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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13
just Arrived,

lis Common st.
JOHN B. COURET, Proprietor.
This Saloon established in 1851, and has alwaye
maintained the reputation Of ssiag of the most
genteel, orderly. well kept and poplar establish.
ments in the city.
The best Of WINES end LIQUORS are always
furnished to the guests. 4 hot LUNCH is served
every day from 1o14 A. II. to ~ P. M.
There is a cosy, comfortable CLUB ROOM over the
Saloon which is favorite resort for gentlemen.
over the Cigar Department. an94 "
st. Charles Hotel.
RIVERS LONsDALE, Proprietors.
Ct. Charles Street, Between Commos NJ
Gravtor.
This Hotel has since 1852 been the leading Hote
In the South and is better prepared to entertxi,
guests than at ANY period since its opening.
The proprietors have spared no expense in fttins
up the House, and both IS to furniture and the n
rangements of the culinary department 1t Is n,
rivaied.
Transient visitors will find the St. Charles tn
most delightful as well as the most central Hotel
the city. mhl7 If
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13
COMMERCIAL.

OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN,
Friday Evening, Nov. II, 1875.
COTTON-The sales to-day embraced 775O
bales, at irregular prices, requiring partial
reduction of &c in Low Middling, Strict Low
Middling and Middling. We give also the figures
and report of the Exchange, in full, as below:
AMERICAN STANDARD OF CLASSIFICATION.
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Usual charge 500.
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Usual charge $780,
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Usual charge IS.
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Oners to insert Sets of TEETH at the sbnye pxssxs
with or without the extraction of the roots
warrants the purity of all Materials az siso sfaso
fitting Of Plates stability and duration of dIIsseT
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09

large surplus fund in the treasury of
the national grange, and a very mean
and transparent juggle was attempted
by the ring at Washington. That is
to say $685. 900 were set aside to be
loaned by the national grange to its
owners, the patrons of theState oranges
the loan being at the rate OF So so per
subordinate grange. This disposition
Of the surplus was but a mockery, and
it is exceedingly probable that it was
worse. Between the negligence of the
State oranges in remitting and the ma
tional grange in collecting there were
heavy arrears owing by the State
oranges, on account of dues. Accord.
ing to the arkansas Weekly Grange,
when the State Grange received its
quota from Washington, the amount
OF its arrears was deducted. II this
rule has been followed in all cases, it
will not be surprising to learn that the
$50, 900 has never left the national
treasury. In any case the Patrons are
resolved now to emasculate the Ma
tional and State oranges in the matter
of finance. The presence Of large SUR
pluses is considered a source of dan
ger, and it will unquestionably so ar.
ranged to distribate the funds now on
hand and reduce the dues and fees so
oS tn osg yIo
ton in the future. g3sei .it la,.r 'f2
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
NOW A WOMAN MADE A FORTUNE.


Six years ago Mrs. Mary Ahart
was living in a little tent on the
edge of the town. Her whole world
ly possessions consisted of this tent,
q straw bed, two or three boxes, which
served as chairs and table, a little
seven or eight-year-old girl, and two
cows and calves. She sold the spare
milk from these cows, carrying it
around town with tin pail, and with
the product and from work which she
done for her neighbors, supported her.
self and child. When she could get
S3 or SIS ahead she would buy ansth-
er calf or yeariing. 1t 10 not our pur-
pose to trace her progress up to the
present time minutely. bat the result
is, she now, in less than seven years,
has several hundred head of cattle, a
fine farm, with nice buildings aud i'm
provements, a comfortable, even luxu-
RANT home-and, instead Of carrying
milk around by hand, rides in her
own carriage. Her daughter is q
young lady, educated and accomplish
ed. To-day Mrs. Ahart's property 10
valued at from 1000 to 500, 600. And
she has made it all by honest industry
and good management. She has had
no outside help. She never had
government contract or fell heir to
any property.-Ldranti Sentinel.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
PAPER b ARRELS.
There appears to be no doubt tbs

