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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
A Project to Pipe Gas Two Hun
dred and Fifty Miles.

A company Of we'll known capt.
talists have organized the "Gas
Light Transportation Company" to
mine coal and manufacture gas in
Pennsylvania, and pipe the gas to
Eastern cities. A director of the
company recently said that they
propose to erect gas works that will
manufacture 100000 feet of gas
per day. This would require L.
100000 tons Of coal annually. The
coal can be bought at the mines for
55 cents per ton, but the gas COM
panies pay S4.62 per ton forit. They
save something by the sale Of coke,
tar, and ammoniacal liquor, so that
their coal costs them 1914 per ton,
or 30 cents a thousand cubic feet of
gas manufactured. One great saw
ing expected by the new company
is in the cost Of coal and transporta-
ton. Another saving will come,
they think, from the freshness of
the coal, since coal newly mined
produces more and better gas than
coal that has been exposed to the
air and weather, The cost Of pump
ing the gas is offset by the value of
the coke. The deterioration of gas
in the long pipe they expect to
counterbalance by making the gas
extra rich at first. The pipe is to
be Of iron, six feet in diameter, laid
in hydraulic cement. - Scientific
american.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Wealth of the South.

1t did not need the Atlanta show
to prove the richness of the South
in natural resources. The wonder
has long been that the Southern
people have not apparently recog-
nized how signally favored their
land is in this respect, From the
fact that cotton has held the royal
place as the chief and staple South
ern product, many may have been
led to overlook the truth that the
South has within her boundaries
all the sources Of wealth and pros
perity enjoyed anywhere in the
land, and has most of them in an
abundance nowhere exceeded. Not
only has the cotton, with unlimited
possibilities Of growth as the recent
census pointed out; not only can
she raise her own bread and meat
and fruits; but she has inexhausti-
BILE coal beds aud iron veins, and all
kinds of ores and minerals and
precious stones.
Riches lie hidden in her noun
tains and forests, riches lie open on
her plains andin her valleys: Geor-
gia has gold bed hundred miles
wide. The pines Of North Carolina
and Georgia hold their harvest of
turpentine. There is not South
ern State that has not within itself
great wealth, waiting for the hui
man brains and hands, the human
skill and energy and pluck that
conquer Nature and make her yield
up her possessions. The history of
civilization, one Of our mos. distin-
guished educators used to say, is
the history of mans conflict with
Nature that conflict ushers in
the new era for the South.-Eaanai-
ner and Chronicle.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Value of Root Crops.

Writing on this subject, a CORES
pondent Of the Country Gentleman
says:
Farmers who neglect to provide
either carrots, parsnips, beets or
turnips for their stock when winter
approaches, make a serious mis-
take, if they anticipate the best
profit, and work for large results,
We often see the feeding of roots
argued from an English stand
point, but many things in this
country in an agricultural point
are quite different. Nevertheless,
there is no question of the value
and economy of feeding roots in this
country to larger extent than is
done at present. Probably the most
easily raised, most productive, and
most profitable root crops for us to
raise, are some Of the varieties of
the beet, some Of which grow very
large, and yield 800 to 1 900 bushels
to the acre, if the land is well man
ured and thoroughly titled, The
best way to grow them is to let
them follow some deeply worked,
highly MANFRED crop, on thorough
ly good land, putting on no man
ure the year the beets are grown.
There will then be few weeds to
trouble, which is often the plague
of root culture"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
All Alike to the Farmers

1t is usually believed that farm
ers grumble, no matter what the
seasons may bring; but judging
from the following extract from the
Financial Chronicle, it would seem
that years OF abundant prosperity
and comparative slackness are alike
profitable. That journal says:
"The drought in the summer and
fall of 1881 was one Of the longest
and most widely extended that the
country had ever experienced, and
this, together with the preceding
winter of extraordinary severity,
caused a falling off in the crops of
wheat and corn and of all dairy
products, producing scarcity in
supplies and leading to an advance
in prices which materially increas-
ed the cost of living. But to the
farmer who marketed his crops in
the fall of 1881 the actual profit
must have been quite as large as on
the more abundant yield Of 1880,
and taking the whole crop of wheat
and corn, as estimated by the Agri-
cultural Bureau, we would have the
following approximate values on
the average prices ruling in New
York between Sept. and Dec. 1 in
each year Wheat, 1880, 50O,000,-
600 bushels, at $1.13 per bushel,
$3.50, 100000; 1881, 400,000,000
bushels, at $1.45 per bushel, $780,
100000; corn, 1880, 1,720,O00,000
bushels, at SOC. per bushel, $780,
100000; 1881, 1,290,00O,000 bush
els, at 72c. per bushel, s92S,S00,-
OO0."
Probably, after all, since more
labor is required in harvesting and
transferring the superabundant
crops, the slack years are really
more useful to the agriculturist. At
any rate the farmer in this country
who is industrious and frugal, will
never have any cause to grumble
over the returns that he gets for his
labor.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Rabbits and Fruit Trees.

