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shape OF the young and small leeches, and
those that, not having digested their food,
do not put IN an appearance on the uncere-
moniouS summons of the collectors
The price Of lecches in the market now
Is about four pounds per pound weight, an
average of 500 individuals going to the
pond An establishment, such as describ-
ed above, will produce several million
leeches annually in healthy condition
Serious losses are experienced i'll cold
weather, and In consequence of injudicious
handling of the annelides but the profits
are nevertheless considerable, as the cost
of maintenance and collection is not very
great.
The method of feeding these interesting
tiocks Is, as we have said, by sending num-
Der OF horses into the ponds periodically,
tor unless leeches are provided with an am
pie commissiariat, they will take themselves
off in search of forage elsewhere. The
horses used for this purpose do not suffer
to anything like the extent that might be
imagined. They are closely watched dur
ing the operation, and carefully tended af-
terward. In many cases, horses which have
been bought for trifie have, under the
care bestowed upon them, improved so
wonderfully as to have been sold afterward
at profit, so little does the system injure
them. Old horses, whose lives have hither-
to been a succession of hard knocks and
HASTINGS, and a perpetual round of fatiguing
journeys, here find a relief from their bur
dens death is deferred for months, and
even years, and the latter period of their
life is passed in paradise compared with
the experience they have gone through.
Paris alone Consumes some twelve mil
lion leeches annually; and, prior to the es-
tablishmcnt of the system of producing
them in artificial reservoirs, the annual i'm
pOrtation into France from abroad, cxclu-
sivc of its own production, was nearly fifty
millions. The enormous demand for these
useful surgical attendants throughout the
world may be estimated from the above
! figures.
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Two Hundred Bushels of Crickets.

In Bull Run valley, Nevada, the crickets
have played sad havoc with the growing
crops. The ugly pests attacked one wheat
field Of thirty acre, and in an hour destroy
ed the whole crop, eating the-stalks off
close to the ground, and then marched off
to other conquests. Millions of crickets
that have been killed strew the ground for
miles around, while vast numbers have i'm
parted a most disagrecable favor to the
water, rendering it unfit for drinking.
4 novel means Of cleaning out eriekets
is the sewing together of three gunny
sacks, leaving small holes in the bottom one
for the egrees of water. This large sack is
attached to the end of sluice box, placed
50 that the water will run into it. The peo-
pie then assemble, armed with bells and
boughs, and with great noise drive the
crickets into the stream, which swiftly car
ries them down through the sluice box into
the bag, and there they are speedy drown
ed. At Painters rancho, short time ago
there was grand "drive," destroying about
225 bushels of crickets.
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The Reason Why?

The following are some Of the reasons
why an American citizen cannot vote the
Democratic ticket why loyal man can
not consent to be identified with that
party:
Its record is stepped in infamy, and is
smirched with fraud corruption, treason
and murder.
1t has stolen the labor and liberty of
100000 of people, and forged chains
which bound them to the earth, and which
to-day would gall them, had not the com
mand of the Republican party been obeyed.
The Democratic party inaugurrted the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, where
by the last barrier between freedom and
slavcray was broken down in all territory
within the exclusive jurisdiction of Con
gress.
1t attempted to carry the black pail of
terrible crime into free territory, and for
that purpose instituted bloodshed, robbery,
destruction of property and murder.
1t stole forts, arsenals, ships, money and
munitions of war.
1t stole the blood of 500, 900 men.
1t stole S3,000,O00, 900, that being the
amount the people must make up by tax
alton as the cost of Il cruel war.
1t drove loyal men from their homes,
and confscated their property, and it
murdered in cold blood those who ''rallied
around the old flag"
Its grim visage is reflected in the hor-
rors of Andersonville, Libby and Fort
Pillow.
1t murdered defenseless negroes in New
York, while its champion Governor ad-
dressed the frenzied mob as friends and
brothers.
1t resisted the draft, and encouraged
desertion.
1t gave aid and comfort to rebels in
arms against the Government, and denounc-
ed the Union soldiers as hirelings and
murderers.
1t gave vent to treason in thousands Of
speeches and publications.
1t refused to vote money to carry on
the war and to feed and clothe the Union
soldieLs.
1t laughed with demoniac glee at rebel
success, and howled with pain at rebel
defeat
Itopposed the emancipation of the slaves,
preferring that they should be retained as
an ally of the rebels, and it became enraged
because colored men fought ON the side OF
the Union.
1t stole more public money in New York
alone, than all the losses of the Federal
Government since the advent of the Repub-
Ecan uarty into mower
1t pronounced the war failure, and
declared in favor Of peace upon the most
disgraceful and humiliating terms.
1t set up as a champion in 1864, upon a
platform that the war was a failuer, a
General whose militrry career verified the
platform.
1t set up as It's champion in 1868 the
Governor who failed to suppress the Demo
cratic mob in New York in 1868,
1t advocated reputation of the national
debt, and by every influence possible
smirched the national credit.
1t organized Ku-Klux gangs to terrify
oppress and kill loyal men In the South
while its northern wing at first denied, and
then justified the outrage.
1t has by its reckless and outrageous
acts, compelled the interposition of legis
lation to protect people in their rights.
1t has attempted to overturn State gov.
ernments and make them subservient to
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the demands of the worst clements in
society.
1t has corrupted the ballot-box and
prevented a free exercise of the the elective
franchise
1t has introduced into Congress bills for
the appropriation of millions to pay South
ern claims.
1t has removed crippled Union soldiers
from employment under the Government
and substituted those whose merit is that
they fought against the flag.
1t has placed upon its ticket as its
standard bearer, the attorney Of Tammany
the bosom-friend of Twced-with whom
he sat in conventions and on committees,
practicing political ledgerdemain worthy
only Of ward bummers
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The condition of the industrial classes in
North Germany shows that flush times are
quite as demoralizing as hard times. After
the close of the Franco German war wages
rose to an unnatural level, all classes fancied
that the food-tide of prosperity had set in,
thrift was discarded and luxuries became
indispensable, craving for wealth beset all
classes and discomfort was fomented, and
the ultimate result was deterioration of
workmanship. Herr Reuleaux has sum
med it up: "The products of German
workmen are wanting in finish, wanting in
soundness, wanting in taste, and absolutely
devoid of imagination" The best work is
done by contented workmen who are mo-
derately prosperous
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At the close of its editorial remarks upon
Governor Tilden's "expanation that does
not explain, the New York Tribune sums
up the case in this pungent manner
Gov. Tilden many indeed have kept
himself within the letter of the law, but it
is plain that he evaded its spirit. He
could not be sent to the penitentiary, as he
is trying to send Jarvis Lord, for defraud-
ing the Government, but he contrivcd to
keep the Government from getting out of
him the money to which it was entitled
He did not tell the horse-car conductor he
had paid his fare, but he kept his hands in
his pockets and looked unconcernedly at
the conductor, as if he had and the effect
was the same. When the conductor detects
such passenger, he generally wants to put
him off the car. When the American peo-
pie find him running as Reform candidate
for the Presidency, they are going to vote
for the other man."
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Poor Old Sammy.

TUNE" OH, Susannah.''
l had a dream some time ago,
When all around was still
| dreampt / saw Sam Tilden
rolling down the hill;
A big railroad was in his eye,
He put his arm round Hendricks neck,
Saying, " Tommy, don't you cry"
CHORUS.
Oh, poor Sammy! we cannot cry for thee,
For you are going up Salt River
With Imitation" on your knee.
Old Sammy then to Hendricks said:
{" | cannot win this race,
For honest Hayes and Wheeler
Are going to get the place"
Cob! do cheer up" then Hendricks said,
"And Try to stick by me,
And we'll spend the next four years to come
In some cottage by the sea-"
CHORUS.
Oh poor Sammy! we cannot cry for thee,
For you are going up Salt River
With Imitation" on your knee.
Hayes and Wheeler passed them by,
And soon were up the hill;
They looked around OH Sam and Tom;
And saw that all was still.
Friend Morrissey then came along
But, alas he found them dead;
lie poured some whisky down their throats
And rubbed the bottle on their head.
CHORUS.
Oh, poor Sammy! we cannot cry for thee,
For you are going up Salt River
With Imitation" on your knee.
The race was DER, the dream was true,
As the sequel soon will show,
For Hayes will be our President.
And TO the White House lie will go.
Wen send him for single term,
To let the people see
That our President is for reform
In this land of liberty.
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There has been terrible mortality
among the Democrats, according to Hon.
W. W. Warren. He says THE Demo
Gratis of to-day are not the Democrats of
twenty years ago. They have all gone into
obscurity, died or joined the Republican
party" That seems to finish Tilden.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-10-05

"Long John" Wentworth "hired a hall, "
and made one of his unique speeches before
a crowded audience of Republicans, in
Chicago, on Friday night. He arraigned
the Democratic part for reviving the issues
of the war, and contended that, this being
the case, they could not complain of the
Republicans accepting the gage.
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The trouble with Sinnott's explanation
is that while it agrees with Tilden's state
ment in 1862, it disputes Tilden's state
ment in 1876. Sinuot says Tilden's in
eome was but S7,116 in 1862, but Tilden
swears in 1876 that he received $40, 900 in
one payment IN 1862
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"IIas that jury agreed ?" asked the Judge
OF sheriff whom he met on the stairs with
a bucket in his hand. "Yes," replied
Patrick "they have agreed to send out for
half gallon"
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J. III. McCarty 4 Sens,
Practical Undertakers,

Beg herewith to offer to the public as a bn-
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2245 car loads of peaches were shipped
from the Delaware Peninsula this season.
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FRIDAY, ::::::::::::::::::::::::Fehruary 4, 1876.

AN ELEGANT STOCK.-The estab-
,ishment of Messrs. Raphael Kahn &
Co.. Shreveport, is now one of the most
attractive places in that city to the la
dies. Their stock of staple and fancy
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prtccs. Their stock Of clothing and
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net goods is unrivalled.
REM0vAL.-Mr. John Caldwell
having disposed of his lower stable,
corner of Texas and Edwards streets,
Shreveport, La, will concentrate all
his "time and talent" upon the Eclipse
Stables located farther up on Texas
street and near the middle of the block.
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regular Horse Palace" at the mere
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Shreveport for the sale of the famou
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