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The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23
Nebraska.

Two brief articles have been pre-
pared and published, and left stand
ing in the JOURNAL, relative to
Nebraska, its advantages and pro-
ducts. One more short article must
close the series for this season.
To persons who never saw a prai-
RE country, to look over it is rather
an interesting sight ; as a general
thing the absence of timber gives to
it the appearance of waste and bar
renness to those who are accustomed
to live in a timbered country. Tim
Der of every kind common to this
latitude can be cultivated on the
prairies of Nebraska. Near the wa
ter courses and river bluffs a large
quantity of trees are generally found
growing in great luxuriance.-
Among the varieties found in such
localities are cottonwood, box-elder,
buckeye, maple, locust, ash, hickory,
oak, willow, poplar, sycamore, wal
nut, pine and cedar. The shrubs
include common juniper, pawpaw,
prickly ash, sumacs, red root, spin
die tree. plum. currants and goose
berries, dogwood, butter bush, buffa-
10 berry, mulberry and h~azlenut.
Cedars are found on the islands of
the Platte, and along the Loup, and
on the Niobrara there is a large
quantity of pine.
But the interesting point we want
to make is the fact that all this
variety of trees will grow and -four
ish on the prairie, and that as much
timber as may be needed by each
farmer can be raised on his farm.
1t is not a little surprising to know
that the early travellers, and, among
others, Gen. Fremont, should have
formed the opinion that the prairies
of Nebraska were a sandy desert,
unsuited for farming purposes, when
IN these times it has been examined
by competent judges and pronounc-
ed without any hesitation to be a
region which is to be the great grain
and stock producing area of the
continent. Men don't make bread
of sand, and they don't, as a general
thing, settle in such localities. The
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23
Happy Homes.

Few homes think are what, under
Gods blessing, they should be. 1t
requires but little effort to make
home cheerful and happy. There
should be a deep and abiding love
between husband and wife, parents
and children, and a tender forbear-
ance toward each others faults.
When these exist they can not but
be Edens of love; but, alas! how
often do we see it otherwise. The
husband who has taken a solemn
vow to love and cherish, and the
wife to love and honor, are drifting
slowly but surely apart. They do
not understand each other, though
in name they haye been one for
years. They have different concep-
tons of each others duties and can
not act in concert. Instead of hav-
ing a quiet, loving talk, and trying
to draw near together, there are,
perhaps, sharp or cruel words and
the breach widens. Unhappiness
follows and each lays the burdens of
faults on the others shoulders. o,
erring judges! do ye not know that
she who knoweth the thoughts and
intents of every heart" will not thus
Judge? "First cast the beam out of
thine own eye and then shalt thou
see clearly to pull the mote out of
thy brothers eye."
The heart of woman is a fragile
thing and few men understand it.
1t lives and f1ourishes in the sun
light of love, but withers like the
mimosa at the touch of an angry
frown or a cruel word. 1t cannot
even thrive in the atmosphere of in
difference. How many hearts are
struggling for existence in this sti-
fling atmosphere. Only a few kind
words would admit the sunshine.
An approving look or smile, a sim
pie "Thank you" for any service
done would amply repay the toll.
Husband! be ever courteous and
respectful to your wife grant her
little requests, sometimes though at
your own convenience, and your
self-sacrifice will be rewarded.
Remember it is your prerogative to
throw around her the bulwark of
your love, and it should be so deep
and strong that no careless CT cruel
missile should eyer enter its hal
lowed precincts; but how often do
you trample upon this right, how
often a harsh or impatient word or
tone which is remembered by you
no longer than it takes you to utter
it, is a winged shaft and strikes and
quivers in a loving heart. Hus-
bands, whose wives are not what
you think they should be, who APP
pear to be fault-finding and capri
cious, try a different plan from that
which you are now pursuing. Give
them deeds Of kindness and words
of love, and see if your "desert will
not soon rejoice and blossom as the
rose."-A Woman, IN Louisville
COurier-,JOma0l.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

