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Korrespondens.

Washington den 9 febr. 1880.
Till Red. af Skafaren.
Representatives. ar man ha.
ret pa hvarandra r0rande de fore.
siagna nya reglerna, som for MIR.
yarande diskuteras. Forslaget att
della pennipge -anslagsfragan pa fle.
ra komiteer i stallet for den gamla
ordningen att lemna den till en- en-.
da komite: derom kunna herrar re.
presentanter icke komma 5fverens.
De foreslagna nya reglerna rorande
delta amne hafva redan trenne
gsnger blifvit nedr0stade. "
/ fredags blef det bra hett ON
0ronen for sen liten stund. Han
delsen var, att4John Owens, dem.
fr. Va. kom med en- ''bill'' ,begaran-
de att aterfa sina fulla medborger.
liga rattigheter. I denna "bill''
kallade han inbordeskriget, "kriget
mot den s0dra konfederationen. -
Conger (rep.) fir. Mich. vile ej veta
af ett sadant namn pa rebellernas
regemente. Goole (dem.) fir. Va.
blet harofver mycket uppbragt, och
en- haftig debatt uppstod melIan ho.
nom och Conger, i hvilken hugg
med smutsiga ord utdelades q 6mse
sidor. Slutligen reste sig trenne
demokrater, och man kunde frukta,
att det skulle komma till handge-
mang; men da Fernando Wood
markte, att hans parti var pa brin.
ken att f0rlora jemnvigten, och
radd att hans vanner skulle komma
att gora samma snedsprang, som de
gjorde under extra sessionen, satte
han sig mot en- ytterligare diskus-
sion. ''Billen" passerade med 166
ia mot 48 nej. Det synes haraf,
huru 1mtaligt amnet ar efter de Is
langa ar. Val vore, ON denna
morka It'd kunde gl0mmas och sam.
ia och fullkomligt f1rtroende kun.
de &terstallas. Men huru kan man
vanta gl0mska och frid, da f6rs0b
g6ras att forringa den stora grund.
sats, for hvilka So manga tappra
man spilde slit blod' Manga
ar torde annu ga sin rund, fSrran
delta dunkla moln i var historic
blir fullkomligt skingradt af fri,
dens glada, iusa sol. I.
En- ratt bastant gafva var den,
som James Gordon Bennett, redak.
loren af N. Y. Herald, gaf till de
fattige i Irland. Eft hundra tusen
dollars ar mer an en- monark vara
dagar kan ha rad till att gifva sina
undersater.
Sekreteraren Ramsey har till sc.
naten inlemnat en- rapport ON For.
enta Staternas militara styrka,
! den organiserade saval som
den oorganiserade. Rapporten
Yisar att ALA staterna tillsamman-
tagna fnnas 145 generalofic
1905 REGIMENTS och falt oficerare;
6, 1913 kompaniof6 of6cerare, $500 kom-
missionerade officerare. AZ andra
omcerare, musikanter och priyata
soldater fnnas III, ,O37. Den oor-
ganiseradel styrkan, eller krigsdug-
|lige man, sages uppga till 9, SIG, 75s.
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Skaffaren. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1878-1882, 1880-02-25

