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Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-05
THE TIDAL WAVE.

As some people seem still so deter
mined to believe in the coming in and
over our city of an overwhelming
volume of water from the Lake, and
are ready to witness the realization of
their fears in every breeze that blows,
and every shower that falls, We copy
for their information and assurance
the letter written recently by Profess
sor Maury on this very subject, and
before published in this City by the
Times:
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, |
Lexington, Sept. Is, 1871.
---Esq., New Orleans
Dear Sir-Your letter of the Sth
inst, tarried by the way.
/ have too much respect for Mr..
Agassiz to suppose that he has at
tempted to predict an earthquake
or to forecast any such tidal wave for
October 5, 6, rs you describe wave
80 immense that it is to submerge the
Southern Atlantic coast, the PENN
sula of Florida and the Gulf coast.
In 1870 a crack-brain i'll England
alarmed many people there, with the
prediction that during the eQuinoctial
tides of that year an immense wave
was to come into the Mersey and dam
age Liverpool.
Scientific men Were called on to al
lay the popular fears caused by his
foolish announcement. This they did
by showing that the equinoctial tides
of that year would not be attended by
any unusual circumstance whatever.
As for an immense tidal wave in the
Gulf of Mexico-that sea is, in this
respect, like the Mediterranean
close seattle entrances to which are
not, as a MON ent's reflection will con-
vince, large enough to admit during
the six hours of flood, water enough to
fill such a sea to overlooking. That
is why you have little or no tides in
these two seas. SO New Orleans is
safe. At any rate she has far more
reason to fear the foods of the Mis-
sissippi from above, with their Gre
vases, than the tides of the Gulf with
their waves.
You know the longest tidal waves
are generated under the new or full
moon of the equinoxes. Amazon, the
Hoogly, the Peiho and other rivers
that, fronting the tides, have open
mouths i'll deep water for good en-
trance.
This wave, after it enters the rivers.
becomes a moving and roaring wall
of. water ten or fifteen feet high.
Warned by the noise and alarmed by
the appearance of the bore" the
watermen ahoat out and made for the
shore in their frail craft to escape Il
fill or capsize.
The South Atlantic coast and the
peninsula of Florida are not only out
of the track and reach of such waves.
but the agencies which pile them up
are wanting there.
Moreover, that long chain of islands
which curtain the coast from the
sounds of Carolina to the capes of
Florida, is breakwater which would
protect and defend our shores from
all the tidal waves that the combined
action of the sun, moon and planets
has power to arise. Respectfully, etc.
M. +. MAURY.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-05
OUR AGENTS.

MISSISSIPPI - Daniel f. Young,
Greenville.
LOUISIANA John 4. Washington,
Black Hawk, Concordia Parish; Hon. q.
Y. Kelso, Alexandria, Antoine a Sterrett,
Shreveport, A. c. Ruth, Carroll Parish.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA james
A. d. Green, Washington City.
ILLINOIS Lewis Il. White, Chicago.
KENTUCKY:-Dr r. A. Green, Louis
vile.
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STATE CENTRAL committee.
OFFICERS.

PgEs'T-P. Is. s. PINCHBACk of Orleans.
RECORDING WILLIAM NlGERS.
CORRESPONDING SEc'Y-J. W. FAIRFAX.
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The treaty of Washington
Making terms with your laundress.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Hon. +. j. HEBRON.
Hon. THOS. J. holland.
Hon. Ed. BUTLER.
Hon. A. W. FAULKNER.
JOHN PARSONS Esq.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-05

By The Sugar Bo,H does not
think the sugar crop this year will
exceed 10000 hogsheads.
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"A Complete Pictorial History Oflhe Timr,.T
" The Bea, CleGpeI and mot Sue
cesym Fan,iy Paper N The
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-03-17

If longevity of human lifo can be an in.
dication of the hcalthfulness of q country,
and it certainly is, the Middle Tenncssee
can claim justly to be the most healthful
locality on the habitablc globe. The recent
census developed in this section numhr
of cases of remarkable longevity, some Of
which VIC published, and which seem al-
most incredulous. But the oldest person
yet remains to he recorded in our columns.
From a volume published in 1854, and
which claims as its chief merits vcracity of
statement, chronicles, among ten thousand
facts, the1leath on January 10, 1884, in
Maury county. Tennessee, of Mrs. Betscy
Trantham, aged 14 years. She was born
in Germany. At the age of 120 her eye
sight became almost extinct, but for 20
years before her death she was unable 70
walk, and required great attention from her
friends from year TO year to prevent her
body from falling below the temperature
necessary to sustain life She had utterly
lost the sense of taste and hearing, and for
20 years could not tell sugar from vinegar.
At 65 years Of age she bore her only child
who was living at the time Of her death, and
who promised to live to IN uncommonly
advanced a2e.-NoaASiUs Union.
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n Sleeping Gar SiOTv.

