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War Maps.
NO RICHMOND ON THE MAP.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
A dozen or more idlers around
the Central Market were yesterday
taking o deep interest in war
map published in New York
daily paper, when Brother Gard
Ger, the old colored man, pushed
his way into the throng and close
ly studied the map for minute
or two. Whar' bouts on dis map
is ole Verginny9" he suddenly
called out, 1t isn't on there ut
ALL" answered one OF the crowd.
:" Whar' bouts on dis map is Rich
mond ?" continued Gardner, rum
ming his finger over the paper in
a wild way. How do you expect
to find Richmond on this map Of
Europe2" asked bystander.
How do I 'spect ? Why. sab,
what has dc map of Europe to do
wild Richmond 2. Wasn't dar more
fightin' aroun' Richmond dan you
can scare up in all Europe in ten
years? Have dey gone an ig-
nored dat fact? Have day got out
a map an left dat town out in de
cold? Somebody find do town for
me, an I'll show you de exact
spot whar / was bit in dc chin by
a cannon ball and wounded all 10
pieces" "Go away--this is war
map of Turkey and Russia"
!" Widout any Richmond on II ?"
:" Nor, sir-Richmond isn't here"
/" Den I'm gvine right away
gwine to git right out'n dis crowd
10 a hurry. After all us folks
fought an bled an died down dar
an left our bones to bleach in de-
snn, it's q perfek insult, sab, to
come aroun' heah wild o new wah
map shown dc Black Sea as big
as q meetin' house an leayin'
Richmond clar Off de fair grounds
entirely Come away from dat
fraud, you Guild folksl'
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Private Boarding,
Formerly Old City Hotel
By Mrs. j. M. CONRAD,
Nos. 81 Il % West Postoffice St.,
GALVESTON, Texas.
Per Week, SO ; per Day, 81 Board
only. $5 per Week.
Accommodations equal to best Hotels.
Oct I9-ly
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w. s. CROW,

CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
DEGS leave to announce to the peo-
Id pie of Lake Charles. that he is pre-
pared to do job work, and to take con-
tracts for building or repairing. All
business in his line will be attended to
With dispatch and interest. Shop near
Masonic building. May lily
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Liberal Terms for Town Lots

As agent for all the owners, ! will
"A sell . number of the Kirby lots for
one-fourth cash, balance in six, twelve
and eighteen months. See descriptive
map AZ Recorders office, and at my
Office. Call on, or address,
GEO. H. WELLS,
june 10 Lake Charles, La,
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"But I am man of peace. now
that Louisiana is free. I remain
your friend,
"G. T. BEAUREdARD."
"Col. Blanton, Duncan, Louis
vile, Ky.
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Beauregard.
HIS sYMpATHIES WITH THE TURKS
AND WHAT HE WOULD DO IF
HE WAS IN COMMAND.


