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NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY DECEMBER s, 1874

tive of this powerful moral organization,
which never permits itself to be mixed up
with election quarTels, indirectly rebukes
the appeal for the political Intervention
of the Red Cross. Sir James H. Hopkins.
Of Pennsylvania. right eminent grand
master Of the Knights Templar of the
United States, observed in his reply:
All Of this great land has seen enough
too much-Ot blood. too much OF hatred,
too much OF wrong. The animosities en-
gendered by fratricida! war have eur.
vived too long. 1t is high time the peO-
Pile. North and South, should recognize the
purpose Of the Almighty in moulding and
preserving the government and spreading
out before it a future of concord, happl'
ness. power and glory. !: IS time that
America should cleanse her garments OF
the dust and battle stains. and having
every scar erased, and all her members
perfect, compact and strong. and with q
diadem full jewe1ed Oh her Iueenly brow.
should again take her proper place among
the nations OF the earth. or organisation
has no political purpose. II NEEDLES 40! r'M
political doyands or glans.
This from Pennsylvania. the State OF
wealth. Of numbers. Of political power
adequate to influence. if not to direct. the
policy Of the nation. He advises Mr..
Gerard that any expression Of political
opinion would be improper; that any in
tervention would be impossible. he
counsels Mr.. Gerard that in his remote
corner the squabbles for Office are Of too
little consequence to affect the calm course
of the Union as it moves along its orbit in
the planetary system Of nations. The
New Orleans Times says that the politi-
clans shave for months held every other
interest in allegiance" and would leave the
inference that they have Withdrawn and
left the business season 70 business
men. 1t is a mistake. The politician
sees no inverval in which his mission Of
sowing hatred in the minds of men may
not be fulfilled. Even in this visit OF
great American institution we have had
undisguised efforts to make these gentle
men the medium Of receiving political
impressions and the innocent agents Of
diffusing them elsewhere. We had hoped
for truce of this political warfare while
this immense and intelligent deputation
from the North and West was among US.
But we have been disappointed. Editorials
abusive of the State government. delega-
tons invited to inspect the workings of the
Returning Board. partisan expressions in
oratory-all are are employed to improve
the occasion. and convey to Congress and
the country convictions unfavorable to
the conduct of the Republican party III
Louisiana. For all this we care not.
Our visitors are cool. calm and observant
men; they will see and hear everything
that passes before then. and form just
and impartial opinion Of our conduct.
and of our condition. We have no reason
to fear verdict which we have scrup-
ulously abstainei from :ampering with.
Our opponents have betrayed their anx-
iety for the result by employing what We
deem irregular modes to influence its
formation.
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FOB RENT.

PLEASANT ROOMS, WITH OR WITH
put board, can be procured at No. SO So.
Ou8ries street. Terms-mOderate. pc30
kCANlSHED ROONS.-WITH Oh WITH.
- Out BOARD, in desirable location, conveniens
tween Common and Canal atra.fs oc22
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SAMUEL II. KENNEDY. President.
CHARLES L. G. OIPUY. Secretary.
BRANCH DEPOSITORY
Corner of Royal and CONT streets.
In the fire proof banking house formerly 0cca.
pied by the Louisiana State Bank.
LOUIS A. WILT, Manager.
EUGENE TOURNE. Book keeper.
de- I'm 4. WAGATHA, ;r. Teller.
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THE STATE NATIONAL BANK

NEW ORLEANS.
Statement ~ close Of business, Monday, S"vt n :er
~, 1874
KESOURCES.
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SALOONS,

for the ensuing season, and having made arrange.
ments that willy, trust. meet tie appreciation Of
the most fastdous. ! respectfully solicit the
patronage Of my friends and the public.
MOI SIN CHARLES T. HOyT.
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Watering places are healthier 'of TIC"
people than for poor.
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Tho elephant is reported as iy'n: "''s IN
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Hogs in Pennsylvania have the hea's
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defeated candidates are always in the
nsiority. -
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POUND NOTICES.

