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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Ar. Scott Siddons has returned with a
brave heart and new clothes. to read ana
play fare we'll engagements. She Intends TO
be about two years in tearing hegse!I 'som
the American public.
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The British steamship 81. Louis. Captain
Reid. from New Orleans for for Liverpool
which put into Tybee ON fire, has. together
~;th her cargo. been libeled f.: salvage.
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we are indebted to Miss Lizzie u. Wat
con. principal Of the Washington scn'o'
Carrollton, tor an invitation to attend ths
examination exercises on Monday.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

A hog with large tuslss has been killing
mules in Tennessee. He should be sent t.
Tuscaloosa.
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series OF enter .ainments FOX the benefit
81 the Louisiana Avenue. Carondeie1 'sh"
Felicity Street Methodist Episcopal churches
yil. be given at Odd Fellows Hall the
canning week.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

What Cheer Lodge NO II. OF providence,
,,,oao ral,n1. ma. lfs members. and is said
60 6e the largest Mas"Lc 'ocse ~ '>o"
GpoqavN
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Succession Of John .lOrriss

succession OF JOnn .uOrFiss
CECOED DISTRICT COURT FOR VAK PARISH
- os Orleans No. u s2..Vheress. MIA May
Judge. widow OF John Morris, HAS HetltsDea 'aS
for iettefs OF adNinis tYat.o1 on the ss'at"
Of the late John Norris deceased. interstate. y"
tice 10 hereby given 10 all whom 1t may concern;
TO show cause within ten days why III. ?y tycs ~
the said petitioner should rot b. granted.
By order Of SAa COlSyt.
no29 dess FRAyE PACE. yR.. f!~:S.
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The st. Louis Democrat says new "
ieans is 10 have new theatre. WIZ IL
state when. and where it is to be located:
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NOTICE..
au4 .se1s

BoASO ~ Ii.'-srAr."v.I
stat. ~: louisiana.
New Orleans. November ~. l8.AN
Resolved That hereafter. tt. regular meetings
Of thi. board will Je held OF EACd AND EVERY
MONDAY. at twelve o'clock, NJ. All applications
for exchange Of bonds and warrants for new son.
solidated bonds. under &C. No. }. session Of 1879,
must be made through the fiscal agent 'New Or.
cans National Bank,. on before the Saturday
preceding each meeting Applications made Un
Mondays will lay over until the mex: ting.
Z. G. DESLONDE,
no2i end I'm Secretary Boa ri of Humiliation.
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The Bap.ists, who believe in election OF
sou,s to serve through eternity, are coni''
dent there are no returning boards in
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Julia Ward How has been asking before
nm audience Of ladies if polite society Is
polite: and they give j: upo
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

rhere are more Smiths in Arkansas than
they know what to do with. and they make
Governors of them.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Miss Julia Seaman. an English actress.
has been playing Harriet at booths THEATRE
In New York;
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Five thousand dollars was paid 20 Bishop
Allemany for performing the marriage eeFe
incuv Of Miss SharOne
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

4 species OF bilious dysentery. known az
the black flux. ia epidemic III OsNa!b
county. Tennessee.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Ws,nen talk better than men. and they
should 10 allowed to talk more.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Nhes the New York Herald eai0 the
animals ara loose" it had ne reference to
Tweed
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Ws are Under obligations to Nelson
C:,ro,n, Of the United States signal service
for fayOrs
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

r.y banks are safest. II the bank breaks
tie children get ther money.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Ar apple tree 200 years old. in Connect''
en.. produced seven Bushels OF sppies IRIS
Sca1o
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06
SUCCESSION NOTICES,

Succession Of Christian August Wie1na nsls
A LII PERSONS INDEBTED OR Hlv!S's r2s.r
"A esty seio9 .a2 70 said deceased, aH4 Al Vile
lave claims as.ins. his estate, ere ...t~stsa -
rIakt. the same lieTn 70 y'Ie1rSh ~. ~ rise.
.es.ameHta:y exsensor. Sn a5 Tf.sne st,rs', Ne q
Orleans or 70 A. J. LKWiS, A.to,ns- az aAW,
No. 30 Exchange alley. sosn.s 81 su~oAs.snse
street. ~|S
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

