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Year: 1877

The olloying article is taken from the St. Louis Price Current and Trade Journal. We are not advised as to the adaptibility of our soil to 1 the productisn of either of these i'm portant articles of trade. It may be that some of our readers have had some experience with some of them, and perhaps they will favor us with the result thereof. Who can res pond? It strikes us that the quanti- ty of goods made of these products consumed in the South, would justi- 1 fy making them an Item in our agri- culture. The immense quantities of bagging shipped here might perhaps be produced at home with some prof it to the producer and consumer also Who can tell us how hemp and jute do in Arkansas?

 Notwithstanding the fact that we produce each year very respectable crops of hemp, iute and flax, it yet remains to be told that the United States import annually $50,000,000 worth of these products from other lands. This is very large sum of money to send out of the country each year, for articles that can be produced in almost unlimited quan- titles in the Western and Southern States, and surely they demand much more attention at the hands of our agriculturists than they are receiving. Improved processes are steadily diminishing the cost of har- vesting, preparing and manufactur- | ing. The Northwestern Flax Socie- ty report the average value of the crop per acre to be $27.0S. showing that this is profitable crop to raise. The value of the hemp crop thls year is likely to be greatly enhanced on account of the Russio Turkish war, and Russian hemp as we have previously stated, has largely advan- ced, and some holders East are now demanding for it $500 per ton. For, merly large quantities of hemp were raised in Missouri, but since the war it's cultivation has been aban- doned. Considerable quantities are grown, howevever, in Illinois, Indi- ana and Kentucky, notably in the latter State, where it is still raised in large quantities, cultivated with care, and is a source of good deal of profit. Hemp of a very superior quality could be grown in Minnesota to which soil in some parts of the State it would seem to be indigenous. While hemp and jute could be profit ably grown in the more northern states, the southern states are the best adapted to the growth of jute, and it can be raised without much trouble There are areas in Texas where the cultivation of jnte could be made very profitable, and very fine quality could be produced. The country needs a revival of these branches of agrlculture, and instead of spending SO much money to i'm port these articles they ought to be grown in sufficient quantities to sup ply our home wants, and of quality equal to the imported article.
Year: 1877

We are very proud to find the Hot Springs Daily Telegraph among our exchanges. We appreciate the courtesy and kindness of daily for a weekly, and hope to get the Daily Telegraph regularly from now on.
Year: 1877

and sinking their bodies in deep wa
ter. The supposition is that all the
people on board who were in bed at
the time of the explosion we're
drowned, as the boat went down al
most Immediately. This Indian Co.
ma seems to have successfully evad-
ed the police until quite recently,
when he ventured into Nanaimo,
where he was arrested and induced
to confess what he was doubtless
afraid to reveal before, for fear of
punishment from the other Indians.
He has identified two other prisoners
as belonging to the party of muir
derers.
Year: 1877

There are two young ladies in this
city, one noted for her beauty and the
other quite plain. They are sisters and
rivals. The handsome one has the
most admirers, her lovely face effectu-
ally hiding her lack of intelligence and
good sense. The homely one, although
overtlowing with wit and shreWdness,
finds it impossible to make herself at
tractive to the young men who call at
the house so long as her sister is about.
The girls mutually hate each other. A
few nights ago the homely one had her
sweet revenge. Half a dozen gentle
men were expected to be present 10
take part in music, singing, card play
ing and other enjoyments. Just before
the arrival of the guests, the homely
sister dropped a grain of morphine into
a glass of water which the other had
asked her to get, and that is what did
the business. The guests arrived, and
their hats and coats were taken by the
girls and hung in the hall. 1t was,
"Good evening, Miss -" and i" How
do you do, Mr.. -P" for about five
minutes, when the girls sat down, and
the handsomest was made the center of
an admiring group.


"The weather has been rather nice
for day or So" -'


"Y-e-s-a," replied the fair one with
yawn that caused her mouth to open
like the jaws of Blake crusher.