DEPARTMENT. % Power {
New Orleans, Deceml,s, 3. 1874.
WAS BROUGHT TO THE SIXTH nIsTR1rr.
~ Pound on J.rsey between valence and Ro..
deauX Streets '' ave-
ONE RED COW. witt. white s,o%; sip. .! hons
Which II not claimed within five FAY, an., .,a
expenses thereon paid, will be sold at nnhhc anc.
ION at SAID pound on THURSDAY, pece,ahsr 10
19.i. at twelve O'Clock NJ - .
No. e3-de3 I'd ''A"'"''
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nVWENTY.FIFTH ANNUAL
STATE M = n +

STATEMEN
CRESCENT Mutual INSURANCE CoGfAyy.
May 23. 1874.
fetal gross premiums for year ending
apr! Jus '4.... F"e'0s ~
Earned premiums, less reinsurance and
Less losses paid and esti.
mated........ ........... $l5t.&& No
less taxes, discount i'll lieu OF
participation. interest on -
capital, less discount. etc. sG. $50 .S51 "
Nef promise s...s.s..oo...es..s &oZ,IoZ ~
Total gross assets of ccmpany..... b52,649 ~
The Board of Trustees resolved that after pay:
ing the fourth quarterly interest at two and half
per cent on the capital stock of the yany. that
q dividend of TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT be paid
in cash and after the twenty.thir6 day Of Jun0
next. to those parties insurinS WITH .bS company
entitled t. receive the same.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas 4. Adams, Samuel 3. TewhAr,
Samuel H. Kennedy &. T. Buddeeke.
John Phelps, A. g. ODER.
Adam Thomson Henry AbrahaD.
IN. Strong. Victor Meyer.
Joseph Bowling. Edward J. Gay.
John NJ. Sanddges Simon Hernshs:H.
Simon Forcheimero Joseph B. WSlsn.
X. B. Post. A, Levi.
Edward Pilsbury. sOhn Z. King,
Charles F.. Slayback, Frederick CaInsraea,
David Wallace. J. L. Harris.
Andrew Stewart, Joseph Stone.
THOMAS A. ADAMS PSsa8elt
HErRY '. OGpEN. Secretary.
my29 Su W Salv
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A p,on;nen. man need no: have r'eh'
ueAt nose.
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CAUTION.

N-OTICE.-THE PUBLIC Is HEREBY eau.
~ toned not to purchase a certain certificate for
share of the stock OF the LA variete Club issued
in the name Of Alfred Penn. as the same has been
lost or mslaid.
no23 del s. GEORGE x. PRESTON. Curator.
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The Mosaic payemen: il hes: ios ienP'aF
marching.
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No geo! man has = RICH: to Se disagree
hble.
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FREDERICKSON e. HARTE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS.
Canal Street..............139
Touro Euiidirs -. near Bourbon street.
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4 Complete StocI
DRUGS MEDICINES, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
PERFUMERY, SOAPS. BRUSHES. ETC.
Domcstic and Foreign Mineral Waters
1si Gt On
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ria all stuff about dressing turkeys.
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Heroes are all greater at a distance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-10-08
The Net of the Garden Spider.

The web or net of the common garden
spider, Epeira diadema, may be seen in
every garden, spread across little open
ings between the branches and canes of
fruit trees, bushes and vines. 1t is more
abundant this year than for several years
past. 1t is generally passed by without
any regard or concern, yet its fabricator
is useful in destroying some of the moths
and flies that produce injurious Larvae.
1t has been discovered that the net of
this spider consists of two kinds of silk.
The threads of the concentric circle are
composed of silk much more elastic than
that of the rays, and are studded over
with minute globules of viseid gum,
sufficiently adhesive to retain any unwary
fly that comes in contact with it. A net
of average dimensions has been found to
contain 81 1863 of these globules, and a
large net, fourteen or sixteen inches in
diameter, 10000; yet this net will be
completed in about forty minutes if no
interruption occur. In ordinary c.rcum-
stances the threads lose their viscidity by
exposure to the air, and require to have
it renewed every twenty.four hours.
Any person by scattering a little fine
dust over the webs may satisfy himself
that it is retained only on the circles
where the minute globules are placed,
and not upon the radii. If the globulcs
are removed, both lines are unadhesive ;
but in other respects they are different,
the circular lines being transparent and
highly elastic, while the radial lines are
opaque, and possess only moderate de-
gree of electricity. Astronomers find
the opaque silk of the radical lines and
of the egg bag q convenient substitute
for platina wires in the telescopes at
tached to their instruments, but the silk
of the circular lines, being transparent,
is unsuitable for this purpose Western,
Rural.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-10-08
The Sheep Bot Fly.

