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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
LAYING Sod 10 suit a Hoe.

In the spring there is q class of mean farm
ers who turn their cattle into the road, that
their pastures may get a better start. Their
cows, leaving the highways, play the mis-
chief with grassy lawns or shrubbery, and
occasionally find their way into a garden, de-
stroying everything above ground. When
they leave, the industrious hog, who is let out
for a little fresh spring food, completes the
destruction of the horned brute. He has a
nose for business He detects the tender
bulbs with his keen scent as surely as the set.
ter does the quail He never fails to bring
up and devour anything that suits his taste,
and he has an appetite that is never satisfied
with what he unearths, and he is omnivorous
in his habits. One old one, with her never
firing followers, can destroy more sod, and
tear up more cutters and plants in one day
than the whole horde is worth.
A learned divine who had cultivated tastes
and means to crafty them had, at great ex-
pense, tastefully graded and sodded a large
yard about his beautiful home. The morn.
ing after the work had all been completed he
stepped out before breakfast to crafty his
eye in beholding what the night before was
a thing of beauty and a joy to all passers-
by. But, alas! to his horror, during that
first night the neighbours enterprising SOW
and family had been there and turned the
nice sod into a disgusting mass. The ID.
did not utter cuss words. He folded his
arms pes nefully and remarked meekly'
"Well, nc man ever could lay sod to suit a
hog."-Btn: Perley Poore in American Guilt
uator
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
NEW ORLEANS EXCITED

over Confessions of Witnesses in
the Ford Case, by Which a Num-
Der of Prominent Citizens are
Implicated.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2-There is
CONSERVATION among Ford's old fol-
lowers tonight, caused by the develop
ment of the fact that Mrs. Mcmahon
and Mrs. Smyth, who had been indicted
for perjury in the Ford case, have
smade full confessions before the grand
jury. ~
1t is known that a number Of bench
warrants were issued this afternoon
On one of these d.. Emanuel &. Drey"
fus was arrested to night and in de-
fault of twenty thousand dollars bail,
ten Thousand for each count, ne was
sent to the parish prison.
The charges against him are subor.
nation of perjury and misprision OF
felony in connection with testimony OF
the above named Ford witnesses.
The impression is that half a dozen
persons Of equal prominence are i'm
pllcated with Dreyfus. OF seven wit
nesses indicted for perjury in the Ford
case, four have been convicted, two
pleaded guilty, and one, Bartholomew,
colored, is awaiting trial.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
The Question Of Labor in Brazil.

H NuCbbAOh Va ANDOA ia -
Beyond the abolition Of slavery loomss
up in Brazil the question of labor. There
can be but one solution Of the problem
and that is immigration. How to attract
this is now absorbing the minds Of the
statesmen. The labor Of the hberate6E
slaves and their descendants will never
be sufficient for the needs of the country
They are by nature the most lazy and
worthless laborers in the world, and have
a disposition to leave the plantations and
flock to the cities Of the ~sea-coast. There
they just work enough to keep them
selves alive, and as long as they a get
raw farina and casasch are happy.
One great drawback to immigration to
Brazil is the bad reputation for health
which the country has in Europe. The
northern seaport towns are undoubtedly
unhealthy, but in the south of the en-
pire and in the interior the climate is as
healthful as could be wished. Still, the
horror with which yellow fever is re-
garded and the difficulty of making inn
migrants understand the vast size Of the
empire and its consequent variety of eli
mates, render the work of attracting
them here difficult. The Argentines owe
their great prosperity to the constant tide.
of immigration which is flowing to theiK
shores, and the Brazilians claim that Ar
gentine agents abroad omit no opportun-
ity or scruple at no means to divert inn
migrants from Rio to Buenos Ayres.-
New York Tribune.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
Of organization, a meeting is called on
Monday at IL No., at Magnolia Hall.
Senator Dolph on Female Suffrage