WV dI UttaIS tdIa uLdu SySSc1SdUO-
ming. .. .,s...
En- Blaine-delegation till New
Yorks stats-konvention har blifvit
valid Jefferson county. as III
L och omkring Montreal Ida
hzstar utaf koppor, men sjukdomen
synes icke vara vidare farllg. @
- / ett bref fran North Carolina
upplyses, att med tva undantag ala
delegaterna till konventionen j Chi.
cago hafva uttalat sig for Grant.
De yoro valda for Sherman.
- Nep York Tribune har anstallt
en- understanding Pennsylvania an
|gaende presidentyalet och kommit
till det resultat att Blaine kan van.
ia 1888 roster och Grant 247.
Bruden och fyra CASTER vid ett
brollop Montgomery county, Vir'
giaia,shGfsa afhdit, som det forsi
troddes af tyfusfeber, men som Sc.
mare unders1kningar visat utaf for.
gift. II
- Vardet af importerade varor
till delta land under 1879 var $82,
1000, 900 h6gre lin under foregaende
ar. Exporter for 1879 ofverskrider
yardet f1r export under 1878 med
$25, $50, 600.
- Benefits liberahtet synes haf.
va burit frukter i Frankrike. Egar.
ne utaf Ueipers hafva nemligen lem.
nat st irlandska katolska biskopen
$4,000 francs att delas ut bland
n6dlidande Irland.
iva hundra betalade 6fverfarts-
biljetter haf1a blifvit 6fversanda till
|hufvudkomiten Enniskillen, Ir.
land, att utdelas utan afseende pa
trosbekannelse Fermanagh, Cavan,
Monaghan och Antrim counties.
- Legislaturen New York ha1
passerat ett forslag, hvilket guver.
n6ren undertecknat, som gifvel
qvinnor ratt att r1sta f0r skol- EN-.
betsman SAINT ratt att valjas till
trustees. Liten opposition till for.
slaget forekom legislaturen, och
troligen will oppositionen fran fol.
kets sida blifva annu .,indre. I
Forliden torsdags matt bega1
sig en- viss Garvin till sin systers
hus, fem miles norr om Princeton,
ILL.,, och gjorde ire forsok att skiuta
henne. F0rsta skottet tillfogade
en- af g-annarne EFT svart sar; del
andra skottet sarade systerns dottel
och det tredje skottet traffade ingen
alls. Garyin skot sig derpa self
hufvudet, men afled icke genas1
utan blef arresterad och ford TIL
fanaelset, der d0den inom kori
foljde. e
John Kelly's New York idee,
ON, hnru en- embetsman b6r vara
beskaffad, kan man f6rsta aide ord,
som han uttalade, d& han tillsatte
en- trustee for Brooklyn Bridge.
Han sade: tsJag 1nskar att utnsmns
en- person, som eyer nUdiga egenska.
per att fylla sin plats. Han ar jem.
fore]seyis ung varande 50 elle1
|36iar. Han ar fem fot 6 tum lang,
och han yager emellan 145 och 150
pounds. Jag foreslar Mr.. John H.
Mooney till denna befattning. 4
Ingenting sades ON hDjden af hams
kunskaper eller vigten af hans ka.
raktar, men sadana saker arc natur.
igtyis af mindre betydeLheti
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Skaffaren. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1878-1882, 1880-02-25
Hvita stjernlinien.

I Med denna ypperliga linie befordras hvarje VEG:
ka Diver Liverpool eiler Lond9n ~, y, W
iigaste pris. vEXLAR, dragna pa dc fornamsta
banker saljas billigts
Il Dessa angare fora hvarken Boskap. Far elIeS
Svinkreatur. sA Alfred LngerGreny Fl
8e General Western Agent.
I 40 n. Clarkgatan, Chicago. Ms
Snyr Moxrrx, PrrERsoH. 4 CO.. 12s =. seventh
ST.. III. paul, Minn., aro yAra ABenter, och sails
Skaffaren. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1878-1882, 1880-02-25

= Modem Dir standigt tilltagan-
de, ochstorsta svarigheterna vantas
blifva juni och juli.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09
Das nene sNelt,pnnter.

