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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

Aletter is published from Mr.. Chase to Mr..
Greeley at the me of the latters nomination
for the Presidency, in which he allndes to the
Democratic action making Mr.. Greeley's cleo
ton "almost certainty. 1t is odd how
widely from the truth were the prophecies of
these great men. American politics are as I'M
certain as horse racing.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

In thd very heart OF the very worst quarter Of
rampant and where degraded WON n are most
bold, there is 3 convent Of French MUS 1.-THE
Euvres Francaises) whose good works are end
less and whose charities are boundless. A fete
in aid Of this convent was gwen at the French
Embassy, Albert Gate, on Wednesday, by the
Duchesse de la Rochrfoucauld- Bisaccia. 1t Was
the most brilliant affair of the season. The Prln
cess Of Wales attested the worthiness Of the
cause by her patronage, and the fete was graced
by the presence Of ali leaders of m don sJciety.
There was q concert in the embassy, AMI each
guest paid guinea for that. There was Ie-
freshment-roOm VIII re one had cup of tea tor
q fye-p ind note, and q smoking-r1om where
you had cigar for q guinea. AS tle fete lasted
for ,urs, and as 'au the world was ther, l
fancy til It the treasury OF the good sisters lis for
Olce well filled. Marshal MacMahon, by the
way, seat large subscription to their funds.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

Having exhausted the hydrophobia ques-
ton, some of the New York papers are now
expanding their eloquence on the inquiry
whether dogs should be required to keep
their mouths shut during hot weather. The
humane Bergh says, it would be cruel to shut
dogs mouth. So we suppose the dogs will
have their day
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

The municipal election in Vicksburg, over
which there is SO much excitement, is to take
place August 4. There are two tickets-a re-
gular Republican, supported almost wholly
by negroes. and IL peoples ticket, supported
almost exclusively by whites. The former is
headed by Martin Keary, candidate for Mayor,
formerly citizen Of St Louis, subsequently
a levee builder in Mississippi, and now an
ambitious Republican OF Vicksburs. The
peoples candidate for Mayor is an Irishman
also, Richard O'Leary, put forth to draw of
the considerable Irish vote from Keary.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

It is rare that great Son.u, As associated
with unusual purity of character. It is not
clear that man Of genius can any more re-
sist temptation than an ordinary person.
But it is very ordinary person who does not
know temptation when he meets it, and if lie
chooses not to flee it. he must suffer the con-
sequences The only permanently good men
are those who keep out Of temptation, wLeth-
er they have genius or not.
louisville Courier Journal.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

A correspondent of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, who has spent considerable time in in
vestigation of the subject, in answer to a re-
mark by Professor Henry, that ''the immense
water power at Niagara may in the progress Of
practical science, be applied to the purposes
there are 52,Ol7 water wheels in operation in
American manufacturing establishments, CIV
ing power of l, 100, 4l6 horses, while Niagara
Falls gives power Of 1883 O96 horses. .
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

If that English Jockey Club gives mp its
grand stand. as requisite for the Use OF small
pox patients from Newmarket. not only no SEES
but men will be pitted gainst each other on
that course hereafter.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

WATER FOR THE USE OF ARMIES. --To Ameri-
cans who indulge generally in a large use of
water for drinking purposes, it will seem
rather queer that in some armies soldiers on
their march could be forbidden to drink water.
Still such was the case with the German army,
especially during the French campaign in
1877. The practi was almost invariably,
when hating near water, to stop all access to
il by guard, for it was taken for granted that
if the soldiers We're allowed to drink they
would chill themselves. It wa, through such
a wrong notion that there was much suffering
in the German army, and that in Bavaris,n
regiment which moved by Sedan no fewer than
seven men We're brought into that place insen-
sible from the effects + heat, and two of them
died the same night. Experience has taught
a hard lesson to the Prussians and they will
adopt, very likely. the opposite system of the
swiss general staff. Not only is II Swi S sol
der allowed to carry his water bottle wit
free leave to use it, but on every halt in a vii
age, the inhabitants wait for the soldiers with
pals Of water, which ev have been ordered
TO get ready by mounted orderlies. who are
dis atched ahead Of every column Of infantry.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