Senator Dolph on Female Suffrage.
WASHINGTON, April LIN the
course of his speech 10 the Senate on
the bill to admit Washington Territory
into the Union, Mr.. Dolph, speaking
of woman suffrage, said: "Mr. Presi-
dent, there is another matter which l
consider pertinent to this discussion,
and Of too much Importance to be left
entirely unnoticed on this occasion. 1t
is something new in our political
history. 1t is full Of hope for the
women of this country and of the
world, and full of promise for
the future of Republican institu-
tons. l refer to the fact that
in Washington Territory the right
of suffrage has been extended to wo-
men of proper age. l do not believe
the proposition so often asserted that
suffrage is a political privilege only
and not a national right. 1t is regu-
lated by the constitution and laws of a
State, Blu: it needs no argument, it ap.
pears to me, to show that a constitu-
ton and laws adopted and enacted by
a fragment of the whole body Of peo-
pie, but binding alike on all, is a us2r-
patton of the powers of government.
Government is but organized soci-
ETY.. Whatever its form it has its
origin in the necessities of mankind,
and is indispensable for the mainte-
nance Of civilized society. 1t is essen
tiAl to every government that it
should represent the supreme power of
the State and be capable of subjecting
the will of its individual citizens to its
order. Such a government can only
derive its just powers from the con-
sent Of the governed, and can be es
tablished only under a fundamental
law which is ~self-imposed. Every citi-
zen of suitable age and discretion who
Is to be subject to such a government
has, in my judgment. a natural right to
participate in its formation. The la
mented Lincoln immortaliZed the ex-
preston that ours is a government of
the people, by the people and for the
people, and yet it is far from that.
There can be no government by the
people where one-half of them are al
lowed no voice in its organization and
control.
Il regard the struggle going On in
the country and elsewhere for the en-
reimbursement of women as but a CON
tinuation of the great struggle for hu-
man liberty which has from the earliest
dawn of authentic history %conVulsed
nations, rent kingdoms and drenched
battle.feldS with human blood. l look
upon the victories which have been
achieved in the cause of woman en-
REIMBURSEMENT in Washington Territory
as the browning victory Of all which
have been won in the long continued
and still continued contest between
liberty and oppression and as destined
to exert a greater influence than any
other.
SHOULD this bill pass. we shall wit
ness the spectacle of a State govern
ment founded in accordance with the
principles of equality, and have a State
AZ last with a true Republican form of
government"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

The illustration shows captain Jack" a
sheep that has won many prizes. Rams OF
this blood have been sold as high as $4,000.
They are the fine-wooled sheep of the coun-
try. They are easily kept, and are well fitted
for billy and mountainous regions, and are
strong and hardy. They are the favorite
breed of the Pacific slope.
There are a few breeds of animals in which
America leads the world, and the Merino
sheep is one of these.
Mr.. Crozier, author Of "How the Farm
Pays" says he feeds his sheep on cut peas and
oats in winter. He leaves water in their
reach constantly, gives them salt o and
then. and once in awhile a little sulphur. In
the spring, about the time young pasture is
ready to put stock on, he turns his sheep into
the wheat field. They do the green wheat
good in various ways. He then puts the
flock upon pasture. He sows a crop of soft
turnips-Yellow Aberdeens or Tankards. In
the fall, from the 1st to the 10th of October,
he turns the sheep in upon this green crop
He has p%astured fifty sheep thus upon two
acres, up to the end Of December. The only
extra feed they had was a little hay in racks
built in the turnip field.
In January be sold the sheep to the butcher
for 50 apiece. They had previously cost him
$3.50 apiece, being animals that he had
bought in the New York market and taken
home to fatten. He considers this pasturing
of sheep on turnip patches one Of the best
ways to bring up poor land. The sheep drop
pings enrich the soil greatly. Next spring
he sows the anne soil in oats, grasses and
clover, and it is ready to bring a fine crop.
The sheep are dipped in strong tobacco
water to kill ticks, and in strong, hot tobacco
water, to which some sulphur has been added,
to kill scab.
Mr.. Crozier is one Of the most successful
general farmers in the Atlantic states.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
Taxes coIIeoted In March,

Sheriff and Tax Collector Worrell,
during the month Of March, collected
the following taxes:
State tax, payable in cash-Retail
liquor license, $500; privilege tax,
1882; State tax, $ll8,56. Total, ST.
1906.
County tax. payable in cash-Special
index fund, $47.4 Ship Island bond
interest, $47.44, school bond interest
$17.67: school fund, $530l; county
polls, $33 25. Total, $l98.8l.
City poll tax, payable in cash to city
treasurer, $40. sa.y ~ jgQ
County tax, can be paid in scrip
General and judicial fund, S284.56i
special fund, $94 SO. 1Total, $S7939.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
EARM GARDEN


American Merino sheep are descended from
the Spanish Merinos imported into this coun-
try many years ago. But our climate and
soil, not to say the bounding air Of a free
country, have so changed them that they are
now to all intents and purposes q distinct
family, just as the American trotting horse
is a distinct breed.
The American Merino is the basis of the
sheep and wool interest in the United States.
For mutton it is not SO good, according to
some authorities, as the Southdown, but for
wool it is absolutely Indispensable. No other
sheep can take its place for this purpose.
Breeding has steadily improved it, and con-
tinues to do Sc.
The ram in the picture in the picture is
wool down to his hoofs. No other sheep pro-
duces such a weight of fleece. Crozier men
tions that he has seen unwashed Merino
fleeces that weighed thirty-four pounds.
There is so much oil in them that they some
times clean down to a fourth of their UNI
washed weight. Even then, however, their
feeces are much heavier than those Of ordin-
airy sheep.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
InoendIarY.

The store-house of Mr.. James H,
Battle, situated about five miles from
the city on the Baldwin's Ferry road,
together with the stock In trade, plan
tation harness, saddles and other farm.
ing paraphernalia, was burned to the
ground about four o'clock yesterday
morning. There are strong suspicious
and the indications are that 1t was the
work of an incendiary. There was
some insurance, though We, were unable
to locate the company or fix amount,
last evening,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
INC Monument sways with the sun.

At the meeting Of the Washington
Monument society, Col. Casey made some
interesting statements to the members in,
regard to his observation of the habits Of
the monument, fer it appears that the
great Obelisk is a moving, il not a living
thing, and that it has a regular swaying
motion when the sun is shining upon it.
On every bright day the apex Of the
monument moves at least one inch west
ward in the morning when the SUMS rays
first fall upon it, and eastward again h
the Afternoon when the sun reaches the
western side. The heat of the suns rays
have an expansive effect upon the
mason, and the plummet that is sus-
pended in the interior of the monument
registers this movement from day to day
Washington Letter.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
Sound Sense.

If the farms of the northwest generally ar
to be preserved in their fertility, it will hav'
to be done by clover and by being largely de
voted to grass, so that the offal will remain
on the farm. It is idle to even think of in
creasing the productiyeness of our lands, or
preserving their present condition by com
mercial fertilizers. Farms can be kept up to
their full production by natural agencies,
which every prudent a can control And
yet three-fourths of all stable manures in this
state are wasted, thrown into rivers, etc.
Iowa Register.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
1Onk Ont for the swlndler.

Here is another trick that needs watching:
One sharper agrees to buy a farmers land,
and pays him $25 to bind the bargain. An
other comes along and offers him $500 more,
and gets the promise of it, If the farmer can
buy off No. /, who soon comes around and in
sists on the fulhllment of the contract but
will give up for 5000. This the farmer agrees
to, and pays back the $25 and the $500, and
the second purchaser never turns up.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

By this time the white and early turnips
will be pithy and of but little value for feed
ing. Rutabaga or Swedish turnips keep
later, and in pits may be preserved ct for use
until a fresh bit of grass can be had. It is
toward spring that most roots are needed, for
It is then that COWS and ewes need green food
to stimulate milk production for their young.
These facts should be remembered in decid-
ing what roots to plant next season.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
Another of the New York "Boodle"
Aldermen Arrested.

New YORK, April l.-Alderman G,
B. Waite has been arrested. 1t is gen.
orally believed he is the man that
wrote the much talked of letter to
Judge Gildersleeve. The arrest created
CONSERVATION around the city hall,
and its said detectives are on the
track of every one Of the aldermen of
the board of 1884, and should any at
tempt to leave the city they will be at
once arrested.
An evening paper publishes an in
terview with Judge Gildersleeve, in
which he says Waite is the man that
wrote a letter offering to tell all he
he knew about the Broadway franchise
bribery.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
Killed by a MnIsv RnII.

A man named Daniel Boone, supposed to be
a lineal descendant Of the famous pioneer, was
killed by a red polled bull, on the farm Of A.
H. Brown, south Of Westport, Mo-. He was
leading the bull to water, when the animal
viciously attacked him, knocking him down
and then falling upon him with his knees,
breaking all of his ribs and crushing in his
breast bone. It may be stated, parentheti-
cally, that the bull had no ring in his nose.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

Drainage districts are formed In Illinois,
varying from 10000 to 10000 acres in extent,
according to the lay of the land. Some of
the smaller districts have been completed,
and their success gives confidence to others.
Farmers owning these lands make a common
fund, according to the drainage required.
The work is done on a large scale, with every
possible help from machinery, and much
more cheaply and effectively than any
farmer could hope to do it unaided and alone.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

tenn being measurably imperVous to frost,
the producing season is prolonged from forty
to sixty days.
0. IL creates a rich, moist and loamy soil
out Of the most unpromising hard pan.
8. 1t prevents the washing Of surface soils
from hillside farms during heavy rains.
T. Springs are created on the most sterile
hillsides.
s. Drouth is effectually guarded against.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
Small Black Hogs.

The small Black Suffolk hog is a favorite
breed in England. The SOW in the illustra-
ton belongs to this blood. She is a prize
winning hog at the fairs, and is too fat for a
breeder as she appears in the engraving. In
England when a hog takes a prize this imme-
diately adds to the value of Others belonging
to the same blood or litter, and they are
bought and sold as breeders.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
An Error in the Drummers' Tax
Marriage, Etc.
onaainl IN Nnrnn,nnninI Lnnnlh

Marriage, Etc.
Special to Commercial Herald.
JACKSON, April III. G. William
son, chairman of the ways and means
committee of the legislature, was in
this city to-day, and was interviewed
by your correspondent relative to the
"drummers' tax" He said that an
amendment to the original bill passed
both houses, taking the right from
towns and cities to levy fifty per cent.
of the State tax on drummers and that
in enrolling the bill, the amendment
was overlooked by the clerk and was
not included.
W. S. Cole, of New Orleans, and
Miss Helen Lonnegan, were married
last night at the residence Of the
brides mother, DR.. John Hunter Off.
ciating.
w. w. Graves, son of Col. Thomas
Graves, died here last.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

The points of the Black Suffolks are early
maturity, fine flesh and very little waste.
The sOws produce very large litters, some
times as many as fifteen and sixteen. The
breed is not much known in the United
States
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

It is estimated that the annual cost for
the picking alone Of the cotton crop oR
the southern states is $4O,0 900, OO6.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

Professor Max Muller dares to say that
there are long passages even in Homer
which seem to him extremely tedious,
and that not a few Of Goethe's writings
seem to him not worth a second reading,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

MICHIGAN Republicans refuse to
march to the music Of the Detroit Re-
.nublican club.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-28

norant as the fulfllment of his prophecy.
Virgins is but subordinate employe OF
the Ottawa concern, and, by expert sci
entists, said to be ignorant OF scientific
knowledge, making only wild guesses at
chances based upon what he thinks is
likely to follow any great disturbance,
and nothing more. The poor terrorized
people in the earthquake belt, have
learned of this trickster's prophecy, that
they are to be again visited with destruc-
ton, and all the teaching and explana-
tions of the press and clergymen failed to
relieve their fears. If for no other cause
than this, Virgins should be arrested
and imprisoned where his senseless ut
terances could not reach the outer world,
but aside from this, the gentlemen who
control the Ottawa observatory, owe it to
their own good names, and the fair name
of science, to remove this blot on their
profession, nor let an ignorant seeker
after notoriety, becloud the good name
OF the gentlemen there who profess and
teach astronomical science.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-28
PURSES, $4,000.
TR0TTING, RUNNING and PACING7

FIRST DAY-SEPTEMBER 27tR.
Half-mile heats, all ages; $500.
2:34 Glass, trot; $500.
One-mile dash. all ages; $500.
SECOND DAY-SEPTEMBER 2Sth.
ss,Mile dash, for two-year-olds; $500.
2:29 Glass, trot $3.50.
1H-Mile dash, all ages; $500.
THIRD DAY-SEPTEMBER 29th,
A-Mile dash, all ages; $500.
2:40 Glass, trot; $3.50.
B-Mile dash, for three-year-olds; 5000.
FOURTH DAY-SEPTEMBER 8Oth.
1-Mile dash, all ages; $780,
Free-for all trot, $500
112-Mile dash, all ages; $3.50.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-28
CONDITIONS.

In all purse races, the entrance fee will be
ten per cent. OF the purse and must accompany
nomination; no conditional entries viii be
received. Entries in all trotting races to close
September Dist In all purse running races
entrance will close at at 6 O'Clock D. M. of the
evening preceding the race Running races,
three or more to enter, tive or more TO start.
Trotting, five or more to enter, three or more to
start. In all cases entry must be enclosed in
sealed envelope and addressed Secretary plain
ly, stating age, name, color and sex of horse.
name OF sire and dam (when known), and name
OF owner. In all running races colors of rider
must must be given with entry. No entry accepted
unless accompanied by the money Walk-oyer
by any one horse entities him to half the stake
money and all the forfeited money Any horse
distancing the field or any part thereof will be
entitled to first money only. The Association
claims the right to interlace heats of different
races whenever they deem it expedient and
also to postpone on account of bad weather
Running races will be governed by the revised
rules, adopted by the Turf Congress at st.
Louis, November, 1885. Trctting and pacing
races will be governed by the rules of the
National Trotting Association.
Harness racess are mile heats, three in five
All moneys divided two thirds to first horse
One-third to second horse
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-28
SALT LAKE TRADE REVIEW

In to-morrow's issue of the DEMOCRAT
will be included Trade Review of the
multitudinous business of this CITY. OBJ
tanned by personal interviews with all
who are represented in the list, and in no
sense is it puff, but a fair statement OF
things as they are in the daily routine of
business. The rise and growth of out
side business, having its centre in this
city, is OF recent origin, and mainly at
tributable to the enterprise of the various
railroads in opening up means whereby
the Salt Lake merchant can reach
the Colorado consumer on terms as
easy as the Denver merchant
can, with the call in favor
OF Salt Lake. The Denver & Rio Grande
under its new management through the
personal efforts of Messrs. Bancroft and
Bennett, has so arranged matters with
the other parts of the road beyond the
Colorado State line, that Salt Lake
merchant can now place his goods on the
Colorado market at the same cost of
transportation as is paid by the mer-
chants of Denver, and even now the
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-28

good effects of this arrangement are
becoming apparent. Particular atten-
ton is called to the great va
riety of lines of business represented
in the city, and no better proof of the
metropolitan character of Salt Lake
could be given than this Trade Review
affords. Some five thousand extra copies
will be printed, and those who desire to
advise friends of the true state of business
matters in this city will have chance to
do SO by sending this paper to them.
They can be had at the counting-room
ready for mailing.