Dos Niefenmert Der g1en gcrf= Brcct.
lpner Gsit Riuer Bride. nod entworfen
BON benz sroBen oeutid=ameritanifden
Snsenieur N5blin9, Der fdon i'm Nnfan=
se Der MuSfiibruns feines Ytanes geiipr=
ben 1T, mi,o in 6olse Der ger55seruns
in ben Stabl=Qieferun9en nidt am 4. Jnz
Ii 1881. mie man uripinslid bcfte, ion=
bern, penn uiats mebr bo3uiideu t,itt.
an, l. San. 1882 ponenbet iein unb bic
@eian,mticifen ,perben fl4 auf a4t3etn
bis ,ranjis Wi0ionen Dollars belaufen.
ueber ben 9ewaltt8en, nie ba9emeienen
Mnblid, melden bas 0unbetmert idcn
iest bietet, unb iiber feline tiinftiSe Gin
ri9tuns iast sas n. Q. gelletr. Sour=
nal :"
,gs 1T pir,lih Gin S:ieIenbau, bieie
griide, ME bic Melt bis batin teinen
dtnliden seieben bat. Ser Aufsan9
,ur Nem Ocrter Gitp 1au Citation Der
6odbabn bietet eineu ueberbIid befel,
ben, ber in bieien, Nusenblid uieueidt bic
grS6te @ebeusmnrbi3feit New Dorts 1T.
@ine tleine Stabt ppn 9duiern nnbte
fallen un, ben bic Auffahrt ffiibeuben ries
lisen 8radenpfeilern Ytat au MAIDEN.
Die Strobe tparb mitten burh ben dlte-
fen @tabttbeil New Oorts sebroden,
uub inter ben nieber9ele3ten pdufern be.
fanben 7d munde, bic ncd ben, uorisen
Sabrbunbert onsebSrteu. Das Wauer=
merit Der Yfeiler, aus rieFsen Auaoern
teftebeut, fd,eint fiir bic @lpialeit Ia Elm.
AMBER sefaot. Bas bas Nu9e eridaut,
1T faunenerresenb /; aber Der ercbe unb
n,ihielisffe Tbeil Der Nrbeit itedt ia In
ben nidt einimal fi&tbaren Tunbamenten.
Die dgbptiiden Ybramiben ltnb nidt
punberbater, aIs tieie Rieienbauten.
rWeit Der berannabenben Bpnenbung
ses Brade brdnst bic Trase 3ur Gnti&eiz
ouug. ,Die ei9entlid her Werfetr Iber bie=
fslbe Uermittelt ne,ben (ou. Sn Der nene=
ften @itun8 bes Bridentau=g gcmites
{hritt man 3u beren @rSrteruns. NuBer
einem boppelten @dieneuseleiie iou bic
Bride einen Yfao far Bubsdn8er uno
einen, 3wei Reihen BON Da9en 8eni9en.
ben, Tabrmes umfaHen, Mon bat Dor.
sei&lascn, bic Dabnjlse mittelit iteben=
Der Maldineu unb hbsr @onen Iauf len.
ber 9eiten aber bic Bride 3u 3iebeu,;
bod bas Sbftem leioet an manderlei
Mduseln unb sefattet ieinen Gilpetiebr,
wie er bier erforoerli& 1T. Yrattii6e
Snsenieure empfeblen ben Webraud febr
GROCER unb iraftioer 2otomotiuen; 1e per=
Rdern, bab bic Bride binreideno- -teft
lei, uno BON eiaer @efabr bel Mnmen=
buns folder 2o.cmctiSen fdledteroin8s
niht bic Rebs fein f5nne. Der 9aupt=
uriade nad wirb bic Bride nidtts Mnbe=
res iein, ais elm 8esbiubuuasplae bes
1cdbabnlbaen,s beiber @tdbte. Die
3abl Der bic Bride paiFreuben TuBsdn=
ger barfte. mad BefrisbisunS bsr erfen
Weusier, feline alI3u betrddtlide ieiu, ba
Der We8 BON Nufsans 3u Nufsang,
felbit tei riitisem Nusidreiten. feline poIs
le 20 Ninuten in Gnipru4 nebmen
MIRO. tss4 EfgafassfEtf
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09

