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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07
Car straps.

Dcar GfoWler-As yau seem to have con
stituted yourself. pro bono publico, the happy
medium of giving currency to useful ideas
and plans for the abatement of abusclu
nuisanccS, | come to throw my quantum OF
crudity into your pdrpoarri, hoping youl
crucihle will extract some genuine golden
grains of glad relief.
Know, then, that | possess several hats
but wish to dwell upon the injuries of one
only--my silk stovepipe, my Sabbath tile
genus castor-tiiat | carefully house during
my six days of toll, in Il bandbox, and only
sport hebGominally. Now, when | mount
Mydur tOHe I become a bloated aristo-
crat, and kick against impostions and an
noyances that meekly pass over or under
in My everyday and toil-stained garb.
Those internal leather STRAPS, do You twig !
rs oar island Cousins, who never slang,
would say. Could not the bell straps be
made to run along and just under the front
edge OF the seats, where they would be con
venient to pull without jumping up?
| think the ladies would deem it de-
cided improvement, and the boys, like my
self, who have good enough eyes to see Il
lady when she enters a car and who wish to
preserve their pristine purity of vision and
perfect polish of hat would consider it a
boon beyond measure, eGualed only by
some unattainable imaginary blessing, such
as "A double-lccLer where "A tired fellow
could roost on the roof and get a comfort
able ride home after Il day at the desk.
Think of it, speak of it and help if you
can. EBLA.
Growler does not wear a tile, but remem-
bers well when he did. We have expert
enced the annoyance spoken of, and look
forward for the coming mechanic to alter
the straps.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07

Mr.. Growlcr-Plcase pardon my nqusi-
tiveneSS but really | should like to know
sonnet hing about that contract for printing
the State bonds that Kellogg and Clinton
are reported to have given Mr. f. c. Palmer,
Of the Times. | have beard that Mr. Palmer
has not yet signed the contract. Is it bea
cause he is waiting for the matter to pass
ont of mind and then close it for price
that will absorb the $40, 900 appropriated by
the Legislature Please enlighten
PAUL PRY.
We will cndeavor to ascertain the facts in
this case and oblige our friend Paul to-
morrow. We think we are on the track to
give him and the public an interesting bit
Of executive financeering.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07

Dear G,oulu-I have long been an admi-
rer of the energy ard perseverance dis
played by the press i'll its labor of gather
ing the events Of the day, and why | now
complain is not from a proper admiration of
its zeal In the Picaynne of Tuesday morn
large capitals: "Wife Killiug-Mr. Sans
Cultivates His Wife with a Hoe, and She
Languishes Under the Process" Now,
crime at all times is saddenng. There is
nothing about it to provoke popularity, and
| think it rather unbecomng to make the
public smile at its commission. Do you not
think the heading given above has rather
too much leyity about it =
AN OLD MAN.
We agree with the above remarks, and do
not believe that the necessities of Journal
ism for sensations require such a violation
of prOpriety.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07

Michael Norton, a we'll known politician
in the days of the old Tammany ring, has
returned to New York city and given bail
i'll $4,000 to stand his trial on six indictments
for conspiracy.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07
The School Board.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
School Board was held last night H. G.
Dibble, President, in the chair, and "A quo
rum present. The report of the Treasurer
was received, showing the following:
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07
A Rally

in the evening at Elephant Johnnie's,"
No. IS Delta street. "Johnnie' "busted'
the meeting, much to the Indignation of a
certain gent, who wanted somebody to $50
for him." and was unhappy because no
body would.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07

| Go hear Mr.. Lourdes and Mile Lagye,
Friday, May 8.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07

Mile Lagye, OF the Opera Troupe, at
Grunewal1 Hall, Friday, May 8.
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Grunewald Hall, Friday, Nay 8.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
4 Very Careful Porter.

