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Year: 1876




ene election OF delegates, should be


adopted by all the clubs in the city.
ahd then every man should exert him.
sell to accomplish his ends In free
ana generous rivalry with his opponents
~ the ballot box, and II he is defeated
then he should accept the result and
not threaten the harmony Of the party
with a contesting delegation.


Ii should be borne In mind that the
object OF this convention Ia to serve the
state OK Louisiana, and not the inter.
ests or aspirations Of any candidate or
OF any set Of individuals. Fortunately
mere will be enough men at Baton
Rouge who realize this fact to promptly
put down any selfish effort Of factionists
20 disturb the harmony OF the conven-
ION.
Year: 1876

ao The Penn Executive Committee pub
lish card in the morning papers fully
and absolutely pledging the members Of
the committee and the signers Of the
Penn memorial, to support the nominee
Of the Baton Rouge Convention, who
ever he NAV be.
Year: 1876

Spirit of Arkansas: Ut is a well settled fact that, for permanent success, the agriculturists of any locality must diversity his crops. No diversitications, and depend ence upon other localities for that which can be produced in abund ance at home is synonym for failure. It is as true of the cot ton and sugar fields of the South as of the fertile wheat fields of the North or the Pacific coast, or in the exclusive stock raising dis tricts of the world.

 It is fact that, in the wheat growing districts of the North, that exclusive growing of this se- rlal has brought many wealthy men to poverty, and toiling men and women to hunger. So has the same results been obtained when corn in the corn belt, has had full swing. So it is in any locality that produces and de- bends solely upon any one kind of crop to clothe, feed and house them. Then wailing at Provi- Gence if any particular crop fails; if it be plenty and of low price, curses bestowed upon the luckless buyer and the transportation com panies is the order of the day.

 Farmers of Arkansas, is not this one thing that the majority of you have not overcome? Have you not neglected to fully consid- CT the real necessity of raising less cotton and more wheat, oats, barley, corn, vegetables, pork, mutton and beef, that you may free yoursel es from the heavy importations of these production s that have been, and will continue to be, heavy draft upon your bank account until you do it? .

 The Spirit of Arkansas believes that true policy commands diver sity of crops, and will continue to press thls matter upon you, be- lieving that, with your very great labor, you will achieve no excel lence until you make radical ref ormation in this direction, and until you have put into practice that which should become a max i'm with each and every farmer of the state. The season for plan ming your summers work has not too far advanced but that each and every planter and farmer ia the State may yet make his ar engagements to have, when harvest time comes, full gamers of every kind of food for both man and beast, all raised from his own soil. With all your cares upon you, do not forget to plant more fruit trees, and resolve that the kitchen garden shall be better than ever before. This done, the emb.llishment of the front yard with a few extra flowers that your spare time gives you, and you will be rewarded with the qualification they will render.

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Year: 1876

young man starting out In farming
cannot do better thing than TO plant an
apple orchard. if his land is within 1.-THE
apple belt" Don't rely on the gnarled
aud decaying old trees; the life Of an Of
chard, under favorable conditions, is only
about that OF a man. Nothing will lift a
mortgage, or run up the profit side of the
account, like prime orchard in its first
years of bearing. Go for the standard va
rieties. or such as experience has proved
do well in your locality and soil. Theories
are good in their place; but day spent in
driving through your town and finding out
what fruit-growers have actually learned
and done, is better. Get your trees from
some reliable nursery-the nearer at hand
the better-and use your own best care
and other peoples experience in planting
them.
Year: 1876

Tue Democratic press tells Us that
Sam. Randall says that he twill
save forty millions to the people
this year by close attention to the
appropriation bill" And this, they
say, IL what a Democratic Congress
il doing" If Sam. Randall is the
Congress, and We must rely upon
his bluster for reform, we shall look
In vain.
Year: 1876

1t pays to manage the farm with
economy, and this is brought about
not so much by economizing in one
important particular, as in many.
1t will pay to keep the fence corners
clean, so that grass viii grow in
them, and so that your neighbor
will not take offense because of the
thistle and other foul seeds that
you allow to mature and find their
way into his cleanly kept fields. 1t
will pay TO build cheap gates, rs
they will save enough valuable time
in the busy season Of the year, TO
pay the expense of constructing
them many times over. 1t will al
ways pay to have wood and water
handy and near the kitchen. 1t will
pay to build the dwelling house
with the view to saving steps,


