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Democratic, or Radical.

The Vicksburg Herald, edited
by an old Wing, puts the case Of
party names and prejudices in the
following lucid style:
If there is a solitary Wing, or a
hybrid, called Conservative in
the State of Mississippi who will
refuse to vote for Democrats in
opposition to our carpet-bag and
negro plunderers, we know pre-
cisely where that man is going,
and we propose to let him go,
where he belongs. The man who
can find no better reason for such
cowardly and unpatriotic conduct,
is q Radical at heart, and only
lacks the courage to range him.
self openly under the banner Of
our common enemies. If there is
q single Wing in Mississippi-not
now in the camp of the. enemy
who sshates the name and charac
ter of Democracy" moro than he
hates Radicalism, its vile teach
ings, and its corrupt practices, let
him proclaim the fact like a man,
and not 90 whining through the
country, suggesting falsehoods he
lacks the courage to utter, and, as
Wiley z. Harris once said Of q
friend Of his, fly-blowing public
sentiment These men can only
injure us willie the. profess to be
the friends of our State and its
people. The moment they throw
of the mask they will be blasted
by the frowns of an indignant and
outraged people. They will take
their places in the ranks of James
Z. Alcorn and his squad of rene
gades, and will be heard Of no
more forever.
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cal schemes have all been
failures.) and, by a systemat;c
plan, lay the advantages Of on,
soil and climate before tina
victims of late frosts and ,leA
youring grasshoppers. and 81
offering their waists lands Il
the price tax-collector, brig
good white men into the State.
and settle. good neighbors
around them9 We sec no
reason why this beneficial re>
suit cannot be reached, and
with a very small expendilure
OF either money or energy.
The landowner who has hun
dreds OF acres OF Wild land had
better give it to some hari>
working immigrant, than to
have it dead on his hands and
a steady means of support for
cOrmOrants who are living. an
they never lived before, upon
taxes wrung from tho people.
We dismiss our subject with
the earnest hope that the pro
posed convention will carefully
consider the farmers situation.
and in the prosecution Of its
purposes will be governed By
a firmness and wise discretion
commensurate with the, i'm
portant duties before it.
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Died Of Grief.

LEAvENWoRTH, June 49,
Mrs. Ramsey. wife of Sheriff
Ramsey ,who::was recently kill
ed in an attempt to arrest out
laws in Ellis county, died this
morning at the hospital of the
Sisters Of Charity in this city.
About the time of her hus-
bands death she had q strange
presentiment that something
terrible had happened to him
and could not be persuaded
otherwise. She and some.
friends started to meet him
and met his remains on the
way home to Hays City. The
shock was so sudden and har-
rowing to her feeling that her
reason was dethorned, and
with short lucid intervals she
remained so until the close Of
her life. She was tenderly
cared for, but no kindness
could rouse her, and she died
this morning Of . crushed
heart.
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Boys, young men, be chary Of
your promises. Don't consider rs
presumptious in venturing this
advice, old but mighty good.
Never make q promise unless you
can fulfill it. Some men, are 50.
tremendously pleasant and 0blig.
ing that they are always trying
to make somebody fell good with
their promises. This will do for q
little while, but such mon arp SOON.
found ont, the world does not
hate them Ian idle hour can be-
vhiled away rather agpeeably
with them, but the amount o.
confidence and esteem they get
would be an insnlt TO . third claes
insurance agent. Be stingy with
your promises, and fdldlf every
one YOa do make in every par1.
cular. The favorable opinion, and
trnst of men will b your rewsrd.
[Bastrop Clairon.
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40 WHAT BORROW a newspa
per for the purpose of finding
fault with ita-[Union Record
Why nota Do you expect a
man to squander his money on
his parish paper, when it is
convenient to borrow it, and
thereby, save. his money to
send after a Northern bed
blanket sheet five times the
size Of his poorly supported
local paper Besides, what
interest is it to him to help to
keep up 3 parish paper to ad-
vance the material interests Of
his section, and promote the
public good Let the party
and the country take care Of
themselves, qaoth Mr.. Sine
cure, and if the country was
only inhabited by his kind, he
would be entirely right.
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Uncle William Of Ohio gets up
in the morning now, works his
old joints until they stop creak-
ing straightens himself. up and
mutters: ssTilden's no man for
the presidency he's too young.n
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The Taxing Power.

