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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-15
VIO FACTORS AND PLANTERS.
KLoPPENBURG'S COTTON GIN STANDS.
4S7.. Decatur Street.
Formerly Victory Street,
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

Having made thorough repairs for the new sea-
son. respectfully inform the factors and planters
that am again prepared to fill all orders for sacks
for the shipment of seed cotton, which will be fur.
nished to responsible parties, as usual, free of
charge
viii GIN and BALE COTTON at the same rate as
formerly VIZ: For the seed only, and charge for
bagging and ties at the market rate
All ORDERS will be PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
II left in box at No 2o0 Qravier street, corner of
Baronne street. Also lock boy No. 4O1 Postoffioe
The celebrated E. CARVER l. CO s GIN used.
an22 2rn
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-15

APP1ETos's Journal is published weekly, and
consists of thirty-twO pages quartO. each number
attractively illustrated. Its contents consist of
Illustrated papers upon the rarious subjects that
pertain to the pursuits and recreations Of the
people, whether Of town or country; pictorial
descriptions Of famous lOcaiities Biographical
Sketches with portraits of celebrities in art l:era
OF aventure upon ite,arv anu anS
topics entertaining papers the many subjects
that enlist the sympathy pque the curiosity OF
intelligent minds; and choice fiction II the form of
serial novels and short stories.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-15

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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-15

MADAME BLACK, THE GREAT INDIAN
M AstrOl0gist, is still at l9l CarOndeet street,
near Julia She will disclose to you past, present
and future events Of your life, whether connected
with marriage, business. etc. Has sure remedy
for rheumatism, and for reconciling estranged
lovers. Satisfaction given or nOpay. my4 "
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-15

APPLEToN's JOURNAL is now one of the most
generous IN size. elegant in illustration. and IN
teres;ing in reading contents, OF auy periodical
pub,shed.-BOston Post.
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
Universal Dissatisfaction.

How often do we see persons who
wish to be taken for what they are not.
The boy apes the man; the man affects
the ways of boyhood. The sailor envies
the landsman's lot; the landsman, for
pleasure, goes to sea. The business man
who must travel from town to town,
and from country to country, dreams of
the day when he will be able to "settle
down" the man of sedentary occupa-
ton grieves over the thought that he
has to vegetate like a cabbage in one
spot, and signs for the time when he
may travel. The town-bred youth halls
with JOY the morning in which he is en-
abled to get out where he can breathe
pure air and ramble among green fields
the country lad is all wonder and admit
ration when, he first sees the rows of
town gas-lamps tapering away in per-
spective like beads Of gold, and he is ex-
cited by the blaze Of gas which pours
from the windows on the road. Your
fine musician would like to be q great
painter, your wit q dignifed philoso-
pher, your philosopher a wit, able to set
the table in a roar. Even an oyster, if
we could enter into the feelings of an
oyster, would wish to put forth fms and
have q 6ne flexible tail, and sail abroad
to see the world, while the travelled fish
looks with an eye of envy on the oyster
as one who lives without work-a fish
of independent means, who has got q
fixed position and q good strong house
of its own.
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07

undertaken took q natural pride in show
ing his wares, and would point out the
particular advantages Of various styles Of
%cofins, but the lady's charms had no eff
feet upon him; he had more serious
things to think of. Finally the lady
ceased to call upon him, and for a few
months he saw nothing Of her. At last,
however, she returned, expressing a wish
to have her husband buried and short
ly afterwards her first was consigned to
his long home. 1t was not long before
she called again, and was received with
smiles-for her second was dead. Soon
a third went the way of all flesh, and the
undertaker's heart opened. He admired
the character off woman who could thus
withstand the ills Of life, MOI could he as
a shopkeeper fail to be interested in so
good a customer. r,sa-
Again she piled her arts, and got the
undertaken, now fast becoming a victim,
to. marry her at last, and so her life's
work was accomplished, and she was
happy in the thought that he whom she
had taken SO much trouble to win at last
was hers, and hers alone and only. But
murder will out. 1t appears that the
lady was a somniloquist, and n night
her husbands hair rose on end, as in her
sleep she partially disclosed her dreadful
deeds. Inquiry followed, and it was
found that the loving wretch had actual
" poisoned three husbands to get one.
The moral seems to be that u~ndertakers
should not give way to the wiles of good
customers, especially when they happen
to be lovely widows, who once have ogled
them.
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
Effects of Liquors.

