The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-31
ALL SORTS.

j A sailor says the growing demand for
three -masted schOOners is because no man
can serve two masters.
The city of Chicago has bonded debt of
$500, 900, and floating debt of SO, 600 900,
making $16,o00 900.
Queen Victoria proposes to return the
Cars visit next winter. 1t will be rather
cold interchange of civilities.
Nashville has colored ghost. This would
seem to argue the necessity of a civil rights
bill in heaven.-Ne~ Hacen Register.
A voracious dog in Troy, New York, has
swallowed his masters false teeth, and both
dog and man are suffering from disordered
| stOmachs.
| The people of st. Louis are wonderfully
pleased with their bridge over the Missis-
sppi. 1t is stated that sixty thousand peO-
pie passed over it to Illinois on Sunday last.
At forty years of age man looks back
over his life and wonders what he did it for
and then he turns wisttully toward the fu-
ture, and keeps on doing it,
The lady who advertised for fashionable
Protestant hair-dresser, has received an i'm
pertinent note from fellow signing himself
"a Calvinistic Capillarst."
Speaking of General Buffers illness, a
Washington scribe says: Eighteen hours
of labOrious sin each day and six hours in
troubled sleep demands forfeit"
Cincinnati wants to improve her financial
condition by levying tax upon swearing.
The idea is to make an oath cost 81, whether
it is worth that much or not.
Jones complained of bad smell about
the post Office, and asked Brown what it
could be. Brown did not know, but sug-
gested that it might be caused by the dead
letters.
London tailors actually propose to de-
mand payment for clothes on delivery, and
the swell of the period characterizes the
innovation as beastly republican sort of
thing.
The price of hemp in the Bluegrass coun-
try, KY, is steadily increasing. A sale was
made last week of twelve tons at Sc 10,
and it is expected that the staple will yet
reach higher figure.
The female lobbyists are said to be the
best-loOking women in Washington. If we
may believe your cold-blooded cynic, mis-
chief-makers are generally the best-looking
women everywhere.
"What a delightful sensation" says
Jeems, "tO be cremated in the city gas
works and have your sweetheart exclaim,
in turning on the gas, He was never so
brilliant as now
The Legislature of Arkansas has antici-
pated the action of Congress, in appointing
a committee of investigation, and have
formed a committee charged with the duty
of investigating the recent troubles.
Col. Charles G. Green, the able and vet
eran editor of the Boston Post, is ill, and
has been obliged to resign his position as
one of the commissioners to revise the city
charter of Boston.
One of the Chicago papers lately spoke of
" Socrates and his dear Penelope" The
same writer will probably next tell us
about Washington and his dear Aspasia, or
Grant and his dear Cleopatra.
man cannot wait for his dinner without
losing his temper, but see with what an
gelic sweetness woman bears the trial
Has the woman more patience? Not a
bit only she has lunched and the man has
not.
why" asked a governcss of her little
charge, :" do we pray God to give us our
days, or five days, or week 7" because
we want it fresh" replied the ingenious
child.
TEMPTING INDICTMENT. Cheerful
Agent for Life Assurance Company" The
advantage of our company is that you do
not forfeit your policy either by being
hanged or committing suicide. Pray take
1 prospectus.
NJ lie Schneider, after years retirement,
las reappeared in Paris in Offenbach's
Perichole." She still sings we'll, but has
crown curously fat, and appears to feel
lat her lustre is waning before the younger
beauties of the French STAGE
During Charlotte Cushma ans engagement
t Booths Theatre next season, George Van
lenhoft will return to the stage, after an alb
enee OF fourteen years, and act in "Macbeth"
mo Henry WILL" which will then be re-
lived in magnificent manner.
The Car has received the same honor
men was conferred III former times on Louis
Aossuth and Garibaldi-he has been made
n honorary citizen of London. Louis Ma
oleon received that mark of distinction in
the days Of his glory.
Three shares of the New York Tyibun
tock were put up for sale at public auction
that city Tuesday last. The price below
1hica they could not be sold was fixed by
he owner at $500 per share. The par
alue of each share is $1,000
One evening at a Paris cafe group of
Hers were discussing politics, and people
Tho change their opinions. DWELL" said
ne, 1--we never cried, Long live any
ody "Quite So" remarked another,
but then you are DOCTOR"
Philadelphia has debt of about So, OOO-
to one-eighth of the total assess
valuation OF the wealth of the city. The
ty has set of officers who understand per-
city the science of addition, division and
lence, and that's what's the matter.
.! tell you" said Wisconsin man to
elghbor next day after burying his wife,
when ! came to get in bed and lay thar,
40 not hearing Lucinda jawing around for
hour and half, it just made me feel as
ia moved into strange country"
The answer of young Sartoris to the ques-
on, Wilt thou take this woman to be thy
edded wife, ETC., was, az do" But this
as the only mistake he made His cool
'ss was remarkable, for at that point, if at
} other, he should have wilted"
There are three postmistresses in Ken
cky. Mrs. Porter has charge of the Lou
Vile office, Mrs Farrell Of that of Gov
gton, the second in impor .ance in the
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