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Year: 1875

The work of constructing jetties is
much simpler than most people sup
pose. The general idea was that it
would take q very long time to i'm
prove the mouth Of tho Mississippi
by this means, but the contractors
are confident that it will require a few
months to demonstrate the ptactica-
bility of tho work, and to obtain de-
sired results in the way Of a deeper
clanncr. Parts of the work, such as
terminal piers, ETC., may require some
time for completion, but it is an en-
couragins feature Of the plan that the
main object, a reliable outlet, will be
achieved, if at all, in a much shorter
time than by any other system. That
being secured. 50 that vessels can
pass in and out, the finishing touches
may be put on at leisure and without
obstructing commerce.


The manner of constructing jetties
is among the simplest Of all engineer.
ing works. The material and plan
at the South Pass will be very near
ly the same rs those used in the river
Mas, ID Holland. The materials will
be willows and stone, with scarcely
anything else. The willows are bound
in long bundles, nine to twelve inches
i'll diameter, and these arc called fas-
cines. Other material than willows
could be used, provided the branches
are long; Slender and tough, will, few
leaves and no lateral branches. They
must pack close together and yet not
be rigid. Of these fascines, large
RATS or mattresses are constructed at
the place where the twigs are cut, and
fioated down to the mouth. After
being towed to tho spot where they
ore loaded with broken stone and
sunk. The lower raft or mattress
must of course be the widest, each
succeeding layer narrowing toward
the top. The work will thus he COM
posed of alternate strata Of fascincs
and stone. The sides of tho work
thus formed would be q series of
steps, but these will bo covered and
the incline made uniform by broken
stone or rip-rap dumped in. TO be
short, jetties are nothing moro nor
less than levees raised to confne the
channel the only difference is that
being under water they must DO of
such materials as will withstand
the wash of the water. The work
will nearly oil he in very shallow
water, and ont of the channel, and
the sinking ola mattress of fascines
in such a place is a very simple affair.
Sinking these RATS and dumping
stone in shallow water along a line
Of guiding piles is about all there is
Of the practical engineering problem.
The magnitude of the work consists
in the immense quantities of materials
to be used and the distance they must
be transported.
Year: 1875

Webog to refer our readers to the
two letters which arc published else
whore in relation to the telegraph
line. This will be cheering to oil
people Of enterprise, that the COM
pletion Of this line is 20 near, and in
q few days We will be assured com.
munication with the outside world.
Year: 1875

The grasshoppers are down on
bleeding Kansas it seems, and have
entered upon their usual destruction
tour. Much suffering will be the con.
sequence, but We take this occasion
to give tho people of that insect ours.
ed region a bit Of advise, and that is,
to come to Louisiana where we have
no grasshoppers, and where more re.
ward can be gained by tho tiller Of
tho coil on one acre, than on four in
Kansas.
Year: 1875

Business is too dull to talk of.
Nothing in fact doing in our quiet
town. Farmers are as busy a. bees
with their crops, and do not find time
to come in and trade. Crop pros.
poets quite cheering.
Year: 1875

As an evidence Of the closing of
the bloody cbasm, We SEQ that the
Secretary Of War has withdrawn sp-
position to decorating the graves of
Confeicratcs upon Decoration day.
This is as it should be, let US togeth.
er visit tic graves Of our heroes, to
strcw fresh flowers over them, to drop
the tear of sorrow, and testify there
by our appreciation of what they did
and suffered for us. No feeling of
animosity should exist while We
mourn our dead; all sectional bitter
ness should be removed, and We each
should, with loving hands, deck with
sweet garlands Of remembrance the
lleaving billow that marks the last
resting place of our heroes better,
far better, than costly monuments
of marble, which minister to pride
alone, is this beautiful custom, these
floral offerings, the humble, heartfelt
tribute to those who died in defence
Of their principles.


For with an equal splendor


The morning sun rays fall.


With a touch impartially tender


On the blossoms blooming for all


Under the sod and the dew


Waiting the Judgment Day,


Broidered with gold, the Blue


Mellowed with gold, the Gray.
Year: 1875

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN ADVANCE OF AMI


OTHER NEW YORK PAPER.