Der In lansen, faItenlofen. wie aus 6Ol,
esfurmtsn @ewdnbsrn NIT S&nurrbarten
unb talbes(&orensn 8Spfen, bann braun
dueioe Damsn NIT GebetbaHern. @lumtn
cbtr 1aHen In ben 6anben. Son man'
der Dause mar bic Garbe abseiprunsen,
unb mandes Mntltb mar In @&war3 uosr
@runt5lfarbs vsr(Awunbsn.
Die Simmer maaten etnen ieltiamen
Ginbrud NIT ibren ausldnbt1aen MSs
bel, zsppib. uno Sdmudladen. Wan
.elaubte fh iiter bic wetten Berse bes
Rautalus In bic lsutelesren at(len 1srn-
ianoer bss @dmar,en Wseres osrfebt.
Das Sdlob wuroe ale @tssnttum Dem
frsmbtn, selansweilten, l&Snsn polnifhen
@apa!ter ,ussi&laeen. Dem Baron
Gmllie &c @alsrny. t.-
(gSrtfebnns fulst,)
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09

- Die 3sit, 70 iast man, benefit al
les. unter Mnbsrm bat Fe ben Nettb.
BON Or. s. 6. Nyers GtsrrY poetcrul
eesen &rantbeiten tes 5aliss unb ber
eun9e betpteien. Dtes 1T cine Weoi3tn
fir ben 5ausbalt unb usrblent es au fetn,
benn es II felt LANCER ais 40 Sabren I'M
@tbrau&. Dteienteen, wel6e bteie We.
st3tn ansewanst tatsn, wi1en. bab fe
befer wtrlt, ale man BON TIT erwartst.
9stnabe itre @emetnee sdblt psrfonen,
welde ttre beilsnbe Rraf! In psrihteoen.n
Qunsen- unp Salsfrantbsitsn ssriutt ba.
ben, unb es nur i9rsr betlsnesn Wtrfuns
3uf&retben mi1en. wenn bic brubeneen
Symptcme bsr Nus3strune Seridwanesn.
Sn Gdaen BON Brdune pber YlSblider
ertaltuns 1T ssrabe Mysrs Cherry peetc.
raj tas Mtttel, bas teee Jamslie pcrrd'
ttie tuben (ulIte, um ttefe Sale slst& I'm
entfe9sn 3u betdmpfem. @tamOno
Stanhnrb.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09

~ Die fur 1882 Ia Berlin oepIauts tn.
tsruatiunale Gilenbatn AusRtqun8 wirb
sinsn sr0bsren umfans annstmsu, ale tsr
Nume anb,utete. Das Gcmite, wel&ts
I'D Der unttrltIbuna bsr preueil&sn Re.
eisruns srfrsut, bat bei&lsdsn. aud aue
aahf,tn 3wsise tu gsrtsb.svsfeas, TO-
nett irssas ttuait&, bsranlnlteten. Sat-
bs( pnbsre bnrits bie 0ianeni4ifffatrt In
uniaR'nbsr Dsife psrtvetsn persen, psta
sas ,ur gsrfa8nns astsnss 1trraia Ella.
lasst. DASielbe erRrsdt fa aamlit an
Nsrssaase ber Sprss entlans anb bat Ia
lsiasr uamitleltaren Ndts ben erc6tu
bumboIsitAfsn. @ pirb R& battr
unf&wsr ssmSsli&sn laiisn. aud sr66sre
Dtitns bu 1iaasnf&tHfatrt ,ar aas'
RsQnaS " triaesn. ,.....
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09

Soiepb &anoa's MitbIe
In gfeu. 8raunlels mablt istr sutss &orn.
unb Dei,snmebl nno sertauft In erobsn
Quantitdtrn In bic umeeSenb.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09
Gin arpBer uf.

