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Imports

MARSEILLES-Per bark Marinoca Guida-1e0
ar oks wine to ID Fatio &oo-75 do pipes wine Il
Brulatour-l Dbl olives NJ Plasent
PUERTO SAL-Per sohr Vernai-Ss 400 cocoa
nuts bbls lines s5 cedar logs mahogany logs pcs
rosewood TO j p Maoheca
VERA CRUZ-Per steamship Chas W Lord-'25
bales coffee 10 Gordon Gomila 3i2 do ia sacks OF
coffee Avendano Bros-23 do and bales coffee to
j Forstalls sons
MORGAN CITY-Per sohr Theresa G-2lo hhds
sugar leo bbls molasses
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RecsIpt. at tire New nssin

II Buddig
lumber to n BuddiR
Boxi-psr sohr Faster- 900 feet lumber TO
Buddig
Biloxi Per sohr r L Ncbolls-so.ooo feet lumber
Biloxi Per schr Comet-goooo feet lumber TO
II Buddig
Bori--psr sohr La Beliefs 600 feet lumber 10
II Buddig
Jordan River-Per schr NJ Toulme-t5 600 feet
lumber to HI Duddip
Pear River-Per sohr Leander Jane-2B 600 feet of
lumber 10 w Adams
Wolf River-Per sohr Jslouse-9o.o 600 feet lumber
10 order
Wolf River-Per sohr Galeas- 600 feet lumber
TO /, Nsvers
Peal River-Per schr Gen Washing TONS, 900 feet
lumber to w w Care &eo
Stockton Per sobr Two Friends-35 600 feet Of
lumber 10 Popp
Stock ton-Psr sohr star-J5.ooo feet lumber to
Wolf River-Per sobr Simon Gossein- IS 600 feet
lumber to L Neyers
Boxi--Per sohr Pilla--l5oOO feet lumber 10
order
Wolf Rver-per sehr venszia Is cords wood and
900 feet lumber 10 order
Tiokfaw-rer sohr Martha Washington cords
Pensaoola--Per sohr W A watson-Lot old junk
10 order
Tiekfaw-Psr sohr Indian Rsed--so cords weed to
master
Bayou Laoombe-Per sohr Arrncy-looo bbs OF
charcoal TO master
Pearl Rivcr-Psr schr T Emlsr--3o cords wood
TO master
Bayou Laoombe-Por schr I've sons-4oo bbIs of
sand to order
Pearl River Per schr G,psey-lo cords wood to
master
springaed-Per sobr Laura-2s cords wood to
master
Shell Bank-Per sohr Louisiana State-too bbls Of
shells to order
Bay st Louis-Per sohr Transmits cords wood to
master
Horn Island-Per schr Frendship-250 bills sand
TO order
Pass Manohac-Per sloop Lady Hopes cords of
wood TO master
Receipts n tho Ola Basin
Bayou Lacombe-Per sobr Sussuna-25 coo feet of
lumber to order
Bontouoa-Per schr Modeste-25 cords wood TO
master
Bonfouca-Per sohr Odela-00 corde wood TO mas
ter
Bonfouoa-Per schr Ellen-17 cords wood TO mas
ter
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arEAMROAT1.
OPKLOUsAs.
REGULAR oPELOUsAs PACKET

