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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-22

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KEY WEST.
United States Mail Line.
Steamships
WILLIAM P. CLYDE, EMILE.
MARGARET, LAVACA.
I and Havana Steamship Steamship; Company 1psas
4e4&6 will dispatch one OF the above first
class steamers from New Orleans
Every Wednesday, =.
Touching at Cedar Keys and Key West, and con.
meeting with steamers for Apalachicola, st. Marks
and Tampa.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
To Key West. To Cedar Keys
in....................S40 $25
Steerage...: ............ 20 IL
Through bills Of fading issued to all points in
Florida, including Tampa. and to New York
Charleston and Savannah.
None but the c0mpanys bills of lading signed
ana none signed after sailing of the steamer.
Splendid passenger accommodations and through
tickets given to above points.
Office. 'A~
For freight or passage apply to
go l. X ROBERTS, Treasurer,
Jalo No. 800 Common street.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-22
by PLACIDE J. SPEAR. AUcrIosEER-

Second District Court for the Parish of Orleans-
No. So, 76I.
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&ss .aip ''''A
VICK<BCRG,
ROBERTS, Commander.
Will leave on or about April.
From her whar foot or Jackson street Fourth
District VIII receive aad sign through bills Of
!adlng to HavEe, Bremen, Hamburg, Antwerp, Rot
te,dam, and all continental ports
Parties DESTROYS of sending for their friends can
purchase prepaid emig, atiDn tickets here A re-.
duction allowed when applied for in groups
For freight or passage, having superior accommo-
dations, apply to SlLAS WEEKS 4 CO.,
No 43 Carondeet street.
Managing owners-FLINN, MAIN l. MOSTCOM
ERf, No. IL Laneelot Hey, Chapel street, Liver.
pool
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By C.. +. Girardey.

GROCERIES, LIQUORS, FURNITURE.
SUCCESSION OF MRS. ANN MURPHY, WIDOW
OF JAMES FOSTER.
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THE CROMWELL LINZ.

THE CROMWELL LINZ.
For New York Direct
This Line Is composed of the Steamships
kNlCKERBOCKER, NEW ORLEANS CORTRS
GEORGE CROMWELL, GEORGE WASHINGTON
k<SA The steamship
K& GEORGE CROMWELL.
Ev. GAGER. Commander.
viii leave her wharf foot of Toulouse street
SATURDAY. April 25, at A. Nj
81 so.
Freight for Liverpool, Bremen and Havre taken
By this line and Through bills of ladng given for
the same. For freight or passage apply to
ALFRED MOULTON,
1a7 No. Al Carondelet street, .
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P. F. HERwIG, Special Deputy Collector.
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AUCTION SALES.
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IMPROVED PROPERTY ON SEVENTH STREET
FOURTH DISTRICT.
SUCCESSION OF JEAN MARIE CHARAMIA.

Second District Court for the Parish Of Orleans
No. 90 49,
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Second District Court for the Parish of Orleans
No. So e92
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-24

While Santa Claus, laughing. stood up il
the top,
As if getting ready more presents r
drop.
And as the fond father the picture snr.
veyed,
He thought for his trouble he had amply
been paid,
And he said to himself, Is he brushed of
. tear,
@I'm happier to night than I've been for q
year.
I've enjoyed more true pleasure than ever
before,
What care / If bank stock falls ten per
cent more
Hereafter, I'll make it rule. / believe,
To have Santa Claus visit US each Christ
mas Eve.
So thinking, ne gently extinguished the
light
And trpped down the stairs to retire for
the night.
As soon as the beams of the bright morn
ing sun
Put the darkness to fight, and the stars
one by one,
Four little blue eyes out Of sleep opened
wide,
md at the same moment the presents es-
pied
Then out of their beds they sprang with
bound,
And the very gifts prayed for were all Of
them found.
They laughed and they cried in their in
nocent glee,
And shouted for "papa" to come quick
and see
What presents old Santa Claus brought
in the night,
Just the things that they wanted,) and
left before light.
'And new," added Annie, in 3 voice soft
and low,
"You'iI believe there's Santa Claus, pa.
pa, know"
While dear .itt.e aillie climbed up on his
knee,
Determined no secrets between them
should be;
And ted, in soft Whispers how Annie
nat tneir uear, Dlesseu Hdind, so ioiE
ago dead,
Used to kneel down and pray by the side
Of her chair,
And tia. God up IN heaven had answer
ed her prayer!
Then We dot up and payed dest as well
as we tould,
ind Dcd swercd our prayers now wasn't
He dood~
81 should say that He was, ii He sent you
all these,
And knew just what presents nv children
would please.
We'll, well, let him think so the dear lit
tie elf,
'Twou,d De cruel to tell him did it my
sell
Blind father who caused your stern heart
TO relent?
And the hasty word spolen 50 soon to re-
pent?
Twas : .jeing who bade you steal soft
lv IN stairs,
And made you his agent to answer their
prayers.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-24