Two members of tho West Virginia Leg.
islaturc lately took the sleeping cars to 70
to Grafton. The cars were crowded, and
the two had to sleep together. One was
fat; the other was lean; the fat man snorel.
and the lean man therefore lay awake. At
about midnight the insomnia legislator
could no longer stand the stcntorious
breathing of his mate, and rose and sat by
the fire. An old lady entered. and wanted
a place to sleep. "Go to my bcrth," said
the sardonic lean one, II left my little boy
asleep there; l shall sit up. I must think
of legislative things" So the lady went
to the berth. disposed of useless clothing,
and lay down. Presently tho "boy" kick.
cd. Then the lady pattcd him on the back
and said, ''Lic still sonny; pa said I might
sleep along with you" ''Oh, ohw roared
the bison-a boy no more, but bison.
"Thunder! who are you? aint boy.
I'm member of the West Virginia Lcgis.
lature." The lady went into swoon, nor
could she be aroused till the fat man prom.
ised her that he would have the lean ono
impcachcd.
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n SOliftx1.N Filo,eryI.

Riding slowly along the TejuDga noun
tsins, day or two ago, We came suddenly
upon a jacal Of the poorest class, made of
brush and reeds, located at the foot of a
bluff, near small cincga. As we looked,
sorrowing to think that human beings
should be compelled by poverty to live in a
place hardly fit to shelter hog, strange
procession emerged from the aperture
which did duty as q doorway.
First came a man, and then q woman;
after them child The man and woman
between them bore plank, upon which lay
corpse, that Of an old man, whose dead
white hair waved to and fro in the light
breeze, around his hatlcss head. The wo.
man stumbled, and nearly fcll-thc corpse
slipped upon its rough bier, and one arm,
falling from its breast, hung dangling the
nervcless hand striking against bush and
stone, as this strange funeral cortegc moved
onward tV the grave if the shallow hole,
in which this poor traveller found rest, could
be called . grave.
About fifty yards from the house, the
winter rains had washed out gulch some
three feet Deep this had been scooped out
with an old piece of shovel and with hands
and in the hole thus made, the body of
the dead was laid. The earth replaced, q
rude cross erected at the head; and we left
it to its long sleep-nevcr to be broken un-
til the last trump shall echo through the
sphere, heralding the dawn of day without
a night or morrow.-Los 4nyeles Star,
Feb. ED.
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National Masonic Hymn Of Saxon,


The following Is . translation of the National Ma
sonic Hymn Of Saxony, which Is almost invariably
sung at the termination of every Lodge supper and
duly honorcd with the usual Masonic ceremonial.
THE LAST LODGE.
When the last Of the stars. dimly flashing.
Secs old Time to jts end hasten on,
When planets TO- ruin arc dashng.
And the suns light Is pallid and wan:
Through the halls where the Masons arc founding.
Ther temple majestic aud grand,
Snsii " heard that Last cry, loudly sounding;
uasten, Brothers! the morn IL ut hand!
East and West North and South through nil nations
The work at that call will have ceased,
And tho brethren, observing their stations,
Shall look In calm faith to the East:
Joining hands over valleys and highlands,
Where each stands, in the land Of bie BIRTH
snail DC seen Der all continents and ielands,
But ONE LODGE on the face vi the earth.
To the Masters stern voice loudly crying.
Have the MasOns Obeycd my commands
Comes the voice Of the craftsinen. rcplyiug
Look with grace Oh the work Of our hands
In our feeble and poor earthly fashion,
- We have sought to hcw ont the rough etonc.
Let the depth Of eternal compassion,
For the faults Of our labors atone
hats the honr? crics che voice 0! the Mas;cr-
They answer. Low Twelve, but h,!ioid,
The rays of the morning conc faster,
To our eyes All ite yures al.oid!
Al his nod, see all the ves rent asundcr,
And, while earth sinks to chaos and night,
Mid loud Eeals Of the cchOiny thunder,
Shall the brethren be brought to sure light!
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POLITICAL ITEMS.

