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Year: 1879

We never could see the virtue
of the boast which is so often
made by the papers and maga-
zines that SO large a portion of


their pages is original. Such O.
riginality is often maintained to
the detriment of the paper. The
best exchanges of our acquaint-
.ance are by no means those
which have the greatest amount
of original matter. There is
more of editorial tact and talent
required to makeproper and prac-
teal selections than is put in req
uisition by the production of the
yaunting original newspapers,
that seem to consider originality
the only requisite for a good pc
riodical. a good newspaper is
always dependent upon other re-
sources than its own. And the
boast of a periodical that it is
entirely original is too often like
the boast of a librsay if it should
claim to have the production of
only one author. ~
Year: 1879

In this place, as in most othel
places, boys have a great fond
ness for lettering about the streets
and stores. Go through tht
town any evening and you vii
be surprised, if you have never
given the matter any thought, al
The large number of young mer


who make a practice of squan-
dering their evenings, to say
nothing of the days spent in the
same way. =


Squandering time is the sin of
the age. s AS a rule, the idle, In
dolent boy goes to the bad. He
may have all the elements neces-
sary to make a fIst-class busi-
ness or professional man; but if
he is not encouraged and instruc-
ted to form habits of industry, he
will be a failure, almost ineYita-
bly,. There is one way that this
great evil of squandering time
can be remedied if not .altogeth-
er obyiated. Parents mtst take
the matter in hand-must them
selves set the example of indus
try and frugality, and must. see
that their children initiate the ex-
ample. Make the home pleasant
and attractive. If the boys love
the street or the loafng place
better than the home, you may
rest assured that the home is
wanting in some important par
ticular. Provide the boys with
interesting reading matter and
encourage them to earnit. Per-
NIT them to employ their time in
in amy harmless way that will
keep them from idleness and pro-
fiigacy. When you see boy
or young man willing to trifie a.
way day, month, or year in
doing the work of a disgusting
street loafer, you may set it down
that it would not take much to
persuade that boy or that young
man to become a full fedged
scoundrel.


Tell the boys that no success
comes from squandering time,
and that the better class of peo-
pie have about as high a regard
for a real industrious thief as for
an ignorant, idle loafer. It is in
the power of parents to regulate
this matter, and we hope to see
our army of trifing, loafng
young men and boys diminished.


Make the home what it should
be and you have no need to fear
the future of our boys. v...
Year: 1879

The editor who quashed a JUL
cy cock-roach with the butt
end of his pencil and afterward
forgetfally sucked the same
while wooing a coy expression,
suddenly found a word, but it
proved to be foreign to the sub
ject under consideration.
Year: 1879

Jury to relieve as far as practicable the tax
and license payers of the parish from the
burden of taxation by reduction of parish
licenses and the rate of parish taxation for
the year 1880, provided the present financ,
ial condition of the parish win permit such
reduction, therefore, be it


Resolved, That a committee of three
members of this police jury and two citi-
zens be appointed by the President there
OF with instruction to report, in writing, to
this body at its next regular meeting what
reduction, if any, can be made in the par
lsh licenses for the year 1880 and the rate
Of taxation to be imposed for that year,
and the Secretary give notice to the COM
mittee at what time to meet.


The President appointed the following
gentlemen on said committee: Messrs.
Drauzin Himel, R. L. Pugh, Neuville
Blanchard, Walter Guion and Alfred Tete.


A recess of one hour was taken


The Finance Committee approved the
Year: 1879

The publishers of the New ORLEANS
tTIMEs wish especially at this time tha


every citizen of this State should be sui


scrlber or reader of the TIMES. Questions


OF the greatest Importance to Louisiana


are pending waiting solution. A conven,


tion of her delegates is now in session


drafting an organic law for adoption to


replace the present constitution, and


which 1t is hoped will radically reform


those fearful abuses, wasteful extrayagan-


cles and gross injustices which have been


nurtured BY it and have grown up under
1t, The snbJect of restrictive quarantine as


to its efficacy in preventing the introduce
ton OF the scourge Of yellow fever and its
| acknowledged blighted effects upon the
business and prosperity of the city of New
orleans and the. State, is now engrossing to
large extent public attention. Other vital


questions, such as labor, immigration, rail
road communications with our neighboFing
State OF Texas, removal of the State capi-
tai. etc., demand constant consideration
and discussion,