~ ~ 4 -
AN important decision was.
lately rendered by the United
States Supreme Court in an &C
ton against the city Of Topeka
affecting certain city bonds
The gist ofthe opinion, render
ed by Associate Justice Miller,
is contained in the following
passage: @
:'There is no such thing in
the theory of our Government,
State and National, as unlimit-
ed powers in any of their
branches. The executive, the
Legislative, and the judicial de-
partments are all of limited
and defined powers. There are
limitations of such powers
which arise out of the essential
nature of all free governments,
implied reservations of indi-
vidual rights, without which
the social compact could not
exist and which are respected
by all governments entitled to
the name. Among these is the
limitation of the right of taxa
ton, that it can only be used
in aid Of a public object-an
object which is within the pur-
pose for which governments are
established 1t cannot, there
fore, be exercised in aid of en-
terprises strictly private, for
the benefit of individuals,
though, in a remote or collater-
al way, the local public may
be benefited thereby"
The great Importance and
the far-reaching effect of the
doctrine thus enunciated by
the highest tribunal of the land
are evident. Under it taxes
can only be assessed for public
use, and the courts may be
called on to interpose when, by
an abuse of the right of taxa.
ton, the attempt is made to
appropriate private property
for private use, even when such
a purpose is covered under the
name of public improvements.
We cannot doubt that the law
expressed in this opinion is
sound, that it is in accordance
with the spirit of our institu-
tons, and that its effect will
be healthy. The decision
equally affects Federal, State
and local taxation.
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sa If we were rid of official ras-
4oality and the incubus of Tenor
NOUS taxation, a few such
crops as we are promised with
this year would crown the ef-
forts of our planters and bust
ness men with success, and
the "Queen of the Gulf would
again take her place beside
the wealthiest and proudest
States Of teh Union.-[ Rich
land Beacon.
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Fresh lmportations.

From the St. Charles Herald
The st. James Sentinel IRE
publican, has a spirited article
strongly denunciatory Of the
practices of our Executive in
sending officials from New o.
leans to the. country parishes
where they have no interests
or attachments. Weiqu0te q
few of the sentences not Of .
personal character:
The Democrats and Repub-
licans of this parish, white and
colored, have come to the sem
ssible conclusion that'the time
for showing strangers and in-
known adventures upon them
as appointees to responsible
official positions, without their
approval or consent, is about
passed.
At every general election, a
Supervisor of Registration is
sent up from New Orleans,
selected usually on account of
his supposed ability to advance
the interests Of s,me pet can
didate. For nearly six years
this plan of sending unknown,
irresponsible aud disreputable
men among HIS to fill import
ant officers, has been going on,
until the people, tired, FESTIVE
and impatient at the treatment
they, have received, have de-
liberately determination that
this things must be stopped,
and to that end having decid-
ed to contest the claims Of the
last aspirant, who has recently
appeared, in the shape Of tax
collector, and twill fight it out
on that line if it takes all snm-
mer." sislFin
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Advantages OF Small Farms.
Example Of the Belgians--Need of Personal
and Individual Industry. q