The message Of Governor Alcorn, Of
Missippi, was SO feet long. ...
Samuel J. Tillden ID spoken OF ~ the
Democratic candidate for United States
senator from Now York, to succeed Mr..
Conkling, whose term expires in 1879.
The Philadelphia Day states that soma Of
the Democratic politicians are looking .
Gen. Meade as the Democratic candidate
for President in 1917.
The Texas Legislature has voted 11,0o5
to pay for portrait Of General Sam. Hous.
ton.
The Legislature Of Rhode Island has 70.
ted down the proposition 10 hold cousti.
tutional convention. p
Fitzpatrick ID mentioned - probable
radical candidate for next. Governor e
New Jersey. te'9
4 A Savannah pap9 h very confident that
the Hon. Ben. b. Hin, Of Georgia, b 70
succeed Nr. Alderman asAttornsy General.
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HYDRAULIC MOBILES.
lFrom the Mining Journal. Eco. ISL


These difficulties combined, succeeded In
arousing the inventive ingenuity Of the mi.
ners, and resulted in bringing to light the
inventions known as the "1mproved by.
draulic Nozzles," the first of which was in.
vented by the Messrs. Craig, of Nevada
county-a county which has had the honor
of inaugurating all the improvements in this
branch Of mining. These improved nozzles
proved q complete substitute for canvas
hose, and by their simplicity of construc-
ton, cheapncss and durability. met with an
immediate. rapid and extensive adoption by
the miners throughout the State This has
enabled them to use with safety sufficient
fall to work the hardest dirt or gravel rap.
idly and cheaply, and at the same time to
use pipe of any size required, so as TO run
all their water in ono stream, which alone
nearly doubles its effectiveness, and besides
places it under the control of single op.
orator: They gain in force, saving manual
labor and cconomizing in every way.
Craiy's Globe Monisor or Globe Hydraulyc
Noz-lc.- This invention consists Of u hollow
ball or globe, with an opening at one side,
into which enters the main feed or supply
pipe, and ono on top, out of which pro.
trudes an elbow joint. One end of this el-
bow is attached to socket, which rcvolvcs
on the interior Of the globe, and at the same
time creates water.tight joint; this joint
enables the operator to change the direction
of the stream from point to point at pleas.
ure. To the other end Of the elbow IL At
tachcd the discbargc.pipe, which may be
of any size desired. The ball rcvolvcs en-.
tircly round horizontally. and up or down,
at an angle of about forty degrees. This
play has been found amply sufficient for all
ordinary mining purposes, and causes
perfect stream to emerge at any point to
which the nozzle may be directed.
AS matter of economy, it not only
places the water of seven or eight ordinary
hose pipes under the control of one man,
but its durability is so great (one lasting
lifetime) that its extra first cost is seldom
noticed, it being in convenience alone worth
more to the miner than the difference Of
cost of canvas hose. The proprictors,
Mcssrs. II. II. & J. CRAIG, of Nevada City,
four different sizes, the larg-
est Of which will run some 1900 inches wa>
ter, ''mincrs' measure" The Messrs. Craig
have three U. s. patents upon tho monitor
and its Improvements, and deserve great
credit for developing so valuable an auxil.
iary to our mining industry.
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Josh Billiss0s and Mis Faxuily.