The publishers of the TIMES, refer with
pride to the position taken by the TIMES
on all of these questions Their inspiring
motive has been the good Of the State and
opment and growth depend their compen-
satIen and reward. From no other source
can they expect to subserve these ends.
The thorough independence of the TIMES.
its strength, courage and consistency in
the discussion of all questions, it's indefati
gable and persistent labors to restore the
wonted prosperity of the South have made
it recognized throughout the country as
the leading Southern journal and made it
quoted everywhere as the representative
OF the best Southern thought and opinion


The publishers wish that copy may be |
placed in the hands Of every citizen in this
State, that he may judge by perusaI of its
merits, OF its consistency, of its motive.


AS newspaper giving ALL the NEWS off
the day as commercial paper, showing
all the movements of business AMI com
merce as an organ of the people. represent
ting and conserving their best and highest
they claim the TIMES to be with
out q rival in the South.


10 meet the general shrinkage in values, Il
The subscription price of the TIMES has
been materially reduced. The TIMES (daily,
'even papers week) will be sent hereafter
It the rate of $12p per annum, and the Week
ZINES at the rate of 50 per annum, pos
age prepaid.


Copies of the TIMES, either Daily or
feekly, gladly sent free as specimens to Il
ny person who desires to examine the Z
anne. Is


We ask every reader to give the TINES a b
rial. We are making it a paper worthy of
upport. And we know if the reader once
ries it he will continue subscriber. 10
The Daily will be sent on trial one month 7
or 81, and the Weekly three months fori :
0 cents. il
Send remittances by money order or re-
istered letter or draft.


Address THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES,
ouisiana.
Year: 1879




The following is translated from LIE
Petit Lyonnais: A short time, then, be,
fore the outbreak of the Zulu war, q
youthful couple made their appearance
in the town Of Bath. One was a sickly
young gentleman, of about twenty-five
or twenty-three, who wore the uniform
of the Woolwich Artillery. The other
was fair and rather pretty girl, who
talked English with slight German
accent, and carried baby. The pair had
all the air of being married, though their
youth might at the first blush make that
appear unlikely and the husband Gf he
was the husband) was evidently French.
Soon after the declaration Of war, the
officer called upon a Roman Catholic
priest, resident at Bath, in a state of
considerable agitation, and begged him
to watch over Ills wife and child till his
return from South Africa whittier he was
obliged to proceed. He added that pri-
vate reasons of the highest Importance
rendered it impossible for him to divulge
his name and rank. The priest would
seem to have acceptd the delicate
charge committed to him, and the
husband sailed away. One day there
came the news of the Prince Imperial's
death. Thinking to interest the young
wife by the information, the priest read
the telegram to her. To his amezement
she had no sooner heard it than she
tainted. That alone would have proved
little; but the Petit Lyonnais goes on to
say that Father K was after ward
shown photograph Of the Prince, and
at sight of it declared it tn be the por-
trait Of the very artillery officer who
had entrusted the lady and her child %
his care a few days later, the strange
lady with baby applied for an inter
vjcp 70 the porter Of Camden House,
Chiselhurst. and was admitted. A
stormy interview is said TO have oc-
currcl between The mysterious applicant
and thr Empress, who would have moth
SAG 70 de with either mother or child and
both derausd The mother came hlck
90 Chiseihurst again, a day or two after,
bui this ume vas refused admittanee.
Since then she has DISAPPEARED. leaving
~ tracr q her whereabouts
Year: 1879