Roadsmith vss frantic; Owens coil
as ever.
The remarkable young man ex.
pressed bis willingness TO give the
blackleg satisfaction in fair combat
20 it was decided that they should
fight duel with pistols.
The dissimilarity between the com.
batants was remarkable still, Owens
was far calmer than bis big adverse.
ry, and that Was great point.
The men stood face to face.
"Mr. Roadsmith," said Ovens.
calmly. II am going to shoot you
through the lungs. as you did Lionel
Vavasour, on this steamboat, elk
months ago.
The blackleg started, but retorted,
with torrent of threats and oaths.
When all was ready, the men were
placed, with their faces to the wall.
at opposite sides OF the room. Then
the man selected for that part, count.
ed slowly. At the word three, both
men turned like q flash. Owens pis.
tol was discharged q triAe sooner than
the others aud the gambler threw up
his arms with shrek, and went
down-shot through the lungs!
Owens was unharmed. He came
forward. to where the gambler Law,
groaning and cursing, and with Q
pitiless voice, hissed in his ear
THAT to revenge Lionel Vavasour!
Die, dog that you arep
''Go to your room, |" said one Of the
by-standers, not unkindly. "You
must be held answerabls for this,
young man."
"Owens bowed and withrew, fol-
lowed by Moloch. Who had picked
from the floor a lock of hair severed
BY the ruffian's bullet from his mas.
ter's head.
They were seen no more on the
steamboat. The gambler died in
great agony, and when Owens was
sought for, he was gone. They proba
bly, slipped overheard unobserved {;
but, be that as it may, the young slayer
was never brought to justice.
X \ x X X X
Two years afterwards, I met Mo.
loch in the streets of San Francisco.
He recognized me, and without being
questioned, gave me the astounding
information that young "Owens ,ras
a ,coman, and the sister of that Lionel
Vavasour, boy of eighteen, whom
Roadsmith had slain, just as the
avenging sister had killed him. only
the quarrel was forced upon Lionel, n
worthy young man. Moloch refused
to tell me the real name sf Vavasour's
sister, and / never saw either Of them
from that time.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-24
THE Two GAMBLERS.