the Russian Turkish war. It is
addressed by Gen. Beauregard to
Col. Blanton Duncan
In 1866 the Sovereign Prince OF
Roumania rendered to Gen.
Beauregard, then in Paris, the
command of his armies. He
offered the rank Of field marshal,
with liberal oatfit, and 100000
a year pay. Gen. Beauregard was
to be at liberty to select his own
staff and certain other officers,
and the army was to be kept at
100000 men. Col. Duncan would
probably have been his chief of
staff.
Gen. Beauregard, believing that
it was his duty to remain and
share the fate Of those whose
fortune be had shared for four
years of war, and that he might be
serviceable to his own friends and
fellow Confederates, declined the
proposals. In view of the po-
sition which, but for his declina-
ton, Gen. Beauregard might now
occupy as one of the conspicuous
figures of the great worlds drama,
his letter will be of peculiar in
terest. As armies shape the
destinies of counties, and as
monarchical armies are often
welded according to the will Of
popular commanding general, it is
a great loss to the Turks that Gen.
Beauregard did not go to Rouma-
MIA, as the action OF that country
might have been shaped for Turkey
iustead of for Russia.
GEN. BEAUREGARD's LETTER.
NEW ORLEANS, May 10, 1877 -
Ny Dear Colonel / would indeed
have been in the midst of it. But
1 must say that my sympathies, it
any, are with the Turks, for they
are the weaker party, and defending
their homes and fresides.
GAS to the pretext for the war
on the part of Russia (the pro-
lection Of the Christians in Tur-
key), it reminds me of the COM
plant of toe wolfe drinking at the
same spring with the lamb.
"As you remark, Turkey offers
magnificent liIes of defense--the
Danube and the Balkan Noun
tains. With two or three thousand
Confederate troops, l would gua-
rantee to bold them against any
number of Russians. Til were in
command there l would fortify
those lines well, and with my
| irouclad gunboats / would prevent
the construction Of any bridges
across the Danube. / would send
Gen. Forrest with $4,000 or 0,000
cavalry to destroy all the depots
OF supplies, railroads, and bridges
from the Danube to Middle
Russia, thence to some port Gf the
Black Sea, where ! would transport
bis command to other favorable
point, say in rear of the Russian
forces operating in Asia, south of
the Black Sea. Forrest would
be provided with camels to trans
port bis light field artillery,
baggage, and light pontoon trains.
He would also have full supply
Of carrier pigeons to keep me
posted as to 6is movements. My
feet in the Black Sea would keep
| it free OF the enemy's ships. I
would destroy their suppliS at
Odessa and other ports on the |
Black Sea. In other words, I !
would bring starvation to my
assistance. How long do you
think Russia could stand such q
WARP Moreover, / am confident
that other powers Of Europe will
never allow Russia to get any
nearer to Constantinople than the
Balkan mountains, ii even she
gets there. Noila man plan ne ea0'-
pagne.
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,. Cernelins MHDdays M D..
|lAyING permanently located in
IA Lakp Charles, offeIs has PROBES
sional services 10 the citizens Of the
town and surrounding country IN the
practice Of Medicine, Surgery and
Obstetrics.
Calls promptly attended either day
90 night Office and reside,oe. on Bill
20 street, noax telegraph office.
AZ Jan I0-tf
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A Counterreiter Pardonsd.
Special to the N. o, Democrat.

New York, June 3.--Ernestins
Bastinlay, convicted o short time
ago In the United States Court Of
passing counterfeit half dollars,
has been pardonsd by President
Hayes.
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Amqpg the g4GmEE5'
Agricultural Organizations

Nothing tends to promote anu
advance the science OF AGrlrol-
ture more or as much as Agr'c''l'
tural organizations, and we oft@"
wonder that no such thing mas
ever existed in this parish
With farmers OF at least aver
ace intelligence, something shout"
have been done in that direction
long since, and it is strange thai
it is has not. Now that we are OF
the threshold of a new and better
existanct who among our farmers
will be the first to move III the OF
ganization of an Agricultural 80
giety in this parish !
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English Agriculture.

In England the farmers generally
grow larger crops. than we do. In
answer to the question, "How do you
80 tr' on Englishman replied: 1--WE
feed our land before it is hungry, let
it est before il is' weary, and weed it
before it is foul" American farmers
can not follow this system, unless
s,ey keep more live stock than they
SOW do :; but they must increase their
steck, or let their farms becone i'm
ispefiRhed> .
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Measles in Pigs.

Pigs are subject to a disease called
measles, which is believed to render
the flesh unwholesome. The measles
are very prevalent, though seldom
fatal: and if not checked, affect the
grain of the meat, which may com
monty be seen in the shops of a ia
dea color, and the flesh puncturet, as
it were, with small holes. The COM
meucen>ent of the disease appears in
knguor and decline Of the appetite,
followed by small pustules in the
throat, together with red and purple
eruptions, more distinct after death
than during the life of the animal.
BY aid of the microscope it has been
ascertainet that the measles isa lar
val cessode, or in other words, one
of the sexually immature stages OF
development Of a tapc.worm-7Tn!a
soliym-a frequent human guest, de-
rived from eating of under done pork
SWINE, whose habits are less cleanly
than those of horned cattle, do not
enjoy the same immunity as these
and in them the measly condition
may assume abnormus proportions
On the other hand, swine will under
go a larger amount of paras'tlsn
without displaying. those exterua
evidences of suffering which othe
animals are apt to betray under sim''
, lar circumstances. By the aid of
, microscope or with the assistance o
5. a powerfully magnifying pocket len
! the distinctive characters of the va
rious meat and pork measles may b
readily made out. Indeed, the make
eye alone is i'm most cases sutficieu
to determine the nature Of spots an
\ speoks in meat and pork.
u 1t is idle to talk OF cure IN di>
a case of this nature. Generally speak
+ ing, even if tho animal be in healtI
4 a small quantity of nitre and sulphu
= occasionally mixed up with the
= food. besides stimulating their appe
Y tite, will frequently prevent disease
r. neither can We too much insist G
!. cleanliness, nor upon the punctu
regularity Of feeding, at stated time
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Yellow Butter.
From the Rural New lolker.