The effects of alcoholup the healthy
human body have been recently careful
ly observed by Drs. Parkes and Wollow-
icz, Of the British army. One or two
fluid ounces of the stimulant per day in
creased the appetite, while four or more
ounces sensibly diminished it, the effect
being more marked with brandy than
with rectifed spirits. Digestion was
not, however, impeded, nor the tempera-
ture lowered but though there were
strong feelings of warmth in the stom-
ach, face, ETC., it was not clear that the
temperature was increased. No direct
effect upon the nervous system vas shown
by the elimination of phosphoric acid,
caused by the action of the brain but
the physical state of the body changed
with the size of the dose, narcotism be-
ing strongly developed when the first
very small amounts were exceeded. The
effect upon the heart was extraordinary.
The experiments extended over q period
Of 6 days; and during of them, when
water alone was drunk, the heart-beats
averaged per day 100000; with alcohol,
in the 6 following, they were $4,000,
and with brandy they subsequently
reached $4,000. The daily work of the
heart is about 1872 tons lifted l foot, Tor
122 f~oot-tons) !; its extra work in the al
coholic period was 1873 foot-tons per day,
and in the brandy period "a foot-tons.
In closing, the observers give it as their
opinion that the loss of appetite, the
greater rapidity in the hearts beats, and
the narcotism are " all owing to nervous
implications" and add, 1--WE were hardly
prepared for the ease with which the ap-
petite may be destroyed and the heart
unduly excited. ,
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
Iron Boats on the Ohio.

Iron boats for the Ohio River have
finally come into competition with
wooden ones, and, of course have won
the day. Captain Boardman, of Cincin-
natl, has just completed an iron steam
boat, the John T. Moore, and, on Mon
day she was ready to take her first car
gofor New Orleans and Red River. Hav-
ing an iron hull, divided into eleven
water-tight compartments, which makes
it practically impossible to sink her, she
is entitled to an abatement of rates of
insurance on the cargo according to the
diminished risk. But the masters Of the
wooden boats did not fancy this Just
dissemination against them, and so
brought their combined influence to
bear on the Cincinnati insurance COM
pany, by a threat to withdraw their
risks it they insured on the iron Moore
for less than the wooden rate. The
home companies yielded, but some of the
agents OF foreign companies gave Cap
tain Boardman reduced rates of insur-
ance and he was enable to lessen freight
rates accordingly. This is one signif-
can't fact for Pittsburgh river men to
consider. Another OF equal import Is
that the friends of Captain Pittsield,
the builder Of Boardman's iron boat,
have in contemplation the formation
OF a joint stock company, with $500, 900
capital, in Cincinnati, for the purpose of
building iron hulls. Anumber of promi-
nent steamboat builders have already
signited their intention of becoming
shareholders in the enterprise. There is
an immense advantage in being first
to build the iron boats, which will soon
be the only kind used on the Western
rivers. Shall Cincinnati get ahead of
Pittsburg in what should be our own
ield?-Pittshuy Despatch.
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
The Old Confidence in Superstition.