There appears to be no doubt that
paper barrels are to come into extern
sive use as substitute for those Of
wood. 1t is manifest that, their form
being that of a uniform cylinder there
must be saving Of fifteen per cent
in stOwage, a large gain, obviously, in
slowing a vessel, and also in the cost
of storage in warehouses; and they
are said to have successfully withstood
all trials as to their liability to burst,
having been cxperimented with in
this way to the extent of four thou
sand pounds inside pressure. The
paper is made waterproof, impervious
to air or moisture, and is thus not lia-
BILE to absorb the odors or favors Pc
culiar to other articles when stored
together in vessel; and, being about
air-tight, they are especially desirable
as protection against the insects and
vermin which abound in warm cli-
mates, and against loss of flour, and
sugar, SC. in handling. They are
more manageable, too, than the wood
en- barrel, as they roll at true angle,
while the wooden barrel, from its con-
vex shape. is likely to roll in any 6i-
rection. The paper from which the
barrel is made is manufactured from
wheat straw ; the hoops are only add
ed for protection in rolling, SO that
if they become loose, or are even
knocked off. the barrel is in no degree
impaired. ..S+5s.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09

the earthen floor Of the house. The
bnsials were hurried, and the proba-
bility is that some were buried alive.
In many instances the husband, wife
and childred all died. In one village
all the women died, and in another
all the men," 1t is interesting to read
of the different mental effects produc-
ed by the torture of the disease. 1t
is not surprising that "some made
fruitless appeals" to their ancient god.
Some inland tribes, who had only re-
Gently embraced Christianity, consid-
cred that the disease was conveyed by
their religious teachers, and they dis
missed them and then abandoned their
new religion. Among these some
we're for killing the teachers, but
wiser counsels prevailed. 1t is said
that one tribe buried alive one teachers
wife and child whose husband and
father died of the plague, to stop in
fection. But while some in their dis
tress fell back on their former super
stitions, the greater number are said
to have borne their calamity with for
titude and to haye suffered and died
under the influence of Christianity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.
The Growth of the Order.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Times, writing from Louisville, Ky.
where the National Grange OF the Pat
rons Of Husbandry were lately in ses-
sion furnishes some interesting facts
relating to the Order, from which We
copy the following:
At present the grange contains a
trifle over "a 900 oranges, with men,
bership estimated at 100000, the es-
innate of II members to each grange
being moderate one, as, though in
new territory, or in places where the
grange has been too much organized
some oranges are numerically weak,
but few have been organized for the
past two years with less than the full
complement of charter members-frst
80, recently 4O-and there are oranges
by scores, notably in Michigan. Ohio,
Indiana and Pennsylvania, which
count from 80 to 15O members, or
these about 100000 are women. The
minimum age is Is. but proposition
has recently been made to establish a
subordinate degree or order-the Ca
diets Of Husbsfidry-so as to let in
young people, say down to IA. The
latest official statement Of the strength
of the order, as compaLed with the
showing of 1864, is appended:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09

The routine of the farmers work
has got to threshing buckwheat, and
people are talking about pancskes.-
Everybody knows that buckwheat
pancakes (when7 properly made and
nicely baked) are delicious food, but
the wholesomeness of said diet is not
generally known. 1t is a well attest
ed fact that the uso of buckwheat pan.
cakes makes some people itch; hence
it is believed that said diet Is not de-
sirable. "a s7eis faZs aa5 -
What are the facts in this case !?
When the liver is torpid (Which is
quite general in Michigan, owing to
miasmsl affections). some tonic is nee.
essary to carry off and expel the sur
plus bile which has accumulated in
the system hence, we hear and read
of blood purifiers, both liquid and
globe form, and some people prefer to
take the nauceous quack medicine
rather than eat nice pancakes, which
give tone to the stomach, action to the
liver, and general health to the person
by cleansing the vitals,u moving in
ward disease to the cuticle then when
people scratch they SAY hard words
against nice buckwheat pancakes,
which are both nutritious food and
palatable Medicine Western Run ale
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
ALL ABOUT NEXT wINrER.