The group tried hard to keep her at
tention engaged. The most fluent
weather talker of the lot exhausted him.
self on meteorological phenomena, but
without effect The chap who had read
a portion of "Daniel Deronda " next
turned himself loose, but the yawns OF
that mouth reminded him that his con-
versational influence was not felt. The
musical fiend of the crowd hoped upon
the stool and belabored the piano, while
the others sang" Pull Down the Blind
but at the end of the song the beauty
was lying back in a rocking-chair fast
asleep. What was the homely girl do
ing all this while? She was making
herself as agreeable and sprightly al
possible. When the other began te
snore she apologized in the most sister
ly way. "I hope, gentlemen, you won
take offence at this. She did it just fol
a joke. You know she's aloays doinf
such original things. You won't fee
insulted, will youP' Then she tool
them out in the pantry and filled then
up with mince-pies, cold tongue, roas
turkey, etc., and when they left tina


house they came to the sworn con
clusion never to have any more to d,


with the beauty, and cultivate th


homely one more in the future than il
the past. Virginia Chronicle.
Year: 1877

In long article on Journalism and
Reporters, the New York Euenifag Mail
says: "It is the people ard not the
journalists who are dead heads In
case any thing more serious than stub
bing the toe .befalls a man, he hastens to
the nearest newspaper and demands that
the editor shall WELD the pen and shed
ink in his vindication or defense. And
if the jaded editor does not with alacri-
ty espouse the cause of his patron ne
will make an enemy for life. Mem
bers of the press are literally hunted
down by all sorts of people who have
axes to grind. The managers of pub
lie meeting who do not find the report
ers at the table, suffer stings of disap.
pointment; the Judge, who sonorously
blows his nose before reading his opin.-
ion, looks anxiously for the stenograph-
ers,; the preacher who descants upon
some special subject, loses spirit if the
representatives of the press are, not
there; even the burglar on the way to
the State prison covets talk with the
newspaper man. Yet the outside
barb 5rian thinks all newspaper men
are dead heads, and envies them the fine
times they have in the way OF free din.
ners and free tickets to all manner OF
shows. There never was q greater
mistake. People do not seem to real
ize that, on the part of the journalist,
it is merely matter of business; that
the reporter goes to these places, SO at


tractive to outsiders, much as the horse


goes to the plow-because he must dc


SO. We venture to say that four hfths


of these entertainments are to journal


lists intolerable bores. The press Is the


victim Of the publie's rapacious ant


unceasing demand for services without
pay. Let us have the boot on the righ
1eg.n
Year: 1877

The large mill owners deem il more
convenient, if not more profitable, to own
all the land around their respective mills,
30 that no conflicting interests may arise
or other business grow up in opposition
to their own. One reason frequently
given for this course is the trouble most
of them, in times past have had in con-
tending with the mad-Aouse nuisance.
This thing 10 now so thoroughly broken
up that they have little to fear from it at
present. Thus the Port Discovery, Lud-
low, Gamble, Madison and Blakely mill
companies each own extensive tracts Of
land aroand their mills. Each of the
mills are built on safe and convenient
harbors, situated on the west side Of the
Sound, where there would be but little
chance of towns growing up without
these mills to support them.


Many have thought it would be great
deal better for this country, in place OF
having all the lumber business concen-
trsted in the hands of few large mills,
who through their agents in San Fran
cisco conduct everything relating to this
business, to have small, portable mills
taken where the timber grows, so as to
divide the capital and business over the
country, and more become participa-
tors in its benefits; while shippers from
many regions would come to take the
lumber of our hands.


Probably this would be more benef-
cial for the Sound at large, than the way
things are managed at present, except :
ing in cutting and handling some of the
largest and longest timber, where the
heavy machinery of our large mills
would do the best work. Yet tor some
time to come this can be but an idle
dream, because the capital is so strongly
concentrated in the hands Of these CON-
panies that they will control the husi-
ness as long as men find 1t profitable to
carry on the logging business as At pres
ent conducted.