In constructing or remodeling
their houses. farmers would do well
to consult with their wives, for they
would suggest ideas by which the
home could be made more conven-
lent. It will pay to use more paint
indoors and out. It win pay to en-
courage the children. Give then
an occasional day for recreation
Give the boys a colt or a calf e
raise, and let them have the money
it is sold for, to invest in some way
that meets with your approval. ]
will pay to make home so attractive
that it will always be pleasant 70
the man TO think over his boyhooC
days. A pleasant home viii mak'
better boys and better men. It vii
pay to supply the house with Al
abundance Of good reading matter
such as agricultural papers, etc,
and as good q library as one can ai
ford. It will pay to plant and eul
tivate fruit trees of all kinds
Plenty Of good fruit promotes healt


and longevity. Finally, it viii pa


to do all things We have enumers
ted, and an hundred others that ar
now neglected, which many Of u
, / would do, if we would only tax


time TO think colusan's Rars


World.
Year: 1876

This is the title of a new Demo-
cratic paper which comes to us from
Clarksville, Tenn. Messrs. Duff d
Ligon are the proprietors. It shows
good taste and good sense in all of
its departments. The concluding
paragraph of the editors "Saluta-
tory" which would fill about one
third of column of the CITIZEN, is
as follows:


eve shall inGict upon our readers
no long-winded editorials upon any
subject, but shall endeavor to con
dense our views in as small space as
possible and fill the rest of our pa
per with interesting matter. This
article is probably the longest one
which will appear under this head,
and we have now reached the end
Of it."
Year: 1876

Suppose a physician who had
been treating a patient for seven
long years should at the end say
that the poor fellow was worse than
when he first came under his treat
ment; that he had not benefited in
the least by the medicine, and that
his case seemed to the doctor on
the whole less hopeful than when
he began to administer his boluses?
Probably the faculty would unite
in calling him a quack end his pa
tient q victim of wrong treatment.
But in any case the doctors con
fession would not rebound to his
credit. Sensible men would advise
the sick man to try another physi-
clan; to see if different treatment
would not at least alleviate his mis-
cry. And if, across the street,
there should be found half a dozen
men who had been i'll of the same
disease, and who had measurably
recovered under a diametrically op-
posite method and medicine, only
very little common sense would
lead the sick mans friends to dis
miss the quack and engage a more
successful doctor. Consider these
sick brethren of ours. Louisiana
according to Drs. Morton, kellogg
and Packard, is in a very bad way
indeed; Mississippi, according t.
Drs. Boutwell, and Ames, is nigl
unto death, and they can think o
nothing to help but more and big
| GER doses all the time of the med
icine they have been forcing dow
the throats of these patients 70
seven long years. But over IN tn
adjoining street we find Arkansa:
once Just as dangerously i'll as Mis-
f sissippi; but under DR.. Garland an


q different system of treatment tbs


patient has entirely recovered. O


the other side are Alabama an


Georgia; both of these have chang
, ed doctors and both are nearl


well. There is an occasional twing


of the old pain, but they are c


the high road to recovery.-Nl


York Herald.
Year: 1876

This anecdote is told of DR.. Sam
uel johnson and his wife previous
to their marriage: He said to her
that he very much wished to marry
her but there were three obstacles.
First, he was of very humble ori
Gin: second, he had no money;
third. he had an uncle who was
hanged. In reply, she said she hon
ored no man more or less because
of his parentage; second, she had
no money herself; and third al
though she had no relative hanged
she had twenty who deserved to be
and she wished they were.
Year: 1876

anu It's too dark JO-nlght 10 see any /
thing. Come, lassie, fly with me
We will never return. This is no
life for you. When you are my /
wife, sweetheart, silks and jewels
will be none too fine for you. Come |
away, and we will have a home of |
our own that is grand and beauti-
full. Will you Gomez"


She loved this daring fellow, in
spite of his lawless deeds. Indeed,
she knew no better class of men,
for most of her life had been spent |
among the smugglers on the coast.
She laid her cheek on his arm, while
he bent to hear her answer. Before
she could speak, the heavy oaken
door was thrown open, and the men
from the cutter filed rapidly into
the room.


you may as well surrender, my
man" said the leader, throwing
open his cloak, and revealing the
navy blue with it's glittering but
tons.