The Maryland Court of Appeals has decided
receipt of the premium by the agent will not re-
vive it, i'll violation of it's terms that, without
authority to make an original contract, the agent
cannot waive condition of the nlicy
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

FOrneys Chronicle Is .u.nor.ty l"r the state
ment that President Grant required hummer
Of clerks in the Surgeon Geaer.ls ,fic. L.si
week to take the lroncltd oath, upon the r :
presentation being made TO hin from Certain
were dislOyal
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

She was fifty and a widow. Heaven had
given her one good man, and she was not
averse to taking unto herself another. He
came as a boarder. and though he WIS about
a quarter OF century behind the widow, he
wooed and won. Subsequently he induced
her to realize on her little property, and now
she is looking for him. The story is told in
Albany. New York. And until aged widows
tame their blood, teaching it to be humble
and wait upon the judgment, and until
young men cease to covet their neighbors
goods, it will be told again and again, at
Alban" and elsewhere.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

Hon. j. Ban rott Davis, Assistant Secretary
OF State, who is to be the new Minister at
Berlin, is a sharp and skillful newspaper wri-
t,r. and is supposed to have written some Of
the most elaborate articles which have lately
appeared in the Administration press designed
TO prepare the public mind for II tnird term.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

Ex-Governor Charles J. jenkins, of Geor-
gia. has been selected rs umpire by the arbi-
traitors appointed to settle lie Maryland and
Vir.ila boundary line.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

The last dash OF newspaper enterprise must
be credited to the Milwaukee Nelrs, u paper
which is printing the lives of the signers Of
the Declaration Of Indie .,endence, regardless
of expense.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

A railroad conductor in Pennsylvania re-
ceived on board a fine-looking specimen of an
old country gentleman. When he passed
through the cars, the old gentleman handed
up his ticket, which was duly punched and
returned to him. After passing the next call
station, the conductor again called tor the
old gentleman's cket. He looked up in sur
prise. and informed the puncher of tickets
that he had thrown it out of the window
"Why did you do that 2" asked the co, due
tor. The old gentleman replied "Why. l
thought if you didn't want it, didn't" The
face of the old man was so honest, and his
knowledge of railroad travelling evidently so
limited, that the conductor accepted his
word and carried him to his destination.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

Edmund Yates, after having been snmptu-
ously " dined and wined " in this country, has
gone home and written book in ridicule OF
his entertainers. Had they Obliged him to
wash down his vituals with Cincinnati whisky
our feelings would have been sptre1.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

farmer in New England hung up coat
to ir.ghten the birds away from his irdit trees,
and few weeks after found tn Il wnoie
brood had been matched in one OF the pockets.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

Complaint is made that colored gentlemen
who sport white aprons at g summer resorts
conduct themselves this year as though Sena-
tor Summers last civil rights bill was already
a law. One at Long Branch charged twenty
five cents for bringing lady glass of ice
water. and when demonstrated with said !;
:" You wouldn't bring it to me for dat"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
OUACHITA RIvBR.

OUACIIITA RIVHR.
BLANKS'S LINE OUACfIITA Packets
FOR CAMDEN, TRENrUN, MON
A@M9lSlsS roe and all way landings on Onachita an
A<ss Black Rivers. Tho very ksht4ransh
passenger steamer
Bastr0p,
F. A. Blanks master, J. Holmes and w. Qua Cts
Will leave every SATURDAY. at 5 p. N.
Willie,
j. w. Blanks, master; r. b. Trinidad elerkA
Will leave every TUESDAY, ut S p. n.
connecting with steamers Ora for Bayou Bartheset
new Goose for Little River, Tensas and Bayou No
CON- Bertha Br,lner for UArbOnne, Ann s for Boese
River and Stati0rLs little packet tor Bayou LOuia
BRlENlN 4 EPPLER
.jy21 I'm W.B CLARKE Agents.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

