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AUGUST 4.
Sam Pixies Discovery.

From the ClerelGnd Herald.
The American Consul,at Vera Cruz,
Mexico, DR.. Trowbridge, reports a
new industry as having lately sprung
up in the Gulf States of Mexico. A
peculiar species OF cactus called
"Pita," which grows there, is being
utilized as a substitute tor silk and
cotton. The fiber ofthis plant, when
properly dressed, is upward of sixteen
inches long, and is OF remarkable
fneness, wilderness and strength.
The late Sam Pike, of Cincinnati, was
the first TO publish the usefulness OF
Pita to she world, and can really be
called the discoverer of this new in.
dustry. In 1870 he had his attention
called to this plant by Mexican gen,
tleman, who induced him to investi-
gate the textile properties Of the
plant, and make some experiments
i'll its culture The result of the in
vestigation was that Mr.. Pike started
a small Plta factory at Tampico,
which. upon his death, was taken
charge of bv his son Lawrence and
his brother in-law Captain Ed.
Owens, then United States Consul
at that port. The factory, further
than demonstrating the valuable char
acteristics of Pita, was not a success
and was abandoned in 1874. Since
then the natives have gone into Pita
culture, and now it is being woven
into the most beautiful goods of many
varieties and patterns. Some hand
kerchiets of this material were re-
Gently sent to England which are said
to have more strength and sottness
than silk and silvery lustre more
rich and elegant than satin. Pita
grows wild over the greater portion
OF Central America, and, it is said,
can be gathered or cultivated and
manufactured for one fifth what raw
silk costs, and fourishing business
is expected to grow out Of this dis.
covery.
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BaIky Horses.

From the american AgqiculturiSt.
Among the suggestions said to be
published by some Anti-cruelty to
Animals Society, are these Ii the
horse when he balks can have his at
tention diverted there is usually no
trouble III starting him. This may
be done III various ways OF which the
to ess a FEW ss; tiiss nave been
employed: Take the horse out ofthe
shafts and turn him around several
times quite rapidly. This will make
him entirely dizzy and lead him to
forget that he does not wish to draw
the load. A stout Irvine twisted
around the tore-leg has been used as
remedy with good results. A
string tied around the ear has the
same effect. We have seen horses
OF the balkiest sort started in mo.
ment bygputting lump otearth into
their mouths. Even a piece OF sugar
or handful OF fresh grass will SO
divert the attention of baker that
he will often start off without
trouble. Some mild treatment like
these that set the animal to think
ing of something foreign to his work
is vastly better than any amount OF
whipping, and is much easier of ap-
pllcation.
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.

entirely free from sediment. II may
then be used for coloring rum,
and about three pints of good color
ing matter well concentrated ought
TO be sufficient for 100 gallons of
spirit but different markets require
different shades Of color, and to reg
ulate the shade of color must be LETT to
the judgment of the persons entrusted
Herewith. Great care should be
taken that the colorIng matter does
not impart any cloudiness to the rum,
because when rum is cloudy the value
of it is very greatly deteriorated.
would recommend coloring mat
ter to be, MAIDEN large quantity, be-
cause the longer it is kept the purer
it becomes. 3 The strength of the
rum generally exported from this
colony Is about IS per cent. over
proof.
FRENCH GUIANA
There were in 1874 about 235 hec
tares cultivated with the sugar-cane,
and seven plantations, employing
600 laborers. The produce of sugar
has fallen off of late years from 420,-
600 killogrammes to 100000, with
little molasses, and 10000 litres Of
rum
SURINAM.
Sugar is the staple product Of this
Dutch colony, and the manufacture
is now being actively carried on.
Several of the wealthiest owners of
estates have introduced the vacuum
pan process, making their sugar
thereby. and thus rendering it more
marketable and of higher value.
They have also been erecting first.
class distilIeries on their estates, as,
the price of molasses being low, they
find it more profitable to distill than
to sell the molasses.
ITO be cOntinued.)
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About Packing Fruit for Market.