From the Springfield (Mo Advertiser. July IL
BY the construction of railroad from New
York TO Niagara and the transportation OF the
latest news in a lightning express, the NEW YORK
HERALD is now received at this Office twenty -four
hours in advance OF any other New York paper.
SO the wonderful energy of the modern newspa-
per seeks every day a new neld for the employ
ment OF Its energy and intelligence.
Year: 1875

TIE NINETY AND NiNE.s
There were nnet, and nine that safely lay
In the shelter the fold,
But one was out on the hills away


Far Oh from the gate. of gold.
Away on the mountains wild and bare.


Away from the lender shepherds care.
Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine:
Are they not enough for Thecy'
But he shepherd made answer This of mine
Has wandere away from me:
And although The road be rough and steep.
20 TO the desert to lind my sheep
But none Of the ransomed ever knew.


How deep were the waters he crossed.
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord


passed through


Ere he found His sheep that was lost.
Out in the desert he heard its cry.


sick and helpless and ready 10 die
Lord whence are those blood drops all the way
Thst mark out the mountains track
They were she'd for one who had gone asiray
Ere th shepherd could bring him back"
Lord. whence are thy hands = rent and iornr'
They are pierced tonight by many thorn :"
And all through the mountains. thunder riyen,
And up from the rocky steep
Th"re rose a crv 10 the gate OF heaven
Rejoice. | have found my, sheep"
AMI 90 sngel> echoed arounIthe throne,
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own
Year: 1875

dissensions and split in the Democratic par
ty of the State, and this is what we should As
unit guard against. Surely there can be no
sane man in the State who would sacrifice his
liberties and the present State government,
fer the sake of making great man of some
personal friend.


Remember thut If you desert the old nag,
take strange roads, You may and Will be
forced to affiliate with company that you
have for years past guarded against.


SaRBEEIAS
Year: 1875




J. S. DuSHAM. ESQ Van Buren,, Arkansas:


Deor sir-Since nv last from New York,
have swung around the circle and arrived
here this morning. | found Capt. Drnkwa
ter here with his new boat the Erie No. 8.
A splendid boat for your Upper Arkansas
river. She is bran new hull, A inch bottom
and stands \ Ne. | with underwriters she is
Sc feet beam and draws very little water and
has a fine cabin She will be an acquisition
to your people. hope she viii have all the
business she wants, Capt. Drinkwater is a
gentleman and deserves patronage.


| he weather has been very warm for the
last foar or five days. bnt ia pleasant to-day.
The canvass in Ohio is waxing hot From
all can learn from private parties Gov. AL
len VIII be his own successor. | think the
party made mistake when they inserted the
initiation plank In their platform The time
honored doctrine was gold and silver medl-
um and they should not depart from it. 1t
has given their opponents an advantage, but
1t will do them no good AS party they are
gone. In fact, they were caught in the act so
often that their doom is sealed. The splendid
behavior and great patience of the Southern
people under all the provoking circumstances
OF the last few years. has at last elected the
the good will and sympathy OF the masses OF
the people of the North, and so the party pa
tfiats must make some other shift to fire the
Northern heart and they have lugged in re-
ligion in this Ohio campaign, and if success
fal Will IN every other state AS hate, strife
and war Is what kept it alive SO far. they will
use every effort to arouse the mob and create
disscnsion In every neighborhood. But they
will not succeed. The great American peo-
pie have too much good sense for that. 1t is
really funny, ifit was not too serious matter
to hear of a party, who has been found guilty
of the most astounding frauds until the name
of our public men are u reproacli. now going
into the business OF brokers in religion. |
suppose they would dole out to each one a
certain share, according to certain standard
of mis-callsd loyalty, and that standard to be
ones aptitude for pablic plumber.


As | never liked politics | will write no
more on that subject. | will probably write
no more for Seme time, unless to telegraph
You from here when Gov. lien is elected


When left New York, Mr y. G. Williams
had gone to Boston, NJ. Lynch had gone home
and Mr. Whitfield WAS looked for but had not
arri, Business was springing up lively in
New York. and they are looking for much
better trade from the South than they had
since the war. By thcbye tae Arkansas
trade is much sought after in New York and
considered the most desirable of any othel
State,


FOR the benefit of your lady readers,
would say. so TAR as | have been able to cb-
serve the fashions, the styles of dress are very
plain, very little trimming being used.


If write any more, it will be from the seat
of war in Turkey.


Respectfully yours,


CoNsrANTINoPIE
Year: 1875

Crawford county circuit court, Judge Mans
field. commences It's session, next Monday
The clerk and Sheriff are getting everything
ready. that the business may move off with
ont any delay.


The criminal business will occupy nearly
the whole term of the court.
Year: 1875

lB The New York Daily sun says: " JEFF
ferson Davis couldn't accept Mr.. James Red
paths invitation tp lecture in Boston the COM
ing season, but 10 is quite probable he will
speak there some other time during the next
lew months. In response to the assurance
that he would receive respectful rece ption
in Boston, he wrote: / did not do the citizens
OF Boston the injustice of supposiny that they
would do otherwise than listen quietly so far
as they chose to hear any one who came by
Invitation to address them; and he who, un-
dersuch circumstances, would be offensive to
his audience, would be wanting IN judgment
as well as good breeding"
Year: 1875

not intend to havo the police mako the arrests az
night Tho Mayor promisede TO give tho matter
an early consideration. Charges have been preferred
before the Mayor against the Police Commissioners oy
the counsel OF Sergeant Miller and OF tho three police
men who were dismissed the police force short


time ago for being found playing cards In saloon when
they should have been on patrol Tne grouno VI tno
charge Commissioners dismissed the accused
without giving them a trial. ,u


Major Sauer and several other proprietors or hal's
where German masquerade are held. called upon the
Mayor aud asked him to endeavor TO have the Ponce
Commissioners modify their order concerning masked
balls The Mayor said that he had not gwen the Poce
Commissioners any orders the subject Of masq
and nded tho propretOrs 10 draft ana present
to the Legislature bill 10 modify the act OF 1872 under
which tue Police order was issued.


The statements that the relations or John Kelly and
the Mayor cold that the latter is endeayOrng 10
obtain control OF Tainmany Hall Is pronounced
ridiculous by those with the matter ana ~
denied by the Mayor and Mr.. Kelly The Mayor says he
has ambition be the leader OF tho Democratic party
in this city His time IL taken with attending TO the
details OF his Office. He left the General ComDlttee
when he elected Mayor, believing that 1t would not
be proper for him to continue member OF that Dody
while holding office.
Year: 1875

Smallpox Is prevalent in the German
districts on the east side OF the city, and
the health officers meet with much OPP
position in removing patients to the
Public Pest Hospital. A few days ago
case was reported at No. 167 Stanton
street. and q doctor and assistants were
sent in an ambulance. They mounted
the narrow stairways to the top floor and
knocked at the door, which was immedi-
ately opened by n woman. When she
saw who were her visitors she shrieked,
and endeavored to push the door to
difficulty. "You shan't take my hus-
band" the woman said doggedly. Hes
alone here with me at the top of the
house" at makes no difference, said
the doctor, "and can't stay to multiply
words all night. This is a tenement
house and we don't ALLOW any cases to re-
main in them" Without further talk the
doctor brushed past the woman, followed
by the ambulance man, but the woman
hung to their coats and begged of them
TO desist. In further room man, Otto
Christy, lay on bed almost unconscious.
The doctor and his assistant approached
the bed, when the woman rushed for
ward and, seizing them both, pulled
them off, and the two men were obliged
to have a hand-to-hand fight TO obtain
possession or her husbands body. While
the doctor caught her round the body
and pinioned her arms TO her sides, the
other rapidly hoi:ted the dying man on
his shoulders, spite of the agonizing
groans Of the moribund. The thought
that the husband waS really leaving her
gave her renewed strength, and she
sprang once more away from the doctor
and seized the body, which rolled from
the assistants shoulders to the ground.
They then began dragging the body
along the floor to the staircase, the wife
clinging to it and shrieking dismally.
The following night the man died, and
the excitement among the Germans be-
came intense. Friends Of smallpox
patients threatened to mob the smallpox
officers, and the police were called or to
protect them.-NeW York Dispatch to
Boston Journal.
Year: 1875

The american Journal Of Education
has the following, which will do for
school directors to ponder over:


One of our County Superintendents
writes as follows:


II wish you would say in the Journal,
that school officers should be elected for
their ability and efficiency, or for their
good sense, and not because 'it is Toms
turn, or Dick wants it, or Harry be-
longs to your party, or your church, or
married my wife's sister.


"That school directors have other
duties, than providing for impecunious
male or female relatives.


"That good teacher is cheap, and q
poor one dedr at any price.


"That babies should not always be
sent to school to get them out of the
way (for good teacher may be an in
different nurse neither should pupils be
kept at home TO do chores.


''That building so full of dirt, decay,
disease, discomfort, disagreeableness
and discouragement, rs to be totally un-
tit for anything else, will not necessarily
be good school house.


"That simply paying a mans school
tax will no more insure his children a
good education, than paying minister
tax will give him warranty deed of
heaven"
Year: 1875

The New Madrid CMo.) Record says
that one day last week man by the
name of Ben Miller, better known in
that county as the snake charmer,"
while out in the woods with wagon and
team, came across very large rattle
snake. After charming his snakeship,
Miller took him up, fondling him in his
arms, and finally putting him in his
bosom. After playing with him for an
hour, Miller became tired, and coiling
him up, laid him in the wagon, and sat
down beside him. The wagon starting,
jolted the snake, which became furious,
and making pass at Miller, bit him on
the leg just above the knee. Miller cut
the snakes head off with his knife, and
took his handkerchief and bound it
around the leg above the bite. This oc-
CURED late in the evening, and the man
suffered greatly during the night. The
next morning doctor was sent for, who
found Miller in an almost lifeless condi-
tion, his wounded leg having swollen to
very nearly, if not quite, the size of his
body-his whole body and face had
tuned perfectly black. After dressing
the wound the doctor thought the pa
tient would recover.
Year: 1875

There are many people now living il
New Orleans who recolleCt the terrible
floods which swept up from the Gulf anC
OverfOwed the island on which the city
of Galveston now stands. At that time
there were but about dozen buildings
on the island, and they were nothing but
shanties.


1t was during the month of September,
of that year, that the wind, first blow
ing from the south and filling the bay,
veered around to the north, and in one
of the most terrific gales on record, drove
the waters over the island i'll such
volume that in less than eight hours the
entire country was submerged under
seven feet of water and every house
swept away.


Such was the force of the tide that a
large brig, anchored off the coast, was
carried to the center of the island and
there lOdged-being subsequently cut up
into frewood, for of course she couldn't
be got afoat again. At that time the
water remained on the island for thirty
six hours, or until the wind changed.


A gentleman now living here, but who
was on Galveston Island at the time of
the '37 flood, thinks that there can be
no doubt that Galveston is now under
water, and to a very great extent. His
argument is, that the same condition of
things prevails now that held in 1887,
and that the gales which have been
blowing along the Gulf coast for the
past three days, must necessarily have
driven the water of the Gulf over the
island, just as they did in 1887.


The city of Galveston has absolutely
no protection from overflow. Up to
within a short time ago numerous great
sandhills afforded ameasure ofresistance,
but these have been cut down to use in
filling up low places, and the city front
is open to the encroachmentO of the floods,
as if rather to invite than to repel them.
-Ne10 Orleans Times.
Year: 1875

rub themselves with sturgeon oil; an eff
fective remedy, though it sometimes re-


quires to be frequently applied. Nor


man alone the only victim of these insig-


nifcant tOrmentOrs. They equally prey


upon animals of various kinds; even the


feathered tribe, far from being safe, suffer


in the region of the ewes and neck. No


permanent relief can be expected till the
chilly nights of September set in. In
this month the sandfies and the mid
geuks are numerous. The latter insinu-
ates itself all over the surface of the body,
the clothes afording no efficient protec-
ton. These insect plaques cease their
tOrments at sunset; and they disappear in
the cold of October. However the fact
may be accounted for, all these pests be-
come more numerous the farther we go
north. In the swamps, where they are
most numerous, they make dogs howl,
roll on the ground and rush into the
water. The fox shows his restlessness by
barking and swapping about; and when
his inclinatiOns would lead him to go
after birds nests, he is compelled to seek
shelter in his burrow.
Year: 1875

The report on the material and ecOnom.
! ical condition of the laboring classes which
| has recently been presented to the French


assembly goes far to destroy the belief in
| the superiority, as regards sObrlety and
| thriftiness, of the French over the English


poor. 1t was mentioned the other day


that, while the sanitary condition of the
English factories has greatly improved OF
late years, there has been no correspond
ing improvement in the physical strength


of those who work in them; and SINH
lar discouraging statement is made by the
committee Of the assembly. At the be-
ginning of the century, it is said, employ


ers had but little capital, and consequently


no money to spend on bricks and mortar.