Uarners Safe 2tbney unb Qiser Cure
tat eiuen STUFF erlanst, Der il6 nt4t auf
etnaslne Ssttipnen bes QanbeS befdrdntt.
90 befubsn ftb In bem praparat tstne
lddblihen Subfan3.n poer temperate
Stimulan3sn. So bsitebt nur aus Vess
tabilisn unb Dat fd bic Gnsrfennung et.
niger Ser b6HRen mtbt,inif&en Muturttaten
pes Qanbes erworten. Nem yprf Wurlb.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09

esit 6tppolratss' 3sttsn bat man
3ar Bsrtrsibsns ssr 6dmsrrbotbsR - init
alesld Ntttela ssrfuGt, BON BEN bss
barbayt(@ea Auibrsansns mtt rttbslnbsu.
BEN Qifta ttS ~ ben nntteftn 1nadlal'
tsrsisa Der Nsu,eit. Da snelt& sntesdte
Or. Stlsbse has m!ls xirlsnhs, auterlt&
aa,sssHssass 9sittsI, "alnAfe -" "uas
nua ssn Qsissnbsa tsnsr Art sstplfsn.
in aasa NpUtkslsn tR BE SGa&tel YOU
y Nuaeefs" ~ 100 ~ batsn. f.'
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09
@ebttn,pie Qutt

Gabrifatbs!t sssenst th Nrtsitsrn tlaffs
@sFGtsr, fdle&tsn Appfitt. armts plut,
unttdtise Qsber unb Niersn. unb Blafsn.
t.fapsresa. aae afrjts aaS aue Meot
tusn Der Delt t6antn ibnsn nidt tslfsn.
1Ie mGitn entwebtr In Bic friiHe Quft g.
ben oeer 5opfsa Bitter sebraudss. 60 tif
siss bas rsina. unb bsae 6eilmittsl, be.
'tunbsrs far iol&s Gdus; ts {&oht 0siunb.
belt, 8staesn une roite Uansspf une
ioftt nur cine &lsiniSt.!t. Siete anbtre
Spalte. - @briittnn Nseurber
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09

- Damen. unb &inSermdntel In febr
GROCER Muswabl unb febr biats Eel s.
Spsfe & 5Dne.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-11-09

- eis snyes1ss etss ~ assvdt
(AsaerS eSs1s 6ssys1eel5, III fls Ssste
n&stie eal. 5, SlI1e ssb SeaS.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-10-02
i" Same rs White Folks"

Uncle Ben White, that antiquated,
crippled, and white-headed darkey, al
ways to be met on Woodward avenue
begging for small loan, was looking
so proud and conceited yesterday that
an acquaintance asked him the cause,
.Wall. [ docs feel bit stuck up, sah,p
replied the old man as he gave his old
hat new slant. My ole woman am
as black as the spade of diamonds, and
[ nebber 'spOsed she mounted to hill
of beans, but few weeks ago sue was
tooken sick.
ayes, sab, an de oder day called a
doctall-same sort ob doctah dat tends
on white folks. He look at de ole wo-
mans tongue, axed her "a foussand ques-
tions an then shook his head and said
that her whole system was all run out.
"kun down, you meant
"Yes, sab, and den he tole dat she
mus go to de sea sho' for free months
dis summer to git her system back
"Tou can't even raise fifty cents.''
"Dat's so, but Lod bress you; can't
we feel tickled and stuck up to know
dat my ole black woman am advised to
90 to the sea sho' de same as de biggest
white ladies in de land. Fo' de L0d !!
but when de doctah said she had a
system, same as rich white folks, an
dat she mus go whar dey wollar in salt
water, dress In silk an put up at TO-
story hotel, why jist shouted till dey
heard me way out in de woods"
St. Landry democrat., 1880-10-02
The Case in a Nutshell.
washington Sunday Capital