Anaa who meyer pays his own debts,
eilyestises that ne will not pay those Of a's
Syifeo
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Nebraska is looking about for q capita!
,iace. Lincoln Is not satisfactory.
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FOR SALE,

LOR SALE.-A LARGK LOT or YAWts.
u different Sizes Anchors. Chains Block, s!e'
low 5oy cash. Apply to
SHICKLE, HARRISON & CO..
United States Naval station. Aigiess
Or address Postofdce Box 2729, New 0S!saSs'
po2I Ina eQd
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NOTICE TO VETERANS.

STATE - Ior,slAyA.l
Auditors Office, :
New Orleans, December 3. 8.31
The second semi annual payment to veterans
and WIDOWS Of veterans OF the wax Of !8la-!a
will be made BY this office and after Deceno'
Der u.
PAYMENTS will! only Be made 20 individual
claimants. or upo,. duly executed powers Of At.
tOrney. -
CHARLES CLINTON
d.aSt Auditor
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A CARD.

respectfully inform my friends and the public
that have just opened An office. with sales rooms
and ample accom- moiatOns tor tie transaction q
all business utyVssed 10 me.
A. GERARD.
AuctioneeE and Appraiser.
nolS Nos. u and Il Bourbon street. near Cans
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The duel IS quick quarrel. 1t only takes
two seconds to settle 1t.
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NNWENTY.FIFTH ANNUAL.
STATE MENT

- J. a r M r. N Il
THE
CRESCENT MUTUAL INSURANCE. COMPANY.
May 23. 1874.
Total gross premiums for year ending
april 80 l0.i... = 30 $50 -
Earned premiums, less reinsurance and
te:uTn premiums. .............. ss9s35 -
Less losses paid and esti-
. mated. s... ............ s l56. ZOE ~
Less taxes, discount in lieu OF
participation, interes:On
capital. less discount, etc. f".36i GSS256. 80 d
Net pYotes.s.sss OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES f6S,.G2 -
10tai gross assets of ecmpany..... s52 s44 ~
The Board Of Trustees Resolved that after pays
Ing the fourth quarterly iateres: at two and hale
peg cent the capital stock the corr "a that
a dividend of TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT bs paid
ia cash and after the twent:.third day 81 June
next, 20 those parties nsuyng Will tls G.RpS15
entitled 10 receive tie sama
TRCSYBE~
Thomas A. Adams Samuel 3. EewAaA,
Samuel H. E.ane&y, CT Sutd.cAe.
John phelps 4. q. Dbs,v.
adam ;h0lHso& Henry Ab'sE1Os
r y. StTonS. Victor Mes~t,
Joseph Bowling. Edward i. Gay.
John Nj Sandidgeo simon HsTns:e.0s
Simon Fo,eLe.G.sso Jos. oh u. wolfe.
R. B. Post 4. Levi.
Edward P.lsAIvy. Conn b. King.
Charles E. slaybscS. Frederick CaIne56sas
David Wallace, J. t. Harris,
Andrew Ste xars, Joseph Stone.
THOMAS a. ADAMS. PseS:SsGb
Hx-KS z. GGoHs, secSeta1y.
ny2s ~ " Ssie
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There are more liquor tines than tno
i:uusss IN Vermont.
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nucce.sion OF Ambrose schn.iier.

CECOSD DISTRICT COURT fcH fH. PAEIsH
- os Orleans 10. 37,5.i.-Sot~e Us her~fs a"en
10 Che creditors ~ ahis ssta- and 20 IL. ssi~r pc.
sons lereiA interested 70 sioy cause within sen
DAYS from .h. present. notification, if any they
have can, why II" ac.oins !tese1f'e1 ~ =:
Parker. the A.imin.,'1at~s 81 t.s estate, s:ssila
no. b. AomslogaisS ana approved. ana tAs s1lds
distributed in .ceogdShcs s.e with
By order Of IL. Court
do lO!i+ FRANH PACE, ~. tievt.
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TIE a.ayop OF Cincinnati attends ali the
balls given.
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fsamar Is much talked abcu; he must
% abused.
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TSese are about 5000 ;ougncyman tal!ofs
In Philadelphia.
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3sssh pulled the cara and trod on the corn
q Jsoss.
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r. too cold now 70 muse by the sad sea
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LAW CLASS,
STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.