REGULAR OPELOUSAS PACKET
Leaves every TUESDAY, ut 3 ., m.
FOR WASHINGTON, OPELOU.
.AIs#AsMhst IA sas. Port Barre, Simmsport,
- Churchvile and all landings on the
Coast, Atchafaaya river and Bayou Courta-
beau-The new light-draft steamer
fAZOO,
VIM. Crawford master. J. B. Bchmit clerk.
will leave as above. For freight or passage ap-
ply on board or to LORD d MoPEAKE. Agents
1872 Gravier street. drA
REGULAR UNITED STATES MAIL PACKET
Leaves every TUESDAY mt s pm
r. FOR WASHINGTON. OPELUU.
kS4&AtG sas Port Barre. Simmsport. Church.
- vile. and all landings on the Coast
Atchafaaya River and Bayou Courtableau-The
new light draft steamer
FANCHON,
H. a. Broad master, Theo. John. clerk,
will leave as above. For freight or passage aD-
ply on board or to
BRITTON a. EPPLER. log Gravier street.
p. S.-The Fanchon connects weekly with the
steamer Minnie for Bayou des Glaizes, and
signs through bills lading to Cheyneville and
all points on Bayou Bpuf. ocS II
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Courier-Journa:
.s The new NEW " F. lHhalIday VIII no doubt be set
under the. upper side of her to-day. and by
Monday she can be pulled on by Gapt Pink
Narble's Res3lute without much trouble.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
PITTspURa. Jan. al-News from South Ameri-
ca report that the steel steamboat built by Jas
Rees for the Bsrranquila river, ana which left
here the twentieth of October, made trial trip
last Saturday and proved n great success, ex-
ceeding all expectations. She is very fast, and
will commence making regular trips February
l. The Pittsburgers leave for home next week
EVANSVILLE. Jan .Sl.-A fair amount Of freight
for the South is accommodating daily. The A.
e. Donnally came down at IL n. m. 10 day with
a fair trip She leaves tonight, having added
from Bingham X Pages whartboats over $50
TONS and from the other whartbOa and the st
Louis and Southeastern Railroad fully 900 ions
She gets several thousand sacks Of corn at
points this side OF Shawneetown, and will easily
ill out before reaching Cairo. The lion Noun
tain and barges will get on tome rrow night
with two barees OF bulk grain from here. and
one from Mount Vernon, and four barges Of
steel rails. The sam Roberts Is loading two
harges in the Wabash and one here with bu (
grain. and will not get off before Monday night
or Tuesday morning. The J. W. Garrett was u
to-day and passed inspection. and alter coaling
sett for Mount Vernon ana the moulh OF me wa
bash. where she has her three barges July
laden
st. Louis Post Dispatch:
The Katie 7. Kountz. from New orleans. ieit
Little Rock Wednesday evening for Fort smith.
Cincinnati Commercial:
:, The steamer John s. Bransford was seized at
placed under the charge Of deputy United
States marshal. Two charges we're made: That
she left last Saturday without her papers, ac-
c0rdinG 20 law. and that Mr.. Kendall had falsely
sworn that she was owned entirely by him. Mr
Patterson, her agent stated that the first enarEe
Was based entirely on technical violation oil
ne law. L Is asserted that the second charge
that Mr.. Kendall falsely gave in his name as
sole owner of the boats without foundation,
ana that Kendall will satisfactorily demonstrate
me fact at the trial. This fact would involve the
lorteiture of the boat The seizu g OF the boat
caused her to lose her trip. and disappointed a
aarge number Of passengers. which is the most
serious loss of the whole affair.
Engineer Gates T. Wright died in St Louis
few days since
The new propeller Sylvan Dell was built al
Cape Vincent. n Y. by George Chaffey. and IL
owned by Gait. Alex Halliday and the former
xsateman. She cost sl3 600. and the dimensions
q her hull are: Length lo3 feet: width toyei
~ q feet; depth OF hold 5h feet She draws \
AoN uRnt and will carry rs tons freight On ~
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sTEAMBOATB.

Jno Dippold. Toms. from Cairo. with barges
Camelia, Hanover. from Covington-Now Basin
Guiding Star Miller. from Cincinnau
Fanchon Broad. from Washington
Annie b. Rolls. from Bayou Barstaria
4 cay Brown. from BAYOU Sara
st John McElroy. from Baton Rouge
Henry Tepe, Auooin. from Bayou Latpurche
st Mary, Dalferes. from Bayou Lafourohe
Belize Ruiz. from Upper Coast
Trenton Terrebonne from Bayou Lafourohe
whisper Comstook. from BAYOU Goula
Yasoo. Craw ford from Washington
Emma Irvine yallette from Lawer Coast
Belle Albert. st Pierre, from Harvey's Canal
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Exports


QUEENST0WN-Per bark Teresa-7o50 sacks of
oilCake
PORT CoRTEZ-per schr John Atwood-1s0
bbls flour IS Inf do Dbl beef 10 bbls pota casks
bacon tieroes hams 4 boxes bacon 25 buckets lard
ls 90 feet lumber 10 o0D shingles 100 pkgs sundres
PORT CORTEZ-Per sohr Richard b Looke-35
bills -four ( bbls potatoes bbls porK bbs meal
Dbl bacon 1000 feet lumber ~ pkgs sundries
MoBlLE-Per schr Rebecea-25 hhds sugar l53
bbls moasses 20 bbls rice
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Arrtvcu

