Year: 1870

York cultiyator must There two hourshng broo"
factories in NewOrleans, and their make Ia superior III
neatness and perfection Of fnsh as well as In the os


ness OF broom, TO the product Of Northern snops'
man need not have q bigger moro profitable iarn
than he can get here for SIS so an acre. on h"s


BILE stream OF ipexhaustble richness giving say ~ "o
| TO cane, 10 TO broom corn, planting ~ WIN ns w
oranges and keeping in pasture Industry anu heo


ing the cutting edges of his thrift all OUT "o"u nNo
him rich on his oacrc patch-hardy big enough "eooru


ing TO old Southern ideas, for good goose P"S'uio'
FIGs-FREsH AND DRIED.


.,. o., mara sure no tree more hardy more last


ing than the g Savior would not nave cursed tat
ono barren fig tree Judea N 1t had not been the rare
and agrant exception to its kind The fig VIII not Dear


transit for distance OF 100 miles, In fact to be en-
oved II must be eaten beneath the tree There are two
wovs OF bringing II within commercially preserving and
| nv driving Mr. George Dunbar an industrious and en-
terprsing manager Of this Fair shows many jars OF figs
as plump and welcoored when pulled from the tree.
He punges them in liquor prepared by fayorng di-
Iuted sweetened water with alcohol and they will mako
the circuit Of the world without showing signs OF decay
The question has been put thousand times why, with
such a climate the Gulf states OF America, we must
send to Sicily and Italy for all our dried figs. The
answer has been that labor was too much
in demand for heavier enterprise-that fig dry
ing is done by people who glad to earn two dimes
day. Mr.. Hawley Of Illinois is showing chamber
heated by a small stove OF peculiar construction,
in which, with % pounds Of coal. he can keep tenn
boT rCT strips Of Which
become hot and current OF air sweeping over them is
OF the chamber where air is moist is connected with
the hue. Thus stream or current of hot dry air. ls
constantly poured the figs, other fruit He can
maintain the most perfect temperature for rapid drying
for "A hours room 1Gxl6 with four bushels Of coal
CYPRESS CABINET WORK.


A Louisiana swamp means vast spread Of rich mud
and water supporting stately growth of cypress, an
underground of palmetto, and fine crop OF allgators.
have NJ
treated in way to develop very handsome grain, and
give results equal in beauty to the pretes mahogany or
birdseye maple l see doors that are maryels OF me
coudng, and delicate feathery tins and whOrls. Mil
lions and millions Of covered with this timber


splits remarkably well and Is 1sed @ a6e fTT


fences il is outasted only by red cedar and yellow locust


MsS watfG he so
OF their white pine when Louisiana and the other Gur
states have SO many millions OF acres OF superior po


see attached to sewing-machine little engine that
may prove more important for Louisiana than even
General Amnesty. The grand want of this country is
cheap but continuous power for draining and lfting
! churn and work sewing machines, hand-athes and
grndstOnes, TO lift juice and do any other work
The battery that creates the power will go into half
bushel. The engine-where rapid revolution is o6,
axle-would slip into stoyeppc OF the common size.


brought before the public at present as driving
power TO relieve the ankles Of our wives and sisters ana
fering in one form IL may relieve in another form.
Newspapers here are talking about 1t as rva OF the
engine. This cannot be till some great advance


Is made the Of electrical power At present
galyansm can give power by eating Zlnc. II we could
for instance IRON or EARTH water motor of immense


Importance would lend its impetus to the advance OF our
| civilization.


When the North has a mild and open Winter as the
past the production of ice by artificial congeang i'm
portant to everybody. 1t is always important here
With clover in bloom and the mercury at 7o ice is made
| dav ot he N trunuiOns
to revove is acketed with felt within is placed another
tin, with tubes Of different sizes looking like candle
around them is placed water and the salts of ammonia
cap lid is fitted tight and the whole reyoged 10
minutes Upon removing the lid the water on the inside
of the molds is frozen in tubular film by slipping the
smaller into the larger cylinder of ice is formed The
water containing ammonia is evapOrated, and the SALT
when dry be used again and again Ice formed on
the tbes, &c. can be lifted up by timer painted


cost of o. and few pounds OF ainmonacal salts VIII
this idea is that the expects people
OPay him $50 for what costs S. Fortunes are not made


North Western States we represented At the Fair.
makers from Louisville. The prairie say there is 10
plow yet made that exactly suits this tough fine com
problem and give the lower Mississippi valley the best
OF cast-steel plows another year Wagon Com
to Pixies Peak, have able agent and fine display
from their shops at Great Bend They make better
stSer for sc and the Water freight is SO moderate that
the distance to balance the advantage OF cheap


man in Aiabama shows an improvement on Mapes's
litter and subsoer. 1t has a splitting effect each way,
and the soil for several inches above and on each
side of its path in the ground Considering that shallow
taCe has been the special OF Southern agriculture
We may hail this Muyphy plow as great step onward


word about the people, and especially the ladies.
They welcome all working Northern men who are too
proud seek Office by going about for the
African vote The infusion of Gallo blood and taste
brings the Fair grounds the most exquisite and taste
ful toilets. The stuff used not costy35 cents GO
cents and at most six bits yard bought these musins
and bareges But the trimming the shape and arrange
ment OF puff and fril and hounce and tuck and bow;
Broadway may take lessOns-but despair! j.. b. L.