The Hon. Lyman Trumbull, Demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Illinois,
was speaking at Du Quoin, in that State,
one day last week. In the midst Of his
remarks colored man rose up and
asked permission to make an inquiry.
Certainly, sir" said Trumbull. 81
shall be glad to give you any lnforma-
tion in my power"
"Will you tell me, them said the
colored man, whether, in your judg-
ment, the Democratic candidates for
president of the United States and gov
ernor Of Illinois deserved to be elected
Frankly" replied Trumbull, 81 do
not think they did,
"Then, sir" pursued the colored man,
"will you tell me what the Democratic
party has done since to make its candi-
dates deserve election in 1S809'
"a good many things" responded
Trumbull, ~,
"Will you please name some of them?'
persisted the polite son Of Ham.
"Well, among other things" said
Trumbull, "The Democratic party in
1880 has nominated for president the
man who saved the Union at Gettys-
burg, and for governor of Illinois the
man who wrote and reported to the
senate the constitutional amendment
that make you citizen and voter !"
This colloquy forms the most vivid
picture of the reversed relations Of the
two great parties that we have yet seen
It contains the kernel of the political
philosophy of the period.
Again the old adage about politics
and strange bed fellows comes to mind
We persume our polite colored brother
was satisfied.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-10-02
The ShyIOck of the Rails.
[GalveStOn News. |

Mr.. J. p. Clough complains, through
the Southeast Texan, of the extortionate
charge to which he was subjected for
one passenger fare over Louisiana West
ern Railroad from Lake Charles, La, to
Orange, Texas, the distance, thirty eight
miles, being fraction less than eleven
cents per mile. Mr.. Clougl has for
warded the receipt for the amount to
the attorney general Of Texas in order
to ascertain whether any remedy can
be had for such excessive charges. The
Southeast Texan thunders Oh the mat
ter AS follows:
"Before submitting to such exactions
walk, wade and get around the guilty
road as you would avoid a rattlesnake
in dog days; or, as a last resort, stay at
home. Before submitting to these dam
ming acts of injustice, ship your produce
and supplies by scllOOners, slooDs, canoes,
float them Oh choctaws, haul them on
wagons and carts, or carry them on your
shoulders; or as a last, and perhaps,
best resort, raise and manufacture all
You need at home, as one may success
fully do in this highly favored portion
of Texas. Remembering the many sins
of these souless creatures which, though
they may not be punished in hell, can
certainly be restrained within bounds
on earti by proper legal enactments-
omit no opportunity to vote against
them at the elections, to legislate against
them in the State legislature and in
congress, until you succeed in civilizing
and changing them from highway rob
bers into reasonable common carriers,
at rates regulated by law. Such con-
duct as that of tie La. w. railroad in
the transaction with Captain c.. will
work incalculable injury to Texas, New
Orleaus and railroad interests every
Uherer
St. Landry democrat., 1880-10-02
Am Editors Responsibility.
tPascagOula Democrat-Star.

We would like for some OF our reader
ers to memorize the following. WHICH
we take frcm an exchange, and then
paste it in their hats so they cali have
ready reference to it at all times eff
an editor omits anything, he is lazy if
he speaks of thing as it is, he is mad /;
if he sn,Gotiles down the rough places,
he is bribed; if be calls things by their
proper names, he is unfit for the position
of editor il he does not furnish his
readers with jokes, he is stupid if he
does, he is a head, lacking stabil-
ity; if he condemns the wrong, he is a
a good fellow but lacks discretion il
he let's wrongs and injuries go unmen-
toned, lie is a coward j; if he indulges
In personalities. he is a blackguard if
he does not, his paper is insipid. In
short, if he edits a paper properly, and
sticks to truth and facts, he is fool. and
don't know how to edit paper half as
we'll as his readers could"
St. Landry democrat., 1880-10-02
Rice Straw.
IN. o. Country Visitor.

