. ANNIE D. HALLE.
No. 1852 Shelby street.
Circulars to be had at the music, book and
drug stores. a2-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
FOR RENT.

w. A. WHEATLEY. Rental Agent
netheI block. ONCE MOI 3. Receiver
HhIps accepted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

NOR PENTHOUSE IN GOOD REPAIR, 4
4 rooms and garden ground; quarter oil n
mile of fernando street cars. Apply TO
ll9-lSO NJ. l.. MEACHAM, y Union st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

NOR RENT-A LARGE BRICK HOUSE
suitable for factory, situated on the bank
Of the Mississippi river in Fort Pickering, near
the gas works; formerly occupied as brewery
and distillery. Apply to ,,,oro,,,
""N MARX X BENSD0RF,
119-4 Insurance Building, Room 80.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

Insure VITA the memphis Ciiy Fite
and General IBsuFnnce Cot once "
zsatsoH street -ri3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

AMOR RENT. - FURNISHED LODGING
Y Rooms, at Southern Hotel. April, at
- >m 6 lOl-l20
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

nor sALE.-THE COMPLETE HOUSE
hold outfit of small cottage, CONTAINING
three rooms and kitchen, will be sola at
sr iai.i Gsr s@'"' NJ. Ledger Office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

LIVERPOOL. January . II 80 a.m.-Cotton
opens quiet. Uplands. 91sd; Orleans, lO1sd.
p.m.-Cotton is steadier. Uplands. gsd;
Orleans, 101sd. Sales. l0, 900 bales, of which lou
were for export and speculation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

T1oR RENT-A GOOD FRO NJ 3 4npIy IN
L upstairs in LEDGER Building ii
business Office. 13 Madison street ~s--.as-..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
For white River.

Memphis and White River Packet Company
Elliott Line u. S. Mail steamers-For Hele-
ma, triar's Point Carson's, COncordia,
Terene. Devalls Bluff, West Point. Searcy,
Augusta and Jacksonport. The elegant pas
senger steamer
CITY OF AUGUSTA........Milt Harry, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE r.
w SATURDAY. 18th inst, at skl1sttS
5 pm. Freight received at all sAHazsis@s'dalaA
times by James Salisbury on upper wharf,
foot of Jefferson st. Freight carried at card
rates. s. b. MILLER, Agent,
Elliott Block, cor. Promenade and jefferson.
125-126 JOSEPH ELLIOTT, Sec'y.
For Vicksburg. Eatchez aud New
Orleans and tIae Bends.
The Memphis and New Orleans Packet
JOHN B. MAUDE......~.....J.F +. Noel. master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON IT,.
w SUNDAY, 18th instant, at ~ ~ i'r tt3
II IN. Apply to nasssss=asaaA
j. L. WASHINGTON, Agent.
125-126 No. ~ Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

91op pFNT n. 'FICES - THREE GOOD
Y offices in the Pls u''''
Building. Apply 70 the, 'ERs' ms. CO.,
n+ rAN No a Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
FoR SALE.

NOR SALE--A No. l CIGAR STAND >'1'
Y Main street. Amply to, -. 49,. 81
l25-121 @. w. METCALF, 81 SCUM OouIo ~.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
FOR SALE or RENT.

Tc0R RENT OR SALE-TWO HANDSOME
H cottages, with garden and let's attached, at
Ridgeway, Memphis and Charleston ra''roau'
ii5-ll2 S M0SBY S0l Front street: =.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25

D, sPs, l6 Jefferson street. s8t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-25
For Vicksburg. hatcher aud New
OrIenns md the bonds.
For Cincinnati.

Memphis and a rkansns River Pack.
et Company u. y. Mail Line.
VNHE ELEGANT PASSENGER BOATS OF
/ this line leave Memphis for all points on
Arkansas river Tuesdays and Satur-
days at pm.
JOHN N. HARDIN, Agent.
45t Office on Wharf boat. foot Court st.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13
The Good Old Times.

