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Year: 1873

JUTE is sort of fiber hitherto imported
into this country and Europe from India.
The culture of the plant producing Il
promises to become an established indus
try In our more Southern States. The
experiments made, during the last few
years, in cultivating 1t, and reported to
the Department of Agriculture at WASH
ington, thus far indicate that both climate
and soil are well adapted to its growth.


The jute plant comes from the East
Indies, and is thus described in an English
journal. 1t grows with tall, coarse
stalk, in the best Indian fields, seldom
above fifteen feet high, and perhaps three
quarters of an inch In diameter. Some
varieties are branchless, the leaves being
set on long foot-stalks, while others put
out limbs somewhat abundantly. 1t has
a small yellow flower, and some varieties
yield their seed in long pod, while with
others the seed vessel is small ball or
button. The seed Is of but little or no
value, yielding too little oil to make it
worth while to crush, and it is not very
nutritious for stock. Use is made Of the
stalks, which, like long willow stems, are
made into baskets, or plated into various
kinds of wicker-work, or burnt into fine
charcoal for certain special purposes, as
the manufacture of gunpowder, or for
druggists use.


But the chief value of the crop Is for
the fiber which surrounds the stem, like
the fiber of the flax or of the hemp plant.
This, as is well known, is used for most of
the coarser kinds of woven fabric, such as
sacking, bagging, mats, etc. Some por-
ton of the better fiber Is also mixed with
cotton and wool, as In part substitute
for those more expensive materials. Some
time ago certain kinds of shawls were
imported into this country at prices con-
siderably lower than it was understood
they could be made for at home. The
difference was so great as to cause much
surprise, when close examination revealed
the fact that no inconsiderable proportion
of jute had been woven in with the wool.


Coarse as the material usually seems,
certain part of the fiber of some varieties
of jute is so soft and silky as even 10 be
used to adulterate silk, and in this Iorm,
also, it appears in our market. Inc Temp
tation to such uses is readily seen when It
| is remembered that jute is the cheapest OF
all fibers. 1t is said that 1t can be pio-
duced in India for one-fifth, or even one
eighth the cost of cotton and perhaps
there is no reason why the relative cost OF
production should not be very nearly the
same In this country. Sun.
Year: 1873

BoTH philosophy and moral may be
found in the following, which we heard
fall from the lips of the very learned Rev.
DIR. Schaff, of this city. 1t was at meet
ing Of ministers of the Reformed Church,
gathered in tie lecture-room of the church
which until recently stood at the corner
of William and Fulton streets. There was
a running discussion on the delicate point
how far we might judge a mans piety.
The learned divine took very sensible
ground, viz, that large margin of charity
should be given, as some men, because of
difference of constitutional temperament,
might do things that In them would be
less sinful than in others more favorably
constituted. He said that certain min
lister of the Reformed Church was presid-
ing at a meeting of the consistory Of his
church when one of the officers considered
it his duty to differ from his minister on a
point of church polity. The pastor at this
lost his head, and advancing to the elder
delivered himself in violent language,
whereat another elder ventured a remOn-
STRANGE:


Dominic, you should restrain your
temper ~


'.Restrain my temper !" reiterated the
old man. ''Pd have you to know, Sir
that restrain more temper in five min.
utes than you do in five years. Editor,
Dra'oer, in Hayper's Magazine for April


BALTIMORE has dark forebodings of {
colOre1 collector.
Year: 1873


made my soula song for her singing,
e What time the cleaning was mellow with May
And the whispering harebels, their curfev


ringing,


swelied the dirge of the dying day;
And out of the depths OF the spirits passion
Love the great master, touched the KEYS
And tie rhyme came forth in the old, old fash


ion,


Half fear, half hope-and the words wer,


these:


Come, my soul, let us reason together:
Come, for the shadows darken ahead;
Care and sorrow tighten the tether,
Life's sun through the mists glows dim and


red.


Come, ere the long, low light of the summer
Fade TO the brown of the autumn leaf;
Come, lest the foot of the careless conner
Lay weary in paths made rough with grief.
Soul, where thoughts like the white winged


angels


Brood in the hush of this dim, dusk eve,
Whisper to me thy sweet evangels,
Whisper and sigh, but do not grieve;
out of the depths of thy charmed chambers
Raise me song that shall thrill afar;
hindle thy fires, blow bright thine embers,
clean on her soul like the CLEAN of n star.
Through winsome valleys, by height and soaur,
Whose shield is dark from a noble tourney,
Whose lance droops low with The weight OF


war,


Look past yon hills, whose crest bright summed is
With the last fond glance that the dead day
gives;


Upl let the voice of thy De ProfHndis
Thrill to those courts where no sorrow livesl
Soul, wilt thou love, where to love is losing?
Long wilt thou wander in ways that err;
Daily with hopes, that thy barren choosing
Finds feeting rs steps of wayfarer.
Wilt thou not turn and say to her spirit,
Lo that love thee will love no more?
This is hard thing that We inherit
love and q.
Out OF the depths Of the hearts despairing
Comes the long, passionate cry of love;
All, God but the cross is hard for the bearingi
All, GOd for the rest and the wings of the


doyel
All! that in that pure, faithful bosom
The dim, lost half of my life might liel
Ali that the bud might father the blossoml
shall these things be? Who knows? Not /.
Out Of the depths of the starlit distance
pale CLEAN shows where the moon comes up,
And here in the dregs of this strange existence
May lurk the sweetness that crowns the cup,
And faith and hope and the spirits patience
Strengthen the heart and Tighten the eyes.
All, SOUL my soul there is hope for the nations,
And God is holy, and iust and wise.
Go, then, my song, speak swiftly to her;
Sing to her, plead with her late and long;
Hover around her, and gently WOO her;
Perhaps she will hear thee some day, o Song!
Out of the depths OF the soul comes sorrow,
But out Of the depths of these days that cease,
May come, like light round the feet Of the NOR
Loves soft glory, our loves calm peace.


-Appiet0ns Journal.
Year: 1873

A NEW ENGLAND paper describes a
" boarding marin" whose economical
tendencies lead her to place her boarders
upon an allowance of matches. Every
evening at tea she goes round and places
a single match at the plate of each board
er, and should that match fail, there is no
appeal to the match safe.
Year: 1873

The WEATHER AND CRors.-There seems to
be no doubt that the caterpillars have appear
ed in quite number of cotton fields in this
Parish. True, they are not very numerous yet !;
hut very soon-before one month perhaps
they will begin in earnest their dreadful raw
ages. The most forward bolls have only just
begun to mature, aud eotton-picking will
scarcely commence before the middle of Sep
tember, by which time the young bolls will
probably be destroyed by their relentless and
Unsuitable enemy.


The damage which must ensue can hardly
be estimated at present, but we can safely
place it at oue-thrd or one-half of the crop.


The ineessant rains which we have had for
the last eighteen days have no doubt contrib
uted largely to the development of the worms,
and have, besides, caused the loss of great
portion of the fodder But the loss of this
excellent feed can in manner be compensated
for by full harvest OF hay, which grows every
where in the greatest luxurianee.
Year: 1873

With his usual happy faculty for applying
every thing to some use, Professor Richard
has at tnst discovered that our Parish Map is
of some account-havirg found it admirably
adapted for use as one of the side screens OF
his stage, when exhibiting his matchless pup
pets, and suggests that another OF the same
size and shape would complete his outfit.


! Could not the Police Jury be induced tc
make an appropriation to have duplicate
executed and placed i'll the Court House, for
Mr. Richards benefit? X
Year: 1873

guch of our fellow -townsmen as have not
vet been called on, and who wish to have their
business cards inserted in the DIRECTORY we
are now publishing, are requested to leave
notice to that effect at this office.
Year: 1873

Subscribers to the COURIER whose papers
pass through the postoffiee are hereby notified
that their papers may be left at our Office. or
Is any other place in the corporate limits that
they might designate, if they wish to save the
nnstage now being charged.
Year: 1873

The Sheriff, Recorder and Clerk of the Court
announce in the official journal that on the lst
OF August they will begin assessing the prop
erty OF the Taxpayers of this Parish, at the
Recorders office, and that they will continue
their labors for the space of thirty days, ac-
cording to law.


Parties interested would do we'll to make a
note of this, for after the 3lst of August it
will be too late to have corrections made on
the tax rolls for 1873, A little diligence in
this matter may save considerable trouble,
annoyance and expense.
Year: 1873

The New York Times takes very favor
able view of the business outlook, despite
the present depression in trade. 1t saws
The healthy condition of our industries
almost insures us against any real tinan-
clal distress. Our present enormous pro-
duction of coal and its productive labor
alone proves this. 1t is not manufacturers.
but merchants who complain our produc.
tive Industries are flourishing despite the
severity of the money pinch during the
whole of last fall and winter, and the fail
ure of country banks to affort ANYTHING
like their usual accommodations to their
customers. There has been no distress i'm
any of our large manufacturing towns. ey-
cept i'll making their collections, and some
OF our industries-iron for instance-haye
been prosperous beyond precedent. There
never was an hour when the country
created anything like as much substantial
wealth as now, and this is the only foun-
dation of real business prosperity. On the
whole, then, it seems probable that dimin-
ished stocks in the fall will secure BUYERS:
that unless there is an extreme demand
from Wall street, the money market will
not be as ruinously close as it has been
during the past three years that Europe
is more likely to send money here than to
drag 1t away; and that we can hope for n
fair business seasOn-a harbinger of better
things to Gomez
Year: 1873

About week ago man living some six
miles from Nashville, died of cholera, leav-
ing wife and three small children in n
helpless condition. Gathering her few eff
fects together, the poor widow took her lit
tie ones and started by rail to go to the
home of brother, but when she reached
her destination, the brother would not al
low her to stay upon the place when he
found that her husband had died of cholera,
saying that he was not going to allow her
to bring the disease into his house and kill
off his family. The unfortunate woman,
thus driven forth like a leper of olden
times, wandered out into the country,
seeking ashelter, but finding none, until
she finally reached stable where she was
taken violently i'll and soon after died,
having given birth to child just before
her death. The babe and one of the other
children also died, leaving a little boy and
girl alone in the world. Fortunately their
condition became known to parties more
humane than the brother of the dead
mother, their wants were attended to, and
the dead given decent funeral. Judge
Ferris has taken charge of the two chill
dren, and will see that they are provided
with comfortable homes.- Union and AHt-
Cricun. l0tH.
Year: 1873

steam mill there is any where in East Ten
nessee. We want some person with means
to build it.


We have near completion a hotel that
we would like to have occupied, when fin
ished, 10y. an experienced hotel keeper.
The building is such as we think the busi-
ness of the town requires.


We need good blacksmiths and want
every kind OF men that will work.
Year: 1873

McMahon seems to be acting upon the
maxim, THE pen is mighter than the
sword" Already he has five Journalists
IN his cabinet, and there is no Knowing
where the old gentleman will stop.
Year: 1873

NEW YORK, March 27.-1tWas rumored
early this morning that the woman who
Is suspected Of numbering Goodrich had


been arrested. The police declined to
give any information. As evidence Of
the ineficiency Of the Brooklyn detect.
ives and police, 1t may be stated that Of
the numerous mysterious murders in that
city, reaching nearly eight within the last
few years, no clues Of q satisfactory
character have been ascertained In any
Of them.


NEW YORK, March 27-Evening.-The
energies Of the police OF Brooklyn are
still turned toward the capture Of the
mysterious woman who is supposed to
have murdered Goodrich. She was from
New England and resided some time In
Boston. Several other letters are now In
the possession Of the police and show she
was fairly educated. The last letter is
dated February 9th and Is reproachlul
IN tone, as though some trouble had origi.
mated between Goodrich and the writer,
The letters are under the general head Of
New York, and are signed with an as.
sumed name. Nothing yet discovered to
indicate the direction Of her flight. The
police conceal her name.


LATEBl


A Brooklyn detective arrested this
evening, a woman about thirty years OF
age, who works In q shirt factory in New
York, under an assumed name. She re-
fused to talk except in answer to enquiries
in the brieiest manner She was arrested
on information given by W. W. Goodrich,
brother of Chas. Goodrich, murdered on
Thursday night. She Is married and
had trouble with her husband and
left him. Her connection with the mur.
dered man was OF the most intimate char
acter. He was in tho habit Of visiting
her at her abode in New York, No. 22
Orchard Street. According to her
statesment she has been three times with
Goodrich at his house in Degraw Street.
Goodrich there told her he was not mar.
ried, but had fOolishly got in with girl
and had shook her. She said she had had |
some trouble at her house with some man
about Goodrich when he was present,
and that she took him into another
room. She stoutly refuses 10 tell
where she was on Thursday night, but
thought she was at home. She got to |
work at eleven o'clock on Friday morn
Ing. Generally went to work at eight
o'clock; couldn't tell why she was
late that morning. She didn't go over
to Brooklyn to see the body |
because she dlsliked seeing Goodrich |
in that condition. She gave the police a
roll of bills to take to her mother, with |
the request that the latter should not be
that she was in Brooklyn. Be.
ing asked if she had formed |
any theory as to how Goodrich |
came to his DEATH She said she thought
be was killed by some man who followed |
lim home. She will be retained at the
Brooklyn police headquarters for the
present.
Year: 1873

(waSh. dispatch to Cine. Commercially


There is likely to be trouble between
tho railroad companies and the Po1t.othce
department on account Of the refusal OF
the former to continue the postal cars on
their various routes at the compensation
they now receive. The matter was the
subject OF consideration at the Cabinet
meeting to-day, and 1t is understood tho
Postmaster General was authorized to test
the law in the matter, and to use what
ever means he saw proper to protect the
interests OF the Government and to secure
continuation Of the postal facilities en-
Ioyed by tho people. It Is said that some
lawyers who have been consulted arc OF
the opinion that all railroads being Unit
ed States postroads, the Government has
the power to seize and operate such roads
Rs refuse TO carry the mails under the
present arrangement. No extreme meas
uro will bo taken, however, until all efforts
TO come 10 satisfactory understanding
have failed. There are those who think
that the Postmaster General Is to blame
for not having brought the matter to the
attention Of Congress. The railroad com.
panies have been complaining for num-
ber OF years, and have repeatedly notified
the PostmastGrs General that they could
not afford to do the work at the present
rates
Year: 1873

IT is now generally understood that
the water works well at tho river Is a
complete failure. Tho stone work IS In
sufficient, and the question now is, whose
fault Is Il? The Water Works Commit.
tee bames tho engineer, the engineer
blames the contractor, and 90 on. FER
sons competent to Judge Of such matters
say the present well is useless, and new
and better quality Of stone work must be
used In the construction Of the new well
before we can expect supply OF water
-Bsllatre IndeDeHdent,
Year: 1873

The editor Of the Register must be q
cheerful sOuLwhe he can write such
paragraph as this. in view oI tho fact thai
tue Republicans in New Hampshire elect
ed the Governor, a majority of his coun-
Gil, a large majority Of tho Legislature,
and gained two out Of tho three Congress
me of whom ali were Democratic in the
last Congress:


"The late election in New Hampshire
shows that the Democratic party can
stand firm under it's own banner, and ask
all patriotic citizens TO rally under it, as
the time. .honored emblem ofthe principles
on which true American liberty was
funded"
Year: 1873

The Christian Union (H. W.
Bescher,) speaking of the speech Of
Professor Agassiz, at the opening of
the Anderson School of Natural Histo.
ry, says: After few opening words,
felicitously suited to put all their minds
into fellowship, Agassiz said, tenderly,
and with touching frankness: II
think We have need Of help. lido not
feel that I can call on any one here to
ask blessing for US. know 1 would
not have any body Fray for US at this
moment. l ask you for moment to
pray for yourselves.'' Upon this the
great scientist-in an age in which so
many other great scientists have con.
cluded that praying is quite an un-
scientific and entirely useless proceed
ing-bowed his head reverently; his
pupils and friends did the same; and
there, in silence that was very solemn
and very beautiful, each spirit was free
to crave Of the Great Spirit the bless.
ing that was needed. For our part, it
seems to us that this scene of Agassiz
and his pupils with heads bowed IN ST.
lent prayer for the blessing of the God
of Nature to be given to that school,
then opened for the study Of nature, is
a spectacle for some great artist to
spread out worthily upon canvass, and


to be kept alive iu the memories of
mankind. H..
Year: 1873

The Brantford (Canada) Courier
tells Of a gentleman Of that town who
recently tried an experiment which he
says has completely cured his wife Of
jealousy. lie says be was subject to
nightly curtain lecture from his bette
half, at time when he wished to be
wrapped in the arms Of Morpheus, for
returning an affection for an old lady
friend. He bore it for several nights
with Christian like resignation, but
be at last devised plan for putting an
end to it. He procured piece Of wood
formed in the shape of human being,
and dressed it in some Of his wife's
wardrobe, and then placed itin the gar
den, sitting in an arm chair. To this
garden image he knelt down and pour
ed forth impassioned addresses. The
servant girl was standing at the kitch-
en-door at this time, and overheard
these appeals. She Immediately noti-
fed her mistress Of the fact. Present.
ly both of them emerged from the
kitchen, armed with broomsticks, aud
made an attack upon the "dummy
woman," while the husband who had
retired in good order, sat at the back
enjoying the scene. After knocking
the image down, they pounced upon
and tore the clothing in rags. They
soon discovered the cheat, and rushed
into the house terribly mortified. The
husband followed them and said exas.
perating things. Whenever she shows
any disposition to be jealous he has on.
ly to mention the little scene in the
garden, and she changes the topic.
The servant has since been induced to
60 to the States, where the "wages are
high"
Year: 1873

|'""s "te DdH0HTy TeU5.


Mr. Cobleigh, of Nelson, bought
three hens on Saturday night, and put
them under box until he could build
coop. Sunday morning be saw one
OF them IN the street, and bestowing q
brlet curse on the somebody who had
overturned the boz and jeopardized
bis property, he started out after it, to
drive it back into the yard. It took
fifteen minutes to convince him that
the ben could not be driven into the
yard, and then be attempted to catch
it. Three times he rose up with bis
hands full of feathers, and his chic
full of sand, but still the hen eluded
him. Once he got it cornered, and
thought sure he had it, but it flew
straight up oyer'his head, and tapped
its wings in his face, and filed his
eyes with dust. Oh, how mad AIr.
Cobiejgh was! 1t vas Sunday morn
iog. The bells were ringing, people
were going to church, and there be
was in the street, with no coat or hat
on, and with nothing but slippers on
his feet, and every once in a while one
of them would come off ard fly through
the air, and bis naked foot would come
in contact with the cruel gravel, be-
fore he could stop himself. Then he
would have to hop back on one foot az
ter that slipper, while the hen stood on
the walk xnd elocuted, and the little
Sunday school children stopped and
laughed, and their parents repro7ed
them and laughed, too. Finally the
hen got away from him and started
down street at wonderful speed for
hen, and he started after her, his face
redder than ever, and every time he
cleared rod he would stop and hop
back two after one of those slippers.
When he reached the corner of Essex
street, be jumped out Of both slippers
at once, but instead Of stopping to 90
back he picked up stick of wood, and
kept on. Then as the hen lodged in
to gateway he hurled the stick, and
broke the leg Of strange dog, who
added its piercing "ki.yl'' to the enter
tainment. But Cobleigh didn't stop.


He tore into the yard after his property
in his bare feet, and chased the hen in
to woodpile ind caught it, just as the
owner of the premises came out and


wanted to know what Cobleigh Was
going to do with his hen, and what he


meant, anyway, by getting drunk and


kicking up such a hullabaloo In


peaceful neighborhood. Cobleigh first


thought he would knock the man down


with an axe, and what he could not


eat of him bury under a barn, but the


new conner succeeded in proving to


Cobleigh that the hen was his, and
then the miserable man burst into


tears and limped back home, where


he found his three hens under the
| hoy
Year: 1873

1AH EAST THIRTY FOURTH STREET, NEAR LEN
l4O ington avenue Handsomely furnished large
Room on second floor also hall Room third floor,
with Board house and loca ton first class references