A factory was too often little more than


an Overcrowded shop. The increase Of


wealth has facilitated and neccssitatcd


the construction of new and larger build


ings, and the workman is no longer SEN
sibly the worse either in health or lon


gevity by reason of the labor which he


has to undergo. Yet French, equally


with English, observers speak of the pre-


mature decay which they observe in


manufacturing districts, and which is
evidently due to causes that have no
connection with the necessary conditions
of the occupations pursued there.


The French committee are disposed to
trace this decay TO premature excess in
alcoholic liquors. The merry workman


who refreshes himself after his days Ia
bor with a glass Of sugar and water, va
ried on holidays with little light wine,
is apparently unknown to these authori-
ties. If he ever existed, he has disap-
pearcd before the growing tendency to
over-indulgence in unwholesome stimu-
lants. We believe that the spirits ordi-
narily sold in a French cabaret are inn
measurably more poisonous than those
which make the stock-in-trade Of an Eng
lish publican, and in that case the effects
which the committee mourn over can not
be said to Outrun the cause. 1t would
be interesting to know to what this in
crease of drunkenness in France is 10 be
ascribed. The explanation often given
Of the same fact in this country can
scarcely hold good in France. We have
been accustomed to preach that sobriety
and access to reasonable opportunities of
amusement 90 han in hand, and t. point
to the French workingman as a striking
example Of this. 1t now turns ont that
in country which has been -4pposcd to
be especially rich in opportunities Of
amusement, the taste for drinking is also
increasing. The French artisan, espcci-
ally in the south, breathes lighter air,
and lives, or is supposed to live, a more
enjoyable life than the English; but he
is not free from the drinking habits which
do more than anything else to degrade
the English iSaturday Rerjcc.
Year: 1875

A PUGNACIOUs GOAT.-The Louisville
Courier-Journal says his head was the
shape and size Of a BulIitt county water
melon, and he was 50 black that charcoal
would make a light mark on him. The
goat was asleep, leaning against the side
of the house. The darkey was smoking a
decayed cigar. Heespied the goat, looked
at the lit end of the cigar, grinned, then
at the tail end of the goat, "grinned
louder" looking all around to see that
nob2dy was looking, and touched the lit
end Of that cigar to the tall end of that
goat. The goat turned a handspring,
and the negro opened his big mouth to
laugh, but the goat butted him so quickly
between the chin and his breeches pockets
that his jaws came together making a
noise louder than the report of a gun.
The negro's hat, boots and cigar lay in a
pile ten feet off, while his body was Curled
up like a horseshoe in the mouth Of a
sewer opening. When he "come to-" he
looked around at each one Of the crowd
and dispersed the crowd by saying:
"WiIl some ob you gemmen' shoot me
wild a pistol? A nigga dat's as big a fool
as | is amt got no business lfbin'."
Year: 1875

KEEPING MILK FROM SoURING DUR
ING THUNDER-sTORNIs.- in
Sweden have shown that the well-knOwn
effect of thunder-storms in sOuring milk
may, in a great degree, be avoided or
counteracted by artificial heat IN the dairy.
The plan is to start fire. in the room
where milk is kept whenever a thunder
storm is seen approaching. This is done
even in hot weather, the purpose being
to drive out moisture. The explanation
given is that during the approach ofsuch
storms the atmosphere becomes loaded
with moisture, and the damp, moist heavy
air resting upon the milk produces acid
ity and spoils it. Dry air, then, is i'm
portant to the dairy, and whenever three
are atmospheric changes which bring ex-
cessive moisture in the air of dairy, a
fire should be at once started to counter
act the bad influence it would have up
on milk
Year: 1875

Dueling was in constant practice in
O'Kcefc's time in Ireland, and many COM
ical stories are told Of the absurd way in
which some of the quarrels were made
up, and how the blood-thirsty combatants
became good friends again over a bottle
of wine, although it sometimes resulted
differently, the favorite mode of settling
an affair of honor being to fire across a
table with horsc-pistols, large enough to
blow mans head off.