That prosaic and coldly rational tenn
per with which modern men are won't
to regard natural phenomena was in
early times unknown. We have COM
to regard all events as taking place re-
gularly, in strict conformity to law
whatever our official theories may be,
we instinctively take this view of things.
But our primitive ancestors knew moth
ing about the laws of nature, nothing
about physical forces, nothing about the
relations of cause and effect, nothing
about the necessary regularity Of things.
There was a time in the history Of man
kind when these things had never been
inquired into, and when no generaliza-
lions about them had been framed, test
ed, or established. There was no con-
ception of an order of nature, and there
fore no distinct conception of super
natural order of things. There was no
belief in miracles as attractions of natur-
al laws, but there was a belief in the
occurrence Of wonderful events, too
mighty to have been brought about by
.4rdipafy means There was an unlimited
oapacilsy for pelieving aud fancying, be-
cause fancy and belief had not yet been
checked and headed off in various di-
rections by establishing rules Of ex-
perience.
Physical science is a very late acquisi-
ton Of human mind, but we are already
sufficiently imbued with it to be almost
completely disabled from comprehend
ing the thoughts Of our ancestors. "How
Finn cosmogonists could have believed
the earth and heaven to be made out of
a severed egg, the upper concave shell
representing heaven, the yolk being the
earth, and the crystal surrounding fluid
the circumambient ocean, is to US in
comprehensive I; and yet it remains a
fact that they did so regard them. How
the Scandinavians could have supposed
the mountains to be the moldering bones
Of a mighty Jotun, and the earth to be
his fostering flesh, we cannot conceive;
yet such a theory was solemnly taught
and accepted. How the ancient Indians
could regard the rain clouds as COWS,
with full udders MIXED by the winds of
Heaven, is beyond our comprehension
and yet their Veda contains indisputab]e
testimony to the fact that they were SO
regarded"
We have only to read MI. Barring
Gould's book of Curious Myths" from
which we have just quoted, or dip into
Mr.. Thorpe's great treatise on North
ern Mythology" to realize how vast is
the difference between our standpoint
and that from which, in the latter Mid
die Ages, our immediate f~orefathers re-
garded things. The frightful supersti-
ton Of were-wolves is q good instance.
In those days it was firmly believed that
men could be, and were in the habit of
being, transformed into wolves. 1t was
believed that women might bring forth
snakes or poodle dogs. It was believed
that if a man had his side pierced in
battle, you could cure him by nursing
the sword which inflicted the wound.
Gas late as 1900, a German writer would
illustrate a thunder storm destroying a
crop Of corn by a picture of a dragon
~devouring the produce of the field with
his flaming tongue and iron teeth
atlantic Monthly. q
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
Smart Ciphering.

The Cincinnati Enquirer tells an
amusing incident in which the late Wes-
ley Smead, the well-known and eccen-
trio banker. and an ~impecunious citizen,
whose credit did not stand very high in
bank parlors, were the actors. Mr.. R.
called upon Mr.. Smead for a loan. Scr
tainly, Mr. R., I shall accommodate you
with pleasure" "But, Mr.. Smead, l
shall want it for a long time" so
much the better, Mr.. R." "And want
$4,000 for ten years" "Couldn't be
better, MI. r., that will just answer"
said MI. Smead; 81 shall be moderate
with you, and charge you but ten per
cent" "That is generous" responded
B., " expected to be charged a higher
rate" 1.-THE rule with bankers, you
know" continued Smead, sis to take
the interest in advance for the time the
note has to run. I will deduct ten per
cent. in advance for the time the note
has to run. / will deduct ten per cent.
for ten years from the ten thousand you
ask, and let you have the proceeds Of
your note" The Enquirer adds: 1T
took Ridenour to the day Of his death to
get that thro' his shar.
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
A PerSeyering Woman.

The perseverance with which some
ONE follow the object upon the ac-
co~mplishment of which they have once
set their hearts is well illustrated by the
following facts, which were brought to
light in Poland:
Early in life Miss Szettel fell in love
with an undertaken of the greatest re-
spectability, and Of good standing in the
CHASTITY profession which he had chosen.
No hearse ever came too early or too
late to a funeral of which Mr.. Tomas
had control, and when a rosewood coffin
was ordered, one Of the genuine wood
was furnished there was no humbug,
no trickery about Mr.. Tomss-all was
open and above board. By such traits
Of character as these things show, the
undertaken had amassed quite a princely
fortune; his person was comedy, his pres
ence such as to inspire confidence, and
SO Miss Szettel determined that he should
be hers. Many arts were tried in vain.
Sometimes she would pretend to be out
shopping, and would stop at Mr.. Tomas
shop and ask the price Of collins. The
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07

In considering the shoddy element in
literature, the first thing which arrests
the attention is the romance Of rascality
and the novel ofsensation. The authors
of these seem to plunge into the records
of the criminal courts in search Of their
plots and characters, and such "swells'
as Pelham and Pendennis give place to
ruf6ans of the swell mob. The two
chief elements of interest are bigamy
and murder. In the old sentimental
novel the heroine went through three
volumes of difficulties to get one hus-
band now, as in Miss Braddon's aurora
Floyd, she begins with two, and devotes
her energies through the three volumes
to the getting rid Of the s~uperhuous one.
And then the indifference to human life
displayed by these romancers really de-
mands the attention of the literary po-
lice. Thus if a character is in their way,
or if they get tired of him, they coolly
run him through the body with a goose
quill, and literally blot him out of exist
ence, thus furnishing a new proof that
"the pen is mightier than the sword"
All their power is of the blood-letting,
misunderstanding, teeth-gnashing and in
terjectional sort. Strange that in a war
so prolific in heroism as that we have
gone through, with the newspapers
crammed with incidents that exceed in
interest the marvels of fiction, there
should be found any class of our So
ciety that should go to such horrible
trash as the literature Of yellow covers
for mental excitement. Nothing lives
in literature but that which has in it the
vitality Of creative art and it would be
safe advice to the young to read nothing
but what is old. In this way they would
at least avoid being swindled by the
perishable shoddy Of the mind, which
now woos their attention in the slop-
shops of letters. The stuff will not wear
and if q person could only see his own
mind, with the rags of these suits hang
ing loose on his thoughts and affections,
he would start back amazed at the intel
lectual scarecrow he was made to appear.
But we fear the term " shoddy" cannot
be confined to this kind Of literature, but
must be extended to many weak though
well-intentioned volumes which propose
a moral and religious aim. These books
have q painfully childish and "do-me-
good" air, and, while they evince a par
rot-like memory Of moral truisms and
religious phrases, are without an atom
of moral vitality and spiritual might.
They super6cialize the most important
principles, are the mere shoddy covering
Of commonplace morality and lip re-
ligion, the textbooks whence are drawn
the ethics Of weaklings and the theology
of hypocritas. Good books are never
written by goodies and the great
ideas which represent the deepest facts
strong souls, communicate inspiration to
the heart and power to the will, are soon
shorn Of their vitality, and dwindle into
mere mockeries Of spiritual experience,
when manufactured mechanically for
the religious MARKET. P. Whipple, in
the atlantic Monthly.
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
KATRINA ON THE PORCH.


'A&aT = BY ALICE CARY.
An old, old house by the. side of the sea.
And never a picture poet would paint;
But L hold the woman above the saint.
And the light Of the hearth is more to me
Than the simmer of the, air-built castle.
II fits as it grew to the landscape there
One hardly feels as it stands aloof ssa
Where the sandstone ends, and the red slate
roof h So
Juts over the window, low and square,
That looks on the wild-sea-water.
.MFA TxA@&W aAAG8Q EEw
From the top of the hill so green and high
There slopeth a level OF golden moss
That bars OF scarlet and amber cross.
And rolling out to the father sky 90 q
In the world of wild sea-water.
Some starved grape vineyards round about
"A zigzag road cut deep with ruts-s y~
A little cluster of fishers huts,
And black sane scalloping in and out s.,.v
'Twixt th'land and tn wild sea-water.s
Gray fragments of some border overs
Flat, peH-mell on a circling mound, gt
With a furrow deeply worn all round
By the feet of children through the flowers,
And all by the wild sea-water.
.Egm HEM @~2#s8H ~
And there, from the sEycry break o. tn day
u the even purple drops to the land,
She sits with her cheek like the rose in her
hand, @s.*A p *4a @''@s ~
And her sad and wistful eyes one way
The way of the wild sea-water.
Nss g. asast ~ .ssa7sa tsols.r seia4 tng
And there, from the hight till the yellow morn
Falls over the huts and tn scallops Of sand
A tangle of curls like a torch in her hand
sits and maketh her moan so lorn,
With the moan of the wild sea-water.
mn Wk6BI
Only a study for homely eyes, 1.um
And never a picture a poet would paint:
But 1 hold to the woman above the saint,
Andsthe iightaof the humblest hearth I prize
Der the luminous air-built castle. 81 aR hus
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07