The San Francisco Bulletin has a
timely article on this subject as fol-
lows: Purchasers of fruit in the
markets are not moved by any senti-
mental considerations. They do not
know who the grower is, and they
seldom care. Size and color are i'm
pvrtant items in the decision, and the
general neatness of the packages
goes farther than most orchar dists
imagine. A prominent fruit grower
Of the Sacramento valley was once
~ I'm z rs
heard to remark that he could make
good living by purchasing the
fruit crop Of his neighbors as
delivered at the wharf in this city,
and repacking it with greater nicely.
Those who found the packages OF
this fruit grower in the markets, and
observed the way in which they sold,
could we'll believe the statement.
When a man buys fruit it is evil
IDENTITY his desire to obtain as much
as possible tor his money. In no
less degree is it the object OF the
fruit raiser to get as much cash as he
can for his produce. The man who
reads, thinks, and puts his thoughts
into visible action will always be
able to stand in the front rank. We
will suppose that the orchardst has
chosen good varieties Of fruit and
suitable soil that he has given
thorough cultivation and careful
pruning, has battled with insect
enemies, and has thinned out the
surplus, so as to have large, fine
fruit Tor the market. All these are
essential preliminaries, which being
done the doors of success are near.
Now comes the question of market,
ing the product, and if this is care
lessly done, much OF the orchardist's
previous labor is rendered nugatory.
First OF essentials Is The fruit box.
This should be small, neat, clean, and
attractive in appearance. A large,
coarse, weather.stained box, which
one hardly wishes to touch, detracts
much from the value OF the Iruit it
contains. 1t is next to impossible to
obtain the best OF boxes if their pur-
chase is delayed until the packing
season has fairly begun. Dry and
well seasoned packages can not then
be procured, for the box factories are
extremely busy, and send out much
unseasoned lumber. Some Of the
best orchardists buy shocks enough to
make boxes tor their whole fruit
crop, and make them up during the
winter months. If this has been
neglected there is at least time TO
buy the boxes for the late summer
and autumn fruits, make them up
and stow them away until they are
needed. Avoid knotty, splintered
and pitch covered lumber. The last
gives bad odor to many kinds of
delicate fruits.
There should be nunber OF
different sizes of boxes OH hand. The
traditions of the market are not to be
lightly infringed. We have, accord
ING TO the customs of this State, the
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A New Industry.
From the Country ViSitor.

From the Country Visitor.
We are pleased to learn that our
friend, Mr.. Hypolite Cairo, of St.
Martinville, has discovered that toads
are invaluable agents for the de-
struction of insects that ntest gar
dens, and prove very serious draw
back to our farmers We under
stand that he has gone into toad cul-
ture extensively, and Is preparing to
meet the expected demand from all
parts of the country. We congratu-
late Mr.. Cairo upon his wonderful
discovery, and trust that it will
prove perfect bonanza We sug-
gest that he should add frogs as a
very able auxiliary, and then apply
for patent for both.
We recommend the gardeners and
farmers Of our State to send tor
supply Immediately as the demand is
bound to be immense. MIR. Cairo
packs the little reptiles in baskets OF
damp moss, i'll which condition they
can be safely transported to any
part of the country.
A good and wholesome harvest
drink is prepared by mixing oatmeal
in water, in the proportion of three
or tour ounces OF the meal to gallon
OF water. Oatmeal possesses
peculiar aroma and acts as. a stimu.
liant, and is Strengthening TO the sys.
TEN. Water alone often induces adj
diticnal perspiration, passing through
the pores as through a colauder.
Very cold water should not be drank
except very moderately when the
body is very warm.
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The Textile Plants of the World.