A writer in the Philadelphia Times
describing trip through Arizona says,
owe soon entered the land Of giant
cacti. was never moro surprised than
at seeing the wonderful development Of
this plant in this region, J. am satisfied
that nowhere in the world such size is
attained The specie called Swatara
grows to the enormous height of sixty
feet and measure six feet in diameter.
There are tens of thousands of this specie.
Most of them will measure from eight
inches to two feet in diameter, and reach
hight Of twenty to thirty feet. Some
have no limbs, and resemble a high post;
others have from from one to three arms.
They seem to stand on the top of the
sand, with scarcely any root, and must
receive their nutrition largely from the
atmosphere. They are capped with q
beautiful flower, and later with fruit.
The Indians remove the fruit with a
long spiked pole, and used it in large
quantities. The center Of this cactus is
pierced with a hard, tough rod, which
supports it in times of storm. So firm
is this support that one is seldom found
broken or blown to the earih. When in
state of decay you can extract the
center, which resembles more than any.
thing else fishing rod. ,s


"There are fifteen or twenty different
species of cacti growing in this region.
The pole cactus grows much like large
cornstalk. Each years growth is indi.
Gated by o joint, and a rich tenacious
gum exudes from the surface, causing it
to burn like pine when it is entirely
green. There are two varieties Of what
is called the bulb. These grow in the
form of ball and nearly the size of a
pint cup. One variety is armed with
thorns half an inch in length, the other
with different kind of thorn, much re-
sembling o porcupine's quill. These
thorns are as sharp as needles, and re-
quire but little pressure to penetrate
their entire length into the foot of q
man or the hoof Of q horse The variety
having the short thorns bears a red-col-
ored fruit, about the size Of small
peach it is very sweet, and the juice
flows from gold pen as beautiful red
ink. There is another species which
bears different kind of fruit resembling
cucumber about two-thirds matured.
The pulp is Of the consistency of the
banana, but much sweeter, and very full
Of black, fiat seeds the size of dime.
Al far as l have been able to ascertain,
there are three kinds Of fruit growing
on as many different species of cacti in
this desert land. Another kind, priced
more than all the rest by the Inlians,
very much resembles our century plant.
The wild Apaches have for ages depend


ed largely ON this for sustenance. They
boil the root, make it into mush, and
thus eat it, and from the rest of the
plant make sour drink, which they
greatly enioy."
Year: 1879

Grubs are deposited in the nostrils
of the sheep, during the months of
July and August, by the sheep bot
fly { Hstrus OVis). Various remedies
have been offered. All of which are
to dislodge the grubs, or prevent the
gad-fly from depOsiting the egg or
grub. Each theory is received, but
that the fly deposits the living grub,
is advanced by Riley and generally
believed of late.


AS soon as the larva is deposited,
it begins to creep upwards, irrita-
ting the delicate Innings of the nose
as it goes up. 1t remains in the
head till May or June, when fully
matured. Then they drop to the
ground, where they remain forty to
sixty days, when the fly comes forth
from its pupa state to propagate its
kind. Its life in this state is brief.
1t eats nothing. Only deposits its
larva in the nostrils of the sheep.
During this time, if the sheep could
be kept on new pastures, where the
bot-fy had not been dropped in the
grub state, all would fare well per-
haps.


Such preventives as keeping well
ploughed piece of ground for the
sheep to thrust their noses into; or
smearing tar on the sleeps noses,
two or three times a week; or dust
ing the sheep in the barn, closely
confined, for few minutes with
slaked lime, to make them cough
and sneeze, so they will throw the
young grubs out in the operation of
sneeZing.


Sailing sheep in auger holes, bor-
ed into log a couple of inches, with
tar smeared around these holes, so
the sheep may smear their noses in
getting at the salt, is practiced by
some effectively. The inhaling of
carbolic acid vapor is recommended
by some. A feather, dipped in oil
Of turpentine, and gently passed up
the nOstrils and turned around sew
eral times, has been practiced. A
weakened solution of carbOlic acid,
or creosote, has been used the same
way.


Sheep with grub in the head,
ought to be well fed to keep up the
vitality and strength of the sheep.
The extra demands for this irrita-
ting cause, can hardly be estimated.
The trying season on sheep from
this parasite, are the late winter and
early spring months.


