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Nothing can equal them for Christmas present.
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GEAvELED-Strcct Commissioner Morris and
hi- sound have very neatly grlrcird Columbus
street Where Norris got the gravel j. to IL
InL nnMn
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cry and envelopes To match.
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\. d. CtNrBELL. Secretary.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
THE OLD STORY.
Sy ALICE CAHRf.

The waiting women wait a. her feet.
And the CAV is fading down to the night,
and close at her pillow. and round and sweet,
The red rose burns like lamp alight.
Under and over the gray mist tops,
And down and down the mOssv caves,
Aud down from the sycamore long wild Ie2ves
9he allow rain drops and drops and drops.
Al. never had eleepe, sleep so fair;
And the waiting women that weep around
Have taken the combs from her golden hair.
And it slidsIh ever Der face to the ground
They have hidden the light from her lovely eyes
and doWh from the caves where the mosses gro "
The tam is dripping so slow, so slow,
Aiid she night wind cries and cries and cries
Prom her hand they nave taken the shining ring;
they have brought the linen her shroud to make
~ the lark, she never SO 10th to sing
ana the morn she was never SO 10th to WSkes
Ana at their sewing they hear the rain
Drp-drop. drip-drOp, over the caves.
Ana drp-drop over tie sycamore leavea,
A. I: slere would never be sYash nc again
ihe mourning train TO the grave has gone.
And the waiting women are here and there
With birds at the windows and CLEANS Of the san,
Making the chamber Of death to be t.ir,
Ana under and over the mist unlaps.
AND ruby and amethyst burn through the gray,
And dIlest bushes grow green with spray.
And the dimpled water its g lad hands ciaps.
The leaves of the sycamore. dance and wave,
Anc the mOlITuerS put elk the mourning shows,
And over III. pathway down to the grave
me long grass blows and blows and bows.
ANA every drip drop rounds to flower,
ana love in the hea,t of the young ma . springs
And the hands of the maiden shine with rings
As II all life were a festival hour.
Atlantic Monthly
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12

Max Adler says: when breeci -!oaIin,
rifles We're first introduced among the Kick
apo" Indians. the principle upon which the
weapons are constructed was not exactly
understood. Jumping Bear go. hold Of one.
tae oarrel OF which opened at the rear with
"a spring and was attached 70 the stock viii,
hinge. The chief got it open and put ;l,
cartridge in. and then he was LrepIv ue-.
picked to know how to get the barrel back
IN AS place again. Alter making sundry
futile efforts he abandoned the attemnt and
carried the gun around with the stock hang
ing loose. He thought he would use il az =
One day. soon afterward. he became en-.
gageIsin discussion with an Arrapahoe
IndIan-probably upon the subiect cf
C..sa:ism. or hired girls. OK the price of
mutton. or something OF the sort. and he
attempted to convince the Other gentleman
OF the unsouneness of his views by vhane.
ing him over the head with the demoralized
gun. As the butt struck the noble SAVAGE
1t shut on the end of the barrel with SLAM.
exploded the cartridge, and in less than a
Minute that exasperated leader OF the Kick.
apoo section OF the North American Indian
race was browsing around in the happy
hunting grounds in condition o. unfeigned
astonlshnent. His beVeaved family neg.
lected 10 toad Up that sacred relic vi their
Departed head until they had taken few
i,essoHs; cut now. when an AIrapaboe In.
dian presents heretical opinions concerning
PROPERLY
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12

Private information reaches me from
Rome confirming the reports which haze
Lately been in circulation respecting he
Pope's health. The holy father, !. seems.
Ia. been iaboring under SONS Sigh, a.,
tacks OF fever. The complaint exhibited no
yer; serious alarming symptoms, but il left
his Holiness in state OF great mental e.
hausflon and prostration. The latcs. It'd
sngs We're that he had already sufficiently
recovered to be able to say mass; but his
receptions and walks in the gardens. and
even IN the library, had been discontinued.
and do not hear tina. they have been since
resumed. My informant from Rome pro-
ceeds TO state that it is the opinion of physi-
clans thoroughly acquainted with the Pope's
constitution. that his health can not fai! to
be dangerously affected BIZ the first chill in
the atmosphere, and that he vii! no. prob
ably be able TO live through the fall @; the
year. You may remember that the impre.
sion OF what might happen ia the autumn
was already toretold by competent persons
IN the early part of the sumner. The ore.
dlctIon may be entitled to little attention.
ous under the circUUstanoes. is a, least
worth referring to.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER IT, 1878

came down from London next morning on
purpose to thank him; then Tom called, and
so-and so-the end of my story, or, per
haps, should say the real beginning OF it,
il that am his wife now.
At first did think it pity :ha. my hus.
band should be only Tom" when I had
always intended TO marry at least three syl-
lables, as am merely Polly" but now l
think Tom the most charming name in the
world, and would not change it.
have only one thing to tell. The old
lady with the disagreeable bonnie. is Toms
aunt. am writing this in her house, which
IS just what l tanciet il. and che is the
dearest and kindest old woman in England.
Una has found her lion," She Gays.
don't think 1 am much like Una: but
Tom is darling old lion, with his tawny
beard and splendid strength, on which his
wife loves to lean. hear him calling
Polly from the lawn, where he lies, lazily
putting his cigar under the cedar: and as
he can growi on occasion, If / keep ais
majesty waiting too long, better go.
"Coming, Lion."-Londo~ Nogu-;ne.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
The Law AbOuf Misce-e,ot:or

Hon. Robert Townsend. a Nebraska pro.
bate Judge. has recently taken some pains
to ascertain. as far as possible. from otficiaI
sources the laws in all the States concern.
ing the intermarriage of whites and blacks,
1ne Omaha Republican. publishing the re.
SUITS OF ans inquiries, says tina. such inter
marriages are now valid in New Y.rL, M
Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts. Con.
nect!cut. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. Mime.
sofa, Iowa. Kansas. New Jersey. South
Carolina. Florida. Alabama, Mississjppi
Louisiana. Texas. Arkansas and the Dis.
frics o: Columbia. Maine. Michigan and
lIlinoi. report that. although ,hey have
proh!5itory statutes, yet the law with them
Is dead letter. and that such marriages
frequently occur The gentleman reply
ing from Connecticut said: There is no
law IN this. State that prohibits the inter.
nar!!ag" OF whites and blacks unless the
black Objects
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
From the German of Paul Gerok.i
THE CHILDREN'S CHURCH,
1Y SAMRs PRAFMAS CLARKE.


Sy JAMES PRsEMAs CLARaE.
she sel'. Of the churches are ,inging-.
Papa and mamma have both gone
Ind three little children sit singing
Together this still Sunday morn.
while the bells toll away in the steepies
Though too small 10 sit i'll rev.
These busy religious small people
Determined to have their church tod.
90, as free 80 the birds, ~ the bHeezes
by which their fair ringlets are fanneds
Each rogue sings away a. ne 9Ieases.
With book upside down III bis hand.
Their hymH has Nc sense w lis letter.
Their music rythm nor tune;
Our worship, perhaps may be better
But theirs reaches God quite - 5000
Their angels stand close 20 the Father:
His heaven is AIDE bright by these howers;
And the dear God above us would rather
Hear praise from then lip than from 0uIs.
Sing on, little ehiidrsn--your voices
FIJI the air with contentment and love;
4ll nature around you reJOices,
And the BIRDS MARBLE eetly above.
Sing on--for The proudest oratioDs.
The lturgies sacred and long,
The anthems and orehp of nations
Are poor to your innocent song.
Sing on-our devotion is colder,
Though wisely our pra yers may be planned.
For often we, too, who are older,
Hold our book the wrong way in our band.
Sing on-Our harmonic inventions
We study with labor and pain
Yet Often our angry contentious
Take the harmony out of our strain.
Sing on--all our struggle and battle.
Our cry, when most deep and sincere
What are they. child's simple prattle.
breath in the Infinite Ear.
-[Harpers Magazine.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
sad Accident; at Il Grenade.

| Ihose OF our readers acquainted o.: Ma,
son son street VIII remember that the roof 10
Mf. forceps saloon adioins his house and
Is approached by two windows. One az
these windows j. in Mr.. Forcap.' bedrro,r
OL this roo: MIS-. tOrceps has spread heal.
tatlng tomatoes with \ view to tasteninr
theI: r!peHess Last Wednesday hight she
puI :Ee more with thei. fellows. making
thirty "a all.
ihe Forceps have niece visiting theme.
ayounS lady named Hall. OF Thomastou.
one mas made the acquaintance OF MANY of
ous young people. and on Wednesday night
several ot them got together to give her a
serenade. Providing themselves with re.u;-
sue instruments, the young men took up q
position near this addition we speak of. and
struck III, on the Instruments. Mrs. For.
'eps was first awakened by the music. and
nudged he: husband. He also awoke. The
music WAS grani-not loud or coarse. but
soft. low and harmonious. Mr.. Forcens
was very much pleased, and got up T, the
window TO hea. Il. Then Mira Forcens GOT
up also, and retylng her nightcap. stood be.
sioe rorceps. hey tie serenadinc Ellen"
SAD sue. IL know it, said Forceps. "Who
can shey be she asked. Il don't know.
IN! : u sure. SAID ne. "but suppose could
i ,lnn "ut l could creep out on the roo. and
iooH over: Why don't you.' said she.
her curiosity Increasing. I'm afraid they
Elsht see me. he said. 81 don't think
they Wond. she said They wouldn't be
'ookln2 upon the roof. would thew ~
ar. F"roeps thOu.l, a moment and tie,,
concluded 10 one could see him. As the
moon had gon. INTO a bank of clouds. and
object. were quite dim. And then he softly
opened the blind and cautiously cr.wled
out on the shin gles. com ,le.ely encaset in
red fame! unde.ciothes and a uighteaD of
the same .leh material. The musi. stilI
continued coming Hp through the night air
IN wave. o: .cstatlc harmony. Mr.. Fcrcep.
sat down Oh the root and laboriou,lv
Wof.eH his way TO the caves. Then he !
ilteo himself up to turn over and look
GOWN. and Just then ne stepped on some
,hing soft and yielding, fels his feet give.
made q desperate clutch at che shin. !
giee., va. too late. gave piercing I
shriek. and shot off the roof and wen, !;
REVOLVING and bowling IN among the band. !
followed by TIE tomatoes. and madly eIeay-
ns the air with bis I'D flannel limbo. He |
struck on his back oBthe bass yio!. and |
with one leg tore the eDtrails from al, ac. !
'ordeon. and with the other Knocked all
ne keys from sllver-mounted flute. The
haH who plays this bass VOL was driven
,enseiess into pie OF pea brush and the
lutte player. with bis mouth full of blood
md sp!nters. jumped over the fence and
What became Of the others MI. Force,s
ioes not know, he being too busily engaged
getting on his feet and into the house to
naAe critical examination of the field. It
presumed the bass VOL man died on the
POT ano was srrrePtitiausly removed and
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
American Ministers In Go,s

| lLondon Letter to the washington CHI.
So far as we can learn, and wa haeI
reason to doubt the source of onr 1--we ;nHe no
ton, General Schenck, in his popula, ;orma.
| influence, compares favorably with ny and
| Francis Adams, Reverdy johnson o ~ H
Motley. The first and last pridsa " :, Mr.
selves on their exciusivenesss. Tha-, tnen
few English and no Americans ~ Anew
no place In the world where one can b
exclusive as in London. Here one If 70 !, 80
pleases, can retire from the world .na 40 30
its vanities. He can, if be wishes, MI. all
his own family and particular friends aa
heard Of no more. This is what H aaa 90
Adams and Motley did with eminent es sa
cess. Reverdy johnson, being of co, s9c'
ial, social nature, and having a traotvN
negotiate, went about dining and dr;uEyt 70
in the. Lveliest and most cheerful mang
he came il time to be regarded o. =,
ablest diplomat. in digestive way. in w. an
Europe. ~ all
And why Is it that diplomatic aoa,.
paid SlS,0O0 year by our paternal Cove.
ment, can be SO exclusive at his post ,s -
BEE no Onet The answer is, because sneI
diplomatic agent has nothing wbatavsr. y.
do in diplomatic way; and wa I ars ss TO
ished that Henry Watterson. 40 az ol'
journalist as he is, should commi, the oh
surd blunder of calling for an able stat ao'
man to NIL the place of minister here. wbs~
a little inquiry and less thOupht VIII
have taught him that the position ia WITH
out any responsibility or duty, ,rus. -.
labor. In word, it is sinecure. VI
European dipiomacy-by which we mean
the employment of agents possessed of cor.
tain diplomatic powers to reside abroaa
and represent their several governments in
such capaclty-has long since lost its nae.
funess. 1t never had even an existence
with US, and could not, under anv circrm,
stances. have any usefulness The fathers
n the creation of our government. recoa
1ized our isolated condition, so far az En-.
..ope was concerned, with great com
ort, and made no provision for n
diplomatic corps. Until the wear 1855 j.
vas not even recognized by law, and tina
gents sent abroad in a sO-called diplomats
apacity were regarded as clerks of ths
tate Department. They are such now.
The President can not commission min
ster plenipotentiary, for he can not clotbe
ne agent with power he, the President.
oes not himself possess. Without such
overs the so-called minister is oniy men,
y-post. He receives and forwards dis
atches that could quite as well be sent al.
oct oy mail. We had a lively illustration
this In the case of Reverdy johnson
he gay. old gormand negotiated treaty
nder the impression that he was min
ter pienipotentiary, and the President con-
rmed tho action of his agent The English
atesmen took lesson in our constitution
seeing the Senate Of the United States
lect the work of the executive.
Ihe whole affair is sham and mock.
y. Contrary, as we have said. to the
irlt and letter of our constitution, it suf.
RS by the contrast the agents or the clerks
the State department make to the real
diplomatic corps of Europe.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12