NJ. Louis Lagare, of the COurir Mu-
njcipal, Paris, has just published an
essay showing how persons who sold
tainted meat used to be punished. He
writes that in June, 1851, Jaques Tour
nebru, nicknamed the Shearer, seized
some suspected meat on the stall of
Pierre Bardel. A report was instantly
drawn up and transmitted to the syndic
of the butchers, Michel Saint Yon. An
inquiry was ordered, and it was found
that the accused was an old offender. A
second report was addressed to the pro-
vost of Paris, comparing the culpit to a
prisoner, and demanding in the name of
a cooperation outraged by the infamy of
one of its members the degradation and
then the death of Pierre Bardel. The
first magistrate of the police approved
the conclusions of the report, and the
delinquent was condemned to pass three
hours in the pillory, and then to perish
by the hands of the public executioner.
On the day of the execution, 1877
butchers of the city of Paris repaired
to the market, and drew themselves up
round the pillory. At the end of three
hours the upstaff announced to the peO-
pie that the prisoner was about to be
executed. All the butchers. with hats
off bowed their heads, aud justice was
done.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13

Bat it came TO i'm at last. The great.
big. ugly fact lay like bowller IN the
trail before him, that he could not get
around, yet he could not muster cour-
age TO mount /: and SO he sat down on
the /. IVES and hid his face in his hands
and wept like child that he was. She
had married man with a beard. a
great, six-foot, raw-boned, muscular
monster, with a rancho a. Il herds of his
own, and hands like slabs of pine.
This yonhg mans name was Ginger ::
or, at '-Ist that is the name, and the
only name, by which he was known in
the mines.
In this forlorn state of mind some
how he and the m IN with the leather
nose came in contcaj, and they became
sure friends.
have observed that IN the mines.
where men mate tOg ther, much as man
and wife in civilization, You rarely see
the strong mated to the strong, or the
old to the old. The weak are attached
to the strong, and the strong sympa-
thize with the weak. Here is some
thing t. think about.-JOaquin Miller.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13
Joaquin Miller's Defense Of the Mo
docs,

In a criticism on Mr.. Joaquin Mil
ler's Life amongst the MOdOcs, the
London Standard says: He, the au-
thor, was himself, in habit. thought and
feeling, next to an Indian. Hence
the idiosynocrasy of his work. The red
man. he declares, can be the worst and
the best of human beings. Confessedly,
in its published form, the narrative is a
romantic plea for the poor savage, who
"has no desire for wealth." who h g
been corrupted solely by European in
fuence, who only kills one stranger for
every hundred of his own race that fall,
and who has been extirpated by bar
barity styling itself civilization. With
respect to the fatal event of January,
1867, we have a remarkable passage:
Possibly it was a massacre, but the
Indian account of it shows them to have
been as perfectly justified rs ever one
humon being can be for taking the life
of another.
"I have been from that day to this
charged with having led the Indians in
this massacre. 1 deny nothing; I SIM
ply tell what 1 bnow of this matter, as
briefly as possible, and let it pass.
"The massacre, as it is called, oc-
CURED in the first month of the year
1867. The whites were besieged by the
Indians in q strong wooden house, q
perfect fortress. The Indians asketl
them to surrender, offering to conduct
them safely to the settlements. They
felt secure, and laughed at the PROPOSE
tion. A long fight followed, in which
many Indians fell. At last the Indians
carried great heaps of hay to the walls,
fired it, and the whites persisted.
The rest of the story is told in sim
liar spirit. There can be no minciDg of
language over it. 1t is an apology for
the Modoc outrages. We are far from
suggesting that there is not view to
be taken of this miserable strife not
altogether favorable to the whites yet
even the writer discovered before long
that he must take the field against his
own allies.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13
The Nile.