Lambs on account of the more
tender state of the Innings, suffer
more seriously from their assaults
than older sheep.-Colman's Rural
World. 4ti
Year: 1879

There is a general complaint in all
the markets of the country that the
cattle offered for sale are not nearly
as good as the wants Of the markets
demand. Especially is it difficult to
obtain any quantity Of neat, tidy,
plump 1,1OO to 1900 pound cattle.
There is no danger, we apprehend,
Of overstocking the market with
that class of stock, as we rarely have
enough to satisfy the inquiry. With
all the advances our farmers are
making in the improvement Of cat
tie, it is painfully evident that by far
the greater part of them are wasting
their feed and care on inferior and
improbable animals.-Drovers' Price
Current.
Year: 1879




The fence is made of Stats 3
inches wide, l inch thick, and any
length desirable or convenient-l
prefer twelve feet. AS many Of
these are used to make Il panel as
may be deemed advisable. The
uprights, or end pieces to which
the Stats are nailed for forming
the panel, are 2 inches wide, Il
inches thick, and as long as the
fence is desired to he high, and
three pieces are put in each panel.
Two pieces are at one end, and
about 2 or 3 inches apart. At the
other end piece is nailed on the
Stats or 6 inches from the ends.
This permits free extension of
the ends of tht Stats, 50 that these
ends may pass through the spaces
in the next panel, and thus form a
lock when the panels are set up
and stretched. AS matter of
course, the fence will have a
WORM which will be of greater
or less degree, according as the
two upright pieces at one end are
farther or closer apart. If these
two end pieces are nailed on oppo-
site sides of the Stats, the one will
be made to brace against the 9th
er when the fence is up. If it is
desired that the end pieces should
set into the ground, so as to help
hold the fence in position, they
must be made as much longer be
low as is required. l have, how.
ever, concluded it is better tc
drive a small stake at each angle,
on one side only, than to make the
end pieces longer than the height
of the panels. A piece of tarred
twine may be tied round the posts
to hold the fence against all acci-
dents.-Cor. Cultivator & Country
Gentleman.
Year: 1879

The starch is taken out of the
statement that ostrich eggs are
hatched in the East by the sun.
Since they have been reared in
confinement it has been found that
the hen lays an egg every day, un-
til there are from fifteen to eigh-
teen in the nest, which is simply a
shallow hollow scratched out of
the ground, sandy place being
usually fixed upon for this pur-
pose. Incubation takes six weeks,
the male taking his turn to sit
with the female.
Year: 1879

And now our old Uncle George
is writing poetry to the "Maid OF
Pascagonla,' y and its good poetry
too. The old fellow talks as low
ingly and tenderly as an eighteen
year-old schoolboy to his first
sweetheart, and to read the article
without knowing the author, one
would never suppose that he was
the father of tw6uty-three children.
We advise Mrs. "Uncle George
to accompany him to the next
Press Convention. Brandon Re-
publican.
Year: 1879

1t is folly to keep old sheep. They
should be turned off to the hatcher
in their prime. 1t does not take
half the amount to fatten them.
When they get old and thin, in or
der to put them in the condition for
slaughter, the whole structure must
be rebuilt -Four sets Of lambs are
all any eve should bear; this will
bring her to five years, and this is
the age when, with a little extra
care, she will round up to full car
cass. Exceptions may be made
when the breed is scarce, and the
blood is more durable than anything
else.
Year: 1879

The grange contemplates three
things concerning the farmer: The
making Of money. the acquisition of
knowledge, and the building up of
character-or which may be express
ed in three words-labor, culture,
fidelity. The true grange keeps
these constantly in view, and works
to promote them. Differences of
opinion may exist as to the best
mode Of attaining the ends aimed at;
but to insure success, it will not do
to ignore any of them. Each must
have its due attention, because each
has its bearing upon the farmers
life, and he only can be called a sue
cessful man, who has given due at
tention to all. The grange is a bless
ing only in the good which it dis
penses.
Year: 1879




The better we become acquainted
with the merits Of the Jersey COW,
the more we are satisfied that she is
the animal for small farmers-those
who keep from one to ten COWS.
Where milk only is the object, the
Ayrshire Of Holstein may be prefer
able, but for butter and cream the
Jerseys are the best. A writer in
an agricultural exchange, in speak
ing of the merits Of the various
breeds, says:


The farmer who usually keeps a
few COWS, from which he expects to
realize money profit, besides sup
plying his own table with plenty Of
milk and butter, should keep only
those of each breed as are best adap-
ted to the purpose. In order to do
so, he has to consult the observation
and experience of others to find out
that the Jersey is far preferable to
all others. The cows of this breed
are easily kept, very dOcile and
beautiful, Yielding milk of superior
richness, from which is produced
butter which for color, solidity and
fine flavor is unequaled. AS evil
dence of this, the butter made from
Jerseys commands, as a general
thing, from 25 to so per cent. better
price i'll market than that made from
other breeds.
Year: 1879

So far as We have been able to
ascertain, those in this section who
have experimental with Meadow
Fescue grass are much pleased
with it. Even though seeded last
spring, it resisted successfully our
summers sun, and is furnishing
the best Of grazing all winter. Ii
is perennial grass and is now
being extensively grown in North
ern Kentucky. During summer,
i'll protracted drouths, we are as
sured that it furnishes far more
grazing than Blue Grass. AS a
field crop, in portions of Kentucky
where it is cultivated for the seed,
it is considered much more profit
able than wheat--yielding usually
from fifteen to twenty five bushels
Of seed to the acre, which ordina-
rily finds a ready market at s.
per bushel. 1t is more easily
threshcd than oats. The roots are
represented as penetrating twelve
or thirteen inches into the soil
hence its power of resisting both
the drouths of summer and the
freezes of winter. 1t is not only
one of the very best of grazing
grasses, but its friends claim that
it is an excellent fertilizer will
grow on poor lands, and is excel
lent for filling gullies.- Spectator
Mayersvil,e, Miss.
Year: 1879

The learned professions are full.
What we want is education to the
industries. In other words in the
application of scientific facts to eve
ry day life. Industrial education is
not myth. Its labor is honorable
in whatever direction it may be en-
ployed. Many of the drones of to-
day are those who with collegiate
educations are not able to earn their
bread, and for the reason that there
is no labor without the sOiling of
hands. Yet our colleges are yearly
turning out hundreds of this class,
many Of whom go to swell the great
army of trampS.-Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1879

The Texas papers admit that the
rush Of immigrants to their State
is over, and say they are not sor
ry. The glowing pictures drawn
by railroad agents Of the certain
wealth that awaited every conner
attracted thousands of shiftless
people, who, of course, have found
that it was necessary to work for q
living in Texas as well as IN other
parts of the country. Even the
railroad companies now see that
emmigrants of this sort are worse
than useless, and there is a gener-
al disposition to stick a little more
closely to the facts in immigration
circulars and get better people, if
fewer of them.-Ex.
Year: 1879

When vessel arrives having on board
a lot of emigrants, officers from Castle
Garden go aboard and check all their
baggage, which is then removed to the
great baggage-room of the garden.
Then the emigrants are removed
to that depot, none being allowed to go
ashore until all have passed through the
routine eotregistration, OF etc. Almost every
proper want the emigrants can have may
be satisfied within the building. There
is restaurant, at which they may get
plain and wholesome food at very rea-
sonable prices; there are exchange Off
ces, at which they may exchange their
foreign gold and paper into American
money there are railroad and steamboat
offices, at which they may engage trans
portation to every part of the country;
there is abundant space on large settees
and clean floors for them to spread their
beds; there is branch of the custom
house where they may settle their dues
with least inconvenience; there is hos
pitali in which their sick are Immediately
cared for; there are Interpreters to give
them any information they may desire,
and through whom they receive letters
from friends there are clerks to examine
the tickets they have bought in Europe
and see that they have not been swindled; ;
last of all, when they are ready to go
forth, if their destinations are away
from New York, there are barges which
carry them and their luggage, at five
o'clock every day, to the principal rail
ways. If they desire to remain in New
York they are aided in finding their
friends, or, lacking friends, are enabled
| to get temporary lodgings from emf
grant lodging-hsuse keepers, who are
licensed and held to the strictest
responsibility for their honest treatment.
If they are sick OF destitute they are sent
to Wards Island, and if they are in
want of employment there is labor
bureau in the garden which finds work
Tor great numbers of domestics and la
borers. And all this is without a
charge of single cent to the emigrants.
Even when within five years they come
back to the commissioners of emigration
for care or cure they are provided for on
| Wards Island free of charge,