A live cat was found in the mail bag at
q town in Maine one day last week.
The Postmaster made diigent search
through all the United States postage
laws to ascertain the amount of postage
on the animal. but found nothing topeh-
ing the case.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

I AZ a meeting OF the citizens nf Clinton
anu vicinity, on the 7fh inst. Col. r. Il
GreaveS Was called To the chair. aud b. r.
#. lager requested To act rs Secretary.
The Chairman then stalled the object of
/ the mt-eting In few brief aud approtlri pt.
remarks. desire being then made known
1 10 proceed TO the organization OF a Demo-
cratic Ciab. on motion n committee OF three
WAS appointed on Permanent Organization.
! " no reported a. their Srlsction r. officers.
/ Col J. Is. Greaves for President. =. Airxan-
der Vice President: DIR. Ell. q Banks Sec
rotary, aud =. A. Wells. Treasurer; all at
whom were unanimously elected Uo nil the
/ several offices tor which they were recon-
| meuded.
Col. Greaves was called upon to express
his views on the State of the country. aud
ne responded in a few very = ell-Iimed re-
mark, show ing he necessity OF ofganiza-
ton and the good 10 the country 10 be oh
tanned therstrum.
He was followed by Prof Preston ID. Jones
in very tine effort who thoroughly de-
mOnstrated the effect and necessity of pre-
sentiug a solid phalsnx To the Zoe, il We
expected good 10 result from our underta-
r%ings. said he had married a Southern
lady, and felt fully and fairly Identified with
the South.
On motion. a committee of three was
appointed 10 confer with the Republican
Cub OF this place relative 70 a joint discus
sion and division of time with Democratic
speakers az a mass meeting to be held in or
near this place. on Saturday the 2lst inst
said committee was also requested u con-
fer with Col III. Miller. Gen. e. r Hooker
Thomas Wharton, George Potter, FitZger-
aid, and other distinguished gentle men
whom they might see proper to invite to
join in the discussion of the political issues
of the day. Capt. Henry. Capt. Burke and
+. Il. Lewis were appointed on said com
mittee.
On motion, the President OF the Club was
added TO the committee.
On motion, the Club adopted the platform
as set forth by the Democratic party of the
United States. and claim To be auxiliary To
the Democratic Association of Mississippi.
Resolved, That this club recommend the
formation of similar clubs at every pre-
ciDct throughout the county.
Resolved, That The CLARION. at Jackson.
and the Kinds County Gazette be requested
To publish the proceedings of this club.
Il. +. EAGER, Sec'y.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

Do not fancy because you feel strong that
you are impreg nable to sickness. Whole
neighborhOods are frequently Frustrated at
this season by malarious fevers. Vigorous
muscles and strong sinews, broad shoulders
aud sound lungs, are no defence against the
mephitic vapors of autum. Frames which
have withstood the summer heat may sue
cumb now. Many an athletic man, whose
family depends for its support OF his indus
try, now lies prostrate, weak and helpless as
babe, under the periodical assaults OF
chills and fever. or bilious remitteut fever
This could not be if all were wise enough TO
provide against such a contingency, by tom
ing and Certifying the system with Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. This approved veg
etabe tonic is absolutely harmless, so that
it is sheer folly not TO take it as a safeguard
at a season when diseases of the liver, the
stomach, the bowels, and indeed all the Wis
ceral organs are generally prevalent. To
keep the system in order and insure health.
or to put it In order when this precaution
has been neglected. is the duty of every
human being who values life. For both
these purposes Hostetter's Bitters is design
ed, and it answers both. Petty local dealers
are endeavoring, in many parts of the eoun-
try. TO substitute preparations made of inn
pure and dangerous materials in its stead
Give them a wide berth. They are prepar-
ed by unskillful eXperimentors, who want
to turn penny at the expense OF the pub
lie health.