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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-12

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drawing pen, and the same good
mother was persuaded, after much
entreaty, to allow her sable cloak to
be robbed of hair enough to provide
material for two small brushes with
which to apply the coloring at that
time deemed essentialin all mechanical
drawings. The pumping engine was
to be operated by q windmill, and
here the youthful inventor was at
fault. He had heard much Of wind
mills, but had never seen one. Fol-
lowing, as he conld, the description
of those who had the happiness to
view this wonderful machine, he
succeeded in constructing on paper,
the mechanism connecting the crank
of the Windmill shaft with the pump
levers, but how to turn the mill to
the changing winds he could not
divine. Fortunately, Johns father
made visit to the windmill, and, in
describing what he had seen, spoke Of
"ball and socket joint" The hint
was sufficient; the boy rushed to his
drawing table and had soon added q
ball and socket joint where the con-
Meeting rod for the driving crank
joined the pump level With the exc
cution of this drawing began John
| Ericsson's mechanical career. The
plan conceived and executed under
such discouraging circumstances by a
mere child attracted the attention Of
Admiral Count Platen, the President
Of the Gotha Ship Canal, on which
Ericsson's father was employed, and
one of Sweden's great men. econ.
tinue as you have begun and You will
one day produce something extraor'
dinary," prophesied the Count Of hi
young protege. Richly has the proph
ccy been fulfilled.
Ericsson was appointed cadet il
the Swedish corps Of mechanical engi
necrs when he was twelve years
age, was soon after promoted to niv
elleur Jewellery and at the age Q
thirteen was put in charge Of a sectiol
Of the ship canal over which his friend
, the Count presided. Six hundred q
, the royal troops, at work on this sec
y ton, looked for directions in thel
: daily work to this child, among who's
necessary attendants was one VIII
. followed after him with the stool upo
u which he stood to rise himself to I'll
. height of his leveling instrument
. The amusements of this boy-engine'
!. are indicated by his possession at Il
., age of fifteen of portfolio Of draw
4 ings, made in his leisure moment
i giving maps Of the most importa1
4 parts Of the grand canal, three hui
" dred miles in length, and showing q
J. the machinery and implements us'
q. in it's construction. Many importa
il works upon this canal, which ope
h an inland channel across Swed'
q from the Baltic to the North Sea, we
n constructed from drawings made
re Ericsson at an age when he mig
ID rather have been expected to be foul
lis playing football.
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THE BoYHo0D OF ERICSSON THE
GREAT ENGINEER.

Before he was eleven years old,
during the winter Of 1913, John had
produced a saw-mill Of ingenious
construction, and had planned
pumping engine designed to clear the
mines Of water. The frame Of the saw
mill was Of wood; the saw-blade
was made from watch-spring, and
the crank which actuated 1t was cast
from q broken tin spoon. A file,
borrowed from a neighboring black
smith, to cut the sawteeth,a gimlet and
the ubiquitous jack-knife, were the
only tools available for this work. A
much more ambitious undertaking
wasthe pumping engine. The year
before, when only nine years Of age,
young Ericsson had made the acquain-
intance Of drawing Instruments in
one Of the draught Offices Of the
grand ship canal Of Sweden, and
learned how these instruments were
used to Law out the work Of construc-
ton in advance. Meanwhile, his
father had removed to the depths Of a
pine forest where he selected the
timbers for the loci. gates Of the canal,
In this wilderness, a quill and pencil
were the boys utmost resources IN
the way Of drawing tools. Like Crusot
on his island, he had to begin at the
beginning. He made compasses o
brentwood with needles inserted in tn
ends Of the legs. A pair Of small
tweezer, obtained from his mother
dressing case, were converted into
drawing pen, and the same goo'
mother was persuaded, after mucl
entreaty, to allow her sable cloak t
be robbed of hair enough to provid
material for two small brushes wit
which to apply the coloring at tina
time deemed essential in all mechanics
| M. =, ne, rrsOn Sr0
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Bro. Gardner's Lime.Kiln Club.

sGem1en," said Brother Gardneras he
laid down his stick Of icorice and stood
up, "I war ober to de widder Smiths
de odder eavenin' to see if she could
lend my ole woman her wash-board next
day, an de widder she spoke up an
said: 'Misser Gardner, dis world am
all sham I war in de co'ner grocery
de mex day, an de grocer he hove .
sigh as big as my fist as he leaned ober
de counter an said: 'Misser Gardner.
dis world am all sham I was blackin'
stove for de doctah down on the co'ner
below dat same day, an when I got frew
wid de job he dropped quarter into
my hand an softly whispered: 'Brudder
Gardner, dis world am all sham.' Now,
gem1en, all dat talk am cl'ar bosh. De
world am all right. Who says de hoss
am sham? Who says dat de cow an
mulean' dog an catam shams? Deman
who falls down finds solid bizness. DE
man who buys Goldfish doan' get mutton
chops. When I ak for Aaliker dey doan'
gin me silk. Once in while we may
frow a boot-jack at cat an hit muffin
but an h-barrel, but de world in gine--
raj am plenty good huff for the kin OF
people who put in deir time heah. De
man who scratches his back agin the
City Hall will tell you dat de world am
sham ell ober. De chap who's wife sup
ports him by washin' and sewin' feels
dat de world am sham all ober. De
noodle-head who sots out to captur' de
public wild little cane an a good deal. .of
brass is no sooner rstepped on dan he cries
out 'shamp till ye can't rest. I doan
wont to hear da. 'spreshun aroun' heah,
kase it won't go down wild men who
work ten hours day and pay der bon
est debts."-Free Press. vi sSsZ -
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Crossing Niagara on Horseback.

Mr.. Andrew Wallace rode his horse
across the ice bridge-s difficult feat in
itself-but, not satisfied with this, as
oended to the summit of the ice mount
ain ct the base of the American fall.
The sight from the cliffs on the Canada
side, which were covered with q large
crowd of visitors, was a thrilling one.
Slowly the horse toiled up the steep,
slippery side of the great ice cone, wind
ing round the foot-path till the summit
was reached. Here, enveloped in q
cloud Of mist, which concealed the white
cone itself, horse and rider looked like
some weird apparition suspended in
mid-air. For some time the horse went
careering about over the crest of the
cone, where one false step might have
hurled both him and his rider into the
fathomless, foaming gulf, full seventy
feet below. Presently the daring horse
man rode slowly down the path, and,
crossing the ice bridge, regained the
Canadian side. Both he and his horse
were completely drenched with spray.
The intelligent, sure-footed animal who
played such a prominent part in this
feat of unparalleled daring was a mod
erate-sized brown gelding, with four
white feet and snip on the nose. This
is certainly strong argument in sup
port of the theory that horses marked
with white are more intelligent than
wholly colored ones.-Nia0ara letter to
Toronto Globe.
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American Agriculture.

Tie possibilities of American agri-
culture can best be appreciated by re-
viewing the facts that2the area of arable
lands in the United States exceeds
l,5O0,O0Q,000 square miles, while the
area at present under cultivation is estl-
mated 70 be 174,900,G00 acres, or less
than 275,0O0 square miles. 1t is proha-
bic that the next census will show
valuation of farms exceeding
s11.OG0.OO0COO, and an annual
production of S3,00O.O00, 900. The fact
that more then one-hef of all our peo-
pie who are engaged in the Ordinary
pursuits OF life are directly employed il
agriculture is of once 4 sufficient
evidence of its universally and import
ance.
In the year 1878 there were 5l,00S,O00
acres in Indian corn, producing 1871
OOG,0OO bu shells; 32,20S,000 in wheat,
With yield of 422,O00,0O0 bushels; l3,-
176,0OG in oats, giving Al, 1856, 900 bush.
els; 100000 in barley, showing a crop
of 42,0OO,000 bushels; 1,62l,O00 inrye,
with 25.S00,000 bushels, and $4,000
acres in huckwheat, yielding product
of l2,277,0O0 bushels. Thus the total
cereal production for 1873 wa. 2.2S4,.
100000 bushels, raised On 100,476,0oO
acres, while in 1874 the total crops were
but 1.454,lS0,200 bushels; in 1876,
1.9e2, ,S21 600, and in 1877, 2,17S, ,934, ,646
bushels. The future increase in the
farm productions of this country will
result largely from improved systems OF
cultivation, as well as from extended
areas under the plow. A system OF
agriculture presents but little to be
proud of which averages to the acre over
the whole country a yield OF but twelve
bushels ofwheat, less than twenty-seven
bushels of corn, and only twenty-eight
bushels of oats. Compared with what
modern agricultureis capable of in this
direction, it is not too much to affirm
that our farm crops, even on their
present area, may be doubled in guam
tty.-American Cultiudtor.
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Checked In Their Advance

By the speedy action Of Hostetter's Bitters,
dyspepsia, nervous indisposition, constipation
and bilious complaints cease to harass the in
valid. That they will instantly give ground is
not pretended, but no medical fact is more GER
tain, or vouched by more competent testimony,
than that these maladies, and others to which 1t
is adapted, entirely succumb to the influence OF
the medicine, if it be given fair trial. Their
total, if not instant rout, is certain to ensue:
Losses Of strength are repaired, and failure OF
appetite and nerve quietude are remedied by the
Bitters; and as the stomach grows stronger
and assimilation is aided by its action, gam
in flesh will follow. Ladies in delicate health,
aged persons and convalescents, derive bodily
and mental soIace from its use, and experience
none of the repugnance which ordinary tones
frequently inspire. The cmphhatie recommend
alton of physicians confirms the verdict IN It's
favor. -" ..,.
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J FARM NOTES.

AwHns ago, hired man Was srnok-
ing pipe while standing near the door
of the stable. The door was suddenly
blown back, kno ocking the pipe out of
his mouth and scattering the fire in
every direction. The sparks were put
out-but We were reminded that pipe
smoking, even by the most careful men,
ought 7aever to be tolerated about the
barn.-Rawal NeeO Yorker. : sTj "a 4
CHICKEN CHoLERA-It was very bad
here last spring, and Twill tell your
readers how We cured it. For every
forty fowls we took a piece Of assafetida
the size of q Mekorysnut, sbroke4it in
small pieces and mixed itsins about a
pint of corn meal, wet it thoroughly
with boiling water, and placed 1t near
the roosting place. SO that the chickens
could eat of it the first thing IN the
Enorning. If they were not too near
Sad to eat, cure: was certain Letter
to Ohio Farmer. .-. ...
I SADDLE-GALLs.-To prevent saddle
gals the saddle should be lined with
some smooth, hard substance. Flannel
- --o"lnn cloth. Is had A Ahard- finished.
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Gambling Esmsn.

At first the women Of France were
obliged to- keep their habit agsecret;
but during the reigns of Louis XIV.
and XV. they became less timid, and
the wives OF great men engaged, in the
deepest play at, their own houses.
Such women," says La Brugiere,
make us menichaste; they have moth
ing of the sex but its garments" l
have myself seen women at the gam
ing-tables IN Europe; one, who was
young, handsome and elegantly attired,
would be SO absorbed in the play that
her face had become rigid and the eyes
fixed, and we were told that there she
sat, day after day, not even excepting
the Sabbath. Fo1Yley'Sg Progress. ..~.s
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Light in q New Light.

Among the guests at one of ON
houses of summer resort last season
was blind man who could not "see a
hole through ten-foot ladder" When
the hour of retiring arrived the landlord
said to him: Here's your light, Mr.. B.
What do you suppose I want with q
light?" was the reply. '@fOh, thunder,
reioined the astonished host, II didn't
suppose you would 60 to bed in the
dark. I thought you might feel round
your room better if it was lighted.
Portland (Me.) Transcript.
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EXPERIENCE '1as conclusively shown that for

EXPERIENCE 'las conclusirely shown that for
cutancous eruptions, open sores, leprous exfoia-
tions and rheumatic complaints, HESEY's CAR
EOL;c SALvE is more cllcacious than any oint-
ment, lotion or cmbrocation that has ever been
devised. Physicians admit this, and the popu-
lar verdict confirms and ratifes the professional
dictum, and assigns this salve the foremost
place among remedies Of its class. Sold by all
druggists.
COLDS AND CoUGHs. Sudden changes Of
climate are sources Of Pulmonary and bronchial
AJecitoms. Take ut once " "Bro,on's bronchial
TrVch's," let the cold, cough, or irritation Of tho
throat be ever su slight. rs cents box.
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MT Rird.H0uSe.

My blrd-house is not my own inven-
ton. I read in some newspaper that an
o, ster-keg made good bird-house,
aud an oyster-keg is what you must
have in the first place. Most Of you
know what these kegs are, and can
easily get one from some store or some
oyster-man. Leave the heads in, and
stop up the bung. hole; then cnt a round
hole, two inches in diameter, in the
side, about two inches from the end you
design for the floor of your house, and
nail this end firmly to square piece OF
board large enough to project couple
of inches all round, like a little plat
FORM. Next, cover the outside of the
keg with pieces of rough bark. If you
have e wood-pile to go to, you can prob
ably find logs from which you can pry
of wide, curving pieces that will so half
round your little house; but If not, you
must! get smaller bits from trees in
the woods, and trim them with a
knife to fit side by side; no
matter if the joinings are not very close,
when the house is fastened on some ar
Dor or trellis, no eyes but the birds can
possibly see the crevices, and they are
not critical, bright as they are. Use
small brads for mailing on the bark, and,
if driven in little on the, slant, they
will hold the bark more securely. For
a roof, nail two wide strips of bark to
the upper rim of the keg in such po.
sition that their upper edges will meet
to form gable just in the middle above
the door. It is not necessary to have
this roof water-tight, because the head
of the keg will keep out the rain; trim
off the upper edges of the bark roof
sides so that they will meet closely, but,
if they do not stay together we'll, bore
few holes and take several stitches with
fine wire, and your work will be better.
The house will look prettier if you
make the roof both wide and deep,
giving what, in real house, would be
called "overhanging caves"
Last of oil, fill up the open spaces
under the gables with bits of bark
trimmed to fit, and nailed to the sides
of the keg. Now, your bird-house is
complete! Nail it on the top Of the
grape arbor, or in the crotch OF q tree,
and hang bit of cottonwood and o few
hairs about the door, which the birds
will read as we read the sign aTo let
and see if you do not have wrens and
blue-birds coming to look at the vacant
house, and, at last, some nice little
couple Concluding to rent it for the
summer" &tS
No matter if your house is not ready
until late in the season. lido not think
all the birds get to housekeeping before
June, and you know often they build
more than one nest in the course of the
summer; so, unless there are too many
cats about, think you may be pretty
sure of a tenant. o.. so
When made my little house, had
no idea it would last more than, one
summer, but it has weathered the storms
of four winters and still looks well.
Every spring the wrens and blue-birds
squabble and fight for possession of it
the wrens, I am sorry to say, always
coming off conquerorsl And every
spring I watch the nest-nrilding from
my window with great satisfaction
"O'B.," I'M st. Nicholas for ADril.
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Among the tourists VINO retnlnti ON
E1rope this VIC * are Dr.. E. B. Fo Jte, CT
rnc Health Monthly, and Mr.. Dana, OF
the Sun. Attaches of his eetebl'shment
s1ste that DR.. Foote has combined bu'i-
ness q d pleasure by attending to put
fishing interests abroad, his Home
Talk" Medical Cannon Sen-e," and
.,ther worka being translated and renub,
iished at Berlin and elsewhere.-New
York Local r ,nort.r. -.....s
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California Lands.