Much has been wisely said
and written upon the propriety
ofsmall farms, and the superior
profit to be derived from them.
And practicing upon this theo>
~, we find the astute Harda~
way growing rich on fifteen
acres, the products of which,
by good management he mus
tiplies into the amount usually
grown upon twenty times the
same area. s
But it appears that in Bel~
GUM, even the Lilliputan
plantation of the Thomasville
farmer, is subdivided into if
teen parts, of one acre each,
which are respectively made to
support one family, and the
hired laborers besides.
Describing these miniature
farms, a writer in "Chambers
Journal" says "the fields are
mostly square, and rarely con,
tain more than one acre !; the
ground is curved symmetrical
~, the centre being the highest,
SO that the water drains down
equally in all directions. Round
the field, and a foot lower, ex>
tends strip of grass, three or
four yards wide still lower a
hedge of elders is planted,
which is cut every seven years;
and, finally, the plant is SURF
rounded by a ditch, bordered
with trees of larger growth.
Thus each piece furnishes rich
grass, firewood, every seven
years, and timber for building
every thirty. years. The pillow
generally used, but every
seven years the subsoil is
turned to the top by the sp ,de,
and thus it acquires a depth
unknown to all but the best
gardeners the principal object
being to produce flax and but>
ter, not cereals"
But our freedmen lead lives
of ease and plenty, compared
with the hard lot of the laborer
and man of all work on the
Belgian farm. Earning Oft
times not as much as one shil-
ling per day, their food is
meagre, and of the coarsest
description. 1t consists Of
beans, potatoes, rye bread, and
chickory as a drink. Only on
Sunday or a Fair day does he
get beer, and meat, never. Yet
Belgium supports the densest
population III Europe, and her
people resemble the occupants
of a beehive. Every inch
of ground is utilized and
brought to the highest possible
state of fertility, and thousands
of acres are even reclaimed
from the briny deep by the
huge dikes which patent toll
and industry have erected.
We trust Gergia may never
be SO crowded as to reduce her
people to such straights. but
still the lesson is useful to us,
showing what can be accom>
plished by we'll directed indus~
try.
And it is now an admitted
| foot <h<k cn.c1y III
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Suggestions to the Strangers
From the Ouachita Teleerah.1

AAOA DOputy ~. ~. uOESdu VI
the Patrons OF Husbandry that
a convention Of Delegates of
this order in the Ouachita
Valley is called to meet at
Monroe on the 9th proximo.
The object Of the meeting is
stated to be tor consultation es-
pecially regarding high charges
for freights, and generally as
to other subjects affecting the
interests Of the planter.
We anticipate very benea>
cial results from such a gath>
ering of the producers, who
are at once the props of busi>
ness prosperity and the vic>
TINS of nearly every species Of
business exactions. There is
both room and need for a radi>
cal reform which will encourage
and protect the father in his
struggle against money and
monopolies. and the power to
do this is certainly in the
hands of the farmers them>
selves, if they will unite. It is
a shortsighted policy which
would retard such q combina>
ton Of the industrious produ-
GERS, upon whose thrift and
prosperity every branch of
business and all the professions
necessarily depends for support.
Not only this, no people can
long survive constant depreda>
tons upon the producers, any
more than the producer can
hold out by constant cultiva>
ton of a soil which he fails to
return some of the producing
elements yearly taken from it.
The proposed convention,
we trust, will be held, and will
take a comprehensive view Of
the planters troubles, the chief
source of the country's all
ments. The matter of trans
portation is q small item in the
system of extortion practiced
upon the planter-a system
which is about the only REM
nant left of Southern slave
labor. Take all the. duties
levied upon ia bale of cotton,
and the item of freights is in>
significant compared with the
remainder.
The planter wants less patch
ing, picking, commissions and
fewer intermediates. Some Of
commission merchants ac>
counts are frightful.
Then, there is the question
of labor, or rather the question
of agreeing as to the price Of
labor, and the necessity for a
faithful observance of all con-
tracts, whether it be your con-
tract. or your neighbor's. In
this matter there should be the
very strictest integrity, both as.
20 intention and performance.
No farmer can complain at
unjust business practices who
will demoralize or steal his
neighbor's labor. Equally as
important is the renewing of
fences, repairs of buildings,
opening. Of bitches and fertiliz>
ing Of the land, all matters in
which both the planters and
n .
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Gen. Charles w. Roberts, of
Bangor, is the Democratic
nominee for Governor Of Maine.
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the land at the same time viii

the land at the same time will
steadily improve.
Who, it may be asked, are
really the only thrifty and
progressive agriculturalists of
Georgiaa We answer, those
landowners, who with their
sturdy sons, bear the brunt
and heat of the season, and
with their own Drawn and
muscle cultivate, harvest and
enjoy the proceeds of their
labors. These, men raise their
own beef, butter. mutton, ba-
con and vegetables, and oft
times, also sugar surup, rice
and -four. Moreover, their
surplus land. If not advanta~
geously rented, is used for
pasturage, Or lalowed to. grow
up and recuperate. They are
ever ready, also to sell to the
thrifty white emigrant, and
thus enhance the taxable and
productive values of the coun>
try.
This assertion we are prepar-
ed to prove by the evidence Of
hundreds of small farmers,
whereas,those cnltivating large
plantations, with exceptional
and almost solitary instances
to the contrary, make grievous
failures, and grow poorer every
year. Let us emulate the
Belgian, therefore, and force
mother earth by kind treatment
and tireless energy to yield
her utmost for the support of
those who draw their sustene
ance from her generous bosom.
A week ago, the crops, and
corn particularly, werein want
ofrain. Well-informed gentle
men from the surrounding
country, some from 60 to 100
miles distant, report fine sea-
sons during the past ". OK.
From every part of North
Louisiana reports agree that
nearly twice the corn has been
planted this year over last
[Ouachita Telegraph.
81 ~
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Mortimer Thompson, better
known as ''Doesticks,'' died on
the 26th ult., in New York
aged 40 years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-01

The General Government Of
Germany is preparing q Par
liamentary measure to prohib-
it public religious professions.
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The trouble in Chin Kiang,
China, caused by the imprison-
ment of two native soldiers fol
insulting the American Con
sui, has been settled.
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Lagrange, Tenn, has been
selected by the people of the
new county of Bell as the
county seat-Grand Junction
losing by a few votes. 49,
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The Governor Of Ceylon has
issued a prohibition against
the destruction of elephants,
which are becoming scarce on
account Of the slaughter by
sportsmen. ~ al5
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-01

Some people prefer expos
ing their children to the hor-
rors of hydrophobia to fore
going the pleasure e. Of keep
ing a lot Of NANCY ours and
pestiferous fees about theil
premises. Richland Beacon
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The King of Burmah has
granted q Great Britain per-
mission to send forces through
his dominion to China.
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en- QUERY.-Has a man, who
has never subscribed. for his
parish newspaper, any right to
criticise its contents 81 Union
Record. > leg
he has. This is a
free county. sl fa.fe
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-06-04


dollar and sight cents, Notwithstanding
ths decline IN the eastern market and
y arm . shsss Agarss. Corn y worth
81 90 and scarce. potatoes l.2o aud
srs brought from lows, while meats
range from l2l ~ lUS cents. II farm.
On bad my II thsss 20 ell .insa would
10 lively but On the contrary thoy have
10 bay Or " last the greater portion u
them. owing In great measure 20 tho
two preceding years II drought and
: general disposition an'ongss . grcat
many 10 lot esoh day provide for Il.
sslf. This IL The ruls. however there
exceptions 10 II. Ability coupled
with enterprise will win hers - slso'
where, hence ~ 6nd such vast differ
snao between farmers. They aro gene
rally III god circumstances " very
poor. More anun.
w X. Is
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SMERlFr,S N.1L ".


Howard County.
III he District Gaart of Howard County,
State of lewA
~ yIvtss .sf an Exsen.lon issasa
fror, The oss,es Of thu Clerk IT tbs Dislf,e,
IL favor u Joseph Hlee assignee VI 4
lnlsmen, N said Court rendered 10 fAver
" Cyrus Adam, ". Thomas r.
Davies q d, Il I'D June III is7a,
AaA 70 me 4irsclsd, commanding me
that 81 shs soods. chNtlels, stnck or ,nter~s'
II Any e0MPAny dsbts, dns, properly IL
me kaAds % third persons. lands and ten.
snenis which are NJ, esainrs ~ Inv from
ssseutsoss Of ,As all I'll mas = IA.
Wis st.sl ! man a. enlles ~ bs Faais
~ sum III sryrn lIuNirei m tSsHutArn
doiiArs aud ~ suits. with interest AMI ans !,
levetd upsn ths tuiip~in g ,ls.rlIhei Ht.l
Estate, lying and being situated In tho
Csssty " Reward, aud Hlass " Iowa,
All cfsAe siglt title anA interest IL r. 7
Davies IN AMI 10 thu sonsh Nal q,tariar pt
aeSlloH twenty slI ~ Township ainety.
Mise (oM Range eleven I'LL weA ~ he
~ =. y and also oil III ths right tite and
lessseel Gfshr sail T. T. Dsvles IN aud IL
~ Messh east quarter u sea.ion twenty
sevsa ls7l Tewnshlp ntnely.nins Range
1levon (Ill west II I'M 6th = y.
Al AeeeAy give pahlis notice that
hall e0sr fss sale - public ouscry. ~ .hs
CeaFl.Aevee deer III Crosse, ssunty VI
MeWnsA md 6tAts u Iowa. on
Monday Jo0y oeA, 1873,
AeevssA ~ kesrs u \ e'elesk. \. ~, M
! e'o(oea, ,. -, = sAll day, sale 10 dosn
asess q ~ hsss ~ 10 o'slosk. =. n .oI
eeiA lay, sd viii cell To lhs highest And
- hl1dey therefor In sash, ths Ahsys ds
ossthod ps~pssty. " sSlaslsnt tAsreof i
oaliol5 ~ above debt, With Iatevssl IN
Dalsl ths mi DAY " June is7t
y. N. AUkEnHON,
nhssI9 ef Howard county
~ rfiNsrs fsa 9p.On
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THE
.A7uttne APPARATUS

h thc very best In asc. The wind ran.
NJ. Affect In working aud 1t will never
clog Or shell grain.
There II nothing complicated ~ weak
al,ou. tho nnaclllne; II u mado for wo,A.
simple, strong. and light draft. II yon ar
not satisfied with In lopks, tAks Il home
and try y. Try u with any Other md
keep Tho ono you liku best. don, he
afraid 70 Try II, yon nccd never fear An In.
junction. When rival agent tells you
TINT a patent suit has La~n buxun ngsln,i
ihv McC0rmirkr, and thu. you will lavc
trouble II you buy 4 Mex 'orinick Harvester
just vt that man down N liar. for there
u no ruth In hIa abatement. II q. II. Il
II. ] Mccormick were III infringe On 4
patent over ~ much, the purchasers u their
machines would not suffer, hut the fac. IL
there llas been M infringement. Tho Nc
cormlrks have built Harvester ~ gn,d
that rival mAlhihc mcn can't compete IL
,l,e us.ial wsy. hit hsva 10 scare people
from baying Il. Fsrmsrs In need of 4
Harvester, lo0k Tho Mct'ormick sample
over before you ln,y' J. Will b. money In
your pocket
JOHN =. PGoK, As.n,
aa,n1 GKkrro. Iowa.
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Prom Misso uii.


EDlTOks PLAlN UnALkk:
Thinking that = few issms from, this
part Of plague stricken Missouri, might
not b. entirely unin'crcssins 70 yaur
rcAdcrs. who IN my estimation. ara III.
tsrsstsd more than they nro aware u
In thu graashorpsr devastation that u
now taking plase Ia tho creator por-
ton u Ibis State. Kansas. NshrAska,
Colorado and Indian Nation. When
warm weather came this spring, grass
hoppsrs commenced 10 hatch out, In
conntlsss millions. from The eggs that
were Deposited Inst fall, and now thsy
o2n 10 secn In all Aixss. from those
thst arr bali grpwn % those not larger
than h1al II i pm Iharc II MT !
garlun lott III .Ills pAst u thu Staia,
xniIs nea,ly all Tie spring wheat 10
sA.sn up, Ill tho barley and about MI
thu oats Winter whtat DID MT suffer
- bally until within the last fsw days
when il conmsnusd heading nut. hop :
psrs cutting of ,lr blades ~ fast II
they appear Nearly III lhs small
gram win b. pllwol Up anil planted i,
corn; corn ton. Ii eaten oii fast a. !,
comos up Viewing the situation "
III must favorable light II II cortAinI,
gloomy l'rom prsssut indications III,
Pasta will leave hero. soon NJ they gel
wings III . north.eastcrly dirosliun. Il
sssms 10 No that Iowa. tlliaois. ~.
| perhaps Other etAsss will share III
Same fate % Mo. The 0ovsronor .
this Hsats Ut apart tho third dsy II
juno ~ day u Teasing. haMil Alis,
and prayer 70 arrest ths plague Tho
nov looks % u ID would end n fam.
Inc II there IL anything raised hss,
Il VII 10 corn planted late, that. III
huppors NAV ~ lsAsroy. Wksrt hs
advanced from seventy cents 1. u.