The law class of Straight University will meet At
that institution MONDAY EVENING, December :.
at half past six o'clock for the purpose Of organ.
izins for the present years course of lectures.
dec lt2p"
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In Memphis they have their cutters ICED.
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RESOvRCEI.

EESOURCES
L"ass and .:;s."l:.s. .............,&s..: ::
United S;ates hoI.Gs a. ten pr cent
premium NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. eii sDI ~
'the' SHOCKS ana bonds .............. 3! ~! -
"ansiDG house An.! other real estate la: 90. =.
Furniture and fixtures. I2eI so
Cu'ren. expenses and taxes...., 20 y; q.
Due from banks ana ba...eys .;a 3is ~,
o"sn On nah"........... ............. 1920 ~
Gold coin on hand. ..3a, o.
Redemption funds in the hand, Of tho
''e"sHei vi The United StAtes.... - -" ~
~'''''''.' "''.o..eo...... J.26!, iSs ~
LIABILITIES.
Capital stocS..... Hes. "a. a,
surplus fund observation-disclosures. ,,,s, a.
S'c"i"tlon s.s cot.
'"eii"s "a'aH. ....ooe.s..oo.o.....e S8Ss -
LUG ~ Dan Ks ana bankers. $50 211 6S
harnnGs since July ], s8.i... SO, 81
oeposits.....o NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s7se,, %
s.,.ss. s 26l s.. ~
SAMUEL III. KENNEDY, President.
CHARLES L. 6. DUPUY, Secretary.
BRANCH DEPOSITORY.
Corner Of Royal and Cont streets:
An the hre.proOf banking house formerly oscu.
pleo W the louisiana State Bank.
LOUIS A. WILT Manager
EUGENE TOURNE. Bookkeepef.
"e5'@ 4 W\aATHA. it,. Teliss.
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THE STATE NATIONAL BANK

NEW ORLEANS,
s:ass nent 1t close Of business. Noa.1Ay. x.ve.I.s
80 1894.
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Spare the child and spoil the rod.
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dec I: 2p
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20
Suicide.

March aud November are said TO be
the suicidal months. So we must begin
'about these days" to look out for the
symptoms. But what are the symp-
toms? They are these An exhausted
condition, caused by going without SUI
ficient food or sleep, or by some excess
a state of great mental excitement
caused by fear or reBaOrse, by wounded
pride, or disappointment, by the loss OF
friends, or by the loss of property, posi-
ton or of reputation, is a frequent cause
OF suicide. In fine, there are as many
causes Of depression and Of suicide, as
there are Of diseases, or of bodily or
mental infirmities. Indigestion, chronic
dyspepsia, and constipation, accom-
pany, if they do not usually precede, a
tendency to self-destruction. Neuralgia
or infiammatOry rheumatism may drive
one to madness and acts of violence. A
period OF dissipation. lasting days and
weeks, may so completely unman one
that he seeks relief in death. Remorse
for irreparable wrong-dOing Overwhelms
one with q tender conscience, and he
lacks courage to meet his fellownlan and
take the consequences of his offense
Extreme sensitiveness favors self-con-
demnation; while one who Is indifier-
ent to praise or blame, will justify him
self.
A gentleman and a lady form an ac-
quaintance; acquaintance ripened into
friendship, and friendship into love.
Each trusted the other and were be-
trothed. One, lacking stability, moral
principle, integrity, deceived and de-
serted the other, and this brought wreck
and ruin. Bright prospects were dashed
to earth, and only dross remained. 1t
takes resOlute nature to withstand
such a shock. Nothing but a moral and
religious nature, well-fortified by good
health, could pass through such a trial.
One is good enough to accept the ehas-
tening rod of the Spirit, and can meekIy
say "rhy will be done" would escape
permanent injury. Christian men aud
Christian women do not commit suicide,
unless they first become insane; and
true Christianity Is a remedy for, or a
preventive Of, insanity. A happy,
hopeful, godly man, full of faith in the
goodness of God, is intrenched in an
impregnable fortress, against which the
gates Of hell shall not prevail. a good,
clean, temperate, and religious man has
stronger hold on life than a cold,
doubling, desponding, irreligious one.
His digestion Is better, his circulation
..oiS .Sei anu NC DIcatueS tuOIe ueeply-
He walks with a faith and confidence
the worldly man knows not Of
REMEDY.-If all Christian men and
women would learn how to live as well
physically as they try to live spiritually,
If they would drop their stimulants,
narcotics, condiments, and subsist on
plain and simple housekeeping, exer-
clsing, singing, praying, and seeking
the happiness of others rather than their
own-we should hear much less about
suicides, either in March or November
Science of Health.
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Looking Backward.
BY MARGARET sTANHoPE.