United States cover % degrees of
latitude; away to the frozen north,
and down to the semi-tropic south.
With all this choice, from the be-
ginning of western settlement the
great current of movement has been
within {. central belt five or six de-
grees in width, and nearly cores
ponding with the latitudinal length
of Illinois, which lies between sc
degrees, 56 minutes and 421s degrees.
This is the belt in the United States
in which industry obtains the most
certain and highest rewards. 1t is
temperate in climate-and a man
can work up to his best notch. The
land is fruitful, and bears in great
abundance those products which are
necessaries of life, and which there
fore have a steady commercial value.
The population of Nebraska in the
beginning of 1856 was 10,7l6, and at
the close of 1875, 1892, which was
a twenty-five-fold increase i'm twen-
ty years.
Corn in Nebraska is most bounti-
FIJI in production; with fair cultiva-
ton the yield is from so to 60 BUSH
els per acre. Wheat from ID to %
bushels per acre. Barley from 80 to
40 bushels. Rye % to 80 bushels.
Oats 40 to 80 bushels. A country
which is adapted to the raising of
corn small grains; good for grass
and hay, and has at all times a fa-
vorable climate, must be a good
location for stock raising. Live
stock is in great demand the civilized
over, and it is in live stock the far
mel finds a great deal of his wealth.
1t has been demonstrated among
the Nebraska farmers that mixed
farming is the most profitable, there
fore every farmer should combine
grain and stock raising. I'm fact
every farmer that has carried cattle
upon his farm and handled them
with judgment for any length of
time i snow enjoying the rich profits
of his investment and labor. Look
around among your neighbors and
in every case where money has been
invested in stock and handled with
care it has brought the largest in
crease in dollars and cents to those
who have invested. And there is
room in Nebraska for hundreds of
thousands more farmers.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

Wm.Bask while endeavoring to
pen up some hogs, the other day, set
his hay stack on fire through sparks
from his pipe. Luckily the wind
blew the fire away from his stable
and corn bin or they too, would
have been destroyed. This is
another warning to farmers not to
smoke while working around their
premises.-MddiSon Chronicle.
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FARM Il -

DE OF GOOD CHEER. Let not the
ID low prices of your products dis
courage you, but rather limit your ex-
pcnses to your resources. You can do
so by stopping at the new hOme Of your
fellow farmer, where you can find good
accommodations cheap. For hay for
team for one night and day, % cts. A
room furnished with a cook stove and
hunks, in connection with the stable
free. Those wishing can be accOmmo-
dated at the house of the undersigned
at the following rates: Meals % cents;
beds 10 cents. j. y. SENEGAL,
"a mile east of Gerrard's Corral
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

you. Men, women, boys and girls make
money faster at work for US than az any
thing else. The work is light and pleas
ant, and such as anyone can go right
at. Those who are wise who see this
notice will send us their addresses AZ
once and see for themselves. Costly
Outfit and terms free. Now is the time.
Those already at work are laying up
large sums of money. Address TRUE
& CO., Augusta, Maine. 4Sl-y
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

Never fail to give a polite answer
to a civil question.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

1t is very difficult to live in this
world and keep the tenderness, the
purity, and the trust of a little child.
Happy are those who do but, il the
petrifying waters of deceit, aud hate,
and malice, and ingratitude harden
some hearts, who shall wonder?
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23
Charity giveth itself rich, but
,ovetousness boards itself poor.

He that pelts every barking dog
must pick a great many stones.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

A fellow stopped at a hotel in
Leadville, and the landlord charged
him 81 a day for five days. "Didn't
you make a mistaken" "No," said
the landlord. eyes, you did you
thought you got all the money l had,
but you are mistaken. | have a
whole purse full in another pocket"
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23
THE NEBRASKA FARMER.