Some years ago we used to keep sew
eral hundred sheep, some of which we're
frequently troubled with GRUB in the
head as we called it, and the only cure
We ever found was the blowing of to-
bacco smoke up the sleeps nostrils, by
holding the sheep firmly while one inserts
the stem of a tobacco pipe in the nostril,
and then, by placing his mouth over or
near the bowl of the pipe, blow and force
the smoke fap up into the head. Our
sheep, believe, always recovered after
such treatment. Whether that effected
it or not do not know; but prevention
is the best of all.
We had seen it stated somewhere that
the place to tar is at the upper part of
the nose, between the eyes, instead of the
nostril; "that in that place the nose is
protected only by very thin and delicate
membrane beneath the skin, through
which the parent insect can easily thrust
her ovipositor, deposit her egg and depart
instantly. This egg, Matching, produces
the grub in the head" On this hin,
We acted. Having at shearing time a
bucket of tar near by, we daubed each
sheep, as it was shOrn, across the nose, be.
tween the eyes, with broad, thick band
of tar. This seemed to prove perfect
preventive. Never after were we troubled
with the grub among the sheep.-Cor.
Country Gentleman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-10-08
The Prisons Of Paris.

The Petite Roquette is the name given
to the house of correction for youthful
delinquents under sixteen years of age,
and for lads under age whose parents
have, as a last resource, brought them
before the President of the Tribunal of
the Seine. This must be necessarily a
difficult and delicate duty, and, as might
be expected, the inquiry is often too
slightly pursued. Worthless parents,
wishing to be relieved of the care of their
offspring, and perhaps about to contract
q second marriage, will falsely accuse
~ separate and cellular. This is doubt
less absolutely necessary in the earlier
stages of their treatment; still, it is a
sharp remedy, and it is very painful to
see these young creatures, at the very
age when their spirits are most buoyant,
immersed in solitude, seeing no one but
the officers and chaplains, and left to
work and eat and sleep alone. One fine
lad, whose cell entered with the ward.
er, when asked him how he came into
that place, hesitated at first for an an.
swer, and then replied, "They said
STOLE" His countenance rather belied
his evasivc reply and l could not but
doubt whether the facts altogether bore
out his favorable representation of his
case. The youth looked well and as
happy as circumstances would allow.
believe he was near the end of his term.
Six months is, l was informed, the utmost
limit of their confinement here, with
the exception of some more hopeful
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-10-08
Making Dutch Cheese.

I don't want to boast, but there is
poetry in the way make Dutch cheese,
and I'll tell you how to do it, / take
some sweet milk and stand it on top of
the stove in new tin pail or pan, sllak-
ing it occasionally that the forming curd
may not settle to the bottom. turn the
edges gently, that the curd may form
evenly, taking care not to break it, and
not to let it cook too fast. If the heat
is about right it will be done in half an
hour. Then drain off the whey slowly,
pressing down upon the curd until only
whey enough remains in it so that the
cheese will not be too dry, just moist
enough to mix we'll. Then salt to taste,
add good lump of butter and work
we'll with my hand, then pack it down in
q crock, leaving all the moisture in it..
This is better than to press it into dry
balls. Set away in the coolest corner of
the cellar or spring-house. The poetry
comes in when preparing it for the table
Take it out into deep white dish and
very carefully dip out and lay over the
top of it few spoonfuls of thick cream,
sweet or sour, but the sour is preferable.
Lay clean, bright spoon beside the
dish and your wholesome poem is
ready for criticism. Cold and white and
pretty, and one of the incest dishes
known for tea.-OhiO Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-10-08
Wet Boots.