Ever and anon, as We Journey through
life, we are forced to turn our gaze from
the bright, unfolding future, and cast a
glance backward through the misty
wales OF the past. AS we look forward
the shapes before seem bathed in sum
light and dyed with the glowing tints
OF western sky, while behind us are
only the mufky shadows that grow
darker in the fading daylight. Joy
treads lightly and sorrow with a heavy
stepi and when we would trace our way
back over life's pathway, we are guided
by the deeper footprints. For truly,
They that look backward, look through tears
We look backward, and there are the
graves of those we buried in the long
ago-graves that when newly made, we
vept over in desolate anguish, longing
10 have our own hearts cease their weary
throooings, that we, too, might find a
long, long rest from the journey of life.
And again the same old pain steals back
into the heart, while wall rises to the
lips-a wall for those who can never,
. never return.
We look back, and Farewell, seems
TO fall again upon the ear, coupled with
that other more sad, more solemn word,
Forever" There are partings from
friends, severings of the sacred ties Of
home, last words from loving lips, and
last embraces of loving arms. Sadly,
sadly then, we look back, and though
we would not recall, yet we sigh over
the past, and vaguely long to dispel
some of the gloom that envelops it.
Mistakes we see in all that backward
view, and now grieve over them. But
above all life's disappointments and suf-
ferings, lie behind US. We feel again,
in part, the old anguish, and do not
note that in each new trial we changed
our course, being brought into the bet
ter way by the leadings of sorrow. Nor
40 we recall how one hope dying gave
birth to brighter.
Taking up an old volume of nv Jour-
nal, to renew portion of its contents,
noticed that many of its leaves were
blotted and blurred with tears. Almost
every page was headstone that told OF
the death OF some lOng-cherished hope,
or the blight Of some rosebud of prom
lse. AS turned over the leaves of that
volume, ! noticed one page more tear
stained than any other. 1t had been
written in an hour when the very
heavens seemed black, and a tempest
OF agony and despair swept across my
soul. Yet during that anguish was born
a longing desire for better and nobler
things than the past had given me.
And though the memory of that terrible
trial had not beeu efiaced, l could think
OF II calmly and trace, either directly or
indirectly, the best results and greatest
blessings of my life TO that one dark
hour.
Leaving that page, turned leaf after
leaf, and at each blurred record strove
to trace the result, saying, "But for
These what?" Not one but what had
proved blessing in the end.
Though could not say, 81 am thank
iul so much of my life has been clouded
with pain" yet my heart was filled
with gratitude inasmuch as the clouds
that had passed over me were clouds
that had rained gold.
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Something Absnt the Stars.