NTESSRS. MCBRIDE & DRUSE, pub
wi fishers of the Nebraska Farmer,
Lincoln, Neb.. are making that paper a
grand good thing for our country people,
and are ably seconded by Ex-Governor
Furnas, at the head of the Horticultural
department, and Geo. VI. Hawley at the
head of the Grange department. Ii
ranks with any agricultural publication
in the world. 4 copy of the Former
nav be seen by calling at this office, or
by sending stamp to the publishers.
The subscription price of the Farmer has
been reduced to S1.50, and can be had
by calling at this office, as We are club
bling it and our paper-bOth for one
year-at the very low price Of $500.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

Never present a gift saying it is of
no use to yourself.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

Never read letters which you may
find addressed to others.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

Never fail. if a gentleman, of being
polite to ladies.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

Never question q servant or child
about family matters.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

None are so old as they who have
outlived enthusiasm.
The Columbus journal., 1880-06-23

Gen. Garfield is the possessor of
two homes, and his family migrates
twice a year. Some ten years ago,
finding how unsatisfactory life was
in hotels and clearinghouse, he
bought a lot of ground on the orner
of Thirteenth and l streets, in Wash
ington, and, with money borrowed
of a friend, built a plain, substantial
three-story house. A wing was ex-
tended afterward to make room for
the fast-growing library. The mon
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parish, though the ravages Of the in-
sect are trifling in comparison with
what they have been elsewhere.
Prompt applications of carbonic soap
aud compounds Of coal oil with other
ingredients, have checked them aud
protected stock from their attacks.
JEFFERSON.
Gretna Courier: As we were about
going to press We were startled by
the sound of what we mistOOk for the
report Of 4 cannon, but which was
caused by the explosion Of the llarbor
tug Annie Laurie, at the wharf Of the
Crescent City Oil Works, blowing
herself into atoms, and killing two
deckl,ands. The pilot had both Of
lis legs broken, and the engineer was
badly scalded. Nothing remains Of
the boat. :. MIR. Hildebrand's moss
factory was destroyed by fire last Sat-
urday night. The loss Oh building,
machinery, loose and baled moss,
foots up about $4,000, partially in
sured. We believe it is the intention
Of Mr.. Hildenbrand to rebuild imme-
diately. .z....5- .--.m.
IBERIA.
New Iberia Sugar Bovl: Last Sat-
urday, at JeaDerette, while the
round boat" Ida was coming up the
bayou, a man in a skiff, becoming
alarmed, jumped into the stream, but
sunk before he reached shore. The
deceased was a native Of Pennsyl-
vaDia. We did not learn his name.
--- Last week, d little below town, a
drunken Negro quarreled with sober
colOred man. III tile scnffle that en-
sued t:,e former lost his life. The
Coroner held M inquest 81 tile body,
and from the testimony elected it APP
pears that the homicide was justi6
able, the drunken man being the
agressor- "A few days ago, while
Mis-. Marcus Walker aud Mrs. G
Shepherd Of Franklin were going to
Pattersonyille in a buggy, the horse
took fright and threw the ladies out
Mrs Walker had her face and arm
horribly bruised, and Mrs. Shepherd
was even more seriously injured.
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Neunlayer, it does not exceed sixteen
miles an hour. LII this connection it is
pointed out that the winds on the At
lantic are stronger than they are over
either of the continents, and the winds
Of central Europe are stronger than the
winds Of the United States.
The inflow of sewage is the source of
much distrust Of river water. Prof Tidy
believes, however, that within certain
limits the pollution of the water from
such cause is too slight to produce any
effect. In a lengthy paper on the sub
ject, he presents the conclusion that oxi-
dation Of the organic matter Of sewage
takes place very rapidly i'll running
water, and that such impurities are by
this means entirely destroyed during u
flow Of a few miles, provided the pure
water of the stream is in quantity to
sufficiently dilute the sewage matter.
He decides further that, whatever may
be the actual cause of certain lraladies,
the "disease matter" which finds its way
into the river is destroyed along with
the organic impurity.
AS curious fact, DR.. Auerbach men
tions that during an entire summer he
observed water-beetles living III tanks
of saturated solution of Glauber salt,
although when small quantity Of the
liquid found it's way by leakage into a
neighboring river it proved fatal to null
titudes Of fish.
DR.. Erlenmeyer gives it as his opinion
that the Semitic nations, including the
ancient Hebrews, were eft-handed, and
that this popularity was the reason why
they wrote from right to left. In sup
port of this thsory he adduces evidence
from both the Talmud and the Old les
lament. He seems to have overlooked
the fact, however, that in one of the ear
ler books Of the latter Judges, III, 15)
left -han,ledness is mentioned as per-
sonal popularity.
The savage process of obtaining a
fire by the friction of pieces of wood is
daily performed III London by a company
of Zulus. @...
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Town of Donaldsonville.

Mayor, David Israel,
Secretary. George jacobs,
Treasurer, Victor Maurin,
Collector, .............J.J. Sullivan, Jr,
Constable, Joseph A. Duffel,
Wharf Lessee, Felix Leblanc,
Market Lessee, Raphael Mousse,
River Ferry Lessee, ......
BOARD OF ALDERMEN:
First Ward, l.. f. Bentley, Nathan Ross.
Second +" ...J Solozano, Anderson Ross.
Third +" -. Vicknair, j. Thompson.
Regular meetings, at the Mayors office,
in the Court House. first Tuesday Of each
mouth, ut ! o'clock p. M.
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Scientific Miscellany.

-Tularc lake is probably the most
mysterious spot on the continent. 1t is
located Oh great plain three hundred
miles south Of San Francisco. At q dis
lance the water appears to he higher
than the land. A mile or more before
reaching the water tho dry land of the
plain gives place to damp soil, and when
at last the margin of the lake is found
one may wade into it for more than a
mile before finding it knee-deep. Tho
lake is about forty miles long. The bot
tom is formed Of clan-shells, and there
are hundreds of small islands and punches
of tules. The islands arc tenantel by
millions of white birds of the gull kind,
and upon one of them fourteen human
skulls ranged i'll d: circle were lately
have been discovered along the shore,
and it is expected that the whole bottom
of the lake will reveal traces of sub
merged city.
Teeth are destroyed either by the
action Of acids or the Development Of a
vegetable parasite. The former is the
mueh Rssre frequent cause of decay. 1t
has been demonstrated by actual expert
ment that even very weak acids may
suffice to decolnposc the teeth substances.
In forty-eight hours the juice Of grapes
will render the enamel Of chalky con-
sistcnce. Most vegetable substances arc
inert until fermentation takes place and
acetic acid is formed. Animal Substances
exert no dcleterious influence until pu-
triiicaton is far advanced.
The severity Of the past winter in
France caused great injury to trees and
vines. The damage sustained by thc
Paris parks is indicated by tho fact that
i'll the l,ois de Boulogne $4,000 ever
9roens, 2O,Oe0 Grs, and 10000 leclduons
trees are required to fill up gaps, while
in the Champs Elysees 1900 trees were
killed, The total loss to Paris alone in
the parks, avenues aud nurseries is esti
mated ut q million francs To secure
valuable hints for agliculturists and
Others, the French Minister OF Agricul.
turc has Instructed the prefects to report
what kind 'ef pines, fruit trees and vines
suffered most from tire cold
An English Traveller reports the dis.
covcry of two peculiar varieties of tea
III western China. The aninsisn of one
species is naturally sweet, having the
taste of coarse congne with plentiful
addition Of sugar. 1t is known only to
the natives nj a. very Limited extent OF
country. The s,sco,.d variety H. even
more remarkable, having IL natural tl;,vel
of milk ol-rerhaps more eNactly-of
butter. 1t Crews valid, and every part
of the plant except tine aeaws lis used in
anakin. the Infusion m..@
Prof. Launfis shows that over the
United States the rate of progress of
storm-centres is an average of twenty
six miles an hour, whearas, over the At
lantic it is only fourteen miles, and on
the continent of Europe, as shown by
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was for years offered in every paper of
the land by the former proprietor Of d, .
Sage's Catarrh Remedy for case of
catarrh it would not cure. It cures by
its mild, soothing, cleansing, and healing
properties. Snuff or dust of any kind
dries up catarrh and drives it to the
lungs. This remedy has stood the test
Of time, having been u popular remedy
for a quarter Of century. Sold by
druggists ut so cents
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Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for May,
This periodical fully maintains its we'll
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number, we find a rare display of ad-
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poems, and a miscellany remarkable for
its comprehensiveness. The opening ar
ticle-" Alexander H., Car of Russia"
by Alfred H. Guernsey-is most inter
esting and repleto with information.
There are seventeen excellent illustra-
tions. "The Three Alpine Tunnels" with
special reference to the Mont Gents, will
be read with great interest. 1t is pro-
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and Nut-bearing Trees" one OH "Cotton
i'll the Coast and Upland Fields Of South
Carolina" and "Quinine Land" by n.
Robinson, are among the prominent feat
ures of the number. In the department
of fiction Eta w. Pierce's story, "Not
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Thomas Archer, etc, etc. There are sew
eral sketches descriptive Of adventures,
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and of exceeding interest. There are
poems Of unusual merit, many of them
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trations number over 100, and there is
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PATE II rs

obtained for new inventions, OF for improve
ments in old ones. Caveats, Trade Marks
and all patent business promptly attended
to.
lnyen lions that have been
rejected may still, in most cases. he patented
by US. Being opposite the U. 5. Patent
Office, and engaged in y
Patent lBmsines~ Exclusively.
we can secure patents in less time than those
who are remote from Washington and who
must depend upon the mails in all transac-
tons with the Patent Office.
When Inventors send model or sketch we
make search i'll the Patent Office and advise
as to its patentability free Of charge. Cor
respondence confidential, prices low, and
nO Charge unless Patent is
obtained.
We refer to Hon. Postmaster General D.
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the U. S. Patent Office. and especially to
es1l clients in every State of the Union and
i'll Canada. For special references, terms,
advice, &C, address
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ICE! ICE! ICE!
At Wholesale and Retail.

IRON the 9Th Of April throughout the
- season, will keep constantly on hand
large sapp]y of pure ice, fresh from the
great Northern Lakes, which will sell to
the public at the following rates: Retail. 2
cents per pound; wholesale. quantity not
less than 100 pounds. II cents per pound.
respectfully solicit the patronag re of the
public and promise just de6ling
G. SEIFRIED.
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BOARD OF School DIRECTORS
Louis Lefort. acting President;
E. N. Pugh, Secretary;
Francis Vicknair, Treasurer;
Henry ID. Minor, Augustus Knight
&. d. Blouin. Jacob G. Warner,
DIR. Is. Claverie, j. A. Gonzales.
JURY COMMIssIONERs-AllenT Thomas, N.
Bel, Austin Duncan, Henry &. Brautl, l.. E.
Bentley, Clerk Of Court, er oficio Secretary
of the Commission.
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OFFICIAL DIRE iORY.
Pourth Indioial Dfer.nt

Fourth Judicial " rlgt.
Comprising the parishes Of Ascension, st.
James, St. ohm the Baptist an st. Charles.
District Judge. He4ry " DuHei,
district Acknowledgements vAarhart,
Post-otfiee address, DoDaldsOnyiale, La.
Regular terms of Court in Ascension open
an the third Mondays of May and October.
Eighth Senatorial District.
Comprising the parishes Of Ascension and
st. James.
State SENATOR. Richard SHINES,
Convent p. o., st. james parish, La.