A practical farmer living on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland is OF "r'n,
ion that no colortA matter Is require"
+, rive butter the yellow tlnEc s."
much desired. He says: "lhc "eSl
coloriny for butter lisa sood mess OF
corn, chopped with cnt hay MY
HITTER is Il rich yellow the year round
t,om this feed, aud l have no AIdrr-
rev or any other fancy stock: o"t the
ordinary Eastern Shore cattle. wh'cl
rive an abundant supply OF milk anu
Iutter. Good feed is the secret. II
tanners feed Oh dry fodder and straw
and expect yellow butter their cx
pcctations will be disappointed
Whenever it il found necessary t.
color butter in imitation OF the Soldc!
hue which nature gives it, a small
quantity of Gnuatto will do the bu>l
ness, dissolve it in a little VAIN
cream, add few grains OF snrer-ca'
Donate of soda, which develops II"
peculiar principle Of the pigment
An ounce of annatto treated ab"v
will color several hundred pounds q
butter. but the Eastern Shore farm
er's plan is the better OF the two
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Growing Corn in Dry Seas ons
From the Turf, Field and FARM

Growing COiIA LII 10y
From the Turf, Field and Farm
There is nothing farmers dread
more than a long spell of dry weather
after their corn crops have been plant.
ed and it happens very often that
their apprehensions have not been
nce,llesslv entertained. High lands
suffer most from drouth, corn crops
Produced thereon being invariably
small and of an inferior character
ANY suggestions, therefore, looking
to an improved system Of tillaSe III
upland farming should prove of great
benefit to farmers. On this subject,
Jacob H. Bruner, of Lancaster, lnd',
gives his experience as follows: u
6rst broke the ground with two
horse plow in the spring-sod ground
Then I cross plowed it, and gave 1t
a few good, genuine harro" w''f
, an iron-tooth harrow, keeping up the
t process until the ground was wei
D pulverized; then the corn was plant
:. ed. Scarcely drop of rain came IN
a til the com was up. Then pIowe'
n it while dry, and in short tim, In
Y plowed it again in the dry. Th
Q weather remained dry, scarcely
Y drop of rain falling; SO | gave tn
. corn another good blowing while or
j. weather continued. | went throus
" il the fourth time while the sroun
!. was almost burning and scorch'n
. hot, and then let it rest to fight II
e own way for the remainder OF tn
,e season alone. Meanwhile the cor
it twisted and smiveled up at a feart'
Il rate, and looked like dying, tt
Is ground being extremely hot and Or.
- the sun sending down its burnll
0 rays day after day with great powe
il. but before the corn lost all vita!'
,c there came a refreshing rain, and
a. put on new lite;" the kinks opent
of ont and it grew with new vis"r. :
is gathering time it yielded about iii
is bushels per acre. The land was n
MANFRED. and only moderately g"'
n. and productive III common seasol
tn The uncommon yield was the rrs'
q, of well preparing the ground BET"
ke planting, and of frequent, tl'l'ns q
of ring the dry weather. The corn "
ill ready to silk and tassel when the I'll
1T. rain of the season came of mnch II
I'd, portance. Hence I demonstrated
mt fact that it pays we'll to prep;
ian groand properly before seed goes II
ith It, and also that it pays we'll to tie
ble Your corn all the same, or more
Md if possible, when the season it Or