Although we arc satisfied that in time,
when settlements become stronger far.
! ther back from the Sound, greN: mum
Year: 1877

The Devil came up to the earth one day,
And into O Courthouse wended his way
just as an attorney with very grave face
Was proceeding TO argue the points of case
Now Lawyer his Maj jesty never had seen,
For to his region none never had been,
And he felt very anxious the reason to know,
Why none had been sent to the regions below
Twas the fault Of his agent his Majesty


thought,


That none of the Lawyers have been caught,
And for his own pleasure he felt a desire
To come to the earth and the reason inquire
Well the Lawyer who rose with the vision so


grave,


Made out his opponent consumatc kravc,
And the Devil was greatly amused
To hear the Attorney so greatly abused.
But soon as the speaker came to close,
The counsel opposing then freely arose.
And no heaped such on the head Of the first
That made him q villain of men the worst.
Thus they quarreled, contended and argued


30 long





wrong,
And concluding he'd heard quite enough of


the fuss.


Old Nick turned away and soliloQuised thus.
II oil they have said of each other be true,
The Devil has surely been robbed of his


DUE


But am satisfied now it's all very we'll,
For these Lawyers would ruin the moral


of He'll!


They puzzle the courts with their villainous


cavil,


And am free to confess they have puzzled


the devil,
My angels are right to let Lawyers alone,
If had than they'd sWindle me out Of my


home. II. w. G.
Year: 1877

1t is understood that Queen Vic
toria is becoming 50 nervous that she
cannot be surrounded by crowd for
more than o few moments at O time
She refused to 90 to Manchester to
open the new town hall simply be-
cause she could not bear tho excite
ment OF the ceremonies. She did not
want to open Parliament in porson,
nor to open the London season, but
Lord Banconsfold urged her so
strongly that she consented.
Year: 1877

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN HENRY G.
CARTER.-Captain Henry c. Carter, Of the
Howitzers, while skating on the basin with
a number of friends last night, fell on the
ice, breaking both bones Of the left leg.
He was removed to his residence, 1904 Ross
street, where DR.. Parker set the broken
bones.


Before leaving home Captain Carter iocu.
lary remarked that he shouldn't wonder il
he was brought back in a wagon. He then
had no idea Of course Of the trick his skates
were to play him, though his words seemed
to have been somewhat prophetic to those
who saw him in his bad plight an hour ol
two afterwards.


The gallant Captain stood the setting re-
markably well, and will doubtless recover
rapidlY.
Year: 1877

The extraordinary spectacle of skaters


upon the "noble Jeems" has been wit


messed for the last two days, for the first
time since 1857 (at least, we believe SOB and


while there were skaters below Mayo's


bridge, some. Of whom found their way


down as far as the brewery, weof the south


side enjoy by far the best skating between


Belle Isle and the Chesterfield shore. We
not only have the means !, OF enjoying


this !, healthiul and delightful, exercise,
but we /, have. some beautiful Mskeet-
ers among the rest some Highland
lassies, who show much q grace Of action,
coupled with the strength Of limb necessary
to make it doubtful as to iWhethersa woman
looks better as 3 graceful sknter or Q grace
| ful rider. Were itnot for the poor, and the
suffering that this cold weather causes, we
could well wish that the weather; we now
have might last, in order that all OF our
Young ladies might avail themselves of the
Opportunity of learning this graceful and
healthful art.
Year: 1877

Broke His Leg yesterday afternoon Mr.
Jesse Whitehead. an old and respected citi-
zen, fell on the pavement and broke one Of
his legs. This is the second time in the
past two years that this gentleman has had
an accident of this kind.
Year: 1877