There are 100000 acres of land In
California fit for cultivation, and not
over 100000 are in actual use for that
purpose, and not over 100000 are in
closed. Over 20000,000 acres are held
by land rings or individual monopolists
for speculative purposes, in tracts of
125 600 to 100000 acres. This state of
things has long been felt to be a great
cheek to the prosperity OF the State.
Under normal conditions men of small
means might be expected to flock in
large numbers to settle upon the rich
farming Land, and healthy, active, and
enterpr;sing agricultural communities
would arise; but this has been rendered
impossible by the refusal Of the large
landowners to sell except at exorbitant
prices. The new constitution that is
now before the California people for
adoption seeks to remedy this evil by
providing that the taxation of lands
held in large uncultivated tracts shall
not be assessed. as. heretofore, at tho
nominal value of 80 cents to $3.50 per
acre, but that the same valuation shall
be placed upon them as upon tie small
cultivated farms adjoining them. This
will be iron, s2Q, TO $50 peracre, accord
ing to location, and win make the an,
nual tax on one Of these small king
Goms 100000 or more. It is believed
that such assessments will 5soenscause
the monopolists to sell their tracts for
what they will fairly bring. 49,.
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Interesting to Farmers.

A writer in the the New York Trib-
A1le says that carboic acid administered
in very diluted state in the drinking
water of cattle, and sprinkled about
barns, stables and yards, is an absolute
dsinfectant, and prevents cattle dis
ease. The spread OF the rinderpest in
England was stopped by the use of car
bolic acid.
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Uphnr,'s Fretk.e, Tan and PimpIe Ban
ishrr. u..I..t.
a few applications OF this pr paratien will TT
move frecsles. tan, auuburn, pimples or blotch on
tie face, aad ronder the complexion clear and
fair. Fer ,cftening and identifying The skin It has
no equal Price 50 cents. Sent by mail, postpaid,
for rs cents. Address
JOHN i. HESRh, CURRsN & CO..
q Col,eye Place New York
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REM mbcr also THE VOICE or WORSHIP. soon
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DaushteTs. wives ana Mothers.

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DR. Narchi.i's Ute ne Cltholicon will ositively
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TIE SINGING CLASS SEASON
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The Price OF Corn.

The following, from the Burlington
RGrk-Epe, conveys a sound moral in a
merry way, end after being laughed at
may well be soberly pondered by far
mers and others who are slow to.see
that the laws of trade p" work both
ways."
No" the honest farmer remarked, in
tones of the deepest detection, "the big
crops don't DO US bit of good. What's
the e? Corn only 30 cents! Every
body and everything's dead set agin the
farmer. Only 80 cents Tor corn. Why,
it won't pay our taxes, let alone buy us
clothes. 1t won't buy us enough salt to
put up barrel of pork. Corn only 30
cents! BY Jocks, it's Evin', cold
blooded swindle on the farmer, that's
what il is. It amt worth raisin' corn
for such price as that. It's a mean,
low robbery" Withi4srhe next ten days
that man had sold so much more Of his
com than he had intended that he
found he had to buy corn to feed
througl! the winter with. The price
nearly knocked him down. "What" he
yelled, go cents for corn! Land alive
- cents! What are you givin' us2
I don't'want to buy your farm, I
+, xant some corn! Thirty cents for
= Srn: Why, 1 believe there's nobody
j left in this world but set of graspin',
yblood-suckin' old r1isers. Why, good
land, YOU don't want to be able to buy
national bank with one corn crop!
Thirty cents for corn! Well, I'll let
my carriage-horses run on corn-stalks
lxail winter before I'll pay such an un-
heard-of. outrageous price for corn as
that. Why, the cou,.try's flooded with
corn, and 80 cents bushel is blamed
robbery; and I don't see how any man,
looking at the crop we've had, can have
the face to ask such price,"
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An bic treatise the structi On and man
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JUST OUT. The last number of THE MUSICAL
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Ore pair of boots or shoes can be saved
every year by using Lyons Patent Heel
Stihener. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.
GHkN Jackson's Best sweet Navy l0uacro
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READ advertisements in another column of
principal triumphs CT the Mason & Hamlin
Organ Company all over the world. It GER
tairly amounts to demonstration, as they say,
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