The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-24

Boston Post.
The kalsomining days have come, tn
toughest of the year, that make a man for
swear his home, and "walk off on his ear
1t is said of the temperance crusader
that "they drink not, neither do they sin
yet Solomon in all his glory, was not rait
like one Of these"
A French wit said of man who was ex
ceedingly fat, that nature only made him t.
show how far the human skin would stretcl
without breaking.
Mabel-"Yes! that young man is yer!
fond of kissing" Mater" Mabel, wh'
ever told you such nonsensep Mabel.
had it from his own lipsw
Madame Rstori, while in Paris on bel
way to South America, closed an engage
ment with an American manager for series
of fifty representations in the United State
to begin next March.
Delicate climate they have up in Alaska
nice place for consnmptives to recruit in
About March 18th the snow was ten feet
deep in spots, and the air SO cold that while
one half the pot boiled the other half froze.
Wonderful tape-lines they use in Washing
ton, lines that measure off three feet for one
every time when there is any work to be
charged for, and one foot for three when
there is any for which they have to pay.
There is everything in the way You put a
thing. A Massachusetts, editor, of a humor-
Gus turn of mind and knack of twisting
expressions to suit emergencies, heads the
list Of births in his paper, "Our Young
Folks for May"
"Spring shades in cats are appearing
says the Boston Globe. The favOrite tint in
Toms and Tables up in our alley this season
is moonlight on the she'd" though, if you
sling sootjack into bevv of them, it is
sure to make them yell" owl"
Veto Hugo never takes more than fif-
teen days 70 write the longest of his plays,
and has finished some Of his novels in an
incredibly short time. 1t is facetiously re-
marked that he wrote "93" IN month
or SO.
A local in Louisville, KY, called at the
military headquarters to get news, and was
cheered by the answer, I'd be glad to give
you anything if could, but when there is
anything of Importance, we are not allowed
to give anything unless it is of no i'm.
1ortance" The same is frequently the case
in other places.
During the process Of a dry goods clerks
ball in the Bowery, recently, some fend
awaited himself Of pause in Les Lancie,s to
rap on chair with the butt end of pencil,
and cry, in shrill tones, "Ca-a-a-sh.' 1t
broke mp the dance, and the Association has
offered standing reward for the discovery
and Identification of the perpetrator.
Mollie f. Moore, the Texan poetese, dwells
near Houston, in a house SO charming as to
provoke a correspondent to quote "There's
a garden of trees by Bendemeer's stream "
about it; and, as there are $50 varieties Of
the rose in full bloom there now, it must
deserve the comparison. The place is
dubbed "BOhemia," and is as free and
merry az that would indicate.
Mr.. Williams famous la.ldaulet will play
as prominent part in the next campaign
for the Presidency as the celebrated gold
spoons of Mr.. Ogle in the Van Buren, cam
paign. An ingenious politician has pur-
chased the landaulet and proposes to drive
it through the West, drawn by four horses
and liveried servants. His purpose is to
show the horny handed and hard-fsted
people an example of the luxury and dissi-
patton of Official life in Washington.
A SENSIBLE TEMPERANCE GOspEI.-Hy.
Ward Beecher lays down in recent letter
chat total abstinence Is the rational and |
safe remedy for intemperance." He sees no
value in preventive laws at this time,
which, however right in principle, cannot
be enforced now because Of the low tone Of
public feeling. He would win his fellow
mon from the despotism of strong drink by |
moral influence and kindness,
1ather than by any form Of violence. Henry |
Wards head is level.
What seemed likely to be most serious
affair in st. Petersburg, conspiracy at the
very least, comes to ar almost ludicrous
conclusion. The imperial person arrested
the other day was not the Cars brother
but nephew of the august monarch. This
naughty young man it seems stole his
mothers diamonds, and lavished them upon
= French actress who is injuriously set down !
- well known" 1t is q relief to know
that there 10 no murderons plot against ex-
listing dignities; but it is a dreadful blow to
imperialism to find petty larceny running
in the family.
A lot Of rats were found, the other day, in
. hogshead that had been left open in a
store. The store cat, having b,en notified,
climbed to the edge Of the hogshead, but
After surveying the situation, jumped down
and ran out the door, reappearing with an