The sources of the Niieare cont ,in,
IN the rain-cIouds of TIN equator, which
pour themselves down on the forest
plateau, form into 4 = .'rSand rivers,
and finally collect in enormous lake !,
the precise number and importance of
which are yet to be determined. From
Bakers Albert Nyanzi, the most north
erly in latitude, and lowest in level, of
these inland seas, the Nile runs toward
Europe, and plunges into the Sahara
From its great equatorial reservoirs it
receives sufficiency of water to main
tain its existence throughout this land
of fire, where all other rivers are speed
lily extinguished. But the Nilenot only
flows through the Sahara, it also over
flows the flat country lying near its
mouth, and, casting mud ON the surface
OF the sand, creates that meadow which
is called Egypt.
Now this black mud does not come
from the lands of the equator: the wa
ters of the Nile are clear, or white and
although the lakes can keep the Nile
alive i'll it's journey through the desert,
they cannot make it overflow. Whence
then proceed these rich soil laden and
redundant waters to the weary Nile?
On the right-hand side of that flow
ing river, between its waters and the
Red sea, cluster of mountains rises in
the air. These are the Highlands of
Ethiopia, the romantic Abyssinia, the
Switzerland of Africa; and down these
billy slopes, at a certain season of the
year, rush two noisy streams, the Blue
or Black Nile, and the Atbara, which,
stripping their country of its black
upper soil, fall into the Nile, and be-
stow upon it such a W, alth of water,
that, as soon as it escapes from the
rocky walls which line its course in the
Nubian desert, it is forced to overflow.
Thus the Nile is created by the rain
fall of the equator, and Egypt by the
rainfall of the tropics. If the White
Nile did not exist, the Black Nile would
be nothing, it would perish in the sand.
But if the Black Nile did not exist, the
White Nile would be merely barren
river in a sandy plain, with some Arab
encampments on its banks.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13
Changed Checks,

Smashing trunks is not the only pas
time of depot at tiendants, nor is smash
ing the only ill-fate to which the "Sar-
atOga" is liable. There is another way
of making the traveller miserable. Pro-
badly it is not necessary TO say that
hack driver has been arrested for it,
and it is therefore shrewd trick. The
person in the game takes a short trip
and takes his trunk with him. 1t is
we'll known that trunks have no legs,
and cannot run away so trusting in
this fact, the baggage masters in the
smaller places are very apt to leave the
trunks in heap until the cars arrive.
This is the opportunity that the design
ing traveller has in view. He steps up
to see if his trunk is all right. In look
ing it over he takes its check off and
and puts that trunks check upon his
piece of baggage. Then he wanders
away satisfied. On reaching his desti-
nation he takes the trunk to which his
check entities him and drives off with
it. There are, of course, all sorts of
chances in the mattar, but the expert
ment pays, since the price disposed of
is only ballasted and utterly valueless.
The great difficulty, now that the game
is exposed, is how to put a check to it.
People who have anything valuable n
this world, and who take it about in
trunks can read this and have some
thing to worry over " lenever they make
q trip on the cars.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13
Divisibility of Matter.

Let us dissolve gramme of resin in
hundred times its weight of alchohol,
then pour the clear solution into large
flask full of pure water, and shake it
brisklv. The resin is precipitated in the
form of an impalpable and invisible
power, which does not precepitibly cloud
the fluid. If, now, We place black sur
face behind the flask, and let the light
strike it either from above or in front,
the liquid appears sky-biue. Yet, if
this mixture of water and alchOhOl, filled
with resinOus dust, is examined with
the strongest microscope, nothing is
seen. The size of the grains of this
dust is much less than the ten-thou-
sandth part of 1-25 of an inch. Moren
makes another experiment, proving in a
still more surprising way, the extreme
divisibility; of matter sulphur and oxy.
gen form a close combination, called,
by chemists, sulphuric-acid gas. 1t is
that colorless and suffocating vapor
thrown off when sulphur-match is
burned. Moren confines certain guam
tity of this gas in receiver, places the
whole in a dark medium, and sends a
bright ray of light through it. At first
nothing is visible. But very soon, in
the path of the luminous ray, We per-
ceive delicate blue color. 1t is be-
cause the gas is decomposed by the
luminous waves, and the invisible par
ticles of sulphur, set, free. decOmpose
the light in turn. The blue of the va
por deepens, then it turns whitish, and,
at last. white cloud is produced. The
PARTICLES composing this cloud are still,
each by itself, invisible, even under
strong microscopes, and yet they are
infinitely more coarse than the primi-
tive atoms that occasioned the sky-blue
tint at first seen in the receiver. In
this experiment we pass, in steady pro-
gress, from the free atom of sulphur,
parted from the Oxygen-atom by the
ether-waves, to mass apparent to the
senses but, if this mass is made up of
free molecules which defy the strongest
magnifiers, what must be the particles
which have produced those very mole
cules ?-POpuldr Science Monthly.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13
Affection of Monkeys for ther Dead.

From James Forbes's Memoirs the
following interesting account is extrac-
ted: One of a shooting party, under
banian-tree. killed female monkey and
carried it to his tent, which was soon
surrounded by forty or fifty of the tribe,
who madea great noise, and seemed dis
posed to attack their aggressor. They
retreated when he presented his fow-
ling-piece the dreadful effect of which
they had witnessed and appeared per-
fectly to understand. The head of the
troop, however, stood his ground, chat
tering furiously; the sportsmen, who
perhaps, felt some little degree of COM
junction for having killed one of the
family, did not like to fire at the crea-
ture, and nothing short of firing would
suffice to drive him of. At length he
came to the door of the tent, and find
ing threats of no avail, began a lament
able moaning, and by the most express
sive gesture seemed to beg for the dead
body. It was given to him ; he took it
sorrowfully in his arms. and bore it
away to his expecting companions.
They who were witnesses of the extra
ordinary scene resolved never again to
fire at one of the monkey race.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13

HISTORY WRITTEN IN SoNa.-It has
been we'll said that the history of most
European nations might be gathered
from their songs. This is pre-eminently
true of Great B, ,itain. Every change in
our public mind or political state may
be traced for centuries through the
floating fragments of songs and ballads.
The destroying war of the roses. the
tumults of the reformation, the Span.
ish armada and the protracted strife of
Cavalier and Roundhead, with its in
tervening fear of Catholicism, all have
been haunted, down to the revolution
of 1858, the Jacobite rebellion and the
death of Napoleon. It is strange to
meet in these old airs and rhymes the
themes that sgitated perished genera
tions, and are now scarcely remem-
bered, but they are almost the only
medium through which glances can be
caught of the mental history of the mas
ses, uurecorded as it is by either sage or
Gh1opicler. Legislators. especially in
Aght and arbitrary times, often put
neiy powers against adverse songs.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13

The law of congress allowing 16O
acres of the public lands to any person
who will plant and keep in order for
ten years forty acres of timber is rem
dered almost wholly imperative by the
decision of the land commissioner at
Washington, who says the farmer must
plant forty acres of trees in single
year. To break and plant forty acres
would cost the farmer more than $3.50,
a sum which few farmers can afford 10
expend for that purpose in one year.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-13

An ITEM FOR SMOKERs.-It is stated
the opposition of the cigar manufacture
ers to the adoption of the new cigar
stamp box, which the commissioner of
internal revenue has submitted for ex-
animation, does not rise solely from the
fact that the box is patented. One of
the strongest argument urged against
the box at the time it was examined
here, was that the manufacturers could
not take the cigars out of the box and
put them in another box bearing diff
ferent brand. 1t appears to be one of
most profitable tricks of the trade to sell
the same quality of cigars to custermers
under different brands, and to shift
them from one box to another, according
to the character of the orders and the
condition of the stock. These practices
the adoption of these boxes, it is said,
would abolish, for the reason that the
cigars could not be changed to differ
ent box after the stamp and brand had
been once affixed.