Solomon Citroen. about two weeks ago, an
rived at New York from Hamburg, on the
Westphalia. with S14,0 900 worth of diamonds
in trunk which escaped payment OF duty.
Shortly afterwards he brought the diamonds
to the Custom-House officer, saying that when
the trunk was landed Custom House otfc +
asked him whether Their were any dutinble
goods in his trunk, and that he replied that
he did not know, and asked the Off
Ger to search his trunk AID asc r ain:
that the officer did not inform him that there
were any dutiable goods in the trunk. Hav-
ing been subsequently informed that the di;.-
pay the duty The truth of his statement be-
ing doubted, it being thought that the dia-
monds We're brought from fear of discovery
by the customs authorities, they we seized
and held for condemnation. Citroen then pc
titioned the Treasury Department for the re-
turn of the diamonds and the matter has been
referred to United States Commissioner Os-
born to take testimony.
What a delightful INSTITUTION It summer the
atre would be these hot, long, light evenings
In Germany they are to be found in almost
every town, and an evening with Benedix (the
great German comedy-writer) in the open air
is a treat which the intelligent tourist takes
care not to lose. The theatre is constructed
sitter the fashion Of our travelling shows, so
far as stage is concerned, but the auditorium
is beautiful garden. brilliantly lighted and
elegantly laid out. Here in the long summer
evenings the German student takes his sweet
heart and pipe. A table in front of him holds
his beer glass, which a watchful 'Kellner is
ever ready to replenish Thick hinges and
fences running round the garden keep in the
sound, and more comfortable or enjoyable
places of amusement are not to be found
upon the Continent. Why can't we have
something of this sort :?
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
LOWER COAsT.

LOWER COAST.
REGULAR LOWER COAST PACKET.
TWICE A WEEK
Leaves every WEDNESDAY, and SATURDAY.
at 10 A. nj.
FOR THE FORES, QUARANTINE
ls&sltkE Buras, Ponte h iIache. Jesait's Bend.
an, all plantation and way lan,lings--
The new and staunch passenger steamer
Mary Ida,
Al; Ruiz, master, J. L. Boyd T. X Bassy. cserkA
board or to ljy26I Il. VKRBtsA, Agent
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

BY only he New An. sr-can eewn, Machine,
$50 Canal street
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

DRODlkS CORDIAL.
During the prevalence, at this time, Of Diar-
rhea and Bowel Complaints, every family should
keep on hand
BRODIE'S CORDIAL.
It is pleasant to the taste, can be safely gwen
to Infants and Children. and never fails to cure.
1t is mild III action never leaving behind cOnstl-
patton, but may he relied upon in severe cases.
Many life may be saved by using it in time.
For sale by all druggists.
I. L. LYONS,
SuccnssOr tr ';al, tsvcnl.
iy1H got cor. Camn and Greviar prnu~,ntn~.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

breakup Of their tried friendship. On the
Who'll, then, if the lives of the two men are
put in the balance, there can be no possibility
Of doubt as to which will outweigh the other.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

ID F. SIMMS-
d. 80 Natchez street,
Agent Mississippi Mills
WOOLEN FABRICS
for Spring, Summer and Fall, in Handsome Style.
TWEEDS-Assorted COlOrs.
COTTON GOODS
Osnaburgs, 8 OF.
Osnaburgs, 6 or.
Heavy Sheetng, A.
Heavy rs Shirtings.
Heavy Brown Drilling.
WOODEN Goods
Heavy Doeskin.
Heavy White Jeans, Assorted Colors
COLORED COTTON GOODS
Heavy Checks, Blue Brown and Black
tNt-on Sai.r YVES from TOT.
Sewing Thread. l. 2 and 8. jy4 lmeod
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
STEAMBOATS,.
UPPER MISSISSIPPI.