From the Popular Science monthly.
DR.. Hermann Grothe, of Berlin,
has published work on the textile
fibers furnished by the world of
plants, embodying the fruits OF
studies pursued among the yarn and
cloth materials of all nations at the
great industrial expositions that have
been held at the European capitals
and u PRilaaslaei3 Tie sgBieGt. is
one ofmuch interest, in an economical
sense, and in the relation it bears to
the development OF early civilization.
Mems first step in civilization may be
traced almost directly in their efforts
to clothe themselves; and their first
essays in skilled labor are made in
the adaptation OF the material which
nature has furnished them to use for
dress. On the banks of the White
Nile are tribes who content them
selves with simple apron OF leaves,
or less; and Sir Samuel Baker noticed
that great advance in general civil
izalion had taken place when, after hav-
ing spent several months among PEG.
pies of that grade, he came into I'm
yoro, where the peoplewore garments
fashioned out OF the bark of a fig tree,
which they had to prepare by soaking
and beating with mallet. Thrift
seemed to follow naturally upon the
acquisition of the taste tor clothing,
tor the fig trees have TO be cultivated
to secure a sufficient supply. Ac'
cordingly, We are told when man
takes wife, he plants certain num-
Der of the trees in his garden, as
provision for the want of the family
he has in prospect. A grade above
the naked races are the Papuans, OF
New Guinea, with their ioin-glrdles
of grass and palm leaves and above
these are the Maoris, OF New Zealand,
with their cloaks OF the leaves OF an
agave-like plant laid upon each other
like scales. The South Sea Islanders
have i'll the paper-mulberry plant
which serves the same purpose 10
them as the fig tree to the people OF
Unyoro, from the bark Of which they
prepare the tapa by soaking or beat
ing. They illustrate another devel'
opment of industry in the adornment
OF their clothes, Tor which they have
invented an endless number OF de'
signs, many OF them OF considers Die
merit. The stage OF civilization is
also often marked by correspond
ing development of the potter's art'
and OF skill in ornamenting vessels.
From the method OF using the whole
stuff OF the bark to the art OF separat-
ing its tibres and spinning and weav-
ing them into cloth is great step
The processes OF spinning and weav-
ing are as varied as are the people
who carry them on, and are largely
determined by the nature OF the ma
terial TO which they have TO be APP
applied.
Mr.. David August Rosenthal, in
'MacRae's Planters Manuel"
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lower temperature than 81 Fair.
In Jamaica the spring water
brought from the mountains is of
much lower temperature.
On the best estates till recently
the whole OF the molasses was mar.-
ufactured into rum, but now a good
many estates reboil the molasses in
order to extract all the crystallizable
sugar. This, however, can only be
practiced where the vacuum pan is
used.
Formerly the molasses was ex-
ported to Great Britain and pur-
chased by refiners, but lately a good
deal has been sent TO the United
States, where higher price has been
obtained. 1t may also be stated that
considerable portion OF the sugar
of the colony has gone to the same
market.
Rum when rectified is colorless and
possessed of peculiar odor, arising,
it is said, from an essential oil con-
tanned in the rind OF the cane, and
which finds its way, in the skimmings
of the cane juice, during its evapor-
alton, in the sweets used in setting
up liquor for fermentation. Rum
is colored in this colony by caramel
prepared from good sugar.
The proper manufacture of good
coloring matter for rum is very i'm
portant. For this purpose the best
sugar should be selected, and placed
in sufficient quantity in pan OH an
independent fire. The sugar. must
be constantly stirred with wooden
paddle during the action OF the fire
on the pan, in order 10 prevent its
getting singed taste or flavor; and
when 1t comes to consistency, max
ing it difficult to keep it IN motion
with the paddle. the fire must be
withdrawn, ami high wines gradually
added to ii, uhucr the agitation OF
the paddle, until 1t comes to q cons's-
tency of thick cream, so that the
whole will be perfectly Dissolved.
After this, il should be put into a
cask placed on end, with two cocks,
one about six inches tron the bottom
of the cask and the other about two
inches from the bottom, and allowed
TO remain undisturbed, III order to its
depositng the sediment left i'll it,
until it runs off from the upper cock
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Varieties Of the Sugar-Cane.
NUMBER v.

Simmons.
From the various Improvements IN
troduced, the manufacture OF sugar
is now a very speedy process tor
instances are known where from
canes in the field IN the morning the
sugar has been on shipboard before
night.
Sir. r. Schomburgk, in his very
interesting pamphlet on British Gui-
ana, observes that eight hogsheads OF
sugar per acre is all ordinary crop,
5000 to 5000 pounds (ffty-three
hundred weight per acre not extra
ordinary; and that on an estate
called "Mary's Hope" on the Cour-
antine coast, 5000 pounds equallng
seventy.three and one-fourth hundred
weight have been produced. In
British Iudia the produce is only
from twelve to fifteen and twenty
hundred weight, per acre, on the
very best land. In Trinidad the
produce cannot be estimated at less
than twenty hundred weight per
acre.
The quantity of rum manufactured
in British Guiana is very considerable.
Formerly it was estimated that for
every hogshead ofsugar produced by
an estate, there should also be pro.
duced puncheon Of rum. This es-
innate still holds good on estates
where the ordinary process of the
manufacture of sugar is practiced =;
but on estates where improved meth
DDS with the use Of the vacuum pan
are followed, the quantity of rum
does not exceed one halt OF the old
estimate. The great object of pro-
prietors is to extract the largest
amount Of sugar from the cane juice,
and diminish as much as possible
the production OF rum and molasses.
The rum produced does not bring
so high a price in the market as that
Of Jamaica, not that less skill is en-
ployed in It's manufacture, for no
expense has been spared to obtain
the best machinery and make use of
The best methods. The reason of the
interiority arises chiefly from two
causes
/. From the very impure cane juice
obtained from the sugar.cane grown
in this colony. So much salt still
II
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*MacRae's planters Manuel
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-03