The young outlaw stood like a
stag at bay. In the confusion Ellie
had slipped from his arms, and out
of the door. He was glad of that
she was out of danger.


For an instant there was a dead
silence; and then, as the leader took
one step forward, Rolfe drew his re
volvers, leveled them at the men,
and shouted with reckless ring in
his voice, while his face cleaned
Whitley from its frame of carelessly
waving hair:


"Come on, all of you! only give
me a fair chance, and come one at
timer


His tall, magniicently built figure
lowered full half head above the
others, and his flashing eyes were
full Of desperate resolve; but he
looked into the barrels of six loaded
pistols, and the men were deter
mined to capture their prize.


Surrender, or we will firer'


At that moment clear, sweet
whistle rang above the wailing of
the storm ami the tumult in the
room.


Rolfe's quick ear recognized it.
Ellie had learned it from his own
lips, and had often helped him from
danger by that call. While the men
hesitated and involunsarily glanced
over their shoulders to ascertain if
possible whence the sound came,
the young smuggler with a wild
hurrah, and blessing in his heart
for Ellie, leaped upon the first of
the blue-coats and knocking the
pistol from his hand, made another
spring for the door. But sharp
report rang out, and he felt sting
ing sensation in his right arm; an
other bullet severed a lock of his
hair. Turning, he took aim with
the revolver in his left hand, and
fired. One of the cutters men re
turned a sharp cry, threw up his
arms and fell to the floor Another
DistOl met the hold fellow at the
door, but he struck it up with his
weapon and rushed ont into the
night, with several bullets whistling
about his ears.


Again that clear whistle came to
him, and following the sound, he
reached the corner of the inn, where
he found Ellie waiting with his
horse.


''Bless you, my girl" he murmur-
ed, and with one leap was on the


animals back. he bent from the
saddle and held out his hand, ''Will
, you come my darlingP'
Without a pause, she caught his
hand and swung herself up befor
T. him.


There was. word to the horse. 6
reckless, defiant shout sent back al


his pursuers, and they were gone il
! the deep blackness of the night.
Year: 1876

Advertising atsrhots new Gus
toners in a busy season and retains
old ones during a dull spell. Peo-
pie like to be invited to trade with
you, and the advertising columns of
local newspapers is the medium
through which every business man
can ask his friends to come and see
him. No business man is ever so
long in one location that advertis-
ing is useless to him. New people
are constantly moving in, and even
the oldest inhabitant viii forget a
merchant if he does not occasionally
remind him of his existence by an
attractive card in the home paper.
-Ez. Correct.
Year: 1876

The fairest face in the world, is
the one which beams with loving
kindness. The most beautiful eyes
are those which are bright with joy
Gus love. The sweetest mouth is
one that says civil things pleasantly.
The pretiest hands are those which
are constantly engaged in perform
ing deeds of charity and love. The
dearest little feet in the world, are
those that walk in paths of modest
rectitude
Year: 1876

capped. thinking that when his would
be victims are captured and impris-
ioncd they will become victims oil
his White League friends indeed.
Then ii would be an easy matter to
gather together gang Of /" congenial
spiritsn and mob the Jail. Governor
Chamberlain says he is too old bird
to be caught by such chaff.
Year: 1876

At the coming Centennial News
paper Exhibition at Philadelphia it
has been decided to display copies
Of antique journals and other curios-
tiles of newspaper literature. To
this interesting collection all persons
having ancient, quaint, or curious
specimens are invited to contribute;
and should the response be as hearty
and general as we hope to find it,
this gathering OF time worn pubHca-
tions will prove to be not only a
leading trait Of the Newspaper De
partment, but also one of the salient
attractions Of the Exhibition as a
whole. All having the ability and
the will to aid en- the project should
transmit their consigmnents without
delay to the Pavilion Of the Centen-
NAL Newspaper Exhibition, Fair
mount Park, Philadelphia, addressed
to the care Of Mr.. Geo. ?. Rowell,
who has the matter in charge.


While on view, these exhibits will
have attached to them labels desig-
mating by whom they are contributed,
and all consistent care will be taken
to preserve them from damage. AZ
ter the close of the Exhibition they
will be again at the service Of their
owners, or, in the absence Of differ
ent instructions, will be transferred
to some historical society or museum.


During the late war there were
many papers issued which Illustrated
the straits in which their publishers
found themselves. Pink, blue, and
yellow sheets, wrapping paper, and
many other substitutes were pressed
into the service. Specimens Of
these now possess a curious interest.


The advantages to the public Of
such a gathering are manifest to g
degree which renders elucidation un-
necessary, and the opportunity to do
a very useful act is placed within
easy reach. A single copy Of some
seniIe broadsheet may not be Of
much worth to it's proprietor, yet in
conjunction with others it will make
up a worthy collection. Many peo-
pie there are who, having preserved
such curiosities for years, can turn
them to little or no practical account
and it is not too much to hope that
the response given by such will be
ready and general. Without loss to
themselves, they can materially ben
eft visitors to the Great Centennial
Exhibition and appreciably advance
a patriotic movement.
Year: 1876

pE=The Wausau Central has an
article in favor of Col. Tom Scott for
the Republican nominee for Congress
in the Stk District. Ex-senator Ny
ron McCord, of the Lincoln County
-Advocate, endorses it. Of course
Colonel Tom is well known through
out the State as the able Senator who
has represented the Wisconsin Valley
during the past four years, and to the
business community as the most sub
stantial and enterprising lumberman
on the river. Whether he will have a
clear field for the nomination is not
certain, but should he be the nominee
there is little doubt but he can walk
away with Judge Cate, and the Dis
trict will have a clearheaded and faith
full represenative.-Eau Claire Free
Press.
Year: 1876

Ea-This is the only route having Milwaukee
for its western terminus, and its rates are always
the same from Milwaukee to the East as other
lines quote from Chicago, thus protecting and
identifying itself with the interest Of the great
n Northwest.
Year: 1876

The annual parade OF the Fire Department is
an event which IL always looked forward to with
interest by our whole population. Year after
year the gallant boys turn out upon our streets.
and the crowd that gathers to witness their dis
play il ever animated with the same warm feel
ing towards these hardy guardians Of our lives
and property. The day. yesterday. was all that
could be wished for by the most fastidious. not
too warm. and gloriodssun shining over head.
The different companies massed upon Canal
street. preliminary to the procession which pre-
cisey at twelve started up Camp street


FIRST DIVISION.


Heading khe First Division was


l. N. MARKS. ESQ.
President Of the Firemen's Charitable Associa-
ton and Grand Marshal Of the procession.
art fnlI al tha t1a
Year: 1876

Or COURSE THEY ARE.-The shirts made a
Leighton's. corner Of Canal and St. Charles
streets. are par excellence" Besides large
and varied stock Of gents furnishing goods and
underwear at reduced prices to suit the times.
Call and see him. for he now can claim to be the
only original Shirt King in the South
Year: 1876

The attention OF all interested is called to Act
No 20 Of the last Legislature. published else
where, authorizing the levy Of a tax OF one-half
Der cent. by popular consent. on the taxable
property Of the city Of New Orleans. This is
mater OF the utmost importance to our people
and all. whether opposed or in favor Of the law,
should take cognizapce OF the same,
Year: 1876




That is the question now with many
farmers who are again discouraged by
the grassl'opl'er invasion. Weare glad
that better feeling has set in since
men have had time to look about and
take in the situation. To all we say,
look well before you leap. The future
Of this county is just as sure to be pros
porous, and pre-eminently so, as that
any county in Illinois or Iowa is so
now. Nearly every community that
ever located in the West has had droutl,
chinch bug, grasshoppcr, or some other
drawback to contend with, but they
have all gone on nevertheless, and there
is scarcely an exception to their pros
perity. Sometimes the change is sud-
den, and lands shoot up from $40 to $50
an acre in few years.


Three removals are said to he as bad
rs a fire. Before leaving this county
for good, let every farmer weigh well
the consequences. lie must again
spend nearly all in removing his family,
must so through the usual llome-sick-
ness and the becoming acquainted and
interested in tile new location, must
run the risk of sickness from the
change and exposure, and then, ten
chances to one, just lis he gets settled,
the cllinch bug, or some other bug, will
take the crops where he is. It is a
long lane that has no tlrn. The hop
pers took the crops four years in sue
cession i'll Western Kansas, but the
fifth there was a splendid crop. Those
who can and will hold ON to their lands
in this county will make 4 hit.


WILL IT PAY1U borrow:


We have cOnversed during the past
week with dozens of farmers about the
situation. All IRE anxious to work in
to stock. Some who can mortgage
their farms and raise money to buy
stock are preparing to do so. Others
think it will not pay to borrow money
ut the present high rates and undertake
to get a start on borrowed capital. Let
us look at this 4 moment.


We: understand that the Bank of
Wortlington will lend money at II and
Is per cent. where parties have l60 acres
with good house and a good degree of
improvement, the amount taken to he
from 500 to $500, and the loan to run
five years. Or if parties wish to pay
sooner, they can do so, but the bonus
Of ten per cent. will he the same wletl-
II for short time or for the full five
years. Will it pay to do this?


We believe tllat it can he made to pay.
II parties in Iowa and elsewhere can
take cows, or other stock, OH shares
and give o"e-half, or so per cent, why
cannot men afford to pay II to 10 per
cent. and have fire gears time to meet
their obligation?


Suppose man borrows S 100 and buys
IL to ~ cows. The product of two
COWS ought to pay the interest on the
money borrowed; the product of four
to six COWS more ought to support the
mans family, and thus leave from to
II cows to pay cost of keeping and for
profit. The increase of all the COWS
in five years ought to put any farmer
on an independent footing.
Year: 1876

fEPOK1 or -uR. A4WES ON SHEEP.


EDITOR ADVANCE: I have just re-
turned from another trip looking after
sheep. l have traversed pretty thor
oughly some II OF Is counties in Iowa
and several counties in tins State on
my last trip, and have purchased for
others about 700 sheep, but have not
succeeded in developing any source
where sheep can lie obtained on shares,
the universal objection is that it is tax
ing too much risk with strangers and
too far from their own Immediate SUPER
vision. l think we shall not succeed
in finding any considerable number of
sheep to lie had on shares. l have
made arrangements so that can furn-
isl> TO those who want to purchase any
where from one to two thousand sheep.
il orders are received in time.


return to our frontier home more
than ever convinced of the superior adj
vantages we have for wool production
here, surrounded as we are, by these
boundless prairies, covered with luxu-
RANT grass. suited to both pasturace
and meadow. have not found in all
my travels u single flock of sheep out
OF hundreds visited that will compare
in condition with the average of tlOcks
in this vicinity. In my travels came
upon a man whose reputation as Il wool
AS we approached his premises my
companion remarked to me, ''You are
about to see one of the finest farms in
all this portion Of Iowa, and it is under
the personal supervision of it's owner
who is one OF the Oldest, most success
ful and wealthy farmers of the county.
There, and there (pointing with his
tinger) are four of his SONS, settled on
fine farms with large brick houses built
in modern style, with good out build
ings, with stately artificial groves, all
provided ready for occupation by the
old gentleman. You will find here the
finest flock of sheep III the country. 1
paid him three years ago $1,000 for lis
clip of that year.'' We found the old
man l,ading hay. We remained to
dinner with him. and were greatly de-
lighted with the man, his family, his
farm with all it's spacious barns, groves
and herds. I asked the old gentleman
what experience he had had in wool
growing, and what its advantages and
disadvantages. lie replied II am in
debted to sheep for what little l have.
l was one of the first settlers III this
vicinity, and as fast as I could worked
into sheep, and put them on the prairie.
l was very poor and unable at first to
get much Of a flock. They increased
rapidly, and from theproceeds bought
more. and continued in this way until
l. got pretty respectable herd, and
from this herd have paid for all these
lands and made these improvements,
and made all the money [ have" LII
reply to a statement l made about our
prairie range, the fine grass growing
here and the bealthful condition of
sheep, he said: .'Now is your time to
make money on sheep. There is mine
of wealth growing up to your hand if
you will avail yourself Of it,


" J. AMES.