ST. LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS AND AKk
CHANTS SOUTHERN PACKET LINE
GIVING THROUGH TICKETS 70
sSllD|S = Boston, New York, PhilalslphiA DabS
more, Warrington City, BuffA1A PlSes
barg, Cleveland, Cincinnati Louisville asa
EXCURSION TICKETS. TO .SN PAUL.
FOR ST. LOUIS, CAIRO, MEMPHTS AND TIE
BENDS.
Win leave ~ below at O'Clock, y. X,
COMMONWEALTH, 81
Thoe W. Shields. captains Owen g. tsstoa elsak
WEDNESDAY,, August
HENRY AMEs.
J. W. Jacobs captain Green r. Shields OlokA
SATURDAY, August 4
Issuing as usual Thruugk Riila sf Lssling in cso-
neotOn with the railroads 70 al the principal points
North and West. s<2e-s y
J.B WOODS 4 CO, General AgestA
my1 49, I2A EfAVo6e aGEoo&
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

RAILROAD COMPANY
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE.
Trains depart and arrive as follows:
From Calhope Street Depot,
DEPART. ARRIVE.
Expr.ss -. 700 A. NJ. Express. -. 1890 P. NJ.
Mai 49,. 500 2. NJ Mail ...... 800 A. NJ
nman Palace Sleeping Cars through to ST
It's. Chicago and Louisville.
only one change sleeping cars to Eastern
il,s.
'lrk+is Tor sale and information gwen at 2
IMP street. corner Common.
A. d. SHELDON. Agent.
f. D FROST Gem Nan,"o- o.,'n.,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-29
The JimmYinhnS.

Mrs Diaz tells us in her latest
work a comical story of two twins,
who looked so much alike that the
neighbors could not tell which was
Jimmy and which was Johnny, and
so called them "the Jinmyjohns."
And this is the account of one of
their funny '.ways:" When the
Jimmies were little toddling things,
just beginning to walk. they were
constantly falling down, tipping
over in their cradle or humping
their heads together; and Mrs.
Plummer found that the best way
to stop the crying, at such times,
was to turn it into kissing. The
reason of this is very plain. In
crying, the mouth flies open; in
kissing, it shuts. Mrs. Plummer
was a wonderful woman. She found
out that shutting its mouth would
stop its crying, and to shut the
mouth she contrlved that pretty
kissing plan, and at the first sound
of a bump would catch up the little
toddlers, put their arms around each
others necks. and say: kiss John.
ny, JIMMY Kiss Jimmy Johnnyl"|
1t was enough to make anybody
laugh to see them, in the midst of a
crying spell, run toward each other,
their cheeks still wet with tears, and
to see their poor, little. twisted, cry
ing mouths trying to shut up into
a kiss.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-29
Unhappy Thoughts.

That SO few people know beans.
That one can never find any one
IN.
That SO many people want to be
President.
That money continues to make
the Mayors go.
That men of small caIiber should
be such great bores.
That we should have panics in the
season of picnics.
That, as a rule, the more a man
reads, the less he knows.
That there should be so many
rats about, and SO few cats.
That there is no process by which
You can make two and two five.
That there should be so much
thinking in the world and so few
thoughts.
That men should be born free and
equal, and women neither equal nor
free.
That there shouldn't be smoking
pews in church as we'll us sleeping
pews.
That there should be so MANY
more lunatics out of the asylums
than in them.
That husbands-the horrid crea-
tures-will read the newspapers at
breakfast.
That people should drink to keep
themselves up, when it only keeps
them down.
That young girls will part their
hair on the side and the young men
in the middle.
That nearly every English author
should think he can come here, and
play the Dickens.
That, among men, black should
be considered worse than white,
seeing that neither of them is a color.
That little wretehos should be
saying to you every hour, .Shine,
sir??" when you don't feel like shin,
ing at all.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-29
Movements OF storms.

Some of the observed facts, the
constant recurrence of which, under
certain conditions, forms the basis
of predictions or forecastes of the
weather made by the signal officers
Of the Government, are curious, if
viewed by themselves without taking
into account the meteorological laws
which govern them. Storm centres
in that part of our country east of
the Rocky Mountains almost inyaria-
bly, travel in a northwest direction,
at an average rate of thirty miles an
hour or about seven hundred miles a
day. The velocity varies, however,
with the season of the year. Prof
LOOMS, 10 q recent lecture on the
subject, says that the high lands of
Maine and New Brunswick check the
further progress of storms taveling
in a n~ortheasterly direction, and that
the storms are then forced either to
find an outlet in some other direc-
ton, or to hang about until they
gradually subside.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-29
A Trying Moment.
Danbury News.l