To prevent young fruit trees from
being destroyed by rabbits during
the winter, feed the rabbits, These
animals will never eat the bark of
trees if they can get anything else
to live upon. In the fall of 1878,
writes a correspondent of the Coun-
try Gentlemen, [ noticed that the
rabbits were very plenty about the
fields, and [ became quite appre-
hensive for the safety of my young
orchard of about one hundred apple
and pear trees, the most Of which
had been set out the previous
spring. When the first deep snow
came put a little corn under the
corn barn, which stood on posts in
one corner Of the orchard, This
they soon found, and numbers of
them would come there every night
after their rations, and as [ contin-
ued to feed them, [ soon found |
had quite family Of them on my
hands. When we wanted rabbit
for a stew, | would set box trap
baited with small ear of corn, and
would be pretty sure Of one ofthem
in the morning. We ate about
dozen and a half Of them during
the winter, and as they were well
fed, those we caught towards spring
were fat and in excellent condition.
Not one Of my young fruit trees
was harmed by the rabbits that
winter.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Wheat Farm in Dakota.

Mr.. Dalrymple, whose farm at
Fargo, Dakota Territory, is forty
five miles long, one mile wide: and
on which he raised this year Co.,
600 bushels of wheat, is divided
into five divisions Of 5000 acres
each. Each of these is again di-
vided into battalions, with a fore
man or major who has charge Of
1000 acres. Under him are three
companies, each having "a captain,
and cultivating section, which is
GAO acres Of land. Each superin-
tendent plants his crop and har-
vests it, reporting from time to time
to Mr.. Dalrymple, who directs and
oversees the whole, but spends the
greater part Of his time at the office,
planning and calculating for the
best results from the smallest out
lay. The superintendent are re-
sponsible for the good order Of their
men, stock, and machinery, and
there lisa decided rivalry between
them as to which can produce the
biggest crop. When the ploughing
commences in the spring, the men
90 out in gangs, each taking $40
acres, under the direction OF a fore
man, who rides along on horseback
to see that the work is done proper
ly.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Pink Eye.

The treatment of influenza or
"pink-eye"' in horses, according to
Professor Liautard, in the american
Agriculturist, is very easy. Rest,
care in the diet, abundant drinks
with small doses of saltpetre, are
the principal things to be observed.
Where there is sore throat employ
slight counter irritations by llnl-
ments and blisters. A mixture of
honey or molasses, with llquorlce,
gum arabic and extract of bella
donna, will allay the cough. Ii
there is extreme debility, alcoholic
stimulants may be given in the
water, and if the administration of
pills does not produce too much
cough, two drains of carbonate of
ammonia, with one dram Of cam
phor, may be given. Careful at
tention to hygiene, proper ventlla-
ton, fresh and clean bedding, ban
daging of the smaller extremities,
and judicious blanketing according
to the condition Of the external air,
are of the greatest advantage IN the
management of influenza.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Farmers Items.

SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION.
The U. S. Mcrino Sheep Breeders
Association, at their meeting held
at Columbus, Ohio, recently, cleo
ted the following officers for the en-
suing year: Col. G. Fl. Beall, of our
county, President; R, Johnson, of
Licking county, Ohio, Vice Presi-
dent S. G. Gist, Of our county, Sec
rotary, and S. T. Miller, Of Perry
county, Ohio, Treasurer.
Those desiring information con-
corning the forthcoming U. S.
Merino Sheep Register, will address
any member of the Executive
Board, which is composed of the
following gentlemen: J. c. Gist,
independence, Pa. John P. Woods,
Burgettstown, Pa; V. Rich, Rich
Vile, Vt. This Board will cheer
fully furnish applicants with the
rules governing the association
Wellsborg Paper
FARM PRIzEs.-Last spring, ].
Erastus Lester offered prizes for
success in corn raising by boys of
Rhode Island. Fifty lads entered
the competition, and thirty-two
persevered to the end, and made
returns. The prizes were given out
in public meeting at Providence
recently, when addresses were made
by Senator Doyle, Gov. Littlefeld,
and others. The first prize of $50
was awarded to Edward J. A mold,
of North Kingstown, who raised on
one-eighth of an acre little over
eighteen bushels Of corn; the Sc
cond prize of $50 to John T. Rey-
nolds, of Richmond.
The San Francisco Bulletin, of
Dec. %, says: "California winters
are so variable that it is never safe
to predict anything with certainty.
The character of the winter thus
far indicates mild season, with
only moderate rainfall in the
northern half of the State and some
thing less than will be wanted in
the southern half Of the State.
A box or measure holding one
quart, should be four inches square
by is inches deep; two-quart
measure 5 inches square, 5 3-S inch
es deep; one Of three-quarts 6 inch
es square, 5 3-5 inches deep, and Il
four-quart measure 6 3D. inches
square, 5 $40 inches deep.
New England consumes about
twenty million bushels Of wheat
annually, and produces only a mil
lion and quarter,
Young COWS do not give as rich
milk as those Of mature age. A
lean COW gives poor milk and fat
one rich milk.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
WESTVIRGINIA FREEMAN.
Two Views.

An old farm house, with meadows wide,
And sweet with clover on each side;
A bright-eyed boy, who looks from out
The door with woodbine wreathed about,
And wishes his one thought all day:
"Oh, if L could but fly away
From this duh spot the world to see,
How happy, happy, happy,
How happy / should bel"
Amid the city's constant din
A man who round the world has been
Who, mid the tumult and the throrg,
Is thinking, thinking all day long;
"Oh, could | only trace once more,
The field-path to the farmhouse door,
The Old green meadow could L see,
How happy, happy, happy,
How happy | should be!'
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08

A wet-weather joke from New
Hampshire: 'Robert Batcherlor, of
Salisbury, has flock Of twenty
eight sheep, which, during the
winter, were housed in a place
where their wool became filled with
hay-seed. They have been out to
pasture for several weeks past, and
the excessive wet weather has
caused the seed to sprout, and they
are now bearing about with them a
crop Of grass two inches in length.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad.

H. E. BULLOCK, Supt.
II. j. BOOTH, Gen. Freight & Ticket Agent.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Laurel Fork Il Sand Hill Railroad.
Na rFranSnnrfat;nr, Inasao

VOLCANO, w. Va May "a, 1850.
ON an after this date trains will run as
Ofollows:
No leaves Volcano at 9:15am, connecting
with Express mail West.
No. . leaves Laurel Fork junction at 10:l5am
No. 4 leaves Volcano at 5:l0pm, connecting
with Express mail East.
No. leaves Laurel Fork June. at 6:l5pm.
Extra.-Monday mornings only. Leaves
Volcano at :40am. Leaves l.. F. junction at
S:25am.
No. will wait 80 minutes for delayed Ex-
press from the East.
No. will wait l hour for delayed Express
from the West
NJ C. c. CHURCH, Secretary.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20

II is SAID that the collectors Of taxes
for Wilmington Hundred have not
called upon the clerk of the Peace for
their tax duplicates, though the clerk
in obedience to the instructions of the
Levy Court had them prepared by the
10th of May and neither do they in
tend to call for them until some time
next week which will leave but little
chance for those who were assessed in
reasonable time to pay their taxes.
This Is one way toprevent Republicans
from qualifying to vote on the third of
June, and should admonish Republi-
cans to be on the alert and pay their
taxes as soon az the duplicates are is-
sued. Another thing to be looked after
by Republicans is the tickets, which
are to be of uniform length, width,
quality of paper and style of print. In
certain contingencies there might be
scarcity of paper and when voters
come to the polls to vote there might be
no tickets. 1t would be well for
Repub blicans to be on the lookout any
how,
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20

REPUBLICANS SHOULD not forget
that tax receipts issued in 1880 are
good for vote at the Mayors election
On the third Of June, unless the receipts
we're issued before the third of June
1880. The law requires that to be en-
titled TO vote tax must have been
paid within two years before
the election. As the duplicates were
only delivered to the collectors on the
sixth of June, it would be impossible
for receipts to be issued that year out of
date. A great many voters are labor
ing under the impression that because
they are not assessed this year they
have no vote. This is . mistake, pro
vided they were assessed and paid their
taxes any time after the third ofJune'
1880. There are hundreds of tax re-
ceipts for 1880, sticking about in drawers
and old pocket hooks that will be good
for vote on the third of June. Re.
publicAns hunt them up.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20
JAMES Carmichael, who holds q sest

JAMES Carmichael, who holds ses
In the City Council from the Fifth Ward
to which he was elected by such noto-
rious repeaters as Brocky" Tom,
Gus" O'Donnell, "Jack" Brierlsy,
"Budd" Carr, Ryan, Scott and dozens
of others under the protection Of the
police, is a candidate for re election.
Had Mr.. Carmichael spurned the prof
fsred seat in Council, to which he was
not entitled, he would have established
for himself character for fairness that
would have been strong recommenda-
tion for election this time. Mr.. Car
michael will have to muster up more
repeate this time if he expects to re.
urn to Council.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20

GOVERNOR Washburn whose will was
probated in La Crosse, Wisconsin, yes.
terday bequeathed $4,000 for apublic
library in that city, and $685. for a
memorial orphan asylum in Minneapo.
lis as a tribute to the memory of his
mother. This is not the way our rich
men in Delaware leave the world. The
Wesleyan college has been sold out by
the Sheriff, the Conference academy
suffers for want of endowments; rich
millionaires de, but we rarely have the
pleasure of recording benevolent be-
quest.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20
,n. C.ndiaates' Answer.

Roth the candidates for Mayor have
.r,wered the letters containing the
question propounded by the WORK
,,.,,. Rsform Association and they are
contained in to.day's REPUBLICAN.
Though, as . general thing. We d'sap'
proye the mode of questioning canal
dates, IN the present csso, no harm, az
least, can result from such course
and We are pleased to say that we be-
lisve the answers of the candidates will
be received in good faith by the parties
they represent. Nobody ever suspected
but what both DR.. Wales and Joseph
L. Carpenter are personally in favor OF
the reforms asked for, but the question
arises will the parties they belong to
carry out these reforms? 1t will not be
hard to see that Or. Wales coming fresh
from the party that has been out OF
power for ten years has better chance
for inaugurating the reforms referred to
than Mr.. Carpenter, who, If elected.
will owe his election to machine in
fluences-to the police force OF the city
that needs reforming more than any
thing else, and to the "Brooky" stripe
cf repeaters. 1t will be strange II the
people do not decide that DIR. Wales'
with police force new and fresh from
the people, will not be better reform
or than Mr.. Carpenter, hampered with
the old police force and the worst ele-
ments of society converted into repeat
ers. Mayor Almond was as ardent q
reformer before the election as Mr..
Carpenter now is, but one OF his drst
acts was to appoint as one of his lead
ing policemen man who, up to short
time before the election, kept an un-
licensed gin saloon, simply because the
law.breakipg saloon keeper did some
political work that Mr.. Almond
thought deserved recognition more than
reform did. As Mr.. Carpenter stands
no chance of being elscted Mayor, ex-
cept by the votes of repeaters and az he
is 80 heartily in favor of reform let US
see if he will have the manhood and in
dependence to take part in a movemt nj
to prevent repeaters from voting aud to
prevent the use of bogus tax receipts.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20

THE READING papers while friendly
to the Reading Railroad, are neverthe-
less complaining of the discrimination
against that city and In favor Of Phila-
delphia, and in consequence are advo-
eating competing line of railroad.
The Reading Times says q ton of lum-
ber from Williamsport to Reading costs
in freight three dollars, while to Phila.
delphia, tifty-eight miles farther below,
the freight was only two dollars and
fifty cents per toe, We sympathise
with our sister city, for Wilmington
has been 10 The same boat.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20

TO-DAY THE man who is to be the
oho-'F Of Naw To-tla cnnntv will he
selected from the Republican party.
That man will be either James Martin,
Frank G. Stidham, Thomas Brackin or
Jonathan e. George; Nehemiah Davis
having saen proper to withdraw and
try lis chances in 1884. They are all
faithful and well tried Republicans,
either of whom will make better and
far more creditable Sheriff than Purnal
Lynch, who the Democrats are trying
to elect, simply because he has been
eminently successful in bulldozing and
disfranch'sing Republicans out of their
votes.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20
. x,fsrast nc Unfen !.

Of .Nntsrsss as Unisn'
The s svanSs,'iss hGss isbors % IN the gospel have
o. o. Unrv, cr,ownsd mad With very great SUCCESS,
posh posh IN Europe and America, VIII
urs.ch @ in Union M. E. Oht1rch OF this
Cjty. on Sunday evening, May zlSt' ~
five are not mistaken Mrs. Talbot
has RECENTLY been addressing the people
Of Wilmington and vicinity on the SUD-
iect Of temperance under the auspices
of the w. @. T. u.
The public is cordially invited to at.
tend the above named services; the
church is large and comfortable and the
seats are all free. Mrs. Talbot comes 10
as we'll recommended and message Of
interest and Importance may be OK
pected.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20

The LEADING iron manufacturers OF
Philadelphis together with the Phil
adelphia Iron and Steel Company has
decided to reduce the price of har-iron
from 2S.1O Genus per pound to . Clio
cents per pound. This is an important
announcement as the reason given for
the change is dullness in trade, and
impossibility to maintain prices. This
reduction in the price of iron must
necessarily carry with it reduction of
the price of labor. This is significant
thought that should not be overlooked
by those who are on strike for higher
wages.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20

SPECIAL attention is called to the
double column advertise ment Of Kelly
& Co., in to-day's REPUBLICAN,. They
have demonstrated the fact that in.
stallment stores not only pay the pro
prietors but pay their patrons better.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20
SATURDAY MAY 20, 1882
Our PRyemen1s.

Wilmington has had trial OF mac.
adamized streets and the general judg-
ment by those who have lived along
them is that they are failure so far as
comfort, nea tness and expense are con-
cerned. Fourth and French streets
are the most unpleasant streets in the
city in dry spell If there happens to
be little eddy of wind to stir up the
dust and carry it in volumes into par
lors and bed rooms. The dust from
macadamized street is something quite
different from the common flour dust
that rises up III columns like smoke,
but which soon blows over. The mac
adamized dust ls gritty and sandy
and insinuates itself through crevices
and cracks, gets under the carpet and
by the aid of the tramping over it cuts
1t to pieces. Unless houses are built
very close and windows and doors Kept
continually shut, this gritty sand from
the street will take possession and
render home very uncomfortable. Mac
adamized streets make splendid drives
If they are kept moderately sprinkled.
Macadamized streets become som etimes
very offensive, the horse droppings and
mud from numerous wagons making
mud that becomes terrible nuisance.
Unless the dirt is scraped together and
hauled away, the streets become more
Objectionable even than those that are
-.~'-'--- .--a nov maradamized. The
only way to meet this evil is to treat
such streets with layer of spalls
crushed together with heavy road
roller. However as there are more or
less objections to all streets, it is hard
to tell what kind is the best. One thing
Is certain that while co6ble stone pave.
ments are rough and conducive to noise
they are clean, and when it rains the
hardest they are the cleanest and after
. rain they remain clean the longest.
There is hope in the Belgian block pave
ment. 1t has not been in use long
enough in this city to assert its superi.
ority, but there would seem no good
reason why it should not be free
from all the objections brought against
the others. Wilmington is growing SO
fast into metropolitan proportions that
our city legislators should give the
paving question earnest thought. There
are quite number of streets that need
paving, and the best should be used.
Even if the Belgian block pavement is
a little costly at first, but makes the best
and most lasting pavements, it is the
best and cheapest in the long run and
should be used. Wilmington is o city
now that cannot be put off with any
thing called pavement. He! growing
importance demands the best, and she
should have il.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20
THE RANKING bill passed the House

THE BANKING bill passed the House
Of Representatives yesterd az by q vote
125 to CT. OF the latter 80 were Dem.
oerats, 7 Greenbackers and one Inde'
pendent. The bill continues National
banks in existence 20 years longer.
The Democrats voted against the bill
because the N National banks were strong
hackers Of the government in putting
down the rebellion.
Daily Republican., 1882-05-20
In tho Dark.

A beautiful young lady was found
drowned in the streets of Wilmington,
all for not knowing that she could have
bought good umbrella for one dollar
at Stansbury Murrsy's, No. 9 French
street.