A correspondent OF the Chicago Tribune
writes /: Governor Garcelon is the most
obstinate Of men. Congressman FRYE, his
br0iher-in.law, told me that Gareelon did
not speak to bin fer over year on account
OF political differences that, as his attor-
ney, when Garceou I'D any law business
he would sit In his carriage, send in q note
| to Frye and receive his opinion in writing,
aud that, when Gareeion came to Frye's
house, he would never gs in until he learned
that Frye mas away from home"
The American Manufacturer says that
this country il now making more than one
third OF al the paper in the world. The
product Is about | $3.50 tons daily, amount
ing 10 about 90. 900 tons per year. There
are now 927 mills. representing a capital Of
900, 100000. These mills employ $4,000
persons, who draw about Sl0,550,000 in
salaries per year.
Mrs. Jane X. Walling, Of Philadelphia,
has recovered verdict 81 $1,000 damages
against the Germantown Passenger Railway
Company for the death # her husband, who
was josiied OF the platform " n crowded
car during the Centennial Exhibition. The
railway company appealed from verdict
OF $4,000 giyop by jury in former trial.
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How CRIME BEGEIs CRIME.-[James s.
Pike, in New York Sun. lit is palpably
true that the commission OF such a fraud
as has been attempted would never have
occurred to the most reckless Of politicians
in the State had it not been for the exam
pie set by General Grant, when he was Pre-
sident, OF revolutionizing the politics OF
the Louisiana Legislature by ordering Gem
eral de Trobriand to unseat and eject from
that body five regularly members
and to seat five unelected men In their
places at the point Of the bayOnet, which
act was thoroughly accomplished.
This, and the infamous conduct OF the
Louisiana Returning Board at The last presi-
Dental election, sustained by persons who
have disgraced the name OF Republican,
have been the bad examples that have led
TO this Maine imbrOglio. The political vii.
laIny which those acts have inspired in this
Sthe, and will long continue TO inspire
among gamblers in politics everywhere, 1t
is quite impossible 10 measure.
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Maine.

Governor GAScELON treated @ith con-
tempt the new theory that bis term expired
last Wednesday. and went TO his home, at
Lewiston. on Tbrrsday. The New York
Tribune well says that IL Governor q, RCE-
Low term expired exactly year from his
inauguration, there will be two Governors
In Maine next year for fbe two days he
tween the 5th and the 7th OF January. mas.
much as the new Governor will, under the
Constitution, be entitled 10 hold his Office
until year from tue first Wednesday In
January, 1889, which year would end two
days after TIE 6rst Wednesday In January,
1881, and the new Governor OF next year
would be entitled to go into Office on the
frst wednesday in January, 1881, or two
days before the term Of the incoming Coy.
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DEATHS.

Died. Friday evening, afer long and painful liz
ness Mr.. JOIlS COLLINS, a native or county Lin
erick. Ireland.
Peaceful he thy silent slumber.
Peaceful IN the grave so low:
Thou no more shalt join our number,
Thou no more our sorrows know.
Yet again we hope 10 meet thee.
When The day Of lie j. fed:
Then. In Heaven, with joV to greet thee,
Where no farewell tear IL shed.
Never more will we cares thee
With our hear, = deep yesrning iove
Blessed now enfold thee,
In thy heavenly home above.
His funeral will take place from his late residence
No. 1919 sixth street. Port Mavo. SUNDAY. jana
airy 4th. az 2 O'Clock r. NJ Friends OF the family
are respectfully Invited Ia attend.
Wss hin~,on, Portsmouth, AID Arkansas paperi
please COPY.
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We offer great bargains In