This hitherto much neglected article
has at last forced itself into prominent
notice, not only as excellent tO0d Tor
horses and cattle, but as desirable ma,
terial for the manufacture OF paper and
packing brittle ware.
Until quite recently, rice planters re-
sorted to various ways to get rid OF the
great body of straw produced Oh their
plantations, and, with the exception OF
q small proportion that was fed to tlell
animals, the rest was disposed OF ts a
worthless incumbTance and sometimes
sent down the Mississippi to the sea.
1t is estimated that fully $4,000 acres
of land in Louisiana are now under rice
cultivation, and that the straw, When
the rice is gathered, will weigh from
four to five tons per acle. In cohse-
quence of the requisition for it to manu-
facture paper for packing, as we'll as
for animal food, it now has we'll rec
ognized market value, and, according
to it's relative fineness of quality, com
mands from SO to S14 per ton. This
shows that the present crop, when sold,
might be safely expected to realize, at
the lowest estimate, S2,000,O0O.
late issue of the Democrat, of this city
we learn that Mr.. Benjamin Gibson, a
large planter near DonaldsOnville, pro
cured an improved "Champion" hay
press to pack the straw in bales. using
wires for ties, and that he is now bal ling
large quantities of it for the market
having found that it sold readily at
the rates above mentioned. His exam
pie will doubtless be followed by many
other rice planters.
When we consider that the only ex-
pense incurred in the packing on the
plantation is the cost of the wire ties
and that the freight from the great
body OF the plantations to New Orleans
is only 50 per ton, we feel surprise thai
an article of such value and bearing
such an immense profit should be sc
long neglected.
Northern paper manufacturers, it APP
pears, have been making inquiries rela'
tive to the quantity of this rice straw
that could be obtained, and there is NJ
| doubt, from present indications, that
| the future demand for it, for manufac.
turing purposes, will be fully equal tt
the ability of the lice plantations t.
supply especially when it is borne il
| mind that they will be able to produce
an article of paper from rice straw which
will compare favorably with that made
| from wood pHlp, at cost very little
| over one-t third of the latter article.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-10-02


The follies, vices and consequent mis-
cries of multitudes, displayed in news
paper, are so many admonitions and
warnings, so many beacons, continually
burning to turn others from the rocks
on which they have been shipwrecked.
What more powerful dissuasiye from
suspicion, Jealousy and anger, than the
story OF one friend murdered by an=
other in duel? What caution likely to
be more effectual against gambling and
profIigacy than the monrnful relation
Of an execution, or the fate of a despair
ing suicide ? What finer lecture on the
necessity of economy than an auction of
estates, houses and furniture Talk
they of morals 7" There is no need of
Hucheson, Smith or Farley. Only take
newspaper and consider it well; read
it, and it will instruct you.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-10-02
Higher Education.


In a community like ours, where the
advantages of education are known
and appreciated, and where its advan
tages are enjoyed by not a few, its use
fulness acknowledged, and its power
recognized by all it would be work OF
supererogative to insist upon the nee
essity for its more general diffusion
Interested as we are, in everything that
concerns the material prosperity and
intellectual growth and adornment OF
our community, we would surely be
dereiict in our duty as Journalists, were
we to pass unnoticed the establishment,
in our midst, Of the higher institutions
of learning.
A fact that has been to us a matter
of much surprise, is that in years gone
by, the higher schools and academies OF
the South We're not more literally pa
tronized. We are unwilling to admit
that the educational institutions Of the
North were ever superior to our own,
or that they were capable Of impartine
more or better knowledge. Even II
this were so, we must not forget, that
had a more liberal patronage been given
to our colleges and academies, the de-
mand for abler professors would have
been freely supplied, and our boys and
girls would have reaped the dement's OF
a superior education, without riskine
the loss of the priceless treasure Of nul
social refinement. 1t is incumbent upon
us, then, to assist in perpetuating al
institutions which are being established
among us for the above oblect, and
none is more deserving of our liberal
and hearty support than the college
which bears the unpretentious name OF
st. Peters Academy, of New Iberia
Although its halls were thrown oper
under the most discouraging prospects
and in spite of most bitter opposition
from even some of those who should
| have contributed freely to its success
yet thanks to it's worthy directors, tai
ented professors and sincere friends
| it is to-day living fact, of which oul
city may well feel proud; its prosperity
is assured its praise is On the lips of all
We rejoice with its promoters, and be
speak for it a long period of life ant
! usefulness. Let the good work e
| brayely on; let us show our apprecia
ton of its merits by giving it q liberia
| patronage, so that The Academy may
ripen into the University, and give u
men of science and letters, physicians
| professors and juriSfs