Dan Roadsmith was a fair speci-
men of the Mississippi gambler Of fif-
teen years ago. He was a great,
powerful fellow, equally skilled in
the use of knife, pistol, or Natures
yeapous-a famous duelist as well as
.mbler He was one of the gamblers
{ the river steamboats-second class
amhlers were nowhere when he was
around. He was bully as well as
the rest, and men who knew him
shrunk from the glance Of his bar
barian eyes.
His only occupation was that Of
gambler, and many time he went
up and down the river in its steam
boats. He rarely played with pro-
fessional gamesters; it was his way to
nick out runaway "green-horns," and
take their money away by fair means.
or foul.
Men who knew him dared not in
terfere when they saw him proceed.
ing to the gaming table arm in-arm
with an honest farmer or countrified
youth. They had seen men interfere
with him once or twice, and the re-
suit had not been such as to encour-
age a repetition of the performance.
knew the man by sight for sever
al years. Business affairs made it
necessary for me to 90 to New Orleans
md back to st. Louis every week. |
hated and despised Roadsmith; but
1t the same time / despised the folly
# the men who were FOOLISH enough
to fall into his clutches quite as much.
NV New England education led me
:, abhor gambling in every form, and
could feel little pity for the man
who was Aeeced by blacklegs.
One day 1 took passage In the
steamboat, mississippi Queen" Cap
tain Jack Walters, bound up the
river.
', with all my adherence for gamb-
ing, | always found it interesting TO
watch the progress Of the games,
specially when something out Of the
! usual line occurred. Shooting affrays
we're common cccurrences-l don't
mean them hut incidents tinctured
with romance or tragedy.
SO when the Queen started on
her up trip, sauntered into the main
saloon, certain that should find gam
ing in full blast.
/ was not mistaken. Men were
rushing to and fro, anxious to secure
places at the tables, the rough jost-
ling the inexperienced traveller un-
mercifully.
Mr.. Dan Roadsmith stood apart
from the rest, stroking his ample
beard thoughtfully. He would have
passed for Wall street broker with
the uninitiated, but those experien-
ced in "the ways that are dark, and
the tricks that are vain," would have
summed him up IN one word, and that
word would have been clash And
that word. with them, would have
told Mr.. Roadsmith's story. Per
haps they would not have ventured
to pronounce on the precise line OF
business which received his sublime
attention, but they could have told
you there was not an ounce OF respec-
liability about him.
| saw that the scoundrel meant
business, and looked around to see
whom he had marked for bis victim.
His own glance told the story. In
one corner of the room stood a young
man of perhaps twenty years. de
was small and even effeminate In form,
with black hair and eyes, q white,
smooth face, only the upper LIP being
covered with . slight show OF birsllte
manhood Is some one has said. The
youfg man was we'll dressed, with ,
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-24
Sky lightl-Stars.

Sky light4-Stars.
A vigorous onslaught on Free-ma.
sonry has begun in Illinois.
There is not a string attuned to
mirth but has its chord Of melan-
choly.
If your wife is good, kiss her fIr
reward. If she isn't, kiss her ior
punishment.
The good of mans life cannot be
measured by the length of his funeral
procession.
Cicero said "the pursuit ofaIl things
should be calm and tranquil" An
irreverent fellow wants to know chow
about capturing Aeas."
Those hats which turn up at the
side are jaunty. but part of the ma.
turaI effect is lost when the wearer
hasn't cigar in her teeth.
Eyeglasses, even. a. worn by a
newpaper scribe, relieve vacuiiy Of
expression and lend to the counte-
mace sort Of counterfeit intellectual.
ity.
A Boston philosopher says that YOU
want to look at mems boot heels 10
discover their energy. A slow,
slothful man runs his boots over at
the heels.
An Indiana paper having recently
changed hands, the editors vaIedic.
tory was simply, 1--WE quit" and the
salutatory of the new manager was,
"We've commenced"
"Now, John, drive slow and keer.
full, and don't run over any insurance
agents. was Will county Changers
advice to his son the other day in
starting him to town with a load OF
wheat.
A fellow rushed into an Office one
morning with the interrogation /:
"What's the difference Between the
mice that have just been eating my
grecnbacks and the epistles Of PaulY
All present subsided, and he gasped:
They're both scripcbewers" and
then proceeded TO the door.
From Florida comes the romantic
story OF Della Jones, full.blooded
negress, forty years Of age. She ie.l
desperately in love with young
white man, a carpenter. and realizing
the fact that he could never be any.
thing to her, she turned her property
into cash (s7, 500 left it TO him by
will, and then went of and drowned
herself.
On the Pacific slope the red man
has appeared as a stock srtcuiat'r.
A tai. and stately Piute walked into
a banking office in Austin, Nevada,
the other day, aud approached the
desk ON which the report Of the Fan
Francisco stock is kept, asked the
clerk, 'How is it this morning.
Down was the reply. DOM again
exclaimed the savage, "hesp dam!
Marriage among the Burmese is a
most peculiar institution, and the
marriage "knot7 is very easily un
done. If two persons are tired Of
each Others society they dissolve
partnership in the following simple
and touching, manner: They respee-
lively light two candles, and, shut
ting up their hut, sit down and wait
until they are burned. The one
whose candle burns ont first gets up
ct once and leaves the hosse fur ever
taking nothing but the clothes ne or
I she may have On at the time; al el,e
then becomes the property OF the
|osher party,
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-24
New Bindery,