The star which is nearest to us, Alpha
OF Centaur, has parallax of 81 sec. Its
distance from the earth is 229, 400 times
the radius of the earth's orbit, or d.
600, ,000, 900, 600 miles. This is our neiqh-
Dor star, and its distance is probably the
minimum distance between star and
star-2l, ,OOO, ,0OO,O00,O00 miles. Each of
these stars shines with its own lights
a sun like our own.
The second star in the order of dis
tances is 81 Cygni. Its parallax is 81
sec.i and its remOteness 81, 1000, ,O00, ,0O0,- :
600 miles.
OF the thousands of stars that have
been studied, we know the distances OF
only twenty. Among these we may
signaliZe Sirius, a sun 2,6SS times larger
than our own, surrounded by a system
of heavenly bodies, several of which are
already known, and distant from us
s., 900, ,0O0, 900, 900 miles; the Polar Star,
which is double star, distant 292, ,0O0,-
100000, 900 miles; and Capella, distant
ID, ,uOO, O,OOO, ,OO0,O0O-a space which is
traversed by light i'm seventy-one years
and eight months; so that the luminous
ray which reaches US from this fine star
In 1874 must have started in 1903; Ca
peila might have been eXtinguished in
1904, but we should see it still. Ii might
go out to-day, and yet the Inhabitants
OF the earth would continue to admire
IL in their heavens until 1916. Con-
versely, If there existed on the planets
gravitating around Capella, minds whose
transcendent vision could thence descry
our little earth, lost as il is amid the
suns rays, they would now see the earth
of the year 1904, and would be seventy
one years eight months behind-hand in
its history. These are the stars that are
nearest TO us. The others are incom-
pardbly more remote.
There are stars whose light cannot
reach us in less than 100, 1000, or l0.0 600
years, though light travels at the rate of
$4,000 miles per seconds To traverse
the sidereal world of which we form part
(the Milky Way, light takes 10000
years. To reach US from certain of the
nebulee II must travel for five hundred
times that period, or 5000, 600 of years.
Let the imagination that is not appalled,
by these immensities strive to conceive
OF them. II it does not experience the
vertigo of the infinite" let 1t calmly
these abysses, and realize
the position of the earth and of man in
presence of them. Thus will it gain
some conception of the discoveries made
by sidereal astronomy. Such are the di-
mensions actually measured in the gen.
eral constitution of the universe. As
yet we are now only at the vestibule OF
the editice, on the edge of the abyss Of
infinitude; and we shall never pene-
trate very far beyond. Popular Science
Monthly.
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Gbe f4isep A!ortbwest.
NOVEMBER 20, 1874.
A KoMAN,s CoNULrsIoNs.

al said, il might go back again
To the very hour and place Of my birth;
Might have my life Whatever chose,
And live Il In any part ofthe earth;
s.Put perfect sunshine into my sky.
Banish the sorrOw OF shadow and doubt:
Have ali my happiness multiplied
And all my suffering stricken out;
"IfI could have known, In the years now gone.
The best That a woman comes 70 know;
Could have had whatever Will make her blesf
Or whatever she thinks will make her so;
Have found the highest and purest bliss
That the bridal wreath and ring enclose;
And gained the one out of all the world
That my heart as well as my reason chose:
"And II this had been, and stood Tonight
BY my children, lying asleep in their beds.
And could count In my prayers, for a rosary
The shining row OF their golden heads;
'Yeai said, II miracle such as this
Could be wrought for me at my bidding still
would choose 70 have my past as II is,
And 10 let my future come as Il will
81 would not make the path have trod
More pleasant or even, more straight or wide:
Nor change my course the breadth Of a hair.
This way or that way, 10 either side.
my past is mine, and take It all:
It's WeakneSs-its folly, II you please
Nay, even my sins, II you come to that
May have been my helps, not hindrances
''If saved my body from the flames
Because that once bad burned my hand;
Or kept myself from a greater sin
By doing a less-you VIII understand;
at was better suffered little pain.
Better sinned for n little time,
II the snarting warned me back from death,
And the sting OF sin withheld from crime.
who knows its strength by trial will know
What strength must be set against a sin;
And how tenn ptation is overcome
He has learned who has felt its power withinl
~
Why, look al the moon from where we stand
Opaque, uneven, you say; yet IL shines,
a luminous sphere, complete and grand.
$50 let my past stand, just as Il stands,
And let me now, as may, grow old;
am what am, and my life for me
Is the best-or 10 had not been, hold"