Chase Ellis. from Portland, via Havana
and Florida i rts, to e II Post-ist dis -
Brit steamship Troubadour. Thomson, 20 days from
Liverpool. to Ocean &co-2d dis
Brit steamship Acton, straehan. from Liverpool Jan
!, TO Hall e. yau1han-Point
Brit brig Watch. X bbins ~ days from Rio dc Jan
Giro. to l. Pbipps &co-1st dis
Aus brig Cattarinich SO days from Malaga. to mas
ter--2d dis
Sohr vernAl --. from Puerto Sal, TO master
Point
schr Theresa q. Sutieren. from Grand Gallon, to
master-2d dis I
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RIVER NEWS.
orrrcE NEW oRLEANH DEMOCRAT.
Tuesday, February Z. 1879.
arrfynIs

Arrivals.
ga irvine Belle, whisper. ~. Mary, Tren-
HnaIaine Star. Fanchon, Il j. Gay. Bt, John,
level ia0Vo' Departures.
~, Ki,tIe Eye. It. Mary. Henry Tete. Tren-
II Gay. b. John. Yellowstone.
80 Arrive.
.iyIn Kittie. NYe,, lsabsl, lower coast; 81.
tner,cba. Golden Rule, Cincinnati; ed. Richard
curo New Albany; J. w. Cannon. T.. J. Gay.
, ssaou Sara 1t, John. Baton Rouge: J. u. NJ.
eEssinr, James Howard. Cairo Clara s.. Bayou
INA INA Thompson Dean. o. 7. Chouteau, Mem
1f t,sp Maria Louise. Alexandria Red river. j.
II While, Gfeenyllle; John Howard. J. II.
llama Ouaehita; w. ] Potevent. Tensas.
stage ef the Rivers
n.Ily telegraphic report Of the stage Of water
srarious pointe. with changes, In the "a hours
aiding yesterday at y. m.
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MARINE NEWS.
OFFICE NEW oRLE Ns DEMOCRAT, |
r. bruary T. 1879.
Cleared yeste rdav.

Cleared Yesterday.
Ital bark Teresa. Russo for Gu enstown-
X Miller eco
Schr John Atwood Hioken, for Port Cortez-
Jos MRcheca
Schr Richard II Locke, Hacker. Tor Port Cortes
Master
Schr Rebeooa, Parker, for Mobile II X Poole
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BAYOU DIES GLAIzEs.

REGULAR BAYOU DIES aLA1zEs PACKET.
Leaves On TUESDAY. February 4. at s D. m.
t.nT n FOR EVERGREEN. COTTON
k!asssssksa port, Junction. Moreau Vile. Biz
Bend. Simmsport and ali internne-
diate landings-The fine light draft steamer
BIG sUNFLOwER,
A. p. Trousdale master ] E-Trnda., o,.xt
Will leave as above. For freight or passage aI-
jazz II j. X. CABLIN n Tchoupitoulag at.
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RAILROADS.
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE.
CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS AND NEW Or
LEANS RAILROAD.
THE REST ROuTE EAST

THE BEST ROUTE EAST.
Trains will leave and arrive at the Callf0pe
Street Depot, on and after November TO- 1873. as
follows:
Leave. Arrive
EXP. No. /, 500 p. m. Exp. No. Q, 1918 a. m.
Mixed NO. g ZOO a. m; Mixed No. A. 800 .. m.
Nos. and run daily. Nos. and daily. ex-
0o PPU iI PALACE SLEEPING CARS
THROUGH TO LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI
AND CHICAGO WITHOUT CHANGE, and for
ST. LOUIS Sleeper Is attached at Milan, en-
abling passengers to go through without leav-
ing the train. Only ONE CHANGE TO NEW
YORK and EASTERN CITIES.
Tickets for sale, berths secured and informa-
ton given at No. q Camp street. corner Of
A. D. SHELDON, Ticket Agent.
F. CHANDLER, General Passenger Agent
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE RAILROAD
~ MOBILE FAST LINE.t
THE SHORTEsT AND QUICK EST ROUTE
TO ALL EASTERN CITIES.
On and after Wednesday, November 30, 1878
trains will arrive and leave depot, foot of Canal
street as follows:
LEAVE. ARRIVE
No. Passenger mo. Q Express,
0allY, except daily 1876 a. M
Sunday 7:so am. No. 4 Passenger
No. 3 Express daily, except
daily -..-... .5 100 I'm. Sunday. $3.50 2. m
No. Passenger Nos Passenger
Sunday only 7:35 am. Sunday only. 80 7. m
Tickets may. be obtained and Sleeping Cal
Berths secured in advance on application at the
office corner Camp and Common streets. oppo.
3. B. ROBINSON. superintendent,
! d11y NV. COLEMAN. Ticket Agent.
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NY RRIlramnA
ny Railroads.
MOR9AW'a LOUISIANA AND TEXAS FAIL
ROAD AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY

ROAD AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY
February 3-34 hhds sugar to Bush a. Levert-7t
do Straght-l2 John Calder-90 do 40 bbls molas-
Richard Miken-70 do j Gay &co-5 bales of
moss A Bourg-l do RykOski d. Manade-sGndries
TO order-Tota l47 hhds sugar Ito bills molasses
From Clint n--Per steamship HutchinsOn--15
b5ls pc ans 26 bales hides 5s7 bales cotton Whit
ney &oo-105 do Jno HaEdie &co--l4 II Dannee
coll C L Walmsey &co-6 Richardson & May
Clapp BROS &oo-i Jno Phelps &oo-l ] l. Harris g.
co.. Kirkpatrick &co-566 sacks cotton seed 10
N o Cotton iced Associations bales hides j Hart
&co-sundries to order-Total 727 bales cotton 56s
sacks cotton seed
From IndiaDoa- Per steamship Hutcbinson-162
sacks wool bales hides Is bales cotton A Whit
ney &c0-7 do Lehman. Abraham &oo-99 do pkgs
pecans bbls pecans II Danneel &co-704 seeks cot
ton seed o Cotton Seed Associations sks PEI ans
r Cochran a. Cazeres-3 hhds do to Thos Simms e.
Levy -$1l0 in specie $3.50 in rency State Nation
al Bank Total "a bales cotton 70 sacks cotton seed
From Gaveston-Per steamship Hutchinson-25
SACKS wool to q Whitney &co-20 boxes eggs to ID
w Stork
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE RAILRAOD
February 3-1723 bales cotton to order-33i do to
J Roth &co-iss do Allen, West g. Bush-0I do to
Gardner Gillespie &co-e9 Louis Ranger &co-34
j L Harris &co-34 Jno King &co-l3 Jno Phelps
&oo-9 Male Cammack-9 II Beers Leh-
man Abraham &co-3 L Airey &oo-2 Walden,
Hawkins Il Roberts, car stock N Ronerts-l do
w l. Hoileman-l j r CARROLL Ross 4 Wither-
spoon-l + Fitzpatrick-f9O pkgs beer A Wall
l73 sacks peas k Kent &co-25 bbls whisky and ~
| boxes mdse A Whitney &eo-6 tierces hams TO I'D
| Fa'jo &co-2i bbls whisky Nelson &co-l2 bbls OF
! beef hi do W Il Holmes &co-3 rolls leather to A
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v,cKsngxG, amEENvuLLE AND BENDS

Vs1MsnOM6s ~ h6N AE1E - ND - ESbs,
UNITED sTATEs MAIL PACKET.
Leavef SS SEnsry g THEsRAY g. PA;E+oHHz
~ Davis Bend and Intermediate land
HOnT. r. LEE,
William Campbell. master A, Mcyay. clerk.
leaves W. eDove. connecting at yicksuurg witt
Per!sotg Line for oil points! N On the Yazoo sun
flower. Deer Greek and Tallehatchie.
& SE 9; B ). hfTt. Agents.
;, VIII give through bills OF ladipg t2 Trenton.
'"'o'0p'i' anu VI. D. BRoGRET r. Agent Agent LID
80 Magazine street.
80 UNITED STATES MAIL PACkET. u,r
FOR dHEENslLLG BE xalGDkssBoHa AND THE
Leaves f syfFy a TEgEsRAT vf6BkHbuno
Latt9 and the Bonds-The new and mag
n'il'eyGt g Il. wHsTs steamer
Ma e vssb Sd5 Fe%ss qe ras
Tor ali points on YaSoo and Tallahatebie rivers.
Boat reserves the right to pass all landings
that the captain may deem n nsfa i. wopu
ee14 II II. W. ADAMS.
Will give through bills of lading to Trenton,
port and Texas hS,f2 B. bE Els cRRfETfT Agent
80 Magazine street.
SATURDAY v1M2 ai4t gs9v UNITED STATES
Leaves sySF' v ffaaFshRhs p 81 BEND
Lnk1 Natchez and all intermediate land.
M1114Me inRs-The passenger packet
NATCHEZ,
7. r; Leathers, master, ). =. Muse, clerk.
connecting at Vicksbnra with the Parisot Line
for Yazco, Tallahatehie and Sunfower rivers,
st, Louis.
This boat reserves the right to pass all land
ings that the Captain may consider unsafe.
For freight or passage applyt board, or to
JAENEY j WORK, iOs Common street.
J. e. CAkLIN. n Tehoupiteuas ct
Through bills lading given to Trenton, Mon
roe and all sations on Yicksburg, Shreveport
and Texas Railroad. via Delta.
w. u. BROGKETT,
38 Magazine street.
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Exchange clippings, February L.

