Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, October 4, 1878 Page: 2 of 4
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Largcit ciftulatisnof any taper pub-
lisheain ihl3 Senatorial District.
' :FkIDAY OCTOBER 4 ISIS.
Wjdrk. -on the? Washington
monument is now progressing.
The. Galveston tfaws sa's tlie
Santa Fe railwaywuT be com-
pleted to Richmond" fce'xt month.
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A GAK& of 1 8 trantps was cap-
tured at Cincinnati after order'
ing" out a company of niilitla.
It appears front u Brevity in
the Dallas Httatd that polc-
eat party-is-lts pet name for the
Greenbackers.
Hon George Bancroft the
historain was severely Injured
by his team runningaway. while
out riding at Newport JISI- '
Condon and Melady the late-
ly released Fenian prisoners
have arrived at New York.where
they were cordially received by
their countrvmen.
Itjs asserted on the authori-
ty ofan official examination that
the yellow fever was taken to
Louisville by the sleeping cars
from infected places-
Gen. Butler's soliloquy:
"The Republicans elected -me
to congress; the democrats
t -will electrme governor. What
Tiave I to trouble me.2"
If any reliance as to be plac-
ed in our State exchange a ma-
jority of the peopie have aban-
doned their usual avocations
rand feecairte candidates.
""fEw Mexicans implicated in
Stlie itnerder of two ex-county
officers atear Tucson Arizona
'wece ccaptured in Sonora and
fshotibysouler of the governor.
AVsuBrooks retires from the
"Macontfrj5&wfr having sold
his interest tto lie Collum and
"Hubby. Heileaves the paper
tin-veryprospErKiis circumstan-v-ces.
The AaStiaStceesman is satis-
iifc&triatfba-irno7hs trade dur--Ing"-cottonseasonlsjiotsufficient
t-tokeep Xip'htKcr- for a year
"atfdi it -suggesSB factories as a
rxenre3y.
KKetjcheer 'whosvas jput-upon
I'theJJreeabackti&ct'haB "bund-
le'dJup'fil.trapstatfdoye to the
Tssas Bacific 7ressKration to
-setftionire-'iSiercoTmany's land.
"r3i takes ttpatttcseEfia'the can-
i-rass.
"'TaEjpiib'fe 5ebt statement
i shows ji decrease of over three
'-million kiejlars during the past
x month r At that rate the debtJ
wHI-fccexSnguished in 5555-SSSy815-
It fs" only a matter
offime. -.
C. VEITraxcis health com-
'Tnissioarr of 'St Louis under
'dateMJfpct 1 telegraphs to the
'Huutort health officers "Have
'"pots jingle case; of yellow fever
"in'IrLe city either among the
Ccftizens or refugees. Healtli of
ahr city excellent."
The Russian governmentehas
. been investigating " alleged
frauds in the commissariat dur-
ing the late war. About 500
officers of various grades inclu-
ding 40 colored are charged
with frauds and misapplications
of public money.
The Telegram asserts "posi-
tively that Dr. Rutherford's ef-
forts' received the active co-operation
of different officials in
interier towns and his order
1-nown as the "Houston order"
adopted the. Galveston Nczvs
to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Caldwell Eagle edited
by Mr. W. K. Homan is as
nTght reasonably be expected
a strong Homan paper. It is
going upon- the principles
ihat lie who bloweth not his
own horn the same shall not be
blown. It is now blowing at a
Tate that would put Gabriel to
blushing.
Pfouts he of the Dallas
Jlaald is evidently in a bad
way. Another Dallas paper
claims to have been presented
with-a young snake with tio
heads nd four perfect eyes.
Thcdpnpr.claims that his snake-
ship rz captured just after
escaping -from Pfouts' boots.
Thctorylooks-iis though the
''otfierfellows" and-not Pfouts
were'seeaig'snakes.
The Dallas Herald and the
CoiumocialzTe again quarreling
about the'respective circulation
of the papers As usual both
claim the largest. Both are ex-
cellent papers and there should
be no jealousy existing betu een
thcril.
The Rockdale MessWe?
"While In Galveston
w e were reliably inTh
Hancock would Car
and by a larger nia
Giddings received.11
firnis the prediction of i
veitort Thunditboll which?
pears elsewhere.
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The Statesman says a citfzen
of Austin offers a lot ahdhvo
J houses in Memphis that cost
9000 for $i 000 in cash.i The.
reason assigned is the imperfect
sewerage of Memphis and high
taxes coupled with the prevoil-
fng epidemic which is charged to
the filthy condition of that city.
!.....
At Bridgeport Conn. Fred
Bossel murdered John Rufus
and packed the body in a bar-
rel ; he then hauled it to the
uestbank of the river and.rolled
the barrel down an embankment
and into the river. A w oman
with whom Bossel lived told on
him and the body was recover-
ed. The whiskey cases that have
been pending in Chicago for
some time came up for hearing
on Monday. There were ten
cases in the first batch two of
which were decided in favor of
the government and six in favor
of the Avhiskeyites. Nine cases
in the second batch were deci-
ded in favor of the government
Dispatches received at Chi-
cago frorrr Fort Wallace report
an Indian fight in the canyons.
Lt Col. Lewis 19th Infantry
and three men wounded ; one
Indian killed. Commander J.
C. Davis telegraphs that he
knows the whereabouts of the
Indians and thinks the prospect
for their capture is good. Col.
Lewis died at Ft Wallace.
A workwomen's meeting in
Galveston was attended by T.
K. Thompson. Maj. Harrison
and Maj. Ochiltree who made
spacious promises to the assem-
bled multitude many" of whom
were negroes. None of the
gentlemen.named ever done a
day's manuel laborin theirlives.
Tom Ochiltree a workingman's
candidate! Will wonders never
cease.?
The Galveston TJiundabolt
says: "The Democratic nomi-
nee for Congress will carry this
county by the largest majority
ever cast Public opinionwhich
was much divided against him
some time since has turned in
his favor and the name of Han-
cock for congress can now be
beard shouted all over the city
by every man woman and child
within the limits of Galveston
Island." "
Jf the above be so there has
been a very considerable change
in public sentiment in Galves-
ton. We are glad to note it
and hope it will prove true on
election day..
A cold-blooded and diaboli-
cal murder was committed at
Hempstead in the killing of
Finkiea. Ed Young one of the
parties arrested has been re-
leased on proving alibi and
Wm Wheeler has been arrested
as one of 4the parties to the
shooting. Crawford and
Wheeler are now under guard.
The examination for reasons
not stated has been postponed
till Thursday at 9. .A. si. The
Telegram says the prisoners
have not been sent to jail but
arc kept under strong guard
not so much to prevent escape
as to prevent lynching.
J. M. Wooqworth surgeon-
general U. S. marine hospital
service has issued a circular to
the boards of trade of the prin-
cipal cities asking contributions
to pay the expenses of a yellow-
fever commission to investigate
and report upon the cause and
prevention of the same. Prof.
S. M. Bemiss M.D. of New Or-
leans ; Jerome Cochrane M.D.
of Mobile and a third member
whose acceptance has not been
received liavc been "appointed
commissioners. They will pro-
ceed to duty at once and report
to the American Public Health
Association which convenes in
November next No appropria-
tion can be made for this pur-
pose until Congress convenes.
THE COtJNTT ELECTION.
J&ut little more than a month
intervenes between now and the
I election which takes place on
TiKSsd
aiber 5 til. The
ticket may be
iy safe and
erhaps a
50000
reSt
vely can-
Akers and
;facy are
public
meetil
hi An fr f-TiTb '
many Democrat:
have
strayed off to the. Greenback-
camp are returning to their first
love having become thoroughly
satisfied that the old party is
fthe only true one and that
through it alone 'an relief for
the present hard times be ex-
pected. Taking it for granted that the
State ticket is all right no mat-
ter how Washington county may
vote it behooves such of our
citizens as have the welfare of
the county at heart to bestir
themselves in the interest of the
Democratic county ticket. Many
of our candidates are working
hard individually but as yet
there has been no concerted ac
tion no big meetings no great
outpourings of the people. What
is now most needed is a thorough
organization of the party by the
formation of Democratic clubs
in every precinct and neighbor-
hood. There has recently been
organized several Greenback
clubs in addition to the parent
club at Chappeil Hill. Exactly
the votingstrength of the Green-
backers we have no means of
ascertaining but one thing is
certain and that is they are not
sufficiently numerous to elect a
county ticket The average
Greenbacker and the hard-shell
Republican are diametrically
opposed to each other on the
money question which is now
the all-absorbing topic. Inas-
much as the Greenbackers can
not it they are true to their
principles vote for the Repub-
lican nominees (of either wing
of the party the split in this
county being a family quarrel)
they may perhaps be induced
to vote the Democratic county-
ticket as they are as much in-
terested in a good and honest
county administration as any
others in the county. The
Banner has so often shown up
the bad managementof county
affairs by the Radical county
officials that it is unnecessary
to speak of it at any length.
The question is now fairly be-
fore the tax-payers and intelli-
gent voters. The Democrats
have in the field as their standard-bearers
some of the best
citizens of the county and it
rests with them to decide whe-
ther they will elect them or
whether Ihey will undergo an-
other two years of Senegambian
misrule and extravagance such
as has been administered by the
present parti-colored commis-
sioners' court. It is w e believe
conceded that the Democracy
have the best prospect of suc-
cess they ever had since the
close of the war. Will they
neglect the opportunity ?
Quarantine restrictions on
mail matter from non-in-fected
cities having been removed the
newspapers and periodicals from
northern cities have began com-
ing through. In the course of
a few days the back numbers
will be along and readers will
be much crowded to catch up
as they arc now from two to
three weeks behind.
The examination of Crawford
Young and Wheeler charged
with the murder of Finkiea at
Hempstead v. ill be begun to-
day. (Thursday.) Messrs. J. W.
Jones and J. C. Hutcheson
prominent lawyers of Houston
have been engaged by the pros-
ecution. Hon. Seth Shepard
of this city and Col. J. T. Grif-
fin of Hempstead and probably
others will represent the de-
fendants. Ex-Gov. Shepherd and J. T.
Mitchell left Washington on
Monday for St Louis taking
with them SO packages of var-
ious goods and $1 5000 in money
with which to begin the cargo
of supplies for the -people on the
lower Mississippi who arc cut
off from railway connections. St.
Louis w ill contribute liberally.
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i mi ;m
t.F"' l-ifinrr TYiocHMltWwT
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ORSEXBACK2RS.
A Gay Hill correspondent of
the Galveston ATe:is evidently a
Grcenbacker.says that the mem-
bers of the Gay Hill Greenback
club will vote the county Demo-
cratic ticket. He thinks the
Greenba'ck part' is not unrea-
sonable and all it asks is a fair
show inc. Every man and even'
party is of course entitled to
his or its own opinions. The
Democratic party has no war to
make with the Greenbackers ;
the Austin platform covers all
"'.t s " """""" ""-"
wim tne single exception 01 tn
"fiat" money idea. We believe
that through the Democratic
party alone the necessary legis-
lation in congress can be ef-
fected. Opposition to the De-
niDqracy in the South can only
result disastrously ; it may ulti-
mately bring about a split in
the party and thus bring about
the supremacy of the Republi-
cans. "We feel satisfied that the
Greenbackers are honest in their
convictions but at the same
time think if they would remain
in the Democratic party they
could better succeed in accom-
plishing what they desire. At
the same time w e fully recog-
nize the fact that men can not
be convinced asjainst their wills.
It is conceded that the Green-
backers are as anxious as the
Democrats for a good and hon-
est administration of county af-
fairs. As has been already
stated the only way in which
this result can be brought about
is by the defeat of the Republi-
cans and the ignoring of all in-
dependent candidates of whom
there will be several before elec-
tion day. In county affairs
there is no party issue between
the Democracy and the Green-
backers; the objects and aims
of both are identical.
A personal difficulty occur
red on Tuesday in Wingfield's
cigar store at Houston between
Dr. Rutherford healtli officer
and Dan Ryan of the Galveston
Nirzvs. Ryan was seated in a
chair when the doctor approach-
ed and slapped his face. Ryan
at once arose and went for the
doctor ; several able-bodied
blows were exchanged before
the combatants were separated
by friends. Ryan has one eye
ornamented by a mansard roof
the doctor escaped with only
a small bruise on the temple.
Both parties says the Telegram
displayed gameness. Ruther-
ford charges that Ryan has
grossly insulted and outrageous-
ly misrepresented him in the
Nexus.
The Waco Telephone says
that the press of the State and
many of its contributors are un-
animous in the opinion that
legal publications sales and ci-
tations should be published in
some newspaper in or adjoining
the county in which the sale is
made. Rights of parties are
frequently sacrificed by simply
posting notices on the court-
house deor.
It frequently happens that
sheriffs and other legal sales
made in prusuance of written
notices posted on courthouse
doors are unattended save by
speculators who make Ja busin-
ess of buying property in this
way and the party at whosein-
instance the property is sold;
such parties are generally satis-
fied if enough is realized to pay
their claim. Valuable property
is by this means not unfre-
quently sacrificed.
Col Shleicher in his speech
at San Antonio on Monday said:
"The great delusion of the
greenback party that they can
impart value to worthless pieces
of paper merely by the stamp
of the government and create
wealthjfrom nothing has been
done soofteu 'exploded and
exposed that it is hardly credible
that it should be now revived
for any but a political purpose
In this we think Mr. Schleich-
er is eminently correct. The
idea of absolute money and an
abundance of it is a delusion
that is well calculated to take
with unthinking people. It is
a phantom that is calculated
to take w ith people who do not
stop to reason but who jump
at conclusions.
The world's wealth is its
sweat chrystalized into gold and
not paper Austin Statesman.
When ever the art of turning
chrystals into gold is discover-
ed the search for the philcs-
phers stone had as well be
abandoned.
ITom jENKs;husband oWthe"
Mrs. fenks is in .Washington.
It is pdpuilarly supposed that
he has some sort of a" psiotion
under the gowcrnmerit.
The Dallas Commcrcialhas so
much faith in Dr. Rutherford
that it invokes his assistance to
prevent rain during the fair. It
says: "We know he can doit if
he wants to."
Gov. NiciiOLLS of Louisiania
has issued a proclamation
recommending Wednesday
October 9th as a day of fasting
humilation and prayer for deliv-
erance from the scourge.
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The Dallas and Fort Worth
papers are engaged in a very
stale and unprofitable quarrel
as to which place is the best
cotton market. Dallas claims
that it is as in every "thing else.
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A Bostoman has repented
and send 1500 to the United
Stats treasury- to be placed to
the credit of the conscicn
fund. This is p"roof postion
that at least one Boston man
has a conscience.
The Austin Statesman says
the per diem allowed members
of the legislature is so small
after sixty days as to prevent
men of known ability from seek-
ing the office. Honors without
pay are unsought
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The Galveston Greenbackers
are holding ward club meet-
ings. Each club votes for its
choice for county officers and
no two clubs seem to agree.
How long the voting will be
kept up or what the outcome
will be is a mystery to be solved
in the future.
.
According to the Dallas
Hetald most of the distinguish-
ed fiats in the section are of the
colored pefsuation; hence it
names the party after a very
beautiful looking but exceed-
ingly bad smelling; little animal
that runs wild in the woods of
Texas and sometimes makes
raids on somnolent chickensr
Little Rock Ark. quaran-
tined against Louisville on Mon-
day. The Louisville board of
healtli report original cases of
fever. Immediately upon the
receipt by Houston's health of
ficer of a dispatch from the
Little Rock board of health he
gave orders stopping all freights
mails and passengers from
Louisville to Houston.
An unpralleled piece of devil-
try has just been committed
near Barnston in the province
of Quebec. Francis Daily
while returninghome in a buggy
was waylaid by two men who
knocked him senseless andthen
making a noose of the lines tied
him by the neck to the buggy
starting the horses. When
found he was dead. The two
men were arrested.
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At a metting of the stock-
holders the G.C. & S. F. rail-
way held in Galveston on the
1st inst the following named
gentlemen were elected direc-
tors for the ensuing year:
F. Kopperl- James Sorley
W. L. Moody H Rosenberg
R. S. Willis J. E. Wallis Julius
Runge H. Kempner C. W.
-Hurley Walter Gresham H.
Manvitz N. N. John and C. E.
Richards.
No other busines was transac-
ted. The danger of yellow fever
will not be past until after the
first killing frost The Houston
Age says :
It is remembered that the first
case of fever in Houston in
1848 was that of Gov. Van
Zandt who was taken down
with it on the 28th October and
from which there followed 1500
cases. The Governor had been
on a visit to Galveston where
there were ten or tw elve cases
and returning to Houston stop-
ped at the Capital Hotel was
immediately taken sick and in a
few days died.
It is an indisputable fact
that the sore-headet Democrats
who complain most at the nomi-
nations made by conventions
are the very men who were
never known to attend a prima-
ry meeting. They always claim
that the iews of the people
are not represented while at the
same time they do not take the
trouble to be present themselves
Men who take no interest in
primary meetings which 'form
the material for conventions
have no right to complain of
the party nominations.
STATE NEWS.
The Round Round Head-
light gives Leon's specialty
troop a first-class left handed
send off.
Georgetown has a Band
of Hope w ith 38 members and
a Temperance Council w ith 67
members.
Williamson county has
three candidates for s-herifT: an
Independent a Democrat and a
Greenbacker.
The Rockdale Ihsscngerrz-
gards the coming of Brick Pom-
eroy to Texas as an evil only
second to the yellow fever.
Barlow Wilson Primrose
& II cst's minstrels are draw ing
crowded houses at Dallas.
Milt Barlow is a whole team i.i
himself.
Work has been commen-
ced on the Central and Mont-
gomery railroad from Navasota.
Trains will be running to Plan-
tersville by Dec. 15.
In Houston the private
watchman of a saving bank got
drunk and let the peelers know-
it by firing his pistol. He was
gobbled up.
Bryan sends eight prison-
ers five colored and three white
just sentenced to the penitent
tiary. They passed through
Houston oh monday.
The last issue of the Belton
Journal is devoted principally to
advertising the Waco business
houses. Waco merchants know
the-value of advertising.
Belton's daily newspaper
project has been abandoned;
thi projectors having accepted
situations on the Waco Tele-
phone taken cases perhaps.
Whooping and yelling is
the order of the night in Waco.
The Telephone whispers to the
boys that it. is all right provi-
ded they have got the money to
pay for it.
The Austin bar meet on
Saturday and by resolution en-
dorsed the nominations for chief
justice and associate justice
made by the Democratic exe
cutive committee.
The Fairfield Recordet re-
ports the death of J. F. Nordike
from black jaundice. This di-
sease it says in almost every
instance baffles""medical skill fre-
quently proving fatal in from 18
to 36 hours;
W. S. Holman a lawyer
has been nominated by the Bell
county Greenbackers as a can-
didate for the legislature! The
Journal gives him a first-class
but not overly complimentary
notice.
The judge of the El Paso
District court writes to Gen.
Stute that the situation there is
very critical. There are four
prisoners in jail who could not
be held six hours if the rangers
were removed.
The Greenbackers of Rob-
ertson county held a convention
at Calvert. It was highly col-
ored there being sixty negroes
and eight white men present
The finances of the country are
safe in the hands of the colored
people.
Rockdale mourns the death
of Mrs. Leonard Isaacs a young
married woman who died after
an illness of about three hours.
Her husband left her at dinner
time complaining of a slight
headache at 4 o'clock she was
a corpse.
Two long men recently
met in Dallas G. W. Carter;
of Terrell measures 6 ft. 8fn.
in height while Thomas G.
Young of Lewisville only ex-
tends upward 6ft 73-4 inches:
They claim to be the two tal-
lest men in Texas.
The speech of Hon. John
Hancock at this place on Satur-
day last was one of his grand-
est efforts. It was replete with
the solidest kind of hard prac-
tical common sense and con-
vinced many who would have
bden misled otherwise. Rock-
dale Messenger.
Cotton pickers are scarce
in the neighborhood of Austin.
One planter has already impor-
ted 75 from San Antonio and
sent for a second installment
On many plantations the crop is
so abundant that the picking
will last till Christmas.
A courteson in Sherman
took chloroform with the inten
tion 01 going over tne river.
A timely discovery prevented
the accomplishment of her di-
sh e. When she came to she
cursed out those who had saved
her life.
Cotton brings as much in
Round Rock as in Austin and
lumber is sold cheaper in Round
Rock. This says the Statesman
keeps trade away from Austin.
The erection of a compress is a
solution of the difficulty.
Perhaps it is
An absurd rumor is afloat
in Waco to the effect that John
Speer escaped death by having
about his neck a cunningly de
vised metalic collar which saved
his neck ; and that instead of
being buried in the cold cold
ground as some suppose he
was furnished with a horse and
took a ride. The Examiner
says he- is ery dead and that
nothing short of a blast from
Gabriel's trumpet w ill ever bring
him to life.
At Fort Griffin the other
day a difficulty occurred in a
billiard room between Henry
Crugsf deputy sheriff and June
Leach a quartermasters clerk.
A fight ensued terminatins' in
Crugcr shooting Leach in the
torehead killing Inm. Cruger
was released on a 52000 bond.
The San Antonio Express'
says the peoples ticket is very
unsatisfactory. There are two
Mexicancs on if one of whom
declines to serve. Democrats
charge that the meeting was en-
gineered by the Republicans.
Another meeting is to be held
to add to the tail of the crazy
kite and fill vacancies.
Brown lived in Sherman;
he marjisd the widow Kitchen
and set uphousSfceping with her
and his mother-in-law her
mother lie had not enjoyed
connubial blis and a livcmoth-in-law
many weeks before he
discovered tint both the women
had several living husbands
each. This discover' distroyed
Brown's happiness and broke
up his household.
In San Antonio a few days
ago a butcher named Hesse
gave his child a little girl a most
inhuman beating. The little
one was taken away from its
parents for treatment. When
confronted by the father she
says her mother beat her and
when confronted by her mother
she says her father beat her. At
present the question as to which
of the parents inflicted the beat-
ing is involved in mystery.
1 he open court interview be-
tween Judge TL B. Turner and
Wm. P. Longley seems to have
been quite affecting. Turner
delivered a. first-class exhorta-
tion and hoped Longley might
get religious consolatisn and
Bill said he hoped he had done
nothing to hurt Turner's feel-
ings. Bill couldn't nnderstand
what made the Judge shed
tears.
Dallas comes to the front
this season with "irregular" cot-
ton buyers. A farmer came to
town with a bale of cotton and
was offered 8 3-4 for it another
buyer stepped up and asked
him what he had been offered
he replied 8 3-4. I will give
you 8 95 sard buyer number
two. The cotton was weighed ;
the buyer gave him 8 cents a
pound and added 95 cents to
the total. This is second or
third rate swindling.
Ttferdaica McBoon aged
60 yet lives Tn the vicinity of
Aquilla McLennan county. But
it is only by a scratch that he is
a live. He took rope and
had just succeeded in hanging
himself to the limb of a tree near
his house; one of his children
saw him jjst as he swung off
and running to the house alarm-
ed the family. His daughter
aged i o years ran to the tree
and climbing it cut her father
down and saved his life. The
old man said be had the. blues
and thought he had lived long
enough anyhow.-
Stick to Tour Boaiasss.
There is nothlng'which should
be more frequently impressed
upon tlie minds of young men
than the importance of steadily
pursuing some one business.
The frequent changing from one
employment to .another is one
of the most common errors com-
mitted and to it may be traced
more than half the failures of
men in bnsfness and much of
the discontent and disappoint-ment-which
render life uncom-
fortable. It is a common thing
for a man to be disappointed
with his business and to desire
to change "it for some other
which it seems to him will prove
a more lucrative employment;
but in nine cases out of ten it is
a mistake. Look around you
and you will find among your
acquintances abundant verifica
tion of our assertion. There is
an honest farmer who has toiled
a few years got his farm paid
for but does not grow rich very
rapidly as much from lack of
contentment mingled with indus-
try as anything though he is
not aware of it. He hears the
wonderful stories of California
and how fortanes maybe had
for the trouble of picking them
up ; mortgages his farm to raise
money ; goes away to the land
of gold and after many months-
of hard toil comes home again
to commence at tlie bottom of
the hill for a more weary and
less successful climbing upagain.
Mark the men in every commu-
nity who are notorious fortheir
ability and equally notorious for
never getting ahead and you
will find them to be those who
never stick to one business long
but always forsaking their occu-
pation just when it is beginning
to be profitable. bcicntijic
American.
The board appointed to di-
gest and review the laws have
completed the civil statutes after
a protracted session of several
months. Every article has been
separately submitted discussed
amended and adopted by the
full board; and the board as a
body is responsible. The crim-
inal laws have already been
printed; the civiL-Iaws willjiot
be ready befote January -ut
Fever Notes.
New Orleans Octs. Deaths
56; new 'cases 186; total" cases-
9802; deaths 2955. Tlie con-
tinued warm weather is follow-
ed"by the spread of the fever
among children.
Carrollton La. reports 200
cases; under treatment no.
Gretna La. total cases 240?"
total deaths 29. Thibodeaux.
twenty cases and three deaths.
Holly Springs physicians re-
port 15 new cases and ten
deaths. BayStLoufs. twentv-
r three cases and two deaths yes-
icroay. crystal bpnngs seven
cases and two deaths. Baton
I Rouge eighty-two -new cases
ana seven deaUis. Canton; the;
fever has taken a-fresh impulses
I seventy-five cases under treat
ment Greeiville; twenty cases
and 6 deaths in tlie past 24.
hours.
Vicksbarg Octs. Twelve
deatts yesterday. The How-
ards report fully 800 cases in
the country and outside of the
city. Howards ask aid for the
people. Delta 3 miles distant
has 21 cases and 3"" deaths in
last 24hours.
Memphis On the 1st there
were 47 deaths. On the the.
2d 38 deaths occurred.
Sor3lm3i Syrup.
This is tlie season fbrmanu
facturing our crop of sorghum
and there is this year more than
the usual quantity' and a&cva
an average as to quality- Our
own experiences s well as
observationy haver ghren vs some
items- which may be of intesest
I to the inexperienced in working"
ui LUC uiup. A IIC U4I1C SUUUiU
be stripped of its leaves at
least a week before cutting or
topping. It is supposed this
enriches the cane by admitting-
the sun to the stalks. If the
canes be topped before cutting
the syrup not only escapes by
evaporation but the wound be-
gins to decay and acetous fer-
mentation commences especi-
ally ific be warm weather. and
the character of the syrup is
injured. For the same reason
the canes should not be cut
until they are ready to be hauled
to the milL to be crashed. Nor
should they lay atithe-mill any
length of tirne- Top cut crush
and evaporate as rapidly as-
possible. The time to commence work-
ing up cane is when the seed is
fully in thedough a'hd.continue
until tlie seed .Is nearly "ripe.
Stalling longer than thisthe
juice decreases commences gro-
wing -acid and requires more
neutralizing agents ahVofwhich
tend to Injure both color and
taste of the syrup. Acidity can.
be neutralized thoroughly by
using enough strong alkali.
Some use soda altogether but
r this is expensive and. lime is
said to be equally as good and!
efficient Sometimes it requiresr
a taBIespoonfiil of strong soda to
a gallon of juice This" will
make the syrup smell decidedly
of alkali but this will disappear
ina short time and theseagents
(either soda or lime) are not
unhealthy when not taken in
too strong doses. But these mat-
ters cannot be directed without
practical sense in the operation.
Some cane has five limes the-
acidity of others. It is con-
venient to have litmus paper
for testing this matter which-
can generally be had at good.
drug stores
It is necessary to have a good
iron mill for crushing. Hedge's-
mill is considered good and.
Cook's evaporator iff generally-
used. Though by an experi-
enced hand just as good syrup
can be made with a kettle. "or
iron pan which can be made by
any fanner. A pan made of
galvanized sheet-iron ten feet
long; can be easily and cheaply-
made and that is wtiat we
should all consult at this -time.
Turn up the sides and ends of
the iron and nail carefully to
solid plank eight" inches'high
and place the pan over! furnace.
It is best to have two pans
one to clarify the juice inand
tlie other to boil it down one
setting higher thanthe.other'j to
aid in running the juice from
one pan to the other. They
should be set on the furnace so
that they can be easily removed
when to be emptied so as not
to scorch.
Lime water made from fresh
lime is a good agent for clarify-
ing and does not colpr thesy-
rup so much as the carbonate
of soda. Sugar of lead is the
most efficient clarifyer and is
used by some unscrupulous'ope-
rators but it is a rank poison
and should not' be used. With
care and the exercise of a. good
share of practical sense a far
better and healthier syrup can
be made than most of the foul
stuff sold at most of our provis-
ion stores made of corn and
muriatic acid. Did our popula-
tion but once visit the molasses
vats at Louisiana or Cuba or
our corn and acid manufacturing
establishments at Terre Haute
Davenport etc. very little of
syrups of commerce would be
touched. But in our modern
biTl-of fareignorance-is blfss-if
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