! Correspondence of the Cincinnati Comme rcaI
An American lady who was being shown
| through one of the shows of London-New-
| gate-the other day expressed herself rather
! forclbly to the warder concerning several
features OF the prison, which hardly ap-
peareo 10 ner humane: She was grieved to
see the elaborate and new machinery for.
holding prisoners tight while they are
1logged with the cat, stocks for holding
Ihelr 1eet, and similar arrangements for the
body and hands. The lady asked where
the thumb screw was. The warder limo.
Gently replied that they hadn't any. How.
ever, he must afterward have pondared
more profoundly over the sarcasm of the
inquiry, for more recently another Amerie
can lady. upon giving expression to a SINE
lar feeling abou. the resuscitated stocks,
was sharply told by the warder that theyo
haa managed to gee along there withouS
Ho9gln2 lot many years. until some Amerlo
cans came over and began to garrote the
citizens. and this was found to be the onls
way OF dealing with them. The lady replied:
that II must have been because the English
came over ana took away theiy business
since American prisons were full Of English
men.
them wa
On coming 70 the small sliev IN wsieS
executed criminals are buried. ;hi. lady.
VINO is a good Observation-Disclosures .. that
and the warder said
"sou will netice hers that our. Il a ~
improvement over she american plan. In
America they. give the bodies of executed
criminals to their friends, who. as likely az
nof' make a hero of him, and bury him With
pomp. Blu: these scoundrels dred being
buried away in this alley almost as ,nucS
as they dread the gallows. This Il = chieS
par1 OF their punishment.
Inc lady having suggested that execs.
.loh was quite enough, the warder replied:
NOT a bit Of it. J was showing our place
Inc other day to "a remarkably intellipens
american. who admired our ARRANGEMENTS
exceedingly. only he thought we were ton
enient. That gentleman said that the
great mistake in America was leniency.
Would you believe it q said he. I'VE caug6t
rascal ~ America the other day whom WE.
ought INN dately to have burned. and wa
'nly hung him. But we are con;no to on,.
enses, and are now making ARRANGEMENT
o burn certain men for whom the gallo,ys
: too gOod''
'Wlll thee be good enough to tel! me the
anne OF the American gentleman who made
nat remark to thee ~ said the Ouakeress
An. .'es," said the warder, reflectivelv.
let me scott was Mr.. Mark Twain
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12

| happy. 1.here is nothing more worthy {
mans admir- alton than the sky above him
| and that proc ess of the seasons which comes
to all alike. Town everything that you own
and display. Is your house yours! To pay
the taxes, yes; to bear the responsibility
yes. But its beauty is mine. Is your gar
den and orchard yours9 Mine too, mine the
the color and mine the gladness that you
are glad. No man can appropriate the
wales or mountains, the seasons or the at
mOsphere. A walk in Broadway is enjoy
ment, and a walk in Washington street is
refreshment; it il great deal better than
sitting IN "a char and repining. ( am always
glad, too. TO see the faces Of little children.
They are seclebody's children, if not mine,
and should suspect myself of growing old
and adamantine indeed it boys and girls
could pass before me without waking up a
joy within my soul. He who has the SYM
patty and respect of his neighbors who
know him and love him, he who has heart
to rejoice in the happiness Of other men. he
who has been trained to enjoy himself in
nature. he who knows how to maintain
himself on little. he who has faith, seIfre.
lance and faith, need not be harmed by
going down. Let no man. then. count that
the worst misfortune can befall him. Let
us look higher than mere property, to some
thing which will stand us instead when
every thing else fails.
Young man, if you are happy now, if you
have eDjoyments now outside of those of
mere fancy, founded ON moral and rational
grounds, carry that along with you; for the
Investment you make now of the heart and
conscience will determine whether YOU
shall be happy, rich or poor hereafter No
comes from money. All happi- !
less comes from the soul itself; and if YOU |
row rich and grow curmudseons, it 10 not !
n the power of joy TO ring the bell in your
teeple; but if you grow poor in your mis-
ortunes, it is not in the power Of poverty !
o put out your light of enjoyment in the
nan who can enjoy himself The man who
as learned to be proof against all misfor.
unes is proof against death itself [Ap-
lause.i
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
Death OF a Priest.

we are panied to chronicle the demise OF
the Rev: Father McGratl, project OF the
second division, and professor of English.
rhetoric and algebra in the Jefferson Col.
iege, OF this parish. This sad calamity took
place last FRIDAY, and the fathers remains
were followed to the grave Saturday by a
large concourse of friends and mournerS.-
81. James Sentinel.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
DE 0uincey's Method of Compo.,tsa,.
From Hearth and uo,,o

H'S singular but true, that Thomas De
Puincey must be included in the LIST of "ofic
manu. 10 might be said "slap dash y an
'hors. The sentences of the opium eater
seem at nrst sight to be constructed with
.A.rehe deHoeratlon and sedulous attep-
ton to the choice of every Vol T." ~
miscellaneous essays of De Orincer 80
especially. the style is measured and mn.
hurried. The slow paragraph rolls 49,,
through irazes and parentheses with snbti..
pauses. invoiutions, complicated connec,
lions. ana far-reaching illusions, lin.
aLteE Hhe' page after page almost and
the reader seems listening TO the Itter.
ances of some sage delivering his nyofnnnd
thoughts n sentences as deliberate as th,
occasion requires" '
Inc real TACT is that De Quincy was one
OF the most Cf-hand of writers. Wben Nv.
mooc OF composition came he sat down a,
once. hcraw!ed with great rapiditv in ais
ena.F n"howr!l!n. page after page. with.
out taking the trouble to Grass. ,bre,v .bs
written sheets over his shoulders on, h..
one, ana having 'wreaked himsel: upon
expression and gotten rid of IDEAS. Wen.
VAC" |" MS rccanter of laudanum. entire!-
oph'fons anI equally careless of the !t-.o
upon the h'o'. That litter was picked us
as ana sent to Mr.. Black wood. any
81 .he author only saw his work again whes
~ was 10 PRINT. 1t il all collected sow is,
solumes-ths iasty scrawlin. o. pre.s
se"'oS-and the world reads j. with as i.iix.
we We're favored last week with q v.lie
rom ron: Tue division superintendent for THE
alstfic', Professor p. NJ. Williams. From
'u' observation. and public expression gen.
orally. Dis. Williams is winning for himself
golden opinions on account of the straigbto
forward manner in which he DISCHARGES his
ofhciai duties. for his courteous deportment
9" al! classes. and for the Jealous ana
efnclent manner in which he is Iaborin, ~
promote Che educational ;lte.esss os .uo
section of country.
II the cause of education IN his distrioe
uoes not prosper, we think We are safe ir
saying that the fault will not be- his, for on.
more energetic and apparent % nc ere dev6t
ed to the great cause of Learning and ere
lghtenmen., 10 has not been our good for.
~ 70 meet with. What we like best n
me professor is, that he is practical in al:
MS Ideas upon the subject Of education, and
ayofs course of instruction which is best
to qualify the youth of the
country for all the practical duties and
responsibilities of life We are glad to see
ne professor looking so well. May his
'hadow never grow less.--Gyecns5urq Star
md Journal.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12

buried by his companions, as there -
sign OF him about the premises in tSaH was 10
ing, A ZIG morn.