Tho UnltbU NthteS mail pNCkeL JOHN
Hanna. Capt. J. W. Blanks. will arrive to /
o-morrow at 3 y. m. for the Ouachita.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27
A Good Story by Judge Black.

Judge Black, of Pennsylvania, tells a
comical story of a trial in which German
doctor appeared for the defence in case
for damages brought against a client of
his by the object of his assault. The
eminent iurist soon recognized in his
witness, who was produced as a medical
expert, laboring man, who some years
before and in another part OF the country
had been engaged by him as a builder OF
post and rail fences. With this cue he
opened the examination: You say,
doctor" he began, with great Difference
and suavity, 'that you operated upon
Mrs head after it was cut by
Mr.-?n
so. yaw," replied the exfence builder,
Hme do dat; yaw, yaw.
"Was the wound very severe one,
dcctor3n
Enough to kill him, if l not save his
life"
"Well, doctor what did you do for him y
Every thing >
"Did you perform the C@sarian opera
tion2"
so, yaw, yaw if me do not that, he die2'
did you decapitate HING
"Yav yaw, me do dat, too"
"Did you hold post norton examlna-
tionl"
go, to be sure, Schudge me always dc
dat"
swell now, DOCTOR" and here the Judge
bent over in friendly, familiar way, "tel
us neither you submitted your patient tt
the process known among medical mer
| - 1000 aY,I raSI fonainrIlTi 2ff
1.-THE mock doctor drew himself W
Indignantly. 'Scherry Plack," said he
know'd you vas a jayhawk lawyer, an
now | know you tor mean man =
| Louisville Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27

A warm and dry atmosphere IS not I'M
wholesome, but when cloudy or rainy
weather brings a suitry air which damp
ems everything around us,the atmosphere
may be loaded with the germs of disease,
and fire is needed to destroy them. The
walls, the ceilings and the floors of apart
ments should never be allowed to be-
come damp. Sometimes when the
warmth of The air is oppressive, fire is
more necessary to preserve health than
it is another season to protect us from the
cold of winter, and the rooms OF q dwell
ing should never be left without the
means of warming and drying. Investi-
cations have shown that many of the
most fatal diseases ale caused by the
germs of vegetable and animal life, and
that a humid atmosphere is most favor
able, neglecting to avail ourselves of the
great discoveries of the age, and failing
to protect ourselves from scourges which
so fearfully affiict families, when we ig-
more the dangers which surround us.
Apartments exposed to the full action OF
the sun may be less comfortable in hot
weather than those from which the sun S
rays are excluded, but they are more
wholesome, and when contagious diseases
prevail in closely built cities it is found
that the inmates of houses on that side
of the street exposed to the sun are less
liable to be attacked, while the greatest
number of sick are always found where
there is the least exposure to the rays of
the great disinfector-the sun.-Ciacth-
natl artisan.
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the whole manipulations readily. The
air compressed in the cylinders iscapab'e
of propelling the car Tor SIX miles, ana
the speed may be regulated up to thirty
miles an hour. The car can be stopped
almost simultaneously BY the multi
plication of cylinders it is feasible to
make trips of any distance. The time
required for charging the cylinders de-
ponds wholly upon the power of the en-
CINE employed. The car that is running
is charged in about six minutes. No
smoke, of course, and no noise greater
than that made by the ordinary horse
car, attends its progress. The Second
avenue Company intend to have ready
six cars of this sort to do all their carry
ing between Ninety-sixth street and Har-
lem River by the 1st of March next.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27
Ruined by a Spider.

