. Our western empire, or, The new West beyond the Mississippi : the latest and most comprehensive work on the states and territories west of the Mississippi : containing the fullest and most complete description, from official and other authentic sources, of the geography, geology and natural history (with abundant incidents and adventures), the climates, soil, agriculture, the mineral and mining products, the crops, and herds and flocks, the social condition, educational and religious progress, and future prospects of the whole region lying between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean : to which
. Our western empire, or, The new West beyond the Mississippi : the latest and most comprehensive work on the states and territories west of the Mississippi : containing the fullest and most complete description, from official and other authentic sources, of the geography, geology and natural history (with abundant incidents and adventures), the climates, soil, agriculture, the mineral and mining products, the crops, and herds and flocks, the social condition, educational and religious progress, and future prospects of the whole region lying between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean : to which is added the various routines, and prices of passage and transportation for emigrants thither, the laws, regulations and provisions for obtaining lands from the national or state government of railroads, counsel as to locations and procuring lands, crops most profitable for culture, mining operations, and the lastest processes for the reduction of gold and silver, the exercise of trades or professions, and detailed descriptions of each state ad territory, with full information concerning Manitoba, British Columbia, and those regions in the Atlantic States adapted to settlement, by those who do not wish to go west, and statistics of crops, areas, rainfall, etc. . know what to dowith more money if he had it; but this is a very poor argumentfor shiftlessness and indolence. No man lives, or should live, forhimself alone. It is every mans duty to do the best he can withthe property which comes into his hands, and he who gives thebest culture possible to his lands, who rears the best animals, ordevelops most fully the resources of his estates, is not onlyenriching himself thereby, but is benefiting his neiglibor by hisenterprise and example, and brings prosperity and wealth to hisState, by thus showing its capacity for future growth and expan-sion. He is the States best citizen who does the most for itsmaterial and intellectual advancement. Railroads and Navigable Waters.—Texas ha
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