NeNS.J
What a terrible sensation it is to
get down from some elevation,
where your decent depends upon
making a connection with your feet,
and fail to find the proper footing.
Perhaps you are a large nan and
are getting down from a shed roof
Your stomach is pressed against the
caves and your elbows are dug into
the shingles. You have got down
too far to crawl back, and are per-
fectly unable to see your legs or
anything near them, and in this
condition of complete helplessness,
and perspiring at every pore, you
deploy your feet in agonizing ap
prehension. Despite the danger of
your position, you cannot help but
realize the awfully g%rotesque spec
tacle you are unavoidably making
of yourself for the benefit of preju-
diced observers, and the sensation
intensifes instead of relieving the
misery. 1t is at such a time as this
that a man understands the worth
of a true wife TO steady his legs and
point his feet But she is neither
in sight nor hearing, and after wav
ing and founcing his legs until every
bloodvessel in his head is on the
point of bursting and the pressure
against his stomach threatens his
spine, be either makes the connec
ton or. and what is more probable,
let go his hold in the madness OF
despair and comes down on the
hard earth as if it were an ottoman
There are times when a wife should
court seclusion. This is zone of them.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-29
A Californian Wonder.

The tract Of country known as the
Slate Range Valley is probably one
of the most curious that southern
California can boast of 1t is there
the immense deposits of borax were
discovered something like a year ago,
and It that time the whole lower or
central part of the basin was covered
with a white deposit, breaking away
in some places in large soda reefs,
in others resembling the waves of
the ocean, and in still others stretch.
ing out for miles in one unbroken
level, from which the sun reflected
its rays with a glare almost unen
durable. But one of the most singu-
lar features in connection with this
section was the absence of rain or
moisture; the days we're ever sunny
and hot, the nights without dew and
and generally warm, For more than
five years. it is said, by those who
claim to know. there had been no
rain there, until some three months
since the spell was broken. Sud
denly, and with scarcely any warn
ing, rain commenced to fall, and for
thirty hours came down steadily
and increasingly, unaccompauied by
wind, but yet a thourough d~renching
rain. For two or three days it re
mained pleasant, when suddenly q
water spout was seen winding its
way through the valley. 1t came in
a zigzag curse across the upper end
of the lake, striking the range OF
hills on the east side, and coursing
rapidly along them. The canyons
and gorges soon filled with
water, which poured from them in
fearful volumes, and spread itself
out upon the bottom. In a short
time it vas over, and denizens of the
place now look for another dry sea
son of five years.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-29
TIE CAKE CROP.

The secretary read a letter of in
quiry from a young dry goods clerk
who had just married on a salary of
nine dollars a week, and who had
rented Il house and lot, the latter
affording him a fine garden spot as
large as the tail of an army shirt,
upon which he proposed to raise
sufficient vegetables for family use.
Among other little articles which he
proposed to raise Git was so much
nicer To have everything fresh from
your W garden") were onions.
beets, egg plants, tomatoes, celery,
gourds ITO mend stocking on) green
corn, potatoes. cabbages, caulifiower,
leeks. parsnips, pumpkins, ~squashes,
carrots, and above all things he de-
sired to raise his own buckwheat
cakes. hence his letter to the "Hay-
seed Club" asking the best and
most economical method Of cnlti-
waiting this delicious crop He had
an itching desire TO ans his own
buckwheat cakes, that not even
sulphur and molasses could cure.
Mr.. Gregory, one of the most
venerable members of the organiza
ton, said he had never raised buck
wheat cakes on a farm, but at his
breakfast table he found no difficulty
in raising from twenty to thirty
every morning by the aid of a con
mon three tined fork. AS to plant
ing the buckwheat, he thought per
haps four grains to the hill would
be sufficient Care should be taken
in hoeing for the first few times, and
after the wheat was we'll up, it
would be well to whitewash each
stalk once or twice, to prevent the
%curculio from destroying it.