We offer great bargains In
ALt-wOOL BLACK and COLORED CASH
MERES,
STRIPED, BROCADED. aud PLAIN SILKS and
SATINS;
FIGURED, SOLID, and CORDED VELVtTS;
FLANNELS for Dresses and Sac1ues,
WHITE and CULORED ALL-WUOL FLAN-
NELs,
HEAVY Ga LIGHT-COLORED CLOAKINGS,
DIAGONAL and PLAIN BLACK Ga BEAVER
CLOTHS
Every shade Of WATERPROOF aud ULSTER
CLOTHS,
splendid assortment of CAsSIMEREs and DOE
SKINS,
WHITE and COLORED BLANKETS,
COMFORTERs, QUILTS. SHKETlNGS,
TABLE-LINENS, NAPKINS, and TOW ELS;
Fine stock of CLOAKS, SIAWLS, aud SKIRTS;
UNDERWEAR for ladies, gentlemen, and chil-
drcn;
The best soc. UNLAUNDRIED SHIRT in this
city,
BERLIN, CLOTH, BUCK, and KID GLOVES and
GAUNTLETS;
COTTON and WOOLLEN HOSIERY in endless
variety:
SILK and LACE HANDKERCIliEFS, FlCllCES,
and TIES;
GENTLEMEN'S SCARFS,
RIBBONS, PRINCES, BUTTONS, &c;
large LOT Of POCKET-BOOKS, I L r f :,
SATCHELS, and BELTS:
REAL GOLD.PLATE JEWELRY, and many
other useful articles.
THhLHIMER BROTHERS,
Col Broad street. corner Sixth street.
Broad-Strcet agency for DOMESTIC PAPER
PATTERNS. de 29-M,W&S
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Louisiana Grecfs Maine.

TO the Maine RepubticanS-Fetiooc' COM
trpaen:
From experience we deeply sympatbize
with you in your present aflliction, our OK
having been compelled TO stand that kind
of goring for a long time. It gives us plea
sure TO know that you are receiving i'll your
struggle more outside aid than we did in
our time of trial, and that your enemies, un-
like ours, are obtaining less, and that the or
ganS are at the same time Obediently obeying
their leaders and vigorously producing pa
triOlic music. May they rever be required
TO reverse their cranks. Also, that Blaine
is boldly boiling over on the right side, and
that even frigid Frye is in frightful stew
about it. Truly glad are we that these emf
nent statesmen are temporarily denOuncing
fraud. Hoping you may peacefully pro-
coed and succeed-as we did-in rigbting
wrong, we are sympatheticllly yours,
LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS.
Ner Orleans next door to custom house,
December %, 1879.
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Old Papers.

Mr.. Y. ID. JgrFREss, OF MecKenburp
county, has forwarded through as to tho
virginia HistoI lea! Society, or to Mr. X. a.
BROCK, three old papers which the last
named will highly estimate.
They are copy Of the Redmond Erdnle
ner, OF February 81. 1865; copy OF the
same paper OF April 16, 1867; and copy
OF the Richmond Enquirer, OF June "a
1906.
The first mentions that one OF General
GRANTS br0thers-in-law-a Mr.. DENT
was in Libby prison; also that a SWORD
had been presented to General MALONE by
the city OF Petersburg. 1t contains re-
port OF the minority OF the committee on
the proposition thea pending before the
Confederate Congress TO arm the negroes.
This minority report opposed the PROPOSE
ton. II was signed by W. PORcHEE MILES,
T. S. GHoLsoN, w. n. II. SMITH, JULIUS
HARTRIDGE, and STEPHEN ii. DARDEN'
This old paper also contains speech OF
General VANCE's; the latest news from the
North: an editorial commenting upon
~tbc extraordinary message which MI
DAVIS recently addressed TO Congress-" and
other articles.
The second contains General FLOYD
statement OF the Fort ponelson affair; an
epitome of the conscripton law; and many
articles which it is not very pleasant to read
now.
The third contains interesting advertise
ments; a notice that "GEoRGE W. SWIM
xEY was yesterday called before the exam
lining court OF this city on the charge OF
poisoning his great-uncle, the venerable
GEORGE WYrHE, and a servant-boy. lie
was unanimously remauded to jail" &c.
We hold the papers subject to Mr.
| DppfV,c will
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-03

SQUARlNG FRAUDULENT Political AC.
COUNTS. From the New York WOrid,
Democrat. Mr.. Blaine and his Republi-
can allies may for year be excluded from
the political power which belongs to them
in Maine, but so were the southern Demo
Gratis excluded from power in their own
States which belonged to them for many
weary years; so has the National Demo-
cratic party, majority of the voters Of the
Union. been excluded from its righful cor
troll % the Executive power at Washing
ton ever since March, 1877
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For he Dlsp
An

Psalm xii, V. 8: "The wicked walk on
every side" 0ike wolves seeking whom
they may devour). "when the yileSt men
are exalted" to official positions OF trust,
honor, power, and emolumeni. Since the
last election in this State, and since the first
Wednesda in December down TO the toSt
hour before the adjournment OF the present
Legislature for holiday recess, was there
euer enacted more palpable Illustration OF
the truth of this portion Of Holy Writ .
than has been set forth in this body 6? .
Can you ampify? JOHN.
December 2G, 1879.