A friend, writes from Europe: What
an amount of discomfort wet boots en-
tail, to be sure; and how well we all re-
call the fretful efforts We have now and
then made to draw on pair Of hard
baked ones which were put by the fire
over night to dry. Damp and adhesive
within, they are without stiff and un-
yielding as horn. Once on, they are a
sort of modern stocks, destructive of all
comfort and entirely demoralizing to the
temper. The following simple device
will rob the cold, wet barnyard of q
slushy winter or spring evening of half
its promise of discomfort for the next
morning:
When the boots are taken off fill them
quite full with dry oats. This grain has
. great fOndness for damp and will rap
idly absorb the last vestige of it from the
wet leather. As it takes up the moisture
it swclls and fills the boot with tightly
fitting last, keeping its form good and
drying the leather without hardening it.
In the morning shake out the oats and
hang them in q bag near the fire to dry,
ready for the next night, draw on the
boots and 60 happily about the days
work.-Amersean Agricultural.
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MILKING TINE.

\. the foot ofthc hill the milk house stands.
Where the Balm of Gilcad spreads his hands,
And the willow trails at each pendent tip
me lazy lash OF golden whip.
And an ice-cold spring with tinkling sound
Makes bright green edge for the dark gree
ground.
Cool is cave is the air within.
fraNc are the shelves with the FURNISHED tin
Oi the curving shores. and the seas of white
That turn to gold in single night.
As II the disc of a winter noon
should take the tint of new doubOOn.
Burned to a coal is the amber day.
Moons splendid fire has faded away.
And. lodged on the edge of Il world grass grown
Like great live cmhcr gows the sun
When il falls behind the crimson bars
Look out for the sparks OF the early stars
With the clang of her bell a mothcrly brown
No trace of her lineage handed down.
l. leading the long. deliberate line
VI the Dcvons red and the Durhams fine
to-hoss. "Co-buss." and the caravan
WITH az nwagcr swing comes down the lane,
And lowing along from the clover bed
Troops over the bars with numbering tread.
Under the lee of the patient beasts
On their tripod stools like Pithian priests
The tow-clad boys and the linscy girls
Make the cows give down in milky swirls.
There : stormy time in the drifted pals.
There : Il Seafoam swath in the drivin. gales,
Then girls and hoys with whistle and song.
Two pals apiece. meandcr along
The winding path in the golden gloom.
And - set, the milk in the twilight room.
B. +. Tdylor. in Scribner's Monthly.
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characters, who are detained with
q view to further probation
and ultimate apprenticeship. If
they are not we'll conducted, and are not
claimed by their parents at the end of
that time, they are removed to juvenile
agricultural colleges, such as Mettray. I
was happy to find some alleviations pro-
vided for the misery of their situation,
as we'll as means for their Improvement,
in the services and religious instruction
of the chapel, and in the classes for in
struction in the elements of general
knowledge. Separation here also is strin-
gently enforced. The chapel is q rotunda,
and is fitted up with rows of box-like
seats in concentric circles, all converging
around the altar and the priest. There
they sit unseen by each other and all
seen by him. Their relatives, when they
have any, are allowed to visit them, but
the interview must take place on the
wrong side of wire grating. Even in
the hours of recreation they are alone.
Each little unfortunate has his own little
yard, in which for one hour daily he may
stretch his limbs under the eye of the
vigilant keeper. observed one, and
only one, grim concession to childish
tastes. A slight recognition of the fact,
SO truly and we'll expressed by Keble,
that "thc heart of childhood is all
mirth," is seen in the hoop which hangs
up at the entrance to each yard; but the
play must lie indeed a slow one. No
sooner has the unhappy urchin got his
hoop into fair motion when it falls
against the walls of the Enclosure and he
has to begin again. This place is also
their lavatory, where in all possible
weathers, with the running pipe, soap
and towels, each youngster performs
his toilet. When the water is
frozen in the pipes the soft-hearted
authorities make virtue of necessity
and allow them to wash indoors. The
system, although SO stern and perhaps
needlessly harsh, appears in many re-
spects most admirable, and vastly supe-
rior to the practice, still to be found in
England, of combining mere children with
veterans whose hair has grown gray in
crime. My last visit was reserved for
that which, on account of its painful
associations, is in some respects the most
prison of the condemned
La Grande Roquette. 1t is used as the
temporary depot of those under sentence
of penal servitude, as we'll as for the
confinement of men condemned to
death. There appeared to be nothing
worthy of special notice in its ordinary
arrangements. They pass the day in
common, but sleep separately at night.
Quite apart from the rest are the three
cells for the condemned. They are spa
cious and airy, and extremely we'll
secured. A warden and a soldier, who
are changed every two hours, are in con-
slant attendance upon him. He is never
left alone, day or night. The chaplain
also pays him frequent visits. All other
visitors Except, when necessary, his legal
advisory are excluded. AS, happily, the
cells were at the time unoccupicd, was
allowed to enter them. The gloom and
stiffness of the weird place made me
Words.
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Weddings.