The English correspondent of HaTper'S
Basar writes: The other day a well-knOWn
military gentleman-let It's call him Jones
who dabbles in scrip and share. was in-
vited by an acquaintance (Smith) TO come
to his COuntry-hOusc to shoot. He accept
ed. but In the meantime discovered that
Smith had never fired off a gun. "Thcn
don't GO"
"Nav.n said Brown, who had informed
him of this fact, 'yOu must either 90 or
find good eXctSe. The latter is easy
enough. because. are you not director OF
the 'Muilln and Crtmpet CompahyE
Il believe | am, though know nothing
about it, but how can that help me?2
"Well, telegraph to yourself. as if from
the secretary of the company, saying that
there is to be an extraordinary meeting OF
the board arising out of detalcatiOns, and
which it9S absolutely necessary to attend,
and then send the telegram to Smith to eX-
plain your absence"
This seemed an excellent idea, and the
General called for a form accordingly,
filled it up at once. and despatched the club
porter with it to the nearest telegraph Of
flee. 4 few hours afterward he happened
to remark to the porter, = You sent my
telegram, suppOse!'
'.Oh yes, sir; and by-the-by, you had
made a curious mistake. You had writ
ten the telegram to yourself from the sec
retary instead of from you to him d; bit OF
course sG1o l7hGt 1gas 1orOBg, and rectlfed
it,"
And a pretty tO-dO there was at the Office
of the Muffin and Crumpet Company.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
The Extravaganza at Washington.

Take this very District of Columbia.
The sudden expenditure in this district,
during the last three years, of from twelve
to fifteen millions by the Board of Public
Works in beautifying the city does not
end there. The effect has not stopped with
the pleasure 1t gives us and those who
visit the capital of the nation. 1t has car
ried along with it increased expenditure
everywhere. 1t has lifted not only the dis
trict and those who live here, tip into
another platte OF social life, But it has car
ried official life along with It. 1t forced
upon the last Congress the idea that it was
absolutely necessary for them TO increase
the compensation, not only of officials re-
siding here but of ourselves, on account of
the increased expenditures necessary by
this state of things. BY that single bill
there was put upon the last fiscal year 81
800 900, and upon this year about 81 800
600, less what has been laid in the
Treasury. We have relieved the Treasury
of fve-sevenths ofthat expenditure, except
in reference to the salaries of the judges of
the Supreme Court and the sHlafy Of the
resident. But this extratdSailt mode Of
life Ghahtes ~ dur ile4s ,aid begets plans
and schemes'O an entirely new scale. Its
effect upon all who manage public affairs
is as marked as it is upon the private in
dividual. 1t was tine cause of the Sugges-
ton Oferccting, in this city. of public build
ings for all those army officers who have
quarters here, and for all cabinet officers.
and for all senators of the United States. 1t
was that which suggested the erection of
university here, embracing
West Point and Annapolis and tire coast
SURVEY and agricultural colleges, and the
Agricultural Department, with IN cndow-
ment of $4,000, 900. It did notstop with the
expenditure Of the money Upon the city. 1t
carried tie wholh EOvefn!rietit into cor
responding official life that has told upon
the aggregate of our expenditures. trust,
sir. we shall not Shirk the duty it has i'm
posed upon us. IhOpe no local influence,
or scnsiliveneSs will deter us from that
work of rctrenchmcnt which will result in
putting Il balance into the Treasury so
large that no just or reasonable apprehen-
sion can exist that the faith of the Govern
mcnt shall he dishOnOred as the inevitable
of an excess of expenditures
over receipts.-Frona Mr.. Dares' Reform
Sgeerl.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
The eldest Human Relic.

I'm the Etruscah Vase Room Of the Brit
ish Museum is to be seen the skeleton OF
one Pharaoh Mykerinus. decently incased
in its original burial clothes, and sur ound-
ed tv fragments of the coffin. whereOn the
name of its occupant can be easily read by
Psychologists, atfOrding conclusive evl-
dence that it once contained the mummy
of king who was reigning in Egyptmorc
than a century before the time of Abra-
ham. The proof is thus explained in the
GentLelnan's MGqaziae, April, 1866: About
two years ago, Herr Dumichen. German
explorer of the monuments of Egypt, fol-
lowing up the indications pointed out by
NJ. Mariette. a distinguished arch1olO@ist,
discovered on the buried walls of the tenn
ple of Osiris, AbydOs, a large tablet con-
tanning the names of the ancient PharaOhs
from the time of Misraim-the grandson Of
Noah. and founder OF the Egyptian mon
archv-to that of Pharaoh Scti l., the IA
tber of the well-knOwn RameScs the Great,
including thereby the chronology o1 nine
centuries, viz: from B. c. 300 to Il. q.
400. This tablet, by far the most lnlpOr-
tant vet discovered, has been compared 10
the Sculptured figures of the Kings o1 Eng
land. at the Crystal Palace. from Villain
the ConquerOr to her Majesty queen VIC
tOria. Astronomical evidence. moreover
enables us to determine the time of two
important eDocIs in the history of Egypt,
one of which is connected with our pres
ent subject. Sir John Herschel has fixed
the ago of the Great Pyramid Of Ghizeh 10
the middle Of the twenty-secOnd century
B. &. The tablet of Abydos shows that
the Pharaoh whose bones We now possess
succeeded the builder of the Great Pyr2-
mid with only two intervening kings. we
are. therefore. warranted in assuming that
the remains of Pharaoh Mykerinus belong
to the age to which we have assigned them.
-THe Horld of WOndeIs.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
Political Prayers.

The chaplain of the United States Sen
ate is no doubt Il very intelligent and cs-
Unable person, but in our judgment he
shows his unwislOm when he intermin-
giles with his petitions to God brief decla-
nations on current political affairs. We
believe in giving preachers of the Gospel
the largest liberty in the conduct of their
offices, and are aware that as the rule this
liberty has been exercised with such dis
erection as TO make the pulpit an invalua-
Bile instrument in the defense of civil liber-
ty and in the maintenance of republican III
stitutiOns. But we believe that speaker
ought always to address his audience. 1t
was said on a certain occasion of Il gentle
man that he made the most eloquent
prayer ever offered to a Boston audience.
With equal force it might be said of the
chaplain of the United States Senate that
he offers prayers which give the greatest
satisfaction to those members of the ruling
political party whose names, for various
causes, are just now unpleasanty prOmi-
nent. But in both instances God appears
to be left out of the account, and in the
I4atter instance the senators in the oppOSi-
ton are forced to listen to political argu-
ment TO which they have no chance to re-
ply. Thus God Is slighted, an injustice is
dosia to avery respectable number Of gen
tlemen and religion is brought into disrC-
pute. 1t appears to us that the chaplain
of the United States Senate ought 10 make
an effort to pray to God, even if in his
opinion as 4 citizen the ''spirit of lying
is abroad and the ''giant demon of SANDER
stalks forth, casting upon all the earth Il
fearful shadow The court of heaven is
not the proper tribunal for the trial of
cases of slander-N. !. EUeaing Post.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
the E4itot,s No8nday Visitor.


There is one feature of country editor :
career to which the pencil can hardly do
justice. 1t is when, as the hour of noon
| is abOut TO StFikes q strapgerappearS in the
sanctIlm, and making Ms iia't'e known, is
invited to. sit down. It is a County 6ffcei
remcmbeF, and much different from a city
Office in The treRtmentOf Stranger visitors.
The country editOr--in. common with AL
members of his professionals, addicted to
hOllOwneSs of stomach about this hour,
That organ commences TO be S9ciable, and
grows rapidly more pressing IN its atteir
tions. He looks nervOusly from the Slo-k
TO the stranger, who having dropped Il few
interesting hints about the weather, has
settled back with a view to makinga Il pleas
ant and mutually advantageous call. lie
wants his dinner badly. 1t won't do to
90 without aSe;Ig tie stfanEef $iCng, and
as he remembeis that the Children were
unusually cross in the morning, and that q
contemplated set of new crOckery Is not
yet ordered, and cannot remember of any
thing special having been ordered for dim
ner, ne sees Tuite plainly that it won't do
TO take him home with hiii. His answers
are necessarily brief and wandering. ""
looks at the clock. then at the stranger.
but finding him still settled, he falls to
preternaturally engrOSsed in the study of
the back of an envelope-suddenIy recalls
himselt-sttfs the slOClf ggain, and invOl-
UNFAIRLY sighs. >. t.i....
says the stranger, crossing his legs.
"Oh, no. .@asps the publisher. .
Pretty busy all the time,,I supPOse?"
says the stranger, taking out his
tOOth-pick and snappiiiG It across his
thumb.
"Well-nO'h--not-very," he replies,
with a ghastlv attempt at a smile.
Another silence follows. The stranger
picks his teeth, the clock ticks "minOusly,
the papers on the desk rattle spaSmOdical-
ly, and the editor twitcheS as if he were
sitting on a base-burner. 1t is ha1-past
y, and visions of several clamOrOus chill
dren, and waiting and impatient woman,
and a cooling dinner, make the resem-
blance rthp chair to a baSe-burner appear
most striking. Tie tiiitigtpf and nervous
ly hungry man becomes desperate, and
that nervous that he feels like crawling up
through his own scalp and jumping off.
He makes hasty effort to smooth his face
into a glow of hospitality, and turning it
upon the visitor, he says:
Il am about to 90 to dinner, and would
like to have your company, if you can put
up with"
And here the visitor hastily strikes i'll
- Much obliged, I'm sure, but | have
an engagement to dine at ! o'clock, and
merely dropped ii to pass away the
time"
The hungry editor goes to his dinner
he doesn't skip along, but he y,alks with
Il thoughtful tread, as if he was trying to
devise some extraordinary remedy for
some extraordinary yemergency.-Drnbwy
NelCs.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
More Light Wanted.

For some reason or other best known to
these eonceriled, the Committee on Ways
and Means refused to insert tie probe at
the tender point Of the investigation in re-
gard 70 The cop piracy Of Treasury agents
and btibed in'Urmbrs, By which the i'm
porting mcrchaHts of this and other cities
have been Systematically plundered and
outraged.
In the course of his testimony Jayne de-
elared that he only received as his share
Sl4O,OO0 of the S33S, 900 which appeared
charged as the proportion of penalties to
which he was entitled as the infOrmer. Ii
Is fairto presume that he paid literally the
confidential clerks, who were hired to be-
tray the trusts and manipulate the books
OF tl,eir e1ntlOtets; So as TO make prima
facie cases for eXtOrtion.
There were, doubtless, other incidental
expenses attending this nefariOuS business,
but summing them up by the most gener-
Gus scale OF, allowance, they could only
1ave constituted d part of the S200,0J6
which remained for distribution. What.
then, became of this large sum, and who
received it?
9 lat Benjamin F. Butler was one of the
principal Senefciaries is disclosed very
clearly in the evidence of Mr.. Dodge,
whom he threatened with all the terrOrs of
vindlctiye prosecution. His partnership
is conspicdOiis iii this jobbety, as well as in
that of the SanbOrn contracts, in which
he appeared as the unblushing attOr
ney on the floor of the House of Repre-
% Bit %eEGorbitant G as we're we're the fees which
Butler doubtless received, he was not alone
in that profitable pursuit. There are 9th
ers in Congress who are believed to have
shared i'm the disgraceful spoils, but who
have thus far managed to keep our of the
public fiew.. Just as some Ofthem did until
the Credit Mobilier proofs We're produced
to their shame and confusion. The coun
try is entitled to know what Senators and
Representatives, acting under the Disguise
of counsel, participated in this system of
robbery. and how much of the plumber
they pocketed.-Neto York Sim.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
:. kbiram was like a mailman for time

Abiram was like mailman for time,
aud then me broke down and cried like
baby. He never held his Head up after that,
and presently he moved. away to Phila-
delphia. They tried to bring suit against
the men who burned the tea; but it was OF
no, use, The graiid iItS We're TOO gqYd
Whies to bring in a bill, and finally the
war; came OH and the matter WAS dropped.
II had engaged Eunice Hunt to come
and take care of the house, and wait on
Aunt Betsy, and on the day appointed |
went in and told her what | was going to
do. She scolded at first, and then she
cried and begged me. to wait till spring,
but was firm. | thought had waited
and suffered about enough. sShe declared
she would never see me again, but | told
her | had an inward persuasion that she
WeI,ltl chahgp her mind, Thei1 | left fet'3
and Lewis and | went up to blr Philip
Fithian's and were married. Afterward
we moved over to James Whitecar'S, and
lived there long time, all the same as one
of the family, doing,the spinniiig and help
ing in tie worR. Some Friends blamed
Deborah for taking my part, but she said
she had acted according to the best light
she had, and she was pretty well able to
hold her own.
The next year the war broke out.
and Lewis. with his brother Richard and
Stephen Whitecar, went into the army.
1t was great trouble to Deborah to
have Stetheh ttirn Soldier, But lie did, and
made very good one. My Lewis rose to
be captain, and was much respected; but
he was wounded up at Wyoming, and
died, leaving me with one little girl, moth
er Of your father and Elisabeth here.
Stephen WhiteGar Wanted to marry me
when the war was over, and | knew De-
bOrah would have liked it, but | couldn't
bring my mind to it, and after while he
married Emma Parvin. Folks said he
thought it was the next thing to marry
iliS riit.
"Aunt Betsey was very angry for a long |
time, but she came round, and was as kind |
as ever, even getting me the satin gown
and Grape shawl she had promised me if | |
married Abram. He got very rich in
Philadelphia at one time, but he lost every |
thing Specializing IN Continental money |
aitei the war, aid finally died poor and |
friendless.
"And now, as the wind has changed and |
it is clearing up, you had better go and get |
ready for your tea-tight. .''-AtLaatic for |
ADyiI.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
Burning of "Fire-prOOfo Buildings.

The origin of the late great fire at the
London PantechnicOn still remains my s
terry which the London papers vainly try
to solve. ''1hc building" says the DaiLU
NelcS, was ASSUMED to be firt-prdOf, and
the public and the prOprietOrs had equal
confidence in its tire-reSiSting qualities.
Its floors were covered with sheet iron laid
i'm felt, the columns which Supported them
were ofirOn; doors of the same material
separated the different compartments; no
gas was laid on, and the only lights ever
permitted to be used We're satety-lamps,
lighted in the room for the purpose, and
made secure by a man specially appointed
for the duty" At the inquest one Of the
witnesses, Captain Shaw. an expert, stated
that in nine cases out of ten the so-Called
''lire-prUOf'' buildings are q deluSiOn.
They are Il dellisiOh, lie explained, heCause
they are built ON tie ttlse theory that cv-
erythin@ which cannot be seton fire is fire
proof. There is tife-prOof look about
many buildings which are utterly incapa-
bic of resisting flame. The floors are of
brick arches. each arch resting on iron
beams; they are supported by iron pillars,
and not particle OfwOod is to be seen in
th- place. Light bonfire in one of the
empty rooms, and let it blaze to the cell
ing, and it will simply burn ont. But fill
it with goods which will burn, and 10
building will fall an easier prey to the
flames. The iron pillars and beams eX-
pand, the brick floors are loOSened, and
the fire below soon finds its way through
the cracks. \ stream of water fi,llS ON
the heated pillars, and, if the weight has
already crushed them, they collapse like
gla 5. Such is the history of hundreds of
tire-proof buildings, as soon as they are
put to the test. Captain Shaw distinctly
states, as the result of his long expert
cnce, THAT wooden floors, borne by wood
EN- beams, and supported by wooden pill
lars, are better able to resist flame than the
lire-prOOf structures
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
COmmendable but Condemned.

In his late speech in Congress Mr.. Dawes
related the case of a collector of customs
who was honest enough to declare that his
office was sinecure and that it ought TO
be abolished. No sooner was his acknOwl-
cdgment made known in Washington than
he was removed and another man appoint
ed who was not suspected of having scru-
pies. This case was quoted by Mr.. Dawes
to show how the men who control the
offices suppress all efforts at reform. Mr..
Dawes was not authorized to give the
name of this officer who was sacrificed for
his zeal in behalf of efficiency in the civil
service.
The men inside politics ridiculed the
story of Mr.. Dawes because he would not
give names and places. But the facts have
since been discovered. The collector re-
ferred TO was Mr.. A. /. Robinson. and the
collection district was Evansville, lndi-
ana. During last year the customs receipts
at that port" were S5,040.45, and the
cost of collecting this amount was
Sl,70S.42 more than the total receipts, the
salaries being S6.7 1887 per year. The Of
flee which Mr.. Robinson held paid him
three thousand dollars, and from the GUS
toms collected it may be judged whether
he had much labor TO perform. His crime
was that he desired to earn his money. like
any honest man. The Government ought
to find way to explain its manner OF
treating officers who are candid enough TO
expose the errors of the public service TO
their own personal coSt.-ETchG7lge.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-02
Use of Phosphorus in Neuralgia.

4 valuable paper has been contributed
bv DR.. J. AshburtO1 Thompson TO the
Practitioner. London. on the use of phos-
phorus in neuralgia, large doses being
employed by him for this purpose, and
with marked success. Tie records eighteen
eases. and arranges them in three ciaz7es-
acute primary attacks, acute recurrent at
tacks. and chronic cases. Six eases occur
in each class. In the first class, the ages
ranged between p and 46 in the sec0nd,
between 30 and 60; Ia the third. between
q and 40. Some of the patients suffered
from tri-gcmina, some from cervicO-occip-
ital. some from seryicO-braclfial neurllgi1,
and one in the second class from sciaticd.
All the cases in the first two CLASSES We're
cured; Of the third class three were cured,
one of the patients having been afflicted
sixteen wears without q weeks Freedom
from pain: two. both cOusumptiues. were
relieved: and one uncOmpHcaiei case. 2
woman aged 40. with affection OF the iIih
nerve. Of ten months duration. Lliei go
be benefited, although she was treated ,Df
fifteen days As might be expected the
chronic cases took longest 70 cure bar pa
all the cases helped, relief followed 'ia
first few doses.