With complete outfit Of Machin-
ery and stock.
HUGH DuSSE will ssperintend the bind
5ry, aud nothing but the best Of work
will be turned out under his supervision.
Blank Books made TO order on short
notice, Music and Magazines bound 10
order, Old Books rebound in any style
Orders viii receive prompt attention.
J.6 A:DAvIDe0N,
Irsutsn Bosk etofs,
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-24
n X. BAKER,
PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT.

Understands building an kinds OF Saw-Mills,
Gang Mills Circular and Nuley Mills. Is pre-
pared 20 DO all work TN his line. Has had an rx-
nerience of Eighteen years. In NlliaInsport,
PENNSYLVANIA and in the western numbering
countries He understands both water and steam
power also understands running ali KINGS OF saw
mills. He defies competition both as builder
and SAWYER. Reference: Birmingham Purdy,
Chsrleston, W. Va u-An work warranted,
and done In q workmanlike manner. Addrsss
y. & BAKBR oeustAsss. ". :"
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-24
SONG AND STORY.
ANNIE. AND wILLIE'S PRAYER.

The following poem, written by
Mrs. Sophia P. Snow, is one of the
most exquisitely touching and beau
sul that we ever read. 1t cannot fail
% reach the hearts of all who peruse
Il:
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-02

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Commercial Advertiser tells how some
English grooms at Saratoga are teaching
Yankees the care of horses:
To-day I asked one of these grooms,
who has spent twenty years in the stables
of royalty, what he had to say about our
American way Of taking care Of horse.
"Why, sir" said he, "you don't take
good care of your horses; you think you
do, but you don't.
"Why?" asked.
Because, when a horse comes in all
wet with perspiration, you let him stand
in the stable and dry with all the dirt on
In England we take the horse as he
comes from drive and sprinkle blood
warm water all over him, from his head
to his feet. Then we scrape him down
and blanket him, rubbing his legs and
face dry. Thus, in an hour he is clean
and dry, and ready to take good feed
while, with your way, he will stand and
swelter for hours, and finally dry, sticky
and dirty. Our horses never founder
and never take cold. We never use a
curry.comb. You scratch your horses
too hard The only care necessary is tc
have the water not too cold then battle
them quick and blanket them instantly
while you are rubbing their legs"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-02
One Dog Communicates Good News to
Another.

In the fall of 1881 my son, Sidney
O., entered the Federal army, leaving
behind him two fsvorite dogs, both of
whom greatly lamented his absence. He
was soon captured by the enemy and held
a prisoner until the spring of 1852, when
he was exchanged, and on returning to
his command came past the old home
stead in the country, in Bollinger County,
Mo. Both the dogs happened to be
about 300 yards from the house, barking
up tree at squirrel. After some time,
however, the smaller one became tired
and came to the house, the large one re-
naming at the tree. The little fellow
came bounding into the room where his
young master, who had been so long alb
sent, was sitting, and recognized him, and,
OF course, had quite taking on over him.
The pleasure of once more meeting his
kind master was too great to be enjoyed
all alone, SO he quickly turned his course
in the direction of his companion in the
woods, and in all speed made his way to
the tree, and communicated to the large
dog the fact Of his young masters arri-
WI home; when, in an instant. both the
dogs were making for the house with all
their might, the larger one, who had re-
manned at the tree, taking the lead, and
not Stacking his speed until he bounded
into the room where Sidney was. The
strange part of this story consists in the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-02