Spiders crawling more abundantly and
cor spicuously thsn usual uDon the in
doer walls OF our houses foretell the near
approach of rain; but the following an
ecdote indicates that some of their habits
clearly foretell frost being at hand ;
Quartermaster Disjonval, seeking to be
guile the tedium Of his prison hours at
Utretch, bad studied atrentiyely the hab-
its of the spider; and eight years of i'm
prisonment had given him leisure TO be
well versed In lis ways. In December OF
1894, the French army, on whose success
his restoration TO liberty depended, was
in Holland, and victory seemed certain,
il the frost then OF unprecedented sever /
ity, continued. The Dutch envoy had
failed to negotiate peace, and Holland
was despairing, when the frost suddenly
broke. The Dutch were now exulting.
and the French generals prepared to re-
treat, but the spider forewarned Disjon-
val that the thaw would be of short du-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27
The Ne'er-do- Wells of Washington.

There is always an inevitable token
that you have arrived in Washington.
Your bosom friend may not know of
your coming, but the ne 'er-do- ~ ell has
found it out. There are more ne'er-1o-
wells 10 an acre in Washington than you
can find in the same space in any other
CITY in this continent. Here they muster
and concentrate. tits not strange. Here
only are the great graneries OF the gov
eminent, at whose everhowing cribs they
hope to have chance 10 feed. The PEG
pie who have nearly but never quite sue
ceeded, and who hope for the one more
final chance; the people VINO have failed
utterly, and are seeking a last cover; the
people whose feathery brains culver
with mighty schemes, which, in their
judgement, need nothing but influence
and ian appropriation to set them afoat
| for the whole worlds benefit, they come
| here, and sooner or later they will come
to YOU. At the end of six months you
suddenly ask your befogged brain what
! is the matter. Is it tired with studyl
with taking in mental treasures. with
giving out intellectual stores to r, plenish
mankind! Nothing of the sort. You
have not added one iota to the world S
| riches. nor are you likely to till you can
breathe in clearer and brighter atmos-
phere. You are simply worn out listen
ing to miserable peoples miserable wants
wants that in the final jam you can
neither help nor hinder. The one verse
of scripture that you never forget is
.sThe whole creation groaned and travelled
together until now You are sure of
that, because. you see, you live in Wash
ington.- -Harg CEemmer.
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FARM AND HOUSE.
Farm Experiments suggested

Practical knowledge is only to be ac-
quired by actual experiments, and is the
only kind of real value. If all soils were
exactly alike, having the same exposure
and protection, subject to the same eli
mate, and the same amount of rainfall at
exactly the same dates, farming would at
once rise to the dignity of an exact
science. One set OF experiments any
where would be the foundation for all
| farm operations of the same kind every
where. The vast body of farmers, so far
as concerned their own avocation. would
become mere machines, or even less in
the social scale. Brains would be of no
value, and the fool of the family would
do as we'll as the genius on the farm.
Fortunately, however, the soil is vari-
Gus and must be treated with brains or it
fails to produce. Business men never
trust any one until inquiries have been
made into his standing and his ability to
fulfill his promises. Farmers, however,
never think of enqulrlng into the charac-
ter of the land they are going to trust
their seed tc. They say to themselves,
"That's land, and this is seed, let's try
them together"
1t has been asserted that fertilizers
are all washed down into the subsoil by
rains, and are lost-lt so, why is the sub
soil always poor2 An experiment, easily
made, would settle this question for ever.
1t is the practice with many to put on
too much lime, hoping to create plenty
of plant food. But they create too much,
and the crop goes TO stems and leaves at
the expense of the grain. Experiment
would teach valuable lesson here. The
question of deep or shallow blowing and
cultivation is yet debatable one; why
not experiment, prove thet which is good,
and hold fast to it2 Light and heavy seed
ing; early and late sowing; homegrown
foreign grown seed; seed grown north or
south of us seed gathered when half-ripe
or when wholly mature; subsoifing, and
even whether it pays to feed starving
fields as we'll as to keep stock always
growing, are all open questions.
Why is this so? Why have six thou.
sand years of ceaseless tillage taught us
nothing2 And are we to go on six thou
sand years more in the same style. As
every farm is, in a measure, SUI gemerts,
so must every farmer be its genius loci.
Don't trust man till you know him.
Don't trust your land till you know ii.
Experiment, dig, pry. enquire at every
possible opportunity; don't quarrel with
family you are not acquainted with,
and, above all things, don't bury money
in hole without bottom