A exchange says: Lanesboro, Berkshire
county, Massachusetts,, boasts of Henry
Shaw, alias "Josh Billings" is one of her
sons. His father was esquire" Shaw, well
remembered by inhabitants of that town,
and looked up to as one of their first men.
The Squire was not native of the town,
but removed there when young man, and
there married. He owned four or five
farms, of several hundred acres, and WAS
considered worth about $400, 900 at the time
Of his death. He was odd TO tho last de.
gree, and when he was married, drove with
intended bride, Miss Laura Wheeler, of the
same town, to New Lebanon, N. Y, where
they were united by Justice of the Peace,
for one dollar. The Squire had ten chill
drcn -four sons and six daughters, Of whom
"Josh," the second, fully inherited his IA.
ther's oddity. Tho old gentle man removed
from Lancsboro to Now York (whcrc he
became Democratic Alderman, because of
the too near location of an iron furnace to
his grounds. "Josh" is now about fifty
years of age, tall, round shouldercd, and
with an indescribablc expression on his
face, which he always had. He is now
supposed to he worth about $500, 1000. OF
the other children, the sons are all dead.
The mischicvous genius of the Oldest,
Robert, will be long remembered by the
old inhabitants of Lancsboro. lie is credit
cd with taking down the church bell, put.
ting geese into the pulpit Saturday night,
burying kegs of powder and exploding
them, to cause an earthquake. and number.
less other pranks of like nature. Five daugh.
tiers still survive, one of whom was married
to the late Charles NJ Emerson, of Pitts
field.
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There seems1o be great uncertainty - to
the future stand taken BY Congress upon
tho question Of woman's suffrage. OF the
hfty-dve members Of the House voting in
the District Of Columbia, about two. thirds
went out Of Office on the lth Of March, ne.
cessitating large accessions from tho new
members to keep up tho strength Of the
woman reformen In The Forty-second. Con.
gresA The msmbers who favored suf.
frage a1e being honi1ed o. .'deared" by The
apostles Of tbe aew movement, while ths
opponents are analhcmatized.
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Y The latest attempt to hurt the feelings
editorial is in this current story: "ATe you
connected with . psper hersi" asksd :
countryman Of a inmate Of The 1ndians
Insane Asyiup. .'Oh, no." was the reply;
II have been 70 tho insane asylum and
been cured; man never runs ncwepapss
after he b cured" M
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Sufferers from neuralgia may bc pleased
to learn that . medical correspondent Of tho
London Lancet writes: "A few years ago,
when in China, asccrtaincd that the natives
when attacked with facial neuralgia, used
oil Of peppermint, which they lightly ap-
piled to the scat Of pain with camslS hair
pencil Since then, in my own practice, !
frequently employed this oil q iocal an@.
thstic, not only in Rculalsia, but also In
gout, with remarkably good rssulta"
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The southern portion of jackson county,
and tho ncighborhood of Lone Jack is en-
joying the sensation of nine days wonder
They have discovered a family of extraor-
binary size. From party Of sisht-secrs
from this county we learn as follows con-
cerning them: They arrived in Jackson
county about two months ago, and took up
their abode in the woods. Thcparty found
them living in sllanty devoid of windows
and without floor. The light was admitted
through hole in the roof, which also served
As chimney. The party were received by
man eight feet and six inches in height.
who introduced them to his wife and daugh.
ter. the latter mere child, not more than
10 years old, and whose proportions were
even more remarkable than those of her
father. Her name is Rose Plummcr, and,
though not yet in her teens, she is larger
than tho largest of men, standing nearly
seven feet high and proportionately large
otherwise.
The man appeared to be glad to welcome
SAS vsSSSOSoS 0sW AHvSSCN t0CuS " OUCs uC
visitors were surprised to see no table, but
that was soon supplied by two trestles and
few planks laid upon them. They were
also without dishes or crockery of any kind;
the food. consisting of plain corn cake. was
served up on. shingles. The party spprcci.
ated more than they enjoyed the fare.
Plummcr says he came to Missouri last De-
cember from Indiana, and is inclined to
think he has made mistake in his voca.
ton, and proposes to abandon farming and
take his girl and start out in = show this
spring. lie says his fortune 10 made IF
Rose don't quit growing" He remarked in
reply to question q to whether he was
not annoyed by the visits Of the curious:
"Well, no. l don't care as much as the
gal does. l don't charge nothing for show
in of her to the neighLors, who have been
kind to us since we came here, and besides
it will get her used to being looked ut, 90
she will not mind the show business next
summer"
The mother of the girl Is not more than
the ordinary size, and seems to wonder At
the curiosity manifested by sight-seers.-
Kansas City Bulletin.
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PO ETRY