ad A new weather prophet has arisen
in Wisconsin, by the name Of Heney
Kneger. He has been in the West 81
years. He says the weather of the
coming winter will be as follows:
After the next new moon the weather
will be the most beautiful Indian
SUMNER. At the beginning Of Win
ter there will be few cold days, but
the greater part of the month and tho
first three weeks in December will be
mild. About the Goth of December
there will be slight coating of ice on
the, rivers. Between Christmas and
New Years there will bs . fall Of
snow. The whole of January, except
few cold days, will be pleasant In
dian Summer There will be more
rain than snow and little or no sleigh
ing this Winter. February will bring
a few cold days, but March will be
warm and cloudy. s!aAprill will be
changeable, but May will be so dry
that the gardener will, be obliged to
use the watering can. The prophet
recommends ice dealers to lay in q
stock of ice at the first .opportunity,or
they will be obliged TO ship their sup
ply from Alaska.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09

THE standard weight among scien-
tific men is distilled water. 1t is
purely arbitrary standard, but selected
probably because water is the simplest
and most universal element that can
be readily used for such. a purpose.
The weight of water being taken as
one, the specific gravity or weight of
other things is reckoned from Il, be-
ing either greater or less. A cubic
foot of water weighs sixty-two pounds
and a half; of gold, twelve hundred
and three pounds and five eights of q
pound; of silver, six hundred and
fifty-four pounds and five-eights of a
pound of cast iron, four hundred and
fifty pounds and nine-twentieths of a
pound. Is.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
BOYS DO SOMETHING.

Boys do not be q burden to your
parentp. compelling them to support
you. Do something-no matter what
so that it is honest. Look around,
and obtain employment then off with
your coat and determine to work your
way up. The ladder Of prosperity is
within the reach of every one inclined
to use it.
Perhaps your father is rich, and
therefore you think there is no need
for you to work. What q senseless
excuse! Your father may be rich
now, but next year, or next month,
some bad investment may absorb his
riches and leave him in a condition
worse than peverty-in debt. There
are hundreds of probable misfortunes
that may reduce his means; illness
may lay him low, and his business,
lacking his supervision, may go to
ruin. Then you, his son, not having
been taught the necessity OF labor, are
unskilled in the use Of hands or brain,
and can do nothing but fret and worry
Your condition is worse than that Of
the most humble workman in your
fathers establishment for his expert
ence will recommend him to another
situation. Besides, poverty to you,
who have never known the want Of
anything, becomes doubly aggravating,
Brought up in luxury and idleness,
plain food is nauseous to your dainty
palate, and common garments seem
the livery Of shame. You shun a
meeting with the associates of your
better days, and they pass you with a
chilling nod, as much as to say, "Y ou
are poor now, and of course cannot
presume to reckon US among your ac-
quaintances." 'SA' a'"
Boys, strive to be Independent.
Learn to be nseful in the world-t0 be
able to 'paddle your own canoe" as
the saying is. Then, if trouble comes
to your father, he will have at least
one friend to assist him in regaining
his former prosperous condition-an
affectionate, Industrious, and energetic
son. go 5i'5 ''5< ~ 5ii
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
\ LONE, LORN FEMALE ON THE RAM
- 81. PAGE.

fE-..+
A tall and slim appearing female,
wearing spectacles and carrying blue
cotton umbrella under her right arm,
little end foremost, SO we are inform
ed, called at the election precinct just
before election, not great many
miles from here, and demanded that
she be registered as q voter. When
politely informed that she didn't be-
long to the voting sex, she quietly
reached across the counter and took
the town clerk by the ear and the
chairman of the board by his beard,
and for about two and half min
utes she played their heads very
much as she would play an accorde-
on, all the while chanting to the music
she produced, somewhat as follows:
Eye won't will We. Perhaps ye think
I'm an unprotected female. I'm from
Wyoming, am, l helped run that
Legislature, did" About this time
the clerk made her understand that
he hadn't the least objection to her
registering her name, and she did it,
too, without any further unnecessary
talk.-FdirbauH Dem.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
GAS FOR IRON.

A revolution in manufacturing and
au enormous development Of our ex-
ports of iron are not unlikely to be
the results Of an experiment which
has just been quietly and successfully
tried in Pittsburgh. The firms of
Spang, Chalfant & CO., and Graf, Ben
nett & Co., have brought the gas flow
ing from q well fifteen miles from
Pittsburgh, through pipes to d their
furnaces, and have successfully subeti-
tutcd it for coal in the manufacture of
iron The cost of their experiment
was $4,000, and each eNpects to save
by this new fuel about $40, 900 year.
The gas is almost pure hydro o-carbon.
aud comes out of the ground with
such power at to force itself through
fifteen miles of pipe. The fuel fur
nished by the gas well is equal to
about 100000 bushels of coal a day. 1t
gives 4 saving OF more than 20 per
cent. in making iron, and is, besides,
much cleaner, easier to handle, and
more rapid in heating, than coal. A
pudding furnace that it takes several
hours to heat by coal can be heated
by this gas in three!qusrters of an
hour. A larger gas well is now flow-
ing, three miles further nom Pitts
burgh, with such force that the stream
of gas is thrown in flames $50 feet in
the air. Its ownership is in litigation.
When this is settled, and the capital
lists, who stand waiting, are allowed
to carry the gas to the city, the we'll
will furnish, it is calcuiated,p fuel
enough to run alIthe manufactures in
Pittsburgh. 1t is easy to see what re-
suits will follow from the general in
PRODUCTION of this cheap seif-feeding,
powerful fuel, bat it is impossible to
measure them.~ The control of the
iron manufacture of the world would
seem to be inevitably ours with such
an advantage. Other manufactures
will seek the oil and gas belt country.
II the supply of gas remains constant,
the triangular district of which Pitts
burgh is the apex and the Alleghenies
are the base will become the greatest
manufacturing district in the world.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
THE LAST LOOK.

They say the years since last we met. aJ.
Have wrought sad change to thee;
That it were better to forget
Our youths fond history,
And yet I fain would clasp that hand,
Would meet those eyes once more,
One moment by thy side would stand,
AS have stood of yore.
They say the very tones that thrill'd
Ny heart, and dimm'd my eyes.
Now. by the cold worlds blighting chill'd
scarce might recognize.
And yet long to hear thee speak,
Repeat some bygone strain.
Although the charm thore should seek,
Were listened for in vain.
weuld not wish the years roll'd back,
Could such choice be mine,
Nor falter in the onward track,
Though severed far from thine.
But pilgrims may from hard won heights.
-RecedinE homes survey,
And give 4 sigh to past delights,
Yet sighing-turn away.
-CornhiH Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
A FUTURE MILLIONAIRE.

The boy stopped an Eagle reporter
yeste rday onBingham street and asked
whether there was net ''some one at
home that wanted few. teys." The
little vender had a we'll worn basket,
aud in it was q variety of toys, not
exactly rude in shape, but which were
evidently not made by expert hands
in regular toy mandatory.
"Where did you get your toys? ?"was
asked of the young merchant. oa
'Well, sir, we makes 'em ct home
pop and me, and sells 'em and gets
what kin for 'em." a adG
"What's your name. and where do
you live, and how long have you been
in the business3" ai 8dt gaF'
I'VE used to live up in Locust alley,
but now we moved oyer into Irish
town. Been livin' there two days al
ready but gettin'. tired of it. My
names Sam, and pops names pop,
that's all the name I knows except
Wilby. We's related to all the Wilby's
in Lancaster county and down near on,
to York. Been livin' in Readin' oveR
a year now. Pop got out of job at.
laborin' and we whittle out these ere
toys at night, an L sell 'em durin the
day. Keeps pop in and amounts to
something in the end"
Many of the toys were made of pine
wood and glued together. Tables,
chairs, rocking chairs, chests, bedsteds,
cradles, boats and variety of. knick-
knacks of that kind were in the as
sortment. Then there were other
toys that had been bought at the no.
ton stores, consisting of tin whistles,
cups and saucers, wooden animals,
trees painted red and green, tops, little
doll babies aud other things TOO nu-
merous to mention.
'Where do you sell your goods!"
was asked.
"Well, 1 keep off in the back streets
and " atch whenever I see little girls
GO into house. Some day I'm going
to be rich man, and pop says to me
that some of the rich merchants in
Readin' fret started out by luggin'
around basket sellin' tapes and pins" !"
"How much can you average a day
proft?" s'a aHj9f
"That depends upon the dav and
what luck got. Yesterday was elec-
ton day and got in 81 cents. Some
days get 80 cents, and last Saturday
1 had S1lO. That's big, but it don't
come often. l don't care though. just
SO get along. I'm going TO be rich
some day. Ne drinks for me. 1 don't
chew, and l don't smoke, and l don't
spend no money. Pm goin' to COM
mence at the savin's bank soon, if the
times brisks up. Then Pm gOin' to
hawk about the strings, tapes, soaps,
indigo blue, balsam demalta, aud other
stuff that the women wants. This
sellin' toys is only starter. But If
times brisk up am goin' to commence
and make money right.
" W u s-=.5.f iC5
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
Ihe progress OF tlle OF
in the following table:

November. 1876; the time of holding the an
nual session having been changed from the first
Wednesday in February to the third W Wednestlay
in November,
The aggregate receipts for the year
ending January 1, 1875, were 1929, ,5S3 :
Is, including balance of Sl3,152.7O
from the previous fiscal year. Of the
remaining $2l6SSl.O2, the receipts
proper for the year, 81, 4,1O.52 came from
interest, S26, 6,S36S4 were derived from
deposits by the treasurers of State
oranges on account of dues to the Ma
tional grange; this amount was far
less than with all honest and constitu-
tional collection it should have been );
aud the remainder, SlS4, ,S36.26, came
from the secretary's office. Some
SISO,OOO of this sum was derived from
the sale of dispensations to open new
oranges, SIS each being the fee, the
rest. .camc from the sale of constitu-
tions, song books, etc. This left a
balance of S2l, ,7O3.95 in the treasury,
not including $7O,65O in United States
bonds.
The accounts Of expenditure are
very complicated, but may be summar-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09
AN Illinois boy recently converted

AN Illinois boy recently converted
to the Methodist doctrine, while TAX
ing up collection, held out tine plate
to some of his ungodly associates. But
when not a nickle dropped, he lost his
temper, exclaiming, Come down,
boys; you've got to pay something.
Down with the stamps. Yes, | know
salvatien's free for all. but il costs
like hell to run a church," They
anted and he passed. ~ a55st
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09

From this it will be seen that in the
south and in the States of Tennessee.
kentucky, Missouri. X ansas, N Nebraska,
Indiana, Michigan, o Ohio, Illinois, 10 wa,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota the grange
is practically identical with the agri-
cultural population. In the east where
farming is on larger scale, and the
agriculturists feel less powerfully tine
need for combination and dco-operation,
the order is not SO strong numerically,
though it is possessed of powerful
influence.
The progress of the order is shown
in the following table:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09

-
Graves-Buried Alive.
Sydney (AustIalion, Herald.
Further information from Fiji con-
veys still darker accounts Of the plague
which has recently passed over the
new colony. A resident of long stand
ing writing to Victoria contemper-
ary says: "The death rate is not yet
made up, but the probability is that
10000 Fijians died during the four
months plague. The native popula.
ton of Fiji is now about oue-third on
Iy of what it was when landed here
about twenty-five years ago." The
accounts given of the magnitude of
the disaster and less narrowing than
those of the suffering of the victims.
:.Very few died of the measles, the
majority dying of subsequent disease
in the form OF dysentary, congestion
of the lungs, SC. Want Of nourish-
ment or starvation carried Off thou
sands" We are told that call work
was suspended for two months. You
can pass through whole towns with
out meeting any one in the streets,
which were soon completely covered
with grass. Entering house, you
would find them, women and children,
all lying down indiscriminately, some
just attacked, some still in agony, and
and some dying. Some who were
strong enough attempted suicide, and
not always unsuccessfully." We are
further told that cas- the scourge be-
came more permanent some four or
five were buried in one grave, and
generally without religious service,
In ssme cases the dead were buried in
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-09

; You can't depend on Kansas flour.
A loaf Of bread passed into Leaven-
worth Jail contained two files, q knife,
a bottle OF acid and a roll Of money.
A country which grows such wheat
"a that can net expect to get ahead
very fast.