UNLESS the surface of the ground is
mulched around young trees over an area
of six to ten feet in diameter, the ground
should be kept clean and mellow. Every
farmer knows that a hill of corn or pO-
tatoes will not amount to much unless
cultivated, and yet there are many who
will neglect to give the same care to
tree which is worth a hundred hills of
either Of the former. In rich soils trees
may grow rapidly without cultivation,
and no amount of grass or weeds will
retard them; but there are other things
besides growth to be looked after. If
the weeds and grass are allowed to grow
up around the stems Of apple, peach or
ounce trees the bark will become soft
near their base by being shaded, and
thereby be in suitable condition for
the reception of the eggs which will
eventually become peach or apple borers
Take any dozen young apple trees in
sections where the apple-tree borer is
abundant, and allow portion to be
choked with weeds and the remainder
well cultivated, and then watch the re-
suit From our own experience we be-
lieve that the chances are nine to one in
favor of those cultivated being exempt
from this pest. The same is true in
regard to many other trees which are
liable to the attacks of various species of
insects. Young evergreens should never
have their lower branches shaded with
weeds and grass, and the soil, as far as
the lower branches extend, should be
stirred at least once in two or three
weeks during the entire summer, or else
apply some kind of mulching that will
effectually keep down the weeds. When
the trees become large and strong these
precautions will not be necessary. Every
blade of grass or small weed that is al
lowed to grow about the stem of young
trees will rob the soil of moisture. This
fact alone ought to be sufficient to make
every one practice thorough and careful
culture-N. Y. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-02

may be cut close to the ground. Where
there are knobs and holl0ws the most ex-
peditious way is to level the knolls with
. team and dirt-scraper, either after
or previous to blowing. When there
are ridges formed by back furrowing re-
peatedly in one place, turn back burrows
into hollows and finish off lands with dead
burrows where the ridges are. BY meas
uring the distance from ridges to burrows,
even where they are not uniform, the
dead burrows may be made in the desired
place. After the ground has been sui.
ficiently narrowed, If there be loose sods
and Jumps Of earth, throw them into the
lowest places with manure forks and
make the surface ~ smooth u practi.
cable. Then roll and sow grass seed. This
Will form not only smooth surface to
work On when harvesting the grain, but
will be smooth for the mower, horse rake
and loaded wagon II cart iwhen cutting
And gathering the creps A few, hours
spent u this manner Viii not only i'm.
prove tie, appearance Of the surface Of a
field, but be. q source Of much profit when
harvesting the grain. Sometimes driving
storms occur just before grain is ct to
harvest, which prostrates large proper
tioh of it. Then especially if the sur.
face of the ground be smooth the grain
can be cut much more advantageously
than if it be covered with dirt, Jumps and
sods, or be indented with numerous small
hollows. When land is stocked down it
should he SO mellow and fine that there
will be no difficulty in making the surface
quite even and smoothly. Y Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-02

A WRITER on Paris rag-pickers says:
" A little old man in blouse and felt hat at
one of the tables is pointed out to me by
the policeman as one who, in addition to
rag-picking, deals in questionable rabbits.
He is known as the Pere Jacques, and is
regarded as a person of some Importance
in the rag fraternity. l approach Pere
Jacques and engage him in conversation.
He has become expansive over his wine
and makes indiscreet revelations touch.
ing the rabbit business. Twenty years
ago he skinned and dressed his rabbits,
and people bought them without asking
any questions. That was the bon temps,
and if it had continued he would be to-
day man of independent fortune. But
the journals and inquisitive people got to
talking SO much about cats in connection
with rabbits that long season of dull
ness followed as a consequence. The
newspapers went SO far as to figure up
how many rabbits were brought into Paris
each year, and how many were consumed,
and they made out that twice as many
were consumed as were brought in. He
felt for time as though the business
was ruined, for thereafter the rabbit pur-
chasers demanded the head of the rabbit
as guarantee of the genuineness of the
animal. But he was equal to the emer-
gency. He gave an extension to his COM
merce by making an arrangement with all
the cooks on his rag beat to buy their rab-
bit skins on condition that their heads
should be delivered with them. There.
after he was enabled to furnish to skep-
tical buyers the rabbit head with the
dressed cat, and everybody was satisfied.
He sold the animals to the small, out.of-
the-way restaurants, as a rule, where
they were made into gibelottes. The cat
entire yielded him one franc, and they to
whom he sold the flesh usually got
about two and half francs out of the
animal when turned into gibelottes The
business was fair, but there was more
competition, especially since the Com
mune, under which some people had
learned to eat the cat with pleasure,
knowing him to be cat"