Painful Accident Willie Weisiger
was yesterday painfully burned about the
throat and face while in an epileptic ft.
The burns are OF quite q serious character,
and may result In the loss Of an eye.
Year: 1877

slowly. Before hLrconld get from the track
he was struck by the engine and instantly
killed.. His body was 9allowed to remain
upon the side OF the road during the night
in order that the coroner might view it be-
fore it was removed. Itwas brought down
last evening, and after an inquest verdict
was returned after the facts above cited. d


Deceased was an ex-convict, who had
served, his time, and who had been at work
at Granite for some time since his release.
He was q faithful and well-behaved Iaborer.
Year: 1877

When Merchants have goods, ON
their shelves which are selling slow
ly on account of the .hard times"
good business principles dictate that
unusual measures should be taken to
effect sale before they become stale
and out of style. This end can only
be accomplished by fixing such
prices on the goods as will offer ex-
traordinary Inducements TO custom
ers to purchase. But mere wiling
ness to sell at low ppices will DO no
good unless the public are informed
of the fact by judicieus and liberal
advertising. This is business
maxim which has long been acted
upon 10y sagacious merchants in all
parts of the country. Hundreds of
examples might be cited to show
how fortunes have been built up in
this way. There is nothing whish
has hitherto so much intcrtered with
the prosperity of our merchants as
the fact that many thousands of dol
lars are annually spent in Chicago,
Milwaukee and other cities for goods
which, could be purchased just as
well, il our citizens only knew they
could be found at home. 1t is nee
cessary to keep the facts in regard
to the goods merchants have to sell
constantly before the public by
changing advertisements frequently,
and using all the devices to attract
attention which are so well known
and practiced by the successful mer-
chant.-E,cchaage.
Year: 1877

CHIM3H BUBs are said by some
farmers in this locality to have made
serious onslaught upon the wheat
fields during the past week. so that
the crop of wheat is not likely to be
SO good as was hoped for two weeks
since-in fact, by some fears are en-
tertained that the bug will almost
ruin the crop before harvest.
Year: 1877

PLATTEYILLE AND TIE NARROW
GAUGE.-From the amount Of space
occupied in the last Witness Ivy az
ticles on the proposed marrow gauge
extension, and the number of writers
on the subject: one is bound to con-
clude that the people Of that town
are considerably excited, and likely
to pat forth every effort to frustrate
the design Of, the railroad men in
their scheme to leave Plattevillc with
only the stub-end Of the road in re-
turn for tie &32, 600 donated to the
company. RIatteville people seem to
think that $4,000 per mile for i miles
of marrow gauge a little too steep.
Year: 1877

We had a great deal to say to our
young friends about temptation, be.
cause in youth a persons susceptible
ties are greater than at other times Of
life. There is much to be said be-
sides telling person what he should
avoid, or admonishing him to shun
this or that. The best way to avoid
a thing is to cultivate something an
tagonistic to it; in fact, if one does
not do this, his chances of successful,
ly carrying out his resolves are only
half what they might be. If a per-
son can acquire a relish for good,
wholesome improving society, he will
be in less danger than if he simply
summed bad company, and the same
may be said of great many other
things. Among the greatest protect,
i've agencigsisa tHstafof rdadingis-
One seldom sees a person of such
tastes among the fast young men who
are getting in their crop ofwild oats.
There is nothing much cheaper than
such a taste, indeed, it is wonderful
how cheap are all kinds of culture
compared with the dissipation. A
young man who.has his business tc
study and whose livelihood and hope
of advancement in the world depends
altogether on his own exertions, will
have brief TO time devote to other
things but such time may be well fill


ed and by cultivating taste for that
which is improving and elevating


in whatever department it may be


any inclination in an opposite di'
rection may be effectually destroyed
Year: 1877

When a beaver finds tree which
seems suited to his purpose he stands
erect, steadying himself by means Of
his tail, and cuts groove around the


trunk. This groove he gradually
makes deeperand wider, until, when


the tree is nearly cut of, it has very
much the shape of an hour.glass.-
Then he goes around the tree turns
his head on one side, Just as you have
seen an old wood-chopper do, and
makes up his mind which way he
wants the tree to fall. In short
time he has it down and cut up in
pieces a yard'or so in length, These
pieces are carried to the place whore
the, dam is to be built Ihe;,beaver
fastens them firmly in The ground
and fills around them with small
sticks, mud and stones. Perhaps you
nave heard That the beaver plasterS
the mud down with his tail; but this
is said to be untrue by those who
have watched him at his work. He
strips off the bark from the wood he
cuts, and hides it away at the bottom
of the dam, weaving it in an out be-
tween the logs to strengthen the
foundation. The beavers dam is
sometimes two or three hundred
yards long and ten or twelve feet
thick. His honse or lodge looks very
much like savage's hut, and is built
with underground passages connect
ing with the water. These areso far
below the surface that they cannot be
closed with ice, and the beaver can
always go out to get hisfood with out
being seen from the land.
Year: 1877

Men who use their muscles mag
inc that men who use their brains
are strangers to hard work. Never
was their a greater mistake. Every
successful merchant does more real
hard work in the first ten years of
his business career than q farmer or
blacksmith ever dreamed of. Make
up your mind to work early and late,
if necessary, that you may thorough
ly master every detail of the business
upon which you propose to enter
The habits ofpersistont, repid work
once formed, you have gaincda a NOM
entum that will carry you very sue.
cessrully through many n pinch in
business where less persistent work
er would find it vastly easier to lie
down and tail.
Year: 1877

There were two of them hanging
over the front gate the other night.
She was standing within the yard
and he on the sidewalk outside, both
leaning on the top rail and appar-
emily as happy as two pigs in a corn
field. He was saying: "Now, my
own little darling, sweet idol of my
soul, whose image is ever on my
heart" when he saw the old man
coming down the front walk, and
continued in a different strain: "The
potato bugs haven't destroyed onr
crops so much since We purchased
Paris green; and you will find also
that cabbages can be raised better on
richer soil" The old gentleman
heard it and turned back, sassing, as
he entered the house: "These young
people take more interest in agricul-
tural affairs than people generally
suppose"
Year: 1877

MODERN PHILosoPHY.-First class
in philosophy stand up. Brown
what is life?'


Life consists of money, a house,
plenty Of wine and cigars and fash
ionoble wife


what is poverty?'


Reward of merit which genius re.
ceivcs from a discriminating pub
lie


What is religionT


Going to church regularly in good
weather, and doing unto others as
you please, without allowing a return
of the compliment


What is fame2"


"A six line puff in u newspaper
Year: 1877

The humblest can do something
toward making the local paper inter
osting. Ifyou cannot be n default
ing bank clerk, you can, at least,
stepon a piece of orange peel and
sprain your car.
Year: 1877

The mistress of a most disorderly
school in skowhegan, Maine, lost
control of her scholars one day last
week, and allowed the naughty boys
to throw wads of paper and balls Of
clay at the pretty girls. One of the
girls finally reported" a certain boy
who was annoying her with pot shots
from a pop-gun, The timid school,
mistress stcrnly reproved her for tat.
tling in school. The girl returned
to her seat, and her prosecutor, resu'
ming military operations and firing
at long range across the school-room
hit her in the face. "If the teacher
can't lick you l cam" said the pretty
girl, and darting across the room she
struck him with a big book, dragged
him out of his seat, and beat him
until he lay on the floor blubbering
and begging for mercy.
Year: 1877

or snow. The most frequent fresh water shell is a colored bivalve about two inches long, apparently a true river muscle. and looking exactly like that found in all the fresh sloughs of the Colorado. The extent, to which they are distri- buted over the desert, and mixed In its soil, f0rbfds the explanation that these fresh water shells were carried there by Indians or ami mais. They were born there