A Plea for Bachelors.
Take courage my friend, It's old bachelors win
The cynical and the purblind.
In all such emergencies, never give in;
Dame Nature 10 sure to be kind.
lmpulsive young fellows, know not the cause.
Will woo-then quarrel arise
The old lion never bctraycth his claws,
Cnless he 10 sure Of the prize.
The eagle not always down-swoops on HE prey;
But wary. approaches the same;
You'll sec him first clear weaker rivals away,
Then quietly gobble the game
Then, bachelors, courage! and never ray die:"
Nor heed 70 refusals few,
Though she airt with the ''youn:lings." obtru.
sively nigh,
Be sure she will marry just you.
-Nns. HELEN n. TAYLOR.
Bsnnack, n T.
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A REJECTED ONE.-A Louisville girl
whose lover called every morning, and
stayed all dsv, and long into the night, be-
came discouraged at 20 much attention,
aud concocted . plan tn get rid of him By
asking him TO help move the piano up
stairs, and after that was done, changed hcr
mind, and had him move it down. She
kept on till she had removed Ill the furpi.
ture in the house seven times, and b didn't
eco the point but the other night in de-
spair, when I've called on her, she threw pail
Of water on him from the window. He says
he can't place any confidence in women,
and has presented bin for removing fur
niturc. True love never did run smooth BY
water power.
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Imagine railway from here to the sun.
How many hours from here to the sun!
Why, if we were to send baby in an ex-
press train, going necessarily at the rate of
hundred miles IN hour without making
any stoppages, the baby would grow to be
boy-tl,e boy would grow to be o man
the man would grow old and die, without
seeing the sun, for it is distant more than
. hundred years from us. But what is this
compared to Neptune's distance! Had Ad-
am and Eve started by our railway at the
creation to 60 from Neptune to the sun, at
the rate Of fifty miles an hour, they would
not have got there yet, for Neptune is more
than six thousand years from the center of
our system. But we are getting into too
large numbers again; we must have some
swiftcr servant than q railway to measure
space for us. Light will answer our pur-
pose, for light will travel from the sun to
the earth in eight minutes. Eight minutes,
then, counting by light, are equivalent to .
hundred years Of railway speed. It would
take about four hours to 50 from the sun
to Neptune. Among the stars, we shall
find that the nearest is three yearsof, count.
ing by light.
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Type. Local Business Notices 2s cents per line
~ Correspondence, short and nc~sy, collected
IRON sAch camp. WHtass name must accompany each
letter, TO guarantee good faith. Permission 70 use
name Or initials preferred.
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+ Terrc Haute, (Ind.) has gone ''clean daft"
over Nilsson. The Gazette critic compares
her to the ''Venioe de Nedici," and says
that her notes fell on ''the tcndrils Of his
heart like .'the bubbling music of distant
waterfalls on bed Of emashsd roses." She
came '.likc gash Of bright sunshine, !" and
when she sang .'Sweet Home" the dazzled
critic felt like .'building castle Of alabas-
ter and gold, surrounding It with rainbews,
shutting It in with gates Of pearl and moon.
shine. empowering Il with roses" }" and then
presenting it, with his compliments, to the
song bird. He didn't do II, though. What
he really did do Vas TO slip quietly round
the corner and stand on his Md.
SALT Your CHnGxEY.-ln building .
chimney put = quantity Of salt into the
mortar with which ~ intercourses of brick
ars to be hid. The effect win be that there
win never bs any accumulation of SCOT in
that chimney. The philosophy il thus
ssssed: ths alt IN ths PORTION Of mortar
which = exposed aheorts moisture from lie
atmosphees syssy daAp ~. Thesoot thus
becpaing demp. fal1a1 1oun = ~ 6rsplaea.
isis 3 - Eaelkh discopely. L d used
With sucoe0 II Ca.adA @ -.
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Origin Of Lsngfellow's Eyangelinc.

Hawthorne dincd one day with Longfel-
low, and brought with him friend from
Salem. After dinner the friend said; II
have been trying to persuade Hawthorne to
write story, based upon legend of Aca-
die and still current there; the legend of q
girl who, in the dispersion of the Acadians,
was separated from her lover, and passed
her life in waiting and seeking for him,
and only found him dying in . hospital
when both were DID," Longfellow won.
dered that this legend did not strike tho
fancy of Hawthorne, and said to him: IF
you have really made up your mind not to
use it for story, will you give it to me for
poem?" To this Hawthorne assentcd,
and moreover, promised not to treat the
subject in prose till Long fellow had seen
what he could do with it in verse. And 30
we have "Evangeline" in beautiful hcxam-
eters,-a poem that will hold its place in
literature while true affection lasts. Haw.
thorne rejoiced in this great success of
Longfellow, and loved to count up the edi-
tions, both foreign and American, Of this
now rld.renowncd poem.
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II Ftt,,siLU Of Giants.

Tile Father Eight Feet and Hulf--TNe
Child Nearly Serca Feet High.