As the semi-annual bridal season is at
hand, it is the time to plead for a reform
in weddings. Every year this sacredest of
all occasions is turned more and more
into mere opportunity for display, and
for replying to some fancied social obi
CATION. Instead of the time when few
of the closest friends gathered to witness
the solemnest compact human beings can
frame, it is chosen as the moment for
bringing together the larger part of a
family's social circle, to show the bride
in her bridal garments; to prove how
many flowers and refreshments the family
can afford: and, with shame he it said, to
exhibit to criticism and light comment
the precious tokens that should have
come with tender regard to the maid on
the eve of her new life.
A wedding must not he uncheerful
but it must certainly be solemn to all
who realize what it is. On the one side
it is renouncing old ties, promising to
begin with faith, and hope, and love a
new and wholly untried existence. On
the other, it is the acceptance of sacred
trust, the covenant to order life anew in
such ways as shall make the happiness of
two instead of one. Can such an occasion
be fitting for revelry? Is it not wiser,
more delicate, to bid only the nearest of
friends to marriage ceremony, and leave
the feasting and frolic for a subsequent
time? We are sure there are few girls
who, if they reflect on the seriousness of
the step they are about to take, will not
choose to make their vow merely within
the loving limits of their home circle.
All our best instincts point to the abso-
lutte simplicity and privacy of wedding
services; only perversion of delicacy
could contemplate the asking of crowds
of half-sympathetic or wholly curious
people to attend the fulfillment of the
most solemn of contracts. Let there be
as much party-making, rejoicing and
pleasure.taking afterward as hearts de-
sire; but let the solemn vows be made in
the presence only of those nearest and
dearest" Home and Society,"" Scribner's
for OcfOber
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Walk Your Horses.

We frequently see the above clause
painted over the archways to bridges as
a caution against fast driving while cross
ing the bridge. 1t is not in this light,
however, that we use it on this occasion
1t has been customary at our State, dis
trict and county fairs to give large pre-
miums for the best running and trotting
horses. The object of these premiums
is to cultivate the two gaits and improve
the usefulness of not only the individual
animal, but to improve the race of the
animal by the transmission of the trot-
ting and running qualities or abilities
from sire to son and from dam 20 prog
eny. The idea is q good one, and we
approve Of it. By this custom the race
horse and the trotter of to-day have been
made much superior to the race-hOrse
and trotter of twenty and ten, and even
five years ago. The muscle of the sire
and dam, as enlarged and strengthened
by practice, as well as the ambitious
spirit of the animal, is transmitted to
the progeny, and the result is a general
improvement of the lace of horses.
Now of all the useful gaits of the horse
good fast walking gait is the most val
liable to the farmer. In almost every
place in which farmer uses horse the
walk is the gait used. In the pillow, be-
fore the harrow or cultivator, before the
wagon, and, indeed, in all uses to which
the horse is put on the farm, the walk is
the gait in which he is required to travel.
For all teaming purposes, also, on the
road, the team horse walks nine miles
where he trots one, and in none of the
useful occupations to which he is put is
required to run. The walk, then, is real
ly the most universally useful gait. The
walk is also as capable of improvement
in the individual animal and in the race
of horses as is the trotting or running
gait, and yet walking race for horses is
: thing seldom heard of at our agricul
tural fairs. We think this is a great
oversight in the management, and one
that will be acknowledged by every
farmer in the country. Why not change
the practice in this respect, and intro.
duce walking races as we'll as trotting,
pacing and running races, at our fairs: