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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17
How Upland Rice Is Cultiva-
ted.

That excellent paper, the Mobile
Register, the agricultural department
OF which is 30 ably conducted by
Prof j. Parish Stelle, describes the
method of cultivating upland rice as
practiced on the pine lands of the
Gulf Coast, as follows:
The soil to be well pulverized with
plow and harrow first, then laid off
in rows eighteen inches apart, with
wooden teeth prepared for purpose.
If on cow-pen or previously y-fertilized
soil, the seed is dropped in the drill
at the rate OF from one peck 20 one.
half bnshel per acre, and covered
lightly with harrow brush or roller.
If a fertilizer is required, it Is we'll to
sprinkle lightly in the drill, say of
cotton seed meal, (Which is the COM
mercial fertilizer mostly used hcre)
200 pounds to an acre. The plants
ing should be done last Of February
or in March. as frost after it is up
does not injure it much, and by plant
ing early il natures before the heat
of the summer affects it. As soon as
it is up SO as TO follow the rows easi>
ly, run a small bull tongue as close TO
it as possible. Give it another
sprinkle OF seed meal on each side,
two hundred pounds more per acre,
then cut with narrow hoe, leaving
two or three healthy blades or. stocks
from three to 6xe inches. for, like
oats and wheat, 1t stools out, sending
up twenty or Thirty stocks from one
grain.
After thinning, work the middles
with light cultivator or harrow,
leaving the surface as level as posi-,
BILE. Do not at any time throw a
furrow to the rice, but cultivate shal.
low as long as long as the grass con,
tiaues to show, Twice is usually
sufficient, for if the crop ia planted
close enough, it will soon shade tho
ground and keep down the grass or
weeds. Select new land, or that up
on which there is no crab grass. and
it requires no more labor than corn.
The cutting, ihreshing, &C., same as
oats or wheat. The yicld here is
from thirty to eighty bushels an acre,
and straw is about as good as hay for
feed. We get our rough rice dressed
or polished in New Orleans, the mills
charging one cent pc. pound as pre-
pared for market. Some dress in
baud mortars fresh as they use it,
which is done qaite rapidly, and
thought to be better when cooked.
A measured bushel Of upland, or
bull rice, as il is named here, from
size Of grain and rank growth, will
give about twenty>two pounds when
dressed.
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G0Verhor N arm aad eqap twg feg
imohrs n picked lnfratiy. ani to pgr
chase foaf Ostlinz guns. TLcae
trOcps--who viii be negroes. Tor
Ames plainly ibtimated 10 the Con-
gfessiOn1l Committee that be could
not trust white men, even those who
fought uBdg The Aig Of the Union
are to be employed. not to aid the
civil officers In the execution Of legal
process, but to do the will Of the
Governor.
II there is an exodus of white men
from the state now white peace pre-
walls through all our borders, what
may we expect in the uidst of the
anarchy, strife and bloodshed that
will result from the calling out of
these u oops, to sey nothing of the
enormous taxes that will he entailed?
Over half our white population VIII
forsake the state and the tide of black
immigrants will pour in, like the bar
barian hordes Of northern Europe inta
the sunny plairs of lta'y.
A few years will close the history
Of our once great and prosperous
state. Enlightened agriculture, with
all the vesiiges Of high civilization
VI be blotted out and Mississippi
will present parallel to The islands
Of the West Indies that were ruined
by the misdirccted efforts of British
Philanthropy.
We arc no alarmists. We would
to God we could see the star OF hope
IN The near o.. even in Z e distant
future. Bat we cannot; the deeper
we look into The future the blackeL
the picture of ruin that presents it.
self.
We can see no way in which our
brethren Of the Order in other states
can aid US in averting the coming
ruin. We write this, not TO invoke
such aid, hnt to offer them food for
thought. 1t is a subject which vitally
interests agriculturisls in all parts Of
the country, especially those OF the
North>west whose great outloI to the
Of the world wash the
shore of our s.ate. and two branches
of whose railway system traverse its
length. Let the brethren f the
North. West reflect on the subject
calmly and dispassionately, not as
partisans, out as agriculturalists. as
Patrons, as Americans. and especially
let them inquire how the agricultural /
interests of their section will be effect,
ed by the scheme TO Africanize Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana.-PItron OF
Husbandry.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

A man at the Central depot was
loking around for some one to split
some wood. and meeting forlorn-
looking boy he asked him "Bub,
wouldn't your father like job7" mo
he's got one now" answered The hoy
Just been sent up for monthsl"-De
troit Free Press.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17


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10 see q waiter. A e0iofed hoy fan
o. Huek h.s head lhto iho rom aad
asked chat was wanted. THo Old
mlm said be diih't want anything but
tho waiter was hardly dorn stairs be-
fore tie boil rang again.
"Di1 Joa want ,uainY' he inquired.
as be reached the room agaln.
Nothing replied tho old man, a.
he opened the door.
In about two minutes the bell rang
aaain, and this time the waiter cxs
claimed:
III you don't want muffin what ar'
70 pulln' de bell fur?'
II want 10 oblige tho waiter" re-
piled the old man.
DE waillh! Oblige dc waitali?"
"Ics, it says here: Please ring the
bell for the waiter, and If he wants il
rung I'm willing TO oblige lin, though
I'm tired and sleepy aud shan't pull it
mnre'n four times more unless | know
tha, some Of his family are sick. =
Detroit Free Press.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

A SWEET LAuGH.--A woman has
no more bewitohing grace than sweet
laugh. II leaps from the heart in q
clear, sparkling rill; and the heart
that hears il feels as If baihcd 10 an
cxhilaraling sprihg,
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

"In Shreveport, the other day, a
man shot pegro in the suburbs. |"
That means, we suppose. that he bit
him somewhere outside the limits of
his corporation.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

a loor, i'll used vile in Montreal,
said to her husband just before she
died, Il accumulated such a store of
love ior you during our courtship that
six years Of neglect end coldness on
your part have tailed to exhaust it,"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

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BALKY HonsEs The Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty TO Animals
publishes the following Suggestions
for tie treatment Of balky horses;
/. Pat the horse upon The neck ;
examine the harness carefully, first Oh
one side and then on the other,
speaking encouragingly while doing
80 then jump into the wagon and
give the word go generally he will
obey.
2. A teamster in Maine siys he can
start the worst balky horse by taking
him out of the shafts and making
him go round i'll a circle till he is
giddy. II The first dance of this sort
doesn't cure him, the second will.
3. To cure a balky horse, simrly
place your hand over the horses nose
aud shut off his wind until he wants
to go.
:, 4. The brain Of horse seems to
entertain but one idea at time ;
therefore continued whipping only
confirms his stubborn resolve. Ii
you can, by any means, give him a
new subject TO think Of. you will gen
orally have no trouble in starting
him. A simple remedy is to take o
couple Of turns of stout twinc around
the Aore leg, Just below the knee,
tight enough for the horse TO leel, and
tie in q bow knot A, the first
check he will generally go dancing
off, and after going a short distance
you can get out and remove .he
string. to prevent injury 10 the ten
doa in your further drive.
5. Take the tail o! the horse be
tween the hind legs, and. tie il by a
cord to the saddle g;rth.
6. Tie a string around the horses
ear, close to his head
The latest divorce development
comes from the West. At the twi-
light hour they we're married. At
early dawn, when the justice who
tied the knot was tasti'g his morn.
ing eock-iail, gentle hand touched
his shoulder. He recognized the
bride and said, "Ah you've como for
the license you forgol." mol amt,
Judge, Bill snores like porpoise
with the asthma Use come for di-
vorce." t t aa
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

Two things in this world that
should not he triffisd witll-a womau's
opinion, aud the business end OF q
WASP.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

COMMERCIAL AGENTS FoR PATRONS OF
MISSISSIPPI ..
\ Vaughan. 35S Front Street, Memphis
A NJ Hardin N L Cor Pine a. ID, ~ Lonis.
B y Filzpatick, 10 n Commerce st, Mobile
IN, Harrington g. Co, - cnfondeiet St.
New Orleans. If
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

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2 " Gutysou NeerrtarY.
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Hnfh
~ MrRie Muster.
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RsA Crock 0fHH4e The reguiar meetings ~
Nd Greek Grange are held on the iltiid sttnr.
drg ~ sHrl month.
Byrd Master
Cox, Secretary
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, 1875-07-14

of the measures which have been passed are,
in the opinion of the Governor, among the
most useful and practical that have ever been
added to the Statute Book. There seems to
have been complete accord between the Legis-
lature and the Executive. The colony intends
to shew specimens Of liz products at the Phila-
delphia Exhibition. In this matter Governor
Robinson's experience at Vienna will be very
useful. The concluding sentences of his
Excellency's speech express an anticipation
that the colony will shortly Be relieved from
the financial difficulties with which it was en-
barassed on his arriva as Governor, 1t is
gratifying to be able to congratulate Mr..
Robinson upon the success ofhis administration
, 1875-07-14
THE FRUIT TRADE.
From tie Enp. Mall

The Bahamas are going in extra severely For
che culture of oranges as we'll as pine.apples.
There was shipped to the States last season from
those islands about 4,O00, 900 oranges. As yet
in its infancy as a branch of West Indian com
merce, this fruit trade is capable Of wide ex-
p%ansion, and we may reasonably hope that the
now constant shipments of pine-apples, oranges,
and other tropical fruit to London and American
ports, are the NAL beginnings Of a business in
which the other Antilles viii soon take a large
part.
, 1875-07-14

Further particulars. can be obtained b
applying to
J. NILES Il Co.
St. Thomas, July 9TH, 1875.
N.B.-We are momentIy expecting
a small cargo of FLOUR comprising some
OF the above brands; also CORN MEAL
IN PuncheCns and barrels aud CORN in
bags, which we offer for sale.
, 1875-07-14
A u N.

EFTER Begjering If Frederik-
Is steds Skifteret vii blivc opraabt
til Bortsalg we'd Zen Auction her
paa Auctionscontoiret Torsdagen
den Ste August f0rstkommende Mid
DAG III. IL slet
, 1875-07-14
N 7 | c +.

THE Public are hereby notified
that the road from Mr.. STEVENS
Lime Kiln, to the Prisons Bound
airy, is not a Pubtic Road and be-
longs to the Estate "Richmond."
JOHN c.. STRIDIRON.
, 1875-07-14
EiendOmmen

No. 26 A. a. K~ONGENSGADE
her i Byen tiIh0rende afgangne Mar
tina Elizabeth James Bo.
Conditionerne for Salget og andre
~Oplysninger kunne erholdes paa
SkifteretscontOiret.
Frederiksteds Auctionscontoir den
Ste JUL 1875.
C. SARAUW.
, 1875-07-14

Il D + | { i n
+ U R M ILLS S.
TIIE UNDERSIGNED Agents
for the proprietors cf the above
Mills, are prepared to receive and
execute orders for the following we'll
known brands of FLOUR and
CORN MEAL, viz:
Horizon Family,
Riverside Family,
Osceola Family,
Horizon Extra,
Whcatland Family.
Riverside Extra,
Brooke Family,
Osceola Extra,
Wyandotte Family,
Brooke Extra,
Rio Grande Extra,
Nanjemoy Extra,
Brooke Superfne,
Arlington Family,
Winona ~Superine,
Wheatland Superfne,
Ellerslie Superfine,
Pine Grove Fine,
Anchor Brand, Kiln dried,
Corn Meal in Puncheons and
Barrels, also Yellow Corn
in Bags.
Orders solicited for any quantity of
either of the above named brands which
will be promptly executed and the quality
guaranteed, as the same will be ground
to order. Cost of Invoice to be paid cash
on delivery of the goods here.
The trade has rarely had better oppor-
tunity than the present afforded to it for
obtaining a first quality Flour at the
manufacturers price; thus saving interest
on remittances in advance.
The undersigned hope to secure
through their endeavours-good advan-
tages for the trade, in return for it's
patronage
, 1875-07-14
A U CTIoN

NJ the request of Frederiksted's
LH Dealing Court will be put up
for sale at one Auction to be held at
this Office on Thursday the 5th of
August next IL o'clock noon the
, 1875-07-14
Property

No. 26 A. a. KONGENSGADE
in this town belonging to the estate
of the late Martha Elizabeth James.
The conditions for the sale and
other information may. be had at the
Office of the Dealing Court.
Auction Office Frederiksted aJuly
5th 1875.
c. sARAUw.
, 1875-07-14
Tbs ia v s"
IS PUBLISHED

EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-08
The Wheat Crop.

An investigation of the condition of
winter wheat by the statistical division
of the Department of agriculture at
Washington, represent the crop, as a
whole, much below the status of that of
last year in April. The northern belt
was generally protected by covering of
snow, leaving the roots intact though
the tops might be brown and lifeless in
places. Between the thirty-sixth and
fortieth parallels of latitude the protec-
ton was less uniform and continuous,
and freezing and thawing in March were
destructive in more exposed situations,
and injury general in a greater or less
degree. The injury is greater in those
portions of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas, in which drought prevented
early planting and adequate root de-
velopment before the coming of winter.
In the area south of the thirty-six paral-
lei wheat is uninjured by frost, and
vigorous, even luxuriant, in some dis
tricts. The advantages of drilling over
broad-casting is in all sections unani-
mously asserted. In California the early
sown wheat is an assured success. That
put in late is less vigorous, and fears are
entertained that the prevailing north
winds and absence of later rains may
greatly reduce the yield of that less ad-
vanced portion of the crep. There is an
apparent increase of about seven per
cent. in the areas of winter wheat,
amounting in round numbers to 1,500,-
600 acres, though that portion the win
ter killed and to be replanted in other
crops may be equal in the West to the
enlargement of the planted area. This
increase is small in the Middle States,
considerable in Illinois and Missouri,
and proportionately largest in the Gulf
States and in Kansas, reaching thirty
per cent. in the Southwest.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-08
Diking in Holland.

In Dutch drainage-work the dixie is
very important element. These vary, of
course, according to the circumstances
under which they are required. On the
North sea coast, where they are built to
Withstand tides rising ten feet beyond
their average, and, lashed by storms,
they constitute a work of stupendous
and cost. In the case of o
polder of few acres, they may be the
work of a single man. Occasionally in
their construction serious engineering
difficulties are presented; especially is
this the case where the dixie is to be con-
structed in the water. Here the two
sides of the foundation, which must
reach from the solid earth to the surface
of the water, are made by sinking great
RATS of fascines made of willow osiers,
often from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty yards sqaure, strongly secured
together, and making compact mass.
These are foated over the place they are
to occupy, where they are guided by
poles sunk in the bottom, and are loaded
with stones or with earth until they sink.
Upon this first, second and smaller
one, and often third, and even fourth,
always decreasing in size, are placed in
turn. The space between the two walls
is filled with solid earth, and on the top
of this secure foundation the dixie is
built. If the dixie is to remain exposed
to moving water, it must be further pro
tected by ietties, or by mason-work, Oh
by wattles placed upon its slope, Oh
by rows Of piles, basket-work of straw Oh
rushes, or sometimes by brick walls
Scri6ner for May.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-08
The Soldiers Homes.

At the Central Home, near Dayton,
Ohio, there are 1904 disabled soldiers;
at the Northwestern branch, near Mil
waukee, Wis, 865; at the Eastern
branch, near Augusta, Me-, $50; at the
Southern branch, near Hampton, Va,
637; making total at the four homes
of 5,025, which, with seventy-seven who
received out door relief, makes the total
number cared for STOP. During the
year 1872 the four homes cared for A, 632
disabled soldiers, and during the year
year 1871 for 4,310, showing an increase
of 1913 over 1872, and of 715 over 1871.
Judging from the applications for adj
mission daily received, it is probable
that the nextyear will show astill greater
increase over 1873. Of the 5,025 SO
cared for in the four regular homes dur
ing the last year, sixtY-nine were dis
abled in the Mexican war, or the war of
1912, and the remainder in the war of
the rebellion; 748 were between the
ages of twenty and thirty, 2,606 between
the ages of thirty and fifty, 1872 be-
tween the ages of fifty and seventy, and
ninety-nine over the age of seventy.
Their disability was as follows Four had
lost both arms, seven both legs, three
each an arm and a leg, 275 each one
arm, 322 each one leg, 115 were blind,
and tifty-four insane, and all the others
were "disabled by wounds received or
!, sickness contracted in the service and in
the line of duty" OF the whole, eighty
eight were colored, fifty-nine of whom
were at the Southern branch, and 1,503
are reported manned, with wife OF
minor child living; 2,184 are native
born, and 2,841 are of foreign birth
There were one hundred and seventy
eight deaths during the year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-08
The " Housekeeper of our Hea. til.

The liver is the great deprrating or blood
cleansing organ of the system. Set the great
housekeeper of our health at work. and the
foul corruptions which gender in the blood and
rot out as it were, the machinery of life, are
gradually expelled from the system. For tn 8
purpose DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
with small daily doses Of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, are prominently the articles
needed They cure every kind of humor from
the worst scrofula to the common pimple,
blotch or eruption. Great eating ulcers kindly
heal under their mighty curative influence.
Virulent blood poisons that Turk in the system
are by them robbed of their terrors, and by
their persevering and somewhat protracted use
the most tainted system may be completely re-
ncvated and built up anew. Enlarged glands,
tumors and swellings dwindle away and disap.
pear under the influence Of their great resol.
vents. Sold by all dealers in Medicines Com
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-08

AS BROAD AS CIVILIZATION. The
agent of the Wilson sewing machine company
will, in few days, sail from San Francisco for
Chill in South America, where he will open a
branch house and exhibit the world-renowned
Wilson shuttle sewing machine at the grand
exposition to be held at Santiago under the
auspices of that government. By this step the
Wilson sewing machine company will complete
the circuit of the globe They have already
immense agencies in China, Japan, British In
dies, England, France, and throughout South
America. Supreme IN it's superiority over oil
other sewing machines, the Wilson goes on
widening its field year after year, carrying the
blessings of q cheap, capable and perfect sew
ing machine to the remotest haunts of civiliza-
ton. Machines will be delivered at any railroad
station in this county, free of transportation
charges, if ordered through the company'f
branch house at 1927 and 829 Broadway, New
York They send an elegant catalogue and
chrome circular free on application. This COM
pany want few more good agents. Com.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-08
On the Will.

A citizen of Troy, N. Y, CHANGING
some years ago to enter the Office of a
law firm in that town, found the part
ners at work upon contested will case,
when he remarked to them that no law
yer should make money out of his estate,
for he had drawn his own will Gin o
few plain sentences so definite and clear
that any one could understand them"
He was told by the lawyers that they
liked nothing better than this amateur
will-making, and that they were sure to
get a job out of this particular testament,
plain, definite, and clear as it might be-.
The gentleman in time died, and both
the firm mentioned and two other high
priced lawyershave since been employed
upon this very will, and have written
long and costly "opinions" upon the
meaning of the "plain, definite, and
clear" document.